php-general Digest 18 Sep 2004 16:26:53 - Issue 3003
Topics (messages 197082 through 197111):
Re: thumbnail of webpage
197082 by: Curt Zirzow
197083 by: Brad Pauly
197089 by: Jason Wong
197091 by: francesco[AT]automationsoft[DOT]biz
197095 by: Brian V
On Saturday 18 September 2004 10:56, John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
MySQL question:
What's it doing here?
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You have started a new thread by taking an existing posting and replying to
it while you changed the subject.
That is bad, because it breaks threading. Whenever you reply to a message,
your mail client generates a References: header that tells all recipients
which posting(s) your posting refers
Thank you,
But I don't understand what you mean with body of the post message. Would
you explain more or to give an example.
Best Regards
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QT wrote:
Dear Sirs,
I need to post 3 string data to destination adres.
On Saturday 18 September 2004 09:48, Vail, Warren wrote:
I have been looking into this over the last week and have come up blank as
well.
A semi-workable was posted in the archives some months ago. Twice.
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Hello,
I know that some web sites offer a service to shorten
long url. It is very useful when your site is hosted
by your Internet provider for example, and that you
have a long url. Or when you want to send it in an
e-mail.
tinyurl.com does that for example.
The principle is that you enter your
Hi Michael,
read this (in italian)
http://forum.html.it/forum/showthread.php?s=threadid=694523highlight=pillo
la+upload
- Original Message -
From: Michael Mao [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:54 AM
Subject: [PHP] thumbnail of webpage
Is
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:49:34 +0200 (CEST), Henri Marc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
The principle is that you enter your long url in their
form and it gives you a shorten url like
tinyurl.com/h4599
I was wondering how it works. I think it must use PHP.
It would use a feature of an
Curt Zirzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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* Thus wrote Sam Hobbs:
And the relevant portion of that says external access, which is not
applicable here. I do not see anything else on that page that is
relevant.
what is relevant? only the last one? :sigh:
I don't
Curt Zirzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Um.. you do realize you have more problems than php not being able
to connect to the database.
This is the type of unproductive comment that causes problems. The only
reason you are saying this is because you are desperate
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 22:22, raditha dissanayake wrote:
Michael Mao wrote:
Is there a way to capture a snapshot of a html page and save it as a
jpg using php?
This is something that's very very hard to do with PHP but can be easily
done with Java.
Have not tried this but how about
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Being obstinate and contrarian does nothing to help resolve your problem.
This is more unnecessary and unproductive comments. Since you did not have
something relevant and productive to say the best thing to do is say
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
I'm sorry that you feel its a time-consuming process. I'm sorry that
you are confused about
I don't think those sites use mod_rewrite because an URl can be anything,
including:
http://www.oijoij.com/eorier/eoroeir/oier/eorij.pl?terer=wer4334oijo=werooj=123#
(or much more complicated urls).
Those sites (because there are more) just put the urls in a database, and
assign an ID to
Sam Hobbs wrote:
I have posted over 12,000 messages in the CodeGuru.com Visual C++ forum,
Do you have a life ?
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Matthew Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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You should check as XP SP2 firewall is turned on by default.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842242
Saying You should check assumes I did not check.
I did check. I said as far as I know it is off. I am
On Saturday 18 September 2004 21:04, Sam Hobbs wrote:
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
Would you mind spilling the beans?
Hello,
Those sites (because there are more) just put the
urls in a database, and
assign an ID to each one.
Then, a program (that can be made in any language)
queries the database for
the given ID, and get the long URL. Then it
redirects to that URL and that's
all.
Ok, it is like I
That is the type of comment that causes problems. Reasonable and
knowledgable people know it is not true and saying it just causes problems.
Of course, many people would advise to just ignore comments such as that and
I will in the future. I just want to make it clear for the benefit of others
Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Unfortunately (fortunately?) there are packages out there which install
all
Apache/MySQL/PHP for you or whatever. So unless you state which package
you're using then typical is still meaningless. It's just helpful when
Sam Hobbs wrote:
Steve Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Sam, if you wouldn't mind answering a question: are you still unable
to connect to your mysql server?
I am able to connect now.
I'm sorry that you feel its a time-consuming process. I'm sorry that
you are
On Saturday 18 September 2004 21:23, Henri Marc wrote:
Ok, it is like I thought, but if it is made in PHP is
there a way to catch all the ID sent to the main page
of tinyurl.com and then query the database?
If your webserver is apache you could use its rewrite engine to ensure that
all
Hi All,
I don't normally bother with these kind of meaningless threads as they
waste valuable electrons but I did find this interesting
http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html
PS This is not a dig at you Jason, it's just your post is the only one
I didn't delete :)
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I'm hosting on PowWeb where you have a different domain for SSL pages.
I'm trying to pass the user from the www.mydomain.com pages to the
mydomain.secure.powweb.com pages to complete a credit card transaction,
so I pass sid=xx as a GET param on the link that jumps them to the
new domain.
Brian Dunning wrote:
I'm hosting on PowWeb where you have a different domain for SSL pages.
I'm trying to pass the user from the www.mydomain.com pages to the
mydomain.secure.powweb.com pages to complete a credit card transaction,
so I pass sid=xx as a GET param on the link that jumps them
In PHP4 $this-one = $one; assigns a *copy* of $one to $this-one. You
need to use $this-one = $one;
The code will work as expected in PHP5 (and zend.ze1_compatibility_mode
set to off).
Ryan Briones wrote:
This is a scaled down example of something I'm doing in some code. The
results are very
I compiled mcrypt and php without problem, but phpinfo() shows there
are no supported ciphers and modes; following a suggestion I try to
change mode to 755 on libdirs (/usr/local/libmcrypt,
/usr/local/libcrypt), but nothing happens.
Please help!
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Hi,
Does anyone have any sample code that will download a mysql table to an
excel file?
Thanks
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On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:13:47 -0700, AMC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone have any sample code that will download a mysql table to an
excel file?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/psxlsgen/
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I may be unnaturally ugly (to the extent my mother cried when she held
me), and so i have a little extra hair here and there.. and my hands
are like hams.. but im no troll :P :P
Jason
Tom Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All,
I don't normally bother with these kind of meaningless
oh booh, i replied to that, explicitly detailing you can simply
allow an open port for mysql rather than drop the whole firewall.
Yes this type of comment cuases problems, or in your case, fixes your
problem... at least your mysql connection one. so are you saying im
unreasonable, and
Hi there,
I want to filter out ip adresses out of a given text string. They are inside a
logfile and values are seperated by tabs. I tryed sub_str which works fine if
you know the length of the characters. In case of the ip adress this is not the
case, since they are sometimes shorter than
Search preg_replace or preg_match in the manual.
Jason
Merlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi there,
I want to filter out ip adresses out of a given text string. They are inside a
logfile and values are seperated by tabs. I tryed sub_str which works fine if
you know the length of the
On Sunday 19 September 2004 02:40, Merlin wrote:
I want to filter out ip adresses out of a given text string. They are
inside a logfile and values are seperated by tabs. I tryed sub_str which
works fine if you know the length of the characters. In case of the ip
adress this is not the case,
I just recently learned the power of flushing to the browser and have been
playing around with it and have found a few useful actions of it. However,
one annoying thing is keeping me down: the max execution time.
I know I can change the default setting in the ini but I might need to span
this
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:19:55 -0500, Stephen Craton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I know I can change the default setting in the ini but I might need to span
this script on another server where I may not have the power to do that.
Whenever I go into a loop, and then go sleep(1) or so, after about 30
This has got to be one of the funniest threads I've seen on the PHP list in
a really long time. However, unless someone can come up with more humorous
replies, I vote that it be killed.
-Ed
-Original Message-
From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday,
Thanks, I had a look at this but it doesn't seem that it will solve my
issues, since it just adds on the time the script runs but still limits it.
Any suggestions?
:: -Original Message-
:: From: Andrew Kreps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:: Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 14:35
:: To:
Please do not top post.
On Sunday 19 September 2004 04:19, Stephen Craton wrote:
:: Whenever I go into a loop, and then go sleep(1) or so, after about 30
:: executions the script will just stop running.
Thanks, I had a look at this but it doesn't seem that it will solve my
issues, since
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:19:29 -0500, Stephen Craton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks, I had a look at this but it doesn't seem that it will solve my
issues, since it just adds on the time the script runs but still limits it.
Any suggestions?
The manual states that if you pass set_time_limit a
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:25:12 +0200, Dirk Schippers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
with indexes: id = primary, putdatetime, userid,
{put,front,topcategory,approvedby} and review.
If I want to know the 30 most recently added and approved items, I do
the following simple query:
SELECT id FROM
Hi!
I have been trying to make some sort of calculator in PHP, but I have stumbled
on a problem... I have been make some kind of dynamical calculator, unlike
most I have seen, that had $value1 [math operator] $value2 strict, but a
calculator, that can calculate basically anything ( even
Hi all,
Can someone recommend a decent PHP5 book? In particular, I'm
interested in Classes and OOP. I consider myself an above average PHP4
developer, so I'm definitely not looking for a beginner book, BUT I
have ZERO experience with OOP (in any language), so I'd like a book
that can teach
$var = 1+2+3+4+5; // should be 15
eval('$result = ('.$var.');');
echo $result; // returns 15
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could also be written as:
eval(\$result = ($var););
but that's not the point ;)
Whitehawk Stormchaser wrote:
Hi!
I have been trying to make some sort of calculator in PHP, but I have stumbled
on a
Hi,
After googling 'Web Etiquette, Top Posting', I still am puzzled why some
people on this list insist that top posting is bad form, rather than personal
preference. The arguments seem to be balanced on either side.
Checking the list's archives, I noticed that those who object to top posting
--- Justin French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can someone recommend a decent PHP5 book?
I think Upgrading to PHP 5 is a particularly good book:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/upgradephp5/
Chris
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Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/
PHP Security - O'Reilly
Coming December 2004
HTTP
--- Andre Dubuc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After googling 'Web Etiquette, Top Posting', I still am puzzled
why some people on this list insist that top posting is bad form,
rather than personal preference.
I don't think these two things are mutually exclusive.
Yes, there is a difference between
On Sunday 19 September 2004 05:37, Andre Dubuc wrote:
After googling 'Web Etiquette, Top Posting', I still am puzzled why some
people on this list insist that top posting is bad form, rather than
personal preference. The arguments seem to be balanced on either side.
- Top posting means one
Amc wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone have any sample code that will download a mysql table to an
excel file?
Thanks
-
http://www.dbtools.com.br/
-
zerof
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try:
header('Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel');
echo 'table';
$result = mysql_query('...');
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($queryResult)){
echo 'tr';
foreach($row as $cell) {
echo 'td'.$cell.'/td';
}
echo '/tr';
}
echo '/table';
exit;
?
Amc wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone have any
*RUH ROH* Better watch out, top posting is an extremely unpopular
discussion. Some members of the list will attempt to lambaste you and
tell you that because the rules are written, then they must be the final
word. Feel free to post however you please, while the dogs might bark
loudly, they are at
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:11, Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 19 September 2004 05:37, Andre Dubuc wrote:
After googling 'Web Etiquette, Top Posting', I still am puzzled why some
people on this list insist that top posting is bad form, rather than
personal preference. The arguments seem to be
On Sunday 19 September 2004 06:33, Robert Cummings wrote:
[snip]
Happy top posting,
Have fun driving on the wrong side of the road.
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On Sunday 19 September 2004 06:46, Robert Cummings wrote:
I think the argument was top posting versus bottom posting. Not top
posting versus interlacing. If you have no need to reply point to point
then there is no reason I can see why top posting is unsuitable.
I think you're splitting hair
I'm using this code to dynamically retrieve windows
media files and send it to the browser. I thought the
cache header would prevent the file from being cached.
The only problems is the .wmv file still ends up in my
IE temp files folder. How can I prevent this from
happening?
?php
OK, Jason. I'm throughly confused. You say:
Top posting means one cannot reply point by point like I'm doing here.
then you state:
Wouldn't you agree that it's easier to read something point by point
whereby you can easily see the context, instead of reading a sentence at the
top of the post
Hello,
I want to write a script which does the following:
You enter http://www.test.com/test.php?number=123456
and the script shows the site
https://www.domain.com/direct_access.do?usert=testpassword=testnumber=123456
It's important that the password is not shown to everyone.
I tried fopen()
On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:12, Daniel Guerrier wrote:
I'm using this code to dynamically retrieve windows
media files and send it to the browser. I thought the
cache header would prevent the file from being cached.
The only problems is the .wmv file still ends up in my
IE temp files
On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:07, Martin Justra wrote:
I want to write a script which does the following:
You enter http://www.test.com/test.php?number=123456
and the script shows the site
https://www.domain.com/direct_access.do?usert=testpassword=testnumber=123
456
Did you want to
a)
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:46, Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 19 September 2004 06:33, Robert Cummings wrote:
[snip]
Happy top posting,
Have fun driving on the wrong side of the road.
What side is that? Doesn't it depend on national preference?
Cheers,
Rob.
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On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:40, Robert Cummings wrote:
Have fun driving on the wrong side of the road.
What side is that? Doesn't it depend on national preference?
Not personal preference for certain.
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I am streaming it. That code is in an .asx metafile.
I assume it is supposed to work like a .ram for real
media.
Microsoft suggests using an asx file to stream media.
It does stream, I just do not want it to be cached in
my IE temp files.
--- Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sunday 19
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 19:42, Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:40, Robert Cummings wrote:
Have fun driving on the wrong side of the road.
What side is that? Doesn't it depend on national preference?
Not personal preference for certain.
But definitely there's not global
I had an $array, with a list of authors and an entry number. Below is the code I used.
Now I
have compiled it all into a table. I don't know how to re-code these lines:
foreach (array_count_values ($authors) as $author=$count)
foreach ($author_list[$author] as $ausid)
---new
Jason, I agree. Sorry. I sent it as a new message. I will try again,
John
Jason Wong wrote:
You have started a new thread by taking an existing posting and replying to
it while you changed the subject.
That is bad, because it breaks threading. Whenever you reply to a message,
your mail
Hello,
I recently posted on the whole sleep() issue with max execution time thing
but now I'm past that and actually concerned about webserver ability.
Here's what I'm doing in a nutshell: Loop infinitely, checking for changes
to a database, flushing the data, sleep, and repeat the loop. It all
Although I'm not certain how well known this is, I thought I'd share this
with everyone who might have wondered if there was a benefit to using or not
using quotes when referencing associative arrays.
While benchmarking a few different array sorting options, I had used
in_array and search_array.
On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:52, Robert Cummings wrote:
But definitely there's not global consensus.
I really shouldn't be indulging you as it's pretty obvious you're only here
for a vigorous debate (that's my euphemism for an argument - the not so nice
meaning of argument).
The OP asked
On Sunday 19 September 2004 09:33, bskolb wrote:
Although I'm not certain how well known this is, I thought I'd share this
with everyone who might have wondered if there was a benefit to using or
not using quotes when referencing associative arrays.
You should be using single quotes rather
Most mail programs have their default settings set for top posting ...
while most news clients are set for bottom posting which way is the
most preferable depends on what's most useful for your reply ... but those
that enjoy mixing top and bottom posting are the daft ones ... once a
At 01:40 19-09-2004, Robert Cummings wrote:
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 18:46, Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 19 September 2004 06:33, Robert Cummings wrote:
[snip]
Happy top posting,
Have fun driving on the wrong side of the road.
What side is that? Doesn't it depend on national preference?
When I
PHP Warning: Missing forest, too many trees.
Lots of you are good coders, I've seen you devote immense time and
enegry to crafting informative and helpful posts for years, let's just
move on and read messages using incredibly normal skills like short-term
memory and index finger dexterity for your
On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 22:02, Jason Wong wrote:
On Sunday 19 September 2004 07:52, Robert Cummings wrote:
But definitely there's not global consensus.
I really shouldn't be indulging you as it's pretty obvious you're only here
for a vigorous debate (that's my euphemism for an argument -
-Original Message-
What side is that? Doesn't it depend on national preference?
When I overtake others, I usually take to the other lane ... is that the
wrong side, or the right side of the road, for what I'm doing ?
Depends on your perspective :P hehe
-Ed
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