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Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? How do I see if one string is found within another string? or how many instances of one string, is found within another. ie. a="Sheree smells of poo" b="smells"

Can anyone point me to a guide or something for conversion? I tryed http://alexandre.alapetite.net/doc-alex/domxml-php4-php5/index.en.html but it doesn't work (not all parts anyway) - and as I can't find a working IDE/debugger combination I can't currently figure out why. I need to translate following code:

I have files (pdf) that users can view. They are in a protected site. index.php's first function is to check the User Name and password. If they are ok, it answers the request. I want return a pfd file. So if a user goes to http://www.mysite.com/index.php?command=view&file=mydoc.pdf

Hello I'm biting into the following problem: HTTP is stateless protocol and thus net languages' designer had to find out session. As far as I know session handling in any of the language (PHP, JSP, ASP) is one of the of the following: - user's IP, but ambiguous - using cookies, sometimes disregarded due to possibility of turning off in a...

hi all i need some clarification on how the php session work in relation to cookies. we have a web site where users need to log in. a few of our users were having troubles with their browser clients having different levels of cookie security settings. i assumed a solution would be to have the php site use the session only, and set...

Hi, I'm a bit of a newbie to php. I have some values that I'm getting via the post method which I want to include in an sql statement - the problem is I need to enclose the value in "'s but I dont know how. e.g $id = $_POST;

PHP 4.3.8 with UNIX with option --with-magic_mime echo mime_content_type('/images/myimage.png'); // RETURNS "text/plain" PHP 4.3.11 with UNIX with option --with-magic_mime echo mime_content_type('/images/myimgae.png'); // RETURNS "text/plain"

I have an array, say something like this (to build a form): $commands = array( "Start Date" => "build_date('startdate')", "End Date" => "build_date('enddate')" ); Only it will have many more entries. I want to cycle through the array, and print the first part, but then execute the second part so that it goes to the function build_date...

Using Linux/PHP 4.3.2 CLI: $fileID = fopen('myfile.txt', 'r'); // WORKS JUST FINE Using Linux/PHP 4.3.8 CLI: $fileID = fopen('myfile.txt'); // THROWS WARNING 'no such file or directory "myfile.txt" Using Windows XP/PHP 5.0.4 CLI:

Hi, My mysql base was migrated from a version 3 under Windows to a version 4 under Linux and the base was placed on a new server different from the web server (this one with phpmyadmin). When I trie to upload a csv file with phpmyadmin, I obtain the following error : ---------------

Hi Folk I was wondering to hear from you why you use classes in some instances rather than functions. I have never used a class, but I use a lot of functions. I don't have a comp sci background, so I may miss some of the basics. TIA

I am writing an app where an "environment" contains a few managers which arbitrate access to objets. The scenario is something like this: class Env { var $db; var $manager_a; var $manager_b; function Env () {

Well, I can connect to my Pg database through ZS just fine. It lists all the databases, all the schemas, and quite a few items under each schema. Unfortunately, all of *those* items are empty when I know that, at the very least, the "Table" item shouldn't be. I'm also getting the following error when trying to test queries within ZS:...

Hello, I'm trying to run a few PHP applications (phppgadmin, Horde) under Orion Java Server (http://orionserver.com) and so far couldn't make it work. I know this is more of an Orion-specific question but I can't find a good Orion support forum. I tried configuring Orion web-module to these applications but

Hi, How would I go about destroying POST vars after their use in a script? Is this possible? The reason is that when I use a script that, for example, add a row to a database. If for some reason the user refreshes the page, it will add another row. Is it the browser that resends the POST vars when a page is refreshed?

Hi, I have the following XML file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <items> <item line="2">all that glitters is gold,</item> <item line="1">Theres a lady thats sure,</item> <item line="3">and she's buying a stairway to heaven</item> </items>

Hey there, Is there a way to have php automatically save a file that is being downloaded without having the annoying "Save As.." dialog box that appears? I would like to be able to create a txt file on the server and automatically have it save in a user's specified folder. -Jay (patel at cs dot utk dot edu)

Hi, I've used fopen() extensively to open web pages. I've found that there is a small minority of web pages that open fine in a browser, but are inaccessible using fopen(). Here are two such URLs: http://www.homes.com/ http://www.dolbyproperties.com/

I was flicking through a PHP book (one of the teach in 24 hour ones) and I came across something I had never seen before in PHP. It was a method of printing out without using the print method, it was something like : <?= $myVar; ?> Is this an out dated method? Is it compatible with all versions of PHP (since implementation at least)?

I am getting the 'partially uploaded file' error with uploads over about 4k-5k. $_FILE = 3. Rackin my brain on this one, any help appreciated. Php.ini - upload_max_filesize=2M - post_max_size=8M and we have the <input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="5000000"> input tag appearing prior to <input type="file"

I use POST to transfer a file from my client to the server. It is working up to a limit. Trying to transfer a file of 60 MBytes fails with an error message of 3 which seems to mean "file partially transfered" ?! I did tried to increase both max_execution_time & max_input_time without success ? Is there a way to have php a bit more...

Hi, I don't know if anyone has run into similar problems, but it seems like when I use `require_once(...)' with files that contain functions I get an error indicating that it can't redeclare the functions. I thought the point of the once directive was to PREVENT the system from including duplicate files (and thus attempting to redeclare...

I have this concept I throwing together. It is not professional or anything, just something I thought might be interesting. The concept is business(me) - to - consumer. It is, What did you buy?. You log into this site and describe purchases you might have made over time. It might be simple like: 'Tommy Shirt cost $30' Whatever...you...

Question, I am testing php scripts through the console app(php.exe) how can I send form variables to it? Or can I? Can I just fill in variables into _POST for example. -- Ramza from Atlanta http://www.newspiritcompany.com

I have this: ------------ print "<FORM name=\"form3\" ACTION=\"cmdlog_rep.php\">\n"; print "<TD><INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Submit\"></TD>\n"; .. print "<INPUT type=\"HIDDEN\" name=\"year1\" >\n"; print "<INPUT type=\"TEXT\" name=\"when\" >\n"; print "</FORM>\n";