Re: [PHP] Friday's Question

2013-09-20 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Tedd Sperling t...@sperling.com wrote on 09/20/2013 10:51:49 AM: Do you use a Mousepad? [-snip-] Age: Bag Bomb Mousepad: Yes Padding for my wrist and quieter moving the mouse around - no scraping. So yes, I'm even too old to be plugged into an iPud or an iPeed, whatever they are :) Kirk

[PHP] PHP: superior code quality

2012-03-28 Thread Kirk . Johnson
A little note about our favorite language: Linux 2.6, PHP 5.3, and PostgreSQL 9.1 are recognized as open source projects with superior code quality and can be used as industry benchmarks, achieving defect densities of .62, .20, and .21 respectively.

Re: [PHP] Do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation?

2012-02-21 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Mike Mackintosh mike.mackint...@angrystatic.com wrote on 02/17/2012 07:25:36 PM: [image removed] Re: [PHP] Do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation? Mike Mackintosh to: Kirk.Johnson, PHP General List 02/17/2012 07:26 PM On Feb 17, 2012, at 3:34 PM,

[PHP] Do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation?

2012-02-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Is it possible to do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation, as specified in RFC 3062? The password hashing scheme in the LDAP directory I am working with may change periodically, so it is my understanding that I can't hash a new password according to a specific scheme, e.g., {SHA}, on my

Re: [PHP] Do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation?

2012-02-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Mike Mackintosh mike.mackint...@angrystatic.com wrote on 02/17/2012 12:36:06 PM: On Feb 17, 2012, at 10:57, kirk.john...@zootweb.com wrote: Is it possible to do an LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation, as specified in RFC 3062? The password hashing scheme in the LDAP directory I

[PHP] When will the ereg extension be removed from PHP?

2012-01-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
All, The ereg extension was deprecated as of version 5.3.0. Does anyone know what the schedule is for removing it completely? Thanks. Kirk

Re: [PHP] When will the ereg extension be removed from PHP?

2012-01-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
kirk.john...@zootweb.com wrote on 01/17/2012 09:59:43 AM: The ereg extension was deprecated as of version 5.3.0. Does anyone know what the schedule is for removing it completely? Answering my own question, it looks like not before 6.0: http://marc.info/?l=php-internalsm=132618195307998w=2

Re: [PHP] $_POST vars

2011-04-13 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Nathan Nobbe quickshif...@gmail.com wrote on 04/13/2011 12:47:11 PM: [much snippage] no, it's actually a better practice. users are expected to populate arrays they create. the $GLOBALS array is expected to be populated by user scripts. The $_POST array is expected to be populated by PHP.

RE: [PHP] php processing name vs. id field

2010-07-02 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Bob McConnell r...@cbord.com wrote on 07/02/2010 08:53:30 AM: Arguments against using/dismissing the name attribute in tags is simply nonsense. This discussion began when I pointed out that the name attribute is deprecated in XHTML. This was later confirmed when someone pointed to the

Re: [PHP] a trivial little function (PostToHost)

2009-10-05 Thread Kirk . Johnson
tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote on 10/05/2009 01:44:00 PM: [snip] Hi Kirk: Okay, but what specifically is that script? I have written a script at server B to print_r($_POST), but I don't get anything other than log errors (see below*). Here's an example:

Re: [PHP] a trivial little function (PostToHost)

2009-10-04 Thread Kirk . Johnson
tedd tedd.sperl...@gmail.com wrote on 10/04/2009 08:51:13 AM: [PHP] a trivial little function (PostToHost) tedd to: php-general 10/04/2009 09:05 AM Hi gang: The following 'trivial little' function I'm trying to get my head around:

Re: [PHP] POST without POSTing

2009-10-01 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Paul M Foster pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote on 09/30/2009 09:29:17 PM: [PHP] POST without POSTing Paul M Foster to: php-general 09/30/2009 09:31 PM I have a form that collects certain info via POST. It is re-entrant, so when the user hits the submit button, it checks the input

Re: [PHP] modifying within foreach

2009-06-23 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Andres Gonzalez and...@packetstorm.com wrote on 06/23/2009 12:26:38 PM: I want to modify $results within the foreach. In other words, during a given pass of this iteration, I want to delete some of the items based on particular conditions. Then on the next pass thru the foreach, I want

Re: [PHP] Re: Can someone tell me why this is not working?

2009-06-18 Thread Kirk . Johnson
[PHP] Re: Can someone tell me why this is not working? The center echo does not show. It will show if I replace $newmort with anything else. I have copied the first if statement,pasted it in the second position, and it works fine. Once I change the var to $newmort, it will not

Re: [PHP] PHP Security

2009-06-02 Thread Kirk . Johnson
On Jun 2, 2009, at 17:26, Grant Peel gp...@thenetnow.com wrote: I am currently setting up the next generation web server for our company and am in need of general consulting/advice on php set up security issues. For general considerations, start here:

Re: [PHP] Trying To Read - Show A Csv File Line By Line

2009-03-20 Thread Kirk . Johnson
revDAVE c...@hosting4days.com wrote on 03/20/2009 03:11:00 PM: Newbie ... I'm trying to Trying to read / show a csv file line by line ... fgetcsv is your friend. http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.fgetcsv.php Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

Re: [PHP] switch vs elseif

2009-01-13 Thread Kirk . Johnson
I regret that I don't recall who made the brilliant observation that programmers spend the majority of their time *reading* code (their own or others) as opposed to *writing* code. So, I make it a point to try to make my code easily scannable. I only and always use the switch construct when

Re: [PHP] Since I speak with some of you more than people I see in person....

2008-12-30 Thread Kirk . Johnson
And as a side note (some of you already know): for my wife and I closing out the year, we heard the heartbeat of our first child for the first time today in the ultrasound. Congrats on the new critter to be...they are a lot of fun after the first year of eating sleeping and pooping

Re: [PHP] quick php for perl coder question

2008-09-11 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Thomas Bolioli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/11/2008 01:10:18 PM: I want to return an array from a function. I have this: return array($found, $username, $email, $nickname); as my code. I have a bug in the code and I am not sure where yet. Should the above statement with this:

Re: [PHP] Floats and avoid exponential notation - How?

2008-07-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
k bah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/17/2008 05:23:40 AM: Hi, From http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.float.php (second comment in that page, from kjohnson at zootweb dot com): PHP switches from the standard decimal notation to exponential notation for certain special

RE: [PHP] Binary data in $_POST, not in $_FILES, why?

2008-06-16 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Jim Feniello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 06/16/2008 03:16:02 PM: Anyone know if PHP keys off the content-disposition for form pre-processing to populate the $_FILES array? I believe that the $_FILES array is only populated when the form tag contains 'enctype=multipart/form-data' and there is

Re: [PHP] Quarters -- ERRORS --

2008-04-11 Thread Kirk . Johnson
tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 04/11/2008 02:49:21 PM: But the critter is dead in the water for all versions of IE -- if -- I don't figure out a way around the following single statement. document.getElementById(id).checked = true; After reading a bunch, it seems that M$ has a better

Re: [PHP] Beware of round() function

2008-04-09 Thread Kirk . Johnson
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:10:17 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beware: round() apparently has changed its behavior from PHP 4. For certain special numbers that seem to be multiples of 100,000, the return value is in exponential format, rather than the usual decimal format. Some of these

Re: [PHP] Beware of round() function

2008-03-25 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Thanks for the info, Jeremy. Regardless of the technical details, my code still broke. I am little discouraged that an operation that should be so simple has these sorts of gotchas. BTW, I ended up casting to int as my solution. Kirk Jeremy Privett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 03/24/2008

[PHP] Beware of round() function

2008-03-24 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Beware: round() apparently has changed its behavior from PHP 4. For certain special numbers that seem to be multiples of 100,000, the return value is in exponential format, rather than the usual decimal format. Some of these special values are 120, 140, 230, which are returned as

[PHP] Need help interpreting server log entries

2006-02-17 Thread Kirk . Johnson
We are seeing this message in our server logs with respect to one of our internal extensions. What is the meaning of Overrun in this context? acd-result.c(114) : Block 0x0816D12C status: Beginning: Overrun (magic=0x0021, expected=0x7312F8DC) End: Unknown TIA Kirk -- PHP

Re: [PHP] php / JS / DOM question

2005-12-29 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Add the value property: document.forms['query_form'].elements['q'] .value. Kirk jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/29/2005 02:45:23 PM: form name=query_form input type=text name=q/input input type=button onclick=drawImg('A',document.forms ['query_form'].elements['q']);

Re: [PHP] Is PHP the language for me???

2005-09-23 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Emily McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/23/2005 03:07:39 PM: I am trying to figure out whether php will help me to set up a website which is essentially just links to donwloadable material. Emily, you certainly came to the right place to get an endorsement of PHP ;) Yes. PHP will handle

RE: [PHP] session.gc_maxlifetime

2005-09-09 Thread Kirk . Johnson
Also, I thought you could use ini_set to change your php.ini configuration for your current script. But I could be wrong... Did I miss read the manual? ini_set() can be used to change *some* settings. Some items that are configured in php.ini come into play before the script is parsed, and

Re: [PHP] Session expires randomly

2005-09-08 Thread Kirk . Johnson
So I was thinking on implementing some sort of automatic session refresh after a short period, let's say every 20 minutes of inactivity. And of course I should provide the users with a manual way to make session end, sort of a logout from the application.( no problem with that)

Re: [PHP] Session expires randomly

2005-09-02 Thread Kirk . Johnson
On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Mauricio Pellegrini wrote: Hi, I have this problem , When I start a Session everything seems to be ok but sometimes with no reason the session vanishes. All settings are default , I mean session_cache_expire is 180 min. I understand that this setting should make