[PHP] Re: Anybody have any thoughts on Smarty?
Smarty is a fantastic tool. One of it's really great features (compared with a couple of other templating engines that I have looked at) is the inherent ability to include logic (using smary syntax) in the templates. This'll sound a bit odd - after all, a point of templates is to separate logic and presentation. However, it is really handy to be able to include 'presentation logic' in the presentation layer. For example, contained in a template a very simple eg in pseudo terms: if form validated then show success message else show failure message From your code you pass this template the form validated variable value and it shows the appropriate message. Without the ability to do this (as in other templating engines) you find that your logic code becomes cluttered with presentation issues. Hence Smarty facilitates a much cleaner separation of logic and presentation. However, this does mean that either your page designer has to get to grips with introducing smarty code into his/her templates or you must add such code to his/her templates. Though for the reason above (and others) it is well worth giving it a try. David Charles Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Was reading this and it sounds really cool. I do work as a consultant to designers and thought this may be a good way to improve work flow? I have read mixed thoughts on this, but was wondering what this list thought? Anyone using it? Real world? http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutorial-cezar.php Thanks, Charles -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: PHP XML Reference
check out the book XML and PHP by Vikram Vaswani, News Riders; a well written and concise treatment of xml and php. David Eisenhart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Collating Values from database fields
Matt, You are looking at least 2 separate select queries - one to retrieve the player data on a tournament by tournament basis and a second query to 'calculate' the summary data. Now, you will be needing the GROUP BY clause in the second query while drawing on at least the player and appearances tables (check out GROUP BY in the MySQL (I assume you are using MySQL) online manual.) Then simply print out the results of the respective select queries. David Eisenhart Matt Macleod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I'm building a site for my rugby club and I want to present players' data ie: number of appearances, points scored and so on. I have three tables in my database: a table of tournaments (date, location, opposition, etc), a table of players (name, contact details, position, etc) and a table of appearances (fixtureID, playerID, tries scored, penalties scored, cautions etc. When a player is selected from a drop-down list, their data will appear in a table by drawing from the 'appearances' table based on the player's ID thus: Player: Matt MacLeod - Tournament 1 / 19/01/2003 / 2 tries / 0 pens / 0 cautions Tournament 2 / 24/03/2003 / 4 tries / 3 pens / 1 caution Tournament 3 / 27/03/2003 / 0 tries / 3 pens / 0 cautions I then want to print the player's totals thus: 3 tournaments / 6 tries / 6 pens / 1 caution This is where I get stuck. I know how to display the data on a tournament by tournament bais, and get PHP to build an additional table row for each appearance by the player, but I am unsure of how to add up the columns and print the totals at the end of the table. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP/HTML table layout?
if you don't go for fixed widths, yet you want to ensure that the columns do not go 'below' a certain value a neat trick is to create a row (or use an existing row) and populate it with blank gifs - one in each column and each one the 'minimum' desired width of its respective column.(with a height of, say, 1 pixel) David Eisenhart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: PHP Books
I've invested quite heavily in php books, the 2 most useful by a long way are: 1) Programming PHP, O'Reilly, Rasmus Lerdorf Kevin Tatroe - a truly superb book; its concise, well written and just seems to hit the mark. A must for any aspiring php programmer! 2) PHP Functions, Essential Reference, New Riders; as it says on the tin - its a php function reference. Ok, one can use the php manual and I even believe that this book is online, but it doesn't beat, in my view, having the thing on the desk next to you As well being convenient the functions are particularly well explained with descent examples (from which I've borrowed heavily towards my own code) 2 honourable mentions: 1) Web Database Applications with Php and MySQL, O'Reilly - some good insights and a great coverage of sessions; however is a tad verbose and I am not too hot on the case study presented throughout the book. Well worth buying though. 2) Web Application Development with PHP 4.0; this is an interesting read though is not so good if you are just starting out due to its advanced nature; it also shows its age in places Happy reading!! David Eisenhart. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Message Board Question
This is a good article on pagination: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/43/0.php David Eisenhart Conbud [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, this is kind of a complex question, Im making a message board, now I dont want list, lets say, all 25 messages on the same page. I would like to have - previous 1 2 3 next - type of links and only list 5 messages per page and every time a user clicks the next, previous, or one of the page number links it will list the next 5 messages that havn't been listed yet. Could someone show me how to do this or at least point me in the correct direction ? The data is all stored in a MySQL database. Thanks, -- Conbud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graphic Web Design Using Open Source Technology -- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: reversing attribute in array of objects
if I've understood you correctly how about something like:
$valArr = array();
for($i=0;$icount($objArr);$i++){
array_push($valArr, $objArr[$i]-level);
}
$valArr = array_reverse($valArr);
for($i=0;$icount($objArr);$i++){
$objArr[$i]-level = $valArr[$i];
}
David Eisenhart
Neko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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I have a bit of a good one for you guys:
I have an array of objects which have an attribute $level (I use
$obj-get/setLevel() to access it).
Now, this array consists of these objects with $level in descending order,
and the same $level int can be set to multiple objects (in order), eg:
$objArr[0]-level = 5
$objArr[1]-level = 5
$objArr[2]-level = 4
$objArr[3]-level = 3
$objArr[4]-level = 2
$objArr[5]-level = 2
$objArr[6]-level = 2
$objArr[7]-level = 1
what I want to do is to reverse the $level attribute for the objects (not
the objects themselves!!!) in the array by using the $level attribute, so
in
this case I'd end up with:
$objArr[0]-level = 1
$objArr[1]-level = 2
$objArr[2]-level = 2
$objArr[3]-level = 2
$objArr[4]-level = 3
$objArr[5]-level = 4
$objArr[6]-level = 5
$objArr[7]-level = 5
Any tips on this one?
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[PHP] Re: pagination help
This is a good article on pagination: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/43/0.php David Eisenhart Denis L. Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello friends. My records on one page are bout 200. So I wish to paginate them and show only about 20 records per page with the page numbers at the bottom of the records table and also the previous and next links. I mean, something line Google's searcg results page numbering system. Can someone give me a link to some help files? Thanks Denis -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Member function as error_handler
I'd recommend that you consider using the set_error_handler function. This'll let you create and use your own custom error handler function (which is fired for errors of the E_ERROR, E_WARNING and E_NOTICE type and also those errors that you deliberately trigger using trigger_error()) - very handy indeed! Of course rather than doing this on every page place such code in a single file and include this file (using the include construct or variation on this) within all your site pages. Hope this helps. David Eisenhart Nik Makepeace [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Query One: Can I use a member function of an object as an error_handler? I currently declare a function for error handling with every page, but I would like to put it in an object which lives in the session anyway. The problem is I can't seem to do it; when I try to set the error handler to a method, it defaults to PHP's usual methods. Is it me or PHP? MTIA, Nik -- http://travelog.uberblog.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: MySQL Query
If I understand your requirement correctly I would say that you are looking in the wrong place to protect particular table fields from the user; the user gets access to the underlying database only through your 'application' pages (ie. your php pages) - it is your coding of these pages that determines what the user can not and can not do in the underlying database (ok, the database permissions also serve this kind of function, but as you are talking about (dis)allowing editing of certain fields within particular tables this will be determined by your 'application logic' as mentioned above) Hope this helps David Eisenhart Shaun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Is there a way of updating a table so that I can add some sort of identifier to each field, something as simple as x=1 will do. I want to be able to modify the table so I can set a variable for each column so I can tell whether I can let a user modify that field. If I modify the fieldname then the web application wont work. The purpose of this is to create a content management system that will allow me to set which fields are editable by the user. I don't want to add another field to each table because I want the system to be as portable and pluggable into other web sites as possible. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: question about smarty
You just put the smarty files on the server like you would load up your php files. Note that a common gotcha is when safe mode is enabled on the server - smarty will not ,by default, run in this case; the resolution is simple and is explained in the smarty manual. David Eisenhart Sunfire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] just wondering... does smarty have to be installed on the server where the web site or php scripts it makes are going to be ran... or do you just make the stuff and put on the server like normal php files... --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.458 / Virus Database: 257 - Release Date: 2/24/2003 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: classes and functions in include files
yes (as has been said); the code in the included file adopts 'the scope in the place at the point of the include statement'. Hence if you were to put the the include statement in a function the vars in the included file would have the scope of that function; included outside a function they'll have global scope David Eisenhart Sunfire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] just a fast question here.. and the lotic probably isnt to bright on my part and i think i know the answer to this question too but just to make sure... if you can include variables in an include file and use them outside that file (in the file that includes that file that is) then can you do the same with classes and functions --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.458 / Virus Database: 257 - Release Date: 2/24/2003 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Include files
if require is used to include the 'same file', say, twice that file will be loaded twice. This can of course cause errors (such as resulting from the redefinition of functions within this file). In contrast the require_once construct will only load a file 'once' irrespective of the number of times it is subsequently called to do so (thereby preventing such errors arising). I would imagine (but am not certain) that there may be a slight speed penalty in using require_once as opposed to require. David Jinky Otacan Cocalon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] the problem was solved by creating an include file and using using require() method i was just wondering what are the advantages and disadvantages of using require_once() instead of require()? thanx =) John W. Holmes wrote: How do I include external library files in PHP??? I would like to put the lines that are repeated in each php files, in a separate file. e.g. ?php $db_host = localhost; $db_port = 3306; $db_name = test; ... ? Just throw caution to the wind and try the include() function I'm not responsible for the consequences!!! Do not blame me if your file is included!! ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- Gravity can't be held responsible for people falling in love. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] phpmyadmin duplication of sql
have you attempted to simply create the table and column using the sql text box (ie not using the create table interface)? eg pasting and submitting something like: CREATE TABLE t2 ( y varchar(5) ) TYPE=MyISAM; (I appreciate this does not address the reason behind the actual problem you are having but it should get the job done) David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: smarty vs. patTemplate vs. inclu
I have never used patTemplate but from my experience Smarty is both fast and robust (I now would not consider building a site without it) Even given your scenario I would recommend that you at least consider using a templating engine. Smarty is very quick and easy to set up so just have a play! David David Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, I'm designing a site with about 100 different pages. I'm debating whether to use a template mechanism such as smarty or patTemplate vs just creating pages and including the body templates based on the url parameters. I realize you get a layer of abstraction using the template mechanisms, but with the scheme that I have in mind the users will only be editing the pages that are marked body_foo.php. These body pages would be basically pure html, so they can't really screw anything up in the php logic. They would be called off an index.php that has a bunch of includes, header.php, body.php, footer.php etc, this page would be off limits to the user for editing. From what I understand, both smarty and patTemplate are popular and both have supporters and detractors, is one template significantly faster or more stable than the other? If I just use includes, am I gonna run into problems, other than the loss of elegance and some abstraction that a template system might offer. My site will have approx 100 pages, with a peak of 600,000 hits per day. thanks for your help, Dave -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] register_globals On
yeh, I'd strongly agree with Jonathan's view that quality of the code can mitigate against the dangers of register_globals. FYI, an interesting article on php vulnerabilities is at: http://www.securereality.com.au/studyinscarlet.txt David Eisenhart Jonathan Pitcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Sam, The register_globals can be dangerous to turn on but it really depends on the quality of code that the shopping cart was written. See Examples below for explanation. Say you had a script that looked like this. ?PHP $Q = Select * from Stored CreditCards where User='$User'; . Retrive info from DB . Charge Credit Card . Do Other Stuff. ? With register_globals = on the I could do the following to the URL and force the systsem to bill someone else. chargecredit.php?User=Joe Basically if register_globals = off protects you from that type of URL hacking. It just depends on how it is written and how thought out the shopping cart script is. Hope this helped. Jonathan Pitcher On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 07:09 AM, Sam wrote: I'm thinking of running a shopping cart package (osCommerce) that requires register_globals to be enabled. With all the warnings about security with register_globals enabled I'm worried. How dangerous is it? -- 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
[PHP] Re: Login system using PHP/MySql
you could try the phplib libraries (which as well as authentication implement other things such as database abstraction and templates) There is some overhead involved in getting up to speed with phplib but there is a lot of help out there (in the form of articles, email list etc..) I found phplib very, very valuable to get me started on my first php application (principally using it for the authentication) but have since preferred to write my own authentication code. Going it alone with the authentication does, as you allude to below, involve getting a good handle on sessions. To this and other related ends I would thoroughly recommend the 2 books 'Web Database Applications with PHP MySQL' and 'Programming PHP' (both O'Reilly titles). Of course a lot of info is out here on the web, but these books are particularly well written, comprehensive and very handy sitting there on the desk while you work. Sorry - not the quick fix solution you request but one that'll help in the longer term. David Yc Nyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 01c2d434$f8be3c80$5340ba66@gis">news:01c2d434$f8be3c80$5340ba66@gis... Hi, I have looked at many examples session-based of login/password system to protect webpages but can't get it to work. Seems simple but... I have php and mysql installed in my windows server. If any kind soul can point me to a working (easy) setup of this task, i would be most grateful. Nyon --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/2003 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Templates
yeh, I'd totally agree with this. Smarty is fantastic The best one imho in PHP is Smarty. I'd rank it up there with Template::Toolkit. Take a look: http://smarty.php.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Why use XML?
Just i am curious to know how do you feel while using Smarty template engine. Is it worth to use for seperating User interface and programming logic? Most definately; I find the alternative to using a templates (ie embedding php in html) to be messy even with smaller sites. Template engines, amongst other things, allow one to write cleaner more modifiable code (both php and HTML) as one does not obscure the other. Of the template engines I have used, Smarty is the most sophisticated in terms of features and is easiest to use - a winning combination!! (It also comes with the very comprehensive manual and an active, well supported email list) If you have more knowledge regarding XML+XSL then it not a great deal a this stage, but they are clearly worth looking into. - Original Message - From: Hardik Doshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Eisenhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:00 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Why use XML? Hi David, It's nice to read your comments. I will definately buy the book you suggested. It's good you are using Smarty template engine. Currently i am testing Smarty on development server and soon i will start using it for actual applications. Just i am curious to know how do you feel while using Smarty template engine. Is it worth to use for seperating User interface and programming logic? I am still looking for option like XML+XSL. If you have more knowledge regarding XML+XSL then it would be nice if you can give me detail idea. Thanks and waiting for your answer. Hardik Doshi --- David Eisenhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: big issues!! I'd recommend that you check out the book 'XML and PHP' by Vikram Vaswani, New Riders. Its well written and concise - should answer your queries and more. (BTW, like you I also use Smarty to separate application logic and presentation; for my purps and circumstances this is preferable to using xml stylesheets) David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Why use XML?
big issues!! I'd recommend that you check out the book 'XML and PHP' by Vikram Vaswani, New Riders. Its well written and concise - should answer your queries and more. (BTW, like you I also use Smarty to separate application logic and presentation; for my purps and circumstances this is preferable to using xml stylesheets) David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Static functions (java/php)
use the error_reporting function: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php Joshua Moore-Oliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... How would I go about setting the error reporting level? Josh. On February 9, 2003 06:38 pm, David Eisenhart wrote: yeh, I'd agree with this; on your second issue of variable definitions I do find that being able set the error reporting level to show non critical errors (such as undefined variables) to be a reasonable, although non ideal, compromise; php's still a great language to work with most respects though ... David Eisenhart Joshua Moore-Oliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The only thing I do wish is that there was a way to force php into a typecast mode... and possibly a setting to reqiure a definition for a variable. Josh. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Static functions
yes, you can call a static method on a class by specifying the class name,
then 2 colons and finally the function name:
classname :: functionname([arg,.])
(of course properties can not be accessed by such methods)
David Eisenhart
Leo Spalteholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie to PHP, I've done some stuff in Java/VB/C++
but I'm having a few problems finding info on this issue.
Does PHP support something like static functions in Java?
for example in Java I can write:
public class someClass {
public static void someMethod() {}
}
and then in another file:
import someClass;
public class anotherClass {
someClass.someMethod()
}
Is there some way to access methods of a class without creating an
object in PHP?
Right now I just include the file (not using a class) and then call
the function but I would like to have it more seperate.
Thanks,
Leo
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[PHP] Re: Static functions
you may find the following link interesting http://www.tek271.com/articles/JavaOrPhp.html David Eisenhart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Static functions (java/php)
yeh, I'd agree with this; on your second issue of variable definitions I do find that being able set the error reporting level to show non critical errors (such as undefined variables) to be a reasonable, although non ideal, compromise; php's still a great language to work with most respects though ... David Eisenhart Joshua Moore-Oliva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The only thing I do wish is that there was a way to force php into a typecast mode... and possibly a setting to reqiure a definition for a variable. Josh. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Static functions (java/php)
Chris Hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... At 23:09 9-2-2003, you wrote: you may find the following link interesting http://www.tek271.com/articles/JavaOrPhp.html David Eisenhart I cannot suppress the feeling that someone out there has a slight prejudice in favour of Java! 'horses for courses' as they say; php is in my case the best fit for my particular set of needs and circumstances (one big, big advantage being its MySQL functions and also the ready accessibility of great template libraries like Smarty) david -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Static functions
pleasure Leo, happy php'ing !!
Leo Spalteholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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ah! thank you very much. Thats exactly what I was looking for.
Leo
On February 9, 2003 01:49 pm, David Eisenhart wrote:
yes, you can call a static method on a class by specifying the
class name, then 2 colons and finally the function name:
classname :: functionname([arg,.])
(of course properties can not be accessed by such methods)
David Eisenhart
Leo Spalteholz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie to PHP, I've done some stuff in
Java/VB/C++ but I'm having a few problems finding info on this
issue.
Does PHP support something like static functions in Java?
for example in Java I can write:
public class someClass {
public static void someMethod() {}
}
and then in another file:
import someClass;
public class anotherClass {
someClass.someMethod()
}
Is there some way to access methods of a class without creating
an object in PHP?
Right now I just include the file (not using a class) and then
call the function but I would like to have it more seperate.
Thanks,
Leo
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[PHP] Re: 3 tier web development
You may be interested in the article: Using PHP to Develop Three-Tier Architecture Applications (http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/tutsweatpart1.php) David Eisenhart. Hardik Doshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi Everyone, I am curious to know how one can develop 3-tier web based applications using PHP, MySQL. Here Database should be changed in future using database abstraction layer. Can anybody tell me in detail that how can i build 3 tier flexible web application? More questions on this thread: 1. How one can seperate HTML and PHP (or any other programming code). Is there anything in PHP so i can seperate Interface layer and programming logic layer? 2. I know that we can use Database abstraction layer so in future it is really easy to change database as per need. Can any one tell me which database abstraction layer is the best for future applications. 3. There is lots of talk about CMS today. Does anyone know about PHP based CMS (PHP-Nuke?? i dont know)? Currently i am making 2 tier systems (HTML+PHP, Database) I want to switch my applications to 3 tier (HTML, php and database). Please give me enough guidance. thanks Hardik __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: best oop book
I got a lot out of Web Application Development with PHP4, by Tobias Ratshiller and Till Gerken, New Riders. Its not just about oop but covers this aspect well and is generally a very well written intermediate to advanced treatment of php. Also to keep ahead of the game this is an interesting article The Object-Oriented Evolution of PHP at http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/10007/0/page/1 David Edward Peloke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Ok, I have seen a suggestion or two for oop books but I would like to buy one so what is the best php object oriented book on the market...in everyone's opinion. The Professional PHP4 XML book looks good for xml, so I hope to get that one, I have a php/mysql book, just want a good oop book now. I have read a few reviews on the professional php book by wrox but it seems to need for oop stuff Thanks, Eddie -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: how to write clean code.
Another template engine you could consider is Smarty http://smarty.php.net/. One can write very elegant code using such an templating system david it is also good idea to separate html from the code, for instance by using some template engine. rush -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Template tutorials?
Check out the Smarty tutorial links page from it's site resources section - http://smarty.php.net/resources.php?category=0 Also the Smarty manual is excellent - very comprehensive and well written. I just about taught myself Smarty using this alone. I think Smarty is the absolute biz when it comes to php template engines; well worth giving a really good test run. D. Chad Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I'm googling around for template tutorials and such after seeing a link to the Smarty template engine .. can anyone point me to any particularly good ones? I've always been going with the 'one-file' approach .. which I think it's time I changed. Thanks, Chad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Converting Excel Spreadsheet to MySQL table ...
as a 'one off' exercise I recently did something similar except the data was from Access, but would work the same from an excel file:- saved as a CSV file and then used phpMyAdmin to import the CSV file data into a MySQL table (of course, didn't have to use phpMyAdmin for this but it did make the import process very quick and straight forward) D Adam Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 002001c2b86e$34514590$6601a8c0@FERG">news:002001c2b86e$34514590$6601a8c0@FERG... Hello ... I was wondering if anyone had a good resource or code sample for opening ( or accessing ) an excel spreadsheet using php. I need to be able to convert a spreadsheet of products and info to a table of products in a mysql database. Also ... I need to be able to perform this on a Linux machine. Any help would be great. Thanks guys! Adam Ferguson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Medium to Large PHP Application Design
I'm looking for online references, personal experience and opinion and even examples of open source code which you think demonstrate the above criteria on this one. I have found the Smarty template engine (http://smarty.php.net/) to be a most excellent tool for separating business logic and presentation. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Databases vs. File Access
to add another cent to Timothy's contribution I agree, check out Smarty (http://smarty.php.net/) for the templating. D Timothy Hitchens ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 000801c2b7ab$837eefa0$0500a8c0@bambino">news:000801c2b7ab$837eefa0$0500a8c0@bambino... My 2 cents would be use a database and templates then create cached static versions of the pages on the first request and then when you need to changes things it is just a simple change the template and you a whole new look without the issue of performance. Make that 5 cents worth!! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: PHP vs. ASP
this is addressed in quite a few dedicated articles in php sites. For me some of the big pros of PHP: - the active community behind it - associated open source products (such as phpMyAdmin and the Smarty template engine) - the ease and power behind coupling it with MySQL databases (ASP has of course got lots of hooks into databases but I find this aspect of PHP to be much cleaner and simpler) - is natively hosted on a Unix type platform D. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Inserting tab delimited textfiles into mysql
I recommend that you check out phpMyAdmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ David Thomas Goeminne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I got a tab delimited file which looks like this: let us call it items.txt TypeCatalog NumberItem DescriptionSide BProducer 12 AAA502 Afu Ra-DD Soundclash Mic Stance, Premeir,Curt Cazall 12 AC725 Roc Raida/Wayne-O - Gong Show Burn That Ass Roc Raida I want to take all this info and insert it into my mysql dbase. The type is in a table named categories. The rest should go into the table named items. With also the id number off the categorie in it. I have been looking for info on how to do this but I can't find a decent article about it. First off I dump all the records which were already in the dbase. And then it needs to get filled up with the new items.txt I would appreciate your help greets -- Thomas Goeminne -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Showing 10 record items per page...?
check out: http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/43/0.php David Eisenhart Föíö Öxî?êójînyóon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 047d01c2a5ba$0b7bd480$c900640a@gandalf">news:047d01c2a5ba$0b7bd480$c900640a@gandalf... I need to be able to show maybe 10 items that I query from a mysql database on each page and I'm not really sure how I can do this. If I have lets say 30 items that match the query, I would like the page to display this at the bottom Previous 10 page 1 2 3 Next 10 of 30 Can any one direct me in the right direction to make this possable? Regards, David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: PHP Editor Browser View? (Beginner Question)
If your local machine is running Windows you could also use Personal Web Server or IIS (whichever comes with your Windows) for the web server (of course you will also need a local copy of php, but this is very easy to set up) David Eisenhart Ubergoober [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You might consider downloading a package like foxserve (http://sourceforge.net/projects/foxserv) for your system. This is an apache/php bundle that will allow you to test your code from a local instance of php. Paul Lazare [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... A Company Programmed my Homepage in PHP. Now I want to make simple changes like changing some text. And I want to try it alone, so I got myselv PHPEdit. I copied the complete Homepage on my harddisc to work on it tiht PHP Edit and everthing works fine. But how can I see the result of the changes (without uploading it the provider again)? I allready tried to click on new browser and it is opening an empty browser... sorry for the beginner question. Am I in the right newgroup for this question? greetings, paul -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Help Please
I can think of a couple of ways to tackle this: 1) The purest way is to do with your database design - a typical order processing database will contain a table for products, a table for customers, a table for orders, a table for order lines and so on ... If this is implemented correctly (ie the tables are correct) you should be able to do an grouping and aggregate type query on the order line table that will return the number of any particular product sold and from there you can apply the correct price. You'll need to understand relational database design to do this yourself (a v good topic to know if you're doing much in the way of database backed sites anyway). The O'Reilly Book Web Database Design with Php and MySQL uses a wine order processing application as a running example throughout (although this appears to be principally about using Php with MySQL rather than database design itself it may be worth checking out) 2) More along the lines of your suggestion below you can use the MySQL '+' operator .Every time you sell an item you can run an update query which goes something like:- UPDATE table_name SET num_of_items_sold_field= (num_of_items_sold_field + 1) WHERE product_id_field = the_product_id You can then use the value in 'num_of_items_sold_field' to determine product price. You may want to check out the MySQL list as the issue appears to be principally a database rather than a php one. If at all possible I would advocate the first approach - a properly designed database will generally always pay divis in the long run. Hope that this helps. David Eisenhart Spiderwebb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... From: SpiderWebb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help nedded Date: 09 December 2002 16:46 I dont know if this is possible in PHP (Newbie) im working on a project where each product has 3 diffierent prices depending on the amount sold so say for example 1- 100 price A 101-299 price B and above 300 Price C. What I need to be able to do is increment an mysql database field each time an item is sold then look at that field to decide which price variable to write to the price field of the database. Could someone point me in the right direction where I could solve this or to someone who could Thanks in advance. Spiderwebb -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Help on OOP
if anyone can suggest the best tutorial on OBJECTS and CLASSES, I'll be grateful. for a very well written treatment (albeit no tutorials) of most things PHP (including OOP) I'd recommend O'Reilly's book Programming PHP (by Rasmus Lerdorf and Kevin Tatroe). David Eisenhart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Pear vs Phplib vs adodb
I'm looking to choose a set of library code principally for database functions. So far checked out Pear, Phplib and adodb which all appear to be well crafted and easy to use. Irrespective of differences in the actual functions provided (which of course are well documented) can anyone briefly compare and contrast them from experience working with 2 or more such libraries in a production environment in terms of robustness and speed (I appreciate that speed tests have put adodb top, then phplib and finally Pear, but have people found such differences to be very noticeable and if so under what specific circumstances?) Cheers, David Eisenhart -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: Re[2]: [PHP] need advice on template engine
Hi, Smarty is trully fantastic - relatively easy to learn and use and is very powerful. I used to use the phplib template engine which was also impressive but Smarty is much more sophisticated. Some great things about Smarty:- - site pages can be cached (can save masses of time if the server is having to re-create the same database backed pages) - a well written, extensive and thorough manual (a must if you are to use Smarty to its max) - the Smarty 'presentation' code resides with the html and is consequently separated from the php code . This may be said by some to be a bad thing as the point of the such template engines is to separate the html from programming code; however I have found that in the case of phplib templates (and no doubt many other template engines) html was, by necessity, finding its way into the programming code and also the code to manage the generate the templates could become quite bulky. Smarty is practically and conceptually more elegant in that it separates 'all presentation related code' (html and smarty constructs) and logic (ie. your php), what's more, the actual lines of code that I have to write is reduced as a result. Hope that this convinces you to give Smarty a go, David Eisenhart http://smarty.php.net seems polular J on 04/12/02 12:40 AM, Alexander A. Savenkov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi PHP. Suggest me which template engine is more popular? I try select engine for me but I alredy become involved in that number different version Alexander A. Savenkov System Administrator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JSC Terminal GMB http://www.terminalgmb.ru Justin French http://Indent.com.au Web Development Graphic Design Alexander A. Savenkov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi Justin. JF http://smarty.php.net seems polular It seems to me too but i thick may be I can miss smthng important Alexander A. Savenkov System Administrator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JSC Terminal GMB http://www.terminalgmb.ru -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] how to detect if the client's browser accepts cookies ?
Hi I am writing a function to construct page links within my site; I want it to append the session id to the URL's query string if the client does not accept cookies (and ignore the session id if the client does accept cookies). How do I detect if the client browser accepts cookies? Indeed, has anyone got such a function as described above? Any help gratefully received. David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] getting the 'client' date and time for use in PHP scripts ??
Hi Does anyone know of a technique for obtaining the date and time of the client's system? (I can conceive of generating this with Java Script and passing it to pages within the site, but it is important that this information is obtained by the 'first' page that the user accesses.) Any ideas gratefully received. David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: getting the 'client' date and time for use in PHP scripts ??
Julio Nobrega Trabalhando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Still you can use Javascript. get it and reload the page appending the info on the url. Or write to a file and open with php. Or you could get what country the user is and calculate the time zones. -- Julio Nobrega. Um dia eu chego lá: http://sourceforge.net/projects/toca Ajudei? Salvei? Que tal um presentinho? http://www.submarino.com.br/wishlistclient.asp?wlid=664176742884 David Eisenhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi Does anyone know of a technique for obtaining the date and time of the client's system? (I can conceive of generating this with Java Script and passing it to pages within the site, but it is important that this information is obtained by the 'first' page that the user accesses.) Any ideas gratefully received. David Thanks Julio, This sounds promising, but I'm afraid that I am quite new to php and internet coding and am not sure how to implement your first 2 suggestions ... would you expand on these (the reloading and writing to file options) just a little more ... Cheers, David -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
