[PHP] Re: PHP: a fractal of bad design

2012-04-17 Thread Bogdan Ribic

Where's the Like button on this list? :)


On 4/13/2012 01:44, Ross McKay wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:10 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:




There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about
and the ones nobody uses. -- Bjarne Stroustrup


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Re: [PHP] Re: PHP: a fractal of bad design

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Lucas

On 04/17/2012 05:43 AM, Bogdan Ribic wrote:

Where's the Like button on this list? :)


On 4/13/2012 01:44, Ross McKay wrote:

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:10 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote:




There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about
and the ones nobody uses. -- Bjarne Stroustrup




a simple +1 will do

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Re: [PHP] Re: PHP: a fractal of bad design

2012-04-17 Thread Jay Blanchard

[snip]

a simple +1 will do

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Ahthe good old days.

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[PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread DZvonko Nikolov
 Hi there,

I need a class that sends sms messages to list of numbers. 
I'm quite new to that issue, so I need to know what I need 
more. Thanks in advance.
 


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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Marc Guay
Woah.  Is that good luck or bad luck?

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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 17 Apr 2012, at 20:17, Marc Guay wrote:

 Woah.  Is that good luck or bad luck?

Inherently? Neither. To you? Whatever.

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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Marc Guay
Suspicion is my religion.  Let no thread end without a war.

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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Lester Caine

DZvonko Nikolov wrote:

I need a class that sends sms messages to list of numbers.
I'm quite new to that issue, so I need to know what I need
more. Thanks in advance.


Ignoring the wallies 

Simply sending an SMS message is something rather more difficult that just 
needing a class to do it.
Google will give you a hell of a lot of crap and no real answers - I know - I've 
been through a lot of it!


The bottom line is that we need to be able to send the message TO the mobile 
phone network, and while in theory it should be simple to do that by accessing 
your own mobile phone, the providers tend to block such activity. I'm STILL 
trying to get a SIM card I can use to send my own messages via the mobile modem 
that I HAVE got full access to, but none of the UK providers will oblige with 
one that has this function enabled. Even though I will be paying for the 
'airtime' ...


The only way currently to do this is to sign up to a service that you pay to 
send each messages. So what you need to look for is a suitable text sending 
service in your area. Some have free setup and provide a few free messages, then 
charge based on your volume of messages. Many of these provide a web based 
service to which you can submit your traffic, but that area is another variable. 
I'm using http://www.textlocal.com/ at the moment just to get things running.


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[PHP] Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread David Mehler
Hello,

I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting
to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another
solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with
spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not
able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used
they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate
it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses
dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the
spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and
preferably light on the resources.

Thanks.
Dave.

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Re: [PHP] Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Marc Guay
Is there a reason for you not to build a contact form?

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[PHP] Re: Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Giner

David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote in message 
news:CAPORhP5Cuzd0Hb9gBFLESNe5LofDODN64S2UOAuMWCb=zoh...@mail.gmail.com...
 Hello,

 I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting
 to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another
 solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with
 spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not
 able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used
 they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate
 it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses
 dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the
 spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and
 preferably light on the resources.

 Thanks.
 Dave.

Why not just put the contact's name/info on screen and then use the database 
behind it all to go get the email address and build the mail?  Assuming that 
the site is using a db to hold these addresses already. 



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Re: [PHP] Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Ashley Sheridan


Marc Guay marc.g...@gmail.com wrote:

Is there a reason for you not to build a contact form?

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It could be for a company, which in the UK I believe requires several bits of 
contact information.

There is no php way of doing what you ask, php is all on the server after all. 
The only solution is javascript, but again, if its for a company, depending on 
country, you may have a legal requirement to make it accessible, which means 
basic required details available without script.

Having said that, with a contact form you may be ok. You could use javascript 
to output the email address link. I wrote one a while back:

http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk/coding/javascript/Anti-Spam+Email+Script

Hope it helps?

Thanks,
Ash
http://ashleysheridan.co.uk

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RE: [PHP] Re: Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Steven Staples
 -Original Message-
 From: Jim Giner [mailto:jim.gi...@albanyhandball.com]
 Sent: April 17, 2012 4:33 PM
 To: php-general@lists.php.net
 Subject: [PHP] Re: Email Antispam
 
 
 David Mehler dave.meh...@gmail.com wrote in message
 news:CAPORhP5Cuzd0Hb9gBFLESNe5LofDODN64S2UOAuMWCb=zoh...@mail.gmail.com...
  Hello,
 
  I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting
  to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another
  solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with
  spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not
  able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used
  they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate
  it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses
  dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the
  spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and
  preferably light on the resources.
 
  Thanks.
  Dave.
 
 Why not just put the contact's name/info on screen and then use the
 database behind it all to go get the email address and build the mail?
 Assuming that the site is using a db to hold these addresses already.
 

What about using an AJAX call onclick to pull the email address?  Or nesting
ajax calls to hide it more gooder :P

Just thoughts, as I never (almost never) use mailto: tags, and build my own
contact form.

Steve


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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Mike Mackintosh
In reality, a SMS messages are transported the SS7 network, or voice network. 
To make the digital transition, carriers use a box called an SMPP gateway. To 
get access to this box, is by contract and terms of he carrier, and most 
commonly forbidden. As a result, the best bet is to use a SMS Aggregator. Once 
you subscribe to their service, they usually offer an API. 

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On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 15:50, Lester Caine wrote:

 DZvonko Nikolov wrote:
  I need a class that sends sms messages to list of numbers.
  I'm quite new to that issue, so I need to know what I need
  more. Thanks in advance.
  
 
 
 Ignoring the wallies 
 
 Simply sending an SMS message is something rather more difficult that just 
 needing a class to do it.
 Google will give you a hell of a lot of crap and no real answers - I know - 
 I've 
 been through a lot of it!
 
 The bottom line is that we need to be able to send the message TO the mobile 
 phone network, and while in theory it should be simple to do that by 
 accessing 
 your own mobile phone, the providers tend to block such activity. I'm STILL 
 trying to get a SIM card I can use to send my own messages via the mobile 
 modem 
 that I HAVE got full access to, but none of the UK providers will oblige with 
 one that has this function enabled. Even though I will be paying for the 
 'airtime' ...
 
 The only way currently to do this is to sign up to a service that you pay to 
 send each messages. So what you need to look for is a suitable text sending 
 service in your area. Some have free setup and provide a few free messages, 
 then 
 charge based on your volume of messages. Many of these provide a web based 
 service to which you can submit your traffic, but that area is another 
 variable. 
 I'm using http://www.textlocal.com/ at the moment just to get things running.
 
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 Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
 L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
 EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
 Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
 Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php
 
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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Floyd Resler

On Apr 17, 2012, at 5:11 PM, Mike Mackintosh wrote:

 In reality, a SMS messages are transported the SS7 network, or voice network. 
 To make the digital transition, carriers use a box called an SMPP gateway. To 
 get access to this box, is by contract and terms of he carrier, and most 
 commonly forbidden. As a result, the best bet is to use a SMS Aggregator. 
 Once you subscribe to their service, they usually offer an API. 
 
 -- 
 Mike Mackintosh
 www.HighOnPHP.com
 
 
 On Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 15:50, Lester Caine wrote:
 
 DZvonko Nikolov wrote:
 I need a class that sends sms messages to list of numbers.
 I'm quite new to that issue, so I need to know what I need
 more. Thanks in advance.
 
 
 
 Ignoring the wallies 
 
 Simply sending an SMS message is something rather more difficult that just 
 needing a class to do it.
 Google will give you a hell of a lot of crap and no real answers - I know - 
 I've 
 been through a lot of it!
 
 The bottom line is that we need to be able to send the message TO the mobile 
 phone network, and while in theory it should be simple to do that by 
 accessing 
 your own mobile phone, the providers tend to block such activity. I'm STILL 
 trying to get a SIM card I can use to send my own messages via the mobile 
 modem 
 that I HAVE got full access to, but none of the UK providers will oblige 
 with 
 one that has this function enabled. Even though I will be paying for the 
 'airtime' ...
 
 The only way currently to do this is to sign up to a service that you pay to 
 send each messages. So what you need to look for is a suitable text sending 
 service in your area. Some have free setup and provide a few free messages, 
 then 
 charge based on your volume of messages. Many of these provide a web based 
 service to which you can submit your traffic, but that area is another 
 variable. 
 I'm using http://www.textlocal.com/ at the moment just to get things running.
 
 -- 
 Lester Caine - G8HFL
 -
 Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact
 L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk
 EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/
 Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk//
 Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php
 
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I use Tropo (tropo.com) myself.  It is easy to use and the support is great!

Take care,
Floyd


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Re: [PHP] sms class

2012-04-17 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 17 Apr 2012, at 20:50, Lester Caine wrote:

 Ignoring the wallies 

I'd rather be a wally surrounded by fishmongers than a fishmonger surrounded by 
wallies.

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[PHP] Re: Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Ross McKay
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:04:19 -0400, David Mehler wrote:

I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting
to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another
solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with
spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not
able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used
they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate
it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses
dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the
spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and
preferably light on the resources.

I don't like this sort of thing, but I have a client who needs it. What
I did for them was to put the email address on the page encoded with
base64, and use client-side script to decode it. i.e. the encoded data
is replaced with the decoded data, once on page load. Hook up the decode
function on the browser-side to your page load scripts. No jQuery
required :)

https://gist.github.com/2409958
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[PHP] Re: Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Jim Giner

Ross McKay ro...@zeta.org.au wrote in message 
news:b4vro79ftp9423k74bnj41o1o9e3dk9...@4ax.com...
 On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:04:19 -0400, David Mehler wrote:

I'm working on a site that has email addresses on it. I am not wanting
to use mailto links so as to avoid spam harvesters, I'd like another
solution so that mailto links would work but would not work with
spammers. I've tried several javascript-based solutions, but am not
able to get them to be consistent. It seems like once they're used
they revert to coded links. If anyone has any solutions I'd appreciate
it. I'm not sure I can do this in php, generate email addresses
dynamically then pass them to the client, it would be the same as the
spammer hitting the page. I'd prefer something self-hosted and
preferably light on the resources.

 I don't like this sort of thing, but I have a client who needs it. What
 I did for them was to put the email address on the page encoded with
 base64, and use client-side script to decode it. i.e. the encoded data
 is replaced with the decoded data, once on page load. Hook up the decode
 function on the browser-side to your page load scripts. No jQuery
 required :)

 https://gist.github.com/2409958
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 Is give peas a chance - SeedSavers

So - does that mean you building the site from information contained in a 
database? 



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[PHP] Re: Email Antispam

2012-04-17 Thread Ross McKay
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:11:45 -0400, Jim Giner wrote:

So - does that mean you building the site from information contained in a 
database? 

Yes. Client wanted email addresses on the website, but not available to
SPAM harvesters. And not all addresses are in the database as
structured data, many are embedded in page content (I have a WordPress
shortcode that encodes the email address for those).
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