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What PHP framework would you choose for a new application and why?

Over the course of your web development experience, what PHP framework(s) have you worked with? What strengths and weaknesses have you observed in those frameworks? Considering these, what framework would you recommend if beginning a new application? ...

API for server-side 3D rendering

I'm working on an application that needs to quickly render simple 3D scenes on the server, and then return them as a JPEG via HTTP. Basically, I want to be able to simply include a dynamic 3D scene in an HTML page, by doing something like: <img src="http://www.myserver.com/renderimage?scene=1&amp;x=123&amp;y=123&amp;z=123"&gt; My ques...

Is a Session ID generated on the Server-side or Client-side?

This web page http://www.w3schools.com/ASP/prop_sessionid.asp states that a session ID is generated on the ServerSide. If this is the case, then how does a server know it's still the same client on the 2nd request response cycle? Surely the SessionId would be generated on the ClientSide so that the client would be sure of passing the ...

Starting out doing server side things - what languages and techniques to choose?

I've been doing html, css and javascript for quite a long time, mostly for my very own enjoyment. I would say I know fairly much, I've created many simple games and apps and experiments with javascript. However there is only so much that is possible to do in the browser, for any more "complete" websites I am constantly confronted with my...

Call a server side method using __DoPostBack by the name of the method

hello, i want to call a server side method using __DoPostBack and generating the HTML, but i dont want a hidden ASP runat server control in my page its possible to call a server side method by its name not by the name of the control that trigger it ?? ...

When and how do you use server side JavaScript?

Occasionally I search for some JavaScript help and I come upon the term "Server-side JavaScript". When would you use JavaScript server-side? And how? My experiences of JavaScript have been in the browser. Is there a compiled version of JS? ...

Browse Files Server-side in ASP.NET

I'm creating an ASP.NET web application to schedule tasks on our server from a remote location using a .NET Wrapper for Scheduled Tasks. However, I'm stuck. The user needs to be able to browse the file system on the server to retrieve a "file to run" for the new task that the user's creating in this application. I need to get the file...

.net development dynamically created controls need their own methods

Hello everyone, I'm sure that almost everyone programming in .net has ran into similar issues with the dynamic creation of buttons.. Example scenario.. I have a gridview and in one of the gridview fields I have a button. Normally in .net using visual studio you can easily grab the click event of the button, however since these butto...

Why Won't Server Side Includes Work?

I have been trying to use Server Side Includes on my website to save time writing code and be able to change site wide elements quickly and easily. However i cannot seem to get them to work, either locally or on the Server. I have set them up as .html files (with only the code needed and no html or body tags) in a "ssi" folder and am c...

What would cause ASP.NET validators not to trigger on a deployed site?

Locally it works, I know its the "it works on my machine" syndrome but i cant see why. Simple web page, fields, required field validators, such as <asp:textbox id="tbEmail" runat="server" CssClass="field"></asp:textbox> <asp:requiredfieldvalidator id="Requiredfieldvalidator2" runat="server" Display="Dynamic" ControlToValid...

automatically composit sound - php or something like that - GD library for sound?

Ok does anybody have any idea for good ways to accomplish the following: A user programs some drum loops in flash and is somehow able to download or save an mp3 of the loop. I thought that the pattern could be composted on the server side. Then a link to the file is sent to the user. I had thought there might be something like image...

How can I make an AJAX server side script in C?

I am looking into AJAX for the first time and I would like to know if it's possible to make the requests from a server side CGI application written in C? Will the C application just use printf for the data, similar to this .asp example? ...

Create server-side DVR application to be able to record DVR in FMS

Hi I want to be able to use the DVR compability in FMS3. But to do that I need to implement a server-side DVR application it says in the documentation. The problem is I cannot find any example on this. "You need to add server-side ActionScript to handle the recording and the correct client-side ActionScript to your media player." http...

Ruby: client-side or server-side?

Is Ruby client- or server-side? ...

On form submit background function php running

Hi: I am looking for a way to start a function on form submit that would not leave the browser window waiting for the result. Example: User fills in the form and press submit, the data from the form via javascript goes to the database and a function in php that will take several seconds will start but I dont want the user to be left wa...

Create a website screenshot/thumbnail server-side?

I'm building a rails app that needs to grab and display a thumbnail screenshot from a URL. I'm having a difficult time even finding where to start. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...

Open source library for an online examination module?

I am writing an educational website for a non-profit purpose and I want to reuses an already available library for an "online examination" module (web application). Any server side scripting language will do. Please suggest... I have heard that there is a lot of free code available as PHP scripts. I haven't used PHP yet but I can learn ...

Using Excel OleDb to get sheet names IN SHEET ORDER

I'm using OleDb to read from an excel workbook with many sheets. I need to read the sheet names, but I need them in the order they are defined in the spreadsheet; so If I have a file that looks like this; |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____| |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____| |_____|_____|____|____|____|____|...

secure server side language

Looking around the horizon of the web server side, I see that scripted languages like PHP are quite popular, probably due to the speed of development and ease of programming. However scripted languages are human readable so isn't code security would be an issue here. I would like to know that if I am keen of security of my code on th...

what programming language

Hi there, When some webpages are not displaying the extensions of server side files which generate that content, how can you know (as a visitor) in what language was that site build? Many thanks ...