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Could not load php_curl

Hello I have installed php5.2.13, apache2.2.15 on WindowsXp.Add C:\php to PATH ssystem variable. I can't enable curl extension. I configure extension_dir and remove ";" form php_curl in php.ini but nothing! I copied ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll in system32 directory - nothing Error log say: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load...

<?= ?> special tags in php

can anybody please explain what are these special tags in php? <?= ?> I couldn't find it on google. ...

Simple PHP Regex question

Hi all, I'd like to validate a field in a form to make sure it contains the proper formatting for a URL linking to a Vimeo video. Below is what I have in Javascript, but I need to convert this over to PHP (not my forte) Basically, I need to check the field and if it is incorrectly formatted, I need to store an error message as a variab...

PHP: csv generator creates extra field

I'm coding a script that takes one csv file to transform it into another one. Basically, two foreach loops are used: one to iterate records and another to iterate fields. Certain fields (cno 25, 26, 44) for each record needs to be modified. The problem is that each modificatino creates an extra empty field, i.e. the code $colStr .= '"' ...

Meta tag depending of selected language and title (solved)

Hi, I'm aware about Google ignore most of the time, meta tag and use content. (This is not the point here) I'm working on an existing web site, not created by me. I need a quick solution, I guess with variables. The website construction: (no known template system) index.html which is presentation page with language selection index....

using string, blob or clob for thread body in doctrine?

what data type (string, blob or clob) should i use for my thread body when using doctrine? and what length should it be? i have read the documentation but dont quite understand the differences between them. seems that all three can store unlimited nr of characters. could someone explain and how do i store unlimited characters in str...

Catch database exception in Kohana

I'm using Kohana 2. I would like to catch a database exception to prevent an error page when no connection to the server can be established. The error displayed is system/libraries/drivers/Database/Mysql.php [61]: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', syste...

Submitting GET data with no input field?

I've never really thought about this, but it helps with some security of something I'm currently working on. Is it possible to submit GET data without an actual input field, and instead just getting it from the URL? If so, how would I go about doing this? It kind of makes sense that it should be possible, but at the same time it makes n...

Database schema for multiple category/product relationship

I want to design a database for an e-commerce application with category/subcategory management. Please suggest a database schema where we can create categories and subcategories and add products to those categories. Each product can have multiple categories and we can select products belong to multiple categories using a boolean database...

Should the PHP community start using more descriptive Exceptions?

I work with Zend Framework a lot and I just took a peek at Kohana, and it strikes me as odd that this is a typical scenario in these frameworks: throw Some_Components_Exception( 'invalid argument' ); Where I believe this wouldn't be much more useful: throw Some_Components_InvalidArgumentException( 'whatever discription' ); Because ...

Text encoding in HTML text fields

I have a site up that has a form on it. The form POSTs to a php script which then inserts the data into my database. The page has a charset=UTF-8 attribute in the <meta> tag, and the database is setup to use UTF-8. However, when I copy and paste characters from MS Word into the field, the output is messed up. For example, the quotes in...

Adding a web address to a <a href="value">

I have an upload script that write a index.html file, I modified it to mail me the results, however the point to the root, since the email isn't in the root, the image doesn't load. How do I append the code to add "http://www.home.html/uploaded" prior to the ". $value ." so that the images show up in the email. Here is portion of PH...

Faster alternative to file_get_contents()

Currently I'm using file_get_contents() to submit GET data to an array of sites, but upon execution of the page I get this error: Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded All I really want the script to do is start loading the webpage, and then leave. Each webpage may take up to 5 minutes to load fully, and I don't ne...

Detecting BlackBerry and Iphone Browsers in JavaScript or PHP

Hello, i want to redirect peaple who goes in my site to other page if they are using a mobile browser with a php o java script. Thanks ...

How to remove my backslash while input have underscore

Problem when I enter any input which has underscore (_) data will store to my db looks like this image\_background.png Example $image = stripslashes($_POST['image']); // example image name image_background.png $query = 'UPDATE product SET image="'. $db->string_escape($image, true).'" WHERE id="'. intval($id).'"'; The problem coming ...

PHP - Counting matching arrays in array

hi there, I have an array structure that looks like this: Array ( [0] => Array ( [type] => image [data] => Array ( [id] => 1 [alias] => test [caption] => no caption [width] => 200 [...

PHP File unreadable after being downloaded

Hi I have a script that creates a file and stores it on the server. The file is encoded in UTF-8 and is a kind of xml file for the cmap software. If i open the file directly from the server then there is no problem and the file can be read. I am forcing a download of this file when a user goes to a specific url. After such a download...

How can I return a whole mysql result set, and one at a time set each row as an array?

foreach($scraperSites as $site) { //$scraperWriter->addSite( new ScraperSite($site) ); print_r($site); } scraperSites is the array of all sites from the mySQL database; I'm trying to keep $site as an array, (but only with one row worth of data), add it to an object, then move on to the next row. ...

I need unusual ordering mysql results

Im trying to order results ASCENDING from the current date this is what im using now; SELECT * FROM friends JOIN bdays ON bdays.user = friends.friendname WHERE username = $userid ORDER BY DATE_FORMAT(date, '%m %d') any ideas? example ordering by date now, sorts the birthdays starting at january what i need, is instead of starting...

http_post_data basic authentication?

I have a remote service that I need to access, according to the documentation it's restricted using basic authentication and all requests have to be posted (HTTP POST). The documentation contains this code example - VB script: Private Function SendRequest(ByVal Url, ByVal Username, ByVal Password, ByVal Request) Dim XmlHttp Se...