RE: [PHP] whoami explanation
> -Original Message- > From: paras...@gmail.com [mailto:paras...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Daniel Brown > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:16 AM > To: Robert Cummings > Cc: PJ; Boyd, Todd M.; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] whoami explanation > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:52, Robert Cummings > wrote: > > > > *runs away while lightning bolts strike him over and over* > > Would the sound to accompany this mental image be one of a Daffy > Duck or Woody Woodpecker nature? I think it's a Queen song, actually... ;) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] whoami explanation
> -Original Message- > From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:56 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] whoami explanation > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:07 PM > >> To: PJ > >> Cc: Daniel Brown; Per Jessen; php-general@lists.php.net > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] whoami explanation > >> > >> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 11:16 -0500, PJ wrote: > >> > >>> Daniel Brown wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:57, PJ wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> forgot to add: > >>>>> What's the difference between back ticks or quotes and regular > >>>>> > >> single > >> > >>>>> quotes? > >>>>> How does one enter back quotes from the keyboard? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Welcome to the Internet! > >>>> > >>>> The first place you should look when you have a question is on > >>>> Google. The first result that comes up for "backtick operator" is > >>>> > >> the > >> > >>>> PHP manual itself: > >>>> > >>>> http://php.net/language.operators.execution > >>>> > >>>> If you don't know where a key is on your keyboard, please look > >>>> > >> down. > >> > >>>> > >>> I don't think it's necessary to be sarcastic... > >>> Hate to disappoint you, but on my computer (FreeBSD 7.0) on Firefox > >>> Google does not go directly to the php manual... it goes to some > >>> > >> nitwit > >> > >>> site thinkexist.com > >>> So, this list is a much better source of information that waddling > >>> through the crap that's thrown at you on G. > >>> And I find that Googie is getting pretty garbagy even if there is > >>> nothing better around ;-) > >>> As for the keyboard, this is the first time I have ever, ever > needed > >>> > >> the > >> > >>> back quote key although I have occasionally needed the ~ key for > >>> > >> Windows > >> > >>> stuff. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com > >>>http://www.ptahhotep.com > >>>http://www.chiccantine.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> You tinker on Unix and you only ever use ~ for Windows?! > >> > > > > I realize this thread is old and dead and buried, but I have to get > my > > licks in on the new guy, too... but Ash beat me to it. I was going to > > talk about how "~" was an alias for the current user context's home > > directory in any POSIX system I've ever used. :) > > > > Welcome aboard, PJ. > > > Gee, thanks. So, when was I supposed to have used this alias? Hell, I > can live with my ignorance. What's a POSIX system and why is it a POSIX > - a language, I think I heard > > But I'm sorry I missed the fun earlier about the American foibles... > unfortunately that should go on some other list and I wish I knew which > one - one that had some smarts to it (like this one) and I'd like to > really hear what people think about "us" and what's really going on in > the world... oooh, well http://lmgtfy.com/?q=posix ;) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] whoami explanation
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:07 PM > To: PJ > Cc: Daniel Brown; Per Jessen; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] whoami explanation > > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 11:16 -0500, PJ wrote: > > Daniel Brown wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:57, PJ wrote: > > > > > >> forgot to add: > > >> What's the difference between back ticks or quotes and regular > single > > >> quotes? > > >> How does one enter back quotes from the keyboard? > > >> > > > > > > Welcome to the Internet! > > > > > > The first place you should look when you have a question is on > > > Google. The first result that comes up for "backtick operator" is > the > > > PHP manual itself: > > > > > > http://php.net/language.operators.execution > > > > > > If you don't know where a key is on your keyboard, please look > down. > > > > > > > > I don't think it's necessary to be sarcastic... > > Hate to disappoint you, but on my computer (FreeBSD 7.0) on Firefox > > Google does not go directly to the php manual... it goes to some > nitwit > > site thinkexist.com > > So, this list is a much better source of information that waddling > > through the crap that's thrown at you on G. > > And I find that Googie is getting pretty garbagy even if there is > > nothing better around ;-) > > As for the keyboard, this is the first time I have ever, ever needed > the > > back quote key although I have occasionally needed the ~ key for > Windows > > stuff. > > > > -- > > > > Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com > >http://www.ptahhotep.com > >http://www.chiccantine.com > > > > > You tinker on Unix and you only ever use ~ for Windows?! I realize this thread is old and dead and buried, but I have to get my licks in on the new guy, too... but Ash beat me to it. I was going to talk about how "~" was an alias for the current user context's home directory in any POSIX system I've ever used. :) Welcome aboard, PJ. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] 0.T Java IDE
> -Original Message- > From: Almog Friedman [mailto:ter...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:55 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] 0.T Java IDE > > Since I know theres alot of Java progarammers in this list and I don't > want > to sign upo to another mailing list i ask it here > > I'm searching for a Java ide (not netbeans, I'm sick of netbeans) which > does > gui in swing the best(i come from C# with visual studio and i'm > searching > for something that is as easy and powerful as the visual studio gui > editor) Having used Eclipse, Netbeans, JGrasp, Visual J#/J++, and Processing.org's notepad, I've got to say: Developing UIs is easiest in Netbeans. Sorry. :( // Todd
RE: [PHP] Javascript question
> -Original Message- > From: Michael A. Peters [mailto:mpet...@mac.com] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:42 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Javascript question > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > > Before some of you newbies feel like being heroes and jump all over > me: > > > > I KNOW THIS IS A PHP-RELATED LIST. IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY QUESTION, > DON'T > > ANSWER IT. > > > > Now that that's out of the way... I have a Javascript question (and > > maybe a Browser/DOM question) for you folks. I'm not sure this is > > anything they teach you in any online/in-seat/self-taught Javascript > > course that I've ever seen before, so I figured I would bring it > here. > > > > My boss asked me if I knew of a tool that would change the > of > > a page on-the-fly to test validation in different schemes (i.e., > XHTML > > Strict, Transitional, Loose, etc.). > > The validators generally don't trigger javascript. > > I use DOMDocument to create a valid xhtml page and then before sending > it to the browser - if the browser does not report accepting valid > xhtml > (or I specify I want html) it filters the page to valid html 4.01. > > That's probably what you want to do - code for valid xhtml and filter > the output to other DTD's you want to make available server side rather > than trying to use JS to alter the DOCTYPE. > > Remember, the proper header to send also relies on the DOCTYPE so if > you > sent a header for xhtml but send html (or vice versa) you are still > breaking the standard regardless of how pristine your output is. > > Another advantage to building the document ahead of time and doing any > translations server side is you can also filter the output for XSS in > case you missed validating some input. I think you guys are missing the point--this is not for proprietary use on our own server with our own pages. I wanted to write a bookmarklet that would work for any page, on any server. I'm beginning to think that's not necessarily possible (using just JS and the browser). Thanks for all of your suggestions, anyway. :) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Javascript question
> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:18 PM
> To: Boyd, Todd M.
> Cc: PHP General list
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Javascript question
>
> On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 16:11 -0600, Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
> > Before some of you newbies feel like being heroes and jump all over
> me:
> >
> > I KNOW THIS IS A PHP-RELATED LIST. IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY QUESTION,
> DON'T
> > ANSWER IT.
> >
> > Now that that's out of the way... I have a Javascript question (and
> > maybe a Browser/DOM question) for you folks. I'm not sure this is
> > anything they teach you in any online/in-seat/self-taught Javascript
> > course that I've ever seen before, so I figured I would bring it
> here.
> >
> > My boss asked me if I knew of a tool that would change the
> of
> > a page on-the-fly to test validation in different schemes (i.e.,
> XHTML
> > Strict, Transitional, Loose, etc.). After a bit of looking around,
> this
> > is the solution I came up with (as a bookmarklet):
> >
> > javascript:document.write(' 1.0
> > Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>' +
> > document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML);
> >
> > However, I'm not sure it will fire any validation events, since
> > technically the page has already been loaded (Javascript is just
> adding
> > more text). I fear the case will be the same if the current page's
> > source is sent to a new browser window.
> >
> > I'm not asking for any coding suggestions, necessarily--just curious
> as
> > to whether or not anyone knew if this will invoke browser validation
> > events or not. Comments and questions are more than welcome, though.
> :)
>
> Can't you do it via PHP using a GET parameter? Seems more likely to
> work
> properly since it requires the page be reloaded on a fresh slate.
While
> at the same time, it will easily jump through the doctypes that the
> server deems suitable given the parameter
>
> http://www.www.www/foo.php?doctype=xmlstrict1.0
Rob,
Absolutely. However, requiring a server-side script was something I was
hoping to avoid. It may be useful as an intranet utility somewhere down
the road, but a bookmarklet was what I was shooting for for this first
test.
Great minds think alike, eh? :)
// Todd
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[PHP] Javascript question
Before some of you newbies feel like being heroes and jump all over me:
I KNOW THIS IS A PHP-RELATED LIST. IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY QUESTION, DON'T
ANSWER IT.
Now that that's out of the way... I have a Javascript question (and
maybe a Browser/DOM question) for you folks. I'm not sure this is
anything they teach you in any online/in-seat/self-taught Javascript
course that I've ever seen before, so I figured I would bring it here.
My boss asked me if I knew of a tool that would change the of
a page on-the-fly to test validation in different schemes (i.e., XHTML
Strict, Transitional, Loose, etc.). After a bit of looking around, this
is the solution I came up with (as a bookmarklet):
javascript:document.write('http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>' +
document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].innerHTML);
However, I'm not sure it will fire any validation events, since
technically the page has already been loaded (Javascript is just adding
more text). I fear the case will be the same if the current page's
source is sent to a new browser window.
I'm not asking for any coding suggestions, necessarily--just curious as
to whether or not anyone knew if this will invoke browser validation
events or not. Comments and questions are more than welcome, though. :)
Cheers!
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] retrieve multiple select
> -Original Message- > From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:nos...@mckenzies.net] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:41 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] retrieve multiple select > > Shawn McKenzie wrote: > > Michael A. Peters wrote: > >> PJ wrote: > >>> I'm sure this has been hashed over and over on the web, only I > can't > >>> find anything that makes sense or the explanations given have been > >>> erroneous. > >>> This is what I am trying: > >>> > >>> Choose Categories... > >>> History > >>> Temples > >>> Pharaohs and Queens > >>> Cleopatra > >>> Mummies > >>> > >> Whenever something doesn't work for me I always make sure what I am > >> doing is valid html/xhtml > >> > >> That doesn't look valid to me - multiple="multiple" might be. > >> Maybe it is valid under older html. > > > > HTML 4.01 > > > > multiple [CI] > > If set, this boolean attribute allows multiple selections. If not > > set, the SELECT element only permits single selections. > > > > However, all the options should be closed. > > Instead of: History > > Use: History > > Also, you should move the Choose Categories... out of > the select or you'll get it as an array item if someone actually > selects > it. You could I guess set it to disabled also. I believe if you just do Choose something it's pretty easy to discard an empty value if that's what they've selected. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] upload progress (was www.soongy.com)
> -Original Message- > From: mike [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:59 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] upload progress (was www.soongy.com) > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > > > Gears will allow you to do a lot of things. So will site-proprietary > Firefox extensions that go well outside the realm of basic client- > server interaction via webpages. I was under the impression that Gears > requires a local installation of their client library in order to work. > > > > I don't think "download this new extension so you can upload files to > our site" is going to go over so well. > > Of course not, but > > a) browsers don't have it built-in, yet (I was working on trying to > make a "standard" that I could pitch to browser creators) > b) how do you think the flash or java applets got there anyway? :) > > Have a standard upload form. Tell people if they want more advanced > multi-file support, progress support, etc, etc, install Gears as well. > > To me, Gears should be something just like Flash and Java... and I > think is lighter-weight and allows for extending browser capabilities > across nearly every platform without learning new languages. Well it's just Javascript with access to local database storage and a caching facility, isn't it? I mean, I know Google threw a bunch of their API libraries in there with it (geolocation, for instance), but what little digging I've done into the matter has produced what I consider "extended" Javascript. Again, I don't know a whole lot about it--I've just looked over the example scripts and read an article about its caching capabilities as applied to Wikipedia. // Todd
RE: [PHP] upload progress (was www.soongy.com)
> -Original Message- > From: mike [mailto:mike...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 12:17 AM > To: Gevorg Harutyunyan > Cc: tedd; German Geek; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] www.soongy.com > > I have a basic demo here. The code is not at it's best, you have to > hit reload to upload a new file. > > http://mikehost.com/~mike/tmp/u/ > > It does show you though with some javascript trickery and some math > you can derive estimated time and approximate speed. I did have an > example of multiple files too (I don't think this one supports that) > > At some point I'll publish all the components required and clean it up > nicely. > > I also have an nginx module to complement it that should be available > soon, to alleviate the need for the PHP processing piece (even though > it does work like a charm) > > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Gevorg Harutyunyan > wrote: > > Thank you all for your help! > > > > I tried to do without being dependent from flash, but as I see there > are > > only two ways for this: "flash" and "loading without tracking > percentage". I > > choose second way :) > > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:58 AM, mike wrote: > >> > >> gears will allow you to do that, more or less. i have it going... Gears will allow you to do a lot of things. So will site-proprietary Firefox extensions that go well outside the realm of basic client-server interaction via webpages. I was under the impression that Gears requires a local installation of their client library in order to work. I don't think "download this new extension so you can upload files to our site" is going to go over so well. > >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:34 PM, tedd > wrote: > >> > At 12:13 PM -0800 3/1/09, mike wrote: > >> >> > >> >> you can use gears pretty easily to make a seamless multiple file > >> >> upload now. it's all javascript too so you can make it look how > you > >> >> want, behave how you want, etc. without having to buy/tweak flash > >> >> code. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 12:07 PM, German Geek > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Also check this one out: google uses it in gmail: > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> http://code.google.com/p/jquery-multifile- > plugin/downloads/detail?name=multiple-file-upload.zip&can=2&q= > >> > > >> > Understood, but I don't think either of these do what the OP > wanted, > >> > whcih > >> > was a real time file upload progress bar. // Todd
RE: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Editiondatabase? Please weigh in--
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:14 AM > To: Andrew Ballard > Cc: Boyd, Todd M.; PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web > Editiondatabase? Please weigh in-- > > I absolutely love enum datatypes; they allow you to use string values > but internally stores them as numbers, and prevents the wrong data from > being inserted. Much simpler than joining extra tables of values onto > it. > > As for mssql server, well, it's a bit of a hate/accept relationship. > I'm > forced to use it at work, and the Enterprise Manager tools we use to > deal with it are slow and clumsy, and often do the strangest things. > I'm > generally not a fan of Windows much now, as I have seen what open > source > alternatives can really do. You shouldn't blame the program on the operating system. :) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition database? Please weigh in--
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 12:05 AM > To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk > Cc: Boyd, Todd M.; PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition > database? Please weigh in-- > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Ashley Sheridan > wrote: > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 16:41 -0600, Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > >> > -Original Message- > >> > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com] > >> > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM > >> > To: Bastien Koert > >> > Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > >> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web > Edition > >> > database? Please weigh in-- > >> I use SQLExpress (SQL Server Express) all the time at work for > prototyping and such... although, I have to say--if my company hadn't > installed it on my machine to begin with, and they weren't running SQL > Server 2005 on the production servers, I would rather just use a > private MySQL installation for prototyping and then push to a MySQL > production server. Alas... > >> > >> > >> // Todd > > For me it's MySQL all the way. My company is too cheap to pay for > later > > versions of MS SQL Server, so the versions we have there are *very* > > limited in features (for example, no limit function!) MySQL also > seems a > > lot faster for me too. I regularly deal with large databases (think > > millions of records) and MSSQL is a real bottleneck here, whereas > MySQL > > seems fine (althogh, it is running on Linux, which frees up more > > resources for actually getting stuff done!) > > > > Oh, funny thing. I filled in the questionnaire above, and when it got > to > > the final 'thanks' page, I clicked the button, and it bombed out to a > > completely blank page. Doesn't bode too well for a company attempting > to > > sell a product for use in enterprise situations! > > > > > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > It all depends on what you need. I know from your previous posts that > you're not very well disposed to SQL Server, but I've used it quite a > bit now for the last 8 years and haven't really had any problems with > performance. I'll grant that it doesn't have the LIMIT clause (Is it > part of the actual ANSI SQL spec, or is it something handy that MySQL > added to their product?) The newer versions offer a row number > function that can be used to provide the the same functionality, but > I'll admit it is not nearly as simple as being able to say LIMIT 25, > 50. > > While I like MySQL, it has its oddities as well. I've run into > situations where I had to add ORDER BY clauses to UPDATE statements > (I'm not sure that's really valid SQL either) because it updated the > rows sequentially and validated a unique index after each row rather > than after all the rows were processed. I wish it would support CHECK > constraints. And as convenient as I've found the SET and ENUM > datatypes in simple databases, I'm coming to the notion that they are > not a good idea in most situations. And while the availability of > different engines has benefits, it can also cause issues. Wait, wait, wait... I know SQL Server doesn't have "LIMIT", but haven't you guys ever used "TOP"? As in... select top 10 * from some_table where some_column = 'some_value'; ?? I'm not sure about getting lower bounds (maybe there is a BOTTOM, but I'm too lazy right now)... but if you're just trying to limit the number of rows in your result with a cap, then TOP does the trick just fine. I've had to do a lot of searching to find ways to do stuff in SQL Server that were already natural for me in MySQL (as I learned on MySQL and develop independently with it), but I have yet to be completely taken aback by something that's missing in SQL Server. (I am a little miffed that you have to do a sub-query on information_schema in order to test for object existence, though.) Anyway, I don't see what all the anti-MSSQL sentiment is all about. I use it all the time (SQL Express, SQL Server 2000 and 2005 Professional) and I don't find myself wanting for something I could have done in MySQL but cannot do in MSSQL. SSIS packages are pretty sweet to work with, BTW, if you've ever needed to build DTS solutions. :D My 2c, // Todd
RE: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition database? Please weigh in--
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 3:26 PM > To: Bastien Koert > Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How important is your Express or Web Edition > database? Please weigh in-- > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Bastien Koert > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Shawn McKenzie > wrote: > > > >> Stan Stadelman wrote: > >> > Hello All: > >> > > >> > I'm trying to see how Web Edition databases are being used in your > >> company > >> > for PHP-driven web-apps. Our strategy team thought that free and > >> community > >> > editions would be dominant, but we interviewed Zend Framework > developers > >> > using Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and it looks > >> > like--surprise--that each vendors' market share is about the same > as in > >> the > >> > broad commercial market. > >> > > >> > We think this means that you--the PHP developer community--aren't > >> actually > >> > using the lightweight Web/Express Edition for your corporate web- > app > >> > deployment, and instead are building out on the licenses for > databases > >> your > >> > company is already running. > >> > > >> > Is the Express/Community/Web Edition important for you at work? Is > it a > >> > critical sandboxing step for you? Do you run it live for internal > >> > applications? > >> > > >> > Answering these 10 multiple choice questions--should take about 90 > >> > seconds--will help us understand what databases you need in your > >> > professional life, and how to deliver them to you. > >> > > >> > Happy cooking, and thanks! > >> > > >> > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Jro0rkoIGJKuQNpfWZV_2bBQ_3d_3d > >> > > >> > >> What exactly are, Express or Web Edition databases? > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks! > >> -Shawn > >> http://www.spidean.com > >> > >> > > Just another marketing tool to sell a limited toolset db to punters > who like > > marketing hype > > > > > > -- > > > > Bastien > > I thought they were free. Limited, but free. (reduced functionality or > limited number of connections compared to the commercial versions of > the products) I've not heard of "Web Edition", but I have heard of > both SQL Server and Oracle Express. I haven't used them, but I guess > the idea I have in mind is of products that are supposed to be just > good enough to use in either embedded apps or else to entice > developers into wanting the full version for server apps. I use SQLExpress (SQL Server Express) all the time at work for prototyping and such... although, I have to say--if my company hadn't installed it on my machine to begin with, and they weren't running SQL Server 2005 on the production servers, I would rather just use a private MySQL installation for prototyping and then push to a MySQL production server. Alas... // Todd
RE: [PHP] Development methods (was: "use strict" or similar in PHP?)
> -Original Message- > From: Bob McConnell [mailto:r...@cbord.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:56 AM > To: PHP General list > Subject: [PHP] Development methods (was: "use strict" or similar in > PHP?) > > From: Boyd, Todd M. > > Well, take care of all of your logic before you display anything. > It's > > not that difficult, to be honest... especially if you're already > using > > an MVC design pattern/framework or a template system. > > That's an interesting string of buzzwords, but it carries no meaning > for > me. Would you care to elucidate further? > > As far as the code I am working with, I inherited over 160 files of > mixed HTML and PHP, where the logic and presentation are intermingled > (mangled) throughout. My initial toolset was TextPad4, WinSCP and Putty > on a WinXP workstation, with Apache on RHEL 5 as the server. (The > original coder used vi on a clone of the server until they took it away > from him.) The chances of re-implementing the entire project are > roughly > equivalent to a zero with the edges rubbed out. I already have a six > month to-do list just adding the new features already requested by > current clients. * MVC = Model-View-Controller [1] * Template = Basically just the display (View) with variables injected [2] * Output Buffer = Output isn't sent to the browser until you deem it so [3] As far as inheriting more than 160 files with logic and presentation intermingled... I think you're pretty much SOL with regard to converting it to a framework or a new design pattern. It's possible, but that's going to be quite a bit of work. Links: 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-View-Controller 2. http://www.smarty.net/ (just an example of one templating system) 3. http://www.php.net/ob_start HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] "use strict" or similar in PHP?
> -Original Message- > From: Bob McConnell [mailto:r...@cbord.com] > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 7:44 AM > To: h.schult...@yahoo.com; a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net; 9el > Subject: RE: [PHP] "use strict" or similar in PHP? > > From: Hans Schultz > > > > Hahahah,I was thinking the same thing :D > > > > --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Ashley Sheridan > wrote: > > From: Ashley Sheridan > > Subject: Re: [PHP] "use strict" or similar in PHP? > > To: "Hans Schultz" > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net, "9el" > > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 1:11 PM > > > > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 14:04 +0100, Hans Schultz wrote: > >> Sorry, I didn't want to offend anyone :-) It was just very weird > > argument > >> - to quote: > >> "There is no "compile" time. PHP is interpreted so it is > > compiled and > >> then executed." > >> Sounds like contradiction in this very sentence :-). > >> > >> My apologies > >> > > But if it never compiles, it can never run, but it can't run without > > compiling? Arggh, my head. So does that mean if I go back in time and > > shoot my grandfather, then nobody is in the woods to hear PHP try to > > compile? > > The compile process parses the text of the source file and translates > it > into an alternate form. This can by byte code, ala Pascal and Java, or A la Pascal? What?! :D I had always thought when hit F9 in my Borland studio back in the day that it built me a pretty little EXE file. > executable code, ala COBOL and C. An interpreter, on the other hand, > simply parses the source file, line by line and executes each line as > it > reads it, usually without saving it in an alternate form. This is the > way JavaScript works. Some languages, such as Perl, are somewhere > between the two. Perl parses the whole file, then executes only if it > did not find any syntax errors or undefined variables (if certain > strictures are turned on). Otherwise it prints out only the error > message. > > From what I have seen of PHP, it is strictly interpreted. i.e. a line > is > read, and executed. Then the next line is read, and executed. etc. So > there is no way to get it to block execution from the beginning even > when there are fatal errors. It will already have printed out as much > of > the page as it executed before it finds those errors. This works fine > in > a development or test environment, but is a serious problem in > production. > > So, I believe the question that was actually asked, is there any way to > induce PHP to completely parse the source file(s) and report any errors > before printing out anything, even the HTTP headers? Or can I set it to > redirect to an error page instead of sending an incomplete target page > with error messages that might reveal information I don't want exposed? Well, take care of all of your logic before you display anything. It's not that difficult, to be honest... especially if you're already using an MVC design pattern/framework or a template system. If you are just worried about displaying garbage and not about performing logic while the page is being output to the browser, then I'd say use an output buffer. If something bad happens, just clear the buffer out rather than send it to the user, and forward to your error page instead. http://www.php.net/ob_start HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: How do I remove an array element from within a recursive function?
> -Original Message-
> From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:48 PM
> To: Daevid Vincent
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net; Shawn McKenzie
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: How do I remove an array element from within a
> recursive function?
>
> Daevid Vincent wrote:
> > I tried that and it still doesn't work. I even tried this hardcore
> > "test":
> >
> > public static final function removeMenuItems(&$menuItems,
> $removeArray)
> > {
> > foreach($menuItems as &$value)
> > {
> > unset($value);
> > }
> > }
>
> You don't unset the value, you unset the key.
>
>
> $items = array('menu1', 'menu2', 'menu3');
>
> echo "Before:\n";
> print_r($items);
>
> foreach ($items as $_menuKey => $value) {
> if ($value == 'menu2') {
> unset($items[$_menuKey]);
> }
> }
>
> echo "After:\n";
> print_r($items);
>
>
> $ php test.php
> Before:
> Array
> (
> [0] => menu1
> [1] => menu2
> [2] => menu3
> )
> After:
> Array
> (
> [0] => menu1
> [2] => menu3
> )
I would have gone with array_splice() on this one, I think. However, I
believe it will mangle associative arrays. Glad to know that there's a
way to use unset() on these, as I was unaware of it.
<3 this list! :D
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RE: [PHP] Re: catch the error
> -Original Message- > From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:38 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: catch the error > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:16 PM > >> To: Boyd, Todd M. > >> Cc: PJ; PHP General list > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: catch the error > >> > >> > >>> In examples sent to you, people foolishly replaced your $db var > with > >>> $db_connect ONLY FOR PART OF THE SCRIPT. You've defined your > > database > >>> connection as $db_connect in some versions of the source, but then > >> you > >>> reference $db (without _connect) in your mysql_select call in that > >> same > >>> source. > >>> > >>> $db = mysql_connect([option list here]); # <-- this code > > instantiates > >> a > >>> connection > >>> mysql_select_db([some name], $db); # notice how $db is here? > >>> $result = mysql_query([some query], $db); # it's here, too! > >>> > >>> $db becomes your resource link when you use mysql_connect. That > >> resource > >>> link must then be passed to your mysql functions. Otherwise, they > >> have > >>> no idea which database connection you are attempting to use. > >> RTFM? > >> > >> If no connection is specified, the last one is used. > >> > >> It is an optional argument (only *really* needed when you have > > multiple > >> connections in the same script). > > > > RTF E-mail I sent? > > > > He had used $db_connect instead of $db. $db_connect hadn't been set > to > > anything. He was specifying a connection, but it was null. Unless it > > falls back to the last connection used in the case of an empty > variable, > > then this was most likely (read: proven to be) the problem. > > The last two emails I saw (no I haven't read the whole thread) were: > > >> $db = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass); > >> > >> mysql_select_db($db_name,$db); > > > > >> > >> $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db); > > and > > > $db = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass); > > mysql_select_db($db_name,$db); > > which have the right variables. > > Plus I was picking on the "you must do this" - using the link > identifier > is an optional thing as I already said. Yes, it was solved before I replied. I just wanted to point out why it worked in the situations that it did and why it did not work in the situations that it did not. As the OP had been staring at it for too long, all of the code started to blur together. :) Anyway, it's a moot point now. I think the information you provided about the link identifier was solid advice... I was just trying to point out that using two different variables when specifying the link identifier in mysql functions was what gave him so much guff. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: catch the error
> -Original Message- > From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:16 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: PJ; PHP General list > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: catch the error > > > > In examples sent to you, people foolishly replaced your $db var with > > $db_connect ONLY FOR PART OF THE SCRIPT. You've defined your database > > connection as $db_connect in some versions of the source, but then > you > > reference $db (without _connect) in your mysql_select call in that > same > > source. > > > > $db = mysql_connect([option list here]); # <-- this code instantiates > a > > connection > > mysql_select_db([some name], $db); # notice how $db is here? > > $result = mysql_query([some query], $db); # it's here, too! > > > > $db becomes your resource link when you use mysql_connect. That > resource > > link must then be passed to your mysql functions. Otherwise, they > have > > no idea which database connection you are attempting to use. > > RTFM? > > If no connection is specified, the last one is used. > > It is an optional argument (only *really* needed when you have multiple > connections in the same script). RTF E-mail I sent? He had used $db_connect instead of $db. $db_connect hadn't been set to anything. He was specifying a connection, but it was null. Unless it falls back to the last connection used in the case of an empty variable, then this was most likely (read: proven to be) the problem. :p -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: catch the error
> -Original Message-
> From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:16 PM
> To: a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk
> Cc: Darryle Steplight; Ricardo Dias Marques;
php-general@lists.php.net;
> MySql
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: catch the error
>
> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:56 -0500, PJ wrote:
> >
> >> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 13:34 -0500, Darryle Steplight wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> Hi PJ,
> $db_host = 'biggie';
> $db_user = 'root';
> $db_pass = 'gu...@#$';
> $db_name = 'biblane';
>
>
>
> Everyone here is trying to help you and that's cool, but EVERYONE
> on
> this list may not be so nice. The above credentials is definitely
> the
> type of information you want to keep private, unless you don't
> mind
> people potentially accessing your database tables and doing
> whatever
> they like with them.
>
> I suggest doing something like
> $db_host = 'localhost;
> $db_user = 'foo';
> $db_pass= ''bar;
> $db_name =''xx;
>
> if you are going to post it on the list.
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM, PJ
> wrote:
>
>
> > Ricardo Dias Marques wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi PJ,
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 17:28, PJ
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> What is wrond with this file? same identical insert works from
> console
> >>> but not from this file :-(
> >>>
> >>> [snip]
> >>>
> >>> >>> //include ("lib/db1.php");// Connect to database
> >>> mysql_connect('biggie', 'user', 'password', 'test');
> >>> $sql1 = "INSERT INTO example (name, age) VALUES ('Joe Blow',
> '69')";
> >>> $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db);
> >>> if (!$result1) {
> >>> echo("Error performing 1st query: " .
> >>> mysql_error() . "");
> >>> exit();
> >>> }
> >>> ?>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I haven't coded in PHP for a long time, but I think that your
> problem
> >> is in this line:
> >>
> >> $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db);
> >>
> >> Up to that point, $db (that should point to a database link
> >> identifier) is not defined. You probably want to assign the
> >> "mysql_connect" result to that $db variable.
> >>
> >>
> >> So, I think that you will solve your problem by changing your
> >> "mysql_connect" line FROM the current form:
> >>
> >> mysql_connect('biggie', 'user', 'password', 'test');
> >>
> >> .. TO this one:
> >>
> >> $db = mysql_connect('biggie', 'user', 'password', 'test');
> >>
> >>
> >> Am I right?
> >>
> >>
> > Partly. I had an error in the location of the include. Ashley
> corrected
> > the rest but it only works with the include. Not as whown below
> > > //include ("../lib/db1.php");// Connect to database
> >
> > $db_host = 'biggie';
> > $db_user = 'root';
> > $db_pass = 'gu...@#$';
> > $db_name = 'biblane';
> >
> > $db_connect = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass);
> > $db_select = mysql_select_db($db_name, $db_connect);
> >
> > $sql1 = "INSERT INTO test (name, age) VALUES ('Arnie Shwartz',
> '75')";
> > $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db);
> > if (!$result1) {
> > echo("Error performing 1st query: " .
> > mysql_error() . "");
> > exit();
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > --
> >
> > Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com
> > http://www.ptahhotep.com
> > http://www.chiccantine.com
> >
> >
> > --
> > MySQL General Mailing List
> > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
> > To unsubscribe:
> http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=dstepli...@gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>> I agree. I wouldn't trust me at all! ;)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ash
> >>> www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Yeah very stupid of me...but I found the error: see if you can
> catch it:
> >> >> //include ("../lib/db1.php");// Connect to database
> >>
> >> $db_host = 'xxx';
> >> $db_user = 'xxx;
> >> $db_pass = 'xxx';
> >> $db_name = 'xxx';
> >>
> >>
> >> $db = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass);
> >> mysql_select_db($db_name,$db);
> >>
> >> $sql1 = "INSERT INTO test (name, age) VALUES ('Arnie Shwartz',
> '75')";
> >> $result1 = mysql_query($sql1,$db);
> >> if (!$result1) {
> >> echo("Error performing 3st query: " .
> >>mysql_error() . "");
> >>
> >> }
> >> echo $sql1;
> >> echo "";
> >> echo $db_select;
> >> exit();
> >> ?>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Phil Jourdan --- p...@ptahhotep.com
> >>http://www.ptahhotep.com
> >>http://www.chiccantine.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > $db_user has not had the string terminated. pray tell was that the
> > answer you were looking for?!
> >
> >
> > Ash
> > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> No. Damn those typos!
>
> W
RE: [PHP] XML -> XSLT transformation using XSLTProcessor class
> -Original Message- > From: th.he...@gmail.com [mailto:th.he...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > German Geek > Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 9:18 AM > To: PHP General list > Subject: [PHP] XML -> XSLT transformation using XSLTProcessor class > > Hi All, > > We are trying to import some xml data into the database. My idea was to > make > an xslt and then transform the xml to php code which generates the > queries > necessary and then gets evaled as php code for the actual import... > > Anyway, i got it working (mostly)! > > But i need to get the current element name with x-path. So i have the > following: > > > some data 1 > some data 2 > some data 3 > some data 4 > some data 5 > > > > // WORKS and gives the value of > childOfA (e.g. some data 1) > //... the php code... > > > In the php code, I need to get the element tag name of the current > element, > so either elementA or elementB. How can i get that in an x-path > expression? > > I know, this is not strictly a php question, but since the project is > in php > and this list has a very good response rate, i decided to ask here. I > already looked on the web for hours, but maybe i just don't have the > right > keywords. > > Please help. Thanks. I believe the name() XPath function is what you are looking for. It's been a while since I've worked with XPath query strings, but I believe ".[name()]" will get you the current element's tag name. Keep in mind: I'm not sure if this works with namespaced tags (like ), but I have not tested this to be sure. HTH, // Todd
RE: [PHP] Opinions Please, Describing PHP as Web Framework of C and C++
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Lucas [mailto:li...@cmsws.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 1:14 PM > To: Robert Cummings > Cc: t...@kinetix.gr; Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Opinions Please, Describing PHP as Web Framework of > C and C++ > > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-02-17 at 21:05 +0200, Thodoris wrote: > >>> Virgilio Quilario wrote: > >>> > > Recently we had some serious discussion on local boards. > > > > I prefer calling PHP as Web Framework of C and C++ > > > > if you had a time for this fruitless discussion. Please send your > opinions. > > > > > PHP is a server side scripting language for the Web using a C like > language structure and conventions. The engine is built with C > that is > true but it is the engine that interprets the scripts not C. > C has nothing to do with the operations of PHP engine. > It is merely a code which is used to generate machine codes for > the PHP engine. > > Good luck with your "fruitless" discussion as you like to call it. > > Virgil > http://www.jampmark.com > > >>> I prefer calling C and C++ as Framework of Assembly language. > >>> > >>> > >> Hahaha that was a good one Shawn. I almost fall of the chair :-) . > > > > What's so funny? Assembly is just a framework for microcode. > > > > Cheers, > > Rob. > > So, what is the level that actually polarizes the sectors on the hard > drive? > > Anything more abstract then that is then an API right? It's all just a neat wrapper for exchanging electron positions. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Online Part Time Job Available
> -Original Message- > From: Al [mailto:n...@ridersite.org] > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 3:00 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Online Part Time Job Available > >>> > >>> Please excuse us if this email is unwanted for you and we have > disturbed you in some way, but this is a serious and sincere enquiry. > >>> > >>> Please reply to 15966nyazaha...@gmail.com > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Stephanie Cunningham > >>> > >> Die in a fire. > >> > > Well, they did say your honest opinion was wanted ;) > > Several stipulations rule out most of the gang that hang out here. For > example: > * self-motivated > * reliable individuals > * honest opinion > > Oh well, next time maybe Your lack of an emoticon accompanying this message can mean only one thing: This is war! * Most of the people on this list are independent developers (or do independent development in addition to their "day jobs") * Hand-in-hand with independent development is sole responsibility * Honest opinions abound on this list... that's why so many of the discussions that would probably be passed over entirely on other lists are discussed in great detail and from a wide variety of perspectives. :p (And yes, I realize you were [probably] joking.) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Using DLL with PHP
> -Original Message-
> From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 11:21 AM
> To: Dan Shirah
> Cc: Phpster; PHP-General list
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Using DLL with PHP
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Dan Shirah
> wrote:
> >> I can't help much, but this might get you started.
> >>
> >> 1) Does the DLL you are trying to use actually supports COM. I know
> some
> >> don't.
> >>
> >> 2) I'm pretty sure that the string you pass to new COM('...') should
> >> be the name the class as registered with Windows, not the actual
> file
> >> name. They are usually something like 'Scripting.FileSystemObject',
> >> 'word.application', 'ADODB.Recordset', etc.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >
> > The DLL I am trying to work with was written by an outside agency.
> >
> > Their application uses this dll to convert DMS images (Their
> proprietary
> > format) to TIFF images.
> >
> > Naturally they are not very forth coming to share the functionality
> of their
> > software, but I was able to get the VB function that calls the DLL
> for
> > conversion.
> >
> > Private Declare Function DTM_CONVDMSToMultiTIFF Lib "D32_CONV.DLL" _
> > (ByVal FullPathFrom As String, ByVal FullPathTo As
> String) As
> > Integer
> >
> > So, I was hoping to be able to call that DLL in PHP and pass it the
> two
> > values I specify in my application.
> >
> > In order to be used by COM is the DLL required to be placed in the
> SYSTEM or
> > SYSTEM32 folder?
>
> No. When I was doing an ASP (not .NET) site, we registered them from a
> custom path just for our web app.
>
> > Or does it have to be a DLL that can be registered?
>
> I believe you do have to register it with regsvr32 for it to be
> visible.
>
> I think the GUID that Todd mentioned might even work, but I've only
> ever used the ProgID. If you don't know the ProgID that is registered,
> you should be able to find it in the Windows registry after you've
> registed it with regsvr32. If you search for the file name, it should
> find an entry somewhere under \HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\(some
> GUID)\InprocServer32 that has a value of the full path to your DLL
> file. The ProgID is the next key down below InprocServer32, labeled
> aptly "ProgID".
I believe that the GUID will only be used to look-up class libraries that have
already been registered (either via regsvr32 or via the Global Assembly Cache
in c:\Windows\Assembly). I believe your ProgID suggestion will work just fine
for pre-.NET DLLs, anyway. :)
// Todd
RE: [PHP] php validate user password
> -Original Message- > From: tedd [mailto:tedd.sperl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:30 AM > To: Bruno Fajardo > Cc: PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] php validate user password > > At 12:20 PM -0300 2/9/09, Bruno Fajardo wrote: > >tedd, > > > >I think that the problem of the "duplicated hashes" in the database > >(in the case of two users using the same password) persists with a > >constant prefix in the passwords. Although the random salt portion get > >stored in the database concatenated to the hash, the attacker don't > >know the string length of the salt, making the attack very difficult. > > > I've seen many duplicate password hashes in databases. Get a user > number in the thousands and it's almost certain you'll have duplicate > passwords. People just cannot create unique passwords. > > The article discussed using a random salt to avoid this, I got the > message. > > I was just saying that even if there are duplicates, that doesn't > make solving the hash any easier -- it just focuses the attention of > the cracker to those duplicates. In some cases, I could see that as > another way to foil a cracker by deliberately having those records in > a database without a solution. > > For example, I could have a duplicate hash appear five times in a 5K > population -- that certainly would become a focus for a cracker. > However, I could also have my code looking for that hash and never > provide a solution regardless of what the cracker does -- do you see > what I mean? > > Granted, there are things here that are above my head -- I am not > passing myself off as an expert but rather as someone proposing ideas > to see if they pass or fail. I don't think "Security By Obscurity" gets a fair shake anymore in today's security world. Sure, it would be horrible to employ it exclusively, but I think the added layer of abstraction that comes along with it is a wonderful benefit to any application's security procedures. The salt itself could be considered security by obscurity, since it is being passed through the same algorithm as what you're hashing to begin with. This might be a stretch, though. :) I say, "Huzzah, tedd. Good idea." Hash + Obscurity > Hash + Nothing // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Using DLL with PHP
> -Original Message-
> From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 10:30 AM
> To: Dan Shirah
> Cc: Phpster; PHP-General list
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Using DLL with PHP
>
> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Dan Shirah
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Check out the com [www.php.net/com] functionality
> >>
> >> Bastien
> >>
> > Alrighty, I'm trying to use the COM function, but not getting much of
> > anywhere.
> >
> > This is what I have:
> >
> > > // The VB function for reference
> > /*function DTM_CONVDMSToMultiTIFF Lib "D32_CONV.DLL" _
> > (ByVal FullPathFrom As String, ByVal FullPathTo As String) As
> Integer*/
> >
> > //Create a function in PHP to call the DLL
> > function DMStoTIFF() {
> > $my_com = new COM('D32_CONV.DLL');
> > $output = $my_com->DTM_CONVDMSToMultiTIFF("C:\TEST\04186177.dms",
> > "C:\TEST\04186177.tiff");
> > }
> > DMStoTIFF();
> > ?>
> >
> > But I am getting the error below:
> >
> > *Fatal error*: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message
> 'Failed to
> > create COM object `D32_CONV.DLL': Invalid syntax
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
>
> I can't help much, but this might get you started.
>
> 1) Does the DLL you are trying to use actually supports COM. I know
> some don't.
>
> 2) I'm pretty sure that the string you pass to new COM('...') should
> be the name the class as registered with Windows, not the actual file
> name. They are usually something like 'Scripting.FileSystemObject',
> 'word.application', 'ADODB.Recordset', etc.
I believe you can also call it by its Public Key Token (a GUID), though that
may be a new convention introduced with the .NET framework that is not
backwards-compatible with "plain" COM objects...
// Todd
RE: [PHP] How can I use a function's default arguments but change one of the end ones in the list?
> -Original Message- > From: Daevid Vincent [mailto:dae...@daevid.com] > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 2:26 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] How can I use a function's default arguments but > change one of the end ones in the list? > > On Fri, 2009-02-06 at 14:10 +1300, German Geek wrote: > > > I've thought about this problem before but couldn't think of a > > solution either. > > > Well, I guess I *did* think of a solution, it just happens that PHP > doesn't do "the logical thing"(tm) > > ;-) > > I would hope the PHP developers would implement this idea for a future > version. The concept is simple, just specify which parameters in the > function call you want to change and leave the others as their default. > > I've added it here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47331 with comments > about similar/related bugs. > > Feel free to vote on this. I think it's a necessary addition to the > language and often a source of frustration for me in large projects > especially where functions get older and older and more parameters are > needed to maintain backwards compatibility yet get new functionality > too. Just tell 'em that .NET already has it; that'll light a fire under them! :D C# can do function calls like: FunctionName(VariableName:=Value); I wholeheartedly prefer PHP to .NET for most things... but you've got to admit--that's a pretty slick feature. Me likey. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] function_exists question
> -Original Message-
> From: th.he...@gmail.com [mailto:th.he...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
> German Geek
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:02 PM
> To: t...@kinetix.gr
> Cc: Matt Pagel; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] function_exists question
>
> Why can't you update to Version 5? I might be a bit anal about trying
> to
> always get the newest version of everything, but seriously version 3
> has
> surely more known security issues as well as performance costs.
>
> What's the cost of upgrading compared to the cost of writing code that
> works
> in every version? I think upgrading the system to PHP 5 will take you
> maybe
> half an hour, while you can spend a lot more hours on writing backward
> compatible code. PHP is not very good with compatibility across
> versions
> anyway. Hopefully all PHP 5 code will work in PHP 6.
>
> How about this PHP developers: You could make a global variable (or
> constant) the user can set like
>
> define('PHP_COMPATIBLE_VERSION', '5.0.1');
>
> or something to tell PHP 6 to interpret it like PHP 5.x . That way, at
> least
> you are guaranteed that the code will work like on that version. It
> might
> make PHP 6 (a lot?) bigger but it might be worth the cost, since all
> Sites
> written in PHP will still work. The functions could still have a
> performance
> boost that way if there are better algorithms.
>
> Sorry for steeling the thread.
>
> Regards,
> Tim
>
> Tim-Hinnerk Heuer
>
> http://www.ihostnz.com
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Thodoris wrote:
>
> >
> > Is there a way to check not only if a function exists, but also to
> check
> >> that the number and types of parameters desired match a function
> definition?
> >>
> >> The reason being that additional options have been added in php 4
> and 5 to
> >> various standard function calls, but I'm still running a php3 and
> php4
> >> server in addition to a php5 server. I would like to make sure
that
> certain
> >> "extended" function calls still work in all versions (or I'll
> perform the
> >> tasks "manually", albeit less efficiently).
> >>
> >> One example I can think of is the round() function. The $precision
> >> parameter was added in php4, so will not work in php3. However,
> >> function_exists would return TRUE for both 3 and 4, but round
itself
> would
> >> fail if I tried to send a precision level to the php3 server.
> >>
> >> Thanks much,
> >> Matt
> >>
> >> P.S. Of course the modified "function_exists" would unfortunately
> have to
> >> be a recognized function/method in php3 in order for me to call it
> to check
> >> parameter counts on a php3 server :(
> >>
> >>
> > I am sure you have some good reasons for keeping php3 right?
> >
> > Why don't you consider updating to at least php4 ??
> >
> > PHPv3 is not even maintained and PHPv4 is not being developed any
> more.
> >
> > So by the end of this year (I hope) we will start using a stable
> PHPv6.
> >
> > IMHO you should consider changing your code (if this is possible) to
> a more
> > mainstream version.
I think it would be much easier to run several versions of PHP in tandem
on the same server, and let an .htaccess file (or some other such
convention) determine the version of PHP to run particular
files/directories/etc. with.
My 2c,
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] CLI not obeying php.ini
> -Original Message- > From: Philip Thompson [mailto:philthath...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:45 PM > To: PHP General list > Subject: [PHP] CLI not obeying php.ini > > In my php.ini, I have > > error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE > > When I run a script from the command line, I get a lot of notices > even when I said I don't want them. Also, in my script, I specified > error_reporting(E_ERROR) in attempts to explicitly tell it what I > want. It doesn't work either. > > Why am I still getting notices?! BTW, I don't receive notices via a > web browser, just CLI. > > I double-checked to see what INI file was loaded and it's the one I > expected to see: > > [pthomp...@pthompson scripts]$ php --ini > Configuration File (php.ini) Path: /etc > Loaded Configuration File: /etc/php.ini > > Thoughts on what's happening would be awesome! Thanks in advance. In addition to what's already been said, you could try forcing a php.ini file in the current directory by trying the -c command line option. I've done it to try messing with a handful of values here and there for particular scripts. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Garbage Collection
> -Original Message- > From: tedd [mailto:t...@sperling.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:07 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Garbage Collection > > Hi gang: > > A related question to my last "Clarity needed" post. > > I have a tutor table (showing all the tutors), a course table > (showing all the courses), and a course-to-tutor table (showing all > the instances of what tutor teaches what course). > > Okay, everything works. Whenever I want to find out what courses a > specific tutor teaches OR what tutors teach a specific course, I > simply search the course-to-tutor table and bingo out pops the answer. > > Now, how do you handle the situation when a tutor quits or when a > course is no longer offered? > > If I search the course-to-tutor table for all the tutors who teach a > course and find a tutor who is no longer there OR search the > course-to-tutor table for all the courses a tutor teaches and find a > course that is no longer offered, how do you handle the record? > > I realize that if either search turns up nothing, I can check for > that situation and then handle it accordingly. But my question is > more specifically, in the event of a tutor quilting OR removing a > course from the curriculum, what do you do about the course-to-tutor > orphaned record? > > As I see it, my choices are to a) ignore the orphaned record or b) > delete the orphaned record. If I ignore the record, then the database > grows with orphaned records and searches are slowed. If I delete the > orphaned record, then the problem is solved, right? > > I just want to get a consensus of how you people normally handle it. > Do any of you see in danger in deleting an orphaned record? tedd, I believe relational integrity can solve your problem. In MySQL (and maybe MSSQL, but I am less "versed" with that product) you should be able to put a CASCADE option on the DELETE action for your tutor table so that when a record is deleted, its associated record in tutors-to-courses is also deleted. I'm assuming you would want to do the same for removing a record in tutors-to-courses when a course is removed (but not remove the tutor, the same as you do not remove the course itself when the tutor is deleted). I suppose you could also do it yourself with PHP code when a failed link is turned up, but why bother separating DB logic from the DB itself? :) HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] CURL vs stream_socket_client
> -Original Message- > From: Yves Arsenault [mailto:yves.arsena...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:40 AM > To: PHP List > Subject: [PHP] CURL vs stream_socket_client > > Hi there, > I'm not in PHP on a daily basis, but from time to time I get to program > a > little in PHP for certain projects. > > Recently, I've installed a Magento system... and I've installed a > canada > post shipping module for this system. > > One thing that seems to be tripping it up is that it's using curl. > > curl is attempting to send xml data to canada post's server on port > 3. > The response from canada post's system is always an html page... > > I've run a test using stream_socket_client and have gotten it to work, > the > canada post's system responds with the corresponding XML data with > shipping > info. > > I'm wondering if there are any curlopt_ options that should be set that > aren't currently set... > Could be that curl is not sending properly formatted XML. This may be a stretch, but try to set the User Agent string to mimic Firefox before sending your request. I wrote a PHP scrape to gather guild member information from the World Of Warcraft Armory [1] a few years back, and it kept giving me HTML instead of XML until I used the User Agent of a browser that most sites accept is capable of parsing XML. A lot of sites conditionally send IE (and unknown browsers) XHTML instead of XML if there is any transformation of data involved. Also--your comment "Could be that curl is not sending properly formatted XML" is possible. Have you looked at the resulting HTML that is sent to curl to make sure that it's not a server error message? If it's the results you were looking for (but in XHTML format instead of XML), I'll bet it's a User Agent thing. Just a thought... // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Hidden costs of PHP arrays?
> -Original Message- > From: Paul M Foster [mailto:pa...@quillandmouse.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:02 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Hidden costs of PHP arrays? > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:10:16AM +1100, Clancy wrote: > > > > > As a former assembly language programmer I have some idea of the vast > > amount of thumb > > twiddling which is going on behind-the-scenes when I make some > apparently > > simple request > > like the one to get my phone number. Undoubtedly most of this occurs > in > > the murky depths > > of the operating system, but if there were any simple way to avoid > adding > > to it > > unnecessarily it would be nice to know about it. > > Ahhh, finally someone who understands this principle. There's simply no > reason to waste cycles if you don't have to. If that's REALLY your bag, just plot all of your functions in Assembly, first! https://www.scriptlance.com/cgi-bin/freelancers/project.cgi?id=121743701 3&order=bid%20DESC I, for one, will keep efficiency in mind--but if I spend a couple extra cycles to relieve myself of an extra 20 lines of code, I think I'll sleep just fine. :) Now, if I was programming embedded systems or time-critical transaction processing software, that might be another story. (Then again, if that were the case, I might not be playing with an interpreted language to begin with.) My 2c. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Switch statement Question
> -Original Message-
> From: Alice Wei [mailto:aj...@alumni.iu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:02 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Switch statement Question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a code snippet here as in the following:
>
> //Switch statements between the four options
> switch($string) {
> case "":
> $string= "NOT book.author='All'";
> break;
> default:
> $string= $string . "AND NOT book.author='All'";
> break;
> }
> This code does work, but I am wondering if it is possible in the
> switch statement clauses for me to do something like case does not
> equal to a certain author name if I don't want $string with that
> content to be processed. or, do I always use default in this case?
It's a bit non-conventional, but the switch block can be used like so:
switch(true) {
case (x < y):
dosomething();
break;
case (y == 0):
dosomethingelse();
break;
default:
somethingelseentirely();
break;
}
...this way, your case statements can be expressions themselves, and it
will always pick at least one of them to fire.
HTH,
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] New to PHP question
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen [mailto:stephe...@rogers.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:40 PM > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] New to PHP question > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > > > > Finally, just because IE8 is (supposed to be) fully CSS standards > > compliant doesn't mean anything for IE7, IE6, IE5, etc. > > > Microsoft is pushing IE 8 with their bug fix process. > > Not a bad idea to include a little JS to warm users with upgrade. If you're going to go that far, just ask them to install a worthwhile browser. :P It's sad, but the burden falls on us web developers to remain backwards-compatible (at least until EOL of the particular browser(s) in question). Personally, I look at that in the same light as I do pages that have a disclaimer at the bottom that says, "Best viewed in with ." I understand that the programmer didn't want to go through the nightmare of getting it to work across-the-board, but your typical site visitor is going to look at that and frown. Also, with that in mind, remember that Microsoft does not design their web browser line with efficiency or speed of execution in mind. With each iterative release, there is more feature bloat, more memory required, and more processor cycles used up. Older PCs may very well be stuck with IE6. This may not be your target market, but it's something to consider. This is just my opinion... but I know I'm not alone. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] New to PHP question
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen [mailto:stephe...@rogers.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:41 PM > To: Paul M Foster > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] New to PHP question > > Paul M Foster wrote: > > If you want exact layout (columns > > lined up, etc.), the simplest solution is to use HTML tables. > > > > > > > The horror. > > Do not use tables for layout. > > Use CSS. > > Especially now that Microsoft, just this week, is sending out IE 8 > which > seems to be fully CCS standards compliant. Your high horse--get off of it. Are you not familiar with "div-itis"? If I need to represent data in a grid-style layout, I am going to use a every time instead of making tons of elements and tying them into the appropriate CSS. http://www.giveupandusetables.com Also... as far as I know, XHTML 1.0 Strict and XHTML 1.1 still include the tags. I can understand wanting to separate style from structure, but I think that tables are more structural than stylish. You have to draw the line somewhere. If you're displaying tabular data, use a table. If you just want stuff to be in a grid and the structure has no bearing on the content, then it's time to weigh in. Finally, just because IE8 is (supposed to be) fully CSS standards compliant doesn't mean anything for IE7, IE6, IE5, etc. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: validating directory and file name with preg_match
> -Original Message-
> From: Frank Stanovcak [mailto:blindspot...@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 1:04 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Re: validating directory and file name with preg_match
>
>
> ""Frank Stanovcak"" wrote in message
> news:a8.d6.08436.5cf80...@pb1.pair.com...
> > I'm limiting access to certain proceedures based on the file trying
> to use
> > them, and the directory they are located in on my server. Right now
> I am
> > using two preg_match statments as you will see. What I want to know
> is
> > this. Is there a way to write a single regex for this that will
> supply
> > the file name as a match, and only return if the directory is valid?
> >
> >
> > //make sure we are calling from the propper directory, and get the
> file
> > name that included to determine
> > //database access needs
> >
>
preg_match('#^C:Inetpubwwwrootfolder(entry|edit)(\w
> *\\.(php|pdf))#i',
> > $included_files[0], $check1);
> >
>
preg_match('#^C:Inetpubwwwrootfolder(\w*\\.(php|pdf))#i
> ',
> > $included_files[0], $check2);
> > if(isset($check1)){
> > if(is_array($check1)){
> > $matches[4] = $check1[2];
> > };
> > unset($check1);
> > };
> > if(isset($check2)){
> > if(is_array($check2)){
> > $matches[4] = $check2[1];
> > };
> > unset($check2);
> > };
> > if(isset($matches[4]){
> > more code here
> > };
> >
>
> --Then Robyn Sed--
> Looks like the difference between the 2 patterns is the
> '(entry|edit)' part -- couldn't you make that optional and combine
> it into one expression? Ie, '((entry|edit))*'
>
> As for returning the filename, basename() is your friend.
>
> R
> --end--
>
> I would use basename, but I want only the two file types specified to
> trigger a return. They are the only two valid php types on this
> server.
>
> Your suggestion worked like a charm! Thank you very much!
Upon reading this, I realize that I over-thought my suggestion.
/^c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\folder\\(?:entry|edit)\\(\w+\.(?:php|pdf))$/i
That's my final answer. :)
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RE: [PHP] validating directory and file name with preg_match
> -Original Message-
> From: Frank Stanovcak [mailto:blindspot...@comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:08 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] validating directory and file name with preg_match
>
> I'm limiting access to certain proceedures based on the file trying to
> use
> them, and the directory they are located in on my server. Right now I
> am
> using two preg_match statments as you will see. What I want to know
is
> this. Is there a way to write a single regex for this that will
supply
> the
> file name as a match, and only return if the directory is valid?
>
>
> //make sure we are calling from the propper directory, and get the
file
> name
> that included to determine
> //database access needs
>
preg_match('#^C:Inetpubwwwrootfolder(entry|edit)(\w
> *\\.(php|pdf))#i',
> $included_files[0], $check1);
>
preg_match('#^C:Inetpubwwwrootfolder(\w*\\.(php|pdf))#i
> ',
> $included_files[0], $check2);
> if(isset($check1)){
> if(is_array($check1)){
> $matches[4] = $check1[2];
> };
> unset($check1);
> };
> if(isset($check2)){
> if(is_array($check2)){
> $matches[4] = $check2[1];
> };
> unset($check2);
> };
> if(isset($matches[4]){
> more code here
> };
I don't see why you're double-escaping the backslashes like that. If you
want a period, \. will do it for you. \\. Will match a backslash and
then any character (or delimiter).
As for failing if the directory isn't valid, read up on regex
look-arounds [1]. You could do a look-ahead to ensure that the directory
matches before continuing with the file portion of the pattern.
But, seriously... why are you double-escaping? Why not just C:\\Inetpub
instead of C:Inetpub? I would think that C:Inetpub would turn
into C:\\Inetpub, which is not a valid FAT/NTFS/etc. locator.
Try this:
/^c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\folder\\(?=entry|edit)\\(\w+\.(?:php|pdf))$/i
The (?=entry|edit) group is the look-ahead. If folder\\ isn't followed
by entry or edit, the look-ahead fails. The (?:php|pdf) group uses the
?: syntax to tell the regex engine not to save this capture group. You
could just as easily remove the ?: and ignore the extra capture in your
code (as you have done).
1. http://www.regular-expressions.info/lookaround.html
HTH,
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] Global Changes With Loop To Allow Nulls In A Table...
> -Original Message- > From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:04 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Global Changes With Loop To Allow Nulls In A > Table... > > > >> The other responses should get you started if this is something you > >> really want to do. However, I'll play devil's advocate here and just > >> raise the question why you would want to make this change in the > first > >> place. I'm not quite as anti-NULL as a lot of arguments I've read > >> against them, but I tend to agree that the number of columns that > >> accept NULL values should be kept as small as possible. Even if you > >> decide that you need to allow NULL values in some cases, IMHO I > >> wouldn't write a script that ran through my entire database and > opened > >> every column in every table to accept. > > > > I just thought I'd throw this out there... > > > > A lot of people who post questions on this list are programming their > algorithms and structuring their applications in a certain way because > that's what the client wants, or that's what their boss told them to > do. Yes, accepting NULL values in a database is frowned upon (unless > the table is a transaction table)... but I doubt his boss or his client > cares in the least. > > I don't understand what you mean about a "transaction table" - you > should only use nulls if you understand what they do and why you'd need > them in that particular case. I'd ask why and find specifically what > they want/why they suggested it and make sure they understand the > repercussions. A transaction table -- a table that is used to house the state of a transaction. If the transaction is incomplete, some of its values will be NULL. This is, of course, only one method for employing a transaction system. There exist others that use many disparate tables for separate steps in the transaction, but I've seen several that use one table with NULL columns for steps that haven't yet been processed. // Todd
RE: [PHP] Global Changes With Loop To Allow Nulls In A Table...
> -Original Message-
> From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 11:39 AM
> To: revDAVE
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Global Changes With Loop To Allow Nulls In A
> Table...
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:53 AM, revDAVE
> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Newbie question
> >
> > I have a mysql table with 100 fields, currently all do not allow
> nulls.
> > Rather than hand typing in phpMyAdmin, I would like a way to loop
> through
> > all fields and update them to allow nulls
> >
> > My Beginning attempt needs help...
> >
> >
> > $i = 1;
> > while ($i <= 100):
> >
> > // how do I word this to just change whatever field we are on to
> allow
> > nulls?
> >
> > $sql = 'ALTER TABLE `mytable` ?*update*?
> `'.$???WhatEverField??[$i].'`
> > ?ALLOWNULL?;';
> >
> > //mysql_query($sql);
> >
> > $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(" Could not renumber
> dB $sql
> > " . mysql_error());
> >
> >
> >$i++;
> > endwhile;
>
>
> The other responses should get you started if this is something you
> really want to do. However, I'll play devil's advocate here and just
> raise the question why you would want to make this change in the first
> place. I'm not quite as anti-NULL as a lot of arguments I've read
> against them, but I tend to agree that the number of columns that
> accept NULL values should be kept as small as possible. Even if you
> decide that you need to allow NULL values in some cases, IMHO I
> wouldn't write a script that ran through my entire database and opened
> every column in every table to accept.
I just thought I'd throw this out there...
A lot of people who post questions on this list are programming their
algorithms and structuring their applications in a certain way because that's
what the client wants, or that's what their boss told them to do. Yes,
accepting NULL values in a database is frowned upon (unless the table is a
transaction table)... but I doubt his boss or his client cares in the least.
My 2 cents. ;)
// Todd
RE: [PHP] Coding for email response forms
> -Original Message-
> From: Tom [mailto:obeli...@comcast.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:58 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Coding for email response forms
>
>
> "Edmund Hertle" wrote in message
> news:f7ed91b20901261644y125f71aer3e0b70735c949...@mail.gmail.com...
> > 2009/1/26 Tom
> >
> >>
> >> "Shawn McKenzie" wrote in message
> >> news:497e3ab9.2060...@mckenzies.net...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Tom Scott wrote:
> >> >>> - Original Message - From: "Shawn McKenzie"
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Newsgroups: php.general
> >> >>> To:
> >> >>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:52 PM
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Coding for email response forms
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> Tom wrote:
> >> > "Shawn McKenzie" <> wrote in message
> >> > news:a0.87.62571.3d92e...@pb1.pair.com...
> >> >> Tom wrote:
> >> >>> My Hosting site said that I needed to include the PHP
> otherwise
> >> >>> the form
> >> >>> won't work. I need to know where to include my email info
to
> get
> >> >>> this set
> >> >>> up
> >> >>> don't I? What do you suggest?
> >> >>> T
> >> >>> "Daniel Brown" wrote in message
> >> >>>
> news:ab5568160901261259p6d6442a4ya5ea4134025e5...@mail.gmail.com.
> >> ..
> >> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 15:57, Tom
> wrote:
> >> > I am a new user of PHP, and am using Dreamweaver CS3 for
> the
> >> > webpages.
> >> > The
> >> > following page has my form but the submit button is not
> working
> >> > properly.
> >> > http://www.richlandmtg.com/contacts.html
> >> > What code is needed and where does it get placed in the
> page.?
> >> > I
> >> > thought
> >> > CS3
> >> > took care of this.
> >> Tom,
> >>
> >> This issue has nothing at all to do with PHP. This is
> all
> >> client
> >> side (JavaScript and HTML).
> >> >> What you have now is a form that when submitted sends the
> data to
> >> >> itself. So you either need to include some php in this file
> to
> >> >> gather
> >> >> up the data and email it when submitted, or submit to
another
> file
> >> >> that
> >> >> does that.
> >> > Shawn,
> >> > So would that look something like this:
> >> > >> > if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
> >> >
> >> > // Just to be safe, I strip out HTML tags
> >> > $realname = strip_tags($realname);
> >> > $email = strip_tags($email);
> >> > $feedback = strip_tags($feedback);
> >> >
> >> > // set the variables
> >> > // replace $...@mysite.com with your email
> >> > $sendto = "$...@mysite.com";
> >> > $subject = "Sending Email Feedback From My Website";
> >> > $message = "$realname, $email\n\n$feedback";
> >> >
> >> > // send the email
> >> > mail($sendto, $subject, $message);
> >> >
> >> > }
> >> > ?>
> >> >
> >> Oh, you should also think about some other things, such as
> >> validation.
> >> Is realname only alpha characters? Is email in the form of a
> real
> >> email
> >> address? At a bare minimum, are they not empty:
> >>
> >> if (empty($_POST['email']) ||
> >> empty($_POST['realname']) ||
> >> empty($_POST['feedback']))
> >> {
> >> echo 'You must complete all required fields!';
> >> // show form again
> >> }
> >>
> >> >>> Ok. I have the validation part.
> >> >>> http://www.richlandmtg.com/index-5.html still working on the
> Send
> >> >>> button.
> >> >>>
> >> >> Please reply all so this stays on the list.
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. In the source for your link I see that the JS is doing some
> >> >> validation.
> >> >> 2. You have method="get" in your form. This will work, but
> you'll
> >> >> have
> >> >> to change the PHP code to use $_GET instead of $_POST vars. Or
> change
> >> >> to method="post" in the form.
> >> >> 3. If you want to keep the .html extension for the page, then
> you'll
> >> >> probably need to send the post to another script with a .php
> >> >> extension.
> >> >> Normally a file with a .html extension won't execute the PHP
> code.
> >> I was just looking at that. Someone told me to use GET instead of
> POST.
> >> Since JS is validating is it as easy replacing GET with POST ?
> Nothing
> >> else
> >> needed? Is it better to remove the JS and just code using PHP as
you
> >> showed
> >> before?
> >> if (empty($_POST['email']) ||
> >> empty($_POST['realname']) ||
> >> empty($_POST['feedback']))
> >>
> > Yes, I think it is better to just use PHP code and post is the
better
> > method
> > (in this case) because with get all your fields and values will show
> up in
> > the url
> >
> I don't seem to be getting he hang of this. Sounds so simple but
> Can
> someone check this out and tell me where exactly I'm messing up?
> http://www.richlandmtg.com/Contact_Us.
RE: [PHP] best practice wrt multi-lingual websites, gettext() etc.
> -Original Message- > From: Bastien Koert [mailto:phps...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 12:23 PM > To: Per Jessen > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] best practice wrt multi-lingual websites, gettext() > etc. ---8<--- > At work, we don't use gettext() since : > a) its an classic ASP shop ( :-( ), therefore no Linux and no PHP > b) the db current doesn't support multi-byte charsets If database size (on disk, not spatially) isn't a concern, you might consider encoding the multi-byte strings, storing them encoded, and then decoding them when that language is requested. There will be overhead involved in the codec operations, obviously, but you could help to curb that with client- or server-side caching. Just a thought. It might not be feasible for your situation at all... // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] profiler web server
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Lucas [mailto:li...@cmsws.com] > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 9:48 AM > To: soussou97 > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] profiler web server > > soussou97 wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I have a web server (apache 2.2 + PHP5) which process must be watched > for > > measuring the perf ? > > > > Regards; > > All I see here is a statement. Do you actually have a question for us? Statements do not end with question marks... He is asking a question. It looks to me like he wants to know which process he should watch to determine the performance of Apache v2.2. I believe it's "httpd". HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge
> -Original Message- > From: Boyd, Todd M. > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:44 PM > To: 'Bastien Koert' > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bastien Koert [mailto:phps...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:13 PM > > To: c...@l-i-e.com > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge ---8<--- > > > Note that this is all hearsay on my part. ---8<--- > > Is that hearsay or heresy? > > Heresy is introducing change to a system of belief. Most commonly, you > see it in religious context. Grr... I meant to write "system or belief." Since I'm writing another e-mail, I'll go ahead and add that "hearsay" is more or less, "I heard it. Now I'm saying it." // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge
> -Original Message- > From: Bastien Koert [mailto:phps...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:13 PM > To: c...@l-i-e.com > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 10:02 AM, wrote: > > > > > Zero real experience, but what I hear is that the Java / PHP bridges > are a > > bit brittle and difficult to shore up properly... > > > > You may want to consider going with HTTP REST / RPC services instead, > as > > those are quite solid, and you can get what you want. > > > > Note that this is all hearsay on my part. > > > > ymmv > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > Is that hearsay or heresy? Heresy is introducing change to a system of belief. Most commonly, you see it in religious context. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge
> -Original Message- > From: c...@l-i-e.com [mailto:c...@l-i-e.com] > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:02 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Java / PHP Bridge > > > Zero real experience, but what I hear is that the Java / PHP bridges > are a bit brittle and difficult to shore up properly... > > You may want to consider going with HTTP REST / RPC services instead, > as those are quite solid, and you can get what you want. > > Note that this is all hearsay on my part. > > ymmv About 3 years ago, I played with an earlier implementation of the Java-PHP bridge on SourceForge. I could get some rudimentary stuff to work just fine, but anything complex required a migraine's-worth of configuration and nit-picky settings on both sides. The technology may have improved since I played with it last, but I would also recommend using a web service to accomplish the interoperability. I'm currently working with a .NET project... I turned the entire thing into a WCF REST service that will conditionally send SOAP or JSON replies based on the service client. I can now hook it into Javascript with a prototype built in jQuery, call it using a PHP SOAP interface, reference it directly in other ASP.NET projects, and so on and so forth. You'll get a wealth of benefits aside from making your life easier with bridging the two languages. :) HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Please explain: index.php/index/index
> -Original Message- > From: clive [mailto:clive_li...@immigrationunit.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:36 AM > To: leledumbo > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Please explain: index.php/index/index > > leledumbo wrote: > > Is this web server specific? I can't get it to run under Microsoft > IIS, but > > it works flawlessly in Apache. > > > IIS 6 and below dont have an option like mod_rewrite, apparently IIS 7 > does, I haven't tried it yet. There are a number of 3rd party apps that > can add this functionality to IIS 6, some are free and some paid for, > Im > currently using Isap/rewrite from helicontech which works for my needs > ( > zend framework). IIRF - Ionics ISAPI Rewrite Filter [1] is totally free... and it supports the use of Regular Expressions [2] in your rewrite rules. If you're going to use any sort of MVC-based URLs in IIS, this library is a must-have. 1. http://www.codeplex.com/IIRF 2. http://www.regular-expressions.info HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] preg_match_all question
> -Original Message-
> From: Boyd, Todd M. [mailto:tmbo...@ccis.edu]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:13 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] preg_match_all question
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com]
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:31 AM
> > To: Phil Ewington - iModel Ltd.
> > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match_all question
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:42 +, Phil Ewington - iModel Ltd.
wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Having an issue with regular expressions, never been my strong
> point!
> > >
> > > The following pattern only picks up one instance per line, if more
> > than
> > > one instance exists all text from first {{ to last }} is included,
> > can
> > > anyone point out where I am going wrong?
> > >
> > > preg_match_all("/\{\{lang:(.*)\}\}/", $str, $tags);
> >
> > You need the ungreedy modifier:
> >
> > preg_match_all("/\{\{lang:(.*)\}\}/U", $str, $tags);
>
> FWIW, you can tell just the .* to be un-greedy using a ? like so:
>
> preg_match_all('/\{\{lang:(.*?)\|\|/', $str, $tags);
Correction:
preg_match_all('/\{\{lang:(.*?)\}\}/', $str, $tags);
...turned my squiggly brackets into pipe chars in a fit of randomness.
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
> -Original Message-
> From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:nos...@mckenzies.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 2:37 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
>
> > Hey, I want to "parse" a href-attribute in a given String to
> > check if
> >> there
> > is a relative link and then adding an absolute path. Example:
> > $string = ' > href="/foo/bar.php" >';
> >
> > I tried using regular expressions but my knowledge of RegEx
> > is very limited. Things to consider: - $string could be quite
> > long but my concern are only those href attributes (so
> > working with explode() would be not very handy) - Should also
> > work if href= is not using quotes or using single
> >> quotes
> > - link could already be an absolute path, so just searching
> > for
> >> href=
> > and then inserting absolute path could mess up the link
> >
> > Any ideas? Or can someone create a RegEx to use?
> Just spitballing here, but this is probably how I would start:
>
> RegEx pattern: //ig
>
> Then, using the capture group, determine if the href attribute
> uses
> >> quotes (single or double, doesn't matter). If it does, you don't
> >> need to worry about splitting the capture group at the first white
> >> space. If it doesn't, then you must assume the first whitespace is
> >> the end of the URL and the beginning of additional attributes, and
> >> just grab the URL up to (but not including) the first whitespace.
> So...
>
>
> # here is where $anchorText (text for the tag) would be
> assigned # here is where $curDir (text for the current
> directory) would be
> >> assigned
> # find the href attribute $matches = Array();
> preg_match('##ig', $anchorText, $matches);
>
> # determine if it has surrounding quotes if($matches[1][0] ==
> '\'' || $matches[1][0] == '"') { # pull everything but the
> first and last character $anchorText = substr($anchorText, 1,
> strlen($anchorText) - 3); } else { # pull up to the first space
> (if there is one) $spacePos = strpos($anchorText, ' ');
> if($spacePos !== false) $anchorText = substr($anchorText, 0,
> strpos($anchorText, '
> >> '))
> }
>
> # now, check to see if it is relative or absolute # (regex
> pattern searches for protocol spec (i.e., http://), which
> >> will be
> # treated as an absolute path for the purpose of this
> algorithm) if($anchorText[0] != '/' && preg_match('#^\w+://#',
> $anchorText) ==
> >> 0)
> { # add current directory to the beginning of the relative path
> # (nothing is done to absolute paths or URLs with protocol
> spec) $anchorText = $curDir . '/' . $anchorText; }
>
> echo $anchorText;
>
> ?>
>
> >>> Wow, that's alot! This should work with or without quotes and
> >> assumes
> >>> no spaces in the URL:
> >>>
> >>> $prefix = "http://example.com/";; $html =
> >>> preg_replace("|(href=['\"]?)(?!$prefix)([^>'\"\s]+)(\s)?|",
> >>> "$1$prefix$2$3", $html);
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Might need to keep a preceding slash out of there:
> >>
> >> $html =
> >> preg_replace("|(href=['\"]?)(?!$prefix)[/]?([^>'\"\s]+)(\s)?|",
> >> "$1$prefix$2$3", $html);
> >
> > I believe the OP wanted to leave already-absolute paths alone (i.e.,
> > only convert relative paths). The regex does not take into account
> > fully-qualified URLs (i.e., http://www.google.com/search?q=php) and
> > it does not determine if a given path is relative or absolute. He was
> > wanting to take the href attribute of an anchor tag and, **IF** it
> > was a relative path, turn it into an absolute path (meaning to append
> > the relative path to the absolute path of the current script).
>
> That's exactly what this regex does :-) The (?!$prefix) negative
> lookahead assertion fails the match if it's already an absolute URL.
I see that now. I didn't notice the negative look-ahead the first go 'round.
However, I still have qualms with it. :) You are only checking for http://, and
only for the local server. What I meant by "absolute path" was, for example,
"/index.php" (the index in the root directory of the server) as opposed to
"somefolder/index.php" (the index in a subfolder of the current directory named
'somefolder').
* http://www.google.com/search?q=php ... absolute path (yes, it's a URL, but
treat it as absolute)
* https://www.example.com/index.php ... absolute path (yes, it's a URL, but to
the local server)
* /index.php ... absolute path (no protocol given, true absolute path)
* index.php ... relative path (relative to current directory on current server)
* somefolder/index.php ... relative path (same reason)
That is indeed a nifty use of look-ahead, though. That will work for any anchor
tag that doesn't reference the server (or any other server) with a protocol
spec preceding it. However, if you want to run it th
RE: [PHP] preg_match_all question
> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:31 AM
> To: Phil Ewington - iModel Ltd.
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] preg_match_all question
>
> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:42 +, Phil Ewington - iModel Ltd. wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Having an issue with regular expressions, never been my strong
point!
> >
> > The following pattern only picks up one instance per line, if more
> than
> > one instance exists all text from first {{ to last }} is included,
> can
> > anyone point out where I am going wrong?
> >
> > preg_match_all("/\{\{lang:(.*)\}\}/", $str, $tags);
>
> You need the ungreedy modifier:
>
> preg_match_all("/\{\{lang:(.*)\}\}/U", $str, $tags);
FWIW, you can tell just the .* to be un-greedy using a ? like so:
preg_match_all('/\{\{lang:(.*?)\|\|/', $str, $tags);
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
> -Original Message-
> From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:nos...@mckenzies.net]
> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 1:08 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
>
> Shawn McKenzie wrote:
> > Boyd, Todd M. wrote:
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: farn...@googlemail.com [mailto:farn...@googlemail.com] On
> Behalf
> >>> Of Edmund Hertle
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:13 PM
> >>> To: PHP - General
> >>> Subject: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
> >>>
> >>> Hey,
> >>> I want to "parse" a href-attribute in a given String to check if
> there
> >>> is a
> >>> relative link and then adding an absolute path.
> >>> Example:
> >>> $string = ' >>> href="/foo/bar.php" >';
> >>>
> >>> I tried using regular expressions but my knowledge of RegEx is very
> >>> limited.
> >>> Things to consider:
> >>> - $string could be quite long but my concern are only those href
> >>> attributes
> >>> (so working with explode() would be not very handy)
> >>> - Should also work if href= is not using quotes or using single
> quotes
> >>> - link could already be an absolute path, so just searching for
> href=
> >>> and
> >>> then inserting absolute path could mess up the link
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas? Or can someone create a RegEx to use?
> >> Just spitballing here, but this is probably how I would start:
> >>
> >> RegEx pattern: //ig
> >>
> >> Then, using the capture group, determine if the href attribute uses
> quotes (single or double, doesn't matter). If it does, you don't need
> to worry about splitting the capture group at the first white space. If
> it doesn't, then you must assume the first whitespace is the end of the
> URL and the beginning of additional attributes, and just grab the URL
> up to (but not including) the first whitespace.
> >>
> >> So...
> >>
> >> >>
> >> # here is where $anchorText (text for the tag) would be assigned
> >> # here is where $curDir (text for the current directory) would be
> assigned
> >>
> >> # find the href attribute
> >> $matches = Array();
> >> preg_match('##ig', $anchorText, $matches);
> >>
> >> # determine if it has surrounding quotes
> >> if($matches[1][0] == '\'' || $matches[1][0] == '"')
> >> {
> >># pull everything but the first and last character
> >>$anchorText = substr($anchorText, 1, strlen($anchorText) - 3);
> >> }
> >> else
> >> {
> >># pull up to the first space (if there is one)
> >>$spacePos = strpos($anchorText, ' ');
> >>if($spacePos !== false)
> >>$anchorText = substr($anchorText, 0, strpos($anchorText, '
> '))
> >> }
> >>
> >> # now, check to see if it is relative or absolute
> >> # (regex pattern searches for protocol spec (i.e., http://), which
> will be
> >> # treated as an absolute path for the purpose of this algorithm)
> >> if($anchorText[0] != '/' && preg_match('#^\w+://#', $anchorText) ==
> 0)
> >> {
> >># add current directory to the beginning of the relative path
> >># (nothing is done to absolute paths or URLs with protocol spec)
> >>$anchorText = $curDir . '/' . $anchorText;
> >> }
> >>
> >> echo $anchorText;
> >>
> >> ?>
> >>
> >> ...UNTESTED.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >>
> >> // Todd
> >
> > Wow, that's alot! This should work with or without quotes and
> assumes
> > no spaces in the URL:
> >
> > $prefix = "http://example.com/";;
> > $html = preg_replace("|(href=['\"]?)(?!$prefix)([^>'\"\s]+)(\s)?|",
> > "$1$prefix$2$3", $html);
> >
> >
> Might need to keep a preceding slash out of there:
>
> $html = preg_replace("|(href=['\"]?)(?!$prefix)[/]?([^>'\"\s]+)(\s)?|",
> "$1$prefix$2$3", $html);
I believe the OP wanted to leave already-absolute paths alone (i.e., only
convert relative paths). The regex does not take into account fully-qualified
URLs (i.e., http://www.google.com/search?q=php) and it does not determine if a
given path is relative or absolute. He was wanting to take the href attribute
of an anchor tag and, **IF** it was a relative path, turn it into an absolute
path (meaning to append the relative path to the absolute path of the current
script).
That was my understanding. Perhaps you saw it differently, but I don't believe
your pattern is enough to accomplish what the OP was asking for--hence "a lot"
of code was in my reply. ;)
Believe me, I'm the first guy to hop on the "do it with a regex!" bandwagon...
but there are just some circumstances where regex can't do what you need to do
(such as more-than-superficial contextual logic).
HTH,
// Todd
RE: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
> -Original Message-
> From: farn...@googlemail.com [mailto:farn...@googlemail.com] On Behalf
> Of Edmund Hertle
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:13 PM
> To: PHP - General
> Subject: [PHP] Parsing HTML href-Attribute
>
> Hey,
> I want to "parse" a href-attribute in a given String to check if there
> is a
> relative link and then adding an absolute path.
> Example:
> $string = ' href="/foo/bar.php" >';
>
> I tried using regular expressions but my knowledge of RegEx is very
> limited.
> Things to consider:
> - $string could be quite long but my concern are only those href
> attributes
> (so working with explode() would be not very handy)
> - Should also work if href= is not using quotes or using single quotes
> - link could already be an absolute path, so just searching for href=
> and
> then inserting absolute path could mess up the link
>
> Any ideas? Or can someone create a RegEx to use?
Just spitballing here, but this is probably how I would start:
RegEx pattern: //ig
Then, using the capture group, determine if the href attribute uses quotes
(single or double, doesn't matter). If it does, you don't need to worry about
splitting the capture group at the first white space. If it doesn't, then you
must assume the first whitespace is the end of the URL and the beginning of
additional attributes, and just grab the URL up to (but not including) the
first whitespace.
So...
tag) would be assigned
# here is where $curDir (text for the current directory) would be assigned
# find the href attribute
$matches = Array();
preg_match('##ig', $anchorText, $matches);
# determine if it has surrounding quotes
if($matches[1][0] == '\'' || $matches[1][0] == '"')
{
# pull everything but the first and last character
$anchorText = substr($anchorText, 1, strlen($anchorText) - 3);
}
else
{
# pull up to the first space (if there is one)
$spacePos = strpos($anchorText, ' ');
if($spacePos !== false)
$anchorText = substr($anchorText, 0, strpos($anchorText, ' '))
}
# now, check to see if it is relative or absolute
# (regex pattern searches for protocol spec (i.e., http://), which will be
# treated as an absolute path for the purpose of this algorithm)
if($anchorText[0] != '/' && preg_match('#^\w+://#', $anchorText) == 0)
{
# add current directory to the beginning of the relative path
# (nothing is done to absolute paths or URLs with protocol spec)
$anchorText = $curDir . '/' . $anchorText;
}
echo $anchorText;
?>
...UNTESTED.
HTH,
// Todd
RE: [PHP] Looking for an app...
> -Original Message-
> From: bruce [mailto:bedoug...@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:18 PM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Looking for an app...
>
> Hi List!
>
>
> I know this is somewhat basic.. and I am searching google as I type!
> I'm
> looking for a client/server app that allows me to have a quick/dirty
> client
> that can upload/download a file to a server app, with the server app
> copying
> the file to a given dir...
>
> Code samples, or pointers to a site where I can download this would be
> great!! I don't want a straight FTP, as I want to do more things with
> the
> server piece...
>
> And yes, a php/apache kind of app would be cool..
>
> thanks!!
Okay, guys... as promised, I have finally dug up my Java/PHP code for
this and wrapped the data in Base64 encoding to (hopefully) avoid the
missing byte errors I had been experiencing previously.
The following code is untested, as I have added Base64 encoding/decoding
since the last time I played with this, and I'm not at my home computer
to test it out.
There are three Java files involved: uploadApp.java, which is my own
code, and you can see below; ClientHttpRequest.java, which you can find
online [1]; and finally, Base64.java, which you can also find online
[2].
On the PHP side, there is a very simple script (shown below) which grabs
the segmented data, decodes it, and appends it to a file being uploaded.
WARNING: There is no check for missing bytes, and no guarantee that
everything is being sent! There is also no garbage collection with
regard to the temp folder used for "parts." This is a base
implementation with no frills. Well, ok--there's one frill: you can use
the "hash" field POST value as a flimsy security layer for the
connection. If the client's hash doesn't match the server's, the file
part is rejected and the upload fails. It's currently set to a constant
"abcdef123456" but could easily be generated programmatically based on
user data.
Without further adieu, here it is...
uploadApp.java:
**
package postmusic;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
public class uploadApp implements ActionListener
{
private uploadApp that;
// url for POST
private java.net.URL postUrl;
// UI components
private JFrame frmMain;
private JPanel pnlMain;
private JLabel lblFilename;
private JTextField txfFilename;
private JPanel pnlButtons;
private JButton btnBrowse;
private JButton btnOk;
private JButton btnCancel;
private JFileChooser flcSelectFile;
public uploadApp()
{
that = this;
try
{
postUrl = new
java.net.URL("http://localhost/postmusic/upload.php";);
}
catch(Exception e) { }
buildGUI();
}
// build and show the user interface
private void buildGUI()
{
frmMain = new JFrame("Postmusic.org Upload");
pnlMain = new JPanel();
pnlMain.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
pnlButtons = new JPanel();
lblFilename = new JLabel("File to upload: ");
txfFilename = new JTextField(20);
flcSelectFile = new JFileChooser();
btnBrowse = new JButton("Browse");
btnBrowse.addActionListener(that);
btnOk = new JButton("Upload");
btnOk.addActionListener(that);
btnCancel = new JButton("Cancel");
btnCancel.addActionListener(that);
pnlMain.add(lblFilename, BorderLayout.NORTH);
pnlMain.add(txfFilename, BorderLayout.CENTER);
pnlButtons.add(btnBrowse);
pnlButtons.add(btnOk);
pnlButtons.add(btnCancel);
pnlMain.add(pnlButtons, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frmMain.getContentPane().add(pnlMain);
frmMain.pack();
frmMain.setVisible(true);
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
{
int returnVal;
// "browse" clicked
if(ae.getSource() == btnBrowse)
{
returnVal =
flcSelectFile.showOpenDialog(frmMain);
if(returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION)
{
txfFilename.setText(flcSelectFile.getSelectedFile().getPath());
}
}
// "upload" clicked
else if(ae.getSource() == btnOk)
{
File fileToUpload = new
File(txfFilename.getText());
// invalid file chosen
if(!fileToUpload.exists())
{
JOptionPane.showMes
RE: [PHP] Zend Framework...where to start? -- don't.
> -Original Message- > From: Paul M Foster [mailto:pa...@quillandmouse.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:18 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Zend Framework...where to start? -- don't. > ---8<--- > I agree and disagree. I agree there's waaay too much herd mentality in > the programming field. (Fortunately, Linus Torvalds didn't listen to > the > academics who insisted that microkernels where THE WAY, or we wouldn't > have Linux today.) OO is nifty for some things, but it's certainly not > the "fountain of reusability" it was originally promoted to be. And I > also agree about tables versus CSS. I can render a page very precisely > with tables that would take me hours to get right with CSS. And I > really > don't give a crap about what "experts" say about anything. I find > "experts" to be wrong much of the time. > > OTOH, I just finished writing about 80K lines of PHP/HTML, all by hand, > no OO, no classes, no nothing. Each page in one file, except for a few > helper functions in a couple of common files. I wouldn't want to go > through that again. I've opted for a framework on rewriting this code, > just to cut down on the number of lines of code I have to manually > write. But I built my own framework, which doesn't call in 20 files for > each page load. Very compact. Probably not suitable for every kind of > project, but it works for this. > > Incidentally, I would differ from the reviewer in the link above only > in > this respect: He maintains that every line of code adds time. While > this > is true, I believe it's the number of files which have to be opened > which drags down framework numbers the most. When I wrote C code, the > CPU would blaze through the actual code, but file opens and reads > consumed far more time than in-memory code execution. http://www.giveupandusetables.com 'nuff said. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Basic Authentication
> -Original Message- > From: tedd [mailto:tedd.sperl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 5:18 PM > To: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Basic Authentication > > At 2:19 PM -0600 1/14/09, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > > > > > >As others have said, use crypt(). > >http://php.net/manual/function.crypt.php has Example #2 Using crypt() > >with htpasswd. > > > Thanks, but that doesn't really solve my problem. > > You see, I know the password and I know the encoded result -- what I > don't know is what algorithm was used to generate the encoding. > > Here are all the algorithms I know of (this includes the above link > you provided). > > http://webbytedd.com//md5/index.php > > However, none of them match what have. tedd, It would appear your Standard DES and MD5 labels are actually both MD5. Also--there is more than just Standard DES. Once DES was determined to be relatively IN-secure, more algorithms like Triple DES, G-DES, DES-X, LOKI89, and ICE were created. You might be looking at a Triple DES hash. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Data trasfer between PHP pages
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Carter [mailto:chandan9sha...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:00 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Data trasfer between PHP pages > > > Hi, > > I have one form where user fills data using radio buttons. Only one > answer > goes from here to another page. > > FORM 1 > > > > 5 > > > 1 > > > 3 > > > > > --- > > FORM 2 > > There is another page has a form with 14 fields PLUS I need the data of > the > previous form to be hidden somewhere in this form. > > Once this form is submitted I need to put the combined data into the > database. > > I know this is so simple. But not sure why this is not working. I tried > to > use from the first form but its not working. > > My module page has to go live tomorrow morning, I am stuck, please > help. $_GET['var'] is used for GET-method data retrieval. You have specified POST-method data in your form. Try $_POST['myname'] and see if that doesn't grab the value you're looking for. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] CLI in background on windows
> -Original Message- > From: Fanda [mailto:d...@sidak.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:50 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] CLI in background on windows > > Hi, > I am looking for some method, how to run php cli script on background > in > windows. It should be started by windows task manager. > > Do you have any idea? I assume by "task manager" you mean "task scheduler"? The Task Manager is more of a process listing, like "ps" or "top" in Linux. In the Windows command-line interface (cmd.exe), type "start /?" to give you an idea of what your options are. As far as "in the background" goes, Vista's task scheduler can hide the programs it executes from being viewed by the user. Pre-vista, I think you can just minimize it (unless it's run on a different account on the same machine other than the one logged in)... start /min /b php myscript.php The "/b" option MIGHT prevent pre-Vista machines from showing the user that a task is being executed. If it doesn't, then at least "/min" will keep the window minimized rather than slapping them in the face with it. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image
> -Original Message- > From: c...@l-i-e.com [mailto:c...@l-i-e.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 10:06 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Read/decode barcodes from an image > > The barcodes are on faxes and whatnot, with no predictable skew, > position, nor orientation. > > You've tried JOCR/GOCR, and they don't do very well. > > Here are your options: > 1) Shell out the money for that PaperPort OMNI or whatever it is > commercial OCR product. It *is* better than JOCR/GOCR, in my > experience. > [If you Google for OCR you'll find it, as it's the only/best contender, > and referenced everywhere.] > > 2) Roll your own with GD. With sufficient skill and time, you can > utilize very specific knowledge of your content to do even better than > the generalized commercial solution. I have done this myself for > standardized medical documents that were scanned in, getting a > percentage point or two better than 1) > > No matter what you do, OCR will never ever get you 100%. You WILL need > a human oversight process on the results that hand-checks everything, > or be prepared to accept a (small) failure rate. > > Set your [client's] expectations properly, or be doomed to frustration > [failure]. I had always thought that faxes were a big no-no for character recognition software? I know that we can't use it for one of our OCR solutions because it is just too... well, crappy. The image quality is nowhere near what it should be for a successful OCR pass. As for client expectations: hell yes--tell them not to use a fax machine in the digital age. Scan the document and e-mail it or something. Where I work, we've done away with 90% of any fax machine usage in order to have documents that can be used by our OCR solution. My 2c, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] RE: Php question from Newsgroup
Mike -- I've "bottom posted" my reply, as is the convention for this list (and
most others). Scroll down.
From: Mike Peloso [mailto:mpel...@princeton.edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:56 AM
To: Boyd, Todd M.
Subject: Php question from Newsgroup
Todd,
I have attached a few jpgs to show the problems I am having (With both of my
recent posts)
Any questions you can call me.
The first one shows the value of the php file I am trying to parse.( I cant set
any of those directives,) I can't set php.ini per dir
The second shows what your REGEX looks like as its being sent to:
preg_match_all($regex, $test2, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
As you can see there is a whole lot of escaping going on here.
Thanks
Mike
Heres all the code:
,/()%...@!',''); //fix special chars in
name
$_POST[$fname.'_fname'] = strtr($_POST[$fname.'_fname'],"'","_");
$fileHandle = fopen($_FILES[$fname]['tmp_name'], "r");
$_POST[$fname] =stripslashes(fread($fileHandle, $_POST[$fname.'_size']));
$test=$_POST[$fname];
$test3=stripslashes($test);
//$regex='/function [a-z]* *([$a-zA-Z]*)/';
//$regex='/function [a-z]* *(?$[a-z]*)?/';
$regex = '/function\s+[-_a-z0-9]+\s*\((\s*$\?[-_a-z0-9]+\s*,?)*\s*\)/i';
$functions=do_reg($regex,$test);
}
function do_reg($regex,$test)
{ $test2=preg_quote($test);
preg_match_all($regex, $test2, $result, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
return $result = $result[0];
}
?>
Mike,
You are using preg_quote(). This will add slashes to every "special" RegEx
character in your pattern (i.e., parentheses and dollar signs, etc.). Try
performing your RegEx search without using preg_quote() and let me know if it
does any better. Also--try to keep your replies on the PHP List, as the
information in them can be used by others on their own projects.
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] fread question
Hah! Forgot to add the link: 1. http://php.net/ini_set How would you guys have ever figured out that was the page on PHP's website you need to visit in order to view information about the ini_set() function?! ;) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] fread question
> -Original Message- > From: MikeP [mailto:mpel...@princeton.edu] > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:33 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] fread question > > Still having problems: > magic_quotes_runtime is off > BUT > magic_quotes_gpc is on > I cant change them myself so I tried > stripslashes > That doesnt work though: > > $_POST[$fname] = fread($fileHandle, $_POST[$fname.'_size']); > $test=$_POST[$fname]; > $test3=stripslashes($test); > > $test3 and $test are the same. > > Any other Ideas? > > "Robert Cummings" wrote in message > news:1229567238.8302.35.ca...@localhost... > > On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 19:54 -0500, MikeP wrote: > >> Hello, > >> I have been trying to use fread to open a file, but it always > escapes > >> special characters. > >> How do I open afile without it modifying my original file: > >> > >> $_POST[$fname] = fread($fileHandle, $_POST[$fname.'_size']); > >> I use this and get slashes everywhere.This kills my REGex that gets > coded > >> next. > > > > Check this magically shitty setting in your php.ini: > > > >magic_quotes_runtime > > > > It should be off unless someone with less brains than a turd got a > hold > > of your ini file. The PHP site's page on ini_set() [1] talks a bit about how to set that particular option in an .htaccess file: set PHP_INI_PERDIR settings in a .htaccess file with 'php_flag' like this: php_flag register_globals off php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on If you can get at your .htaccess, maybe you could do it that way (since I don't believe you can change magic_quotes_gpc using ini_set() or similar methods). HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Regex Problem
> -Original Message-
> From: MikeP [mailto:mpel...@princeton.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:43 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Regex Problem
>
> Hello,
> I have a quirky behavior I'm trying to resolve.
> I have a REGEX that will find a function definition in a php file:
> .function InsertQuery($table,$fields,$values).
> the REGEX is:
> $regex='/function [a-z]* *([$a-zA-Z]*)/';
> the problem is that:
> 1. a slash is automattically put in front of the $. This is good but I
> dont
> know how it gets there.
> 2.a slash is NOT put in front of the parenthesis. Thats bad
> 3. If I try to escape the parenthesis with a \ , I get \\.
> Help
Mike,
Certain characters are considered "special" in RegEx. The $ means "end
of the line," so it must be escaped to avoid confusing its meaning. I
was not sure it had to be escaped within a character set [], but that
may very well be the case. Try this:
$regex = '/function\s+[-_a-z0-9]+\s*\((\s*\$?[-_a-z0-9]+\s*,?)*\s*\)/i';
The word "function" is followed by 1 or more spaces (or tabs). The
function name [-_a-z0-9] can be a combination of alpha-numeric
characters, underscore, and dash. Then, there is optional whitespace
between the name of the function and its parameters. The opening
parenthesis "(" for parameters has been escaped (as has the closing
parenthesis). Then, in a repeatable capture group, the parameters can be
grabbed: Indefinite whitespace, an optional $ (because maybe you're not
using a variable, eh?), one or more alpha-numeric, underscore, or dash
characters, followed by indefinite whitespace and an optional comma (if
there are more arguments). After any number of instances of the capture
group, the regex continues by looking for indefinite whitespace followed
by the closing parenthesis for the function text. The "i" switch at the
end simply means that this regex pattern will be treated as
case-insensitive ('APPLE' == 'apple').
If you're not worried about actually splitting up the function
parameters into capture groups, then you can just use a look-ahead to
ensure that you grab everything up till the LAST parenthesis on the
line.
$regex = '/function\s+[-_a-z0-9]+\s*\(.*?\)(?=.*\)[^)]*)/i';
That one probably needs to be tweaked a bit in order to actually grab
the last parenthesis (instead of just checking for its existence). If
you're willing to trust the text you'll be searching through, you can
probably avoid that "last parenthesis" rule altogether, and make a lazy
regex:
$regex = '/function\s+[-_a-z0-9]+\s*\(.*?/i';
Once you get to the opening parenthesis for the function parameters,
that last regex assumes that the rest of the line will also include that
function declaration, and just grabs everything left. If you are using a
regex setup to where the dot marker can also consume newline or carriage
return characters, just throw a "$" at the end of the regex (before the
flags part "/i") in order to tell it just to grab characters until it
reaches the end of the line:
$regex = '/function\s+[-_a-z0-9]+\s*\(.*?$/i';
These are all untested, but hopefully I've given you a nudge in the
right direction. If you are still getting strange behavior out of your
PCRE engine, then perhaps you have a different version installed than
what I'm used to--all of the above should work (perhaps with some very
minor changes) in PHP.
HTH,
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] Re: Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, Cake etc
> -Original Message- > From: Terion Miller [mailto:webdev.ter...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 7:55 AM > To: Colin Guthrie > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, > Cake etc > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:25 PM, Colin Guthrie > wrote: > > > 'Twas brillig, and Terion Miller at 11/12/08 14:56 did gyre and > gimble: > > > >> Hey Everyone, I am wondering if using a framework such as one of > these may > >> make my life easier, which do any of you use and what has been your > >> experience with the learning curve of them? > >> I just put Cake on my local server, basically I want to know which > is > >> easiest? LOL... > >> > > > > Personally I'm a ZF fan, but each to their own. > > > > Col > > > > -- > > > > Colin Guthrie > > gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie > > http://colin.guthr.ie/ > > > > Day Job: > > Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] > > Open Source: > > Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] > > PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] > > Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/] > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > Thanks for the responses, CakePhp was seemingly very easy for me to > catch > on to and get started in (which means its super super easy folks) > unfortunately when I got to the viewing of my files (pretty important) > I > couldn't get the IIS (yep I know sucks) to work with it, and I > installed a > mod_rewrite.dll for IIS and everything along with setting it to Cakes > "pretty urls" and removing the htdocs, but then it just kept resolving > all > urls to the root ... no matter what I changed the path to, and no > matter if > I set it only to that directory...so by end of day yesterday I > downloaded > the zend and will attempt to see what I can do with it, I want off this > windows box but that isn't going to happen anytime soon ...sigh... I recommend the Ionic ISAPI Rewrite Filter [1]. Also, this [2] webpage can probably help you with your Cake/IIS configuration, although they use a different rewrite filter [3]. 1. http://www.codeplex.com/IIRF 2. http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/cakephp-on-iis 3. http://www.creativepark.it/downloads/iismod_rewrite.zip HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Foreign Keys Question
> -Original Message- > From: clive [mailto:clive_li...@immigrationunit.com] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 1:07 AM > To: PHP LIST > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Foreign Keys Question > > Colin Guthrie wrote: > > 'Twas brillig, and tedd at 11/12/08 18:46 did gyre and gimble: > >> As for my "Foreign Keys Question", I think the answer is that it > >> enforces rules upon the configuration (i.e., deleting, altering, and > >> such), but does not provide any significant service beyond that. > > > > Well that's a fairly significant service in itself. The whole > > "deleting data" case is where FK's have saved me significant amount > of > > coding. > > > > The ON DELETE CASCADE option is key here... "DELETE FROM students > > where student_id=1" will remove all traces of that student from the > > db... all the course they've attended, all the instructors who have > > taught them etc. keeps things nice and tidy without having to put the > > structure in your code all over the place. > > > > Col > > > Is it just me or does anyone else here not like deleting from a > database, I normally have a status field to indicated if a row has been > deleted. > > What about historical data, would you not want to know that studentX > was > enrolled at some point in the past, if you just delete that student and > all related data how would you know this? > > You could also have a 2nd database with the same table structure and > move old/delete data into there. You are describing a data warehouse, or a data mart. That is not what transactional databases are there for. Make a historical database, and make a transactional database... but don't make one that tries to be both, or you're just shooting yourself in the foot. // Todd
RE: [PHP] Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, Cake etc
> -Original Message- > From: Eric Butera [mailto:eric.but...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:25 AM > To: Bastien Koert > Cc: Terion Miller; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, Cake > etc > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Bastien Koert > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Eric Butera > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Terion Miller > >> wrote: > >> > Hey Everyone, I am wondering if using a framework such as one of > these > >> > may > >> > make my life easier, which do any of you use and what has been > your > >> > experience with the learning curve of them? > >> > I just put Cake on my local server, basically I want to know which > is > >> > easiest? LOL... > >> > > >> > >> Define easiest. What is it that you need to code? If you mean > cookie > >> cutter sites that have been done a million times with minimal > >> flexibility... :) I'm in the same boat as you though. I don't know > >> which one meets the needs I have the best. There's stuff like cake > >> which is really easy to start up, then there's stuff like symphony > >> that will let you do anything, but you really have to work at it. > > > > There are definite learning curves when picking these up. > > > > symfony and ZF have the largest because they either do more (symfony) > or are > > designed to be used piecemeal (ZF) > > > > CodeIgnitor is one of the easiest ones to start using with Cake not > far > > One huge part of this that I didn't mention before is the community > around the frameworks too. Do they have good docs, examples, stuff > like that. Can you ask questions and get quality answers? I see people talk about the same handful of frameworks every time this question comes up. Has anyone used one of the underdog frameworks that are sprouting up at the fringes? PRADO? Yii? Simple PHP Framework? Akelos (Ruby on Rails port)? Seagull? BlueShoes? EvoCore? PHOCOA? Zoop? Stratos? Picora? SOLAR? FLOW3? Maintainable? Adventure-Framework? ...the list goes on. I thought Yii [1] seemed interesting, at the least. 1. http://www.yiiframework.com // Todd
RE: [PHP] converting a vid with ffmpeg - howto do progress bars?
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: php php > Subject: Re: [PHP] converting a vid with ffmpeg - howto do progress > bars? > > I call it from php with exec() atm. > > just running the ffmpeg command shows some details and then a sort of > continually updated status report; > > Input #0, avi, from > '/home/rene/web/LIVE_WEBSITES/www/veerman.name/mediaBeez_content/media/ > upload/20081210 > 220610/work/original/xy.avi': > Duration: 00:43:03.3, start: 0.00, bitrate: 1137 kb/s > Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 624x352, 23.98 fps(r) > Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 112 kb/s > Output #0, flv, to > '/home/rene/web/LIVE_WEBSITES/www/veerman.name/mediaBeez_content/media/ > upload/20081210 > 220610/work/highres/t.flv': > Stream #0.0: Video: flv, yuv420p, 624x352, q=2-31, 999 kb/s, 23.98 > fps(c) > Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, stereo, 0 kb/s > Stream mapping: > Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 > Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 > Press [q] to stop encoding > frame= 1031 fps= 21 q=2.6 size=5752kB time=43.0 > bitrate=1095.8kbits/s > > (the last line continually updates) > > > since it doesnt print the number of input frames, i can't calculate > progress from frame-count in the last line. > not even when i put "ffmpeg -v verbose", do i get the frame count.. > > > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 22:13 +0100, Rene Veerman wrote: > > > >> Hi, i got ffmpeg to convert videos for my CMS to Flash-video. > >> With debian, it was real easy to set up. > >> > >> The only drawback is that if i can't advance the progressbar during > the > >> call to ffmpeg.. > >> If i encode longer videos, it can take up to an hour each, and to > halt > >> the progressbar for that long is just bad imo. > >> > >> Any ideas on how to read what ffmpeg is up to? > >> > >> > >> > >> > > First, what does running just the ffmpeg command do (without getting > PHP > > involved) ? Is there any information you see which it gives as a > > prediction of how long the transcode will take? Also, how are you > > running the command? When I do my transcodes I tend to do it in the > > background, as this will then continue should the user break the > > connection, and avoids timeout issues. Top posting BAD! Hulk SMASH! Anyway, moving on... I believe "ffmpeg -i " should give you frame count information (along with a bunch of other stuff). It will have to be parsed, of course, but... meh. Also--were you aware that there is an ffmpeg PHP extension? It's even got a nifty instance->frameCount member! :) So, use "ffmpeg" to check on its current frame number, and "ffmpeg -i " to find out how many there are in total. As Ashley already stated, it won't be completely accurate--but the bar will move a heck of a lot more often/accurately than if you only bump it each time a file is finished transcoding. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how to not show login info in the url ...what am I looking for?
> -Original Message- > From: APseudoUtopia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:12 AM > To: tedd > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] how to not show login info in the url ...what am I > looking for? > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:03 AM, tedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 9:52 PM + 12/9/08, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> > >> You shouldn't be passing info like that over the URL; use sessions > >> instead. > >> > >> I saw a shopping cart system once that passed the price of items > over > >> the URL, and when I found out and alerted them, we won the contract > for > >> a rebuild and then got accused of hacking by their previous web guys > >> (who incidentally built the system!) > > > > Ash: > > > > Even if you did hack the site, all that means is that site was hack- > able and > > thus should have been fixed anyway. > > > > In my mind, hacking a site (without doing damage) is a good > introduction to > > a client. > > *Ahem*You mean 'cracking'? :-P IMHO... Cracking: breaking encryption/obfuscation methods in order to gain unauthorized access to information. "I cracked the admin's password using a brute force algorithm." Hacking: circumvent or leverage security flaws in order to gain unauthorized access to information. For example - "I hacked into the Gibson by re-routing their logon routine." (No, that doesn't make any sense. Maybe it's straight out of the movie "Hackers.") I realize that people have been using "cracker" as a malicious form of "hacker," and that a "hacker" is not malicious; but that is stupid. Cracking started out dealing with cryptography in my experience, and that's how I will continue to identify it. Think about it--people were "safe crackers" (discovering the combination to safety deposit boxes) before there were computers in existence. My 2c, // Todd
RE: Re: [PHP] file_exists and wildcard/regex
> -Original Message-
> From: Boyd, Todd M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: Re: [PHP] file_exists and wildcard/regex
>
> FWIW, I would probably do the file search like this (UNTESTED):
>
>
> $filereg = '/bfile[1-9]?\d+\.txt/i';
Erp. I meant '/bfile[1-9]?\d\.txt/i', with no '+' after the '\d'... assuming
you want 0-99 to be the range of values.
> $pathstr = '/whatever/your/path/is';
>
> if(is_dir($pathstr)) {
> if($dir = opendir($pathstr)) {
> $found = false;
>
> while(($file = readdir($dir)) !== false && !$found) {
> if(preg_match($filereg, $file) > 0) {
> echo $file . '';
> $found = true;
> }
> }
>
> closedir($dir);
> }
> }
>
> ?>
// Todd
RE: Re: [PHP] file_exists and wildcard/regex
> -Original Message-
> From: Per Jessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:43 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] file_exists and wildcard/regex
>
> Ashley Sheridan wrote:
>
> > If you're on a Linux system, you could look at ls and the regular
> > expressions it lets you use with it. You could exec out and get the
> > returned results. Also, as it's a system call, it should be very
> > speedy.
>
> 'ls' is just a plain binary (/bin/ls), not a system call. The regex
> functionality is part of the shell, usually bash.
I think the fact that you have to exec() in order to perform it disqualifies it
from being a system call.
Ash - a system call is "a mechanism for software to request a particular kernel
service." There's a somewhat-outdated list from Linux kernel 2.2 at [1]. You
might be able to get crafty with sys_*stat, but I wouldn't recommend it. ;)
FWIW, I would probably do the file search like this (UNTESTED):
0) {
echo $file . '';
$found = true;
}
}
closedir($dir);
}
}
?>
If you want back more than the first match, do away with the $found -related
stuff.
1. http://docs.cs.up.ac.za/programming/asm/derick_tut/syscalls.html
HTH,
// Todd
[PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:11 AM > To: Jim Lucas > Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Jim Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was going to say that I haven't yet decided on what the final > output format is going to be. Probably either rtf or OpenXML. > > > > How about I ask for suggestions on what would be the best format to > store the final copy. > > > > I figured that this tool would mainly be used for .doc to web > conversion, but I guess it could be used to also convert to other > document formats too. > > > > But, I would like to have the ability to at least store the formating > inline with the text. So, either some form of xml. Be it (x)HTML or > plain XML > > or even OpenXML. > > > > A question to all then. How would you like to see the text, with > formating, stored? > > It's an excellent start. It pulled in some additional control > characters in some of the documents I tried, and some documents had > extra stuff at the end of the document. It was still text, but it > looked like the text from the page header/footer definitions. It would > be cool to see this polished and released. I just wish there was > something this basic that worked this well on PDF files! :-) Andrew, There's something to be said about inter-language operability. I've become enamored with the iText package for manipulating, creating, and extracting PDF documents and associated info/bookmarks/tags/etc. There was, for a time, an OpenSource PDF editor built with JPedal/iText that looked like it would soon compete with Acrobat for PDF fillable forms; but the author has little time to play with it. Anyway, you can setup a Java program (yes, iText is Java) to extract the text from the fields--or entire document--and spit it out however you format it (text, XML, whatev). iText - http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ PHP/Java bridge - http://php-java-bridge.sourceforge.net/pjb/ HTH, // Todd
RE: [PHP] error messaages - $DOXPath Wrong
> -Original Message-
> From: Maciek Sokolewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 2:07 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] error messaages - $DOXPath Wrong
>
> ddg2sailor wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Here are the error messages:
> >
> > Warning: move_uploaded_file(C: mpp\htdocs\dox/th_dsc_076.jpg)
> > [function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: Invalid
> argument in
> > C:\xampp\htdocs\dox.php on line 40
> >
> > Warning: move_uploaded_file() [function.move-uploaded-file]: Unable
> to move
> > 'C:\xampp\tmp\php2F.tmp' to 'C: mpp\htdocs\dox/th_dsc_076.jpg' in
> > C:\xampp\htdocs\dox.php on line 40
> >
> > Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by
> (output
> > started at C:\xampp\htdocs\dox.php:40) in
> > C:\xampp\htdocs\include\bittorrent.php on line 478
> >
> > Il make this as painless as possiable I know the third error can
> be
> > caused by a dangling white space.. this time it isnt.
> >
> > This happens when a user uploads a 'dox file. Now we can download
> them all
> > we want.
> > The file Uploads to the right dir : 'C:\xampp\tmp\php2F.tmp'
> > But when It tries to copy.. it tries to copy from this dir: C:
> > mpp\htdocs\dox/th_dsc_076.jpg
> > And tries to copy to this dir : 'C: mpp\htdocs\dox/th_dsc_076.jpg'
> >
> > the correct dirs are c:\xampp\tmp and c:\xampp\dox
> >
> > //code that kicked my butt
> >
> > > require "include/bittorrent.php";
> >
> > dbconn(false);
> >
> > loggedinorreturn();
> >
> > if (get_user_class() < UC_USER)
> > stderr("Error" , "Permission denied.");
> >
> > if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
> > {
> >
> > $file = $_FILES['file'];
> >
> > if (!$file || $file["size"] == 0 || $file["name"] == "")
> > stderr("Error", "Nothing received! The selected file may have been
> too
> > large." );
> >
> > if (file_exists("$DOXPATH/$file[name]"))
> > stderr("Error", "A file with the name
> ".htmlspecialchars($file['name'])."
> > already exists!" );
> >
> > $title = trim($_POST["title"]);
> > if ($title == "")
> > {
> > $title = substr($file["name"], 0, strrpos($file["name"], "."));
> > if (!$title)
> > $title = $file["name"];
> > }
> >
> > $r = mysql_query("SELECT id FROM dox WHERE title=" . sqlesc($title))
> or
> > sqlesc();
> > if (mysql_num_rows($r) > 0)
> > stderr("Error", "A file with the title ",
> "".htmlspecialchars($title)."
> > already exists!");
> >
> > $url = $_POST["url"];
> >
> > if ($url != "")
> > if (substr($url, 0, 7) != "http://"; && substr($url, 0, 6) !=
> "ftp://";)
> > stderr("Error", "The URL ", "" . htmlspecialchars($url) . " does not
> seem to
> > be valid.");
> >
> > if (!move_uploaded_file($file["tmp_name"], "$DOXPATH/$file[name]"))
> > stderr("Error", "Failed to move uploaded file. You should contact an
> > administrator about this error.");
> [SNIP]
>
> >
> > Sorry its so long But this thing has me beat. I was trying to
> cross it
> > with this line from another piece of code that does it fact know the
> right
> > dir with no luck:
> >
> > //working code
> >
> > $file = "$DOXPATH/$arr[filename]";
> >
> > //end
> >
> > Maybe its apples and oranges
>
> Ok, first of all, stop pasting entire pages of code in here when they
> have absolutely nothing to do with the problem. An error on line x
> almost *NEVER* has anything to do with *anything* on page > 41. So,
> just... don't.
>
> Next: "Unable to move
> 'C:\xampp\tmp\php2F.tmp' to 'C: mpp\htdocs\dox/th_dsc_076.jpg'"
> actually
> tells you what's going wrong:
> 1. It can't move the file from an existing place to a place with a
path
> that is invalid. "C: mpp\" is an invalid path on windows. Of course
you
> didn't include the definition of $DOXPath for us, but I bet it looks
> like:
> $DOXPath = "C:\xampp\htdocs\dox";
> Now, you're using double quotes here (for no good reason), which means
> it interprets all escape sequences. What do we do? In the PHP docs
> lookup escape sequences:
>
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.s
> tring.syntax.double
>
> Note that:
> \x[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,2} the sequence of characters matching the
> regular
> expression is a character in hexadecimal notation
> You have an expression which is basically the same as:
> 'C:'."\xa".'ampp\htdocs\dox'; where the first and last part work as
you
> intended, but the second one gets replaced by the char with ordinal 10
> (which is a space. A in hexadecimal notation is 10 in decimal).
>
> Fix your definition of it (ie. use SINGLE quotes, or double escape it
> to
> look like \\xa so the interpreter won't see it as a special escape
> sequence anymore.
Lots of good points there. I think it's also worth mentioning that
mixing back slashes in file paths with forward slashes is a terrible,
terrible idea. Pick one and stick with it. To be honest, I'm not even
sure Windows-branded PHP is capable of dissecting a local file system
address when it uses forward slashes.
So.. yes, the \xa is being turn
RE: [PHP] IE8 and HTML5
> -Original Message- > From: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:15 PM > To: Richard Heyes > Cc: php List > Subject: Re: [PHP] IE8 and HTML5 > > Richard Heyes wrote: > > From a recent IEBlog post: > > > > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/12/03/compatibility-view- > improvements-to-come-in-ie8.aspx > > > >> ...and our start on HTML5 support. > > > > Does this mean canvas support? > > Not in IE8. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/11/19/ie8-what-s-after-beta- > 2.aspx#9129600 > > Everyone has their favorite unstandardized feature they'd love IE to > support. (Personally I'd be delighted by -ms-border-radius and > content:uri() support.) > > Experimental support for Canvas and other unstandardized features might > be a good thing; I know the spec editors would welcome implementor > feedback. It would be a shame, however, if we were locked into a > technically poor solution thanks to the most popular browser > implementing an early version of the specification, websites beginning > to rely on that behaviour, and subsequent versions of the specification > being forced to mandate such behaviour. I haven't used Canvas much, but > it seems to me there a lot of areas of Canvas where there's room for > further evolution, e.g. proper text width calculations? an accessible > Canvas example? what about 3D? > > > Is it as a direct result of Chrome > > being released and MS realising (finally) they are going to have to > > remain competitive? > > Given Chrome's poor rate of take-up and tendency to canibalize the > userbases of non-MS browsers, I somewhat doubt it. > > http://blog.statcounter.com/2008/09/chrome-whos-losing/ > > Regardless of Chrome's technical merits, it seems to me that it's > Firefox's growing userbase, tailed by the other popular browsers in > some > markets, that has long represented the market challenge to IE. > > http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/stat.htm > > Could be I'm underestimating the effects of press hype about chrome on > MS's strategy, but I think actually Microsoft's turn towards a stronger > emphasis on standards support long preceded the release of Chrome. For > example: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/03/microsoft-s- > interoperability-principles-and-ie8.aspx > > Given that IE8 was already in beta when Chrome was released, standard > support in IE8 is mostly a product of decisions taken before that time. Well, as far as in IE, you can fake it with Javascript: http://me.eae.net/archive/2005/12/29/canvas-in-ie/ Yes, this is another patchwork circumvention routine to drag IE, kicking and screaming, into the world of web browsing that exists outside of Quirks Mode... but it works. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] IE8 and HTML5
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Richard Heyes > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:10 AM > To: Bastien Koert > Cc: Jay Moore; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] IE8 and HTML5 > > > I have less issues > > with Chrome and its beta > > Not thrashing my HDD is also kinda basic, but Chrome 0.2 was more than > happy to do that. http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php Iron: Chromium source re-worked for efficiency and privacy. Not sure if it will solve your thrashing issue, but then again... I'm not sure how or why a browser would cause your HDD to thrash in the first place. Got a lot of questionable videos open in several tabs, eh? ;) I've had Firefox thrash sometimes when it's loading lots of Applets and Flash objects, etc., though, so I guess I can understand. (And don't get me wrong--I had tons of problems with Chrome; mostly about crashing unexpectedly.) // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Last working day of a month
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:32 AM > To: Angelo Zanetti > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Last working day of a month > Importance: Low > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Angelo Zanetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am busy trying to figure out how to get the last working day in a > month. > > > > I was wondering if there was a script already written, but this is > what I > > imagine should work: > > > > Get the current day and see if it's the last day of the month. If its > true > > check if it's a Saturday or Sunday if it's either of those 2 days > then > > return false else return true? > > > > I also need to take public holidays into account. What would be the > best > > solution for that? Store the public holidays in a table and check if > the > > current day isn't a public holiday? > > > > If your application is already using a database, I would use a date > table rather than a holiday table. You can add columns to indicate > whether each date is a workday, weekday, weekend, holiday, or any > other date category/group that you need to track. That seems like a waste of space and database calls to me. (Yes, I know space is cheap... but it should at least be thought about briefly. Using that space costs cycles, etc.) Since the exceptions to his rule are so few in comparison to the days that follow, I think documenting the exceptions and assuming it's a workday if it's not an exception makes more sense (IMHO). I'd probably store all holidays in a table and assume that Saturdays/Sundays are not workdays unless they have a corresponding entry in the same table that holds the holidays. Call the table "exceptions." The exception to a workday is a holiday. The exception to a weekend is a workday. :) HTH, // Todd
RE: [PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php
> -Original Message- > From: Jagdeep Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 8:39 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How to fetch .DOC or .DOCX file in php > Importance: Low > > Hi ! > > I want to fetch text from .doc / .docx file and save it into database > file. > But when I tried to fetch text with fopen/fgets etc ... It gave me > special > characters with text. > > (With .txt files everything is fine) > Only problem is with doc/docx files. > I dont know whow to remove "SPECIAL CHARACTERS" from this text ... A.) This has been handled on this list several times. Please search the archives before posting a question. B.) Did you even TRY to Google for this? In the first 5 matches for "php open ms word" I found this: http://www.developertutorials.com/blog/php/extracting-text-from-word-doc uments-via-php-and-com-81/ You will need an MS Windows machine for this solution to work. If you're using *nix... well... good luck. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] php cURL with SSL problem ??
> -Original Message- > From: LKSunny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:32 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] php cURL with SSL problem ?? > > Hello, > > i want get https data with cURL, however just can via set > curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); > > by the moment, i need turn curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, > true); > i got some idea is "ca certificates", however how can i do it ? > > this is crt file ? can not make from openssl ? if can make from > openssl, any > sample command ? > and how to use ? > > i am using Windows (WIN32) > apache2.2+php5 I'm not sure I entirely understand your question... but here goes: Yes, you can make your own CRT/KEY/CER files using OpenSSL. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/openssl.html has some instructions. Hope this helps, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] HTMLEntities as NUMERIC for XML
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 11:28 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] HTMLEntities as NUMERIC for XML > > > > I came across a similar problem using an AJAX thing, with MSWord > > characters in the text. The way round the problem was to enclose > > everything inside CDATA blocks, which made the browsers happy to > > receive as the entities only had to be understood by the HTML browser > > now, not the XML parser. As RSS is an XML format, maybe this would > help > > you? > > I suspect not. > > The RSS+XML standard[1] seems to be quite finicky, and wrapping in > CDATA block, from what I've read, will simply make some > readers/aggregators decide to not carry the RSS feed at all. > > I have no idea if "some" means "a handful" or "most" however. > > But trying to maximize audience, I'm being conservative and using KISS > principle until I know more. > > [1] > Actually, it's 9 different incompatible standards, with no two > published RSS standards being compatible: > http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/02/04/incompatible-rss > I personally found this blog post "brilliant" > YMMV You are correct. Some feed readers will just throw everything in a block away. It can be useful when you are the only one reading/manipulating the XML ... but getting it into a "universal" code page is the way to go if aggregators are going to be touching your content. My 2c, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Model Web Site
> -Original Message- > From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 4:17 PM > To: PHP-General > Subject: [PHP] Model Web Site > > My prime hobby is photography and the next is web site building. > > So now I have a young model (18+) asking me about getting a web site. > > The idea is members can see content, that will include, photos, her > blog > and a discussion forum. > > I like the idea of building it, but it includes a lot of things I have > no experience in. > > Can someone point me to documentation/tutorials/scripts or anything > that > might help. > > I don't want a turnkey solution. I want to learn how to do this. http://www.w3schools.com/html http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml http://www.w3schools.com/css http://www.w3schools.com/js http://www.w3schools.com/php http://www.w3schools.com/sql http://www.php.net http://www.mysql.com most important link: http://www.google.com Get comfortable with programming; with algorithms; with data structures; with databases; with client-server relationships. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:43 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: PHP General Mailing List > Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL > ---8<--- > > > Don't forget Konqueror in that list ;) It's not exactly the same > > engine > > > after Apple forked it from KHTML, but it's quite close, and both > > > Konqueror and Safari are said to be working a little more closely > than > > > before to share the work done to the rendering engines since the > fork. > > > > > > I'm waiting for the day when Firefox starts using Google's V8 > > scripting > > > engine! > > > > Firefox will probably go with their own improvements a la Minefield > > (instead of V8). As for WebKit, I think you guys are forgetting--it's > an > > APPLE product. Do you seriously think they're going to let Microsoft > use > > it in their web browser after they've hacked it to pieces and strung > it > > back together into some bloated, inefficient monster? > > > > Well... maybe if the price is right. > > > The Webkist engine afaik is licensed under the GPL, because of the use > of the code from the original KHTML. I'm not sure how this fits with M$ > proprietary plan however... On that note... they're bringing jQuery (OSS Javascript framework) into the ASP.NET paradigm UNALTERED! That's right--they've admitted that they can't do better than the jQuery folks, and they're going to adopt it AS-IS. That made me very excited... especially since I've recently fallen in love with jQuery, and I am forced to use ASP.NET at work (though, to the chagrin of this list, I will admit: I like the .NET framework. A lot). Anyway, just thought I'd put the idea out there that not every person at Microsoft follows the "find idea, FUBAR idea, repackage idea" mindset. :) Their ASP.NET/VS crew has actually been pretty forward-thinking as of late. *cough* ... but, you know... PHP rules, too, and junk. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] How to Execute Multiple SQL Updates Using PHP
> -Original Message- > From: Alice Wei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:51 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] How to Execute Multiple SQL Updates Using PHP > > I am inquiring on this list to see if it is possible to create a > script that takes multiple update statements without my having to write > one "SQL" statement for each of the updates. > > I have a scenario of which I create a table of some sort with some > existing information using Flex, and what I am told by my client is > that no matter how many records there are on the screen, the users > should be able to update any up to all the entries by simply pushing a > button. I use Microsoft SQL, which I think that it does allow multiple > update query execution. The problem is that I might have to come up > with some method to accept all the "POST" variables the user provides > into the script. > >Could anyone please give me some guidance on what kind of function I > might use, or whether or not it is possible I can create a script that > accepts as many "POST" variables as the users POST? > > Thanks a lot for your help. ...sounds like more of a structure question than a PHP question, to be honest. So, structurally speaking, I would build your app to name the fields in a manner that is easily packaged and transported. That way, you can just do a for-each loop on the $_POST array and extract them using hints in your packaging method to tell which row and columns (and values) are being placed in the SQL query. You can name your fields something like "customerName[0]", "customerName[1]", etc., and PHP will treat them as an array when they are unpackaged from the $_POST parameters. As for multiple SQL statements in one query, I don't see why creating a TRANSACTION block with multiple statements (separated by a semicolon: ';') wouldn't be possible in PHP. I've never tried it personally, but you are theoretically just passing your SQL server a query string--it handles the rest. (Yes, it's a bit more complex than that... but that's the brass tacks.) HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] HTTP Authentication [ SOLVED ]
> -Original Message- > From: Thiago H. Pojda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:47 AM > To: Andrew Ballard > Cc: PHP-General List > Subject: Re: [PHP] HTTP Authentication [ SOLVED ] > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Andrew Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Thiago H. Pojda > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > > > I have to access a WS that uses HTTP auth directly with PHP. > > > > > > I've tried using the usual http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ but I > couldn't > > get it > > > working. I believe it has something to do with the password > containing a > > # > > > (can't change it) and the browser thinks it's an achor or > something. > > > > > > All I've seen were scripts to implement HTTP Auth in PHP, nothing > about > > > actually logging in with PHP. > > > > > > Is it possible to send the authentication headers the first time I > access > > > the link? I could send all necessary headers to the page I'm trying > to > > > access and retrieve it's content at once. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -- > > > Thiago Henrique Pojda > > > > > > > You're passing the username and password as part of a URL, so > > shouldn't the username and password be urlencoded? I'm thinking it > > will work if you replace the '#' sign with %23. > > > > Andrew > > > > I only tried thworing urlencode on everything, which obviously didn't > work. > > Both ways worked, using %23 for '#' and the snippet from Nathan. > > > Thanks a lot everyone, I was about to build all the headers and stuff > :P "All the headers," meaning 2? :) Glad to hear you've solved your problem, anyway.. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:39 AM
To: Boyd, Todd M.
Cc: PHP General Mailing List
Subject: Re: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
I've been trying to catch on to php on the fly, I started with Cold fusion
years ago then did asp for a long time, for some reason php gives me problems,
it doesn't at all seem intuitive to me or even logical for that matterguess
I'm just used to the easy stuff.
when I use the var_dump as suggested I get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WorkOrderSystem\WorkOrder.php on line 136
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Boyd, Todd M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Taking this back on-list...
From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:44 AM
To: Boyd, Todd M.
Subject: Re: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
I don't know how to run is_array this is the problem I'm a designer that
is stuck doing a coders job
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Boyd, Todd M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:32 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
>
> I am still getting the Invalid arguement error on this implode:
>
> if (isset($_POST['BannerSize'])){$BannerSize =
> implode(',',$_POST['BannerSize']);} else {$BannerSize = "";}
>
> I have moved the ',', from the beginning to the end of the statement
> and
> nothing works is there any other way to do this, basically there is a
> form
> and the people entering work orders can select different sized banners
> they
> need, which goes into the db as text so...argh...
Take the time to read what people have suggested. I seem to remember
people asking you if you had run is_array() on your so-called array.
Well, if you didn't, and it's NOT an array, and therefore will NOT work
with implode(), then feel free to facepalm ahead of time.
---
I believe something to that effect was posted, with fully intact code,
on the list. Not to be rude, but if you're tasked with PHP programming
and you don't understand what it is to run a function, you should
probably bone up on procedural fundamentals and PHP in general before
you go much further... or you're going to SERIOUSLY screw something up
and be at a loss as to what you did (or how to fix it). Again--I'm not
trying to be rude. I am giving honest advice.
http://www.w3schools.com/php
---
Bottom posting will prevail, damnit! :D
As for your error, it is generally good list etiquette (and will help you, as
well!) to post THE ACTUAL CODE that threw the error instead of "here's my error
message and what line it happened on." We don't know the code on that line in
question. We don't know the context (code surrounding it). As such, it is very
difficult to derive anything whatsoever from your error message.
Details!
Also--if you're versed in Classic ASP, is PHP seriously all that different?
Their function declarations and usage, opening/closing delimiters (<% and http://www.php.net/)
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RE: [PHP] Stats (was anchor name on URL)
> -Original Message- > From: Yeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:09 AM > To: PHP General Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PHP] Stats (was anchor name on URL) > > I think it's also interesting to know what browsers web developers > prefer [1]. > > Also what people would like to know more about [2]. > Number 1: howto kiss > Number 5: howto hack (lol?) > > [1] http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp > [2] http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/zeitgeist2007/mind.html "who is god" ??! I'm beginning to think people put a bit too much "faith" (no pun intended) in Google. Ugh. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
Taking this back on-list...
From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:44 AM
To: Boyd, Todd M.
Subject: Re: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
I don't know how to run is_array this is the problem I'm a designer that
is stuck doing a coders job
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Boyd, Todd M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:32 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
>
> I am still getting the Invalid arguement error on this implode:
>
> if (isset($_POST['BannerSize'])){$BannerSize =
> implode(',',$_POST['BannerSize']);} else {$BannerSize = "";}
>
> I have moved the ',', from the beginning to the end of the statement
> and
> nothing works is there any other way to do this, basically there is a
> form
> and the people entering work orders can select different sized banners
> they
> need, which goes into the db as text so...argh...
Take the time to read what people have suggested. I seem to remember
people asking you if you had run is_array() on your so-called array.
Well, if you didn't, and it's NOT an array, and therefore will NOT work
with implode(), then feel free to facepalm ahead of time.
---
I believe something to that effect was posted, with fully intact code,
on the list. Not to be rude, but if you're tasked with PHP programming
and you don't understand what it is to run a function, you should
probably bone up on procedural fundamentals and PHP in general before
you go much further... or you're going to SERIOUSLY screw something up
and be at a loss as to what you did (or how to fix it). Again--I'm not
trying to be rude. I am giving honest advice.
http://www.w3schools.com/php
Hope this helps (sincerely),
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] HTTP Authentication
> -Original Message- > From: Craige Leeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:35 AM > To: Thiago H. Pojda > Cc: PHP-General List > Subject: Re: [PHP] HTTP Authentication > > Thiago H. Pojda wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I have to access a WS that uses HTTP auth directly with PHP. > > > > I've tried using the usual http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ but I couldn't > get it > > working. I believe it has something to do with the password > containing a # > > (can't change it) and the browser thinks it's an achor or something. > > > > All I've seen were scripts to implement HTTP Auth in PHP, nothing > about > > actually logging in with PHP. > > > > Is it possible to send the authentication headers the first time I > access > > the link? I could send all necessary headers to the page I'm trying > to > > access and retrieve it's content at once. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Why don't you let yourself in regardless of the credentials and print > them out to make sure they're being evaluated as you expect. Well... he said he needs to access a WS, not that he administrates it or has any control over the authentication, etc. As for the Basic Authentication, I believe you can send the authentication info in the headers (instead of the URL). If you have problems implementing that in straight PHP, perhaps cURL could be of some assistance. http://www.httprevealer.com/article_basic_authentication.htm - this outlines the header formats, etc... just remember--you will need to Base64 encode "username:password" for the "Authorization" header. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
> -Original Message-
> From: Terion Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:32 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Invalid Arguements
>
> I am still getting the Invalid arguement error on this implode:
>
> if (isset($_POST['BannerSize'])){$BannerSize =
> implode(',',$_POST['BannerSize']);} else {$BannerSize = "";}
>
> I have moved the ',', from the beginning to the end of the statement
> and
> nothing works is there any other way to do this, basically there is a
> form
> and the people entering work orders can select different sized banners
> they
> need, which goes into the db as text so...argh...
Take the time to read what people have suggested. I seem to remember
people asking you if you had run is_array() on your so-called array.
Well, if you didn't, and it's NOT an array, and therefore will NOT work
with implode(), then feel free to facepalm ahead of time.
// Todd
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RE: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:58 PM > To: Richard Heyes > Cc: Yeti; Boyd, Todd M.; PHP General Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL > > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 23:51 +, Richard Heyes wrote: > > > Yeah, but it will mean that there will still be about 3 different > > > rendering versions of IE out there by the time it comes out; 7, 8 > and 9 > > > (I'm fairly sure 6 will have gone to that good ol' web in the sky > by > > > that time) > > > > Sure, but depending on how closely it follows WebKit, could make > > testing on IE9, Safari and Chrome a breeze. > > > > -- > > Richard Heyes > > > > HTML5 Graphing for FF, Chrome, Opera and Safari: > > http://www.rgraph.org (Updated November 15th) > > > Don't forget Konqueror in that list ;) It's not exactly the same engine > after Apple forked it from KHTML, but it's quite close, and both > Konqueror and Safari are said to be working a little more closely than > before to share the work done to the rendering engines since the fork. > > I'm waiting for the day when Firefox starts using Google's V8 scripting > engine! Firefox will probably go with their own improvements a la Minefield (instead of V8). As for WebKit, I think you guys are forgetting--it's an APPLE product. Do you seriously think they're going to let Microsoft use it in their web browser after they've hacked it to pieces and strung it back together into some bloated, inefficient monster? Well... maybe if the price is right. /shrug // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 5:09 PM > To: Yeti > Cc: Boyd, Todd M.; PHP General Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL > > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 14:58 -0800, Yeti wrote: > > > I look forward to the day when markup isn't so bloated > > > due to the inability of certain web browser franchises to "get it > right." > > > > Although I usually look at the future through an optimistic point of > > view, that day may never come. > > > You say that, have you heard the latest for IE9? They're already > planning it, and apparently it's going to use the Webkit engine! I've heard folks at Microsoft say, basically, "Speed/efficiency was not a consideration." Ugh. Still waiting on Mozilla Minefield. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL
> -Original Message- > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:34 PM > To: Stan > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: anchor name on URL > > On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 14:21 -0600, Stan wrote: > > Well ... you got me thinking ... > > > > I moved the placement of the named anchor to inside the first > tag in > > the row and it works (instead of inside the tag. > > > > Sorry. > > > > > > > Ah, it seems that the doctype might have been to blame then, as an > tag cannot exist within a unless it is in a or . If in > doubt, run your page through the W3C Validator, as it's a great help in > catching bugs. I also think it's worth mentioning that the XHTML standard will refer to the "id" attribute, not the "name" attribute, when searching for a link in the format "#identifier". Many people double-up (putting the same value in both attributes) for backwards-compatibility. I look forward to the day when markup isn't so bloated due to the inability of certain web browser franchises to "get it right." // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how can i lookup the index in a string where a regexp matches?
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:50 AM > To: php php > Subject: Re: [PHP] how can i lookup the index in a string where a > regexp matches? > > Rene Veerman wrote: > > hi, i need to search with regexps in strings, and want to know the > > index (of the source string) at which the regexp matched. and the > > length of the matched string, so with substitutions like \d+.. > > > > i'm kinda in a hurry on this one, would appreciate your immediate > > answer very much.. > > > :D i shouldnt scan texts to fast anymore.. esp when i'm in a hurry > > http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php > > | $subject = "abcdef"; > $pattern = '/^def/'; > preg_match($pattern, substr($subject,3), $matches, > PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE); > print_r($matches); > ?> | > > will produce > > Array > ( > [0] => Array > ( > [0] => def > [1] => 0 > ) > > ) Are you sure about the ^? I would think '/^def/' would look for "def" at the beginning of the line... anyway, glad to see you found out about the PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE flag. // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how can i lookup the index in a string where a regexp matches?
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:47 AM > To: php php > Subject: [PHP] how can i lookup the index in a string where a regexp > matches? > > hi, i need to search with regexps in strings, and want to know the > index > (of the source string) at which the regexp matched. and the length of > the matched string, so with substitutions like \d+.. > > i'm kinda in a hurry on this one, would appreciate your immediate > answer > very much.. >From http://www.php.net/preg_match : flags flags can be the following flag: PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE If this flag is passed, for every occurring match the appendant string offset will also be returned. Note that this changes the return value in an array where every element is an array consisting of the matched string at index 0 and its string offset into subject at index 1. HTH, // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Date Issue
> -Original Message- > From: Craige Leeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:50 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Date Issue > > Boyd, Todd M. wrote: > >> Are you sure this isn't like Javascript's "getMonth" function? Its > index may begin at 0, making "day 0" the "first day" of the year. > >> > Hmm, though I know us programmers love to start counting at zero, why > would something as static as a date start counting at zero? I would > have > imagined something like that would start at 1. I dunno. Threw me for a hell of a loop (no pun intended) when I first started playing with Javascript dates, though. Year = starts at 1 (not literally, but for all intents and purposes). Day = starts at 1. Month = starts at 0? What?! :) // Todd
RE: [PHP] Experience (was: while-question)
> -Original Message- > From: Yeti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:23 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M.; PHP General Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PHP] Experience (was: while-question) > > who says PHP means programming? > All I see is script code, unless you write your own extension or you > contribute to php-internal Well, now, you're just splitting hairs. Programming, scripting, coding--whatever you want to call it. They all involve similar methods. I made a program in VB.NET that takes a text file list of phone numbers and creates a geocoded XML tree by state, areacode, prefix, and finally extension. I compiled it into an executable. That was programming, yes? I then took that exact same code (the only part that changed was the output--it streams as an XML attachment instead of creating the output file on the local file system), and created an ASP.NET web site out of it. That wasn't programming? Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Experience (was: while-question)
> -Original Message- > From: bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:00 PM > To: 'Robert Cummings'; 'Stut' > Cc: 'Nathan Rixham'; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] while-question > > curious qiestion > > to all on here who dabble in php... how many of you have actully gone > to > college, taken algorithm courses, microprocessor courses, > design/architecture courses, etc.. > > or is the majority of the work here from people who've grabbed the > tools and > started programming... ? Currently in college seeking a Computer Information Systems degree (Bachelor of Science). I will then continue into the Masters' program. I've taken courses on Database Systems, Decision Support Systems and Warehouse Management, Programming and Algorithms, Advanced Algorithms, Assembly Language (Motorola 68000), Operating Systems (Win32/POSIX), Systems Analysis, and Software Engineering (I'm sure I'm missing a couple from early college and high school... Pascal, VB, etc., but whatev). When I get my first degree, I will have added Artificial Intelligence, Systems Design, and Distributed Computing to that list. However--I have not been taught one lick of PHP in college. Then again, I think the language has very little to do with the program's power; it's mostly up to the programmer and his/her methods. Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Date Issue
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:50 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Date Issue > > $smont = 10; > $sday = 13; > $syear = 2008; > $timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$smont,$sday,$syear); > $thismonth = getdate($timestamp); > > Here is where the problem comes into play. > > echo $thismonth['yday']; > > This displays 286 when in fact its 287. > Is there a problem in my ini file or what is the deal. Are you sure this isn't like Javascript's "getMonth" function? Its index may begin at 0, making "day 0" the "first day" of the year. HTH, Todd Boyd Web Programmer
RE: [PHP] Another question about Google maps
> -Original Message- > From: tedd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:11 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Another question about Google maps > > Hi gang: > > I posted this question on the Google Map Discussion group/list > thingie, but got zip in replies. Maybe someone here might have an > idea. > > Here's the url: > > http://masoncollision.com/contact.php > > In both Safari and FireFox for the Mac (I have not tested it with > other browsers) as the page loads the map border is momentary drawn > twice. The map border is shown stacked one above the other making the > page much longer than it actually is. But immediately thereafter, the > map is drawn correctly and the page returns to the size it's supposed > to be. > > I just want to get rid of the momentary flash. > > Anyone have any ideas? tedd, I think it might be displaying your extra divs (if there are any.. just skimmed the source momentarily) for a split second before they are hidden with Javascript. Maybe try setting the CSS for your 3 map divs (mapsearch, idlediv, searchdiv or whatever) to display:none and show them when the page is loaded? Or give all 3 the same top/left coordinates, etc... Just a shot in the dark. I may read over the code a bit more if I get some time later today. I'm no expert, but I've been working with the Google Maps API rather extensively lately, and maybe I can offer a fresh set of eyes. HTH, Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] building an admin tree with varying node types
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 4:06 PM > To: Boyd, Todd M. > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] building an admin tree with varying node types > > Rene Veerman wrote: > > i'm still trying to get my head around how the operations are done. > > sometimes i see that java app re-arrange large parts of the tree, and > > i wonder if it's still the same tree i'm looking at :) > > > > > omg, somebody grab the LART and give me a good spanking on the back of > my head.. > > a binary search tree cannot be used to store an actual tree of > information, right? (just double checking) > > so far apparently all i got is a modified pre-order tree. I was told > this is the same as a binary tree, and from there confusion set in > quickly.. > > so the search continues... It is my understanding that a "binary tree" is any tree where each node can have a maximum of 2 children. There are several implementations--they differ on how they are balanced, for the most part. HTH, Todd Boyd Web Programmer
RE: [PHP] Weird Syntax Error
> -Original Message-
> From: Edgar da Silva (Fly2k) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:39 AM
> To: Kyle Terry
> Cc: PHP General Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Weird Syntax Error
>
> Try:
>
> $insert = "INSERT INTO release_file_upload (upl_file_name,
> upl_file_type,
> upl_file_size, upl_date, upl_by, upl_path, release_id) VALUES
> ('$filename',
> '{$_SESSION['upload']['type']}', '{$_SESSION['upload']['size']}',
> now(),
> '$username', '$path', '$release_id')";
>
> 2008/11/13 Kyle Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I keep getting this syntax error on the following string...
> >
> > syntax error unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE expecting T_STRING
> or
> > T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING
> >
> > $insert = "INSERT INTO release_file_upload (upl_file_name,
> upl_file_type,
> > upl_file_size, upl_date, upl_by, upl_path, release_id) VALUES
> ('$filename',
> > '$_SESSION['upload']['type']', '$_SESSION['upload']['size']', now(),
> > '$username', '$path', '$release_id')";
Yup... I was just about to say--you need to wrap your array references with
curly braces {}. Otherwise, I believe PHP will look for a primitive variable
named $_SESSION, not an array whose indices are "upload" and "size".
HTH,
Todd Boyd
Web Programmer
RE: [PHP] Re: Missing DLLs
> -Original Message- > From: David Robley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:10 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Re: Missing DLLs > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > So, that error message about a missing DLL, when it's really a "sub" > DLL > > that is missing... > > > > Is that something in PHP source that could be fixed to specify WHICH > dll > > is really missing? > > > > Or is that just Windows being stupid? > > > > Mr. Spock has calculated that a quick hack change to that error > message to > > be more specific would save approximately 3,141.59 man-hours per > week... > > > > :-) > > > > I'm happy to put it in bugs.php.net as a feature request, if it's > actually > > IN php, but don't want to waste the resources to mark it as junk if > > there's no way PHP could do that. > > > > Richard "someday I'll re-learn C and download PHP source and start > > hacking" Lynch > > IIRC there is a little windows app called dependcywalker which you can > point > at an application and it will tell you what libraries are required to > run > that application. Google will find it for you. Holy crap! This program is awesome! http://www.dependencywalker.com/ Just went and downloaded it at your suggestion, and I am *VERY* pleased with it just in the first couple minutes I've been playing with it. Sweet program, and should save me some headaches when I go to install new software! ;) Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how to implement search on site
> -Original Message- > From: Jignesh Thummar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 6:07 AM > To: Richard Heyes > Cc: PHP-General List > Subject: Re: [PHP] how to implement search on site > > Thanks Richard. > > I have to try Zend_Lucene. > > - Jignesh > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Richard Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Zend_Lucene require lots of efforts? > > > > Well like everything in life to get good results will mean you will > > have to put some time in. But by no means an innordinate amount (I > > would imagine). If you did then the Zend Framework wouldn't be so > > good. > > > > > If i have to use DB? how can i do it? > > > > Zend_Lucene is file based - no database required. Therefore it's more > > portable (plus it's all PHP based as I understand it) and has fewer > > pre-requisites. If you're mainly worried about indexing public pages, why not implement a Google custom search? They do all the heavy lifting--you just worry about maintaining your website. All the same SEO you do for Google will then apply to your website internally... Todd Boyd Web Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] building an admin tree with varying node types
> -Original Message- > From: Rene Veerman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:50 PM > To: Eric Butera > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; php php > Subject: Re: [PHP] building an admin tree with varying node types > > Rene Veerman wrote: > > Eric Butera wrote: > >> I cheat and just keep the normal parentId column and regenerate the > >> tree based on changes on that. I had spent a little bit looking at > >> the different update/delete methods and there wasn't a lot of good > >> information/examples as you've stated. I had found some but there > >> were always edge cases that busted them. > >> > >> > > > > Just found this; > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVL_tree > > > > interesting read so far, havent found any opensource classes that > > implement it yet, am tempted to write one ;) > > > java visualization of an AVL tree, this is so much fun, i dont even > understand it yet and it's cool. > http://webpages.ull.es/users/jriera/Docencia/AVL/AVL%20tree%20applet.ht > m ...had to make one of these in my Advanced Programming & Algorithms class. Self-balancing trees are a pretty interesting beast to learn about/work with, but a beast nonetheless. :) Todd Boyd Web Programmer
RE: [PHP] object persistence within a session
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] object persistence within a session > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:55 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I've found that I don't mind a few well organized database calls per > >> page for the information I need. > > > > Opening up a database connection is very expensive. > > > > Sending one more simple / fast query is dirt cheap. > > > > Time it on your system with http://php.net/microtime and see. > > > > > > Perhaps, but the examples I usually find when cleaning up code are of > the variety where a script executes one statement to find a list of > parent records, iterates through those records and inside the loop it > executes another statement (sometimes multiple statements!) to get the > details, update records, etc. From strictly a coder's standpoint, I'm sure this helps view and understand source in an efficient manner. However, I think that you should always try to condense stuff like that into a JOIN query. Logically, it makes tons more sense to me to do that in SQL rather than PHP, since that's the sort of thing SQL was constructed to do in the first place (the "R" in RDBMS). I find often that web programmers try to accomplish recursive database manipulation with multiple calls/connections to the database server in PHP rather than taking the time to structure a proper SQL query that will do the job and return all of the necessary data in one fell swoop. Just my 2c. As always, if scale is not a concern, then you have quite a bit more breathing room to work with your chosen methods. I just analogize it with people doing complex DOM traversals and such when they could use 2 lines of standard CSS to get the job done... Todd Boyd Web Programmer
