[PHP] Upload using FTP commands
Hi, I want to give my client the ability to upload large files ( around 20MB ) to a webspace. I reckon that using the FTP commands of PHP would be the best bet, but is it possible to allow them to do this through an online form. This is my vision: the client logs in to a form that has an upload button, and the upload button uses the FTP commands to upload the file. Is that do-able in PHP ? Cheers! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] image upload keeps file name ?
Hi Guys,
Can someone confirm for me that the code below will move an uploaded
file and give it the same name as the original image file name ?
$file_dir = /home/uploads;
foreach($_FILES as $file_name = $file_array) {
echo path: .$file_array[tmp_name].br/\n;
echo name: .$file_array[name].br/\n;
echo type: .$file_array[type].br/\n;
echo size: .$file_array[size].br/\n;
$UploadName[$num] = $file_array[name];
$num++;
if (is_uploaded_file($file_array[tmp_name])) {
move_uploaded_file($file_array[tmp_name], $file_dir/.
$file_array[name]) or die (Couldn't copy);
echo file was moved!br/;
}
}
Many thanks,
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[PHP] DOM append to the top
Yo! I have a working form that adds user input to an XML file, it adds the new item element to the bottom of the list of previously created item elements. I would now like the new elements to be added to the top of the list. So far i've tried using: insertBefore() but i'm still getting elements added to the bottom. The XML looks like: Clothes Item.../Item Item.../Item Item.../Item - new items are added here Clothes This is what my code looks like: $y = $dom - getElementsByTagName(item); $dom - documentElement - insertBefore($Xitem,$y); If trying to pass the top most item node to insertbefore() but without any luck. Any ideas ? Cheers Mongoose -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Multiple file upload
Dear lords of PHP,
I have a working image upload script that meets all my needs,
My question is I need to upload multiple images using the same form,
This is the PHP part I have so far, largely taken from a book:
_
$file_dir = /public_html/uploads;
foreach($_FILES as $file_name = $file_array) {
echo path: .$file_array[tmp_name].br/\n;
echo name: .$file_array[name].br/\n;
$UploadName = $file_array[name];
if (is_uploaded_file($file_array[tmp_name])) {
move_uploaded_file($file_array[tmp_name], $file_dir/.
$file_array[name]) or die (Couldn't copy);
echo file was moved!br/;
}
}
_
Lets say the HTML from that sends data to this script has 3 upload
forms that get send to $_FILES, would I access the data by modifying
the following line from the above example:
...
foreach($_FILES[' UPLOADIMAGE1 '] as $file_name = $file_array) {
...
...
foreach($_FILES[' UPLOADIMAGE2 '] as $file_name = $file_array) {
...
...
foreach($_FILES[' UPLOADIMAGE3 '] as $file_name = $file_array) {
...
Thanks for reading!
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[PHP] opposite of quotemeta ?
Hi, In my script I want the user to enter some html which is saved to a file, I've noticed that php rather cleverly escapes the speech marks, so: a href=www.google.comGoogle/a becomes: a href=\www.google.com\Google/a Is there some function which prevents or reverts this ? something similar to html_entities maybe? Many thanks! Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Fun with XSLT
Hi Guys, Well i;ve been slaving on with my PHP XML endeavors and i'm loving it, just finishing the meaty parts of my XSLT for dummies book too. I have a question which asks is it possible?. Using XSLT I can collect specific parts of my XML using something sexy like xsl:template match=umbungo. Lets say however, that I need to use XSLT, but I would want the user to select which element they request. In other words, they are given a form with options and that form can manipulate the .XSL file. Now I know it could be done in a lengthly manner by just opening the XSL file and manipulating it like fopen or something like that, but is there a way to somehow embed the contents of the xml into the php code (like using EOF for html), and being able to substitute the template match string for a variable ? Any ideas ? Thanks Gamesmaster, Matt
Re: [PHP] Re: Fun with XSLT
On 22 Oct 2009, at 16:39, Peter Ford wrote:
Matthew Croud wrote:
Hi Guys,
Well i;ve been slaving on with my PHP XML endeavors and i'm loving
it,
just finishing the meaty parts of my XSLT for dummies book too.
I have a question which asks is it possible?.
Using XSLT I can collect specific parts of my XML using something
sexy
like xsl:template match=umbungo. Lets say however, that I need
to
use XSLT, but I would want the user to select which element they
request. In other words, they are given a form with options and that
form can manipulate the .XSL file.
Now I know it could be done in a lengthly manner by just opening
the XSL
file and manipulating it like fopen or something like that, but is
there
a way to somehow embed the contents of the xml into the php code
(like
using EOF for html), and being able to substitute the template
match
string for a variable ?
Any ideas ?
Thanks Gamesmaster,
Matt
A bit off-topic (since XSLT is not PHP...) but here goes.
First I need to clarify what you are doing -
xsl:template match=umbongo ... /xsl:template
defines the template portion, and that is pretty immutable.
At some point you must have in your XSLT something like
xsl:apply-templates select=umbongo/
This is the bit you can play with:
so:
xsl:stylesheet version=1.0 xmlns:xsl=http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform
xsl:output method=xml encoding=UTF-8 / !-- or whatever --
!-- Pass in a parameter to the XSL to define which thing we want to
match --
xsl:parameter name='matchMe'/
!-- Define templates for all the things we might want to match --
xsl:template match='umbongo'xsl:apply-templates//xsl:template
xsl:template match='fivealive'xsl:apply-templates//
xsl:template
!-- etc. --
!-- now the clever bit --
xsl:template match='/'
xsl:apply-templates select='//*[name()=$matchMe]'/
/xsl:template
/xsl:stylesheet
Essentially you need to apply the template of any element, but only
those whose
name matches your request.
Note that
xsl:apply-templates select='$matchMe]'/
doesn't work... :(
So now if your PHP does something like
$xslDom = new DOMDocument();
$xslDom-load('matchMe.xsl');
$xslt = new XSLTProcessor();
$xslt-importStylesheet($xslDom);
$xslt-setParameter('','matchMe','umbongo');
$xmlDom = new DOMDocument();
$xmlDom-load('some_document_that_has_an_umbongo_tag.xml');
echo $xslt-transformToXML($xmlDom);
you should get the results of the 'umbongo' template (only)
'f course, this is not tested, but I have used this idea in working
code
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Utter brilliance, this is superb, I might drop you a mail to clarify a
few things later Peter,
but your reply was superb and has given me many options to try out.
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[PHP] Spry, XML, PHP and XSLT Hell
Okey Doke, I'll try and be brief, Well, my client agreed to a small online store that would hold the same stock items where only the quantities would differ, we agreed that, due to infrequent changes, I would make pages for any new items, and she would control stock etc using an e-shopping package I bought. The site also has a page of Returned items, this takes the form of a Spry list, which uses an XML list of clothing and their properties. It all worked great. Yesterday my client said she wanted the ability to add, remove, edit new products by herself, eek! I thought about implementing another list similar to the returned items page, but I learned that XML will turn HTML elements like and into lt; and gt; Then someone on this wonderful mailing list mentioned that HTML can be stored in XML using XSLT. I suppose my question is, to what extend can XSLT decorate and display an XML file, can I add style sheets and rollovers, can I control the cacheing so that users wont need to empty their cache to see changed results ? Does it all work fine with PHP when I include it in a file ? Sorry if this is a bit weird, but I'm bricking myself with this one, and I would just like to hear some voices from people who have been there and bought the t shirt, Cheers folks! Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Display HTML in XSL Style Sheet
Hi, Is there a way to store HTML in an XML file, Access that node using XLST, and have it display as rendered html ? So far my attempts either return the text equivalent of the html, with nothing rendered. Cheers, Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] XML. Prevent from turning into lt;
Hiya, I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image html code is added to an XML file. Take a look at the image element below: item Code=e1022 codee1022/code image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage Image width=124 height=70 /]]/image nameBlue Ski Trousers/name price8.99/price /item Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the and into lt; and gt; . which means it does not display on the webpage. How can I prevent this from happening ? Many thanks, Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] XML. Prevent from turning into lt;
On 9 Sep 2009, at 14:26, Bastien Koert wrote: On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Matthew Croudm...@obviousdigital.com wrote: Hiya, I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image html code is added to an XML file. Take a look at the image element below: item Code=e1022 codee1022/code image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage Image width=124 height=70 /]]/image nameBlue Ski Trousers/name price8.99/price /item Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the and into lt; and gt; . which means it does not display on the webpage. How can I prevent this from happening ? Many thanks, Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php str_replace? -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat I've tried that but no matter what i do in the PHP side of things, as soon as I save that XML the conversion takes place. Should the XML be encoded in any way, is there a setting somewhere that prevents this ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] XML. Prevent from turning into lt;
On 9 Sep 2009, at 14:36, Bob McConnell wrote:
From: Bastien Koert
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Matthew
Croudm...@obviousdigital.com wrote:
Hiya,
I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image
html code
is added to an XML file.
Take a look at the image element below:
item Code=e1022
codee1022/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage
Image
width=124 height=70 /]]/image
nameBlue Ski Trousers/name
price8.99/price
/item
Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the and
into
lt; and gt; . which means it does not display on the webpage.
How can I
prevent this from happening ?
str_replace?
Does the xml string get passed to htmlentities() or a similar
function before it is sent to the browser? That would explain the
substitutions. I saw an xmlentities() variation mentioned somewhere.
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Hi Bob,
Nope the string doesn't get passed into any function.
Here is the XML:
_
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
clothes
item Code=e1021
codee1021/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image1.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image1.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /]]/image
nameRed Jacket/name
descAn adult sized red jacket/desc
sizeadult/size
price12.99/price
/item
item Code=e1022
codee1022/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image2.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /]]/image
nameBlue Ski Trousers/name
descA pair of Blue Ski Trousers/desc
sizechild/size
price8.99/price
/item
/clothes
Now the image tags I have written here I have done manually, but when
I use PHP using DOM they come out like this (note the image element):
item Code=e1024
codee1024/code
imagelt;![CDATA[lt;img src=uploads/image4.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image4.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /gt;]]gt;/image
nameorange top/name
descan orange jacket/desc
sizelarge/size
price14.50/price
/item
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Re: [PHP] XML. Prevent from turning into lt;
On 9 Sep 2009, at 16:37, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 15:14 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote:
On 9 Sep 2009, at 15:09, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 14:46 +0100, Matthew Croud wrote:
On 9 Sep 2009, at 14:36, Bob McConnell wrote:
From: Bastien Koert
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:27 AM, Matthew
Croudm...@obviousdigital.com wrote:
Hiya,
I'm writing an app that let's my client upload images, the image
html code
is added to an XML file.
Take a look at the image element below:
item Code=e1022
codee1022/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage
Image
width=124 height=70 /]]/image
nameBlue Ski Trousers/name
price8.99/price
/item
Now, whenever PHP writes this to the XML files, it turns the
and
into
lt; and gt; . which means it does not display on the webpage.
How can I
prevent this from happening ?
str_replace?
Does the xml string get passed to htmlentities() or a similar
function before it is sent to the browser? That would explain the
substitutions. I saw an xmlentities() variation mentioned
somewhere.
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Hi Bob,
Nope the string doesn't get passed into any function.
Here is the XML:
_
?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
clothes
item Code=e1021
codee1021/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image1.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image1.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /]]/image
nameRed Jacket/name
descAn adult sized red jacket/desc
sizeadult/size
price12.99/price
/item
item Code=e1022
codee1022/code
image![CDATA[img src=uploads/image2.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image2.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /]]/image
nameBlue Ski Trousers/name
descA pair of Blue Ski Trousers/desc
sizechild/size
price8.99/price
/item
/clothes
Now the image tags I have written here I have done manually, but
when
I use PHP using DOM they come out like this (note the image
element):
item Code=e1024
codee1024/code
imagelt;![CDATA[lt;img src=uploads/image4.jpg alt=Homepage
Image width=124 height=70 border=1
onclick=MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
image4.jpg','Preview','width=680,height=520') /gt;]]gt;/image
nameorange top/name
descan orange jacket/desc
sizelarge/size
price14.50/price
/item
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I've not experienced this with using any DOM functions, but if we
can
see your code it might help us.
Thanks,
Ash
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Well i'll pop the PHP down here, i'll trim it as much as i can:
$code = $_POST['code'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$desc = $_POST['desc'];
$size = $_POST['size'];
$price = $_POST['price'];
#load an XML document into the DOM
$dom = new DomDocument();
$dom - load(items.xml);
#create elements
$Xitem = $dom - createElement(item);
$Xcode = $dom - createElement(code);
$Ximage = $dom - createElement(image);
$Xname = $dom - createElement(name);
$Xdesc = $dom - createElement(desc);
$Xsize = $dom - createElement(size);
$Xprice = $dom - createElement(price);
#create text nodes
$Xcodetext = $dom - createTextNode($code);
$Ximagetext = $dom - createTextNode( ![CDATA[img src=\uploads/
$UploadName\ alt=\Homepage Image\ width=\124\ height=\70\
border=\1\ onclick=\MM_openBrWindow('uploads/
$UploadName','Preview','width=680,height=520')\ /]] );
$Xnametext = $dom - createTextNode($name);
$Xdesctext = $dom - createTextNode($desc);
$Xsizetext =$dom - createTextNode($size);
$Xpricetext =$dom - createTextNode($price);
#append the text nodes to the inner nested elements
$Xcode - appendChild($Xcodetext);
$Ximage - appendChild($Ximagetext);
$Xname - appendChild($Xnametext);
$Xdesc - appendChild($Xdesctext);
$Xsize- appendChild($Xsizetext);
$Xprice- appendChild($Xpricetext);
#append the inner nested elements to the item element
$Xitem - appendChild($Xcode);
$Xitem - appendChild($Ximage);
$Xitem - appendChild($Xname);
$Xitem - appendChild($Xdesc);
$Xitem - appendChild($Xsize);
$Xitem - appendChild($Xprice);
$Xitem - setAttribute(Code,$code);
#append the title element to the root element
$dom - documentElement - appendChild($Xitem);
#create a new enlarged xml document
$dom - save(items.xml);
_
It looks like it's because you are creating an image object by
appending
a text node inside CDATA to it. My guess
Re: [PHP] Return XML attribute in DOM
Cheers Guys,
Your the greatest !
On 8 Sep 2009, at 09:08, Peter Ford wrote:
Matthew Croud wrote:
Doesn't the DOM have the getAttribute() method?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
It's not in my reference, though I see it in the PHP manual now.
This is what I have:
_
$dom = new DomDocument();
$dom - load(items.xml);
$topics = $dom - getElementsByTagName(item);
echo(ul);
foreach ($topics as $node )
{
echo(li. $node - hasAttributes() ./li);
}
echo(/ul);
__
I'm replacing hasAttributes() with getAttribute() but its throwing
me an
error, I'm probably using it incorrectly.
I think I'm drowning in the deep end =/
Could you advise Gamesmaster ?
It's a method on DomElement:
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.domelement-get-attribute.php
and you need to tell it which attribute to get... :)
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[PHP] Return XML attribute in DOM
I'm at my wits end here, so close to the finishing line! Is there a method to return an attribute value of an XML node using DOM, I can check to see if an attribute exists using hasAttributes() But I can't retrieve the value. I'm so desperate i've started to eat dirt. Many thanks, Matt
Re: [PHP] Return XML attribute in DOM
Doesn't the DOM have the getAttribute() method?
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
It's not in my reference, though I see it in the PHP manual now.
This is what I have:
_
$dom = new DomDocument();
$dom - load(items.xml);
$topics = $dom - getElementsByTagName(item);
echo(ul);
foreach ($topics as $node )
{
echo(li. $node - hasAttributes() ./li);
}
echo(/ul);
__
I'm replacing hasAttributes() with getAttribute() but its throwing me
an error, I'm probably using it incorrectly.
I think I'm drowning in the deep end =/
Could you advise Gamesmaster ?
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Re: [PHP] Some help with SimpleXML :`(
Well, you guys are awesome.
So the script below doesn't cause any errors (nice), however it
doesn't save the newly added child to the xml file (items.xml):
$xml = simplexml_load_file(items.xml);
$item = $xml-addChild('item');
$item-addChild('name', $name);
$item-addChild('desc', $desc);
$item-addChild('size', $size);
$item-addChild('price', $price);
I thought it would ? would i need to write using fwrite ?
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[PHP] Some help with SimpleXML :`(
Hi foks,
Could someone lend me a little hand with simpleXML ?
I've been looking at examples in the PHP manual and W3C, i'm at the
pinnacle of figuring it out but alas i need a hand from the mailing
list dudes.
My aim is to add another item node, so i'll start with my XML file
called items.xml
Item.xml_
?xml version=1.0 encoding=iso-8859-1?
clothes
item
nameRed Gloves/name
desca pair of red gloves/desc
sizeadult/size
price12.99/price
/item
item
nameSnow Boots/name
descsome snow boots/desc
sizechild/size
price23.99/price
/item
/clothes
__
And now the PHP i'm using to create a new item node:
$xml = simplexml_load_file('items.xml');
$item = $xml-clothes-addChild('item');
$item-addChild('name', 'blue gloves');
$item-addChild('desc', 'some blue gloves');
$item-addChild('size', 'adult');
$item-addChild('price', '4.99');
__
The error i'm getting is: Cannot add child. Parent is not a
permanent member of the XML tree
Help me Gamesmaster!
Matt
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[PHP] Host that allows edit of php.ini
Apologies if this type of question is frowned upon in the mailing list, however I would like to pop the question to those in the know. Can anyone recommend a UK host that allows you to edit ( or a copy of ) the php.ini file, allowing me to increase the file upload size to 100mb for clients PDF artwork files. I wish to create an upload site for my print firm. Your recommendations are greatly appreciated. Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Advise on starting a web store site
Hi, I'm going to start my first e commerce website for a small web shoe store. I think I know enough PHP to keep my head above water, I'm using an add on shopping cart package to deal with the transactions. My question is, what's the best way to design a site where each product appears to have its own page. Is there a way to create the site *without* having each product have a physical separate page ? Is there a method of web design which makes creating new pages simple if they all follow the same pattern. i.e thumbnail, description etc. Thanks guys, Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and DateTime::diff
Hello, My journey of learning PHP is going well, so i've decided to make a small program which works out the difference between two times and records the data in a text file. I've searched the PHP manual for functions which can help me out, and I discovered the function Date_diff ( http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php )and the class DateTime::diff ( http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php ) My question is, how on earth do I use these functions ? I really don't understand the manual documentation. I've just moved onto the subject of classes and so I'm fairly new to the concept, although I am following it well. If someone could explain to me how to use ether of these ( Date_diff and DateTime::diff ) I would be VERY grateful. Thank you so much! Matt -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and DateTime::diff
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply, I believe I have a fair understanding of
functions, and I have followed the example on the PHP manual page ( http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
), ideally I want to know how to use the class DateTime::diff, how
can I use the DateTime::diff to get the difference between two times/
dates ? I suppose then I'm after the syntax
would it be like this for example:
$DIfferenceInTime = DateTime::diff(10:00,12:32);
Thanks again for helping me out.
On 16 Jun 2009, at 12:33, Tom Chubb wrote:
Matt,
Do you understand how to use functions?
A function is defined like this:
function () {
//code goes here
}
You can pass arguments to be used in a function like this:
function($arg1, $arg2) {
//code goes here
}
In the first example on the following page:
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
To call the function you need to provide two arguments: $dtTime1
$dtTime2
To use in a script, you need to first define the function, as per
the example:
?php
function GetDeltaTime($dtTime1, $dtTime2)
{
$nUXDate1 = strtotime($dtTime1-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDate2 = strtotime($dtTime2-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDelta = $nUXDate1 - $nUXDate2;
$strDeltaTime = . $nUXDelta/60/60; // sec - hour
$nPos = strpos($strDeltaTime, .);
if (nPos !== false)
$strDeltaTime = substr($strDeltaTime, 0, $nPos + 3);
return $strDeltaTime;
}
?
Then you need to call the function like this:
?php
GetDeltaTime(time1-goes-here, time2-goes-here)
?
And it should spit out the difference.
Code is untested and if you didn't follow that I suggest you read up
on functions: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_functions.asp
Hope this helps - I'm probably in a similar situation to you and
have been dabbling with PHP for a few years just as a hobby but
thought I'd try and help out.
You'll learn a lot from reading this list as well.
Cheers and good luck,
Tom
2009/6/16 Matthew Croud m...@obviousdigital.com
Hello,
My journey of learning PHP is going well, so i've decided to make a
small program which works out the difference between two times and
records the data in a text file.
I've searched the PHP manual for functions which can help me out,
and I discovered the function Date_diff ( http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
)and the class DateTime::diff ( http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php
)
My question is, how on earth do I use these functions ? I really
don't understand the manual documentation.
I've just moved onto the subject of classes and so I'm fairly new to
the concept, although I am following it well.
If someone could explain to me how to use ether of these ( Date_diff
and DateTime::diff ) I would be VERY grateful.
Thank you so much!
Matt
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Re: [PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and DateTime::diff
Hi Dajve and Tom,
Thanks again, I totally didn't realise that this function is yet to be
implemented in the mainstream PHP,
So is there no function that exists in vanilla PHP that can take two
dates/times and supply the difference ?
If there isn't I do apologise, i've been talking to my friend who does
ASP.net and he said he was sure there is for PHP.
On 16 Jun 2009, at 13:11, Dajve Green wrote:
Hi Matthew,
A quick note on the DateTime::diff() method - it's only available as
from
PHP 5.3, which is currently in release candidate stage, meaning
unless you
have your own server running PHP, it won't be available to use
(hopefully -
I would be sceptical of any webhost which rolls out RCs on production
servers).
If you need to know what version of PHP you're running, use:
phpversion() or phpinfo()
-Original Message-
From: Matthew Croud [mailto:m...@obviousdigital.com]
Sent: 16 June 2009 12:42
To: Tom Chubb
Cc: PHP General list
Subject: Re: [PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and
DateTime::diff
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply, I believe I have a fair understanding of
functions, and I have followed the example on the PHP manual page (
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
), ideally I want to know how to use the class DateTime::diff, how
can I use the DateTime::diff to get the difference between two times/
dates ? I suppose then I'm after the syntax
would it be like this for example:
$DIfferenceInTime = DateTime::diff(10:00,12:32);
Thanks again for helping me out.
On 16 Jun 2009, at 12:33, Tom Chubb wrote:
Matt,
Do you understand how to use functions?
A function is defined like this:
function () {
//code goes here
}
You can pass arguments to be used in a function like this:
function($arg1, $arg2) {
//code goes here
}
In the first example on the following page:
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
To call the function you need to provide two arguments: $dtTime1
$dtTime2
To use in a script, you need to first define the function, as per
the example:
?php
function GetDeltaTime($dtTime1, $dtTime2)
{
$nUXDate1 = strtotime($dtTime1-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDate2 = strtotime($dtTime2-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDelta = $nUXDate1 - $nUXDate2;
$strDeltaTime = . $nUXDelta/60/60; // sec - hour
$nPos = strpos($strDeltaTime, .);
if (nPos !== false)
$strDeltaTime = substr($strDeltaTime, 0, $nPos + 3);
return $strDeltaTime;
}
?
Then you need to call the function like this:
?php
GetDeltaTime(time1-goes-here, time2-goes-here)
?
And it should spit out the difference.
Code is untested and if you didn't follow that I suggest you read up
on functions: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_functions.asp
Hope this helps - I'm probably in a similar situation to you and
have been dabbling with PHP for a few years just as a hobby but
thought I'd try and help out.
You'll learn a lot from reading this list as well.
Cheers and good luck,
Tom
2009/6/16 Matthew Croud m...@obviousdigital.com
Hello,
My journey of learning PHP is going well, so i've decided to make a
small program which works out the difference between two times and
records the data in a text file.
I've searched the PHP manual for functions which can help me out,
and I discovered the function Date_diff (
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
)and the class DateTime::diff (
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php
)
My question is, how on earth do I use these functions ? I really
don't understand the manual documentation.
I've just moved onto the subject of classes and so I'm fairly new to
the concept, although I am following it well.
If someone could explain to me how to use ether of these ( Date_diff
and DateTime::diff ) I would be VERY grateful.
Thank you so much!
Matt
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Studio
Obvious Print Solutions Limited
Unit 3 Abbeygate Court
Stockett Lane
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 0PP
T | 0845 094 9704
F | 0845 094 9705
www.obviousprint.com
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Kent
ME15 0PP
T | 0845 094 9704
F | 0845 094 9705
www.obviousprint.com
Re: [PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and DateTime::diff
Wonderful, thanks Ian for your function, and also thank you Tom for
having a head scratch on my behalf ;)
On 16 Jun 2009, at 16:20, Ian wrote:
On 16 Jun 2009 at 14:05, Matthew Croud wrote:
Hi Dajve and Tom,
Thanks again, I totally didn't realise that this function is yet to
be
implemented in the mainstream PHP,
So is there no function that exists in vanilla PHP that can take two
dates/times and supply the difference ?
If there isn't I do apologise, i've been talking to my friend who
does
ASP.net and he said he was sure there is for PHP.
Hi,
This is a quick function that works using unix time stamps. Its a
bit quick and messy but
works ok. Take a look at the manual page for the strtotime()
function to get a better idea
of what it can handle.
?
$Date1_UnixTimeStamp=strtotime(10:10:45);
$Date2_UnixTimeStamp=strtotime(12:45:03);
print_r(DateDiff( $Date1_UnixTimeStamp, $Date2_UnixTimeStamp));
function DateDiff( $Date1_UnixTimeStamp, $Date2_UnixTimeStamp){
$return_difference = Array(
Days= 0,
Hours = 0,
Minutes = 0,
Seconds = 0
);
$amounts= Array(
Days= 60*60*24,
Hours = 60*60,
Minutes = 60
);
$difference = $Date2_UnixTimeStamp - $Date1_UnixTimeStamp;
if($difference = $amounts[Days]){
$return_difference[Days] = floor($difference /
$amounts[Days]);
$difference -= $return_difference[Days] * $amounts[Days];
}
if($difference = $amounts[Hours]){
$return_difference[Hours] = floor($difference /
$amounts[Hours]);
$difference -= $return_difference[Hours] *
$amounts[Hours];
}
if($difference = $amounts[Minutes]){
$return_difference[Minutes] = floor($difference /
$amounts[Minutes]);
$difference -= $return_difference[Minutes] *
$amounts[Minutes];
}
$return_difference[Seconds] = $difference;
return $return_difference;
}
?
Regards
Ian
--
On 16 Jun 2009, at 13:11, Dajve Green wrote:
Hi Matthew,
A quick note on the DateTime::diff() method - it's only available as
from
PHP 5.3, which is currently in release candidate stage, meaning
unless you
have your own server running PHP, it won't be available to use
(hopefully -
I would be sceptical of any webhost which rolls out RCs on
production
servers).
If you need to know what version of PHP you're running, use:
phpversion() or phpinfo()
-Original Message-
From: Matthew Croud [mailto:m...@obviousdigital.com]
Sent: 16 June 2009 12:42
To: Tom Chubb
Cc: PHP General list
Subject: Re: [PHP] difference between two times? Date_diff and
DateTime::diff
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the reply, I believe I have a fair understanding of
functions, and I have followed the example on the PHP manual page (
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
), ideally I want to know how to use the class DateTime::diff, how
can I use the DateTime::diff to get the difference between two
times/
dates ? I suppose then I'm after the syntax
would it be like this for example:
$DIfferenceInTime = DateTime::diff(10:00,12:32);
Thanks again for helping me out.
On 16 Jun 2009, at 12:33, Tom Chubb wrote:
Matt,
Do you understand how to use functions?
A function is defined like this:
function () {
//code goes here
}
You can pass arguments to be used in a function like this:
function($arg1, $arg2) {
//code goes here
}
In the first example on the following page:
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.date-diff.php
To call the function you need to provide two arguments: $dtTime1
$dtTime2
To use in a script, you need to first define the function, as per
the example:
?php
function GetDeltaTime($dtTime1, $dtTime2)
{
$nUXDate1 = strtotime($dtTime1-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDate2 = strtotime($dtTime2-format(Y-m-d H:i:s));
$nUXDelta = $nUXDate1 - $nUXDate2;
$strDeltaTime = . $nUXDelta/60/60; // sec - hour
$nPos = strpos($strDeltaTime, .);
if (nPos !== false)
$strDeltaTime = substr($strDeltaTime, 0, $nPos + 3);
return $strDeltaTime;
}
?
Then you need to call the function like this:
?php
GetDeltaTime(time1-goes-here, time2-goes-here)
?
And it should spit out the difference.
Code is untested and if you didn't follow that I suggest you
read up
on functions: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_functions.asp
Hope this helps - I'm probably in a similar situation to you and
have been dabbling with PHP for a few years just as a hobby but
thought I'd try and help out.
You'll learn a lot from reading this list as well.
Cheers and good luck,
Tom
2009/6/16 Matthew Croud m...@obviousdigital.com
Hello,
My journey of learning PHP is going well, so i've decided to
make a
small program which works out
[PHP] Question about template systems
Hello, First post here, I'm in the process of learning PHP , I'm digesting a few books as we speak. I'm working on a content heavy website that provides a lot of information, a template system would be great and so i've been looking at ways to create dynamic data with a static navigation system. So far, using the require_once(); function seems to fit the bill in order to bring in the same header html file on each page. I've also looked at Smartys template system. I wondered how you folk would go about creating a template system ? My second question might be me jumping the gun here, I haven't come across this part in my book but i'll ask about it anyway. I often see websites that have a dynamic body and static header, and their web addresses end like this: index.php?id=445 where 445 i presume is some file reference. What is this called ? It seems like the system i'm after but it doesn't appear in my book, If anyone could let me know what this page id subject is called i can do some research on the subject. Thanks for any help you can provide :) Matt. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question about template systems
Excellent, thanks for your help guys, you've been really helpful :) On 3 Mar 2009, at 10:20, Marcus Gnaß wrote: Matthew Croud wrote: Hello, First post here, I'm in the process of learning PHP , I'm digesting a few books as we speak. I'm working on a content heavy website that provides a lot of information, a template system would be great and so i've been looking at ways to create dynamic data with a static navigation system. So far, using the require_once(); function seems to fit the bill in order to bring in the same header html file on each page. I've also looked at Smartys template system. I wondered how you folk would go about creating a template system ? Smarty is a good choice, although some people might prefer other templating systems. This is kind of a religious question like with programming questions in general. But I guess that most people would advise you to use an existing templating system instead of writing one on your own. My second question might be me jumping the gun here, I haven't come across this part in my book but i'll ask about it anyway. I often see websites that have a dynamic body and static header, and their web addresses end like this: index.php?id=445 where 445 i presume is some file reference. What is this called ? It seems like the system i'm after but it doesn't appear in my book, If anyone could let me know what this page id subject is called i can do some research on the subject. Have a look at the PHP manual and be sure to bookmark it! ;) http://www.php.net/manual/en/ The ID you mentioned is a query. id=445other_id=653 would be a querystring. To retrieve data passed via this querystring you can use $_GET (http://de.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.get.php ). Have fun -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
