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MySQL or SQL Server

I'm creating an application that I want to run on either MySQL or SQL Server (not both at the same time) I've created two PHP classes DatabaseMySQL and DatabaseSQLSVR and I'd like my application to know which database class to use based on a constant set up at install. define(DB_TYPE, "mysql"); // or "sqlsrv" I'm trying to think of the...

.htacces to create friendly URLs. Help needed....

Hi, I'm having a hard time with .htacces. I want to create friendly URLs for a site I'm working on... Basically I want to convert this: http://website.com/index.php?ctrl=pelicula&id=0221889 http://website.com/index.php?ctrl=pelicula&id=0160399&tab=posters Into this: http://website.com/pelicula/0221889/ http://website.com...

Useful ways for multilanguage navigation and static content on your site?

Hi, I have a big site running under Apache and PHP and in few mounths I should consider to add some different language version of it, but I'm not sure about the right way (or ways). My problem it isn't the user data, because I can use db tables with different languages (en, de, it, etc.) so I want concentrate my answer on navigation and...

Zend_Table_Db and Zend_Paginator and Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbSelect

I have the following query: $this->select() ->where("`name` LIKE ?",'%'.mysql_escape_string($name).'%') Now I have the Zend_Paginator code: $paginator = new Zend_Paginator( // $d is an instance of Zend_Db_Select new Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbSelect($d) ); $paginator->getA...

using PHP to create multidimensional array from simple JSON array

I have a php query the returns the following JSON format from a table. [{"memberid":"18", "useridFK":"30", "loginName":"Johnson", "name":"Frank", "age":"23", "place":"School", }, It needs the following format: [{"memberid":"18" { "useridFK":"30", "loginName":"Johnson", "nam...

Radio button how to?

what i want to do is that when you vote Y or N (two different radio buttons) and then it inserts into the "vote" column(in database) = Y or N(what you pickd), if nothing then echo error. I know how to do this like halfway, i never worked with radiobuttons before so i need you guys. Here's a two radio button right: Yes: <input type="ra...

GET and POST on the same page?

EDIT: Answer found! Thank you very much people, a lot of answers worked, I chose the hidden field answer as it was easiest :D I am creating a commenting script and I came across a problem. I am having to use $_POST and $_GET on the same page, which I don't think makes sense. I am very new to php and am training myself. I have a page ...

CodeIgniter Form Validation

I am trying to set up validation on a simple contact form that is created using the form helper. No validation at all occurs. What is wrong? In the code below, the “good” keyword always shows, regardless of what is entered into the form, and the saved values set via set_value are never shown. Controller // Contact function contact...

hidden post parameter , php curl

I'm trying to replicate the browser post parameters on http://www.ebayclassifieds.com/m/PostAd?scrid=3465450-2253858851033189948 but for some reasons I can't find where the values for 2 of them are comming from . The parameters are btn-previwe-ad.x and btn-previwe-ad.y but I can't find such as parameters in the html source itself o...

php preg_split w/regex

<?php $str = '17:30 Football 18:30 Meal 20:00 Quiet'; $chars = preg_split('/^([0-1][0-9]|[2][0-3]):([0-5][0-9])$/', $str, -1, PREG_SPLIT_OFFSET_CAPTURE); print_r ($chars); ?> returned: Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => 17:30 Football 18:30 Meal 20:00 Quiet [1] => 0 ) ) while I was hoping for: Array ( [0] => Array ...

Returning different images through PHP.

There's a status indicator code for AIM which returns two different images depending on your status (on/offline) which was done in PHP and with the AIM API. <img src="http://big.oscar.aol.com/USERNAME?on_url=ON_IMAGE&amp;off_url=OFF_IMAGE"&gt; I was looking for a Last.fm widget that shows JUST the album cover I'm listening to or the l...

Wordpress media uploaded theme options

I have a word press theme with a theme options dialog I'd like to add a feature to upload a logo via the theme options page and then display it on the front end in the header as the logo. How would I do this. I would like to use the wordpress media uploaded, but if this is not possible or an alternative is available Id appreciate that ...

Best way to handle global state

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice on 'best practices' for using global state in a web application - specifically PHP, although im looking for generic best practices i.e. design patterns etc. At the moment I just use a static class, calling it Configs. I suppose this is similar to using the registry pattern but...

Dashcode mysql datasource binding

Hi I've got a tricky question (aren't they all tricky?) I'm converting a database driven site that uses php, to a site being built with Dashcode. The current site selects data held in a mySQL database and dynamically creates the page content. Originally this was done to reduce site maintenance because all the current content could be ...

Turn all titles in wordpress powered site into "Capitalized" case

So what i need is a query or some tip on how to turn all titles on a wordpress powered website into capitalized case. What i have now is something like this: AAAAA BBBBB CCCCC I want it to be like this: Aaaaa Bbbbb Ccccc I did try googling and searching here, but have failed at that task so any help is much appreciated! UPDATE: I ...

php Set a anonymous function in an instance

I am just starting out with PHP, and I am wondering if there is a way to add an anonymous function to a class instance. For instance, lets say... class A{ public B; } $c = new A(); //This is where I am getting a little confused... //The following wont work $c->B = function(){echo('HelloWorld');}; $c->B(); What I am hoping to d...

Attach data to Richtext using flex, mysql and php(newbie)

I'm trying to attach data to a richtext field in Flashbuilder. The data is an html string in a mysql database and I'm connecting using php. The php script is just converting to XML. The connection works because I can easily dump the data to a datagrid and I can see the string. when I try to hook the data to a Richtext field I get "obj...

PHP Simplify a ternary operation

In PHP, is there a way to simplify this even more, without using an if()? $foo = $bar!==0 ? $foo : ''; I was wondering if there was a way to not reassign $foo to itself if the condition is satisfied. I understand there is a way to do this in Javascript (using &&, right?), but was wondering if there was a way to do this in PHP. ...

Storing script files outside web root

I've seen recommendations to store some or all php include files some place other than in the web document root directory (username/public_html in my case) for the specific reason of protecting php files with sensitive information (like database connection and login info) in the event that the web server hiccups and stops protecting php ...

Joomla - Joomfish Error Blank index.php

I have joomla error since installing multilanguage with joomfish. I'm using Joomla 1.5.11 and Joomfish 2.0.4. Resulting a blank page. How to trace error? since using joomla default error reporting doesn't work. still blank page with nothing. There is K2 component also installed. Please help, cause i can't figure out the error? [Fri Jun ...