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Checking return value of pg_query_params by PHP

How can you check if a resource is false in PHP`s pg query params? I run the following code unsuccessfully $row = pg_num_rows ( $result ); if ( $row !== 0 ) echo "hurray"; else echo "argh"; It gives me the following warnings Warning: pg_query_params() [function.pg-query-params]: Query failed: ERROR: invalid input ...

PHP - Data after "?" in URL displays different information

I know the title isn't very clear. I'm new to PHP, so there might be name for this kind of thing, I'll try to explain as best as I can. Sometimes in a URL, when using PHP, there will be a question mark, followed by data. I'm sorry, I know this is very noobish, but I'm not sure what it's called to look for a tutorial or anything. Here...

Zend_Amf headers

I'm using charles proxy to debug a zend amf response. The headers are coming back as: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:04:32 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8k DAV/2 PHP/5.3.0 X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.0 Content-Length: 33 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Should the content type be application/x-a...

PHP - Search a filename for php

Hello! I wan't to search a filename for example like this string: $filetype = "file.php.jpg"; And then i want to search if it finds php in that string, then return false; Now if a filename is named php-logo.jpg i don't want it to be denied. Maybe we should consider searching for .php. in the string? ...

How to add line breaks in RSS feeds?

I'm building my own custom RSS feed in PHP. I want the tag to contain line breaks to make the text more readable. However, I can't seem to figure out how to do it correctly. No matter what I try some RSS reader interprets it incorrectly. Is there some standard best way to add a line-break in and RSS 2.0 feed? I have tried "\n", which w...

best way to build dyanmic pop up menus

I have a scheduling page that display a week (sunday to saturday) schedule. They way I want to add employees to this schedule is with a series of popup menus that change based on the values selected. For example the first menu will be Jobs with <option> values propagated from the jobs table in my db. Now say a user selects 'Cook' in t...

php string variables in gettext (forgot one case scenario)

I've posted a question yesterday but I just realized that the answer doesn't seem to be working for a certain situation. The post was http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1349159/php-string-variables-in-gettext/1349209#1349209 and here is what I asked about: Hello, How does gettext translate string variables? It doesn't seem to...

' or " in PHP's Postgres queries

When should you use the character ' in PHP pg queries? When should you use the character " in PHP pg queries? This question is based on this answer. ...

How to accept "enter" value?

I am using php5. I am doing a form, a textarea, where user can send it to his/her friends. But currently, in my textarea form, if i type : Hello XXX, Its been a while. How are you? But when I echo it, it displays Hello XXX, Its been a while. How are you? How do I accept the enter button, so that when I display I can d...

PayPal like IPN with Google Checkout

I've reading the Google Checkout docs but I haven't found anything similar to PayPal IPN for Google Checkout. Can anyone point me in the right direction to automatically process orders using Google Checkout? ...

PHP - Get the file extension (basename?)

Hello there! If I have a code like this: $file = basename($filename); How do i get the file extension of $file? The variabel file could contain any kind of file, like index.php or test.jpeg. ...

Converting Procedural PHP to OOP PHP

Hi, is there any easy way to convert Procedural PHP to OOP PHP. I've a web application, and currently, only the login system is in OOP. Thanks :) ...

Getting values from external input fields generated by jQuery

I will try to explain the situation as it is a little bit more complicated. I have created a multiple picture upload form. It works like this: In the form there are 2 submit buttons. 1 normal HTML submit button and another one is generated by jQuery. It is a "Browse" button which allows you to browse pictures on your HDD and add them ...

Why use mysqli_close() ?

Is there any reason why I should close the connection after a query or at the end of the script? What are the benefits of doing/no doing do? ...

Dynamic Include How should I set default page?

I am using this PHP code: if (isset($_GET['c'])) { $pages = array("home", "upload", "signup"); if (in_array(strtolower($_GET['c']), $pages)) include('pages/'.$_GET['c'].'.php'); else echo "Page not found =("; } How should I do to so that the default page will be home.php with this code? ...

counterCache in cake php

I want to display the total number of comments for a particular post in my blog. I have 'posts' and 'comments' tables in my database. Now, I am a bit confused about using counterCache. I first created a field in the 'posts database', namely, 'comment_count' and then I added the counterCache key in the post model. var $hasMany = array('...

Combinatorics: Building 10 groups of 100 elements while elements remain sorted

Hello! I've got a problem concerning combinatorics. Unfortunately, I can't describe it abstractly so I try to explain it as a story. :) Problem: There are 100 children on the schoolyard. They all have unique heights, assuming the values are 100-199cm. You want to build 10 groups, each consisting of 1-99 children. How can you build al...

pecl memcached on windows

I'm using Windows XP SP3 and I need to install libmemcached (NOT MEMCACHE), the php class, through PECL. However, every time I try to it tells me that it can't find memcached.dsp. Is there a way to install libmemcached on windows through PECL? ...

Pointing toward a top-level style sheet in all directories

I have a html_headers.inc.php script that I want to include in every script on the site, to drop in a style sheet, the headers of the page, etc. It refers to main.css as the stylesheet to use, but when I get down into a subdirectory, i.e. /foo, the link obviously breaks because it's pointing to main.css and not ../main.css. What's the b...

Getting size in memory of an object in PHP?

There is a way to get the total memory PHP is using (memory_get_usage()) but how does one get the size in memory of an individual object? I'm obviously not talking about count() as I want the number of bytes in a potentially complex data structure. Is this even possible? Thanks. ...