Rostislav Krasny wrote:
Hi,
I've tried to ask the following question on internals@lists.php.net but
has been pointed out that that mailing list isn't appropriate. So I'm
resinding it here.
I am a newbie to PHP. I've installed a php5-cgi-5.1.2_1 from FreeBSD
ports collection and access it by
is_link() perhaps ?
http://php.net/is_link
James
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Jochem Maas wrote:
hi people,
I have been thinking about how I rollout some of my code (stuff
that gets reused alot) and I thought it would be nice if I could have
basic functionality available for my projects via a custom pear
package server (referred to as a 'pear channel'??) - so what I
should it not be:-
G:\\test\ssl\mes1.cer'
notice how I changed the path to reflect a proper windows drive path!
James
lhb wrote:
Hello,
Now I need to use curl to connect to a secure website,
I have three certificates files, two .cer files and one .pfx file.
After I import the
Jedidiah wrote:
I send out a daily email to an email list. I have only been doing this for
about a week, and realized today that each one of them so far has had at
least one mysterious exclamation point somewhere in the email. This is
sometimes in the middle of the word or sentence, but
Murray @ PlanetThoughtful wrote:
Hi All,
I currently generate a simple rss.xml file for syndication from my site,
containing nothing more than the subject of the post and a link to the
article on my site.
I'd like to syndicate the the actual content of each of the posts, but
as I
Mauricio Pellegrini wrote:
Hi ,
I have a HTML page with a form in which there are some inputs like
these:
input type=text name=xname value=3303
input type=text name=xname value=9854
input type=text name=xname value=n...
the name of the input is
Im encountering some very weird behaviour when using the following:-
echo date(M, strtotime(next month));
outputs: Mar
while
echo date(r,time());
outputs: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:21:47 +
anyone know why?
-
Master CIW
Because 1 month from 31-Jan is 31-Feb -- which is taken to mean 02-Mar,
hence the output of date(M ...).
why though, one month from now is 31 Feb, why would it take it as
something else?
That does not make sense to me!
James
-
The case makes no difference, because...
echo date('r', strtotime (next Month)).\n;
echo date('r', strtotime (next month)).\n;
gives...
Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:52:54 +
Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:52:54 +
BTW, Im using Debian, PHP 4.4.2 and my machines time zone is Europe/London
Few more tests
Barry wrote:
Ford, Mike wrote:
Because 1 month from 31-Jan is 31-Feb -- which is taken to mean
02-Mar, hence the output of date(M ...).
2 months from now is 31-Mar, which is ok; 3 months from now would be
31-Apr, which would likewise be taken to mean 01-May.
This is all as expected --
try that:
echo strtotime1:.strtotime (next Month).\n;
echo strtotime2:.strtotime (next month).\n;
echo time:.time().\n;
echo time1:.strftime(%d %m %Y,strtotime(next Month)). |
time2:.strftime(%d %m %Y,time());
(probably causing error because of month / Month;
Post result please.
i
cheers for the help :)
Barry wrote:
Ford, Mike wrote:
Yes, but 1 apple is 1 apple is 1 apple.
1 month can be 28 days, or 31 days, or anything in between. 2 months
can be anything from 59 to 62 days.
A month is an imprecise measure, and adding them together will get you
an even more
Murray @ PlanetThoughtful wrote:
Hi All,
I'm having an odd problem with formatting of line feeds in an email my
site automatically sends to me when someone comments on one of my blog
entries.
For some reason \r\n characters are coming through exactly like that
in the email, and yet
suresh kumar wrote:
hai,
i am having 3 files,namely page1,page2 and page3,when i enter
username and password in my first page i want 2 display my username and
password in my third page through second page.
Downgrading to MySQL 4.1 should fix the problem.
Philip R. Thompson wrote:
Hi all.
I figured this question was suitable for both the MySQL list and the
PHP-General list. Here's what I'm running into.
I just installed MySQL5 and currently have PHP 4.3.11 installed. I
am wanting to
PHP is running as a CGI on the shared hosting servers, which is
why your .htaccess isn't working for it.
You will have to create the error rule within a php.ini file.
That is so much bull, how then can it work for NON .php files?
I know for a fact that CGI does not prevent you using
Daevid Vincent wrote:
Thank you, but again, not the problem.
The same code is on both servers. I'm not transfering from one server to
another. Only from page to page ON THE SAME SERVER.
This has to be a configuration problem IMHO.
-Original Message-
From: James Benson [mailto
if(isset($_POST['NAME_OF_FORM_VALUE'])) {
// radio button was selected
}
Fernando Anchorena wrote:
I'm stuck trying to get work this :
This is an example
page1.php
===
form action=/page2.php?form=yes method=post
$sql_pro =SELECT Sid FROM table;
jonathan wrote:
hmm is this a mysql 5 feature. could be interesting but haven't
heard much about it.
You cannot see the mysql 5 plastered all over the page?
I can see at least 5 different sections that say MySQL 5
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change the $_PUT to $_FILES, their is no global variable in PHP called $_PUT
reading this page will give a working example you can modify:
http://php.net/features.file-upload
James
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Take a look at the following functions:-
http://php.net/serialize
http://php.net/unserialize
James
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Mark Steudel wrote:
I was wondering if you could create variable variables for objects, please
see examples below, Im having problems getting it to work.
$data['fieldname'] = foo;
// without variable variables
$res = $db-query( SELECT foo FROM table );
while(
Looks like google are using PHP and oscommerce for their web store:
http://www.google-store.com
Nice to see :)
James
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Even if you can embed PHP in a GIF it would still need to be executed by
PHP as PHP code, would PHP actually execute that file when it looks like
an image, I would think PHP would output an error?
More importantly though, you should be checking the file extension of
uploaded files to make
http://php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php
Ross wrote:
I have never used sessions before. How do I change the follow from COOKIES
to SESSIONS in php (I do not know how to set a session)...
At present the script uses an iframe with cookies but I believe if I use
sessions I can leave out
Im running into the followng error when trying to use fsockopen with the
openssl extension,
Warning: fsockopen(): php_stream_sock_ssl_activate_with_method: failed
to create an SSL context
Warning: fsockopen(): failed to activate SSL mode 1
Socket Error: Operation now in progress
Seems like he can't start TLS.´
Have you tried a newer version of PHP than 4.4.2?
If so, i would like to know what happened.
Barry
Just compiled 5.1.2 and 4.4.1, it happended again with 4.4.1 but not
with 5.1.2, I dont have time to try 4.4.0 but will do later.
One thing i forgot to
Could these help?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php#faq.installation.phprc
http://php.net/configuration
James
Jay Blanchard wrote:
When I expire you will find my hands wrapped tightly around the throat of a
Windows network administrator.
I had PHP installed on a web
What is the most reliable way to test if a connection is already using
the https protocol, is their a PHP constant or something builtin already?
Thanks,
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You need a domain name pointing to your IP address for a start, then you
either need to configure php.ini to use the correct email or you should
pass the additional param to sendmail, as shown below.
Taken from php.net:
The additional_parameters parameter can be used to pass an additional
Do something like:
$checkboxes = array('food','drink','smoking');
// display the checkboxes
foreach($checkboxes as $checkbox) {
echo $checkbox: input type=checkbox name=\$checkbox\ /;
}
Then when processing the form input check if each of the $checkboxes
array values are present, if
alter the sendmail configuration file: /etc/mail/local-host-names
If that dont work you need to setup DNS for your machine.
James Benson wrote:
You need a domain name pointing to your IP address for a start, then you
either need to configure php.ini to use the correct email or you should
If your talking values in submitted form data I would use:
if(isset($var) trim($var) == '') {
echo Please give a value;
}
James
William Stokes wrote:
Hello
What is the best way to determine if a variable has no value?
if ($var= '')
or
if ($var= 'null')
Can 'null' be used
Their should be no problem with what your trying to do, try the
following function, should act pretty much like array_diff();
if(!function_exists('array_diff')) {
function array_diff($array1, $array2)
{
$difference = array();
foreach($array1 as $key = $value)
Your php.ini should have root as its owner and be set to 600, if your
using apache server then apache must start as root, the php.ini file is
read only once by root when the server starts - so that setting should
not cause problems, however if using the cli then you should also make
I dont think either will give a performance decrease any less than the
other will do.
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I've been spending some time to find performance pros and cons, but so
far haven't had any real luck.
Can someone on this list say which is better than the other, and also
You obviously need to remove the old package or compile your own from source
Bing Du wrote:
Hello,
I've already posted it on the MySQL General Discussion list. Thought I
wanted to try this list as well in case somebody knows.
5.0.11-beta-standard is already running. Now I need to
Try checking for the error after:- $Req-sendRequest();
Example:-
$response = $Req-sendRequest();
if (PEAR::isError($response)) {
die($response-getMessage());
}
$Response = $Req-getResponseBody();
You may also want to include some options like so:-
$options = array(
'method' = 'GET',
It probably modified your httpd.conf, if your being prompted to download
the file it sounds like the following line is missing from it,
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
Hello,
This is my first time posting to this particular list, so please be patient
Have you tried removing the ifdefine HAVE_PHP4
James
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
I have looked at this page and and in the httpd.conf file that file had this
information in it. But when I look at the httpd2.conf file this file is
missing this information I have tried adding this information
I cant see why you have two httpd.conf files, unless that app installed
another, in which case I would remove the ifdefine HAVE_PHP4 block, im
sure thats only their for when/if you need to disable PHP
James
Eric Lommatsch wrote:
I have looked at this page and and in the httpd.conf file
Well if all other PHP scripts work then it must be a problem with your
script or something changed in the latest PHP version that your script
used, if you post the code someone may be able to say if something is
wrong with it.
James
Jason Z wrote:
I used to have a number of sites direct
Store the last time someone accessed their session into the $_SESSION
array then when requesting a protected page just check x amount of time
has not passed, if x amount has time has passed redirect to a login page
or re-enter their user password
small example you would use on the top of
it would also be nice to stop the pages displaying after a time out
when a user
presses the back button!
For that you would need to destroy the session data, use session_destroy();
http://php.net/session_destroy
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try 0777 instead of 777
http://php.net/chmod
ganu ullu wrote:
Hello all,
I have created a new dir, with php code .. which is like that
function mkDirE($dir,$dirmode=777)
{
if (!empty($dir))
{
if (!file_exists(./microsite/.$dir))
{
preg_match_all('/([^\/]*)\/?/i', $dir,$atmp);
$base=;
Petr Smith wrote:
Torgny Bjers wrote:
Angelo Zanetti wrote:
Hi guys.
I've googled but found so many pages that I'm not sure what to use.
I want to use PHP to make use of SOAP.
I've found:
-nuSoap
-libxml(2)
-php-soap
-and others which seemed less important.
Can you recommend which one
Are both servers on the same machine?
Yaswanth Narvaneni wrote:
Hi!
I would like to know what does the community think of the best
architecture for server client communication and why? That is, if
there is a server in C++ (say a game server) and the PHP has to 'read'
data 'from' the server
Read the instructions on php.net, their are two different ways to
unsuscribe, either email or use the web interface,
http://php.net/mailing-lists.php
wayne wrote:
I tried to unsubscribe on several occasion without
success. I followed the instruction at the bottom
of the email. Can someone
Each has its own benefits, if on a shared server then a database would
be the most secure I think, if its a dedicated server then tmpfs or just
plain old files will probably be the best, it also depends on various
other factors like, server hardware and bandwith, only you can select
the best
There is nothing weird when this function takes a variable as the
argument and your using an object, read the manual
http://php.net/settype
You could try:-
$dbObject = (null) $dbObject;
Ive not tested that but think it should work!
James
Chris Boget wrote:
I'm seeing the
Aftab Alam wrote:
Hello,
I want to create a trigger in PostgresSQL ,
In trigger, Before inserting the record i want to check that data is
available or not, if data is not there then the insert script execute
otherwise trigget check the next insert script.
Please reply.
What, and
Learn DTD and how it works first then you will know :-)
A DTD is contained in an external file and not in XML, so you would
create a DTD file then link it from the XML like so,
!DOCTYPE document SYSTEM document.dtd
Erik Franzén wrote:
The code below lacks the part where the folling DTD
None, their all messy and terribly hard to read, I would use CSS instead
of tables, that way their would be not much need to change any HTML code
incase you wanted to re-design your webpage with another style or make
slight alterations etc, HTML coders should be able to understand CSS so
would
Could use the xampp package or just the openssl php from it,
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Chuck Anderson wrote:
[I've had this posted in the php.windows group for a few days, but I got
no replies there.]
I have been plugging away at this for some time now and I can not
sunaram patir wrote:
Hi, i am having problem with internet explorer. i am working on a
project on building a website where i need to keep track of the users
i.e. i use a login system in there in short. with the following code i
check whether the user is logged in or not.
?php
session_start();
It takes some getting used to I admit but PHP errors turned up full is
far than enough to fix any script, in my experience
matt VanDeWalle wrote:
I don't really have a question, I just have noticed in working with php
for about a year off and on, so you could probably say i'm a bit new
Take a look at the PEAR sessionServer class
http://pear.php.net/package/HTTP_SessionServer
Tony Di Croce wrote:
I have a server with a few virtual hosts. All of my scripts use
session_start(), and $_SESSION[] to share data between invocations of
different scripts.
The problem I'm having
Thanks
Richard Lynch wrote:
On Thu, November 3, 2005 8:29 am, James Benson wrote:
Dear group, can someone suggest the best way to do the following
without
writing some lengthy script that (possibly) could lead to performance
issues,
I have three DB fields in MySQL, each has a unique ID
Read the manual, it clearly states the following:-
Tip: As of PHP 5.0.0 this function can also be used with some URL
wrappers. Refer to Appendix M for a listing of which wrappers support
stat() family of functionality.
Gustav Wiberg wrote:
Hi there!
File_exists doesn't seem to work
Try reading the PHP manual, people put in lots of effort for newcomers
to learn the PHP language.
http://php.net/array
To access a single array value:-
$myArray = array('email' = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]');
echo $myArray['email'];
Above would display:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
James
shining
Some companies charge for support and still make money from their open
source projects!
bruce wrote:
Hi,
Just a quick question. Had a conversation with a person who works for a
non-profit, and she was describing some of her dealings with obtaining
grants for the development of 'open
Try using require_once or include_once
Max Belushkin wrote:
Hi list,
after upgrading to PHP 4.4.1, I'm having the following problem: Apache is
running in prefork mode. index.php includes func.php, which defines some
functions and connects to MySQL. For a while (1-2 requests)
Since when is a forum more efficent than this newsgroup, forums tend to
be more images/content and require more maintainance, this newsgroup is
perfect for me and many other people I imagine.
GamblerZG wrote:
AFAIK, there are no official forums for PHP. Considering the fact that
PHP is
Max Belushkin wrote:
Try using require_once or include_once
Well, here's all the fun starting. This is relatively long, but please bear
with me.
First of all, yes, I did include_once, require_once, even resorted to if (!
$inc_done) include_once(func.php), and setting $inc_done in func.php.
, James Benson wrote:
I've had a different set of scripts employing a different func.php.
However, in both of those, mquery() is defined. But
they do *not* include anything else, and the
So you defined mquery() in both files and one include's or require's the
other file?
I'm sorry, but what
I cant see this being an issue with PHP because it would do that for
every function, have you tried using a different function, something
simple say,
function echo_this($param)
{
echo $param;
}
Try that like your mquery function in both files and see what happens,
could be your
Give smarty a try rather than re-inventing the wheel
http://smarty.php.net
James
Leonard Burton wrote:
Greetings,
HI All, I hope all is well.
I have set up a template parser. Basically, it parses the template
and finds tags with tag_name.dat file and then includes the
tag_name.dat
Robert Cummings wrote:
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:55, James Benson wrote:
Give smarty a try rather than re-inventing the wheel
http://smarty.php.net
What's wrong with re-inventing the wheel? I guess your car or bike has
wooden wheels eh!? I mean if nobody had re-invented the wheel from
Robert Cummings wrote:
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 15:25, James Benson wrote:
Robert Cummings wrote:
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 14:55, James Benson wrote:
Give smarty a try rather than re-inventing the wheel
http://smarty.php.net
What's wrong with re-inventing the wheel? I guess your car
Dear group, can someone suggest the best way to do the following without
writing some lengthy script that (possibly) could lead to performance
issues,
I have three DB fields in MySQL, each has a unique ID, I cannot think of
any ways other than pulling each tables record then looping through
Try asking in a newsgroup or forum specific to javascript, that has
nothing to do with PHP
Adele Botes wrote:
I have 2 tables:
products table
product_id (INT 11 AUTOINCRE PRI)
product_name (VARCHAR 255)
product_desc (VARCHAR 255)
color table
color_id (INT 11 AUTOINCRE PRI)
color (VARCHAR
Could it be you have two differnt domain names, PHP could be using a
different cookie/session for each one.
Jesse Guardiani wrote:
Hello,
I'm running php-4.3.2-19.ent under httpd-2.0.46-44.ent on Red Hat Enterprise
Linux ES release 3 (Taroon Update 4). Here is my Session section of
twistednetadmin wrote:
I have made this script to upload pictures into a picturegallery on a
website.
The script works just as I expected, but with one huge flaw. It doesn't work
from every users computer.
I can upload pictures with no problem, but another user get's an
errormessage.
twistednetadmin wrote:
I have made this script to upload pictures into a picturegallery on a
website.
The script works just as I expected, but with one huge flaw. It doesn't work
from every users computer.
I can upload pictures with no problem, but another user get's an
errormessage. the other
If you mean entering code directly onto the command line then you dont
need the opening/closing PHP tags,
use something like...
php -r echo 'hello world';
matt VanDeWalle wrote:
hello all,
I have just installed php-4.4.0 on my windows xp system and added the
directory to the path
javascript CANNOT write to a clients machine (apart from cookies)
Nothing from the server can do what you want, you need to install some
software on each machine to achieve this.
Unknown Unknown wrote:
you could also use javascript and forms, and maybe open up an iframe with
query strings
It should be fine for windows but how are you gonna save the php.ini on
any linux box that typically (when setup correctly) requires root access
to save the file, your opening up a security hole with something like
that unless you tackle this issue some other way!
James
Zac Barton wrote:
Would it not be better something like valid_email()
Reason:
The is_* family check for a variable type so dont think that it really
fits into the same catagory.
James
Jochem Maas wrote:
I totally agree with Richard. about the need for
a php func for checking a correct email addr.
given
How about substr_replace()
http://php.net/substr_replace
Phillip S. Baker wrote:
Greetigns Gents,
I seem to remember a built in php function that will take a huge block of
text.
Then just spit out X number of characters from it and follow it with an
additional string value.
But I cannot
No, its not possible without asking the client to install some software!
dcook wrote:
Hello all:
Using opendir() references directories on the server. Is there a similar
function for referencing directoies on the client (browser) side?
-dc
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Did you actually test that?
Even better version of your function,
code
$string = one two three four;
echo substr($string, -4);
echo '...';
/code
James
Danny wrote:
Finally i found it (Google is god, you only have to ask the right question)
function trim_text($text, $count){
$text
If you have a checkbox you just test if the value is set with isset()
if it's not set they never selected the checkbox.
Or if thats not what you mean maybe this could help
http://php.net/variables.external
Shaun wrote:
Hi,
I have some checkboxes on my page which correspond with
Not sure about the numbers but soundex could be useful
http://php.net/soundex
James
Chris W. Parker wrote:
Hello,
On my site right now if someone searches for 511 (a misspelling of the
manufacturer 5.11) they are not presented with the right products
because 511 is not found anywhere in
The best solution is not to change your host at all but to change your
local version of PHP to 4,
PHP4 DOM - http://php.net/manual/en/ref.domxml.php
PHP5 DOM - http://php.net/manual/en/ref.dom.php
The PHP5 and PHP4 extensions are not compatible with each other.
~James
Andrew Kachalo
PHP5 has yet to see the maturity and stability PHP4 offers which is why
most applications use it.
Worst thing you can do is design a website in entirely flash :)
Phillip Oertel wrote:
hi,
i want to create a shop server application. the shop client interface
will be in flash
silently exit through the back door then :)
Jochem Maas wrote:
James Benson wrote:
PHP5 has yet to see the maturity and stability PHP4 offers which is
why most applications use it.
Worst thing you can do is design a website in entirely flash :)
no the worst thing you can do is spread
It would be nice to have a php function valid_email or something but
until then i suppose we just make do with what is available, for what I
need I use the following:-
eregi(^[a-z0-9]+([_\\.-][a-z0-9]+)*
.@.([a-z0-9]+([\.-][a-z0-9]+)*)+.\\.[a-z]{2,}.$,$email)
Ive never had problems with
What I do is have different classes that build upon each other,
authentication permissions class,
common database access extending PEAR DB.
then i have a custom class for specific actions like editing pages, my
database is just either either an email or username and password then
another
SOunds like your form is using POST which does what you desribe to avoid
submitting the same info twice. only way I know is to use GET but that
would put al data in the URL.
Søren Schimkat wrote:
Hi guys
I have a rather simple setup:
A few forms chained after each other (the first leds to
the php.ini setting for that directory so must
be something concerning httpd.
JB
Rory Browne wrote:
why not upload a phpinfo() file and see?
I'm personally not quite sure how this would work, and I'm interested
in finding out.
On 10/8/05, James Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey everyone
Thanks for the replies.
Rory Browne wrote:
they probably use something along the lines of mapping PHP to php -c
$HOME/php.ini
In Linux this would generally be done using binfmt_misc.
On 10/9/05, James Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing special on my configure line and the setting
-compile if im wrong, can anyone tell me?
Using apache-1.3.33, php-4.4.0
Many thanks,
James Benson.
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Probably your code, changes were made in the newer versions of PHP which
make some older scripts unusable, register globals for instance, do you
have the PHP.ini settings to show errors turned on, you should, if you
post the code snippet someone will probably be able tell whether its the
code
Im trying to setup the pear phpdocumentor class but running into many
problems, i think ive nearly got all the include directories setup
correct now, modified some paths etc, now when i get to the end of a
compile via the command line it always says the followig with different
files when
http://php.net/ob_start
try something like...
?php
// top of page
ob_start();
/* whole script goes here */
// bottom of page
ob_end_flush();
?
bruce wrote:
hi...
i'm playing with a script/class from phpclasses.org. the script/class is
user_class. the script is straight enough, but
Thanks for all your help, ive got it working as i needed, my db query is
built like this, works but probably not the best way of doing it:-
$sqlStart = INSERT INTO `tester` (;
$sqlMiddle = ) VALUES (;
$sqlEnd = );
$keys = array();
$values = array();
foreach($formData as
Personally I use the MimeMail class, that works a treat,
http://www.phpguru.org/static/mime.mail.html
Their are two versions, one php4 one php5, or install via pear.
JB
Ade Smith wrote:
I am attaching a PDF document to an email, this part works great, however to
get this to work it
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