Re: [nyphp-talk] validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-24 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 23, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Or the opposite problem: I've been working with a city-run database > that doesn't allow hyphens in names. Brilliant! Tell me about it. Many years ago I started a company in Michigan named "•.com". I don't know if the BULLET character will mak

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:28 PM, Jerry B. Altzman wrote: > on 9/27/2011 10:56 AM Rukbat said the following: >> On 9/24/2011 1:51 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: >>> I hope you renamed your company •.com or similar! >> Try http://xn--nvg.com/ (That's punycode for the dot.) > > It's for sale: > http://symbold

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:44 PM, David Krings wrote: > On 9/29/2011 2:06 PM, John Campbell wrote: >> It is designed for people coming from other languages. Like groupon >> in china is gaopeng.com, but gaopeng is 高朋 when written as characters. >> 高朋.com is http://xn--bpvz66i.com/ in puny code. >> >

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:44 PM, David Krings wrote: > On 9/29/2011 2:06 PM, John Campbell wrote: >>> Then again, who wants such a URL for a business anyway? Nobody can type that >>> letter on their keyboard and the punycode equivalent isn't really easy to >>> remember or meaningful. Yes, it makes the

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 29, 2011, at 4:12 PM, John Campbell wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM, John Campbell wrote: >> >>> The problem with puny code is that it is a security nightmare, and no >>> safe browsers are ever going to support it. >>> >>>

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-29 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 29, 2011, at 5:04 PM, John Campbell wrote: >> This is a problem, but not an unsolvable one. Browsers will support PUNYCODE >> AND be safe eventually. > My guess is that > Safari will become more secure like Chrome/IE/Firefox, not the other > way around. Who knows? I know that the majorit

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-09-30 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:24 PM, David Krings wrote: > On 9/29/2011 6:10 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: >> Now what Apple does is really up to Apple. I'm guessing they won't follow >> the heard. And why should they? They made their fortune by leading not >> following.

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-10-03 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Oct 3, 2011, at 1:53 PM, Jerry B. Altzman wrote: > Returning to the my original obPHP (so that Hans doesn't get upset at me): > how do punycoded URLs and their Unicoded (or other-encoded) counterparts get > dealt with in real life PHP? Who is dealing with them, and how well does > PHP+your

Re: [nyphp-talk] somewhat OT Re: validating proper name capitalization

2011-10-04 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:13 PM, John Campbell wrote: >> I understand that, but I'm asking something like: if you type in •.com into >> your browser, what's getting passed to the server behind the scenes? > > The non encoded string (xn--...). It must be this way because the > HTTP protocol requires t

Re: [nyphp-talk] Oct. Call for Speakers

2011-10-07 Thread Tedd Sperling
Thanks for the offer, but NYC is a bit of a travel for me. Cheers, tedd --- On Oct 7, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Hans Zaunere wrote: > Hi all, > > We're currently open for people to present at our Oct. general meeting (Oct. > 25th). If you'd like to present, please contact me directly. > > Regards,

Re: [nyphp-talk] Prefill

2011-11-07 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Nov 6, 2011, at 6:19 PM, tu...@netzero.net wrote: > Hi, Guys! > > This maybe a simple solution that I overlooked. I can't seem to get my > variables to populate in text areas with tags. Input boxes > () work just fine, but for some reason boxes won't populate > any content at all. > > Is

Re: [nyphp-talk] Current PHP developer rates

2011-11-17 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Rob Marscher wrote: > On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:43 PM, Ronald Bradford wrote: >> Could people give me a sense of the per hour rate for an experienced >> developer these days in New York. > > About $80/hr is the rate I've seen (and paid) to well experienced developers. >

Re: [nyphp-talk] Learning to program the right way

2012-01-26 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Ajai Khattri wrote: > On 1/26/12 11:03 AM, Rukbat wrote: >> As someone who started by writing machine code (not assembly, bits - and in >> octal, which was the big thing back when we wrote code on stone with wooden >> chisels), I can say that's very true. > > As so

Re: [nyphp-talk] Help With My Contact Centre Website

2013-09-27 Thread Tedd Sperling
Marvin: I can't see the code, but I can tell a couple of things from the errors: 1. The error "headers already sent " is created when you have already sent stuff to the browser and try to do it again. Functions that send/modify HTTP headers must be invoked before any output is made. Otherwise t

Re: [nyphp-talk] Help With My Contact Centre Website

2013-09-27 Thread Tedd Sperling
ion of a php form. Considering all, I submitted my recommendation. If my recommendation is followed, then I strongly suspect the problem will be resolved without having to omit "?>". Cheers, tedd ___ tedd sperling tedd.sperl...@gmail.com ___