php

Find element all of whose children have a given value

for example, i have this xml <elements> <a> <b>6</b> <b>5</b> <b>6</b> </a> <a> <b>5</b> <b>5</b> <b>6</b> </a> <a> <b>5</b> <b>5</b> <b>5</b> <b>5</b> </a> </elements> i need a xpath query, which must return me parent tag, only if all its children are equal to 5 (a[3] in this case). ...

Get Wordpress sidebar from another Wordpress blog?

Hello, I want to write a plugin that will pull a sidebar from one Wordpress blog and place it in the sidebar of another blog. Can someone help me with this, please? I know to write a plugin, but actually dont know where to start with this idea. ...

issue when outputting an http:// address in a sub-array with json and php

Im trying to achieve an output like this {"status":"ok","0":{"id":"11","title":"digg","url":"http://www.digg.com"}} but instead i am getting this {"status":"ok","0":{"id":"11","title":"digg","url":"http:\/\/www.digg.com"}} this is the php code im using to generate the json $links = array('id'=>'11','title'=>'digg','url'=>"http://w...

Error loading il8n console in CakePHP 1.3

I'm trying to generate the .po files for the site I'm working with. When I run this command from within the console directory: Warning: strtotime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those meth...

regex , php, preg_match

I'm trying to extract the mileage value from different ebay pages but I'm stuck as there seem to be too many patterns because the pages are a bit different . Therefore I would like to know if you can help me with a better pattern . Some examples of items are the following : http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Chevy-C10-Shortbed-Truck-/25...

Concatenation Operator

This might be a silly question but it struck me, and here i ask. <?php $x="Hi"; $y=" There"; $z = $x.$y; $a = "$x$y"; echo "$z"."<br />"."$a"; ?> $z uses the traditional concatenation operator provided by php and concatenates, conversely $a doesn't, My questions: by not using the concatenation operator, does it effect th...

Is it possible to run php exec through cygwin?

Hey guys I have one php exec command that works on my remote linux server but not my windows (WAMP package) local server. I really want to create an identical workstation so I can test locally and then update my remote server. If anyone has any suggestions or solutions other than converting to linux, I would really appreciate it. <?php ...

Suggested php code to read file rating set by Adobe Bridge CS3

Background: I have been attempting to read the rating that is assigned in Adobe Bridge CS3 using the creative commons Metadata toolkit for php without success. I am using shared hosting so I do not have an oppotunity to recompile php with different modules. Is php code available that could be used to read the rating that is embedded...

Want to save data field from form into two columns of two models.

I have a Profile model with a hasOne relationship to a Detail model. I have a registration form that saves data into both model's tables, but I want the username field from the profile model to be copied over to the usernamefield in the details model so that each has the same username. function new_account() { if(!empty($this->data)...

How can I stop cURL from outputting the contents of the page it loads into the browser?

I currently use curl_multi_* to connect to a few sites. Its only sending a few $_GET variables to start a script, but it outputs the html from the sites to the browser. I want to stop this. I already use a short timeout, but sometimes the scripts start fast, and I don't want to set the timeout any lower, in case it causes it not to conne...

Submitting a URL into a Form without "http://", with "www.", or with neither

(EDITED) Hello, In the form below, the field for <div class="urlfield"><input name="url" type="url" id="url" maxlength="500"></div> fine when a URL is submitted that has a "http://" at the beginning of it. However, it doesn't work if a URL is submitted with only a "www." in front of it, or with neither a "http://" nor a "www." How ca...

Best method of Zend Framework caching

I have a blog built using Zend Framework, which I realize might be a bit overkill for a blog alone, but I am planning on adding other features in the future. Nevertheless, I've noticed pages could be a little speedier. I've done a basic caching method that basically captures everything in index.php (Core frontend and File backend), which...

Which PHP framework for a RoR developer?

For one specific client I have to use PHP. This and this question were 2 years old. I'd like to know is there any update of opinion for year 2010? My background on web development is mainly rails. I can code in PHP (for example, write a module for Drupal) but never used any PHP framework for any project. I can see the following potenti...

PHP/Codeigniter processing a list with javascript

I have a list of items that the user can select. I want it to be more user friendly than standard checkboxes so I have seperate div's each with a unique id. When user clicks an item, I use javascript to display a tick on top of that item and change the style to show that it is highlighted. Im trying to work out how I can pass the list ...

Cakephp file upload problem.

I am using Cakephp as my framework. I have a problem in uploading my files through a form. I am using an Uploader plugin from THIS website. My php ini file has this piece of code. upload_max_filesize = 10M post_max_size = 8M this is from uploader.php --> plugin file has var $maxFileSize = '5M'; //default max file size In my co...

Disable globbing in PHP exec()

I have a PHP script which calls another script in order to add IP addresses to a whitelist. I sometimes want to whitelist all addresses, in which case I have it call exec("otherscript *.*.*.*", output, retval); This worked fine, adding the string "*.*.*.*" to the whitelist until I happened to have another file in the directory of the ...

can we use smarty with zend framework?

Any body know can we use smarty with zend framework. If yes what is the advantage of using like that? ...

SELECT INTO or Stored Procedure?

Would this be better as a stored procedure or leave it as is? INSERT INTO `user_permissions` ( `user_id`, `object_id`, `type`, `view`, `add`, `edit`, `delete`, `admin`, `updated_by_user_id` ) SELECT `user_id`, $object_id, '$type', 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, $user_id FROM `user_permissions` WHERE `object_id` = $object_id_2 AND `t...

image magick ,text arc

system(' convert -size 320x100 xc:lightblue -font Courier -pointsize 72 \ -fill navy -annotate +25+65 \'Ernakulam1\' \ -virtual-pixel transparent -distort arc 120 \ -bordercolor lightblue font_arcnew.jpg'); This coe is not working Example arc the text mainly this code is not working -virtual-pixel tran...

Monitoring for postbacks with PHP?

Hi, I have a PHP page with content that my users can view. When this page receives a POST request from a certain external URL, I'd like to redirect the user to another page. The problems I'm' having are: How can I monitor the page for requests being sent in an efficient way? How can I actually redirect them since header() doesn't work...