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Password verification; Is this way of doing it safe?

I have a classifieds website, where everybody may put ads of their products. For each classified, the user has to enter a password (so that they can delete the classified whenever they wish). So basically, when somebody wants to delete a classified, they click on the classified, click on the delete button, and enter the pass. I use My...

extract a specific part from a html document , php cURL , php, preg_match

Hello ! I'm trying to extract some information from a webpage using php cURL+preg_match or any other function but for some reasons it doesn't work at all . For example from this page http://www.foxtons.co.uk/search?location_ids=1001-29&property_id=712128&search_form=map&search_type=LL&submit_type=search I want to extra...

Hash of unique value = unique hash?

Theoretically does hashing a unique value yield a unique value? Let's say I have a DB table with 2 columns: id and code. id is an auto-incrementing int and code is a varchar. If I do ... $code = sha1($id); ... and then store $code into the same row as $id. Will my code column be unique as well? What about if I append the current ...

Showing recent post from a specific category

I wanted to show post from just recent post from a specific categories so far this is what I have but: <ul> <?php $number_recents_post = 5; $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts($number_recents_post); foreach($recent_posts as $post){ echo '<li><a href="' . get_permalink($post["ID"]) . '" title="Look '.$post["p...

Applying a partial gaussian like blur to a background image

I have and image which gets stretched to its full background, regardless of the monitor size. What i need to do is apply cross-browser blur above this image on only a portion of the left hand side. So it gives the appearance of a blur on the image. If i apply it to the image then when the screen resolution changes size so does the si...

Convert a String into an Array of Characters

In PHP, how do i convert: $result = abdcef; into an array that's: $result[0] = a; $result[1] = b; $result[2] = c; $result[3] = d; ...

How do i break a number down into a percentage (0 - 100%)? Details inside...

I am using a JS progress bar that is set using a percentage: 0 to 100 (percent). I need the progress bar to reach 100% when 160,000 people have signed a certain form. I have the total number of signers set in a PHP variable but am lost on how to do the math to convert that into a percentage that fits within 1 - 100 (so that the progress ...

Simple XML parsing error

I'm trying to iterate through a Twitter XML File, where the container tag is <users>, and each user is <user>. I need to create a variable $id based on the XML attribute <id> for each user. Username is already instantiated. $url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/friends/$username.xml"; $xmlpure = file_get_contents($url); $listxml =...

Not sure how to link json 100% in php

Im trying to create an rss feed that my droid app reads but i have some holes that i can figure how to fix the json link page is http://www.mandarich.com/mandarichServer/mlb/indexbaseball.php when reading the json i can see where the icon is missing on some and cant figure out why. mainly only for citys like ney york and chicago(cities w...

Will these security functions be enough? (PHP)

I am trying to secure my site so I don't have sql injections and xss scripting. Here's my code. //here's the from, for brevity, i just show a field for users to put firstname <form> <label for="first_name" class="styled">First Name:</label> <input type="text" id="first_name" name="first_name" value="<?php if (!empty($first_name)) echo ...

How can I calculate a trend line in PHP?

So I've read the two related questions for calculating a trend line for a graph, but I'm still lost. I have an array of xy coordinates, and I want to come up with another array of xy coordinates (can be fewer coordinates) that represent a logarithmic trend line using PHP. I'm passing these arrays to javascript to plot graphs on the...

trouble connecting to MySql DB (PHP)

Hi I have the following PHP code to connect to my db. <?php ob_start(); $host="localhost"; // Host name $username="root"; // Mysql username $password=""; // Mysql password $db_name="test"; // Database name $tbl_name="members"; // Table name // Connect to server and select databse. mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die...

Do any projects exist for PHP that is similar to ActiveMerchant for Ruby?

I'm curious if anyone is aware of something for PHP with similar, universal payment processor functionality that exists with ActiveMerchant. ...

jquery draggable/droppable issue

Hey guys I have a drag and drop function that does not fully work. What I want to do is be able to drag and drop a picture into a div and have that picture pop up in the div. I have a list of 2 pictures right now, so I have the following function echoed for each picture. Both pictures are draggable and droppable, but the first one is the...

PHP: Iterate through folders and display HTML contents

Hi, I’m currently trying to develop a method to get a overview of all my different web templates I’ve created and (legally) downloaded over the years. I thought about a displaying them like Wordpress is previewing it’s templates view a small preview windows, displaying the concrete file with styles and everything. How to divide them in...

What is the best way to assert redirections in Selenium?

I am writing a selenium test and I need to assert that the page is redirected. How should I verify this? What would be the best way? I am using PHPUnit and the PHPUnit_Extensions_SeleniumTestCase. ...

deny direct access to a php file by typing the link in the url

hi, I am using php session for a basic login without encryption for my site. I want to prevent a user from directly accessing a php page by typing the url when he/she is not signed in. But this is not happening. I am using session_start(), initializing session variables and aslo unsetting and destroying sesssion during logout. Also if I ...

printing from multidimentional arrays?

i have a multi array that looks like this. $_SESSION['cartItems']['quantity'] how do i print out its values? print_r wont work. unless i sessions dont work with multi arrays? ...

How do i remove a file from Rackspace's Cloudfiles with their api?

Hey, I was wondering how do i remove a file from Rackspace's Cloudfiles using their API? Im using php. Devan ...

Serializing array in PHP, preventing injection

I'm writing a PHP script which uses serialized arrays to store data. How can I prevent injection in serialization? It would be very easy to name your account: something";s:6:"access";s:5:"admin"; for a simple example. The user could then add the rest of the needed parameters somehow. Would addslashes work for this? Does the php unseri...