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What does wikipedia use for text and revision diffs

I'm trying to take 2 versions of text (10 pages long) and compare the 2 to produce the difference. I know Wikipedia has a similar feature to compare revisions. Does anyone know what they use? I'm hoping they're using a php-driven solution. ...

Force memcached to write to all servers in pool

Hi everyone, I have thought a bit on how to make sure that a particular key is distributed to ALL memcached servers in a pool. My current, untested solution is to make another instance of memcached, something like this: $cluster[] = array('host' => '192.168.1.1', 'port' => '11211', 'weight' => 50); $this->tempMemcached = new Memcache...

Sessions and cookies

I currently have a website that allows my visitors to login via a simple script i've pasted together and wrote. Currently I only use sessions to keep visitors logged in. Are there any advantages to adding cookies to my website to store user logged in status? Or is there a better way altogether? using PHP ...

PHP echo query result in Class??

Hi all I have a question about PHP Class. I am trying to get the result from Mysql via PHP. I would like to know if the best practice is to display the result inside the Class or store the result and handle it in html. For example, display result inside the Class class Schedule { public $currentWeek; functio...

Show all data in column

I am trying to show all of the data in the 'status' column of my table but am having troubles. What am I doing wrong: <?php $query1 = "SELECT id, status FROM alerts WHERE customerid='".$_SESSION['customerid']."' ORDER BY id LIMIT $start, $limit "; $result = mysql_query($query1); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { echo $ro...

PHP turn off errors - in one file only

Hi! I am well aware about error_reporting(0); & ini_set('display_errors', "Off"); to make error messages go away. What would be an appropriate way to do this - for a specific file or part of code only? Surpressing errors with @'s seems like a bad idea since it apparently slows the code down... The reason? We have a number of memcach...

is there any way to access all references to given object?

Hello anyone has idea if and how is it possible to destroy / change php object which is referenced in many places? unset obviously destroys only one reference, and sometimes tracing all references manually is not an option. Any ideas? Maybe there is something i am missing in Reflection ? ...

TXT File or Database?

Hey folks! What should I use in this case (Apache + PHP)? Database or just a TXT file? My priority #1 is speed. Operations Adding new items Reading items Max. 1 000 records Thank you. Database (MySQL) +----------+-----+ | Name | Age | +----------+-----+ | Joshua | 32 | | Thomas | 21 | | James | 34 | | Daniel | 12 ...

Get Mail with PHP and IMAP in Gmail just loading

I'm not sure why. Ive tried a bunch of different code. Wrote it myself, and copied other people's tutorials but every bit of code it's loading forever and eventually stops due to script processing times on the server. Does anyone know why? Oh, and IMAP is turned on, i get IMAP / Exchange on my iPhone from this same account fine. And IMAP...

Random syntactical error in my php code that I can't find

Ordinarily I hate coming here with newbie code questions but nobody can find the error with this code. Maybe you guys can :-) <?php defined('SYSPATH') or die('No direct script access.'); /** * to interact with photos * * @author Max Padraig Wolfgang Bucknell-Leahy */ class Model_Photos { private $apiKey = '12664498208a1380fe49f...

How do I return a message if $_GET is null or does not match any database entries?

I am working on designing an IT Asset database. Here I am working on a page used to view details on a specific asset determined by an asset id. Here I grab $id from $_GET["id"]; When $id is null, the page does not load. When $id does not match any entry within the database, the page loads but no asset table is printed. In both thes...

is Web Development moving too fast?

I find myself constantly learning new things in web development and there is always soo much to learn in general. Currently i work with PHP and have tried to keep up with Ruby on Rails(RoR) but it's moving so fast i'm not sure i can keep up with the latest changes. Does anyone else have trouble keeping up with so much innovation in web ...

Variable scope difference between PHP and C: block scope is not exactly the same?

The following PHP code will output 3. function main() { if (1) { $i = 3; } echo $i; } main(); But the following C code will raise a compile error. void main() { if (1) { int i = 3; } printf("%d", i); } So variables in PHP are not strictly block-scoped? In PHP, variables defined in inner blo...

What is the fastest way to learn a new programming Language?

Possible Duplicates: Fast technology to learn How to learn programming related topics faster? What is the fastest way to learn a new programming Language? I've heard of a few programmers that know 5-6 programming languages fluently, how do they do that? Just looking for tips and tricks really? Any advice? Thanks in advance;...

Using file() incrementally?

I'm not sure if this is possible, I've been googling for a solution... But, essentially, I have a very large file, the lines of which I want to store in an array. Thus, I'm using file(), but is there a way to do that in batches? So that every,say, 100 lines it creates, it "pauses"? I think there's likely to be something I can do wi...

How to make CodeIgniter accept "query string" URLs?

According to CI's docs, CodeIgniter uses a segment-based approach, for example: example.com/my/group If I want to find a specific group (id=5), I can visit example.com/my/group/5 And in the controller, define function group($id='') { ... } Now I want to use the traditional approach, which CI calls "query string" URL. Ex...

Why can I query with an int but not a string here? PHP MySQL Datatypes

I am working on an Asset Database problem. I receive $id from $_GET["id"]; I then query the database and display the results. This works if my id is an integer like "93650" but if it has other characters like "wci1001", it displays this MySQL error: Unknown column 'text' in 'where clause' All fields in tables are of type: VARCHAR(50...

Best way to implement a Rest API with PHP on Wamp web server

Hello, i own a web server running windows (WAMP). I want to know the best way to implement a Rest API (a very simple one) in order to let a user do something. Diagram flow: I have programming skills, in fact, i developed some time ago a web server in VB6 who process the querys and when it find the command (http:/serverIP/webform.php?...

Cannot interact with checkbox in FireFox or Chrome. Works in IE.

Title says it all. Here's the code: <div id="regpage"> <form action="" method="post"> <fieldset style="border:none;"> <div class="label">Username:</div> <input type="text" name="username" class="item" value="" /><br /> <div class="caption">Must be 5-15 characters</div><br /> <div style="clear:both;"></div> ...

Developing Jquery, jquery ui, php, mysql, ftp, via Dreamweaver?

I'm trying to find a good environment to building and maintain an existing website. Would Adobe's Dreamweaver be a good purchase as far as coding in PHP, html, jquery, with a mysql database? ...