[PHP] LAMP appliance
Hi, I've created a first version of LAMP appliance with SUSEStudio that includes phpmyadmin, webalizer and a bunch of php modules. I am contacting you because I would love to hear some feedback from php developers. A part from phpmyadmin and webalizer, what other tools do you think should be part of the appliance? I believe using an appliance can make life easier specially for new php developers, so they don't have to configure anything but start programming. You can try the appliance here by clicking on testdrive. Testdrive will start a new instance of it on your web browser. http://susestudio.com/a/61bKK8/lamp-server-32bit You can also download it as livecd, preload iso, vmware, hyperv, disc image or upload it to your amazon account. Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks in advance, jordi -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php I am *not* using this one: http://php.net/manual/en/class.httprequest.php The HTTP_Request class support the following functions: setBody() and addFile() The addFile()-function however simulates a form field and the server application does not read the incoming file from such a field. I have to put the file content as a stream through the body. Adding the file content using the setBody()-function will of course cause an out of memory error: $fp = fopen($filename, 'r'); $request-setBody(fread($fp, $filesize($filename))); $fclose($fp); $response = $request-sendRequest(); How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko --- Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftlich-technische Information mbH. Sitz der Gesellschaft: Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 101892. Geschäftsführerin: Sabine Brünger-Weilandt. Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig Dr. Thomas Greiner. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers
From: Matijn Woudt tijn...@gmail.commailto:tijn...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:59 PM To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk Cc: Jeff Gates gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu, php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 20:54 +0200, Matijn Woudt wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu wrote: Can anyone tell me what differences I might encounter by working with PHP on a Unix server verses working with PHP on a Windows server. We use Windows production servers here but many of us would like to get more LAMP environments. So, I'm wondering if I can use the hive mind here to get a sense of the pros and cons of each platform. Thanks. Jeff Apart from all other suggestions, one of the most common errors are because of different php.ini settings. If you can keep those settings (mostly) equal, there will not be that many errors. - Matijn I would say that's not limited to the distinction between Windows and Linux but any server. I've seen what appears to be an identical setup (same version of PHP, MySQL, etc) fail only because of a small setting in the php.ini file, just because the default was slightly different on the second system; both were running Linux. Yes, ofcourse, that comment was meant for any two systems. - Matijn Well, let me also add a related question: what types of problems might I encounter if I was trying to set up a Drupal or Wordpress instance on a Windows server running PHP as opposed to a Unix server? Jeff -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: From: Matijn Woudt tijn...@gmail.commailto:tijn...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:59 PM To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk Cc: Jeff Gates gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu, php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 20:54 +0200, Matijn Woudt wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu wrote: Can anyone tell me what differences I might encounter by working with PHP on a Unix server verses working with PHP on a Windows server. We use Windows production servers here but many of us would like to get more LAMP environments. So, I'm wondering if I can use the hive mind here to get a sense of the pros and cons of each platform. Thanks. Jeff Apart from all other suggestions, one of the most common errors are because of different php.ini settings. If you can keep those settings (mostly) equal, there will not be that many errors. - Matijn I would say that's not limited to the distinction between Windows and Linux but any server. I've seen what appears to be an identical setup (same version of PHP, MySQL, etc) fail only because of a small setting in the php.ini file, just because the default was slightly different on the second system; both were running Linux. Yes, ofcourse, that comment was meant for any two systems. - Matijn Well, let me also add a related question: what types of problems might I encounter if I was trying to set up a Drupal or Wordpress instance on a Windows server running PHP as opposed to a Unix server? Jeff You might need to change a few basic configuration options (paths, database, etc) inside Drupal/Wordpress/.., but otherwise those are perfectly compatible on Windows Linux. - Matijn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Dynamically Populating Multi-Dimensional Arrays
Hi All,
I was working on a project and needed to dynamically populate a
multi-dimensional array based on the size of an array. The script does
exactly what I want it to do, but I can't imagine that it's done in the
best way. I used an eval to construct the array based on the number of
values passed to the index array. When attempting to do the same with
Variable Variables, the addition of brackets caused the PHP Parser to
die.
Does anyone have any suggestions or alternatives to achieving the same
results?
Thanks,
Mike
Array:
$array = array(
array('name' = 'Person1', 'username' = 'username1',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person2', 'username' = 'username2',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person3', 'username' = 'username3',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person4', 'username' = 'username4',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person5', 'username' = 'username5',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person6', 'username' = 'username6',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person7', 'username' = 'username7',
'join_date' = 12233445776, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person8', 'username' = 'username8',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person9', 'username' = 'username9',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NJ'),
);
Function:
function createIndex($array, $index){
$index_array = array();
foreach($array as $result){
if(is_array($index)){
$key = '$index_array';
for($i=0;$i=sizeof($index)-1;$i++){
$key .= ['{$result[$index[$i]]}'];
}
$key .= [];
eval($key = \$result;);
}
else{
$index_array[$result[$index]] = $result;
}
}
return $index_array;
}
Calling Function:
print_r(create_index($array, array('state', 'join_date')));
Output:
Array
(
[NJ] = Array
(
[12233445566] = Array
(
[0] = Array
(
[name] = Person1
[username] = username1
[join_date] = 12233445566
[state] = NJ
)
[1] = Array
(
[name] = Person2
[username] = username2
[join_date] = 12233445566
[state] = NJ
)
[2] = Array
(
[name] = Person5
[username] = username5
[join_date] = 12233445566
[state] = NJ
)
)
[12233445996] = Array
(
[0] = Array
(
[name] = Person4
[username] = username4
[join_date] = 12233445996
[state] = NJ
)
[1] = Array
(
[name] = Person9
[username] = username9
[join_date] = 12233445996
[state] = NJ
)
)
)
[NY] = Array
(
[12233445996] = Array
(
[0] = Array
(
[name] = Person3
[username] = username3
[join_date] = 12233445996
[state] = NY
)
)
[12233445566] = Array
(
[0] = Array
(
[name] = Person6
[username] = username6
[join_date] = 12233445566
[state] = NY
)
[1] = Array
(
[name] = Person8
[username] = username8
[join_date] = 12233445566
[state] = NY
)
)
[12233445776] = Array
Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Matijn Woudt tijn...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edu wrote: From: Matijn Woudt tijn...@gmail.commailto:tijn...@gmail.com Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:59 PM To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk Cc: Jeff Gates gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu, php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net php-general@lists.php.netmailto:php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Differences between PHP on LAMP and PHP on Windows Servers On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Ashley Sheridan a...@ashleysheridan.co.ukmailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 20:54 +0200, Matijn Woudt wrote: On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Gates, Jeff gat...@si.edumailto:gat...@si.edu wrote: Can anyone tell me what differences I might encounter by working with PHP on a Unix server verses working with PHP on a Windows server. We use Windows production servers here but many of us would like to get more LAMP environments. So, I'm wondering if I can use the hive mind here to get a sense of the pros and cons of each platform. Thanks. Jeff Apart from all other suggestions, one of the most common errors are because of different php.ini settings. If you can keep those settings (mostly) equal, there will not be that many errors. - Matijn I would say that's not limited to the distinction between Windows and Linux but any server. I've seen what appears to be an identical setup (same version of PHP, MySQL, etc) fail only because of a small setting in the php.ini file, just because the default was slightly different on the second system; both were running Linux. Yes, ofcourse, that comment was meant for any two systems. - Matijn Well, let me also add a related question: what types of problems might I encounter if I was trying to set up a Drupal or Wordpress instance on a Windows server running PHP as opposed to a Unix server? Jeff You might need to change a few basic configuration options (paths, database, etc) inside Drupal/Wordpress/.., but otherwise those are perfectly compatible on Windows Linux. - Matijn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Why not install virtualbox or something similar and install a flavor of linux and use that to do your dev on? It more closely mimics what will be the operating environment and would lead to less hassles -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On 05/31/2012 03:28 AM, Voß, Marko wrote: Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. You don't want to require additional dependencies yet you require PEAR. Isn't PEAR an addition dependency? I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ http://www.bendsource.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Dynamically Populating Multi-Dimensional Arrays
On Thursday, May 31, 2012, Mackintosh, Mike wrote:
Hi All,
I was working on a project and needed to dynamically populate a
multi-dimensional array based on the size of an array. The script does
exactly what I want it to do, but I can't imagine that it's done in the
best way. I used an eval to construct the array based on the number of
values passed to the index array. When attempting to do the same with
Variable Variables, the addition of brackets caused the PHP Parser to
die.
Does anyone have any suggestions or alternatives to achieving the same
results?
Thanks,
Mike
Array:
$array = array(
array('name' = 'Person1', 'username' = 'username1',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person2', 'username' = 'username2',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person3', 'username' = 'username3',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person4', 'username' = 'username4',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person5', 'username' = 'username5',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NJ'),
array('name' = 'Person6', 'username' = 'username6',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person7', 'username' = 'username7',
'join_date' = 12233445776, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person8', 'username' = 'username8',
'join_date' = 12233445566, 'state' = 'NY'),
array('name' = 'Person9', 'username' = 'username9',
'join_date' = 12233445996, 'state' = 'NJ'),
);
Function:
function createIndex($array, $index){
$index_array = array();
foreach($array as $result){
if(is_array($index)){
$key = '$index_array';
for($i=0;$i=sizeof($index)-1;$i++){
You should move this sizeof($index) part out of the loop. It should look
like this
$len=sizeof($index);
for($i=0;$i$len;$i++)
--
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[PHP] passing /n into query ERROR
I have a query below. When I try to run it with PHP it errors: DATABASE_ERROR: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'' at line 38 IN BUT where I copy the echoed query and paste into into my Sequel Pro query editor and run it - works perfectly. Can someone shone some light on this? Frustrating - to say the least. Don $csv = SELECT u.user_id, u.first_name AS u_first_name, u.last_name AS u_last_name, c.client_id AS c_client_id, c.first_name AS c_first_name, c.middle_name AS c_middle_name, c.last_name AS c_last_name, c.address AS c_address, c.city AS c_city, c.state AS c_state, c.zip AS c_zip, c.dob AS dob_ymd, c.phone_home AS c_phone_home, c.phone_cell AS c_phone_cell, c.phone_work AS c_phone_work, c.email AS c_email, c.other_contacts AS c_other_contacts, count(*) as apt_qty FROM tl_appt apt JOIN tl_clients c on c.client_id = apt.client_id JOIN tl_rooms r on r.room_id = apt.room_id JOIN tl_users u on u.user_id = apt.user_id WHERE apt.time_start between '.$sd.' and '.$ed.' .$where_sql. GROUP BY u.user_id, c.client_id having count(*) .$aoper. .$aqty. ORDER BY u.first_name, u.last_name, c.last_name, c.first_name INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/.$csv_file..csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\'; LINES TERMINATED BY '.\\n.'; echo $csv; $csv_query = $db-db_query($csv); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
I'm using Zend Studio and it had a suggestion that I do a foreach as such
foreach($entry as $entry){
}
instead of
foreach($entries as $entry){
}
they both seem to work but, from a readability standpoint and just makes
more sense to me to use method 2. Is it bad practice to go with the 1st
method of coding or preferred?
Thanks, T
Re: [PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Tristan sunnrun...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm using Zend Studio and it had a suggestion that I do a foreach as such
foreach($entry as $entry){
}
which would be the same as `foreach ($entry)` --- a syntax
option that doesn't exist, but would be ideal.
foreach($entries as $entry){
}
I prefer this method as well, as redefining a variable with its
own name, whether in a foreach loop or elsewhere, not only feels
clunky, but could also quite easily cause issues. Imagine, for
example, that not all versions of PHP support the same-variable
option, be it by bug, deprecation, et cetera. It would be a pain to
track down the bug in your code.
they both seem to work but, from a readability standpoint and just makes
more sense to me to use method 2. Is it bad practice to go with the 1st
method of coding or preferred?
To be honest, I didn't know Zend was suggesting that, but if you
want my lowly opinion --- use the second (and your preferred) method.
I can't think of an instance in my experience where I found another
programmer's code using the first method either.
--
/Daniel P. Brown
Network Infrastructure Manager
http://www.php.net/
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Re: [PHP] passing /n into query ERROR
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Don Wieland d...@pointmade.net wrote: I have a query below. When I try to run it with PHP it errors: DATABASE_ERROR: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'' at line 38 IN BUT where I copy the echoed query and paste into into my Sequel Pro query editor and run it - works perfectly. Can someone shone some light on this? Frustrating - to say the least. Don $csv = SELECT u.user_id, u.first_name AS u_first_name, u.last_name AS u_last_name, c.client_id AS c_client_id, c.first_name AS c_first_name, c.middle_name AS c_middle_name, c.last_name AS c_last_name, c.address AS c_address, c.city AS c_city, c.state AS c_state, c.zip AS c_zip, c.dob AS dob_ymd, c.phone_home AS c_phone_home, c.phone_cell AS c_phone_cell, c.phone_work AS c_phone_work, c.email AS c_email, c.other_contacts AS c_other_contacts, count(*) as apt_qty FROM tl_appt apt JOIN tl_clients c on c.client_id = apt.client_id JOIN tl_rooms r on r.room_id = apt.room_id JOIN tl_users u on u.user_id = apt.user_id WHERE apt.time_start between '.$sd.' and '.$ed.' .$where_sql. GROUP BY u.user_id, c.client_id having count(*) .$aoper. .$aqty. ORDER BY u.first_name, u.last_name, c.last_name, c.first_name INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/.$csv_file..csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\'; LINES TERMINATED BY '.\\n.'; echo $csv; $csv_query = $db-db_query($csv); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php if you DO NOT specify a LINES TERMINATED BY command it defaults to \n
RE: [PHP] passing /n into query ERROR
-Original Message- From: Don Wieland [mailto:d...@pointmade.net] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:46 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] passing /n into query ERROR I have a query below. When I try to run it with PHP it errors: DATABASE_ERROR: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'' at line 38 IN BUT where I copy the echoed query and paste into into my Sequel Pro query editor and run it - works perfectly. Can someone shone some light on this? Frustrating - to say the least. Don $csv = SELECT u.user_id, u.first_name AS u_first_name, u.last_name AS u_last_name, c.client_id AS c_client_id, c.first_name AS c_first_name, c.middle_name AS c_middle_name, c.last_name AS c_last_name, c.address AS c_address, c.city AS c_city, c.state AS c_state, c.zip AS c_zip, c.dob AS dob_ymd, c.phone_home AS c_phone_home, c.phone_cell AS c_phone_cell, c.phone_work AS c_phone_work, c.email AS c_email, c.other_contacts AS c_other_contacts, count(*) as apt_qty FROM tl_appt apt JOIN tl_clients c on c.client_id = apt.client_id JOIN tl_rooms r on r.room_id = apt.room_id JOIN tl_users u on u.user_id = apt.user_id WHERE apt.time_start between '.$sd.' and '.$ed.' .$where_sql. GROUP BY u.user_id, c.client_id having count(*) .$aoper. .$aqty. ORDER BY u.first_name, u.last_name, c.last_name, c.first_name INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/.$csv_file..csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\'; LINES TERMINATED BY '.\\n.'; echo $csv; $csv_query = $db-db_query($csv); -- You might want to fix your syntax: FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\'; You have a unnecessary ';' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] passing /n into query ERROR
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:55 PM, David OBrien dgobr...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Don Wieland d...@pointmade.net wrote: I have a query below. When I try to run it with PHP it errors: DATABASE_ERROR: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'' at line 38 IN BUT where I copy the echoed query and paste into into my Sequel Pro query editor and run it - works perfectly. Can someone shone some light on this? Frustrating - to say the least. Don $csv = SELECT u.user_id, u.first_name AS u_first_name, u.last_name AS u_last_name, c.client_id AS c_client_id, c.first_name AS c_first_name, c.middle_name AS c_middle_name, c.last_name AS c_last_name, c.address AS c_address, c.city AS c_city, c.state AS c_state, c.zip AS c_zip, c.dob AS dob_ymd, c.phone_home AS c_phone_home, c.phone_cell AS c_phone_cell, c.phone_work AS c_phone_work, c.email AS c_email, c.other_contacts AS c_other_contacts, count(*) as apt_qty FROM tl_appt apt JOIN tl_clients c on c.client_id = apt.client_id JOIN tl_rooms r on r.room_id = apt.room_id JOIN tl_users u on u.user_id = apt.user_id WHERE apt.time_start between '.$sd.' and '.$ed.' .$where_sql. GROUP BY u.user_id, c.client_id having count(*) .$aoper. .$aqty. ORDER BY u.first_name, u.last_name, c.last_name, c.first_name INTO OUTFILE '/tmp/.$csv_file..csv' FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\'; LINES TERMINATED BY '.\\n.'; echo $csv; $csv_query = $db-db_query($csv); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php if you DO NOT specify a LINES TERMINATED BY command it defaults to \n Good gracious ... note the extra ; after ENCLOSED BY
Re: [PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
Thanks, well that's why I was asking because we just let a guy go for doing
stuff like that among other obvious bad coding issues and terrible logic.
The guy didn't know what he was doing but, I wanted to make sure I wasn't
out of my mind by pointing that out. I am new to Zend Studio so I don't
know if it was picking that up from other bad code in the project and
suggesting for consistency sake or what. I definitely thought it was
weird.
Thanks again.
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Daniel Brown danbr...@php.net wrote:
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Tristan sunnrun...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm using Zend Studio and it had a suggestion that I do a foreach as such
foreach($entry as $entry){
}
which would be the same as `foreach ($entry)` --- a syntax
option that doesn't exist, but would be ideal.
foreach($entries as $entry){
}
I prefer this method as well, as redefining a variable with its
own name, whether in a foreach loop or elsewhere, not only feels
clunky, but could also quite easily cause issues. Imagine, for
example, that not all versions of PHP support the same-variable
option, be it by bug, deprecation, et cetera. It would be a pain to
track down the bug in your code.
they both seem to work but, from a readability standpoint and just makes
more sense to me to use method 2. Is it bad practice to go with the 1st
method of coding or preferred?
To be honest, I didn't know Zend was suggesting that, but if you
want my lowly opinion --- use the second (and your preferred) method.
I can't think of an instance in my experience where I found another
programmer's code using the first method either.
--
/Daniel P. Brown
Network Infrastructure Manager
http://www.php.net/
Re: [PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
On May 31, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Tristan wrote:
I'm using Zend Studio and it had a suggestion that I do a foreach as such
foreach($entry as $entry){
}
instead of
foreach($entries as $entry){
}
they both seem to work but, from a readability standpoint and just makes
more sense to me to use method 2. Is it bad practice to go with the 1st
method of coding or preferred?
Thanks, T
Let's look at that.
In the first case you're doing a foreach loop on an array entitled $entry
(single) using a variable entitled the same name representing the values in
each element of the array -- that doesn't make sense even if it works or is
recommended by Zend Studio. That would be a hell of a bug to find.
In the second case, I find the syntax more correct. You are doing a foreach
loop on an array entitled $entries (plural) using the values contained in the
array as $entry (single) -- that makes much more sense to me.
My $0.02
Cheers,
tedd
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RE: [PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
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Subject: Re: [PHP] [foreach] - is it proper to...
On May 31, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Tristan wrote:
I'm using Zend Studio and it had a suggestion that I do a foreach as
such
foreach($entry as $entry){
}
instead of
foreach($entries as $entry){
}
they both seem to work but, from a readability standpoint and just
makes more sense to me to use method 2. Is it bad practice to go with
the 1st method of coding or preferred?
Thanks, T
But don't forget, the first scenario would be bad coding practice; you
are mutating the array $entry. It will become the last value of the
array you are foreach'ing. $entry begins as an array, and ends as a
string. As a result, I'd suggest to stay away from it.
The second scenario, $ entries remains an array, and $entry a string.
Thanks,
Mike
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[PHP] cyberweaponry
Hi gang: This is a little early for Friday's Open Comment day, but my memory is increasingly more short term and by tomorrow I might forget -- so, here goes. I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). He said that this was unusual because typically such viruses are written in languages like Ruby-on-Rails and such. So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? Cheers, tedd _ tedd.sperl...@gmail.com http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] cyberweaponry
There was the Never Ever No Sanity worm ( http://news.cnet.com/Net-worm-using-Google-to-spread/2100-7349_3-5499725.html ). One variant of it was written in php the other in perl. - Joseph Moniz On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Tedd Sperling t...@sperling.com wrote: Hi gang: This is a little early for Friday's Open Comment day, but my memory is increasingly more short term and by tomorrow I might forget -- so, here goes. I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). He said that this was unusual because typically such viruses are written in languages like Ruby-on-Rails and such. So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? Cheers, tedd _ tedd.sperl...@gmail.com http://sperling.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] cyberweaponry
-Original Message- From: Tedd Sperling [mailto:t...@sperling.com] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:21 PM To: php-general General Subject: [PHP] cyberweaponry Hi gang: This is a little early for Friday's Open Comment day, but my memory is increasingly more short term and by tomorrow I might forget -- so, here goes. I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). He said that this was unusual because typically such viruses are written in languages like Ruby-on-Rails and such. So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? Malware, Trojans and virii OH MY!!! But seriously, I think we may need to establish a parameter here to avoid mixing of virii with other types of non-viral malware. [] Computer virus - a self-replicating program that can transmit itself from computer to computer. Other non-viral Malware - spyware, Trojans basically and program written with malicious intent that does not self-replicate. Or are we talking about malware in general? Marc Hall I'm broke so can I borrow 2 cents from Tedd? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] cyberweaponry
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Tedd Sperling t...@sperling.com wrote: So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? To my own memory, viruses by definition, no. However, with that said, there's tons of PHP malware, including self-replicating worms that target certain vulnerabilities (such as known exploits in versions of WordPress). In fact, one of the most common PHP-scripted attacks on the web is against an individual script, which has been packaged in with many other PHP applications - including WordPress - over the years. The script, known as TimThumb, has an extremely well-known vulnerability in past versions, which are still in widespread use today. The thing is, a PHP virus would be simple to write, so there likely are a few out there. However, because a virus needs direct interaction to spread it, it would be less effective than something that is set and forget like a worm. Conversely, there are worms written in PHP that then inject JavaScript into PHP/HTML files and, usually using an iframe, attempt to force a malicious file to be downloaded by the user, who may or may not believe the interaction to be legitimate. Still, since PHP isn't a client-side application, and - aside from a precompiled binary to match the target operating system - requires the PHP parser to be present and configured, as well as execution of the script to be initiated by the user or a predictable automated process, it's unlikely that a PHP virus (again, by definition) would see enough success to make it worthwhile to the author. -- /Daniel P. Brown Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] cyberweaponry
-Original Message- From: paras...@gmail.com [mailto:paras...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Brown Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 1:52 PM To: Tedd Sperling Cc: php-general General Subject: Re: [PHP] cyberweaponry On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Tedd Sperling t...@sperling.com wrote: So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? To my own memory, viruses by definition, no. However, with that said, there's tons of PHP malware, including self-replicating worms that target certain vulnerabilities (such as known exploits in versions of WordPress). In fact, one of the most common PHP-scripted attacks on the web is against an individual script, which has been packaged in with many other PHP applications - including WordPress - over the years. The script, known as TimThumb, has an extremely well-known vulnerability in past versions, which are still in widespread use today. Just to be clear, WordPress core never included TimThumb. It was included in some Premium themes and various plugins (still is in some plugins). A lot of the vulnerabilities found in TimThumb have been patched however, the main issue with it has been the loading of files from external websites and then caching them on the server where the instance of WP resides. Just wanted to make sure we don't create a panic. [] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jim Lucas li...@cmsws.com wrote: On 05/31/2012 03:28 AM, Voß, Marko wrote: Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. You don't want to require additional dependencies yet you require PEAR. Isn't PEAR an addition dependency? I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ http://www.bendsource.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php If you don't want dependencies, try swfuploader...uses flash but is more robust for large file uploads, -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On 05/31/2012 11:34 AM, Bastien Koert wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Jim Lucasli...@cmsws.com wrote: On 05/31/2012 03:28 AM, Voß, Marko wrote: Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. You don't want to require additional dependencies yet you require PEAR. Isn't PEAR an addition dependency? I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ http://www.bendsource.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php If you don't want dependencies, try swfuploader...uses flash but is more robust for large file uploads, From what I read, he is wanting the server to upload a file to a remote machine. Not a client uploading to his server. -- Jim Lucas http://www.cmsws.com/ http://www.cmsws.com/examples/ http://www.bendsource.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Function size
On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:52 AM, Tony Marston t...@marston-home.demon.co.uk wrote: On May 21, 2012, at 8:32 PM, tamouse mailing lists wrote: A rule of thumb is no more than 50 lines per function, most much less. Back in the day when we didn't have nifty gui screens and an 24 line terminals (yay green on black!), if a function exceeded one printed page, it was deemed too long and marked for refactoring. I think the idea of setting an arbitrary limit on the number of lines that a function should contain is quite ludicrous and something which I will completely ignore. If a function requires a hundred or more lines then so be it. The only reason to take a block of code and put it into its own function is when that code is likely to be called more than once so that it conforms to the DRY principle. If it is only ever used in one place then there is no point. You obviously haven't spent much time maintaining other people's code. There is a point: if you are unfamiliar with code, wading through screens and screens of a function to find things like block beginning/ends makes for difficult time finding places where changes need to be made. If you will never have your code maintained by anyone else, or collaborate with anyone else, feel free to do what you want. The problems I have with creating lots of small used-only-once functions is as follows: - you have to create a meaningful name for each function. Yes, you do, which is also considered a hallmark of good design. - all those functions should be arranged in alphabetical order within their containing file - having them in a random sequence makes it difficult to find the one you want. Also correct; this is a key point in making sure your scripts are maintainable. - when browsing through the code you have to keep jumping to another function, and then returning to where you came from. I don't know about you, but I would rather use the scroll wheel on my mouse than keep jumping from one position in the file to another. May I suggest an editor/IDE that lets you navigate to functions directly, then? Another problem I have encountered in the past with such an idea is that it encourages a stupid programmer to decrease the number of lines of code by compressing as many statements as possible into a single line, which then makes the code less easy to read and understand. This is much worse than having more than 20 lines in a function. There are counterbalancing things as well. If the only aspect of one's coding standards are make it fit on one screen then yes, you might see someone idiotic enough to do that. However, a good set of coding standards includes things which will prevent this, such as not stacking code like that. Whether a file contains 10 functions of 100 lines each, or 100 functions of 10 lines each, you still end up with 1000 lines of code. If you do not have the mental capacity to deal with a 100-line function then you are in the wrong job. The rules of thumb for coding standards are for maintainability, primarily, so throwing up strawmen to try to weasel out of an idea is pretty specious. If you do not care about how much time it takes to fix defects in other people's code, then I hope you remain a solitary programmer and don't expect anyone else to use your code, otherwise, you are in the wrong job. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] cyberweaponry
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Tedd Sperling t...@sperling.com wrote: I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). Is the interview online someplace? (Youtube?) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Voß, Marko marko.v...@fiz-karlsruhe.de wrote: Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php I am *not* using this one: http://php.net/manual/en/class.httprequest.php The HTTP_Request class support the following functions: setBody() and addFile() The addFile()-function however simulates a form field and the server application does not read the incoming file from such a field. I have to put the file content as a stream through the body. Adding the file content using the setBody()-function will of course cause an out of memory error: $fp = fopen($filename, 'r'); $request-setBody(fread($fp, $filesize($filename))); $fclose($fp); $response = $request-sendRequest(); How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko --- Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe, Gesellschaft für wissenschaftlich-technische Information mbH. Sitz der Gesellschaft: Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 101892. Geschäftsführerin: Sabine Brünger-Weilandt. Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig Dr. Thomas Greiner. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Does the receiving server only accept uploads via HTTP? Or is there another protocol you could use? I'm not aware of anyway via HTTP you can send chunks up; as far as I know, that only works for server-client transfers. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Voß, Marko marko.v...@fiz-karlsruhe.de wrote: I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php The HTTP_Request class support the following functions: setBody() and addFile() Reading the above, and checking on the documentation, I notice an inconsistency. I only find the setBody() method in HTTP_Request2, while addFile() is in HTTP_Request. The correct method for adding files in HTTP_Request2 is addUpload() (which still may not work given the limitations of the upstream server). -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Uploading large files with HTTP_Request class
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Voß, Marko marko.v...@fiz-karlsruhe.de wrote: Hello, I need to perform uploading of large files using the HTTP_Request class: http://pear.php.net/manual/package.http.http-request.php I am *not* using this one: http://php.net/manual/en/class.httprequest.php The HTTP_Request class support the following functions: setBody() and addFile() The addFile()-function however simulates a form field and the server application does not read the incoming file from such a field. I have to put the file content as a stream through the body. Adding the file content using the setBody()-function will of course cause an out of memory error: $fp = fopen($filename, 'r'); $request-setBody(fread($fp, $filesize($filename))); $fclose($fp); $response = $request-sendRequest(); How am I supposed to do that with this class? Are there any alternatives, which do not force me to add new PHP dependancies/libraries to the project? I am writing a library and do not want to force the users to add dependancies to their projects in order to use this library. I am currently using PHP 5.3.0. Thank you and best regards, Marko If you don't want any additional libraries, I would suggest writing such a request yourself with the use of simple sockets. - Matijn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: cyberweaponry
On Thu, 31 May 2012 13:21:07 -0400, Tedd Sperling wrote: [...] I watched a interview today where an security expert claimed that the Flame Virus was written in a scripted language named lua (http://www.lua.org/). That's surprising... I'm intrigued, can you supply a link? He said that this was unusual because typically such viruses are written in languages like Ruby-on-Rails and such. Um, really? I very much doubt that. AFAIK, most true viruses are written in a compiled language, and many trojans as well. RoR websites would definitely be a vulnerability target though... So, my question to the group -- has PHP produced any viruses? If not, could it? If so, can anyone elaborate on the details? It's unlikely to be used for viruses per se, even trojans. Mainly, it's a target of vulnerability hacks due to the low level of entry to building websites in PHP and some (now deprecated) truly awful features like register globals. But even professionally written PHP can serve as a hack target, as seen in the Plesk fiasco earlier this year: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/02/plesk-control-panel-bug-left-ftc-sites-and-thousands-more-exposed-to-anon/ ( http://preview.tinyurl.com/8xxjcsj ) I've been burned by that one personally when the servers some customers' sites are hosted on were taken down by a series of failures triggered by that hack. The host proudly told me that their security was fine and that it was WordPress that must have been hacked (because the malware found was in scripts hidden in the various WP folders). They got awful busy after reading that link though. -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia A just machine to make big decisions Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision We'll be clean when their work is done We'll be eternally free yes and eternally young What a beautiful world this'll be What a glorious time to be free... - Donald Fagan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] is there a way to stop HTMLPurifier/CSStidy from forcing input CSS into all lowercase?
Hi guys anyone here using HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together? (like e.g. to allow users to create their own external style sheets via form input) ...for example, in the way this post's answer explains how to use HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3241616/ If so, do you know how to set CSStidy's config options in that context? I found how to set CSStidy's config options if I was running CSStidy from the command line, or on its _own_ from PHP runtime, but I do not know how to set the config options from within HTMLpurifier, or even how to hack/override either of those libraries to solve my particular issue. I looked and hacked and thought for sure I would find the offending line of code.. but somehow, nothing I have tried is stopping one or both of those libraries from forcing all my input CSS into lowercase, which I do not want. The issue is that I need the input CSS's case to be left as the user input it (so that for example background image paths in that CSS do not break). more details, attempted fixes, etc.: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10843600/ Thanks for any thoughts/tips of any kind -Govinda -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] is there a way to stop HTMLPurifier/CSStidy from forcing input CSS into all lowercase?
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Govinda govinda.webdnat...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys anyone here using HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together? (like e.g. to allow users to create their own external style sheets via form input) ...for example, in the way this post's answer explains how to use HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3241616/ If so, do you know how to set CSStidy's config options in that context? I found how to set CSStidy's config options if I was running CSStidy from the command line, or on its _own_ from PHP runtime, but I do not know how to set the config options from within HTMLpurifier, or even how to hack/override either of those libraries to solve my particular issue. I looked and hacked and thought for sure I would find the offending line of code.. but somehow, nothing I have tried is stopping one or both of those libraries from forcing all my input CSS into lowercase, which I do not want. The issue is that I need the input CSS's case to be left as the user input it (so that for example background image paths in that CSS do not break). more details, attempted fixes, etc.: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10843600/ Thanks for any thoughts/tips of any kind -Govinda Have you tried http://htmlpurifier.org/phorum/ and did you noticed Since the project has been suspended, please only contact me if you intend to continue maintaining it. for CSSTidy? Regards, Tommy -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] is there a way to stop HTMLPurifier/CSStidy from forcing input CSS into all lowercase?
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Tommy Pham tommy...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Govinda govinda.webdnat...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi guys
anyone here using HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together? (like e.g. to allow
users to create their own external style sheets via form input)
...for example, in the way this post's answer explains how to use
HTMLpurifier and CSStidy together:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3241616/
If so, do you know how to set CSStidy's config options in that context?
I found how to set CSStidy's config options if I was running CSStidy from
the command line, or on its _own_ from PHP runtime, but I do not know how to
set the config options from within HTMLpurifier, or even how to
hack/override either of those libraries to solve my particular issue. I
looked and hacked and thought for sure I would find the offending line of
code.. but somehow, nothing I have tried is stopping one or both of those
libraries from forcing all my input CSS into lowercase, which I do not want.
The issue is that I need the input CSS's case to be left as the user input
it (so that for example background image paths in that CSS do not break).
You need to get better tools. I found this with Notepad++ for Windows
searching case within *.php files filter within the root directory
of the extracted zip/tarball:
H:\data\Downloads\dev\PHP\htmlpurifier-4.4.0\library\HTMLPurifier\AttrDef\CSS\Font.php
(6 hits)
Line 45: $lowercase_string = strtolower($string);
Line 46: if (isset($system_fonts[$lowercase_string])) {
Line 47: return $lowercase_string;
Line 61: case 0:
Line 77: case 1:
Line 131: case 2:
Haven't looked at the entire file or source code but that looks close
enough to me... ;)
more details, attempted fixes, etc.:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10843600/
Thanks for any thoughts/tips of any kind
-Govinda
Have you tried http://htmlpurifier.org/phorum/ and did you noticed
Since the project has been suspended, please only contact me if you
intend to continue maintaining it. for CSSTidy?
Regards,
Tommy
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