[PHP] MySql Rollback in PHP within a website
Hey... I have a question. I need to be able to try to perform a database update, but if it doesn't succeed, I need to be able to rollback the changes, and to inform the user that the changes didn't succeed. I've looked at the MySql site, and can see somewhat how the Commit/RollBack functions work. However, I'm not sure how to create the required PHP code to implement this kind of process... Basically I need to: Create query... Perform Update on the table(s) Perform my check(s) If the checks fail alert user rollback updates else success It's my understanding that I need to somehow set "START TRANSACTION" prior to beginning the update. But I'm not sure how to do that within the PHP code... Nor am I sure if there's something else I need to do... Any examples/hints/sample code will be appreciated. Thanks for any assistance! Regards, Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] (925) 866-2790 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] apache/web site question...
hi... a very basic (i hope) question... i know i can have a web page that uses PHP/ASP/Etc... and i can do a kind of include, such that i can incorporate content/text from another file. i'm curious to know if there is a way to do that such that i can incorporate text from a file on another server on a separate domain/IP address??? any examples/sample pages demonstrating this would be helpful!!! I would like to be able to accomplish this from within the apache httpd.conf file if possible, where i simply define a website/page and the httpd.conf directive points to the file on the separate PC. If this isn't possible, I'll take the PHP/ASP/Etc.. approach where I can include a file that resides on another completely different server/PC... thanks... bruce douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] (925) 866-2790 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: exec works with some, but not all commands
when running shell commands form php/web apps... it's a good idea to check
the ownership/privs/permissions of both the exe being run, as well as any
output/input files for the exe app.
you should also check the web/apache/iis error/log files to determine if
everything is correct...
regards,
-Original Message-
From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Martin
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Re: exec works with some, but not all commands
Matthew Sims wrote:
>>why would exec("touch /var/www/testfile.txt") work but not
>>
>>exec("/usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/testuser/.gnupg blah blah blah")
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>>the dir used in homedir has mode 777 just for testing
>>
>>
>>this is the actual command I'm trying to run...
>>exec("/usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/testdir/.gnupg --armor --output e.gpg
>>-e -r uid_someuser sf.txt");
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>>if I run it from the command line, it works fine...
>>
>
>
> I'm not sure but what if you defined an absolute path for your output
> files (e.gpg and sf.txt).
>
I'm not sure either, but I was thinking absolute too.
Also you might try system(), shell_exec(), or passthru() if you're
trying to get output back.
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[PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections...
hi.. in looking over mysqli/mysql constructs, i noticed that mysqli doesn't appear to support persistent connections. is this correct, did i miss something..??? without using persistent connections/transactional processing, how is one supposed to accomplish handling db transactions across multiple pages..??? if persistent connections are still supported with mysqli, how? and if the persistent connection is no longer available, can someone explain why it was dropped..??? thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections...
php/mysql supported persistent connections.. i had assumed that mysqli would as well it appears that it doesn't... -bruce -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections... > without using persistent connections/transactional > processing, how is one > supposed to accomplish handling db transactions across > multiple pages..??? At what point was this ever allowed or even capable of being done? Are you saying you're doing this now? ---John Holmes... UCCASS - PHP Survey System http://www.bigredspark.com/survey.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: RE: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections...
never worked with them but i'm getting close in an app that i believes requires them... i'm going to need to do transactional processing across multiple pages for a test app. i was looking at the mysqli functions which work for the rollback/commit which is ok. but it's my understanding that once the page closes, the db connection is lost, which would trigger a rollback of any db queries/processing currently in process. however, if i had a persistent connection, then the connection should be open, and the rollback shouldn't be triggered, and the app could proceed with the db processing, followed by a commit! at least this was the plan, until i couldn't find the persistent hook within mysqli... what am i missing..?? -bruce -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections... > php/mysql supported persistent connections.. Have you ever used persistant connections. I don't think they work the way you are thinking. Persistant connections rarely had any benifit except in certain server configurations. ---John Holmes... UCCASS - PHP Survey System http://www.bigredspark.com/survey.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
i can't be the only one to need to do this since it appears that php5/mysqli no longer supports pconnect, how does this get done??? it almost seems that there needs to be a small intermediate server/app that php would talk to, that would in turn talk with the mysql server. this app would essentially make the connection, and maintain the connection with the mysql db/server. the php app could then be free to make any required calls with the mysql db, knowing that there's a persistent connection available from the intermediate server. in essence, the intermediate server would basically be a container for db connections... comments/criticisms/etc... -bruce -Original Message----- From: bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: RE: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections... never worked with them but i'm getting close in an app that i believes requires them... i'm going to need to do transactional processing across multiple pages for a test app. i was looking at the mysqli functions which work for the rollback/commit which is ok. but it's my understanding that once the page closes, the db connection is lost, which would trigger a rollback of any db queries/processing currently in process. however, if i had a persistent connection, then the connection should be open, and the rollback shouldn't be triggered, and the app could proceed with the db processing, followed by a commit! at least this was the plan, until i couldn't find the persistent hook within mysqli... what am i missing..?? -bruce -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [PHP] php mysql--mysqli persistent connections... > php/mysql supported persistent connections.. Have you ever used persistant connections. I don't think they work the way you are thinking. Persistant connections rarely had any benifit except in certain server configurations. ---John Holmes... UCCASS - PHP Survey System http://www.bigredspark.com/survey.html -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
we want to have the ability to perform db queries/actions with the db across multiple pages. the pconnect supposedly allowed an app to use the same connection if one was available. so an app would establish the connection on page 1, and page 2 could use the same db connection... this is required as i understand it if you're going to do transactional processing, as once the connect dies, the actions being performed are rolled back if you haven't done a "commit"... -bruce -Original Message- From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... bruce wrote: > i can't be the only one to need to do this > > since it appears that php5/mysqli no longer supports pconnect, how does this > get done??? > > it almost seems that there needs to be a small intermediate server/app that > php would talk to, that would in turn talk with the mysql server. this app > would essentially make the connection, and maintain the connection with the > mysql db/server. the php app could then be free to make any required calls > with the mysql db, knowing that there's a persistent connection available > from the intermediate server. > > in essence, the intermediate server would basically be a container for db > connections... > > comments/criticisms/etc... > > -bruce I'm not sure I understand what it is exactly you want to do. Is it that you want to open a connection to the db on page one, and have that connection remain open on pages two, three, etc.? If that's the case, I don't think (I could be wrong, never used pconnect) pconnect ever did this. My understanding is that PHP will close _all_ db connections when the page is finished executing, no matter how that connection was opened. If this is what you want to do, why do you need the connection to remain open after a page executes? No queries are going to be run after execution stops. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
not sure if it's php/mysqli... but if you check the php.net for the "mysqli" not "mysql" functions... you won't see the persistent attribute listed for the php.ini attributes... -bruce you're learning more every day -Original Message- From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... bruce wrote: > we want to have the ability to perform db queries/actions with the db across > multiple pages. > > the pconnect supposedly allowed an app to use the same connection if one was > available. so an app would establish the connection on page 1, and page 2 > could use the same db connection... this is required as i understand it if > you're going to do transactional processing, as once the connect dies, the > actions being performed are rolled back if you haven't done a "commit"... > > -bruce You're right...according to the docs, my understanding of what pconnect did was wrong. I can't find where it says that this feature is going away in php5 though. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
you also won't see the mysqli pconnect function... which tells me that at least for now, it's not there... -bruce -Original Message- From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... bruce wrote: > not sure if it's php/mysqli... but if you check the php.net for the "mysqli" > not "mysql" functions... you won't see the persistent attribute listed for > the php.ini attributes... I wouldn't worry too much about that though. I mean if persistant connections are required for transactions, I'm sure it will be there. The only reason we may not be seeing it now is because the PHP5 documentation is full of holes (with it not being a production release yet). I know of a few items that are available in PHP5 that aren't documented on php.net yet. -- By-Tor.com It's all about the Rush http://www.by-tor.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
yeah... i saw that write up. i've also inquired with bugs.mysql as to if/whether this might be reinserted.. we'll see. that said, it appears that there would need to be an approach similar to the apache::dbi mod for perl, where you have an app that essentially does connection pooling. in this model, an intermediate app becomes the app that has the connection with the mysql server, and never shuts down. the web app would 'talk' to the intermediate app to get the connection id/handle, ensuring that the web app could get the same handle for all subsequent mysql interaction on the pages of the web app ie +<--->app1>>>>+ | v mysql<--- pool app | ^ +<--->app2>>>>+ in this case app1/app2 are both web apps running on apache app1/app2 would talk to the 'pool app' to get the initial mysql db 'handle'. the handle is stored/maintained for the life of the client web app. once the pool app gets the handle, the web app fetches the handle at the start of every page that has to perform db functions with mysql. subsequent db functions for the page are then performed between the web app and mysql, using the handle provided by the pool app that's the theory, not sure how it would work, or what other issues would be. but if it did work, it could be extended to support any given web app/server that needed to be able to maintain the connection with the db over multiple pages... -bruce -Original Message- From: Jim Grill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'John Nichel'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... It's my understanding that persistent connections via the old ext/mysql was a flawed misfeature to begin with. This was one of several misfeatrures corrected by the new mysqli extension. There is some information on the subject here: http://www.zend.com/php5/articles/php5-mysqli.php It would be my guess that pconnect will be a thing of the past. It's sort of a drag, but running out of connections - as pconnect can cause - is a real drag too. ;) Jim Grill Web-1 Hosting http://www.web-1hosting.net - Original Message - From: "bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Nichel'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 12:10 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... > you also won't see the mysqli pconnect function... which tells me that at > least for now, it's not there... > > -bruce > > > -Original Message- > From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 8:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... > > > bruce wrote: > > not sure if it's php/mysqli... but if you check the php.net for the > "mysqli" > > not "mysql" functions... you won't see the persistent attribute listed for > > the php.ini attributes... > > I wouldn't worry too much about that though. I mean if persistant > connections are required for transactions, I'm sure it will be there. > The only reason we may not be seeing it now is because the PHP5 > documentation is full of holes (with it not being a production release > yet). I know of a few items that are available in PHP5 that aren't > documented on php.net yet. > > -- > By-Tor.com > It's all about the Rush > http://www.by-tor.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
curt... the method i described allows one to essentially have/maintain persistent connections... -Original Message- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... * Thus wrote bruce: > yeah... > > i saw that write up. i've also inquired with bugs.mysql as to if/whether > this might be reinserted.. we'll see. You don't need persistant connections with the method you describe. The pool app simply manages multiple connections. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages...
the method i described gives the user/app a potential way of establsihing/maintaining/using the same connection thoughout the life of the web app/session... with this approach, one could possible have the 'persistent' conection handle to the db that i've been talking about... which would then allow for transactional processing across multiple pages within a web app -Original Message- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] db transactions across multiple pages... * Thus wrote bruce: > yeah... > > i saw that write up. i've also inquired with bugs.mysql as to if/whether > this might be reinserted.. we'll see. You don't need persistant connections with the method you describe. The pool app simply manages multiple connections. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] function similar to to sizeof
does php have a function similar to the 'C' sizeof function... i'm looking to copy an object, and i'd like to be able to copy it at the binary level but i need to be able to determine the size of the object... any thoughts/comments..??? thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] function similar to to sizeof
specifically, i'm looking to return an object using the socket_write(). this requires that i be able to give it the size of the object being passed... if you know of another approach, i'm more than interested... -thanks -Original Message- From: raditha dissanayake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 6:16 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] function similar to to sizeof bruce wrote: >does php have a function similar to the 'C' sizeof function... > > yep in PHP 5 but it's just an alias for count. >i'm looking to copy an object, and i'd like to be able to copy it at the >binary level > > So how about using the clone feature of PHP5 instead of doing this manually. >but i need to be able to determine the size of the object... > > not sure why you want to do that. >any thoughts/comments..??? > > quick and dirty way to copy and object serialize it into a string and deserialize it back again. >thanks > >-bruce > > > -- Raditha Dissanayake. http://www.radinks.com/sftp/ | http://www.raditha.com/megaupload Lean and mean Secure FTP applet with | Mega Upload - PHP file uploader Graphical User Inteface. Just 128 KB | with progress bar. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Upgrade PHP?
i've successfully built php5 on rh8 with no issues... if you search through the achives of this mailing list you'll see what i did. look for mysqli/php. what issues are you haveing when you build from source...??? let us know, and i'm sure someone can help -Original Message- From: Will Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Upgrade PHP? I'm having problems upgrading PHP from 4.2.2 to 4.3.8 on RedHat 9. I've tried simply making the 4.3.8 from source, but RedHat didn't use the default PHP folder structure is seems, since there has been no change in my PHP version. I also tried the "./configure" string returned by 'phpinfo()' (assuming that the correct path info was included) with no luck. Does anyone have any tips on an easier way to upgrade? Thanks, Will -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] pconnect...
hi... since pconnect is not supported in php5, i'm wondering if the issue is that mysql no longer supports the underlying functions to implement pconnect, or if the decision to leave it out was based upon other factors. also, is there anybody i can talk to who has looked at the actual code within the earlier php4 regarding the pconnect issue? thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] pconnect...
i meant mysqli/php5 regarding pconnect. although, i've since seen information that leads me to believe htat pconnect would necessarily in and of itself be my solution. i'm starting to believe that a real solution for this would have to be implemented within mysql itself... -bruce -Original Message- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] pconnect... * Thus wrote bruce: > hi... > > since pconnect is not supported in php5, i'm wondering if the issue is that > mysql no longer supports the underlying functions to implement pconnect, or > if the decision to leave it out was based upon other factors. php5 has pconnect. You're getting mysql/mysqli confused: mysql_pconnect(); // valid mysqli_pconnect(); // NOT valid pconnect was removed from the mysqlImproved extension because it usually causes more problems than it solves. mysqli is only for mysql database versions >= 4.1.2, anything less you will still use mysql. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] pconnect...
i meant mysqli/php5 regarding pconnect. although, i've since seen information that leads me to believe that pconnect would "not" necessarily in and of itself be my solution. i'm starting to believe that a real solution for this would have to be implemented within mysql itself... -bruce -Original Message- From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] pconnect... * Thus wrote bruce: > hi... > > since pconnect is not supported in php5, i'm wondering if the issue is that > mysql no longer supports the underlying functions to implement pconnect, or > if the decision to leave it out was based upon other factors. php5 has pconnect. You're getting mysql/mysqli confused: mysql_pconnect(); // valid mysqli_pconnect(); // NOT valid pconnect was removed from the mysqlImproved extension because it usually causes more problems than it solves. mysqli is only for mysql database versions >= 4.1.2, anything less you will still use mysql. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Upgrade PHP?
provide us with a copy of the attributes you used when you compiled... ie ./configure --attributeA --ldapetc... -Original Message- From: Will Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 12:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Upgrade PHP? Well I uninstalled PHP, Apache, and all dependant RPMs. I compiled both from source, and although the compile went well, I'm having problems getting modules installed into PHP. For example, when using phpinfo(), I am told that GD is installed, but trying to use GD functions won't work. What now, guys? Will -Original Message- From: Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 10:11 PM To: Will Collins; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Upgrade PHP? I've dealt with a similar problem with Mandrake. Some distros have their own idea of where things should go. I prefer to install major applications like apache, perl, mysql, php myself and never install from rpm or accept default distro packages when installing an os from scratch. IMHO: Although handy for some things, I still can't figure out why people put up with rpms. :-) What I finally did is use rpm to uninstall php, apache, and mysql. I also followed dependencies and deleted them as well. This approach is not really a great idea if you're not used to building from source, but I have my own idea of where I like things to go so this works for me. Usually /usr/local is a good choice for installing. Since mysql and apache both come with their own start up scripts using chckconfig to add them to the system is about as easy as it gets. Jim Grill Web-1 Hosting http://www.web-1hosting.net - Original Message - From: "Will Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:03 PM Subject: [PHP] Upgrade PHP? > I'm having problems upgrading PHP from 4.2.2 to 4.3.8 on RedHat 9. I've > tried simply making the 4.3.8 from source, but RedHat didn't use the default > PHP folder structure is seems, since there has been no change in my PHP > version. I also tried the "./configure" string returned by 'phpinfo()' > (assuming that the correct path info was included) with no luck. Does > anyone have any tips on an easier way to upgrade? > > > > Thanks, > > Will > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] looking for a solid/good basic registration/login app/script
hi... i'm looking for a good/solid login/registration script that's in the open source domain. it can have it's own db/table structure. i can always rearchitect... i'd like it to have an admin function, and the ability to verify users via email, etc... anybody have a favorite/good app that they've used/implemented. i've look through lots of scripts, and decided to check here for additional input. thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] updating a frame from within php...
hi... this probably doens't belong here.. but i'll try! i have a two frame window. when the user logs into the 'main' window, i want to be able to 'update' the 'main' window and then hte 'nav' window. some underlying vars are getting set, and i need to be be able to refresh elements/links in the 'nav' window with the new values... searching through google, hasn't really shed any insight/light on the best approach for this.. any ideas/pointers/comments/thoughts... thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] redirecting to another frame using php header function
hi... can anyone point me to a way to do a page redirect using the php 'Header' function to another frame. I have a page in one frame, when the user does a submit, i want to have the app do a redirect using the 'Header' function, with the subsequent page being displayed in another frame. didn't find anything from google/php.net thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] updating a frame from within php...
in the event the user disbales j'script, i'm looking for an alternative... in my case, it should be pretty easy, because i'm looking to reload the entire page into the "_top"/"parent" frame/window. however, when i send the header, it gets interpreted as reloading in the same frame. which is not what i want to occur!!! i've seen some references to meta-tag attributes within the HEADER that alude to being able to specify the target window for the content... regards. -Original Message- From: Ed Lazor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:23 AM To: 'Scot L. Harris'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] updating a frame from within php... > Have been trying to find a way to do this myself. One idea I had to do > this from within PHP was to define the nav frame as a function which > would be called based on the actions in the main window. The nav frame > function would use the target elements to send their output to the > correct frame. > > Have not tried this yet so I am not sure that would work. Have not been > able to think of any other way to do it from PHP. In case it helps, think of PHP as server-side only. PHP processes scripts and outputs a web page that gets sent to the client / browser. Any activity occuring on the client/browser side needs to be handled by something like Javascript. Do a google on "javascript frame reload" and you'll see several examples of how to do this. -Ed -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] download file question...
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[PHP] php err msg/issue...
hi...
i'm dealing with an app that's throwing an err/warning msg.. i'm using php5,
on a linux rh8.0 system.
i believe the code was written for php4.
the code is:
if($rec)
{
$rs->append($setDefaults);
$rs->rows[$rs->pos]->fields=$rec; <<<<<rows[$rs->pos]->id=-1;
}
$rec = Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => admin [2] => 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
[3] => [4] => TRUE )
the err msg being generated is:
Php-Txt-Db-Access Error:
PHP Error: [2048] Creating default object from empty value [Line: 1537]
[File: /var/www/html/blast/txtdbapi/resultset.php]
i'm not sure why this is generated, or what's going on, or even how/why to
correct it!! apparently this doesn't happen with php4, but i'm not certain.
any thoughts/opinions/comments would be helpful...
thanks
-bruce
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RE: [PHP] php err msg/issue...
$rec is not empty
jason...
1st, if $rec was empty.. the 'if' section would not be called, and the err
would not be thrown
2nd.. i printed the value of '$rec' below the 'if' block of code...
but.. umm thanks...
-Original Message-
From: Jason Davidson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] php err msg/issue...
I gather $rec is empty.. :) make sure there is something in it before
you assign it to that object member.
Jason
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> hi...
>
> i'm dealing with an app that's throwing an err/warning msg.. i'm using
php5,
> on a linux rh8.0 system.
>
> i believe the code was written for php4.
>
> the code is:
>
> if($rec)
> {
> $rs->append($setDefaults);
> $rs->rows[$rs->pos]->fields=$rec; <<<<< $rs->rows[$rs->pos]->id=-1;
> }
>
> $rec = Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => admin [2] =>
21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3
> [3] => [4] => TRUE )
>
>
> the err msg being generated is:
> Php-Txt-Db-Access Error:
> PHP Error: [2048] Creating default object from empty value [Line: 1537]
> [File: /var/www/html/blast/txtdbapi/resultset.php]
>
>
> i'm not sure why this is generated, or what's going on, or even how/why to
> correct it!! apparently this doesn't happen with php4, but i'm not
certain.
>
> any thoughts/opinions/comments would be helpful...
>
> thanks
>
> -bruce
>
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RE: [PHP] php err msg/issue...
curt...
when i print $rs, i get the following:
displaying $rs shows that $rs is:
ResultSet Object (
[colNames] =>
Array ( [0] => id [1] => username [2] => password [3] => email [4] =>
is_super )
[colAliases] =>
Array ( )
[colTables] =>
Array ( )
[colTableAliases] =>
Array ( )
[colTypes] =>
Array ( [0] => inc [1] => str [2] => str [3] => str [4] => str )
[colDefaultValues] =>
Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => noname [2] => d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e [3]
=> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4] => FALSE )
[colFuncs] => Array ( )
[colFuncsExecuted] => Array ( )
[rows] => Array ( ) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[pos] => 0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[orderColNrs] => Array ( )
[orderTypes] => Array ( ) )
when i print $rs->pos, i get '0'
so are you saying that the code can't handle '$rs->rows[0] = $rec'
if this is the case, how can this be corrected
i guess it boils down to, how do you create/initialize/add a row to the db
structure..???
thanks...
-bruce
ps..
i tried to print $rs->rows[0], and got an 'Undefined offset: 0' err msg
so this would seem to support what you're saying...
so how can i correct/modify this!
-Original Message-
From: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:07 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] php err msg/issue...
* Thus wrote bruce:
> hi...
>
> i'm dealing with an app that's throwing an err/warning msg.. i'm using
php5,
> on a linux rh8.0 system.
>
> i believe the code was written for php4.
>
> the code is:
>
> if($rec)
> {
> $rs->append($setDefaults);
> $rs->rows[$rs->pos]->fields=$rec; <<<<<...
>
> the err msg being generated is:
> Php-Txt-Db-Access Error:
> PHP Error: [2048] Creating default object from empty value [Line: 1537]
> [File: /var/www/html/blast/txtdbapi/resultset.php]
This is because the element in $rs->rows[$rs->pos] is not defined
so php made a stdClass before it can assign the ->fields member.
Curt
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[PHP] looking for a few php partners/developers....
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[PHP] looking for a few php partners/developers....
Hi. We're currently working on a project and need a few php developers to really ramp up the creation of the application/system. We're building an overall system to allow college students to buy/sell used books online. The systems to support this effort have a number of components that have to be fleshed out/created. The role of the developer will be to essentially create the support apps. As a developer, you will be part of the team, with a sweat equity position. We do not look at this as being a full time commit, nor do we believe that the initial implementation should take a great deal of time. While we could do the development ourselves, we need to greatly accelerate the process!! I've intentionally kept this short, as I don't want to abuse the bandwidth. If you're interested, drop me a line, and we can discuss what we're doing, and how we're going to get there... Thanks for reading! -Bruce Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] returning values/information from perl apps to php apps..
hi... i'm trying to return values/information from a perl app to a php app. what's the best way?? foo.php blah res = system(dog.pl) . . --- dog.pl $vars . . . -- the issue i'm having is that perl only seems to allow an app to have an 'exit' value of a short int. i need to return values that might be multiple arrarys. should i simply write the perl return values into an output file, and read the output vars from the output file in the php file... comments/thoughts/etc thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] RE: returning values/information from perl apps to php apps..
eric... how does using serialize allow the information from the perl app to be used by the php parent app. unless you're implying that the serialized information is stored in an external file, that's then read by the php calling/parent app... -bruce -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Germann Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 7:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: returning values/information from perl apps to php apps.. Php::serialize -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bruce Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: returning values/information from perl apps to php apps.. hi... i'm trying to return values/information from a perl app to a php app. what's the best way?? foo.php blah res = system(dog.pl) . . --- dog.pl $vars . . . -- the issue i'm having is that perl only seems to allow an app to have an 'exit' value of a short int. i need to return values that might be multiple arrarys. should i simply write the perl return values into an output file, and read the output vars from the output file in the php file... comments/thoughts/etc thanks -bruce ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs ___ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] probs generating multiple drop down select lists within a single form
hi...
i have a prob/issue that i can't see.. i'm trying to geneate a page with
multiple lists so that the user has to select an item from all 3 lists in
order to access the next page...
the 1st select/list allows the user to select either one or more items. the
2nd/3rd select lists require the user to select only a single item from the
lists.
ie:
list1 list2list3 >submitBTN<
the user would select the items from all three lists, and hit the selectBTN,
to go to the next page...
the prob that i'm having is that if i simply select item(s) from the 1st
list, then the code allows the user to continue...in other words, the app
looks as though the user has selected an item from the 2nd/3rd even though
they haven't been selected... in examining the code, it appears that the
last item in the 2nd/3rd lists is being somehow read/inserted into the
items, and are somehow included in the querystring...
my code is:
/*
generate the state list
*/
echo"
";
$state_query = "select * from stateTBL";
$res = mysqli_query($link, $state_query);
//$res = mysql_query($query);
//go ahead and process/populate the drop down
//menu
echo "All States\n";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
echo "".$row['name']."\n";
}
echo"
";
/*
generate the year list
*/
echo"
";
$year_query = "select * from yearTBL";
$res = mysqli_query($link, $year_query);
//$res = mysql_query($query);
//go ahead and process/populate the drop down
//menu
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
echo "".$row['year']."\n";
}
echo"
";
/*
generate the terms list
*/
echo"
";
$term_query = "select * from termTBL";
$res = mysqli_query($link, $term_query);
//$res = mysql_query($query);
//go ahead and process/populate the drop down
//menu
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
echo "".$row['term']."\n";
}
echo"
";
$blah = $userdata['session_id'];
echo"
";
in foo.php, i simply display the $_GET['state'], $_GET['year'],$_GET['term']
vars to see what they are...
if i make all the select vars for the query terms arrays, it works as it
should, in that if all three lists aren't selected, then the user can't
proceed. however, if i use the select for the 2nd/3rd
lists, then the logic screws up...
any idea why this is occuring
is there a better way/example of using multiple drop down lists within a
single form.
any thoughts/comments/pointers would be helpful.. i'm pretty sure that the
issue/prob is rather straight forward/simple, but i can't see it right
now
thanks...
-bruce
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RE: [PHP] probs generating multiple drop down select lists within a single form
the code is pretty much as i provided. the issue is that the query seems to
insert a value into the query string for the select lists, even though i
don't actually select an item.
i'm trying to figure out what has to happen to allow the select vars to be
'' if the user hasn't selected anything.
this should be pretty straight forward, but i'm missing something...
thanks
-bruce
-Original Message-
From: Greg Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:14 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] probs generating multiple drop down select lists
within a single form
On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 17:23:14 -0700, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i have a prob/issue that i can't see.. i'm trying to geneate a page with
> multiple lists so that the user has to select an item from all 3 lists in
> order to access the next page...
>
> the 1st select/list allows the user to select either one or more items.
the
> 2nd/3rd select lists require the user to select only a single item from
the
> lists.
>
> ie:
>list1 list2list3 >submitBTN<
>
> the user would select the items from all three lists, and hit the
selectBTN,
> to go to the next page...
>
> the prob that i'm having is that if i simply select item(s) from the 1st
> list, then the code allows the user to continue...in other words, the app
> looks as though the user has selected an item from the 2nd/3rd even though
> they haven't been selected... in examining the code, it appears that the
> last item in the 2nd/3rd lists is being somehow read/inserted into the
> items, and are somehow included in the querystring...
>
> my code is:
>
> /*
> generate the state list
> */
> echo"
>
>
Why $foo here? Maybe not enough context for me to understand the
reason, I dunno.
>
>
> ";
>
> $state_query = "select * from stateTBL";
> $res = mysqli_query($link, $state_query);
> //$res = mysql_query($query);
>
> //go ahead and process/populate the drop down
> //menu
> echo "All States\n";
> while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
> {
> echo " ='".$row['val']."'>".$row['name']."\n";
>
> }
>
> echo"
>
>
> ";
>
> /*
> generate the year list
> */
> echo"
>
>
> ";
Did you mean year[] here? Otherwise why multiple?
> $year_query = "select * from yearTBL";
> $res = mysqli_query($link, $year_query);
> //$res = mysql_query($query);
>
> //go ahead and process/populate the drop down
> //menu
> while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
> {
> echo " ='".$row['year']."'>".$row['year']."\n";
> }
>
> echo"
>
>
> ";
>
> /*
> generate the terms list
> */
> echo"
>
>
> ";
>
> $term_query = "select * from termTBL";
> $res = mysqli_query($link, $term_query);
> //$res = mysql_query($query);
>
> //go ahead and process/populate the drop down
> //menu
> while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($res, MYSQL_ASSOC))
> {
> echo "".$row['term']."\n";
> }
>
> echo"
>
>
> ";
>
> $blah = $userdata['session_id'];
>
> echo"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ";
>
> in foo.php, i simply display the $_GET['state'],
$_GET['year'],$_GET['term']
> vars to see what they are...
>
> if i make all the select vars for the query terms arrays, it works as it
> should, in that if all three lists aren't selected, then the user can't
> proceed. however, if i use the select for the
2nd/3rd
> lists, then the logic screws up...
>
> any idea why this is occuring
>
> is there a better way/example of using multiple drop down lists within a
> single form.
Possibly. I'd recommend using print_r($_GET) to see your form
submissions. To make sure your actually getting what you want to be
getting.
> any thoughts/comments/pointers would be helpful.. i'm pretty sure that the
> issue/prob is rather straight forward/simple, but i can't see it right
> now
Not sure exactly what is broken, is that your entire script as posted?
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[PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
hi... i can create a form with a single select by something like: fff aaa however, i need to know how to create a multiple menu/list within a single form. i've tried a few different approaches, but i'm doing something wrong, in that the querystring is being populated with a value for the select list var even though i don't select the item. if someone can point me to an actual working example of php code that generates multiple lists/menus within a form, i'd appreciate it!! thanks -bruce ps. if needed, i can supply the actual test code i've used to create the condition i'm describing... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
ok... it appears to be a case of user err.. the spec seems to state that if the user doesn't select/specify an item, the select should return the 1st item within the list... arrrgggh!! this is what's happening... so my question is still, how can i implement some logic that requires the user to actually select an item? or, how can i detect when a user has actually selected a list item?? thanks... -bruce -Original Message----- From: bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php hi... i can create a form with a single select by something like: fff aaa however, i need to know how to create a multiple menu/list within a single form. i've tried a few different approaches, but i'm doing something wrong, in that the querystring is being populated with a value for the select list var even though i don't select the item. if someone can point me to an actual working example of php code that generates multiple lists/menus within a form, i'd appreciate it!! thanks -bruce ps. if needed, i can supply the actual test code i've used to create the condition i'm describing... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
john...
the code (and the rfc) seems to suggest otherwise. personally, i would have
thought, if the user doesn't select a menu, then the 'menu item' should not
have anything with regards to the querystring...
however, the spec implies something different:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/interact/forms.html#edef-OPTION
17.6.1 Pre-selected options
Zero or more choices may be pre-selected for the user. User agents should
determine which choices are pre-selected as follows:
If no OPTION element has the selected attribute set, user agent behavior for
choosing which option is initially selected is undefined. Note. Since
existing implementations handle this case differently, the current
specification differs from RFC 1866 ([RFC1866] section 8.1.3), which states:
The initial state has the first option selected, unless a SELECTED attribute
is present on any of the elements.
Since user agent behavior differs, authors should ensure that each menu
includes a default pre-selected OPTION.
-
if you can manage to create a sample that has 2 menu lists, each with a few
items that has the behavior you say should occur, i'd like to take a look.
i currently have code which lists 3 menus, each of which has a few items in
the list...
all the menu/lists are within a single form, with a single "inputBTN".
if the user selects the menu/list for states that has a multiple select,
then the other two lists return their 1st items, even though they haven't
been selected
thanks
-bruce
-Original Message-
From: John Nichel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
bruce wrote:
> ok...
>
> it appears to be a case of user err.. the spec seems to state that if the
> user doesn't select/specify an item, the select should return the 1st item
> within the list... arrrgggh!! this is what's happening...
Not true. If the user doesn't select anything, nothing will be
submitted (unless you have one or more of your option tags like this
)
> so my question is still, how can i implement some logic that requires the
> user to actually select an item? or, how can i detect when a user has
> actually selected a list item??
Test to see if anything has been submitted. If your select tag is as
such...
When you submit the form, you can check it like this...
if ( isset ( $_POST['foo'] ) ) {
//user has selected something
do stuff
} else {
//user did not select anything
do other stuff
}
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RE: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
i've decided to punt...
and do something similar to what i had initially created, which implements
basically what you have below... the user will just have to be satisfied
with seeing the 1st item that's a default/dummy item...
thanks...
-bruce
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From: Silvio Porcellana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:44 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
You can do something like this:
- - choose one - -
fff
aaa
.
and then in your PHP:
Anyway, you can catch this only *after* the form is submitted: in case you
want to block
the user from submitting the form if the 'foo' select is empty you need to
use some
javascript:
function check_form(form) {
if (form.foo.value == '') {
alert("C'mon!!!");
return false;
}
}
and in your HTML you need to add something like this to the tag:
Anyway, this has more to do with HTML and JavaScript than PHP...
HTH, cheers
Silvio Porcellana
bruce wrote:
> ok...
>
> it appears to be a case of user err.. the spec seems to state that if the
> user doesn't select/specify an item, the select should return the 1st item
> within the list... arrrgggh!! this is what's happening...
>
> so my question is still, how can i implement some logic that requires the
> user to actually select an item? or, how can i detect when a user has
> actually selected a list item??
>
> thanks...
>
> -bruce
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] how to create multiple selects within php
>
>
> hi...
>
> i can create a form with a single select by something like:
>
>
>
> fff
> aaa
>
>
>
>
> however, i need to know how to create a multiple menu/list within a single
> form.
>
> i've tried a few different approaches, but i'm doing something wrong, in
> that the querystring is being populated with a value for the select list
var
> even though i don't select the item.
>
> if someone can point me to an actual working example of php code that
> generates multiple lists/menus within a form, i'd appreciate it!!
>
> thanks
>
> -bruce
>
> ps. if needed, i can supply the actual test code i've used to create the
> condition i'm describing...
>
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[PHP] people/projects looking for developers...
hi... a question for consideration. are there sites set up for people who have ideas/projects, who are looking for developers. or vice versa, are there sites for developers who are looking to be part of projects. i'm not referring to open source projects, rather projects that are intended to be revenue generating businesses. thanks Bruce Douglas [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] people/projects looking for developers...
interesting... for the most part, people have responded with contract resource sites... (guru.com/elance.com/etc) no one has mentioned any kind of site specifically geared towards people who want to come together to kind of build applications. ala the old garage/basement type of process were you get a few guys together with a few sales guys, and they build/start to sale the app, and create a biz... so my question i guess, is why the hell isn't there more of an interest in this kind of atmosphere.. have people just been too dam* burned too many times, or are people really just satisfied with their jobs interesting... thanks -bruce -Original Message- From: Dan Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 6:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] people/projects looking for developers... > a question for consideration. are there sites set up for people who have > ideas/projects, who are looking for developers. or vice versa, are there > sites for developers who are looking to be part of projects. > > i'm not referring to open source projects, rather projects that are intended > to be revenue generating businesses. www.itmoonlighter.com is one that I use to use. It has both companies looking to find developers for their projects, and developers looking for extra work. I'm sure there are other sites, but I can't think of 'em. -Dan Joseph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] ability to find include files...
hi t!! strace is something i would have used.. but unfortunately, strace (at least as far as i can tell) doesn't work with web based apps... thanks -Original Message- From: Thodoris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:42 PM To: Andrew Ballard Cc: bruce; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] ability to find include files... On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 6:07 PM, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi list... starting to go through a debug/understanding session of a couple of php web apps. i'm wondering if there's any kind of tool/method that i can use to see which files are accessed/included/required when a given page is displayed.. this would allow me to quickly understand the "flow" of the apps. searching via google hasn't really turned up anything... thoughts/comments/pointers welcome. thanks! Yes. How about get_included_files(). http://www.php.net/get_included_files Andrew This of course shows the included files but if you *really* need to go much deeper (although this is probably an overkill) you could try tracing when the process opens a file using strace along with grep if you are in unix. -- Thodoris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] while-question
curious qiestion
to all on here who dabble in php... how many of you have actully gone to
college, taken algorithm courses, microprocessor courses,
design/architecture courses, etc..
or is the majority of the work here from people who've grabbed the tools and
started programming... ?
-Original Message-
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 9:53 AM
To: Stut
Cc: Nathan Rixham; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] while-question
On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 14:54 +, Stut wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2008, at 14:31, Nathan Rixham wrote:
> > if you really want a challenge try this one..
> >
> > task: add the numbers 5 and 17 together, using php, without using
> > the + operator. fill it in:
> >
> > function add($a , $b) {
> > //code here but no + - / * operators
> > return $answer;
> > }
> >
> > echo add(5, 17);
>
> Elemental my dear Mr Rixham...
What level is that elemental?
> function add($a , $b)
> {
>$answer = $a ^ $b;
>while (0 != ($a & $b))
>{
> $b = ($a & $b) << 1;
> $answer = $answer ^ $b;
>}
>return $answer;
> }
He only said you couldn't use the + operator... nothing was said about
using the - operator.
$total = -(-5 - 17);
Cheers,
Rob.
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RE: [PHP] Scheduling scripts?
he's looking to create a script/app for his own.clent usage.. not to just use google's cal app,,, check out freshmeat.net, or sourceforge if you haven't already... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Heyes Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:42 PM To: tedd Cc: PHP General Mailing List Subject: Re: [PHP] Scheduling scripts? > Dones anyone have any scheduling scripts that they might share OR can give > me a link to some? > > I need a way for a user to register an appointment via a calendar. > > I don't want to write something that's already been done and available. Not sure if it does what you want, but you might try looking at Google calendar. It's very good. -- Richard Heyes HTML5 Graphing for FF, Chrome, Opera and Safari: http://www.rgraph.org (Updated November 15th) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] while-question
interesting points regarding college and programming.. my degrees bsee/msee covered alot more than pure programing.. as a double ee/cs, the ability to articulate an issue/problem, and bring to mind a cogent thought process was valuable. the ability to understand how different algorithms worked, and how code actually played with the lower intracacies of the processor where quite valuable. and no.. i'm no longer the engineer i was a time ago.. so.. interesting... -Original Message- From: Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:55 AM To: tedd Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] while-question > Dabbling? > > I think that making a living from it isn't dabbling, so I may not be > qualified to speak for the dabblers. > > But for me, I was writing code before there were such courses. Later, > when I went to college I was taught adventures in keypunching and > received several "next to worthless" degrees. > > I say "next to worthless" only because what they taught really wasn't > applicable to real world programming. As for management, clients, and > hr types, the degrees mattered, but not for much more than that. > > In any event, I doubt if any college courses are keeping up with > current web technology -- there has always been a lag between what's > practiced and what's taught. What I've seen of college web sites, > seems to support that claim. > > If I was taught in college all I needed to know, then what am I doing > with these dozens of web books scattered about my office? I probably > read a new book every other week. I don't "dabble" in it either, unless you consider making my living from being a dabbler, in which case I'll continue to dabble and see the pay for it. My alma-mater tried to stay current to some degree, but when they let someone who wrote the C++ book try to teach it, well they gave that person more rope then they needed. Tedd, glad you got hooked on Phonics. One of these days I hope from graduating from just looking at the pictures, but right now the pictures are oh so enticing!. ;) Wolf -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Model Web Site
hi... for what it's worth. the best approach might be to find a few sites that have the functionality/layout you like. there are probably a few of them that you'll run across that meet what you have in mind. use these as your basic guides. add additional features that you'd like. you now have (roughly speaking) the requirements/functions that you want your final site to have. from here, you can figure out which "scripts" you want to apply, and what you're still going to have to provide. keep in mind that you can't simply throw scripts together, but you can use them to get a sense of the underlying logic. you can also use them to see how to develop your look/feel of your site. looking at various scripts also gives you a chance to think about how you want to implement your security/setup, as well as the underlying database schema.. you can find plenty of apps/scripts on freshmeat.net/sourceforge.net as well. have fun! -Original Message- From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:17 PM To: PHP-General Subject: [PHP] Model Web Site My prime hobby is photography and the next is web site building. So now I have a young model (18+) asking me about getting a web site. The idea is members can see content, that will include, photos, her blog and a discussion forum. I like the idea of building it, but it includes a lot of things I have no experience in. Can someone point me to documentation/tutorials/scripts or anything that might help. I don't want a turnkey solution. I want to learn how to do this. Thank you! Stephen -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] array/iteration issue!!
hi.
i have the following test multidiminsional array. i'm trying to figure out
how to iterate through the array, to produce something like
foo, physics, sss
foo, physics, sffgg
foo, english, sss
foo, english, sffgg
can't quite seem to get it right!!
thoughts/comments... etc...
thanks
$a=array("college"=> "foo",
"dept"=>array("dept"=> "physics",
"class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
),
"dept"=>array("dept"=> "english",
"class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
)
);
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RE: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
hey robert..
ok.. so if i changed the array to have a dept1, and a dept2
$a=array("college"=> "foo",
"dept1"=>array("dept"=> "physics",
"class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
),
"dept2"=>array("dept"=> "english",
"class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
)
);
how would i iterate through this..??
thanks
-Original Message-
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 6:18 PM
To: bruce
Cc: 'PHP General list'
Subject: Re: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 17:31 -0800, bruce wrote:
> hi.
>
> i have the following test multidiminsional array. i'm trying to figure out
> how to iterate through the array, to produce something like
>
> foo, physics, sss
> foo, physics, sffgg
> foo, english, sss
> foo, english, sffgg
>
> can't quite seem to get it right!!
>
> thoughts/comments... etc...
>
> thanks
>
>
> $a=array("college"=> "foo",
>"dept"=>array("dept"=> "physics",
> "class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
> ),
> "dept"=>array("dept"=> "english",
> "class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
> )
> );
You can't. You're array is valid but the second 'dept' key overwrites
the first. Thus the physics dept is lost.
Check it for yourself... print_r( $a )
Cheers,
Rob.
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RE: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
hey robert!!
thanks. and yeah, you're right, it's not the best.. so tell me, given that
i'm ripping through this on the fly, and i can have the structure in any way
i choose. this is just to simulate/populate some test tbls.. what's a better
way to create an array structure to have a collegename, followed by some
deptnames, followed by some classnames for the depts...
perhaps something like this??
$a = array
(
"college" => "foo",
array
(
"dept" => "physics",
"class" => array
(
"class1" => "sss",
"class2" => "sffgg"
)
),
array
(
"dept" => "english",
"class" => array
(
"class1" => "sss",
"class2" => "sffgg"
)
)
);
-Original Message-----
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:10 PM
To: bruce
Cc: 'PHP General list'
Subject: RE: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:55 -0800, bruce wrote:
> hey robert..
>
> ok.. so if i changed the array to have a dept1, and a dept2
>
> $a=array("college"=> "foo",
>"dept1"=>array("dept"=> "physics",
> "class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
> ),
> "dept2"=>array("dept"=> "english",
> "class"=>array("class1"=>"sss","class2"=>"sffgg")
> )
> );
> how would i iterate through this..??
Your array is terribly structured. But the following provides traversal
in the way you want:
"foo",
"dept1" => array
(
"dept" => "physics",
"class" => array
(
"class1" => "sss",
"class2" => "sffgg"
)
),
"dept2" => array
(
"dept" => "english",
"class" => array
(
"class1" => "sss",
"class2" => "sffgg"
)
)
);
$college = $a['college'];
foreach( $a as $deptKey => $deptInfo )
{
if( strpos( $deptKey, 'dept' ) === 0 )
{
$dept = $deptInfo['dept'];
foreach( $deptInfo['class'] as $class )
{
echo "$college, $dept, $class\n";
}
}
}
?>
Cheers,
Rob.
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RE: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
much props guys!!!
thanks!!
-Original Message-
From: Micah Gersten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:23 PM
To: Robert Cummings
Cc: bruce; 'PHP General list'
Subject: Re: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
Robert Cummings wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 19:36 -0800, bruce wrote:
>
>> hey robert!!
>>
>> thanks. and yeah, you're right, it's not the best.. so tell me, given
that
>> i'm ripping through this on the fly, and i can have the structure in any
way
>> i choose. this is just to simulate/populate some test tbls.. what's a
better
>> way to create an array structure to have a collegename, followed by some
>> deptnames, followed by some classnames for the depts...
>>
>> perhaps something like this??
>>
>> $a = array
>> (
>> "college" => "foo",
>> array
>> (
>> "dept" => "physics",
>> "class" => array
>> (
>> "class1" => "sss",
>> "class2" => "sffgg"
>> )
>> ),
>> array
>> (
>> "dept" => "english",
>> "class" => array
>> (
>> "class1" => "sss",
>> "class2" => "sffgg"
>> )
>> )
>> );
>>
>
> Not quite. The following is probably what you want:
>
>
> $colleges = array
> (
> array
> (
> 'name' => 'Blah Blah University',
> 'depts' => array
> (
> array
> (
> 'name'=> 'physics',
> 'classes' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> ),
> array
> (
> 'name'=> 'english',
> 'classes' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> ),
> ),
> ),
> array
> (
> 'name' => 'Glah Gleh University',
> 'depts' => array
> (
> array
> (
> 'name'=> 'physics',
> 'classes' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> ),
> array
> (
> 'name'=> 'english',
> 'classes' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> ),
> ),
> ),
> );
>
> foreach( $colleges as $college )
> {
> $collegeName = $college['name'];
> foreach( $college['depts'] as $dept )
> {
> $deptName = $dept['name'];
> foreach( $dept['classes'] as $className )
> {
> echo "$collegeName, $deptName, $className\n";
> }
> }
> }
>
> ?>
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.
>
This is actually a much smaller data structure.
$colleges = array
(
'Blah Blah University' =>
array
(
'physics' => array
(
'sss',
'sffgg',
),
'english' => array
(
'sss',
'sffgg',
)
),
'Glah Gleh University' =>
array
(
'physics' => array
(
'sss',
'sffgg',
),
'english' => array
(
'sss',
'sffgg',
),
)
);
foreach( $colleges as $collegeName => $depts )
{
foreach( $depts as $deptName => $classes)
{
foreach( $classes as $className )
{
echo "$collegeName, $deptName, $className\n";
}
}
}
Thank you,
Micah Gersten
onShore Networks
Internal Developer
http://www.onshore.com
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RE: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
both ways work...!!!
this is a really simple/quick issue to populate some test db tbls.. i've
only played with multi php arrays (sp??) in passing... and my days of being
a serious eng/software guy are long over!!
although.. with this economy!
thanks
-Original Message-
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 8:40 PM
To: Micah Gersten
Cc: bruce; 'PHP General list'
Subject: Re: [PHP] array/iteration issue!!
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 22:22 -0600, Micah Gersten wrote:
>
> This is actually a much smaller data structure.
>
> $colleges = array
> (
> 'Blah Blah University' =>
> array
> (
> 'physics' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> 'english' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> )
> ),
> 'Glah Gleh University' =>
> array
> (
> 'physics' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> 'english' => array
> (
> 'sss',
> 'sffgg',
> ),
> )
> );
>
>
> foreach( $colleges as $collegeName => $depts )
> {
> foreach( $depts as $deptName => $classes)
> {
> foreach( $classes as $className )
> {
> echo "$collegeName, $deptName, $className\n";
> }
> }
> }
Yes, I thought of that one too, but it's less flexible. What if you need
to add other fields to the college, or department. Then you'd need to
redo the whole structure to something more similar to what I did. Since
bruce was having issues, I gave him a flexible format that could handle
other fields if they arose.
Cheers,
Rob.
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[PHP] Trre/Drop Down quick app for testing database tbls
Hi. I've got a few tbls that I'm testing. I'd like to have a simple web app to be able to iterate through the tbls to test out what I have in them. I'd like to be able to have each tbl as a drop-down/select box, so I select from selecta, which lists items from TBL-A, which then uses the id from TBL-A, to get the items from TBL-B that matches. Selecting from drop-down for TBL-B, then gets me the list on TBL-C... I've got 3-4 tbls that are linked by their id. Rather than reinvent the wheel, I'm asking if anyone has a quick app that they can point to that I can extract/modify the functionality for my needs... thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] category and sub category traversal
hey vamvan...
you might pop this to the mysql email list as well, if you haven't already!
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From: VamVan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 5:13 PM
To: php List
Subject: [PHP] category and sub category traversal
Hello,
I need some help in figuring out this logic.
I have two tables one for category and other for category_hierarchy.
category_hirerarchy has a column to determine the parent.
So the query I have to retrieve tree of one specific category is:
SELECT t.tid, t.*, parent FROM term_data t INNER JOIN term_hierarchy h ON
t.tid = h.tid WHERE t.vid = 16 ORDER BY weight, name;
The ones with parent = 0 is the top category
Now I need to prepare an associative array with parent child relation.
So bascially I need to retrieve [parentID] => array('childID', 'chidName')
Can anyone shed some light on the logic involved in preparation of this
array with out using multiple sql queries?
Thanks
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[PHP] trying to figure out how to create the right query...
Hi. I have the following test db/tbl setup. stateTBL +--+ | stateName| | stateID |>>>+ +--+ V V V collegeTBL V +--+ V | collegeName | V | stateID |<<<+ | collegeID|>>>+ +--+ V V V deptTBLV +--+ V | deptName | V | collegeID|<<<+ | deptID |>>>+ +--+ V V V courseTBL V +--+ V | courseName | V | deptID |<<<+ | courseID |>>>+ +--+ V V V facultyTBL V +--+ V | facultyName | V | courseID |<<<+ | ID | +--+ my intended app will allow the user to select a given item (college, dept, course, faculty) and to store this data. when a user is displaying a list of items, i'd like to have my app determine if the child of the item has been selected by the user. so. if a user has selected stanford, i'd like to be able to have a query that returns 'true' for any item, that has a 'child' (leaf) already selected by the user. (this should work for any level of childTBL) so if a user has selected a course, from the stanford, physics dept, physics 101, i'd like to have a query that returns 'true' if the user selects 'stanford' from the list of colleges... i can't quite seem to figure out the sql to make it happen... thoughts/comments/etc.. i'm hoping that this makes sense!! thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Need a brain to bounce some Mysql/DB thoughts off of!!
Hi guys. Architecting an app that's going to have users interacting with different levels of the db/tbls, and trying to figure out a few things. The highlevel layout looks like: collegeTBL deptTBL with ->collegeTBL.id = deptTBL.colID I also have a status tbl for each collegeTBL/deptTBL college_statusTBL userID collegeID dept_statusTBL userID deptID with: collegeTBL.id=college_statusTBL.collegeID deptTBL.id=dept_statusTBL.deptID So I limk the statusTBLs to the college/dept TBLs... This is due to the fact that a user can elect to work on either a college, or a given dept of the college. I'm struggling with a good/best way to figure out how to develop a query to determine what level of a college, (if any) a user has elected to work with. I can do a multiple join across the collegeTBL/deptTBL, and the statusTBLs, but this simply gets a large tbl, and I'd have to then parse the results... I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way, with a single query. The query would look at the college(status), and then at the dept(status) to determine what level (if any ) the user has selected. I've got a mysql layout of the various tbls, and inserts if anyone's interested in helping me shake my mind out on this... thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] email app/script/needs...
HI... Playing around with an app and I need to implement some functionality allowing a user to email some text. Basically, I want to allow the user to select some text from a dropdown list. I then want to allow the user to edit the text if needed, and to then submit the text for email to a given user. In order to perform some basic QA, I want to have an additional user be notified of the email/text to be sent, and to then have to authorize the email/text in order for it to be sent. The QA process is required as this is going to be part of a kind of stripped down call center process. I'm asking the list to see if anyone has come across this kind of functionality in an app that you can point me to. I've been searching the 'net with no luck, and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel on this one.. Pointers/Comments appreciated! Thanks!!! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP
merlin.. if you're going to allow a user to use the same user/passwd for the site, and the FTP server.. i would strongly argue that you should allow the user only the minimal access on the FTP server. if someone hacks your site, no need to have them running rampant over your FTP server. i would actually argue that you can have the same username, but separate passwds, but i don'w know exactly what you're going to have on the FTP server, nor do I know your skill at securing servers/services... it doesn't really make a difference if you have separate dbs for the user/passwd auth systems. if you secure the overall system, it's secure. if you don't, well you're going to run into issues.. you might also look into existing web based mgmt apps for FTP servers to see if any already exist. -Original Message- From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:56 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP Yes, it would be great if he could use the already existing username and password. It should not be a one time password. I am just now looking into mysql support for pure ftpd. One solution I have in mind is to write the password into the pureftp DB upon signup. That would be the easiest. The other solution to write to a conf file would be OK, too. What do you think? bruce wrote: > are you trying to allow a user who logs in, to use his same username when > interfacing with the FTP server? > > obviously, the password for the FTP server will be different. Or are you > looking to dynamically create a one time user/passwd for the user so that it > changes each time they access the FTP server? > > > -Original Message- > From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:44 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP > > > Marc Steinert wrote: >> Merlin Morgenstern schrieb: >>> Hello everybody, >>> >>> I am running a real estate site where I would like to enable bulk >>> upload via real estate software that exports an xml file into an ftp >>> account. >>> >>> In order to give every user unique access I would need to generate >>> individual ftp name and passwords for each member. I can not see how >>> this should work. My portal is written in PHP 4.x and there every >>> members loges in with a unique ID. The FTP Server runns on the same >>> linux machine. How could I generate users for this FTP server with >>> php, for example on sign up? >>> >>> Thank you for any help on this. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Merlin >>> >> What ftp server are you using? >> > > I just installed pureftpd. One possible sollution as I figured is to > alter the virtual user table of the ftp server with php. > > Is this the way to go, or does somebody have a better idea that saves > dev. time? > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP
are you trying to allow a user who logs in, to use his same username when interfacing with the FTP server? obviously, the password for the FTP server will be different. Or are you looking to dynamically create a one time user/passwd for the user so that it changes each time they access the FTP server? -Original Message- From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:44 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP Marc Steinert wrote: > Merlin Morgenstern schrieb: >> Hello everybody, >> >> I am running a real estate site where I would like to enable bulk >> upload via real estate software that exports an xml file into an ftp >> account. >> >> In order to give every user unique access I would need to generate >> individual ftp name and passwords for each member. I can not see how >> this should work. My portal is written in PHP 4.x and there every >> members loges in with a unique ID. The FTP Server runns on the same >> linux machine. How could I generate users for this FTP server with >> php, for example on sign up? >> >> Thank you for any help on this. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Merlin >> > What ftp server are you using? > I just installed pureftpd. One possible sollution as I figured is to alter the virtual user table of the ftp server with php. Is this the way to go, or does somebody have a better idea that saves dev. time? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP
are you moving the files from the ftpdir, to a separate dir? if you are, you can run your cron process from the top level dir... get a list of any underlying files, and then iterate through the list to copy the files to whereever you need to copy them... you'd use the 'ls -R...' or the 'find' cmd for what you're looking to do... -Original Message- From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:56 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP Hello everybody, thank you all for your help. I got a solution running. In pure-ftpd you can authenticate via mysql. Via a user table, exactly the thing I was searching for. However, there is a problem araising. Every user get's his own directory for uploads. My next step would have been to create a php script which will be run by cron every 5 minutes that scans one dir and if there is content inside import it into the mysql db. With the current setup I would need to scan all dirs to see if there are changes inside. Is there some kind of command where I could find out if there are new files inside those folders? I don't see any other solution. Any suggestions? Thank you for any help, merlin bruce schrieb: > merlin.. > > if you're going to allow a user to use the same user/passwd for the site, > and the FTP server.. i would strongly argue that you should allow the user > only the minimal access on the FTP server. if someone hacks your site, no > need to have them running rampant over your FTP server. > > i would actually argue that you can have the same username, but separate > passwds, but i don'w know exactly what you're going to have on the FTP > server, nor do I know your skill at securing servers/services... > > it doesn't really make a difference if you have separate dbs for the > user/passwd auth systems. if you secure the overall system, it's secure. if > you don't, well you're going to run into issues.. > > you might also look into existing web based mgmt apps for FTP servers to see > if any already exist. > > > > -Original Message- > From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:56 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP > > > Yes, it would be great if he could use the already existing username and > password. It should not be a one time password. > > I am just now looking into mysql support for pure ftpd. One solution I > have in mind is to write the password into the pureftp DB upon signup. > That would be the easiest. The other solution to write to a conf file > would be OK, too. What do you think? > > bruce wrote: >> are you trying to allow a user who logs in, to use his same username when >> interfacing with the FTP server? >> >> obviously, the password for the FTP server will be different. Or are you >> looking to dynamically create a one time user/passwd for the user so that > it >> changes each time they access the FTP server? >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merli...@fastmail.fm] >> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:44 AM >> To: php-general@lists.php.net >> Subject: Re: [PHP] setting up FTP account names via PHP >> >> >> Marc Steinert wrote: >>> Merlin Morgenstern schrieb: >>>> Hello everybody, >>>> >>>> I am running a real estate site where I would like to enable bulk >>>> upload via real estate software that exports an xml file into an ftp >>>> account. >>>> >>>> In order to give every user unique access I would need to generate >>>> individual ftp name and passwords for each member. I can not see how >>>> this should work. My portal is written in PHP 4.x and there every >>>> members loges in with a unique ID. The FTP Server runns on the same >>>> linux machine. How could I generate users for this FTP server with >>>> php, for example on sign up? >>>> >>>> Thank you for any help on this. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> >>>> Merlin >>>> >>> What ftp server are you using? >>> >> I just installed pureftpd. One possible sollution as I figured is to >> alter the virtual user table of the ftp server with php. >> >> Is this the way to go, or does somebody have a better idea that saves >> dev. time? >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Looking for an app...
Hi List! I know this is somewhat basic.. and I am searching google as I type! I'm looking for a client/server app that allows me to have a quick/dirty client that can upload/download a file to a server app, with the server app copying the file to a given dir... Code samples, or pointers to a site where I can download this would be great!! I don't want a straight FTP, as I want to do more things with the server piece... And yes, a php/apache kind of app would be cool.. thanks!! -g -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] killing a child process from pcntl_exec
Hi.. I fork a child process, using pcntl_exec. I see the process from the cmdline (using pgrep 123), but I can't seem to kill the pid from the cmdline, using "kill -9 123".. Is there something that I need to implement within the php test in order for the kill signal to be effective? If I wait, the child eventually dies.. but I'd like to be able to kill it from the cmdline. thoughts/pointers/comments... thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: killing a child process from pcntl_exec
hi carlos.. yeah.. the pid is correct. it appears that spawning/creating a child process using pcntl_exec(foo) results in a child process that you can see running from the cmdline, but that you can't kill using "kill -9". php might allow some other function within the parent app to allow the kill signal to be received by the child, but i'm not familiar enough with php to know. if i spawn the child process using something like "system()" then i can kill the child, but i essentially have a bunch of parent processes running as well. (ie, one parent process for each child process in the pid tbl) what i really want, is the ability to spawn/create multiple external child apps, each with their own child process ID, so I can kill it from the cmdline. I'd also like to have a single parent processID in the pid tbl... thoughts/comments/etc... thanks -Original Message- From: Carlos Medina [mailto:i...@simply-networks.de] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:04 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Re: killing a child process from pcntl_exec bruce schrieb: > Hi.. > > I fork a child process, using pcntl_exec. I see the process from the cmdline > (using pgrep 123), but I can't seem to kill the pid from the cmdline, using > "kill -9 123".. > > Is there something that I need to implement within the php test in order for > the kill signal to be effective? > > If I wait, the child eventually dies.. but I'd like to be able to kill it > from the cmdline. > > thoughts/pointers/comments... > > thanks > Hi Bruce, my ask: it is the pnum really 123? Check it out with ps -aux or ps -aix Regards Carlos Medina -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] killing a child process from pcntl_exec
i'm pretty sure that's not the issue... i should be able to spawn/fork any kind of external app/process... "kill -9 pid", especially if done as root, should terminate the process... i suspect that the issue has to do with zombie processes, and how php/pnctl_exec/etc.. operates. -Original Message- From: c...@l-i-e.com [mailto:c...@l-i-e.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 10:00 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] killing a child process from pcntl_exec There are functions/settings in pcntl docs about how to "listen" for specific signals. If you don't listen for -9, maybe you don't get it. http://php.net/manual/en/function.pcntl-signal.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] php spawing/forking issues
Hi... Playing around with a test app to spawn external child processes. I'd like to be able to spawn/fork/run am external child process, that: -allows the child processes to run as separate independent processes (pid) -allows the child process(es) to be terminated via cmdline (kill -9 pid) i've got a dynamic situation, where i'm reading from an array, and for each item in the array, i want to spawn/fork the child process. i'd like to be able to have 10 copies of the spawned child process running at the same time. the only way i've been able to get my test working, is to spawn a group of processes, and then to iterate through the group, using an array of pids, and doing a wait for each pid in the array. however, this doesn't satisfy me wanting to have a certain number of simultaneous processes running at the same time.. thoughts/comments/pointers to articles that might demonstrate this would be useful. thanks... i can easily post the sample chunk of code i'm playing with if someone wants to look at it! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] process creation
A simple question (or so I thought). Does php allow an app to create/start a process/application that can continue to run on its own, after the initiating program/app terminates? It appears that the spawning/forking functions might work, but the child apps would be in a zombie status, and couldn't be killed by an external program. Basically, I'd like to create a bunch of test apps/processes, and then to be able to kill them by a separate process if the apps take too long to run.. So.. thoughts/comments would be appreciated! thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] process creation
Hi Török. My test code had/has something similar.. but it kept displaying zombie processes as well as legitimate processes in the ps tbl/display... Turns out I had a mistake in the test "client" ap/process that I was creating... This was causing the child process to die, resulting in a "zombie" process, until the parent got around to doing a waitpid call... i think it's ok now... thanks ps, torok... are you in the US/Canada? Also, are you up to talking to me about this project that I'm playing with? -Original Message- From: Török Alpár [mailto:torokal...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:09 AM To: bruce Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] process creation 2009/1/23 bruce > A simple question (or so I thought). > > Does php allow an app to create/start a process/application that can > continue to run on its own, after the initiating program/app terminates? > > It appears that the spawning/forking functions might work, but the child > apps would be in a zombie status, and couldn't be killed by an external > program. > > Basically, I'd like to create a bunch of test apps/processes, and then to > be > able to kill them by a separate process if the apps take too long to run.. You can have the parent sleep, and then clean up like : $aPids = array(); for ($i=0;$i > So.. thoughts/comments would be appreciated! > > thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Torok, Alpar Istvan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] php forking/spawning question...
Hi...
got the follwoing example... basically, when i call the function "spawn_" i
get the passed vars for appname/args...
the $appname,$args are valid when the spawn_ function is initially invoked.
however, when the app does the fork, the $appname, $args get lost. when the
function gets to the pcntl_exec, the vars ($appname, $args) are no longer
set.
so what did i miss, how is this process supposed to work?
thoughts/comments...
thanks
=
/*
test func to spawn client thread
*/
function spawn_($appname, $args)
{
print "appname =".$appname."\n";
print_r($args);
//exit();
$pid = pcntl_fork();
if ($pid == -1)
{
die('cannot fork');
}
elseif ($pid)
{
print "child pid = ".$pid."\n";
//pcntl_waitpid($pid, $status);
//break;
//exit();
$par=1;
}
else
{
// Note that pcntl_exec() automatically prepends the program
name
// to the array of arguments; the program name cannot be
spoofed.
print "running cmd \n";
pcntl_exec($appname, $args);
//system("./clientmgr.php");
exit();
}
}
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RE: [PHP] Connect local app to a web app
hi... can you describe in psuedocode what you're trying to accomplish? might be able to help if i have a better understanding of where you're trying to go. -Original Message- From: Jônatas Zechim [mailto:zechim@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:25 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] Connect local app to a web app Hi there, i'm here again, but now with another doubt. What's the best way to connect a local app write in php or php-gtk to a web app writen in php. The database is MySql, and i need to do this connection every 3s to check data, get the data back and save into localhost database. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] preg_match question...
hi... trying to figure out the best approach to using preg_match to extract the number from the follwing type of line... " 131646 sometext follows.." basically, i want to extract the number, without the text, but i have to be able to match on the "text" i've been playing with different preg_match regexs.. but i'm missing something obvious! thoughts/comments.. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: preg_match question...
hmmm...
tried your preg__match/regex...
i get:
0 - 1145 total
1 - 1145
2 - l
i would have thought that the 2nd array item should have had "total"...
-Original Message-
From: Frank Stanovcak [mailto:blindspot...@comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:15 AM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Re: preg_match question...
""bruce"" wrote in message
news:234801c98863$88f27260$0301a...@tmesa.com...
> hi...
>
> trying to figure out the best approach to using preg_match to extract the
> number from the follwing type of line...
>
> " 131646 sometext follows.."
>
> basically, i want to extract the number, without the text, but i have to
> be
> able to match on the "text"
>
> i've been playing with different preg_match regexs.. but i'm missing
> something obvious!
>
> thoughts/comments..
>
How about
preg_match('#(\d+)(.)+#',$haystack,$match)
if I remember right
$match[0] would be all of it
$match[1] would be the numbers
$match[2] would be the text
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[PHP] webapp to drive/monitor a bunch of system processes
hi... i've got a project (goal) where i'm looking for a webbased app that drives/runs/monitors different linux/system processes. i'm basically looking for different apps that i can look at to get ideas/see their layout/structure. i'm going to have to create a similar app to run some processes that i'm dealing with. i'm currently looking/searchin sourceforge.net/freshmeat/etc.. but i thought i'd fire off the question here as well, in case someone has an app that they're aware of that you can pass on to me.. my overall/ultimate goal is going to be to interface with underlying database/tbls, to drive processes on a distributed network of machines that i'm putting together... so i'm going to need to be able to to monitor/start/stop a number of different apps that i create. i'm also looking to be able to see past history of the apps that have been run using the webapp... but for now, any app that i can find that allows a user to manage/start/stop different processes on a server/network would be useful.. (already looked at nagios!) thanks!! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] fork/spawnzombie question
Hi Nathan/Torok... Hey guys... got a bit of a question. I'm playing around with the php/for/pcntl_exec functions and I've got a process that spawns off a bunch of child processes. Unfortunately, I'm getting to where I have 100's of zombie child processes that I can see from the linux/processTBL. I don't want to have my master loop do a waitpid() call, as it would block on the wait for one of the child processes to exit. I recognize that the zombie/child process is essentially a placeholder in the processTBL slt, and really doesn't take up any system resources, but I'd still like to have the zombie processes removed. I'm wondering. Is it possible to fork off a process, and have it essentially do the wait on all the zombie/shild processes from the parent app? Or would this be a peer process, waiting on it's peers? Thanks -bruce bedoug...@earthlink.net 925-249-1844 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] redirecting output for a spawned child process..
hi... got a situation where i have a parent app that spawns children. trying to figure out how to get the output of the spawned/forked children to be written to an external file... can't seem to find any examples of how to accomplish this... do i have to insert something within the child php app itself to redirect the output that's currently being sent to the term? i'd prefer to have the output displayed, as well as redirected... these are cli apps... code chunks would be appreciated.. thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] file locking...
Hi. Got a bit of a question/issue that I'm trying to resolve. I'm asking this of a few groups so bear with me. I'm considering a situation where I have multiple processes running, and each process is going to access a number of files in a dir. Each process accesses a unique group of files, and then writes the group of files to another dir. I can easily handle this by using a form of locking, where I have the processes lock/read a file and only access the group of files in the dir based on the open/free status of the lockfile. However, the issue with the approach is that it's somewhat synchronous. I'm looking for something that might be more asynchronous/parallel, in that I'd like to have multiple processes each access a unique group of files from the given dir as fast as possible. So.. Any thoughts/pointers/comments would be greatly appreciated. Any pointers to academic research, etc.. would be useful. thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] file locking...
hi rob... here's the issue in more detail.. i have multiple processes that are generated/created and run in a simultaneous manner. each process wants to get XX number of files from the same batch of files... assume i have a batch of 50,000 files. my issue is how do i allow each of the processes to get their batch of unique files as fast as possible. (the 50K number is an arbotrary number.. my project will shrink/expand over time... if i dump all the 50K files in the same dir, i can have a lock file that would allow each process to sequentially read/write the lock file, and then access the dir to get the XX files the process is needing. (each process is just looking to get the next batch of files for processing. there's no searching based on text in the name of the files. it's a kind of fifo queing system) this approach could work, but it's basically sequential, and could in theory get into race conditions regarding the lockfile. i could also have the process that creates the files, throw the files in some kind of multiple directory processes, where i split the 50K files into separate dirs and somehow implement logic to allow the cient process to fetch the files from the unique/separate dirs.. but this could get ugly. so my issue is essentially how can i allow as close to simultaneous access by client/child processes to a kind of FIFO of files... whatever logic i create for this process, will also be used for the next iteration of the project, where i get rid of the files.. and i use some sort of database as the informational storage. hopefully this provides a little more clarity. thanks -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com] Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 2:50 AM To: bruce Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] file locking... On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 21:46 -0800, bruce wrote: > Hi. > > Got a bit of a question/issue that I'm trying to resolve. I'm asking this of > a few groups so bear with me. > > I'm considering a situation where I have multiple processes running, and > each process is going to access a number of files in a dir. Each process > accesses a unique group of files, and then writes the group of files to > another dir. I can easily handle this by using a form of locking, where I > have the processes lock/read a file and only access the group of files in > the dir based on the open/free status of the lockfile. > > However, the issue with the approach is that it's somewhat synchronous. I'm > looking for something that might be more asynchronous/parallel, in that I'd > like to have multiple processes each access a unique group of files from the > given dir as fast as possible. > > So.. Any thoughts/pointers/comments would be greatly appreciated. Any > pointers to academic research, etc.. would be useful. Threads? Or spawn off child processes. Maybe I'm not understanding your issues well enough. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] file locking...
hi rob... what you have written is similar to my initial approach... my question, and the reason for posting this to a few different groups.. is to see if someone has pointers/thoughts for something much quicker... this is going to handle processing requests from client apps to a webservice.. the backend of the service has to quickly process the files in the dir as fast as possible to return the data to the web client query... thanks -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com] Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:54 AM To: bruce Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] file locking... On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 09:09 -0800, bruce wrote: > hi rob... > > here's the issue in more detail.. > > i have multiple processes that are generated/created and run in a > simultaneous manner. each process wants to get XX number of files from the > same batch of files... assume i have a batch of 50,000 files. my issue is > how do i allow each of the processes to get their batch of unique files as > fast as possible. (the 50K number is an arbotrary number.. my project will > shrink/expand over time... > > if i dump all the 50K files in the same dir, i can have a lock file that > would allow each process to sequentially read/write the lock file, and then > access the dir to get the XX files the process is needing. (each process is > just looking to get the next batch of files for processing. there's no > searching based on text in the name of the files. it's a kind of fifo queing > system) this approach could work, but it's basically sequential, and could > in theory get into race conditions regarding the lockfile. > > i could also have the process that creates the files, throw the files in > some kind of multiple directory processes, where i split the 50K files into > separate dirs and somehow implement logic to allow the cient process to > fetch the files from the unique/separate dirs.. but this could get ugly. > > so my issue is essentially how can i allow as close to simultaneous access > by client/child processes to a kind of FIFO of files... > > whatever logic i create for this process, will also be used for the next > iteration of the project, where i get rid of the files.. and i use some sort > of database as the informational storage. > > hopefully this provides a little more clarity. Would I be right in assuming that a process grabs X of the oldest available files and then begins to work on them. Then the next process would essentially grab the next X oldest files so on and so forth over and over again? Also is the file discarded once processed? Would I be correct in presuming that processing of the files takes longer than grabbing the files wanted? If so then I would have a single lock upon which all processes wait. Each process grabs the lock when it can and then moves X oldest files to a working directory where it can then process them. So... directory structure: /ROOT /ROOT/queue /ROOT/work Locks... /ROOT/lock So let's say you have 500 files: /ROOT/queue/file_001.dat /ROOT/queue/file_002.dat /ROOT/queue/file_003.dat ... /ROOT/queue/file_499.dat /ROOT/queue/file_500.dat And you have 5 processes... /proc/1 /proc/2 /proc/3 /proc/4 /proc/5 Now to start all processes try to grab the lock at the same time, by virtue of lock mechanics only one process gets the lock... let's say for instance 4 While 4 has the lock all the other processes go to sleep for say... 1 usecs... upon failing to get the lock. So process 4 transfers file_001.dat through to file_050.dat into /ROOT/work. /ROOT/work/file_001.dat /ROOT/work/file_002.dat /ROOT/work/file_003.dat ... /ROOT/work/file_049.dat /ROOT/work/file_050.dat Then it releases the lock and begins processing meanwhile the other processes wake up and try to grab the lock again... this time PID 2 gets it. It does the same... /ROOT/work/file_043.dat /ROOT/work/file_044.dat /ROOT/work/file_045.dat ... /ROOT/work/file_049.dat /ROOT/work/file_100.dat /ROOT/queue/file_101.dat /ROOT/queue/file_102.dat /ROOT/queue/file_103.dat ... /ROOT/queue/file_499.dat /ROOT/queue/file_500.dat Now while it was doing that PID 4 finished and all it's files are now deleted. The first thing it does is try to get the lock so it can get more... but it's still owned by PID 2 so PID 4 goes to sleep. Once PID 2 gets it's files it releases the lock and off it goes and the cycle continued. Now there's still an issue with respect to incoming partially written files. During the incoming process those should be written elsewhere... lets say /ROOT/incoming. Once writing of the file is complete it can be moved to /ROOT/queue. Also if you don't want processes to delete the
[PHP] RE: file locking...
Hi Dennis... Thanks for the reply... Here's my solution up to now.. might change in the future... The problem: App has a bunch of clients that need to get a separate/unique list of files from a master server app. The files are created by the master server process, and reside on the filesystem behind the server process. (this is a client/server based app. client sends a request to the server.. the backend operation of the server fetches the required files, and returns them to the client app.) A key issue is that I don't want to run into potential race conditions, which would result in a given client never being served the files it's trying to fetch. Potential Soln: 1) Invoke a form of file locking, with each client processes waiting until it gets its lock. 2) Invoke some form of round-robin process, where the master process puts files in different dirs, so each client can have a better chance of getting a "lock" for the different dir.. Final Soln: (for now) I decided to cheat! I realized that since each client process is essentially unique, I can create a uniqueId (uuid) for each process. Remember, the client app is hitting the master server/file process via a webservice. So I have each client send it's uuid to the master server via the webprocess. this information is appended to a file, which gives me kind of a fifo approach for creating unique dirs for each client. the server (on the backend) then reads the fifo file, for the uuid. in getting the uuid for the 'client', a master cron process then reads the fifo file, and for each uuid in the file, creates a tmp dir for the uuid. the master cron process then populates this dir, with the required files for the given client. on the client side, the client loops through a wait loop, checking to see if anything is created/placed in its tmp 'uuid' dir.. if files are there, it fetches the files, and proceeds.. This approach ensures that a client would never run into a situation where it might never get files where files are available for processing. in the event there are no files, the client simply sleeps until there are files.. in the event a client requests files via the sending of the uuid, and the client dies before getting the files, but the master cron had already placed them in the uuid dir.. there will be a cleanup process to reabsorb those files back into the system... thanks to all who gave input/pointers!! thoughts/comments/etc... -Original Message- From: python-list-bounces+bedouglas=earthlink@python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+bedouglas=earthlink@python.org]on Behalf Of Dennis Lee Bieber Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:41 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Re: file locking... On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 10:00:54 -0800, "bruce" declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > Except in my situation.. the client has no knowledge of the filenaming > situation, and i might have 1000s of files... think of the FIFO, first in, > first out.. so i'm loking for a fast solution that would allow me to create > groups of say, 500 files, that get batched and processed by the client > app... > My silly thoughts... Main process creates temp/scratch directories for each subprocess; spawn each subprocess, passing the directory path to it; main process then just loops over the files moving them, one at a time, to one of the temp/scratch directories, probably in cyclic order to distribute the load; when main/input directory is empty, sleep then check again (or, if the OS supports it -- use some directory change notification) for new files. Each subprocess only sees its files in the applicable temp/scratch directory. -- WulfraedDennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wulfr...@bestiaria.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ (Bestiaria Support Staff: web-a...@bestiaria.com) HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] whoami explanation
hi pj...
single quotes are entered via the key directly left from the "return/enter"
key on most/all qwerty keyboards...
the 'backtic' is normally the shift '~' key... the key, right to the left of
the '1' key... in the upper left position of the keyboard...
-Original Message-
From: PJ [mailto:af.gour...@videotron.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:57 AM
To: Per Jessen
Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP] whoami explanation
Per Jessen wrote:
> PJ wrote:
>
>
>> This really needs some explanation
>> I found this on the web:
>>
>> with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes
>> matters" (WHY ?) and it works
>>
>>
>
> GIYF - look up "back quotes".
>
>
>> But this (_*FROM THE PHP MANUAL***_ * - exec()* executes the given
>> /command/ ) does not,
>> COPIED AND PASTED:
>> |> // outputs the username that owns the running php/httpd process
>> // (on a system with the "whoami" executable in the path)
>> echo exec('whoami');
>> ?> |
>> What is going on here?
>>
>
> What sort of error did you get? (it works fine here).
>
>
> /Per
>
forgot to add:
What's the difference between back ticks or quotes and regular single
quotes?
How does one enter back quotes from the keyboard?
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RE: [PHP] Re: Problems with exec() on windows
hey... if you're going to deal with file/pathnames in windows/linux.. you're going to have to encapsulate them with "" or with '' ie double/single quotes... -Original Message- From: Kyohere Luke [mailto:l...@beyonic.com] Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:18 AM To: Bastien Koert Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Problems with exec() on windows Eventually settled for getting rid of the spaces in the path. That worked. Thanks. Luke On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Bastien Koert wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Kyohere Luke wrote: > >> Thanks, but I tried this. Doesn't work because the path\to\gammu.exe has >> spaces in it >> Haliphax, thanks for your comments. I tried escapeshellarg() to no end. >> >> I'm exploring your reply regarding proc_open, but how exactly does >> proc_open >> separate the arguments from the command? >> >> Unless i'm mistaken, data written to the process's stdin (for the other >> process) is not treated like an argument. >> >> If I add the arguments to the process name/path? I'm back to square one. >> >> Luke. >> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Shawn McKenzie > >wrote: >> >> > Kyohere Luke wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > I'm trying to use exec to call gammu.exe and send sms on windows XP. >> > > >> > > This works from commandline: >> > > >> > > C:\path\to\gammu.exe 1 --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 test2" >> > > >> > > But if I run it through php like this: >> > > >> > > $command = "\"C:\path\to\gammu.exe\" --sendsms EMS 200 -text \"test1 >> > > test2\"".; >> > > @exec($command, $response, $retval); >> > > >> > > This always fails, returns 1 and the response is empty. >> > > >> > > If the last argument is a string with no spaces, and the double quotes >> > were >> > > omitted, it works perfectly. >> > > >> > > If the double quotes are added around the string with no spaces, it >> fails >> > > again, which makes me believe that the problem is with the double >> quotes. >> > > >> > > I've used procmon and it shows that when the double quotes are added >> > around >> > > the last argument, gammu.exe is not even called at all. >> > > >> > > Problem is that the double quotes are required by gammu to send an sms >> > with >> > > spaces in it. >> > > >> > > Any ideas? :-( >> > > >> > > Luke >> > > >> > >> > Why not try: >> > >> > $command = 'C:\path\to\gammu.exe --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 test2"'; >> > >> > -- >> > Thanks! >> > -Shawn >> > http://www.spidean.com >> > >> > -- >> > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > >> > >> > > try double slashes for the path and wrap the pathin quotes if there are > spaces in it. Or if possible get rid of the spaces in the folder names > > -- > > Bastien > > Cat, the other other white meat > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Problems with exec() on windows
when dealing with windows.. or any file/pathname.. you can't simply quote/double quote the name using the "~" symbol as well.. haven't done it for awhile.. but i believe you need to explode/derive the complete path/filename and then quote/double quote it for use by the app... -Original Message- From: l...@beyonic.com [mailto:l...@beyonic.com]on Behalf Of Kyohere Luke Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:48 PM To: Shawn McKenzie Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Problems with exec() on windows You might have something there - never really thought about how windows forms the 8.3 names... & not many resources online about it ... The actual path is "c:\Program File\Gammu 1.23.91\bin\gammu.exe" I'd used "c:\Progra~1\Gammu~1\bin\gammu.exe" Luke On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Kyohere Luke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Tried all that - it'd work well until one of the arguments also had > spaces > > and thus had "" or '' encapsulating it - this weirdness is the reason for > > this post. > > Shawn, even the good old "C:\pathwi~1\gammu.exe" failed :-( > > Well, you didn't do it properly then. What is the actual path? > > > > > The only way I've gotten it to work was to get rid of the spaces in the > > path/to/exe. > > > > Luke. > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:24 PM, bruce wrote: > > > >> hey... > >> > >> if you're going to deal with file/pathnames in windows/linux.. you're > going > >> to have to encapsulate them with "" or with '' ie double/single > quotes... > >> > >> > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Kyohere Luke [mailto:l...@beyonic.com] > >> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:18 AM > >> To: Bastien Koert > >> Cc: Shawn McKenzie; php-general@lists.php.net > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Problems with exec() on windows > >> > >> > >> Eventually settled for getting rid of the spaces in the path. That > worked. > >> Thanks. > >> Luke > >> > >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Bastien Koert > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Kyohere Luke > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Thanks, but I tried this. Doesn't work because the path\to\gammu.exe > has > >>>> spaces in it > >>>> Haliphax, thanks for your comments. I tried escapeshellarg() to no > end. > >>>> > >>>> I'm exploring your reply regarding proc_open, but how exactly does > >>>> proc_open > >>>> separate the arguments from the command? > >>>> > >>>> Unless i'm mistaken, data written to the process's stdin (for the > other > >>>> process) is not treated like an argument. > >>>> > >>>> If I add the arguments to the process name/path? I'm back to square > one. > >>>> > >>>> Luke. > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Shawn McKenzie >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> Kyohere Luke wrote: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> I'm trying to use exec to call gammu.exe and send sms on windows XP. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This works from commandline: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> C:\path\to\gammu.exe 1 --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 test2" > >>>>>> > >>>>>> But if I run it through php like this: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> $command = "\"C:\path\to\gammu.exe\" --sendsms EMS 200 -text \"test1 > >>>>>> test2\"".; > >>>>>> @exec($command, $response, $retval); > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This always fails, returns 1 and the response is empty. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If the last argument is a string with no spaces, and the double > >> quotes > >>>>> were > >>>>>> omitted, it works perfectly. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If the double quotes are added around the string with no spaces, it > >>>> fails > >>>>>> again, which makes me believe that the problem is with the double > >>>> quotes. > >>>>>> I've used procmon and it shows that when the double quotes are added > >>>>> around > >>>>>> the last argument, gammu.exe is not even called at all. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Problem is that the double quotes are required by gammu to send an > >> sms > >>>>> with > >>>>>> spaces in it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Any ideas? :-( > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Luke > >>>>>> > >>>>> Why not try: > >>>>> > >>>>> $command = 'C:\path\to\gammu.exe --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 > >> test2"'; > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Thanks! > >>>>> -Shawn > >>>>> http://www.spidean.com > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> try double slashes for the path and wrap the pathin quotes if there are > >>> spaces in it. Or if possible get rid of the spaces in the folder names > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> Bastien > >>> > >>> Cat, the other other white meat > >>> > >> > > > > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] linux sha1sum .vs php sha1
hi... doing some testing with linux sha1sum, and php's sha1 function... are they both supposed to return the same results for the same chunk of text. test file "a.dat" = "1234567890" linux: echo a.dat > sha1sum -t!= php any thoughts... thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] quick question - need a site i can more or less copy from
Hi... Working on a test app, and I need a web interface to test/view the underlying information. Looking for (hopefully) quick pointers/suggestions. I'm dealing with a number of cli web crawling apps that return data. I'm trying to find a quick app that I can modify the db schema, as well as some of the underlying logic to display my data. my returned data consists of: university school dept class classname classID classdescription classA classB faculty The above is a represenation of the levels of data. I'm looking to have multiple tbls, each of which links to the child tbl... I'm not a web dev, and i'm looking for some sort of web app that i might rip apart/modify so i can start to be able to view this data on a web app.. i'm currently looking through sourceforge/freshmeat/etc... thanks... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] webmin mods..
oh... has anyone ever played/used/modified the webmin app?? i'm looking for a web based app/tool that i can modify to be able to manage my distribbuted client/server crawler on my network of boxes. i'd rather start with an existing framework/app that already kind of works with modules/apps on a system, and then modify it to meet my needs... i'm ultimately looking for a php based web app that i can modify to allow me to schedule running my crawler... along with a huge number of additional functions.. thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Regex
hi...
if you haven't solved your issue... can you tell me in detail what you're
trying to accomplish? what are the steps to running the script?
thanks
-Original Message-
From: jesse.ha...@arvatousa.com [mailto:jesse.ha...@arvatousa.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:23 PM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Regex
Hi,
Brand new to regex. So I have a cli which runs a regex on users input,
to make sure that only 0-9 and A-Z are accepted. It should strip
everything else. My problem is that when you press control-Z (on
Windows; I have not yet tested this on linux, and I will, but I would
like this to be compatible with both OS's) it loops infinitely saying
invalid data (because of the next method call, which decides what to do
based on your input). So, here is the input code. Is there a way I can
ensure that control commands are stripped, here?
public function getSelection() {
$choice =
$this->validateChoice(trim(strtoupper(fgets(STDIN;
return $choice;
}
private function validateChoice($choice) {
$choice =
ereg_replace("/[^0-9A-Z]/","",$choice);
return $choice;
}
I have tried a ton of different things to try and fix this. Tried
/\c.|[^0-9A-Z]/, and many variations of \c and the [^0-9A-Z], to no
avail. I also tried using both preg_replace() as well as ereg_replace().
I spent a lot of time on the regex section of the PHP manual, but I am
not finding anything. Any advise on how to accomplish this?
Thanks,
Jesse Hazen
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[PHP] Workflow app for software
Ladies/Gents... Hi. Trying to get some input to a web based app for dealing with managing software apps/scripts. Basically, i'm envisioning a system where people register/signup, and then check in/out apps for development/testing/production... I need a way of dealing with users, assigning/accepting roles for the users, and to manage the flow of the "file" as it moves through the basic "development/testing/production" process. i'd like to have a database backend, combines with some kind of source/file reqpository... I've seen things like knowledgetree, owl, etc... but figured I'd get input from here. So, any thoughts to open source apps that you guys have actual experience using?? Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Workflow app for software
hey todd... just toook a look at the polarion svn-web app i thought that was closed source... i see that it's open!!! -Original Message- From: haliphax [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:18 PM To: bruce; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:47 PM, bruce wrote: > Ladies/Gents... > > Hi. Trying to get some input to a web based app for dealing with managing > software apps/scripts. > > Basically, i'm envisioning a system where people register/signup, and then > check in/out apps for development/testing/production... I need a way of > dealing with users, assigning/accepting roles for the users, and to manage > the flow of the "file" as it moves through the basic > "development/testing/production" process. i'd like to have a database > backend, combines with some kind of source/file reqpository... > > I've seen things like knowledgetree, owl, etc... but figured I'd get input > from here. So, any thoughts to open source apps that you guys have actual > experience using?? This sounds like something Subversion (SVN) is suited for. Three repositories in the same realm: dev, test, prod. Slap a web front-end on it like Polarion's "svn-web" (for JSP/Tomcat) and you're in business. -- // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Workflow app for software
and haliphax... i specifically sent the reply to only you.. you then felt the need to reply to the list as a whole hmm.. ok.. this thread is officially dead!! unless of course it gets back to the initial question... peace!! -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:30 AM To: haliphax Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 11:25 -0500, haliphax wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:33 AM, bruce wrote: > > not another top/side/bottom post thread again!!! > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: haliphax [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:38 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:37 PM, bruce wrote: > >> hey todd... > >> > >> just toook a look at the polarion svn-web app i thought that was closed source... i see that it's open!!! > >> > >> -----Original Message- > >> From: haliphax [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:18 PM > >> To: bruce; php-general@lists.php.net > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 1:47 PM, bruce wrote: > >>> Ladies/Gents... > >>> > >>> Hi. Trying to get some input to a web based app for dealing with managing > >>> software apps/scripts. > >>> > >>> Basically, i'm envisioning a system where people register/signup, and then > >>> check in/out apps for development/testing/production... I need a way of > >>> dealing with users, assigning/accepting roles for the users, and to manage > >>> the flow of the "file" as it moves through the basic > >>> "development/testing/production" process. i'd like to have a database > >>> backend, combines with some kind of source/file reqpository... > >>> > >>> I've seen things like knowledgetree, owl, etc... but figured I'd get input > >>> from here. So, any thoughts to open source apps that you guys have actual > >>> experience using?? > >> > >> This sounds like something Subversion (SVN) is suited for. Three > >> repositories in the same realm: dev, test, prod. Slap a web front-end > >> on it like Polarion's "svn-web" (for JSP/Tomcat) and you're in > >> business. > > > > Well, whether it's open source or not, the software is free to use... > > that's all I ever really cared about. :) > > (Please stop top-posting.) > > Again, please do not top-post. It is the agreed-upon procedure in this > list to bottom-post when replying to threads. (I am not just going > "renegade thread-Nazi" on you.) Could you show me the signed agreement list. While it's convention on this list, it's certainly not something everyone agreed upon. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Workflow app for software
so haliphax... since you seem to be the primary person with this issue.. at least for now... i'll ahead and nominate you to the guy in charge of making sure posters follow the written rule to not top/down/side/left/right post... have fun!!! -Original Message- From: haliphax [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:42 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 13:30 -0500, haliphax wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:53 AM, bruce wrote: >> > and haliphax... >> > >> > i specifically sent the reply to only you.. you then felt the need to reply >> > to the list as a whole >> > >> > hmm.. ok.. this thread is officially dead!! >> > >> > unless of course it gets back to the initial question... >> > >> > peace!! >> > >> > >> >> > -Original Message- >> >> > From: haliphax [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:38 AM >> >> > To: php-general@lists.php.net >> >> > Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software >> >> --8<-- >> >> >> Again, please do not top-post. It is the agreed-upon procedure in this >> >> list to bottom-post when replying to threads. (I am not just going >> >> "renegade thread-Nazi" on you.) >> > >> > Could you show me the signed agreement list. While it's convention on >> > this list, it's certainly not something everyone agreed upon. >> >> To Rob, >> I meant agreed-upon as in: it's been written... so somebody had to >> agree to it up to the point that it was posted here - >> http://us3.php.net/reST/php-src/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES > > "It has been written" and "it has been agreed upon" are two completely > different things. Many things have been written, few things are agreed > upon. Unless the PHP development process has become a dictatorship, I'm pretty sure more than one person decided it was a good idea before putting it in the mailing list rules. -- // Todd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Workflow app for software
now that.. was funny actually laughed out loud! -Original Message- From: George Larson [mailto:george.g.lar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:08 PM To: Robert Cummings Cc: bruce; haliphax; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app for software Please quit side-posting. Thanks. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Robert Cummings wrote: > I for one don't find you very | On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 11:46 -0700, > funny Bruce. It's common knowledge | bruce wrote: so haliphax... > that it's very difficult to follow | > > side posts. If not already, then | > since you seem to be the primary > they should certainly be | > person with this issue.. at > dictatorily banned from being used.| > least for now... i'll ahead and >| > nominate you to the guy in > Cheers,| > charge of making sure posters > Rob. | > follow the written rule to not >| > top/down/side/left/right post... > | > > | > have fun!!! > | > > | > > | > > | > -Original Message- From: > | > haliphax > | > [mailto:halip...@gmail.com] > | > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 > | > 11:42 AM To: > | > php-general@lists.php.net > | > Subject: Re: [PHP] Workflow app > | > for software > | > > | > > | > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 1:38 PM, > | > Robert Cummings > | > wrote: > | > > On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 13:30 > | > >> -0500, haliphax wrote: On > | > >> Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:53 > | > >> > AM, bruce > | > >> > > | > >> > wrote: and haliphax... > | > >> > > | > >> > i specifically sent the > | > >> > reply to only you.. you > | > >> > then felt the need to reply > | > >> > to the list as a whole > | > >> > > | > >> > hmm.. ok.. this thread is > | > >> > officially dead!! > | > >> > > | > >> > unless of course it gets > | > >> > back to the initial > | > >> > question... > | > >> > > | > >> > peace!! > | > >> > > | > >> > > | > >> >> > -Original > | > >> >> > Message- From: > | > >> >> > haliphax >| > >> >> > Sent: Wednesday, April > | > >> >> > 01, 2009 5:38 AM To: > | > >> >> > php-general@lists.php.net > | > >> >> > Subject: Re: [PHP] > | > >> >> > Workflow app for > | > >> >> > software > | > >> > | > >> --8<-- > | > >> > | > >> >> Again, please do not > | > >> >> top-post. It is the >
[PHP] Out of the blue question..
Hi Ladies/Gents of the list... I've got an issue/question and figured I'd fire it to the list. Over time, I've had a few projects that I've worked on, where I've required someone with skills way beyond mine for a given area. And rather than spend hours trying to figure it out, I've sometimes hired someone to aid for a very short amount of time.. The issues have ranged from serious db optimization, to server security issues, etc... I was wondering, I'm assuming that other developers here have had similar issues. Has anyone thought about doing a group hire of someone with the advanced skills to solve the particular issue for the problem domain. IE if enough people have, or know you're going to have mysql questions... Then we find someone who's good/skilled and more or less have that person on retainer for the group. This of course depends on how many people would want to use the person's skills, and how often we'd need the person, and other issues... I figured that I'd post here to see what the list thinks/thought.. etc... thanks ps. And no, I have no one in mind, and this isn't an around the way solicitation for $$$/work!!! (for all you cynics out there!!) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Out of the blue question..
chris... did you read the entire msg.. this isn't/wasn't a hunt for someone for a project... please re-read.. -Original Message- From: Chris [mailto:dmag...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 8:14 PM To: bruce Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Out of the blue question.. bruce wrote: > Hi Ladies/Gents of the list... > > I've got an issue/question and figured I'd fire it to the list. > > Over time, I've had a few projects that I've worked on, where I've required > someone with skills way beyond mine for a given area. And rather than spend > hours trying to figure it out, I've sometimes hired someone to aid for a > very short amount of time.. > > The issues have ranged from serious db optimization, to server security > issues, etc... > > I was wondering, I'm assuming that other developers here have had similar > issues. Has anyone thought about doing a group hire of someone with the > advanced skills to solve the particular issue for the problem domain. > > IE if enough people have, or know you're going to have mysql questions... > Then we find someone who's good/skilled and more or less have that person on > retainer for the group. This of course depends on how many people would want > to use the person's skills, and how often we'd need the person, and other > issues... > > I figured that I'd post here to see what the list thinks/thought.. etc... You can post job requests for stuff like this on elance.com, rentacoder.com and I'm sure hundreds of other places. I don't think this list is the appropriate place for it really but that's just my opinion. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] 800 pound gorilla
hmmm... a developer might not (won't) give you voting rights? (is there sucj a thing!!!) however, if you put together a number of really skilled c/c++ (whatever) developers, then you could easily take the current existing sourcebase of code, and go ahead and fork your own version, and never need to worry about what oracle is going to do with the current tree... of course i'd have a better chance of winning the lottery!! but stranger thing have happened... but you should also remember that some major companies are using mysql for various projects, and they could/might get together to form a dev core team to keep it moving... peace.. -Original Message- From: Marc Christopher Hall [mailto:m...@hallmarcwebsites.com] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 6:58 AM To: 'Daniel Brown' Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] 800 pound gorilla -Original Message- From: paras...@gmail.com [mailto:paras...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Brown Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 9:52 AM To: Marc Christopher Hall Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] 800 pound gorilla On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 09:48, Marc Christopher Hall wrote: > Sun buys MySQL and now Oracle buys Sun (not final, yet). What will happen > with the main db we PHP'ers have come to know and love especially since v 5 Become a MySQL developer and help make the decision. -- daniel.br...@parasane.net || danbr...@php.net http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ 50% Off All Shared Hosting Plans at PilotPig: Use Coupon DOW1 Ahhh, I love the smell of condescension first thing in the morning. BTW I am a MySQL developer thank you. A developer does not an owner make. Where do you get the idea that Oracle would put this to a democratic vote? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Need Help! - Looking over a wireframe doc...
Hi.. I'm playing around with creating an app to allow users to add/checkin/checkout docs from a web based app. The backend will tie into SVN as a repository. The app is intended to be a php/mysql/linux app. I'm trying to find a few people that I might get to take a look at the current doc(s) I have and give me some comments/feedback... The goal of the app is to allow a user to register, and then select the given doc he wants to work on, as well as the given workflow phase. This allows the app to kind of restrict the access rights a user has to the doc, based on where in the workflow the doc is.. Get to me offline if you're interested in taking a look. thanks -bruce -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] speaking of control structures...
you know... interesting that goto can be found in code!! -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 7:36 AM To: Tom Worster Cc: Clancy; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures... On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:33 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 9:31 PM, "Clancy" wrote: > > > I can understand your reluctance to disregard your mother's advice, but > > unfortunately she > > had been brainwashed to accept the dogma of the day. > > actually, i don't believe so. she did numerical work so she continued using > fortran and therefore gotos for the rest of her life. i think she just > didn't like goto. moreover, she was never dogmatic on any topic, it wasn't > in her nature. > > anyway, how do you know how she came by her opinions? Because that's how most people came by their opinion of goto? How did you come by your opinion of goto? Oh yeah, your momma! Here let me open your eyes a bit... I've done a grep on the PHP 5.2.9 source code, Apache 2.2.11 source code, and MySQL 5.1.33 source code for use of goto: PHP 5.2.9: http://pastebin.com/f6b88957 Apache 2.2.11: http://pastebin.com/f2c7f5d93 MySQL 5.1.33: http://pastebin.com/f4441a891 It would seem that goto has a lot of use in modern code. Just because someone tells you something, doesn't mean you should believe it at face value. Goto has many important uses in programming. The goto that was spurned is not really the goto in use today. The goto in use today generally has scope within a well defined context such as a function. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: Fwd: [PHP] SECURITY PRECAUTION BEFORE SUBMITTING DATA INDATABASE
if you really want to get to the real low level details of an app... unless you're dealing with an app that's seriously crunching, and extremely sensitive to returning data to the user's browser in a timely manner, you should write all replies back to a db/tbl... this would allow you as the developer to have a complete trek of the actions/paths (to an extent) for any potential debugging issue. -Original Message- From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 7:00 AM To: Sumit Sharma Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: Fwd: [PHP] SECURITY PRECAUTION BEFORE SUBMITTING DATA INDATABASE On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 19:17 +0530, Sumit Sharma wrote: > One more thing, should I use @ for security purpose or not so that the use > can reply me with the errors so that I can troubleshoot the problem more > effectively. > > > Sumit > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Ashley Sheridan > Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 at 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] SECURITY PRECAUTION BEFORE SUBMITTING DATA IN DATABASE > To: Sumit Sharma > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 18:22 +0530, Sumit Sharma wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am designing a php website for my client which interact with database. > > This is my first project for any client (I hope he is not reading this > mail > > ;-) ). I am a bit more concerned with database security. Can somebody > shed > > some light on the security measurements, precautions, and functions > related > > to database security in general to make sure that the data is safely > stored > > updated and retried from database. I have already used htmlentities(), > > strip_tags(), addhashes(), and some regular expressions to check security. > > Looking for help beyond this. > > > > > > Thanks in advance... > > Sumit > > I'd advise using something like mysql_real_escape_string() (assuming you > are using a MySQL database that is) on each variable of data before you > insert it into the database. You could go further and validate specific > data, so check that a field which you expect a number only contains a > number, etc. > > > Ash > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk I'd avoid using @ in favour of turning the errors off in your php.ini or .htaccess, as there's no chance of you missing a statement here or there. It's generally accepted practice to have errors and warnings turned off on a live server, and to only use them on development servers. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Startup Stuff in the san Francisco/Bay Area
Hi guys... Before you start flaming/shouting.. thought I'd post this here, as I'm at my wit's end, and this might help others as well. And yeah, this has nothing to do with solving a php coding issue!! I'm trying to figur eout if there are guys/gals/groups/etc.. of developers here in the San Fran/San Jose/East Bay area that are into the pure sweat equity startup thing. I'm simply looking to find if there are people/groups that you might know of, how are into creating/starting projects. I've done the Craigslist Posting thing, with no real luck, so I thought I'd post this here... Feel free to get to me off line to reduce the amount of time on the list for this thread, unless you think it might be useful for others as well... Thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] continue working after finishing up with the http client
hi tom... exacly what are you trying to accomplish? is this in a web app? has the user hit the site, logged in, etc? can you provide an example of what the sequence of events are that you're trying to deal with.. thanks -Original Message- From: Tom Worster [mailto:f...@thefsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:27 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] continue working after finishing up with the http client what options are there to do the following: 1. receive request from client (including post data) 2. do some work, update the db, prepare output for client 3. send output and finish up with the client 4. do some more work that might take considerable time, updating the db some more it would be convenient and efficient if step 4 took place within the same process as steps 1-3. but output control seems not to be sufficient: ob_flush(); flush(); sends the output but leave the client waiting for more. is there a way to close the connection as though exit; were called but without quitting the script? alternatively the script could start another process, copy over whatever data is needed and disconnect from it. but that has its overheads on the server. are the other possibilities? tia tom -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] continue working after finishing up with the http client
hi tom... if i understand your state diagram/workflow process. your server repsonds to the client request, with two actions... action 1) return data to client relatively fast action 2) insert the data into your cache (or whereever) which takes time... is this correct? do you have to somehow use the 'new'/updated cache data in the future actions with the client... it might be possible for you to have a setup, where you have an external cron process, or other continually running process that does the cache insertions -Original Message- From: Tom Worster [mailto:f...@thefsb.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:14 AM To: bruce; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] continue working after finishing up with the http client On 5/27/09 9:50 AM, "bruce" wrote: > exacly what are you trying to accomplish? is this in a web app? has the user > hit the site, logged in, etc? > > can you provide an example of what the sequence of events are that you're > trying to deal with.. it is a web app. let's say for example that we're processing an ajax query. say we can normally generate and deliver the response to the client quickly but the speed depends on a cache with a relatively low miss rate. now, when we get a cache miss, imagine that generating the client response from scratch takes significantly less time than generating and inserting the new cache entry corresponding to the query. so we want to send the response to the client and then process the cache entry. without getting into whether or not this cache design makes sense, my question in this example is: what options are there for ending the http transition and then continuing on to do the cache update work? > -Original Message- > From: Tom Worster [mailto:f...@thefsb.org] > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:27 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] continue working after finishing up with the http client > > > what options are there to do the following: > > 1. receive request from client (including post data) > > 2. do some work, update the db, prepare output for client > > 3. send output and finish up with the client > > 4. do some more work that might take considerable time, updating the db some > more > > it would be convenient and efficient if step 4 took place within the same > process as steps 1-3. but output control seems not to be sufficient: > ob_flush(); flush(); sends the output but leave the client waiting for more. > is there a way to close the connection as though exit; were called but > without quitting the script? > > alternatively the script could start another process, copy over whatever > data is needed and disconnect from it. but that has its overheads on the > server. > > are the other possibilities? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] spawning a process that uses pipes - doesn't terminate when webpage download is canceled
Hi Flint.
Not sure if you have a solution to this yet, or if I fully understand! But
if your issue is basically that you have a situation where you might have
orphaned processes that never finish and that are consuming real resources
you could have the app get/monitor the process ID for each process you
create, and then simply periodically check to see if that process is in a
run state.
Bow, if the situation is one where the user aborts the transfer process, and
the underlying processes are still 'running' then I would still think the
above appproach would work, but you'd have to have your app keep track of
when the user 'kills' the download process..
But are you sure the orphaned processes are consuming resources, or are they
zombie processes, which are resident in the process tbl, but aren't really
consuming resources... sombie processes will (should) eventually be dealt
with by the operating system...
regards
-Original Message-
From: Flint Million [mailto:fmill...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:39 PM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] spawning a process that uses pipes - doesn't terminate
when webpage download is canceled
so here's the scenario..
I have a site that uses php with a database to offer sound files to
users using streaming methods.
the request page has options, allowing the user to modify the sound
file in various ways, before having it sent to them
Here's the problem:
The method i'm using to feed the data to the user is to run the source
file through various piped commands, with the resulting audio being
dumped to stdout, and then using passthru in php to get that data to
the enduser.
here's an example, for serving an MP3 with its pitch/speed changed by sox:
passthru("lame --quiet --decode \"" . $in_file . "\" - | " .
"sox -V -S -t wav - -t wav - speed " . $speed_factor . " | " .
"lame --quiet " . $lame_params . " - -");
This works just fine, except the problem is if the end user aborts the
transfer (e.g. stops playback in the media player, cancels download of
the mp3, whatever) then it leaves behind both the sox process and the
decoder LAMe process along with the sh that's running them. the only
process that exits is the final encoding lame process. If the sound
file runs to completion, everythign exits properly.
But this obviously means enough "cancelling" of downloads means the
server ends up with a huge batch of stuck processes! And I even tried
simply killing the 'host' sh process, and the lame and sox processes
remain anyway. The only way I've been able to deal with this is
manually killing the lame and sox processes directly.
is there any way I can make this work, such so that if the user
cancels the transfer, all relavent processes are killed rather than
just the single process that's feeding output into php?
-FM
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[PHP] Numerical Recipe - Scheduling Question
Hi.. Got a need to be able to allow a user to specify the frequency to run certain apps/processes.. I need to be able to have the user specify a start Time, as well as a periodic frequency (once, hourly, daily, weekly...) as well as allow the user to specify every XX minutes... So i basically need to be able to determine when the future events/occurances are, based on the user input. I've searched the net for alogorithms dealing with scheduling and haven't come up with any php based solutions.. I've also looked at numerical recipes and some other sources (freshmeat/sourceforge/etc..) with no luck.. I have found an approach in another language that I could port to php.. But before I code/recreate this, I figured I'd see if anyone here has pointers or suggestions... Cron doesn't work for me, as it can run a process at a given time.. but it doesn't tell me when the next 'X' occurance would be... Thoughts/Comments.. Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: Numerical Recipe - Scheduling Question
hey shawn...
strtotime (or something similar) might just work
i'll always know the interval... which can be used to compute the nexttime,
which then becomes the next starttime...
i'm assuming there's an equally simple way to find the last day of a given
month if i choose that as an interval as well..
for my initial needs.. this might work.. until i free up time to actually
craft a more generic solution, independent of the underlying language/os..
thanks
for next month.. and the start
-Original Message-
From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:nos...@mckenzies.net]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 2:48 PM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] Re: Numerical Recipe - Scheduling Question
bruce wrote:
> Hi..
>
> Got a need to be able to allow a user to specify the frequency to run
> certain apps/processes.. I need to be able to have the user specify a
start
> Time, as well as a periodic frequency (once, hourly, daily, weekly...) as
> well as allow the user to specify every XX minutes...
>
> So i basically need to be able to determine when the future
> events/occurances are, based on the user input.
>
> I've searched the net for alogorithms dealing with scheduling and haven't
> come up with any php based solutions.. I've also looked at numerical
recipes
> and some other sources (freshmeat/sourceforge/etc..) with no luck..
>
> I have found an approach in another language that I could port to php..
But
> before I code/recreate this, I figured I'd see if anyone here has pointers
> or suggestions...
>
> Cron doesn't work for me, as it can run a process at a given time.. but it
> doesn't tell me when the next 'X' occurance would be...
>
> Thoughts/Comments..
>
> Thanks
>
This is confusing. When and where do you need to "be able to determine
when the future events/occurances are"? You need to display this after
the user schedules the app/process or an admin needs to login and see
this at any given time?
Regardless it is easy with the PHP time/date functions. Once you've
collected and stored the start/stop times and interval, something
similar to:
$interval = "1 week";
$next = $start_time;
while ($next <= $end_time) {
$next = strtotime("+$interval", $next);
echo date(DATE_RFC822, $next) ."\n";
}
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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com
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