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Greetings from a second day newbie to php. I think I have figured out a way to explode a field in a csv file (like 11-08-03) and implode it as 031108 and then compare it to the current date(ymd) to display data after the current date. What I would like to now do is use the 11 and display Nov. Can anybody help or point me in the right...

I am new to PHP and mySQL, and I am trying to build a database of services (on a service table) provided by agencies (another table), where one agency can provide many services, but a service belongs to a single agency. There are about 10 fields in the services table, including a comments field which needs to be searchable. I don't know how...

I am moving throught a set of records, my next works great but previous move to the first record. Also what is the best way to check and see if it is the first or last record in the set. if($move == "Next") { $next_rec = "select * from people where contactid > $rec_id limit 1"; $results = mysql_query($next_rec); $row =...

Hi, If I write $someobject = new SomeObject; will I have 2 instances in memory, one of which I cannot actually access? Will

I'm working on validating US phone numbers. I have a nice expression that Regex Coach likes, but causes PHP to reject everything I send. Are there any glaring differences? I can't figure out what's wrong. Another little email check works fine, using the code out of Wrox' Beginning PHP. PhoneCheck.php <?php function PhoneCheck($number)...

Hi, PHP newbie here... I've been using static class functions as a means of grouping certain functions together (e.g. class::function() ). Anybody know if this carries a performance overhead beoynd the simple function outside a class? Thanks,

Hi, Warning: passthru() has been disabled for security reasons in ... how can I change my php.ini file (php4/apache/winxp server) to enable this function? How can I best work around if I can't use this function? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l-.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our php was installed on our server by a consultant who is no longer available. Now, we have just moved our servers to a new location, and the autoresponders we have written in PHP no longer work. I'm assuming there is somewhere in the setup that holds the ip for the email server. Since we have a new mail server, we need to change that...

On Python i use: Webware - Application Server SQLObject - Object Relational Mapper FunFormKit - Form Handling Cheeta - Template Engine for my web development. Now i'm looking for a comparable PHP solution: I only found that Smarty is more or less the default template

Supposedly PHP-GTK is the ticket one can take to create cross-platform PHP scripts that load a standalone GUI application with widgets, and then everything else you know about PHP can work in the background via signals (widget events), including database access, etc. Some background for you: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/697 ...

hi, all i need your help, on about http_referrer in my script. when a visitor comes from another server i whish intercept the url where he come from; i've made some test with a simple echo $_server and this output anything if the last link is on same server of my page but don't from anyother server.

I'm trying to figure out how to write some php code that will allow me to resize a .jpg image and maintain it's aspect ratio - any help or idea's would be appreciated. Thanks...

I am attempting to compile php 4.3.4 I am not getting a .so file. when I look into the config.log file I find configure 11154 undefined reference to yp_default-domain. I have spent over 6 hours trying to get php to compile. Any help would be appreciated.

Hello all. My brother would like to create a website that high school math teachers could use. They would come to the web site and say "I'd like to have a worksheet on two-variable algebra." Then the web site would generate a pdf file for them. The information would be stored in a database. MySql or something similar. Is Php an...

<apologies for cross-posting> Hi All, I am based in the UK and have been doing some private work for a client which involved setting up a database and scripts to search it and display results etc, all the usual stuff. The work was at about the halfway point when the client asked for a time estimate for the whole project. I sent him...

Hoping someone can help me out with this problem. First problem, is I am unable to view my php error log. In my php.ini I have my log in /var/www/logs/php_error_log. However, it has remained empty. Secondly, my sendmail works fine from command prompt. However, when trying to send mail through a php script (I have tried a couple), it says it...

Hi, I have a function to take the 300 first words of a db field. As this field contains HTML, if some tags are not closed (TABLE, TD, TR, SPAN, DIV, P, ....) the presentation is out. Is someone have a solution ? Thanx

Hello, Everybody knows that you can edit a file directly from the ftp server with a ftp tool, if you close the file localy the ftp server uploads the file and it is saved on the server. Is this also possible with php? i have seen a script (asp) do this, we only work with php so i want a solution for php. Thanks in advance for some info.

Hi there. Had a look around google and found one post from someone with almost the same error and no reply. SunOS webdb 5.8 I have been trying to install PHP to work with Apache and it all works fine apart from trying to run php from bash.

I am a beggining PHP developer (been doing it for like 3 weeks now) and I am currently having a problem getting these arrays to work. I am running PHP 4.3.4 with Apache 2.0.47 on WinXP. I have a pretty good idea as to how they work, but no clue on how to apply them to the PHP scripts that I have written. (I'm not sure how to code it in...

Hi, I have a php file, where i am using an include from a URL detail.php: $html = ""; $contentFile = "http://www.mysite.com/link.php"; if ( $contentFile ) { $fileBuffer = file($contentFile);

hi, try this: <?php class Test { function method() { echo "hello world";

Hi, i'm new to php but i'm a bit familiar with servlet etc. I have 2 questions: - when a php site s browsed by many users at the same time, does the server completey execute one request after another or are they somehow executed parallel? - when a user uploads a file, is this file upload already a php-thread so

Well, I must say that I am new to working with FTP and am having problems despite the good help I have recieved. I have been working with code supplied by Janwillem Borleffs and have been able to get it to connect to the ftp server on my dev machine (red hat/apache). What I am trying to do is create a directory but the directory is not being...

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