I have data with dates written as 1992.09.02, as an example. If the dates are not available, you end up with 1992.09.?? or 1992.??.?? or otherwise .??.??.?? if no date is known. I need to change the ".??" to "" ie., nothing. Here's is my attempt, but I'm not getting anywhere. $text="^[1-9]. [\.\?\?] "; str_replace("\.\?\?", " ", "...
Hey gurus, I've got a php array (obtained through checkbox values in a form - as you know checkboxes only show up in the _POST variable when they are not set). Array ( [2] => 0,2 [3] => 0,3 ) I need a way to 'fill in' the gaps between the range 0-5. So above would look like (filling the empty spaces with '-1'. I tried array_m...
How to create PHP post\get API? So tooday I have crapy mix of PHP and HTML and JS. I need to open some of functions I use in my site to Developers so thay will be able to use my site data in their APP's. What is the EAZY LAZY and PROTECTED at the same time way to do such thing? ...
The language is PHP. I have one foreach ( $a as $b) and another foreach ($c as $d => $e). How do i combine them to read as one. I tired foreach (($a as $b) && ($c as $d => $e)), but that is rubbish. ...
I have a large-ish PHP project (hundreds of files) that I've been brought in to work on and the source formatting hasn't been very consistent from the beginning. I'd now like to take all source and format it according to the Zend Framework coding standards (tabs to spaces, short tags to full php tags, correct indenting, etc.), however t...
Hey, I am trying to either create a file that doesn't exist or write to a file that already does. within a php file I am trying this: $file = fopen("data.txt", "a"); fwrite($file, "\n" . $name); fwrite($file, "," . $lastname); fwrite($file, "," . $email); fclose($file); I am running Apache under windows Xp and...
I'm working on a parser in php which is designed to extract MySQL records out of a text file. A particular line might begin with a string corresponding to which table the records (rows) need to be inserted into, followed by the records themselves. The records are delimited by a backslash and the fields (columns) are separated by commas. ...
I have a paragraph of text and i want to replace some words using PHP (preg_replace). Here's a sample piece of text: This lesson addresses rhyming [one]words and ways[/one] that students may learn to identify these words. Topics include learning that rhyming words sound alike and these sounds all come from the [two]ending of the words[/...
Here is my code... basically it finds any page-NUMBER- within a variable and then replaces it with a page url from an array $content_text = preg_replace("/page-(\d+)-/sie", '$pageurl[$1]', $content_text); It works a treat until the NUMBER it finds isn't in the array and it returns an error... Is there another efficient way I could do...
Anyone using the following php S3 client library? http://undesigned.org.za/2007/10/22/amazon-s3-php-class It's been working fine for me for a few days, just noticed that a script I have in place now just ends up hanging. Running this through strace, I see something like: poll([{fd=4, events=POLLOUT}], 1, 1000) = 1 ([{fd=4, revents=...
Hi guys, I'm currently building a dynamic menu bar(vertical and horizontal). in the default position its vertical. the user have the option to show the horizontal position and hide and vertical. I am currently doing that with javascript/ jquery. in order to keep the menu bar in the horizontal position i am keeping a count with a cookie....
Hello, For the code below, on the second link (http://www...com/sandbox/comments/index.php?submission='.$row["title"].'), I would like to pass $row["submissionid"], on as a GET variable. I tried this and it caused all of the code below to produce a blank result. Is there a way that I can do I want? Thanks in advance, John $sqlStr =...
I need some library which would be able to keep my urls Indexed and described. So I want to say to it something like Index this new url "www.bla-bla.com/new_url" with some key words or something like that. And I want to be soure that If I told my lib about my new URL Google and others will 100% find it As soon as possible and people wi...
hi, I have been in web programming for 2 years (Self taught - a biology researcher by profession). I designed a small wiki with needed functionalities and a scientific RTE - ofcourse lot is expected. I used mootools framework and AJAX extensively. I was always curious when ever I saw the query strings passed from URL. Long encrypted qu...
whats going on is everything is loading just fine url is deigned.sytes.net except for the links when i click about us or services or contact they look like there loading but the content in body.tpl doesn't change from default. maybe you can help me with this why the links are not changing. you u want here are the ONLY php files I have ...
For some reason I can't pass a var inside a mysql statement. I have a function that can be used for multiple tables. So instead of repeating the code I want to change the table that is selected from like so, function show_all_records($table_name) { mysql_query("SELECT * FROM $table_name"); etc, etc... } And to call the functio...
(Summary: My users need to be able to edit the structure of their dynamically generated web pages without being able to do any damage.) Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. I am currently working on a service where customers from a specific demographic can create a specific type of web site and fill it with their own content. The system is ...
Hi, I'm a PHP programmer and I really want to increase the quality of my code and most importantly I want to be better at programming. What book, tutorial or article would you guys suggest that I read that teaches how to make programs that are less coupled and easy to maintain? Are there any specific tips for PHP especially for the Cake...
Spent some time troubleshooting a problem whereby a PHP/MySQL web application was having problems connecting to the database. The database could be accessed from the shell and phpMyAdmin with the exact same credentials and it didn't make sense. Turns out the password had a $ sign in it: $_DB["password"] = "mypas$word"; The password b...
I have an online store that i have recently re-written most of and would like to upload it to my server. While the maintenance is taking place, i would like to redirect all visitors to an "under construction" page. (easily done with php or apache htacess etc...) The issue is that I would like to test everything when i upload it so i sti...