So this should be a real easy question but I can't seem to find a simple answer anywhere. I'm patching up some PHP code (I'm not a PHP'er) and I have this variable $orderDate. How do I print this variable so that its just M/d/yy h:mm tt? Update: So I looked around and saw what $orderDate is. Here's the code: global $orderDate; $orderD...
I would like to keep the PHP / MySQL combo as 'stock vanilla' as possible but would like to install the PDO driver for MySQL. How can I do this on 10.5? ...
Hey ! I really need to add a certain namespace to a SOAP Envelope which is not specified in the WSDL for some reason I already tryed using the 'uri' parameter in the SoapCliente constructor but it's not working how can I add this namespace to the SoapEnvelope ? thanks in advance ...
There are many conflicting statements around, what is the best way to row count using PDO in PHP with MySQL? Before using PDO I just simply used mysql_num_rows. FetchAll is something I won't want as I may sometimes be dealing with large datasets, so not good for my use. Any suggestions? ...
Let's assume we have the following structure: index.php config.inc.php \ lib \ lib \ common.php Several parameters like database name, user & co are configured in config.inc.php. What is the proper way to access them i.e. from a function located in \lib\common.php. Do I really have to do an include_once("config.inc.php") within each f...
Hello. I need to get values from selected checkboxe's and pass that values through pagination witch is done by php/mysql. And if on another page user select other checkboxes add their values to array of earlier seleced. I need this for product compare page. In short i get checkbox values store them add checkbox values from other pages ...
So: @fopen($file); Ignores any errors and continues fopen($file) or die("Unable to retrieve file"); Ignores error, kills program and prints a custom message Is there an easy way to ignore errors from a function, print a custom error message and not kill the program? ...
I was wondering about caching dynamic PHP pages. Is it really about pre-compiling the PHP code and storing it in byte-code? Something similar to Python's .pyc which is a more compiled and ready to execute version and so that if the system sees that the .pyc file is newer than the .py file, then it won't bother to re-compile to .py file. ...
Hi, Does anyone know of a PHP open source which can generate forms to be deployed across your website. These forms will collect and aggregate the data with in on database. There should also be the functionality to search across the forms (to generate reports and newsletter mailing lists) All the services I have found so far have been...
I have a large php project that relies on two levels of config files. In my project folder I have a default.config.ini that is loaded and then merged with a site specific config file. At the moment the code is reading an environment variable PROJECT_CONFIG that points to the specific config file. This works fine for each developer wor...
I am creating a website using PHP that makes use of a MySQL database and handles forms and variables from the URL. The variables are being using to dynamically construct SQL query strings. So i need a robust solution to make sure nobody is trying a SQL injection, etc.. A friend of mine has said that really i should only use stored proced...
Hi folks. I have this PHP script. It's the only one that really worked to me: <?php /*Check_if_user_has_changed_language: */ if(isset($lang)){/*If_so:*/ setcookie("ling",$lang,time()-60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);/*Wipe_previous_cookie*/ setcookie("ling",$lang,time()+60*60*24*365,"/",".sayip.info",0);/*Whatever_the_means_l...
For Python, it can create a pre-compiled version file.pyc so that the program can be run without interpreted again. Can Ruby, PHP, and Perl do that same on the command line? ...
I'm writing a method to lift certain data out of an SQL query string, and I need to regex match any word inside of curly braces ONLY when it appears outside of single-quotes. I also need it to factor in the possibility of escaped (preceded by backslash) quotes, as well as escaped backslashes. In the following examples, I need the regex...
My URLs look like "/pages.php?page=pageName" because I am using a database to supply the page's content. Does rewriting URLs to something like "/pageName" help search engines find the pages? If so how do I rewrite them? ...
Here's the deal: -Flair pretty much demands a Facebook app -I'm working on learning the Facebook platform Therefore, I've written a dinky little Facebook app to embed your Flair into a box on the side of your profile. If you're interested and on Facebook; beware that this is very much a work in progress, prone to change and has a whole...
If i delivered a website to a client and the client decides to do fraudulent activity with the website such as a e-commerce site would i in anyway be held accountable? this hasn't happened its just a question that was raised in my head :) ...
I'm writing an automation script on a production server that, among other things, needs to grab a list of remote files via FTP (FTP is the only option for interacting with the remote filesystem) and selectively download them. Why I can't use PHP's native FTP wrappers This is a production server in a very brittle environment. I'm writi...
Hi there, php noob here - I've cobbled together this script to display a list of images from a folder with opendir, but I can't work out how (or where) to sort the array alphabetically <?php // opens images folder if ($handle = opendir('Images')) { while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) { // strips files extensions $crap = ar...
I am using this function to generate SEO friendly titles, but I think it can be improved, anyone want to try? It does a few things: cleans common accented letters, check against a "forbidden" array, and check optionally against a database of titles in use. /** * Recursive function that generates a unique "this-is-the-title123" string ...