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How to check for whitespaces in CSV file ?

Currently I am using ctype_alnum to check for alphanumeric type in csv file. But one of my data has white spaces between them and so ctype_alnum gives me false. Example: ctype_alnum("Here is 23"); So my question is how can I check for white spaces in string in php ? ...

Magento adding new options to a drop down attribute

Hello Im currently writing a product syncronisation script for magento. I know how to add a new product with a given attribute set. However one of the atributes i am using is a size field. When a new size is encounterd I want to add this option to the attribute, I am wondering how to do this please? ...

code ignoring valid session from earlier successful login

I have a login script that when successful, should check to see if the session exists, if not, display login form, once posted, authenticate, if successful, set session. After I successfully post the form, and it binds successfully, then go back to the page, it completely ignores the session and displays the login page. I don't know wh...

Open Source CMS with linked sub-sections and users

I work at a small college that wants to make "sites" for all of the academic departments (~30). I managed to talk them out of their original idea: 30 individual Wordpress installations. What a maintenance nightmare! What I'm looking for is a CMS (preferably Python or PHP, as those are my areas of expertise) that can automagically creat...

sending IMAP commands using php

I'm trying to access yahoo mail IMAP server with a php script. I read that yahoo requires a specific IMAP command “ID ("GUID" "1")”. How do I send this command ? ...

Tricky file parsing. Inconsistent Delimeters

I need to parse a file with the following format. 0000000 ...ISBN.. ..Author.. ..Title.. ..Edit.. ..Year.. ..Pub.. ..Comments.. NrtlExt Nrtl Next Navg NQoH UrtlExt Urtl Uext Uavg UQoH ABS NEB MBS FOL ABE0001 0-679-73378-7 ABE WOMAN IN THE DUNES (INT'L ED) 1st 64 RANDOM 0.00 13.90 0.00 10.43 0 21.00 10.50 6.44 3.22 2 2.00 0.50 2.00 2.00...

MySql - Select from - Don't Show Duplicate Words - maybe "on duplicate key"?

hi, how can I insert "on duplicate key" in this Code to remove duplicate words? or is there a better method that you know? thank you!! this is my code: function sm_list_recent_searches($before = '', $after = '', $count = 20) { // List the most recent successful searches. global $wpdb, $table_prefix; $count = intval($count); ...

Attaching labels to messages in Gmail via IMAP using code

Hi guys - concerning Gmail labels - what are they technically speaking. I mean through imap connection I can access a gmail mailbox and go through the emails however let say I wish to create a label and attach it to the emails as I loop through them using code - how can I do that in code? I'm using php - and Zend Framework. EDIT === Th...

Named pipe blocking with user nobody

I have 2 short scripts. The first, an awk script, processes a large file and prints to a named pipe 'myfifo.dat'. The second, a Perl script, runs a LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE 'myfifo.dat'... command. Both of these scripts work when run locally like so: lee.awk big.file & lee.pl However, when I call these scripts from a PHP webpage, the n...

require_once at the beginning or when really needed?

Where should I put require_once statements, and why? Always on the beginning of a file, before the class, In the actual method when the file is really needed It depends ? Most frameworks put includes at the beginning and do not care if the file is really needed. Using autoloader is the other case here. Edit: Surely, we all agree...

Code coverage with phpunit; can't get to one place.

In the xdebug code coverage, it shows the line "return false;" (below "!$r") as not covered by my tests. But, the $sql is basically hard-coded. How do I get coverage on that? Do I overwrite "$table" somehow? Or kill the database server for this part of the test? I guess this is probably telling me I'm not writing my model very well,...

Determining a Local File's Mime Type (Content-type) With PHP

I am trying to determine a file's mime type. I've tried a few methods, but haven't come up with anything that gives consistent output. I've tried $mime = mime_content_type($file) and $mime = exec('file -bi ' . $file). I am serving up images, CSS, and JavaScript. Example mime_content_type() output: jquery.min.js - text/plain editor....

Passing Binary Data to a Stored Procedure in SQL Server 2008

I'm trying to figure out a way to store files in a database. I know it's recommended to store files on the file system rather than the database, but the job I'm working on would highly prefer using the database to store these images (files). There are also some constraints. I'm not an admin user, and I have to make stored procedures to ...

facebook events to rss feed?

it looks like there used to be an export events button (to rss) but fb have removed it, i've looked at fbCal but it only exports the event name and the link to the event, but none of the event details. anyone got any ideas of how i can get multiple event details out of facebook? ...

index.php gets send as download request on random occasions...

Hello We have had a problem with getting "You want to download index.php/viewtopic.php ect" on our website for quite some time now, and been trying to rule out server load ect. Mainly trying that since it seems to happen mostly when the website has alot of visitors But given that by throttling all apache2 server load settings to lowest...

cahoots - zend framework application is not running

hello everyone, I downloaded cahoots from sourceforge.net. It is a zend framework application. Very nicely done and I must say that it should be a nice tutorial for everyone who is struggling to learn Zend framework. But my problem is that even after reading the instructions this application is still not running. The application just d...

Show facebook status stream of a dedicated person on a website

Hi all, I've been stomping at this all day :( I want to display a status feed of both twitter and facebook on my website. For twitter, this is not a problem, as my account is public, I can easily get the feed. Facebook however, is a whole different story! I can't seem to find an easy way to just get my last status updates and display it...

Friendly PHP framework for a newbie?

Hello people, I am given a task to convert a crappy(non-secure) hardcoded website into a good one using any good framework. I have a good idea of PHP. So can you help me in choosing a framework? Also, do i need to learn about Model View Controller to use frameworks? ...

PHP does not return errors at all

I am running PHP and nginx and I use a production version of php.ini. So the variable display_error is set to Off and there is a good reason I want it this way. But for certain files I need to enable error reporting. I used ini_set to turn on error reporting. But a simple code snippet like: <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display...

How to simplify this php switch statement?

I would like to change this: // use appropiate lang.xx.php file according to the value of the $lang switch ($_SESSION['lang']) { case 'en': $lang_file = 'lang.en.php'; break; case 'es': $lang_file = 'lang.es.php'; break; case 'zh-tw': $lang_file = 'lang.zh-tw.php'; break; case 'zh-cn': $lang_file = 'lang.zh-cn.php'; break; d...