a & before a function means?
i know & is used to create references. but i wonder what having a & before a function name means: function &DB($params = '', $active_record_override = FALSE) { // code } ...
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Doctrine 1.2: Can a model have two instances of the sluggabl behavior?
I dont see any direct mention on using multiple slugs (or any behavior for that matter) for single model. Is there a way to use the sluggable behavior to generate two separate slugs for a model? For example i need to generate two slugs for every record a product_id consisting of a slugified company name and sku and a distributor_id con...
php page navigation by serial number
Can anyone help in this php page navigation script switch on counting normal serial number? In this script there is a var called "page_id" - I want this var to store the real page link by order like 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... <? $onpage = 10; // on page /* $pagerecord - display records per page $activepage - current page $records - total ...
Understanding memory and cpu speed
Firstly, I am working on a windows xp 64 machine with 4gb ram and 2.29 ghz x4 I am indexing 220,000 lines of text that are more or less the same length. These are divided into 15 equally sized files. File 1/15 takes 1 minute to index. As the script indexes more files, it seems to take much longer with file 15/15 taking 40 minutes. My ...
php pear: how can i check what files did the package install ?
Hi. after I installed a package with pear, i would like to know what files this package installed. how can i check that? thanks ...
Is marshaling/ serialization in PHP as simple as serialize($var) ?
here's a definition of marshaling from Wikipedia: In computer science, marshalling (similar to serialization) is the process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission. It is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer pro...
POST to webpage in vb.net (win forms, desktop, not ASP.net)
I have various php files which data is Posted to (like the password when the user signs in) How can I can I post to these php from vb.net (a desktop application that is Windows Forms, this is not about ASP.net) thanks ...
how do i parse an xml page to output its data pieces to the way i want?
here is the page i want to parse (the api link i gave is just a dev test so its ok to be public) http://api.scribd.com/api?method=docs.getList&api_key=2apz5npsqin3cjlbj0s6m the output im looking for is something like this (for now) Doc_id: 29638658 access_key: key-11fg37gwmer54ssq56l3 secret_password: 1trinfqri6cnv3gf6rnl titl...
[PHP] DOMDocument load on a page returning 400 Bad Request status
Hiya, I'm trying to use the Last.fm API for an application I'm creating, but am having some problems with validation. If an API request gives an error it returns a code and message in the response XML like this: <lfm status="failed"> <error code="6">No user with that name</error> </lfm> However, the request also returns an HTTP stat...
MySQL One to Many order by number found in joined table
Two tables: table_a ------- table_a_id: (primary, int) table_b ------- table_a_id: (index, int, from table_a) table_b_value: (varchar) A one to many relationship between table_a_id and table_b_value. Given a query like this: SELECT DISTINCT(table_a_id) FROM table_a JOIN table_b ON table_a.table_a_id=table_b.table_a_id I want to ...
Doctrine MYSQL 150+ tables: generating models works, but not vice-versa?
I can generate my models and schema.yml file based on an existing database. But when I try to do it the other way around using Doctrine::createTablesFromModels() i get an error: Syntax error or access violation: 1064 So either of these works: Doctrine::generateYamlFromDb(APPPATH . 'models/yaml'); Doctrine::generateYamlFrom...
<input type="image"> doesnt seem to be posting.
I can't figure out why... This works: <?php if($_POST['test']) echo "posted"; ?> <form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> <input type="submit" name="test" /> </form> and this doesn't: <?php if($_POST['test']) echo "posted"; ?> <form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> ...
include_once fails!
Hi, I am new to php. I thought I knew enough but apparently do not. I am trying to use the OAuth.php from code.google.com. So I include OAuth.php in my code. Here is my php file - index.php <?php print 'Hello1'; include 'test.php'; print 'Hello2'; include 'OAuth.php'; print 'Hello3'; ?> Here test.php, OAuth.php and index.php ar...
Parsing timestamps - do it in MySQL or in PHP?
Let's say you've got a table with a timestamp column, and you want to parse that column into two arrays - $date and $time. Do you, personally: a) query like this DATE(timestamp), TIME(timestamp) , or perhaps even going as far as HOUR(timestamp), MINUTE(timestamp b) grab the timestamp column and parse it out as needed with a loop in PH...
How to extract keywords from a body of text in PHP
Currently I'm leveraging http://developer.yahoo.com/search/content/V1/termExtraction.html which isn't ideal for performance and quality reasons. Before I embark on spending time on writing a system I wanted to see if there are any other available options that can do the trick. ...
What is the php syntax for a REGEXP that changes "Last, First" into "Last..First"?
I need to create a php search function for names and need to change LastName, FirstName into LastName..FirstName to search the database. I don't know if this helps, but the string will originally be in the form a variable ($Client). I need the syntax for the three statements that find the string, matches, and makes the changes. ...
How to encrypt session id in cookie?
While I was reading about session hijacking articles, i learned that it would be nice to encrypt session id value that is stored in a cookie. As far as I know, when I start a session by calling session_start(), PHP does not encrypt session id value in a cookie. How do I encrypt session id value and then initialize session with it? ...
UTF-8 Database Problem
I've a MySQL table that has a UTF-8 charset and upon attempting to insert to it via a PHP form, the database gives the following error: PDOStatement::execute(): SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1366 Incorrect string value: '\xE8' for column ... The character in question is 'è', yet I don't see why this should be a problem cons...
Paypal IPN: How can I place a minimum of $1 donation?
Currently, the user can enter a quantity less than $1 on Paypal's website and some people are donations result in $0 because of Paypal fees. How can I set the minimum to be a $1 or more? Example: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=SGbE2GfDX90hYuesj2R33WHFRQU02X3eGubWF2Yo7U37vTxrOFRjGtuQF7u&dispatch=50a222...
Need to capture and store receiver's details via IPN by using Paypal Mass Pay API
Hi all, This is a question about Paypal Mass Pay IPN. My platform is PHP & mySQL. All over the Paypal support website, I have found IPN for only payments made. I need an IPN on similar lines for Mass Pay but could not find it. Also tried experimenting with already existing Mass Pay NVP code, but that did not work either. What I am tr...