php

Type check in all array elements

Hi all. Is there any simple way of checking if all elements of an array are instances of a specific type without looping all elements? Or at least an easy way to get all elements of type X from an array. Thank you. Regards, Diogo ...

Resize image with ratio using PHP

Hello, Say I've got some square images which I want to resize to rectangle images with the ratio 16:9. What is the best way to do it using PHP? ...

dompdf memory issues

I'm using DOMPDF to generate about 500 reports from one script. It's running out of memory after about 10-15 PDFs have been generated. In debugging, it looks like it's loading 8M every time it gets to the font loading stuff, but this seems like something that should be handled with the font caching code. Any ideas of what's going wrong...

Need help with a PHP preg_match

I'm not very good with preg_match so please forgive me if this is easy. So far I have... preg_match("/".$clear_user."\/[0-9]{10}/", $old_data, $matches) The thing I'm trying to match looks like.. :userid/time() Right now, the preg_match would have a problem with 22/1266978013 and 2/1266978013. I need to figure out how to match the...

Problem with adding errors to Validation library in Kohana 3

I need to add some errors to the Validation helper in Kohana 3. Here is what I start with: // validate form $post = Validate::factory($_POST) // Trim all fields ->filter(TRUE, 'trim') // Rules for name ->rule('first-name', 'not_empty') ->rule('last-nam...

Alphabetic equivalent of PHP is_numeric

I am looking for a function that would be the alphabetic equivalent of is_numeric. It would return true if there are only letters in the string and false otherwise. Does a built in function exist in PHP? ...

Wordpress & Vanity User URLs

Hi All, Was wondering if anyone had any smart approaches to creating dynamic vanity user urls upon user registration. My site basically uses emails as usernames. I have the regex to strip the text before the "@" symbol (e.g. "[email protected]" becomes "name") I would then like to take the "name" and create a vanity url (e.g. domain.com/na...

In php is there a reason to use a static method on a class instead of an independent method?

We're having this discussion here. Which is better and why? 1) a php file that just includes a function... function bar(){} called like this bar(); 2) a php that contains a class with a static method. class foo{ static function bar(){} } called like this foo::bar(); Are there any performance reasons to do one or the other?...

Regex: How to strip email before "@" symbol?

Hi all, I have the following String First Last <[email protected]> I would like to extract "first.last" from the email string using regex & PHP. How to go about this? Thanks in advance! ...

changing time format with preg replace in php

i m just wondering if we can do this with preg replace like if there's time like 1h 38 min can change to 98 mins 2h 20 min can change to 140 mins or just suggest me any other random function to this is simpler way thanks ...

creating a dynamic php insert into mysql function?

hi all, i have a post with a LOT of variables, and I was wondering if there was some way of inserting the information into mysql dynamically, rather than typing it all out manually, as the post variables change depending on what the user selects. ...

php oop variable scope

So I have a class.. In its constructor I include the code which connects me to my database via the mysqli extension: class MyClass { public function __construct() { include("dbconnect"); } } dbconnect looks like this: $host = "localhost"; $user = "user"; $pass = "123"; $database = "myDatabase"; $mysqli = new mysq...

PHP delete from file

Hey guys, ive search around and nothing ius QUITE what i need, i am horrible with php thus far. Basically, i have a text file serving as a database. each line has the form: id|lat|lng|details where: id is a unique integer, lat and lng are float and string details. I have a client page (locked under user-pass) in which the user ente...

how to check mail server is down in php

Does anyone how can I check whether the mailserver I use is down or not with php? ...

can not execute two mysql queries at once in PHP

If I try to execute two MySQL queries at once by delimitting them with a semicolon, it works fine in PHP MyAdmin, but the query doesn't work at all in PHP mysql_query(). Does anyone know why? ...

Load pictures with PHP (from DB) dynamicly in JavaScript AJAX script (jCarousel)

Hello everyone, I am using a AJAX gallery called jCarousel, and I am having some difficulties about dynamicly loading my pictures from the data, I simply don’t know how to integrate PHP in the JavaScript code. The static JavaScript code for loading the pictures is: var mycarousel_itemList = [ {url: \"http://static.flickr.com/66/199...

First time using $_SESSION in PHP and I think I'm doing things wrong. I'm getting a syntax error.

Hi there guys. Here's my code for registerFormOne.php: <html> <head> <title>Registration Form - 1 of 2</title> </head> <body> <h1>Registration - Part 1 of 2</h1> <p>Please fill in all the required information before submitting the information.</p> <form action="registerFormTwo.php" method="post"> First Name:<in...

How can I catch an error caused by mail()?

Does anyone know how can I catch mail error (error display while sening email and the error is caused by the mailserver down) in php? Error that caused by emailserver down as below: <!--2010-02-24T14:26:43+11:00 NOTICE (5): Unexpected Error: mail() [<a href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "ip "...

Set PHP cron job on windows server 2003

Hi Guys, I am using Windows server 2003, IIS6, php and mysql. I have a problem setting the cronjob using built in schedule task feature in Windows OS. Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Schedule Tasks Add "new schedule task" It asks me choose programs. Should I choose php.exe or internet explorer, because php files run on...

Saving information from textBox to SESSION isn't working, probably a newbie mistake.

I have two pages, A and B. I want to echo a variable written in A inside of the page in B. Here's the first page: <?php session_start(); ?> <html> <head> <title>Registration Form - 1 of 2</title> </head> <body> <h1>Registration - Part 1 of 2</h1> <p>Please fill in all the required information before submittin...