php-general Digest 15 Aug 2008 12:33:46 -0000 Issue 5625
Topics (messages 278105 through 278124):
Re: parsing form with a website question...
278105 by: bruce
278106 by: tedd
278108 by: Chris
278109 by: Robert Cummings
Re: Passing variable to a page in a frameset
278107 by: tedd
278124 by: Dan Shirah
Removing an element from the middle of an mdlti-dimentsional array
278110 by: Don
278111 by: mike
278112 by: Don
278113 by: mike
278114 by: Don
278119 by: Simcha Younger
Re: PHP editor for linux
278115 by: Michael S. Dunsavage
278117 by: Ross McKay
278118 by: Lester Caine
278120 by: Mario Guenterberg
Re: On one of my computers, php can't see an external javascript I included
278116 by: Chris
import XLS sheet into DB
278121 by: Alain R.
278122 by: Mario Guenterberg
278123 by: Jason Pruim
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rob,
i'm fully aware of the issues, and for the targeted sites that i'm focusing
on, i can employ strategies to prune the tree... but the overall issue is
that i'm looking for a tool/app/process that does what i've described.
the basic logic is that the app needs to use a config file, and that the app
should somehow find the requisite form using perhaps xpath, in combination
with some kind of pattern recognition/regex functionality...
once the app has the form, it can then get the underlying "stuff"
(selects/lists/items, etc.. which will form the basis for the querystrings
to the form action...
ain't life grand!!
thanks...
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From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:57 PM
To: bruce
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] parsing form with a website question...
On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:47 -0700, bruce wrote:
> Hi guys...
>
> Got a question that I figured I'd ask before I reinvent the wheel.
>
> A basic website has a form, or multiple forms. within the form, there
might
> be multiple elements (lists/select statements, etc...). each item would
have
> a varname, which would in turn be used as part of the form action, to
create
> the entire query...
>
> sort of like:
> form action=test.php?
> option
> name=foo
> foo=1
> foo=2
> foo=3
> foo=4
> /option
>
> option
> name=cat
> cat=1
> cat=2
> cat=3
> /option
> /form
>
> so you'd get the following urls in this psuedo example:
> test.php?foo=1&cat=1
> test.php?foo=1&cat=2
> test.php?foo=1&cat=3
> test.php?foo=2&cat=1
> test.php?foo=2&cat=2
> test.php?foo=2&cat=3
> test.php?foo=3&cat=1
> test.php?foo=3&cat=2
> test.php?foo=3&cat=3
> test.php?foo=4&cat=1
> test.php?foo=4&cat=2
> test.php?foo=4&cat=3
>
> i'm looking for an app that has the ability to parse any given "form" on a
> web page, returning the complete list of possible url combinations based
on
> the underlying elements that make up/define the form...
>
> anybody ever seen anything remotely close to this...???
>
> i've been research crawlers, thinking that this kind of functionality
would
> already exist, but so far, no luck!
A little algorithm analysis would learn you that to do so would require
storage space on an exponential scale... as such you won't find it.
Also, what would you put into text/textarea fields? I've heard Google
has begun experiments to index the "deep" web, but they just take
somewhat educated guesses at filling in forms, not at expanding the
exponential result set. For a simple analysis of the problem. Take 2
select fields with 2 options each... you have 4 possible outcomes (2 *
2). Now take 3 selects lists with 3 items, 4 items, and 5 items. You now
have 60 possible outcomes. From this it is easy to see the relation ship
is a * b * c * ... * x. So take a form with 10 select fields each with
10 items. That evaluates to 10^10 = 10000000000. In other words, with a
mere 10 drop down selects each with 10 items, the solution space
consists of 10 billion permutations. Now lets say each item costs
exactly 1 byte to store the answer, and so you need 10 bytes to store
one particular solution set. That's 100 billion bytes AKA 100 metric
gigabytes... remember that was just 1 form.
Cheers,
Rob.
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At 7:57 PM -0400 8/14/08, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:47 -0700, bruce wrote:
-snip- That's 100 billion bytes AKA 100 metric
gigabytes... remember that was just 1 form.
Cheers,
Rob.
Killjoy. :-)
He could have had a lot of fun figuring that out.
tedd
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bruce wrote:
rob,
i'm fully aware of the issues, and for the targeted sites that i'm focusing
on, i can employ strategies to prune the tree... but the overall issue is
that i'm looking for a tool/app/process that does what i've described.
the basic logic is that the app needs to use a config file, and that the app
should somehow find the requisite form using perhaps xpath, in combination
with some kind of pattern recognition/regex functionality...
once the app has the form, it can then get the underlying "stuff"
(selects/lists/items, etc.. which will form the basis for the querystrings
to the form action...
Don't know of anything that does this off hand but it'd be a good
project for a security check app :) See what values/options the form
accepts and what it fails with..
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On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 21:39 -0400, tedd wrote:
> At 7:57 PM -0400 8/14/08, Robert Cummings wrote:
> >On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:47 -0700, bruce wrote:
> >-snip- That's 100 billion bytes AKA 100 metric
> >gigabytes... remember that was just 1 form.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Rob.
>
> Killjoy. :-)
>
> He could have had a lot of fun figuring that out.
He was lookig for a premade solution... it didn't seem like he wanted to
figure it out :)
Cheers,
Rob.
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At 4:06 PM -0500 8/14/08, george wrote:
Thank you for taking the time to help me with this, I really appreciate it!
- jody
Make it easy on yourself and try this:
http://sperling.com/examples/search/
Cheers,
tedd
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>
> I apologize for my ignorance, I don't really know much about
> javascript. When I add all that into my form page, when I submit the
> form, it just replaces the page I was on with the form results, rather
> than in the new frame page. I'm assuming I need to put the url for the
> frameset page in that code somewhere. Where does it go? And, which
> part do I replace with the frame name on that frameset page?
>
> Thank you for taking the time to help me with this, I really appreciate it!
Let's look at the code:
//var1 and var2 are the search criteria the user entered in your search
form(You may have more or less)
function submitForm(var1,var2) {
//top.leftFrame is how you set the focus to the frame you want. leftFrame
could be different on your system...whatever you named the frame.
//top.leftFrame.document.my_search.text1.value=var1 assumes the form name in
the frame you want data in is named
//my_search and it givs the text object text1 the value of var1 from your
search form
top.leftFrame.document.my_search.text1.value = var1;
//top.leftFrame.document.my_search.text2.value=var2 assumes the form name in
the frame you want data in is named
//my_search and it givs the text object text1 the value of var2 from your
search form
top.leftFrame.document.my_search.text2.value = var2;
//top.leftFrame.document.my_search.submit() will submit the form in your
target frame then you can use the $_POST values throughout the frame
top.leftFrame.document.my_search.submit();
//document.search_form.submit() will submit your search page. I use this so
I can reuse the $_POST values to display the search criteria after submit.
document.search_form.submit();
}
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Hi,
Let's say I have the following array:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
How do I remove say the second element?
I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the following
elements and I am left with:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
when I really want:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
Thanks,
Don
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Can't you unset() it? Sorry for top posting I'm on an iPhone
On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Let's say I have the following array:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'),
array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
How do I remove say the second element?
I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the
following
elements and I am left with:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
when I really want:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
Thanks,
Don
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Won't unset() destroy the entire array?
"mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Can't you unset() it? Sorry for top posting I'm on an iPhone
>
> On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Let's say I have the following array:
>>
>> $myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'),
>> array('7','8','9'),
>> array('10','11','12'));
>>
>> How do I remove say the second element?
>>
>> I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
>>
>> But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the following
>> elements and I am left with:
>>
>> $myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
>>
>> when I really want:
>>
>> $myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
>> array('10','11','12'));
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don
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Not on the specific sub element. I.e unset($array[2][0])
On Aug 14, 2008, at 8:08 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Won't unset() destroy the entire array?
"mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Can't you unset() it? Sorry for top posting I'm on an iPhone
On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Let's say I have the following array:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'),
array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
How do I remove say the second element?
I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the
following
elements and I am left with:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
when I really want:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
Thanks,
Don
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Yup, thanks.
Also execute:
$array = array_values(array)
in order to fix the indexes
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From: "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Removing an element from the middle of an
mdlti-dimentsional array
Not on the specific sub element. I.e unset($array[2][0])
On Aug 14, 2008, at 8:08 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Won't unset() destroy the entire array?
"mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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Can't you unset() it? Sorry for top posting I'm on an iPhone
On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:30 PM, "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Let's say I have the following array:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'),
array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
How do I remove say the second element?
I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the
following
elements and I am left with:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
when I really want:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
Thanks,
Don
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array_splice($a, 1, 1);
This will remove the second element, and reset the keys.
Simcha Younger
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From: Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:30 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Removing an element from the middle of an mdlti-dimentsional
array
Hi,
Let's say I have the following array:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('4','5','6'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
How do I remove say the second element?
I have tried: $myArray = array_splice($myArray, 1, 1);
But this seems to remove the second element as well as all the following
elements and I am left with:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'));
when I really want:
$myArray = array(array('1','2','3'), array('7','8','9'),
array('10','11','12'));
Thanks,
Don
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On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 10:05 -0700, It flance wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What do you think is the best php editor for linux.
>
> I'm using the Debian distribution.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>
I use geany and Quantum
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:46:05 -0400, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
>I use geany and Quantum
+2 for geany (SWMBO uses it too). It's a good general-purpose text
editor and simplified IDE. Build it from SVN, as it has been moving
fairly quickly and distro packages often haven't kept up.
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Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
i used to use php-eclipse + subclipse all the time; i never had to 'install
from source' or had issues installing subclipse on top of php-eclipse...
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Ahh... but you're in Linux. I was referring to the Windows distribution of
Eclipse. It's Java, so I guess it wouldn't matter... but when I installed
PHPEclipse on top of Eclipse, it broke. Big-time.
Depends on the Linux distribution.
I have matching copies of phpeclipse on my Windows and Mandriva Linux boxes.
Mandriva had it in the distribution and I then updated via Eclipse without a
problem.
It's nice to have a development environment that I don't have to think which
machine I'm on - until it comes to a file path.
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 07:32:13PM -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
> What sort of plugins do you use with vim? For a while I was
> interested with it after seeing some presentations on it. I never
> could figure out how to get it to do code completion based on methods
> of a class, it sort of jumbled all of them from a project together. I
> also felt like it was a bit clunky jumping between files. Using MVC
> means at least 3 files per uri so that got to be very tedious for me
> jumping between so many different files. Any tips there?
>
> One of my favorite parts of pdt is the fact that I can code complete
> any class in my current project or anything that I specify in my
> include path. Also you can jump to the exact class/method by control
> clicking on it too which is a huge time saver. Is there anything like
> this?
Hi
I use vim + some plugins and a custom configuration. It works fine
in cli and as vim-gtk under debian/ubuntu.
The Plugins are NERDTree, PDV and debugger. This and a little own
vimrc makes we wonder how powerfull vim is.
The vim installation is a standard apt-get install way installation.
You can open mutliple files with NERDTree if you use the the tab-key.
It is easy to handle more than 3 files recently, but a bigger
resolution on your desktop is needed ;-)
So i can coding some lines or files, press CTRL-L for syntax
checking and have a wonderfull customizable syntax highlightning.
The autocomplete function works also very well. I have downloaded
the php5 funclist from rasmus and extend it if needed. Variables and
contants defined in the file that i edit are also autocompleted.
Happy coding
Mario
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googling1000 wrote:
Edit:
I don't think Javascript is disabled on my computer.
When I tried posting the code online, I see that my js functions are
executed just fine on this one particular machine.
Hit the file directly in your browser:
http://example.com/path/to/javascript.js
what do you get?
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Hi,
I would like to import content of an XLS sheet into a PostgreSQL DB (table).
How can i do that ?
thanks a lot,
A.
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On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 10:29:40AM +0200, Alain R. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to import content of an XLS sheet into a PostgreSQL DB (table).
>
> How can i do that ?
Your question is not php related ;-)
Maybe, export the sheet as comma separated csv file and import it to postgresql.
Happy coding
Mario
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On Aug 15, 2008, at 4:29 AM, Alain R. wrote:
Hi,
I would like to import content of an XLS sheet into a PostgreSQL DB
(table).
How can i do that ?
thanks a lot,
A.
Alain,
I haven't done it with PostgreSQL... But assuming it's not far from
MySQL just save the excel file as a csv, or a tab separated file and
import that. If you find away to import a strict xls file let me know,
I have a project that could really benefit from that :)
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