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How can I generate XML application configuration using Zend_Tool?

When creating a new project using zf create project myproject it will create a default project layout with an application.ini in the configs folder. Where can I change these default settings so that it generates (and uses) an XML file (application.xml)? I've looked at the documentation for Zend_Tool (http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/z...

selectively show wordpress posts based on category

Hi, Currently I'm using the following code as part of sidebar code for Wordpress (the code works fine): <ul class="linklist"> <?php $recentPosts = new WP_Query(); $recentPosts->query('showposts=12'); while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); ?> <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Link to...

Paypal NVP API - Keep getting error 81002

Hi there, I am new to PayPal API, and I'm having trouble calling SetExpressCheckout using CURL in PHP. I have set everything correctly, as far as I'm concerned, but I kept getting an 81002 error "Method Specified is not Supported". The code snippet is below. I got the CA Root certificates file from here. <?php $paypal_data = array( ...

Can a function take an undefined number of arguments?

Is it possible to have a function in PHP which takes 1 or more numbers and returns their sum ? ...

Where the values in the sessions are saved...

$_session['user_id']=4; Where this values of session is saved.. means in some file?? where?? ...

Passing data between states PHP

So I am using Limonade PHP which has a RESTful design which emulates PUT, POST, DELETE routes for create, update, delete. I am trying to develop some form validation which is going well. The major problem I am facing though is how to return my filtered data (which has failed validation) back to repopulate the create or edit form. How w...

How to reduce cpu and ram usage?

i am going to "read" (video/big) files from server (shared environment) to clients (webbrowsers) via php and would like to know first if there is a way to reduce cpu and ram usage somehow (as i have those limited). thanks. ...

Localization with HTML-Tags

Hello, I wanted to localizate some texts in my Zend Framework applicaiton. There are some texts like: Hello, I'm <a href="test.php" title="Title-Attribute" rel="test">a sample text</a>, greetings to all of you! :) If there's no html in it, it's simple to localizate, but with HTML in it, how should I do it best? ...

multibyte strtr() -> mb_strtr()

Does anyone have written multibyte variant of function strtr() ? I need this one. Edit 1 (example of desired usage): Example: $from = 'ľľščťžýáíŕďňäô'; // these chars are in UTF-8 $to = 'llsctzyaiŕdnao'; // input - in UTF-8 $str = 'Kŕdeľ ďatľov učí koňa žrať kôru.'; $str = mb_strtr( $str, $from, $to ); // output - str without di...

Nesting forms in CakePHP

I am wondering if there's a way in CakePHP to nest multiple models in a form? What I'm trying to accomplish is to make a form for creating Posts that will also contain fields for adding Images (separate model) that will automatically be connected to the created post. Something similar to Ruby on Rails ** accept_nested_attributes_for**...

HTML character reference display problems.

Hey folks, I'm currently developing a site in Joomla, and one of the components I'm using makes use of a PHP file to administer the language. (english.php, spanish.php) The problem I'm having is that if I use the plain text version of eg. "á", it will show up in the browser tab title ok, but as a � in the body of the page. But if I use...

Can PHP dissect its own syntax?

Can PHP dissect its own syntax? For example, I'd like to write a function that takes in an input like $object->attribute and says to itself: OK, he's giving me $foo->bar, which means he must think that $foo is an object that has a property called bar. Before I try accessing bar and potentially get a 'Trying to get property of non-obj...

IIS6: PHP Sessions

I have installed PHP to work with IIS6 (with FastCGI). I am capable of viewing a sample test website that shows the PHP info with the following code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Now that this works I tried to migrate my PHP website to IIS6 and here is a list of the errors/warnings I got: PHP Warning: session_start(): open(C:\WINDOWS\Temp\sess...

How to determine MIME Type set by htaccess in PHP

I have a .htaccess file set up to define specific MIME types in directory root/a/b/, and all of the files are in the same directory. I have a php file that wants to serve those files, in directory root/c/, and needs to determine the content-type as defined by the .htaccess file. Is there any way to do this? PHP version is 5.1.6. mime...

How to find string elements in another string and remove them in PHP

By example: FirstString='apple,gold,nature,grass,class' SecondString='gold,class' the Result must be : ResultString='apple,nature,grass' ...

Need help in downloading file with header() function

Hi. I'm trying to explain as best as I can, sorry for my English. I have a list of links, each linked to a php file with an id by parameters (ex. download.php?id=1 or ?id=2 and so on). This file create a new instance of a class witch return the correct header of the files so it displays the save dialog box of the browser. Now I need to ...

Sorting by custom field and fetching whole tree from DB

Hello everyone, I am trying to do file browser in a tree form and have a problem to sort it somehow. I use PHP and MySQL for that. I've created mixed (nested set + adjacency) table 'element' with the following fields: element_id, left_key, right_key, level, parent_id, element_name, element_type (enum: 'folder','file'), element_size. ...

"Compiling" content with short tags to var, without eval()

To start off, let me clear the air by saying we are aware of the dis/advantages to using short tag syntax in PHP. That is not what this question is about. Is there a way to "include" a file containing short tag code, into a variable, and have PHP actually parse the code? include/require obviously do not provide the data in a workable f...

Learning PHP: Good examples of "build-this" based lessons?

Last summer I learned HTML and CSS for a job, mainly through tutorials and a sort of "build this" method, that is, I'm given a goal and have to try to figure out how to build it myself. Is there a place with some examples to teach someone with this method? My boss wants to get me going on PHP this summer, and I need to refamiliarize mys...

Sending mail from a contact form. Simple but challenging!

I've set up a contact form in the Greet Us page in http://swedsb.com When I submit the form, it says mail sent successfully. But I'm not getting the mail, checked the spam folder. I've set a similar form at http://ibsolutions.in. It is working perfectly. Been breaking my head for the past 4 hours. Here's my contact.php <?php ...