What does sprintf stand for?
Hi everyone, I tried looking it up on google and wikipedia but couldn't find an answer... Does anyone know what 'sprintf' or 'printf' stands for? Is it an abbreviation for something??? Thanks ...
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CakePHP cannot modify header?
I am using CakePHP 1.3 and it keeps telling me the following. Cannot modify header information This ONLY happens when I include the Auth component. var $components = array('Auth'); Am I doing something wrong, a bug, or what? ...
PHP forking php-fpm with pcntl_fork()
I'm forking with this code: echo "1. posix_getpid()=".posix_getpid().", posix_getppid()=".posix_getppid()."\n"; $pid = pcntl_fork(); var_dump($pid); if ($pid == -1) die("could not fork"); if ($pid) { //parent echo "2. pid=".$pid.", posix_getpid()=".posix_getpid().", posix_getppid()=".posix_getppid()."\n"; } else { //child $sid = posix...
[PHP] PHP fails with no error
Hi all. I am building a template parser. The template parser works like this: Tokenize (make for each part of the template code a token) Parse Use my ParserHelper class. You can add rules for this system, and then it checks the token list for a valid grammar. Add / change some tokens for extra functionality Compile (translate to php ...
Find matching brackets using regular expression in PHP
Assuming I have this string: "abc{def{ghi{jkl}mno{pqr}st}uvw}xyz" and I want to match this: "{def{ghi{jkl}mno{pqr}st}uvw}" what should my regular expression look like..? In other words, the match should start with "{" and end with "}", but it must have as many {'s as }'s in between. ...
Pull first X words (not just characters) from mySQL
I'd like to be able to pull the first X words from a database field for use in a preview. Basically if a field 's content was "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris malesuada." I would like to echo "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet... see more" What's the best way to do this? The only thing I know to do is p...
PHP Post Request inside a POST Request
There is a contact form which current action is "http://www.siteA.com/ContactInfo.php", it sends fields and values. In ContactInfo.php, i just catch the values and send and email to [email protected] BUT, inside ContactInfo.php, I need to send the same data to another destination, in other domain http://wwws.SiteB.com/Reg.aspx I have tryed out to...
How to do a parameterized query
[ Status: Learner ] I am attempting to implement a parameterized query but I am having problems. Jonathan Sampson recently hinted at how this could be done (#2286115), but I'm not following his suggestion correctly. Here is my script $cGrade = "grade" ; include_once ( "db_login.php" ) ; $sql = "SELECT last_name AS last_name ...
Evaluate page & store in variable?
I want to grab a php file, evaluate any php, then store the contents in a variable. We'll call this.. page.php <?php $content = "Hello World."; ?> <html> <head> <title><?php echo $content ?></title> </head> <body> <?php echo $content ?> </body> </html And I want to put that into a variable by calling a function from another file. ...
help with regular expression
i dont undestand the () in regexp. eg. what is the difference between these lines: "/hello/" "/(hello)/" ...
How can I limit the total number of SimpleXML results?
I'm looking to limit to the first 5 results returned here. This works, but it does not limit the data set: <?php foreach($sxml->status as $status){ $name = $status->user->name; $image =$status->user->profile_image_url; $update =$status->text; $url = "http://twitter.com/" .$status->user->screen_name; echo "<li><a href=\"" . $url . "\"...
Encrypt nsdata in iphone and decrypt it in php
Hi All, I am new to Iphone development , I want to create an application in which I have to upload some data on php server using my Iphone application. For this I have an file on the Iphone whose content I have to upload on php server. For this I have converted the content of the file in NSData and now I want to encrypt this nsdata obje...
error in backing up mysql database through php
What's wrong with this code?I'm currently calling the code below using a link. Is there anything else needed for this to work? The error is specifically in this line: $backupdir = 'C:\wampbackup\x.sql'; What might be a possible solution to this. I'm a beginner so please bear with my lack of knowledge. $host= 'localhost'...
complex math with great circle formula
I have a from location (latitude, longitude) and to location (latitude, longitude). After calculating, it should show me what would be the nearest way to go from using a compass. The following is PHP code to do that, but its showing the wrong direction, I need little help on this. function GreatCircleDirection ($OrigLat, $DestLat, $Orig...
What's the best compression to use with uploading big catalog by FTP ?
If you are uploading something like Zend Framework using poor internet conneciton it may be problematic. I think the compression of the catalog is the best solution. But what compression system is the best for this task ? We are using PHP, of course. I have some ideas like PHP + exec + unrar and http://www.php.net/manual/en/refs.compre...
help with reg_replace()
i want to get the word Asarum in the below line: <A HREF="http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=&place=&nation=&english=Y&subjectid=1062783">Asarum</A> i tried with: preg_replace('/<a.*?>/i', '', $link); preg_replace('/<\/a>/i', '', $link); echo $link; but it doesn't work. nothing was cut out. coul...
How to make something to let the user change the language in a multilingual website that uses php arrays?
I followed the following tutorial to build a multilingual webpage using php arrays: http://bytes.com/topic/php/answers/880915-how-develop-multi-lingual-websites-php the code: files tree: locale/ english.php french.php set_locale.php index.php locale/english.php: <?php $locale = array( 'title' => 'Title in English', ...
Can I send a fax using PHP?
I have fax numbers and I would like to to send a fax message to each of the numbers programatically. What is the code to send fax message using PHP? ...
Reusing the temporary file created by a file upload in a PHP form
Hi, regarding file uploads, I have a form through which I upload a file, I get the $temp_name = $_FILES['name']['temp_name'] and store it in a variable. Can I then use that variable again inside move_uploaded_file("$temp_name","$location") inside another form. Will this work?? When we upload a file, there is a temp location created o...
How to maintain the previously selected language (I used php arrays and ?lang=) after clicking a link?
I have the following code: <html> <head> <title><?php echo $GLOBALS['L']['title']; ?></title> </head> <body> <ul id="language-selection"> <li><a href="index.php?lang=english">English</a></li> <li><a href="index.php?lang=french">French</a></li> ...