php-general Digest 8 Apr 2005 12:33:00 -0000 Issue 3385
Topics (messages 212603 through 212636):
mysql regexp select questions
212603 by: Andras Kende
212614 by: Eli
pasring complex string question
212604 by: Webmaster
212616 by: Eli
212617 by: Eli
Re: another non php Q
212605 by: Richard Lynch
Re: php user groups - searching for php developers for a project...
212606 by: michael
Re: slow session_start()
212607 by: Richard Lynch
Re: CURL running form PHP exec() problem!
212608 by: Richard Lynch
using rand()
212609 by: Ryan A
212611 by: Ryan A
Question about clients
212610 by: karl james
Smart Trimming of UTF-8 Entities for Database
212612 by: C Drozdowski
212615 by: Eli
Re: sql question
212613 by: shimuqiheb.abchina.com
Extern Executions (Perl)
212618 by: Eli
class constructor & polymorphism
212619 by: silverio.di.qem.it
212632 by: Josip Dzolonga
Re: Need help: change a string in a file
212620 by: Saswat Praharaj
threaded comments
212621 by: Sebastian
212626 by: Jochem Maas
212627 by: Kim Madsen
php wget: Return an empty file
212622 by: Chris Blake
212633 by: Josip Dzolonga
212635 by: Chris Blake
Multilingual Web application - how to?
212623 by: Denis Gerasimov
212625 by: Jochem Maas
212629 by: Eli
Re: php wget: Return an empty file [Solved]
212624 by: Chris Blake
POST method to php page from php page
212628 by: Bob Pilly
212630 by: Aurélien Cabezon
212631 by: M. Sokolewicz
XML Select
212634 by: Stefan
212636 by: Robinson, Matthew
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I would like to do the following:
============
mysql db:
andrew
anthony
joe
janice
john
simon
============
sql_query ( select names .....
============
I would need only the distinct first character from the query
result would be: a,j,s
I think maybe its REGEXP but never did it before...
Thanks!!
Andras Kende
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Andras Kende wrote:
I would like to do the following:
============
mysql db:
andrew
anthony
joe
janice
john
simon
============
sql_query ( select names .....
============
I would need only the distinct first character from the query
result would be: a,j,s
I think maybe its REGEXP but never did it before...
Thanks!!
Andras Kende
Try the query (no REGEXP):
SELECT DISTINCT SUBSTRING(names,0,1) FROM .....
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Hello,
i have a string looking like this.
## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V (VALUE3)/T
(KEY3)||
I know want to separete it in to keys and values and insert them into an
array.
Note that /T always shows that teh upcoming value in() is a Key and that /V
always is a Value. And that the set can be flipped.
Thank you very much for helping.
Mirco Blitz
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Webmaster wrote:
Hello,
i have a string looking like this.
## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V (VALUE3)/T
(KEY3)||
I know want to separete it in to keys and values and insert them into an
array.
Note that /T always shows that teh upcoming value in() is a Key and that /V
always is a Value. And that the set can be flipped.
Thank you very much for helping.
Mirco Blitz
It seems you complex yourself too much.. ;)
Try using regexp with the 'e' modifier:
<?php
$data="## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V
(VALUE3)/T (KEY3)||";
$data_array=array();
preg_replace(
array(
"/\#\#\s*/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e",
"/\#\#\s*/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e"
),
array(
"\$data_array['\\1']='\\2';",
"\$data_array['\\2']='\\1';"
),
$data
);
print_r($data_array); //see if you get it as expected
?>
I believe there's an easier way to store your data as strings (like
serialize), so why not using them?!
see alse: http://www.php.net/serialize
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Eli wrote:
Webmaster wrote:
Hello,
i have a string looking like this.
## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V (VALUE3)/T
(KEY3)||
I know want to separete it in to keys and values and insert them into an
array.
Note that /T always shows that teh upcoming value in() is a Key and
that /V
always is a Value. And that the set can be flipped.
Thank you very much for helping.
Mirco Blitz
It seems you complex yourself too much.. ;)
Try using regexp with the 'e' modifier:
<?php
$data="## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V
(VALUE3)/T (KEY3)||";
$data_array=array();
preg_replace(
array(
"/\#\#\s*/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e",
"/\#\#\s*/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e"
),
array(
"\$data_array['\\1']='\\2';",
"\$data_array['\\2']='\\1';"
),
$data
);
print_r($data_array); //see if you get it as expected
?>
I believe there's an easier way to store your data as strings (like
serialize), so why not using them?!
see alse: http://www.php.net/serialize
Sorry... a little correction:
<?php
$data="## /T (KEY1)/V (VALUE1)|| ## /T (KEY2)/V (VALUE2)|| ## /V
(VALUE3)/T (KEY3)||";
$data_array=array();
preg_replace(
array(
"/\#\#\s*\/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e",
"/\#\#\s*\/V\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\/T\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\|\|/e"
),
array(
"\$data_array['\\1']='\\2';",
"\$data_array['\\2']='\\1';"
),
$data
);
print_r($data_array); //see if you get it as expected
?>
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On Thu, April 7, 2005 11:32 am, William Stokes said:
> Is there a way to limit a <textarea> size with som sort of a maxlength
> value
>
> I know it's not php but thanks anyway
There is no widely-supported HTML attribute for that for TEXTAREA (just
for INPUT). Silly HTML.
You can write JavaScript to help nice users do that. (Google for it)
But the mean users can bypass your JavaScript, so use PHP to be SURE it's
the right length.
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Try this Forum: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?showforum=8
Hope this Helps!
Bruce wrote:
hi...
we're trying to find php developers/partners for a project, and we're
wondering if there are php user groups in the cali/bay area (san fran/san
jose) area that we can talk with, attend meetings, etc...
searching google didn't really turn up anything... we know that there are
some php job sites, but we didn't want to post there, given that this isn't
a 'salaried' opportunity. this would be strictly startup/sweat equity, ie..
risky as hell!!
thanks
bruce
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On Thu, April 7, 2005 11:23 am, Arshavir Grigorian said:
> I am getting 4-5 minute delays when I call the session_start() function
> in one of my scripts, I reduced it to a small script that just echoes
> some html, but still calling session_start() causes a major delay. My
> /tmp directory is almost empty and there is a lot of disk space. It's an
> AMD Athlon(TM) XP 3000+ with a Gig of RAM. Anyone knows what could cause
> this?
If user X with session Y is logging in from 2 different
computers/browsers/frames, then each HTTP interaction locks the session
while it's working on it...
So you end up with one or the other HTTP connections has to wait.
This may or may not have anything to do with your problem.
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On Thu, April 7, 2005 11:54 am, cragland said:
> I've encountered the same problem with exec(curl, system(curl, etc. PHP
> exits with sh: \curl: No file or directory. I'm wondering if there is
> some php shell option that has to be set.
Use full path names for EVERYTHING in exec.
If curl, as I suspect, needs access to some kind of storage for .SSH keys,
Cookies, etc, then the PHP User needs that access.
Why not just use http://php.net/curl
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Hey,
need some advise on what would be the best way to do this:
I have a table with these fields:
cno (just a auto_increment field),
username,
sex (2 values: man, woman),
has_pic (0=no,1=yes),
pic_name
I need to randomly get 3 womens pictures and one guys picture from the above
table...
I know I need to use rand() and i thought maybe shuffle() but am getting a
bit lost in the logic part...help please?
Thanks,
Ryan
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> why not do two select statements using the ORDER BY RAND() then append:
>
> LIMIT 3 for your women,
>
> and then
>
> LIMIT 1 for your men
>
>
>
> so the first one is:
>
> $result1 =
> mysql_query("select * from {table} where sex='female' order
> by rand() limit 3;");
>
> the second:
>
> $result2 =
> mysql_query("select * from {table} where sex='male' order
> by rand() limit 1;");
>
>
>
> where {table} is the name of your table...
>
>
>
> drew
Thanks Drew,
Simple solution to a simple problem.....guess I'm sitting on my brains right
now...or am just braindead.
Time for a break and guitar playing :-)
Cheers,
Ryan
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Team,
How do most of you get your clients, are their any other tricks besides word
of mouth.
I really want to become a freelance web designer, or work for a provider of
clients.
Also/or for a major coporation that.
Does anybody have any suggestions on how I can start getting paid for what I
know.
Yes I do realize I am talking to the competition... :-)
But any advise for a newbie would be greatly appreciated.
If you want you can email me directly at the url donw below.
Thank you very much in advance.
Karl James
(TheSaint)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://theufl.com/
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I need to be able to store UTF-8 characters from a form into a MySQL
table. But I need to support pre-UTF-8 MySQL (< 4.1).
So I'm converting UTF-8 characters into their numeric entities (e.g. ñ
= ñ).
The problem is that if the user enters a character that gets converted
to an entity, the string might end up being longer than the field
definition in the table allows.
For example, if I have a varchar(5) column and try to insert "señor"
(which has been converted to "senñor"), I get "sen&#" in the table
which is useless.
Has anyone dealt with this and if so how?
Thanks in advance for any advice, or pointers to any code that deals with this.
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C Drozdowski wrote:
I need to be able to store UTF-8 characters from a form into a MySQL
table. But I need to support pre-UTF-8 MySQL (< 4.1).
So I'm converting UTF-8 characters into their numeric entities (e.g. ñ =
ñ).
The problem is that if the user enters a character that gets converted
to an entity, the string might end up being longer than the field
definition in the table allows.
For example, if I have a varchar(5) column and try to insert "señor"
(which has been converted to "senñor"), I get "sen&#" in the table
which is useless.
Has anyone dealt with this and if so how?
Thanks in advance for any advice, or pointers to any code that deals
with this.
You first need to convert to binary charset, and then to the real
charset. Do not convert from current charset to the real charset ahead,
you may cause a data loss.
BEFORE converting - *backup* your databases !!!
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/charset-conversion.html
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What do you want to do? for eg?
Shi MuQi
LangFang ABC (China) °v°
Tel:(86)-316-68382!^ /(_)\
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"William Stokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 写于 2005-04-08 01:23:39:
> Hello,
> This is not a php but sql question. My apologies but I don't know any
good
> sql forums and I know that someone here might be able to answer.
> OK so the question is. How to make a SELECT query with WHERE definition
that
> requires 2 conditions to be satisfied so that the row gets selected?
> MySQL manual says"where_definition consists of the keyword WHERE
followed by
> an expression that indicates the condition or conditions that rows must
> satisfy to be selected"
> I just don't know how to write the query
> Thanks a lot
> -Will
>
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Hi,
It seems more like a problem in Perl than PHP.. so sorry if this is
asked in the wrong list, but I believe there are also Perl gurus among
the list members.. ;)
I have a perl script which from it I externally execute a PHP script
with some parameters.
When running the perl program throu unix shell, then perl executes the
PHP program as expected, and returns its output.
When running the perl program throu Apache (using cgi-bin on a browser),
then perl opens the PHP file for reading and doesn't execute the PHP
script, and returns the PHP code of the script.
The Perl line trying to execute the PHP script is:
open (PIPE,"./my_prog.php $arg1 $arg2 |");
while (<PIPE>)
$res=$res.$_;
print "got:\n",$res;
Does anyone have any clue why Perl behaves differently on different
enviorments?
OR: does anyone have a suggestion for a stable solution?
-thanks, Eli
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Hi to all,
I'm a C++ programmer and I've to convert some simple classes
from C++ to PHP. My toolbar_button class must have two or more
constructors so I ask you if this is possible with PHP:
class toolbar_button
{
CString m_name, m_tooltip, m_image, m_action;
bool m_state, m_is_separator;
toolbar_button(void) { /* my code here */ };
toolbar_button(AnsiString name, bool state) { /* my code here */ };
toolbar_button(toolbar_button *abutton) { /* my code here */ };
....
}
I'm using PHP 5.0.4 for Windows.
Thank you very much
Silverio
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi to all,
I'm a C++ programmer and I've to convert some simple classes
from C++ to PHP. My toolbar_button class must have two or more
constructors so I ask you if this is possible with PHP:
You can't overload a constructor, I mean a function in PHP. Maybe
extending two classes from the base would be a good work-around.
Hope this helps,
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http://josip.dotgeek.org
jdzolonga[at]gmail.com
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Richard,
Thanks for the answer.
I understand that I can't do it the way I wanted .
I have changed my design.
Thanks ALL who answered.
-Saswat
On Apr 7, 2005 8:18 AM, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, April 6, 2005 10:07 am, Saswat Praharaj said:
> > I need some help in searching string in a file.
> >
> > My requirement is to search the string,append something to the string .
> > Write the string back to the file without changing other parts of the
> > file.
> >
> > e.g
> > Suppose I have the following string in a file
> >
> >
> > Set-Cookie: T_COOKIE=127.0.0.1-saswat-9; path=/
> >
> >
> > The fixed string is "Set-Cookie: T_COOKIE="and rest of the string is
> > variable.
> > I would like to change the string "127.0.0.1-saswat-9" to say
> > "127.0.0.1-saswat-9-1234"
>
> Problem is, that's *MORE* bytes than are already there.
>
> You can't just smush a few more bytes in.
>
> You will *HAVE* to write out a new file.
>
> But you can read in only the first couple hundred bytes until you find
> your Set-Cookie: T_COOKIE, and then you write out the stuff before that,
> write out your new data, then read/write the whole rest of the file.
>
> You may also want to consider using, say, awk or sed or whatever from
> http://php.net/exec -- I don't expect them to be that much faster than
> PHP, but what do I know?
>
> > My constraint is : I don't want to read the whole file into a buffer
> > and work on that buffer as the file can be very large , sometimes more
> > than 10 mb.
> >
> > My advantage is : I know that I will get the search string in first
> > 200 bytes of the file , so I just need to read 200 bytes,play with
> > that and write it back (overwriting the first 200 bytes with new 200
> > some bytes) ..
>
> If it's really 200 bytes for 200 bytes, yeah, fopen(..., 'r+') will work.
>
> But if you can't squeeze your bytes into the same space as is already
> there, you can't do that.
>
> You might also be able, for the future, to start using:
> 127.0.0.1-saswat-9-0000000 and then you'd be able to replace up to
> 99999999 and get back something you can easily read/write/format to be
> meaningful.
>
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>
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i am developing a comment/discussion board and i want to display the results
in a threaded style. so far i have it all working except this one issue:
each row has an ID and a parentid, say i have 5 rows:
id : 10 most oranges come from florida
id : 16 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 10)
id : 22 --------- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
id : 24 --------- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 22)
id : 28 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
i want the rows to know the id directly above itself
so for example, row 5 (id 28) will some how know its parentid (16) is not
directly above it and is not accociated with the result its above (24)
i want to 'highlight' a row when the parent it belongs to is directly above
and do nothing if its not.
does this make any sense?
very confusing nonetheless. hope someone understands.
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Sebastian wrote:
i am developing a comment/discussion board and i want to display the results
in a threaded style. so far i have it all working except this one issue:
each row has an ID and a parentid, say i have 5 rows:
id : 10 most oranges come from florida
id : 16 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 10)
id : 22 --------- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
id : 24 --------- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 22)
the indentation in your example is off, 24 should be indented one more
right?
id : 28 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
i want the rows to know the id directly above itself
so for example, row 5 (id 28) will some how know its parentid (16) is not
directly above it and is not accociated with the result its above (24)
yes, it will probably involve javascript.
also rather than outputting table rows (belonging to a single table) think about
outputting as nested DIVs (or ULs.)
<div>
id : 10 most oranges come from florida
<div>
id : 16 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 10)
<div>
id : 22 --------- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
<div>
id : 24 -------------- Re: most oranges come from florida
(parentid 22)
</div>
id : 28 ---- Re: most oranges come from florida (parentid 16)
</div>
</div>
</div>
such a setup would give you a very easy structure to grab/find parents using
the DOM/javascript
i want to 'highlight' a row when the parent it belongs to is directly above
and do nothing if its not.
does this make any sense?
very confusing nonetheless. hope someone understands.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sebastian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:17 PM
> i want the rows to know the id directly above itself
> so for example, row 5 (id 28) will some how know its parentid (16) is not
> directly above it and is not accociated with the result its above (24)
Have a "ref" in the database, it refereres to the parent. If the ref is NULL,
it´s the start thread
> i want to 'highlight' a row when the parent it belongs to is directly
> above
> and do nothing if its not.
Set $last_id = $id; in the end of the while and I the start of the while set:
if($last_id == $ref) // highlight the line
Is that what You are looking for?
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ComX Networks A/S
Kim Madsen
Systemudvikler/systemdeveloper
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Greetings PHP(eople),
I have a wget process that runs to download a file from a web site,
however, if no file exists at the location I`m pulsing, how do I get it
to abort ?
Here is the code :
<?php
$getfile = 'wget -dv -o log.txt http://www.somesite.co.za/somefile.php';
$get = shell_exec($getfile);
?>
I looked at filesize(), but if no file is brought back then there is
nothing for the function to check.
If someone could point me to the right PHP function, or a link
somewhere...
Regards
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Work: +27 11 782 0840
Fax : +27 11 782 0841
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I have a very good DENTAL PLAN. Thank you.
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Chris Blake wrote:
Greetings PHP(eople),
I have a wget process that runs to download a file from a web site,
Why would you do that ? There're bultin functions in PHP for doing it.
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http://josip.dotgeek.org
jdzolonga[at]gmail.com
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On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 13:52, Josip Dzolonga wrote:
> Chris Blake wrote:
>
> >Greetings PHP(eople),
> >
> >I have a wget process that runs to download a file from a web site,
> >
>
> Why would you do that ? There're bultin functions in PHP for doing it.
wget was the first thing I thought of :)
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Work: +27 11 782 0840
Fax : +27 11 782 0841
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A woman was in love with fourteen soldiers. It was clearly platoonic.
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Hello list,
I need to develop a multilingual web site and I am looking for the best way
of handling this task. There are three main issues I know:
1. Storing multilingual data in a database. Possible solutions I know:
a. many tables, one per each supported language, e.g. news_en, news_de.
b. one table having many columns with translations, e.g. (id, date, text_en,
text_de)
We use MySQL 4.1 as a back-end.
2. Multilingual HTML templates, possible solutions:
a. one generic template for everything, one per each language, like
contents_en.tpl.html, contents_de.tpl.html
b. many localized templates for each page, e.g news_en.tpl.html,
news_de.tpl.html
Template engine is Smarty.
3. Storing current language variable, possible solutions:
a. inside the URL like /en/news/
b. using cookies
c. using sessions
Web server is Apache2+mod_rewrite with PHP5
What are pros and cons for each solution? What are other possible solutions
for the above issues?
Best regards, Denis Gerasimov
Outsourcing Services Manager,
VEKOS, Ltd.
www.vekos.ru
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Denis Gerasimov wrote:
Hello list,
I need to develop a multilingual web site and I am looking for the best way
of handling this task. There are three main issues I know:
1. Storing multilingual data in a database. Possible solutions I know:
a. many tables, one per each supported language, e.g. news_en, news_de.
b. one table having many columns with translations, e.g. (id, date, text_en,
text_de)
We use MySQL 4.1 as a back-end.
what about 1 table, 3 columns:
translatekey (varchar) - string to translate
lang - lang code/id/name
translation (varchar/text) - translated string
2. Multilingual HTML templates, possible solutions:
a. one generic template for everything, one per each language, like
contents_en.tpl.html, contents_de.tpl.html
b. many localized templates for each page, e.g news_en.tpl.html,
news_de.tpl.html
Template engine is Smarty.
using Smarty I sometimes assign an assoc array of translated strings:
$Lang['yes'] = 'yessiree';
$Lang['no'] = 'nocando';
then in Smarty:
<div class="LangExample">
'yes' is {$Lang.yes},
'no' is {$Lang.no}
</div>
3. Storing current language variable, possible solutions:
a. inside the URL like /en/news/
best in terms of SEO.
b. using cookies
handy for presistence.
c. using sessions
provides cleaner URLS.
I see no reason to do all 3.
Web server is Apache2+mod_rewrite with PHP5
What are pros and cons for each solution? What are other possible solutions
for the above issues?
Best regards, Denis Gerasimov
Outsourcing Services Manager,
VEKOS, Ltd.
www.vekos.ru
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Denis Gerasimov wrote:
I need to develop a multilingual web site and I am looking for the best way
of handling this task. There are three main issues I know:
Mabye consider of using gettext..
http://www.php.net/gettext
BTW: why doesn't Smarty support gettext?
How can gettext be implemented into Smarty (with simplier syntax)?
-thanks, Eli
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On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:47, Chris Blake wrote:
> Greetings PHP(eople),
>
> I have a wget process that runs to download a file from a web site,
> however, if no file exists at the location I`m pulsing, how do I get it
> to abort ?
>
> Here is the code :
>
> <?php
> $getfile = 'wget -dv -o log.txt http://www.somesite.co.za/somefile.php';
> $get = shell_exec($getfile);
> ?>
>
> I looked at filesize(), but if no file is brought back then there is
> nothing for the function to check.
>
> If someone could point me to the right PHP function, or a link
> somewhere...
No worries, file_exists() was what I was looking for.
Regards
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commitments, game programs are ignored. When accountants make long-range
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solved. Truly, this is the Tao of Programming. -- Geoffrey James, "The
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Hello all
Does anyone know if its possible to post data using the http POST method
to another form using php?
I know its possible to use:
header( "Location: somelocation.php?" .SID&somevar=$somevar );
But this uses the GET method
any help or pointing me to any relevant documentation would be greatly
appreciated.
Cheers
Bob
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Bob Pilly wrote:
| Hello all
Hi,
| Does anyone know if its possible to post data using the http POST method
| to another form using php?
| I know its possible to use:
| header( "Location: somelocation.php?" .SID&somevar=$somevar );
| But this uses the GET method
| any help or pointing me to any relevant documentation would be greatly
| appreciated.
You can use Curl to post datas to a remote script.
http://www.php.net/curl
Regards,
Aurélien
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Aurélien Cabezon wrote:
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Bob Pilly wrote:
| Hello all
Hi,
| Does anyone know if its possible to post data using the http POST method
| to another form using php?
| I know its possible to use:
| header( "Location: somelocation.php?" .SID&somevar=$somevar );
| But this uses the GET method
| any help or pointing me to any relevant documentation would be greatly
| appreciated.
You can use Curl to post datas to a remote script.
http://www.php.net/curl
Regards,
Aurélien
also, I think Bob is a tad confused about what header does exactly.
Because header() adds lines to the RESPONSE-header, not the
REQUEST-header. The REQUEST header can send its request as a
GET/POST/PUT/whatever, while the response header doesn't do anything
even remotely like that. Basically, the 'Location'-response-header tells
the browser that the file can be found at a different location, so the
browser redirects there automatically. This is *not* a GET! Since you've
added your query to the URL and browsers, by default, use the GET method
of requesting data, the URL the browser will redirect to will be
requested with the GET method, so it might seem asif you were using GET
to request the page, for the browser, but in truth you don't have
anything to day about it.
Now, what Aurélien is talking about, cURL, is the other end of the
story. cURL can take on the role of both ends of the line, so it can
send either the request, or the response. But, it will not send it to
the user('s browser), but instead over a connection that it was told to
send it over.
Basically, this means that you can't tell a browser it needs to do a
POST request to another page via PHP. There :)
hope that helps you in understanding,
- tul
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Hi NG
I've a question about searching in a xmlfile.
Is there a mehtod to select a xml-node with a specific value?
e.g.
<xml>
<name>abc</name>
<namedef</name>
</xml>
and I want search for the node with name abc.
Or is it possible with a xpath definition?
Thanks in advance
Stefan
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There's a few xml -> array libraries out there which is probably the
easier way to examine xml stuff.
I use http://keithdevens.com/software/phpxml but there are many others.
M
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From: Stefan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 08 April 2005 13:26
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] XML Select
Hi NG
I've a question about searching in a xmlfile.
Is there a mehtod to select a xml-node with a specific value?
e.g.
<xml>
<name>abc</name>
<namedef</name>
</xml>
and I want search for the node with name abc.
Or is it possible with a xpath definition?
Thanks in advance
Stefan
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