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Inserting checkbox values into database

Hi to all I need help for this problem that i'm trying to solve for a while (i'm new in PHP). I have a form with several checkboxes which values are pulled from a database. I managed to display them in the form, assign an appropriate value to each, but cannot insert their values into other database. Here's the code: <form id="form1" n...

How to keep a Php stream_socket alive?

I have a Php application using stream_socket_client(), to get data through tcp from a back-end server, but would like to keep the connections alive or even better in a pool or something to avoid the connect/disconnect over head. But I'm not a Php guru, so I have no idea how to do this. And although I could probably figure it out in a fe...

I need help creating a modding system in a Facebook Application

I'm trying to create a basic system that will allow only specific users to see and use modding links like "Delete" and "Edit". I can't seem to find anything about role management in Facebook applications, and using my own external SQL table or XML file is frustratingly stupid in my opinion, considering the fact I'm only trying to classif...

SharePoint SSO with a PHP application on a different server?

Hello, I need to implement a SSO between a SharePoint site and a custom PHP-based site wich reside on a different domain. I need to use the SharePoint user accounts to log in the PHP site. (I'll have a full controll over the PHP source) Is this possible? Any tips and tricks? ...

How do you remove a value that has an empty key from an associative array in PHP?

I have a key that appears to be an empty string, however using unset($array[""]); does not remove the key/value pair. I don't see another function that does what I want, so I'm guessing it's more complicated that just calling a function. The line for the element on a print_r is [] => 1, which indicates to me that the key is the empty st...

SEO google keyword position tools?

Hi guys, I want to check our google postions for several keywords every day and make a note in a spreadseet. At the moment, we have a student doing it but it's a rubbish job and it doesn't seem fair on them! Are there any tools available to automate this process? I have tried rankchecker by seobook.com, but although that should be exac...

PHP Idioms?

I'm looking to improve my PHP coding and am wondering what PHP-specific techniques other programmers use to improve productivity or workaround PHP limitations. Some examples: Class naming convention to handle namespaces: Part1_Part2_ClassName maps to file Part1/Part2/ClassName.php if ( count($arrayName) ) // handles $arrayName being u...

How do I interpret a WSDL with references to a namespace java: on a non-java client?

I'm trying to integrate against a SOAP web service, running on Apache Axis. The WSDL specifies a namespace with a URI, that looks like: <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:stns="java:dk.tdc.serviceproviderweb.datatypes" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="...

Which coding style you use for ternary operator?

I keep it in single line, if it's short. Lately I've been using this style for longer or nested ternary operator expressions. A contrived example: $value = ( $a == $b ) ? 'true value # 1' : ( $a == $c ) ? 'true value # 2' : 'false value'; Personally which style you use, or find ...

Best Way to handle/consolidate multiple Logins?

this is the scenario: multiple web systems (mostly lampp/wampp) exist, most of them with separate login information, (some share it). We're considering the benefits/disadvantages of unifying them somehow, or at least making handling the user administration parts easier. Due to the nature of some systems (its a mixed bag of custom OSS s...

adodb and access changing ® to ®

Hi, i connecting to a access database with php and adodb. Strings with characters like ® are saved in the database as ® . What can i do to store it correctly? ...

Simple Website (Apache/PHP/MySQL + JavaScript)

I've been asked to create a fairly straightforward website for a friend. Essentially a user will log in, fill in a set of information, and submit it. This data will then need to written to a database (and read from/presented at a future point). I'm not really a web developer (I do mostly Java/C++), but about 3 years ago I worked on a pr...

WordPress Plugin Development

Besides the CODEX what resources do you recommend to help a person new to creating plugins help create a WordPress plugin. I have an idea, but need a bit better explanation than what is in the CODEX to get started. UPDATE: Is there a book that I could buy to help me out with this? ...

PHP: Right way to declare variable before use in loop

I have a variable that is built in loop. Something like: $str = ""; for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) $str .= "something"; If $str = "" is ommitted, I get undefined variable notice, but I thought php auto-declare a variable the first time it sees undeclared one? How do I do this right? ...

Large custom survey / reporting applications - best practice

The situation When you study social sciences, you are frequently confronted with the need for online surveys (scientific data collection online). That's one of the main reasons why I started with PHP in the first place. Recently these survey applications have grown and grown. A lot of complexity has been added: reporting (flash charts,...

How do I maintain PHP sessions across multiple domains on the same server?

Hi, I am looking for a way to maintain PHP sessions across multiple domains on the same server. I am going to be integrating my sites with a Simple Machines Forum so I will need to use MySQL based sessions. Thanks! ...

Strange error when creating Excel files with Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer

Here's the code. Not much to it. <?php include("Spreadsheet/Excel/Writer.php"); $xls = new Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer(); $sheet = $xls->addWorksheet('At a Glance'); $colNames = array('Foo', 'Bar'); $sheet->writeRow(0, 0, $colNames, $colHeadingFormat); for($i=1; $i<=10; $i++) { $row = array( "foo $i", "bar $i"); $sheet->wri...

The number of ways of reading an xml file from another server in PHP?

I am trying to read an XML-file from another server. However the the company that's hosting me seems to have turned of the file_get_contents function from retrieving files for files from other servers (and their support is not very bright and it takes forever for them to answer). So I need a work around in some way. This is my current c...

PHP fork without having child inherit the parent's file descriptors?

I'm trying to run a shell command using the backtick operators, but the fact that the child process inherits php's open file descriptors is problematic. Is there a way to keep this from happening? I'm running PHP 5.1.2 ...

Best way to track changes and make changes from Mysql -> MSSQL

So I need to track changes that happen on a Mysql table. I was thinking of using triggers to log all the changes made to it and then save these changes in another table. Then I will have a cron script get all these changes and propagate the changes into the Mssql database. I really dont expect a lot of information to be proporgated, but...