I wonder if this would be doable ? To insert an array into one field in the database. For instance I have a title, I want to have that title with only one id, but it's going to be bilingually used on the website. It feels a bit unnecessary to make another table to have their global ids and then another table with the actual titles link...
I am using trigger_error to "throw" errors in a custom class. My problem is that trigger_error prints out the line number where trigger_error was called. For example, given the following code: 01 <?php 02 class Test { 03 function doAction() { 04 $this->doSubAction(); 05 } 06 07 ...
It appears that in PHP objects are passed by reference. Even assignment operators do not appear to be creating a copy of the Object. Here's a simple, contrived proof: <?php class A { public $b; } function set_b($obj) { $obj->b = "after"; } $a = new A(); $a->b = "before"; $c = $a; //i would especially expect this to create a cop...
I would like to use a secure SSL login on my website! I have not used SSL before, so I am looking for some good reading. Can anyone tell me where I can find some sample code of SSL snippets or page code. (Not too technical) I do have a static IP My host is set-up to handle SSL Pages. Interested in: Basic page code. / Tree structure...
If I have a class representing access to one table in my database in a class:table relationship, so I can hide table details in one class. But as any useful application I have to query several tables. How can I accomodate this using the class:table design? ...
Are there any "all-in-one" installers for php + mysql on iis? Preferably with a gui configuration interface. ...
Everything I read about better php coding practices keeps saying don't use require_once because of speed. Why is this? What is the proper/better way to do the same thing as require_once (if it matters, i'm using php5) ...
Given a week number, e.g. date -u +%W, how do you calculate the days in that week starting from Monday? Example rfc-3339 output for week 40: 2008-10-06 2008-10-07 2008-10-08 2008-10-09 2008-10-10 2008-10-11 2008-10-12 ...
From one apache server file_get_contents returns the contents of a url straight away. On another apache server file_get contents won't return the contents of the same url until the keep-alive limit of the server hosting that url has been expired. The 2 php servers are retrieving the same url but through different network routes. What ...
Is there a better way to profile code then: $start1 = microtime(TRUE); for($i=0;$i<count($array);$i++) { //do something } $time1 = microtime(TRUE) - $start1; ...
Can i override fetchall method in a model? I need to check sth everytime fetchAll is called. The model extends Zend_db_table_abstract ...
A while a go I had to developed a music site that allowed audio files to be uploaded to a site and then converted in to various formats using ffmpeg, people would then download the uploaded audio files after purchasing them and a tmp file would be created and placed at the download location and was only valid for each download instance a...
Mobile Safari is a very capable browser, and it can handle my website as it is perfectly. However, there are a few elements on my page that could be optimized for browsing using this device; such as serving specific thumbnails that are smaller than the desktop counterparts to help fit more content into the screen. I would like to know h...
Obviously, there is no one single solution that would satisfy everyone's needs; an architecture is always a trade-off. I want to create a framework, originally aimed at RAD of web games. Target language is PHP, although the architecture should be widely applicable. Goals that I have in head for this framework are: flexibility in ways yo...
I'm working profesionally on a php web application which contains contacts, among other data. I was wondering how hard it would be to make this data available to external programs using the LDAP protocol. Are there specific tools out there for this? I couldn't really find anything, but I can't imagine I'm the first to think about this. ...
I have a CSV file that holds about 200,000 - 300,000 records. Most of the records can be separated and inserted into a MySQL database with a simple $line = explode("\n", $fileData); and then the values separated with $lineValues = explode(',', $line); and then inserted into the database using the proper data type i.e int, float, s...
I have two arrays. One contains id=>count and the other contains id=>name. I'm trying to produce a single array that is name=>count. Any suggestions on a straightforward way to do this? I have looked at the Array Functions in the PHP Manual and didn't see anything that stood out as doing what I want, so I'm guessing I'll need a combinat...
I'm doing some PHP work recently, and in all the code I've seen, people tend to use few methods. (They also tend to use few variables, but that's another issue.) I was wondering why this is, and I found this note "A function call with one parameter and an empty function body takes about the same time as doing 7-8 $localvar++ operations. ...
I'm writing a command line tool to help my web app. It needs a password to connect to the service. I'd like the script to show a password prompt so I don't have to pass it as a command line argument. That's easy enough, but I'd like it to not echo the password to the screen as it's typed. How can I do this with PHP? Bonus points for ...
The source code for the PHP interpreter is absolutely mystifying to me. The thing is, I'd like to learn more about it, so I can avoid making Schlemiel-style mistakes. This is a huge project, some nearly sixty megs in size. How do I go about reading it? Is there an article or a book out there somewhere to help me begin to make some se...