We're currently running with php 5.2.5. We have now encountered a bug that creates a seg fault. Our first idea at the solution is upgrading to version 5.2.6 but are skeptical of problems that it will create. We are running Apache and host a dozen or so sites. Will any existing code break? Are there any significant changes to be aware o...
It seems that there is no real pattern to the way functions are named, str_replace, strrpos, strip_tags, stripslashes are just some. Why is this the case? EDIT - this wasn't meant as a "troll" type post - just something that I think everytime I use the language! ...
Has anyone found a working PHP API/framework for syncing my custom built ecommerce web site back to Quickbook for accounting? Update: I've looked into using the framework found at: http://idnforums.intuit.com/messageview.aspx?catid=56&threadid=9164 But I'm amazed to not find any other viable solutions. How else are people runn...
Lately I've been taking a look at haXe, to build an application to be deployed to Apache running PHP. Well, while it looks like it might suit my needs (deploying to PHP, but not using an awful language), I haven't found anything to make the actual application development easier than building a traditional non-MVC PHP app. Are there any t...
In PHP5, is the __destruct() method guaranteed to be called for each object instance? Can exceptions in the program prevent this from happening? ...
In PHP5, what is the difference between using self and $this? When is each appropriate? ...
I've got a php script. Most of the time the script returns html, which is working fine, but on one occasion (parameter ?Format=XML) the script returns XML instead of HTML. Is there any way to change the returned mime type of the php output on the fly from text/html to text/xml or application/xml? ...
I want to learn MVC "architecture pattern" but I don't want to jump into a framework like Rails or Django just yet. I want to understand the concept first and write some simple code in my currently familiar environment, which happens to be php/html/css/mysql. I don't necessarily need a tutorial that is based on php, as I do understand ...
How can I set points on a 24h period spreaded by the Gaussian distributions? For example to have the peak at 10 o'clock? ...
Say if I had a table of books in a MySQL database and I wanted to search the 'title' field for keywords (input by the user in a search field); what's the best way of doing this in PHP? Is the MySQL LIKE command the most efficient way to search? ...
XAMPP makes configuring a local LAMP stack for windows a breeze. So it's quite disappointing that enabling htaccess files is such a nightmare. My problem: I've got a PHP application that requires apache/php to search for an /includes/ directory contained within the application. To do this, htaccess files must be allowed in apache and ...
I'm looking for a mapping API (Google Maps-esque), preferably in PHP, that will provide driving instructions between two locations (not necessarily US-based), but will also give information on the type of roads used. The information doesn't have to be very specific - I'd be happy with knowing whether the roads taken are either urban or m...
Hi Team, I've got a script that takes a user uploaded RTF document and merges in some person data into the letter (name, address, etc), and does this for multiple people. I merge the letter contents, then combine that with the next merge letter contents, for all people records. Affectively I'm combining a single RTF document into itsel...
I've got the following query to determine how many votes a story has received: SELECT s_id, s_title, s_time, (s_time-now()) AS s_timediff, ( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM s_ups WHERE stories.q_id=s_ups.s_id) - (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM s_downs WHERE stories.s_id=s_downs.s_id) ) AS votes FROM stories I'd like to apply the following mathematic...
Code I'm trying to run: $query = "DESCRIBE TABLE TABLENAME"; $result = odbc_exec($h, $query); The result: PHP Warning: odbc_exec(): SQL error: [unixODBC][IBM][iSeries Access ODBC Driver][DB2 UDB]SQL0104 - Token TABLENAME was not valid. Valid tokens: INTO., SQL state 37000 in SQLExecDirect in ... There were no other problems with S...
I am trying to install Php on Vista (IIS 7). The installation and configuration seems to be fine. Pretty much followed everything mentioned in http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/09/19/How-to-install-PHP-on-IIS7-_2800_RC1_2900_.aspx I can even bring up a test.php which is basically and can also connect to mysql db through code. But...
I am parsing an RSS feed from the following URL: http://rss.sciam.com/ScientificAmerican-Global?format=xml // $xml_text is filled with the contents read from the URL $xml_parser = xml_parser_create(); $res = xml_parse($xml_parser, $xml_text); if (!$res) { $error = xml_error_string(xml_get_error_code($xml_parser)). " at line ...
I want to use Phing as a build tool and I was wondering if there any (web) interfaces available for generating build files. Any recommendations on alternative methods to writing those by hand would be appreciated as well. ...
I have little knowledge of Flash but for a little Flash game I have to store score and successful tries of users in a database using PHP. Now the Flash runs locally on the users computer and connects to a remote server. How can I secure against manipulation of game scores. Is there any best practice for this use case? ...
Hi all, I'm building a form with php/mysql. I've got a table with a list of locations and sublocations. Each sublocation has a parent location. A column "parentid" references another locationid in the same table. I now want to load these values into a dropdown in the following manner: --Location 1 ----Sublocation 1 ----Sublocation 2 --...