[PHP] Data type issues

2003-01-14 Thread Peter Hutnick
I can't get my head around dealing with all the magic that PHP does to my data. I'm trying to do the following (in C++): char a = 'a'; a = a + 13; The resulting value of a is 'n'. If I do the equivalent in PHP ($a = "a"; $a += 13;) the resulting value is 13. I tried (int)$a += 13;, but t

[PHP] Ever complained about lousy PHP programmers?

2003-01-16 Thread Peter Hutnick
Well, here's your chance to criticize a newbie. As an exercise in learning PHP I have written a rot-13 script. It is at http://hutnick.com/rot13/index.html?show_content=1 . I'm soliciting comments on style, technique, etc. Be brutal, but don't get your feelings hurt if I don't take your comment

Re: [PHP] Re: Ever complained about lousy PHP programmers?

2003-01-16 Thread Peter Hutnick
Leon Mergen said: > Now, first of all, why did you this: > > "); ?> > > and not just: > > Because short tags are evil ;-) My provider has short tags enabled, so there is no getting around this bit of ugliness. > only that I personally prefer to call a print() statement for > everything Do you

Re: [PHP] dreading OOP

2003-01-21 Thread Peter Hutnick
Larry Brown said: > equates an object to a function You'd be better off trying to equate an object to a data type. -Peter -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] dreading OOP

2003-01-21 Thread Peter Hutnick
Chris Boget said: >> > equates an object to a function >> You'd be better off trying to equate an object to a data type. > > Why is that? Please explain? > I do not mean to sound trite. I do not know and am very curious > to hear more. Consider two approaches to extending your procedural program

Fw: [PHP] $header = "Location:........" being ignored!

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
Rick Emery said: > if ( $_POST['passwd'] != $db['password'] ) > {header("Location: loginfailed.html"); exit; > } > - Original Message - > From: "Shams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:48 AM > Subject: [PHP] $header = "Location:" being ignored! >

Re: [PHP] A Licensing Question

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
John Wells said: > Can I safely use GPL'd libraries, classes, etc. (i.e. PearDB) and > resources that fall under other open source licenses when developing the > app and let them redistribute accordingly, or would that be a violation? I don't know anything about the licensing terms of PearDB. Re

Re: [PHP] A Licensing Question

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
Chris Hayes said: > The GPL can be a headache to figure out when it gets to complicated > situations. > My uneducated working conclusion is that the GPL prevents you from > selling GPL-ed code as is, or improved GPL-ed code. Selling GPL-ed > code, even if you improved it, is dead wrong. Even if

Re: [PHP] A Licensing Question

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
John Wells said: >> However - if you want to sell software under a closed licence you will >> need to be carefull to avoid 'linking' with gpl'd code. >> The problem is that 'linking' as used in the gpl seems to refer to C >> programming - and is an unclear term when refering to php. I know I read

Re: [PHP] A Licensing Question

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
John Wells said: > Peter Hutnick said: >>> Yeah...that's really what I'm wondering. If I have my own code, but >>> make function calls and the like to script libraries licensed under >>> the GPL, does it mean my code will have to be GPL'd as well?

Re: [PHP] Re: Is there a way to undo the md5() encryption??

2003-01-22 Thread Peter Hutnick
Scott Fletcher said: > Darn!! There's no way to undo it. So, I can't use this method of > encryption for my other project. In that case, I'll live. Lemme guess? Was it going to be a revolutionary compression program that can compress any file to 128 bits? In all seriousness, the output o

[PHP] PHP complains when using similar_text() as documented.

2001-09-06 Thread Peter Hutnick
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.similar-text.php states that the third argument should be a reference. PHP 4.0.6 complains "Warning: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value;" etc. But that percentage (double) is only available this way . . . Where am I g

Re: [PHP] PHP complains when using similar_text() as documented.

2001-09-07 Thread Peter Hutnick
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:04:09PM -0500, Peter Hutnick wrote: >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.similar-text.php states that the >> third argument should be a reference. PHP 4.0.6 complains "Warning: >> Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argumen