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POST xml to php with apache2

I'm working on an application that receives XML data via POST, processes it with a PHP script, and returns an XML response. I'm getting the XML with this PHP code: $requestStr = file_get_contents('php://input'); $requests = simplexml_load_string($requestStr); which works fine on the Linux-based product hardware using nginx as the ser...

Validate links with php

Can anyone tell me if its possible to validate a link with php? By validate, I mean check if the link is active and works not just the actual format of the link. ...

Wordpress add_meta_box() weirdness

The code below is working nearly flawlessly, however my value for page title on one of my pages keeps coming up empty after a few page refreshes... It sticks for awhile, then it appears to reset to empty. I'm thinking I must have a conflict in the code below, but I can't quite figure it. I'm allowing the user to set a custom page title ...

Function returns CSV File: How to go about checking it ?

I am doing something like: $outputFile = getCurrentDBSnapshot($data); where $data is the resource stream that am passing in, basically from command prompt am passing an file and am opening it using fopen for writing with 'w+' permissions, now getCurrentDBSnapshot would get the current state of a table and would update the $data csv fi...

symfony sfValidatorSchemaCompare and dateformat output problem

public function configure() { $this->widgetSchema['start_date'] = new sfWidgetFormInput(); $this->widgetSchema['end_date'] = new sfWidgetFormInput(); $this->validatorSchema->setPostValidator( new sfValidatorOr ( array( new sfValidatorAnd( array ...

Using the @ symbol to identify users like twitter does

I'm creating my own version of twitter, I have no idea how to get my back end php script to pick up the @membername within the entered text. Including multiple @membername's for example @billy @joseph, @tyrone,@kesha message or @billy hit up @tyrone he's bugging @kesha about the money you owe him. Any scripts of use on how I can ac...

how to embed flash that is trying to access xml in it's original folder.

I've got various flash files stored on my server. For this exmaple - here is the directory structure: Files > Example > -> example.swf -> example.xml So then on a separate webpage stored in the root of my server.. i'm embeding the flash. ... <param name="movie" value="http://www.example.com/Files/Example/example.swf"&gt; ... N...

How do you manipulate form values based off local input?

I have a form that has a series of check boxes and some line items have a text input next to them that defines quantity of the item. <input type="checkbox" name="measure[][input]" value="<?=$item->id?>"> <input class="item_mult" type="text" name="measure[][input]" /> What is the best way to capture the integer from the input field a...

JPG File Size Optimization - PHP, ImageMagick, & Google's Page Speed

I have photo gallery code that does image re-sizing and thumbnail creation. I use ImageMagick to do this. I ran a gallery page through Google's Page Speed tool and it revealed that the re-sized images and thumbnails both have about an extra 10KB of data (JPEG files specifically). What can I add to my scripts to optimize the file size?...

PHP - How can I check if return() was called from an include()'d file?

How can I tell if return() was called from within the included file. The problem is that include() returns 'int 1', even if return() wasn't called. Here is an example... included_file_1.php <?php return 1; included_file_2.php <?php echo 'no return here, meep'; main.php <?php $ret = include('included_file_1.php'); // This file...

Convert a string to a double - is this possible?

Just wondering in php, if it was possible to convert a string to a double. I am using a financial web service which provides a price as a string. I really need to process this as a double and was wondering how i would convert it thanks ...

Should I use the GD library in PHP to draw CAPTCHA images?

Is PHP's GD library suitable for drawing images from scratch? Or would I be better off just importing an image and altering it... ...

Login code sample which has been hacked via SQL Injection, although mysql_real_escape_string...

Hi friends, I use CodeIgniter, and having trouble with hacking :( is it possible to make SQL Injection to the login code below: function process_login() { $username = mysql_real_escape_string($this->input->post('username')); $password = mysql_real_escape_string(MD5($this->input->post('password'))); //Check user ta...

Handling large (object) datasets with PHP

I am currently working on a project that extensively relies on the EAV model. Both entities as their attributes are individually represented by a model, sometimes extending other models (or at least, base models). This has worked quite well so far since most areas of the application only rely on filtered sets of entities, and not the en...

how to implement jquery php progress bar

I have a multi-step form where the form on Step3 submits to Step4.php. Step4 is a results page, and it takes some time to load, so I wanted to try and implement a progress bar or a loading bar or something when the user clicks the step3 submit button before Step4.php actually loads. I would think I could do this with jquery? But, I'm ...

running bash scripts in php

I have two computers. On the first computer I have apache running with all my web code. On the second computer I have large amounts of data stored with a retrieval script (the script usually takes hours to run). I am essentially creating a web UI to access this data without any time delay. so I call: exec("bash initial.bash"); this i...

Newbie - eclipse workflow (PHP development)

Hi all - this is a bit of a newbie question but hoping I can get some guidance. I've been playing around with Eclipse for a couple months yet I'm still not completely comfortable with my setup and it seems like every time I install it to a new system I end up with different results. What I'm hoping to achieve is (I think) fairly standa...

PHP DOTNET - Passing Constructor Parameters to a C# Class

This seems like it should be a fairly straightforward question, but I can't find an answer anywhere. I'm using php's DOTNET class to instantiate a class from a .dll created with C#. The constructor of that class requires a couple of parameters. How to I pass them? Other Info: This is currently on Windows, and I've registered the .dll...

Dreamweaver recordset filter - Display all records as default

I am trying to create a simple search form to filter the results in the dynamic table. The search form is on the same pages as the results and posts to itself. I get the search string from the post variable. It is working, but I can't figure out how to set the default value to display all results. Dreamweaver automatically sets the...

How to get rid of "Uncaught SoapFault exception: [Client] looks like we got no XML document in..." error

Hello I'm trying to develop business logic for a dynamic site using nusoap on server side (because I need wsdls, and PHP SOAP extension can't generate wsdls), and PHP SOAP extenstion on client side. However, I can't get even login and getRole functions right. When i try to invoke client, I get following message Uncaught SoapFault exce...