php-general Digest 2 Jan 2006 15:24:41 -0000 Issue 3883
Topics (messages 228075 through 228087):
To copy a file from one server to another server in php
228075 by: suma parakala
228076 by: Michael Hulse
228078 by: Michael Hulse
XML to PDF
228077 by: Binay
How to check if an object is empty in PHP5
228079 by: Mathijs
228080 by: Jochem Maas
AT / php / apache question
228081 by: david blunkett
228082 by: Michael Gross
Reverse destruction
228083 by: Mattias Segerdahl
228084 by: Jochem Maas
Re: Which is faster, a MySQL access, or a set of PHP variables?
228085 by: Dave M G
228086 by: Al
Re: manipulating constant name as string
228087 by: Al
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Hi
Can anyone tell me how can we copy one file from one server to another
server using PHP
Thanks
Suma
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Hello,
On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:27 AM, suma parakala wrote:
Hi
Can anyone tell me how can we copy one file from one server to another
server using PHP
Thanks
Suma
I use this function to grab mp3's from one server and place them on
another (transfers 10mb files rather nicely):
function grab_mp3($in, $out) {
$remote = fopen($in, 'r');
# Remember to chmod download folder to 777:
$local = fopen('test/'.$out, 'w+');
if(!$remote) {
// handle failed request here ...
echo "Oops!";
}
else {
while (!feof($remote)) {
# Use @ to supress warning messages:
@$a .= fread($remote, 8192);
}
}
fwrite($local, $a);
fclose($remote);
fclose($local);
# Bye bye.
}
You could also use cURL:
http://us3.php.net/curl
Hth,
Cheers,
Micky
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On Jan 2, 2006, at 12:32 AM, Michael Hulse wrote:
You could also use cURL:
From the cURL manual (in a terminal window type "man curl", without the
quotes):
...
...
-o/--output <file>
Write output to <file> instead of stdout. If you are
using {} or
[] to fetch multiple documents, you can use '#' followed
by a
number in the <file> specifier. That variable will be
replaced
with the current string for the URL being fetched. Like
in:
curl http://{one,two}.site.com -o "file_#1.txt"
or use several variables like:
curl http://{site,host}.host[1-5].com -o "#1_#2"
You may use this option as many times as you have
number of
URLs.
-O/--remote-name
Write output to a local file named like the remote file
we get.
(Only the file part of the remote file is used, the path
is cut
off.)
You may use this option as many times as you have
number of
URLs.
...
...
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Hi ALL
My applications requires converting XML file to PDF using PHP. Some surfing on
the net revealed that it has to be first transformed to XSLT and then XSL:FO
and finally to PDF . But i have no idea as where to start from. Confused and
need directions or references to tutorials / resources which can shade lights
on the inputs required.
Thanks in advance.
Binay
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Hello ppl,
How can i check if an Object is empty in PHP5?
Becouse empty() doesn't work.
Quote: "As of PHP 5, objects with no properties are no longer considered
empty.".
Thx in advanced.
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Mathijs wrote:
Hello ppl,
How can i check if an Object is empty in PHP5?
Becouse empty() doesn't work.
Quote: "As of PHP 5, objects with no properties are no longer considered
empty.".
try:
class Test {}
$obj = new Test;
$arr = (array) $obj;
var_dump( empty($obj), empty($arr) );
Thx in advanced.
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Dear PHP users,
I am trying to write a php script that allows me to schedule jobs using the
at deamon (unix) for execution
in the arbitrary future. I have everything working except that the default
login shell for apache (nologin)
means that the at deamon fails to execute the command.
If I run the at command as another (not apache) user or change the apache
login script to bash then
everything works fine.
I understand the nologin shell is a security feature for the apache account
so i am reluctant to change it.
AT is supposed to use the shell defined by the SHELL environment variable at
the time of job submission but this does not appear to work in this case.
I have tried wrapping the command in a setuid script to use another user id
to side step this but I think
scripts are prevented from using setuid.
I could sidestep this by making a setuid executable but this seems like a
desperate measure and that there should be a more sensible way of achieving
this safely.
So does anyone have any suggestions? since "at" is a common word looking for
solutions on the web
is rather difficult...
Cheers,
SA
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Hi
You could call the script via the http-server with wget (or lynx).
david blunkett wrote:
Dear PHP users,
I am trying to write a php script that allows me to schedule jobs using
the at deamon (unix) for execution
in the arbitrary future. I have everything working except that the
default login shell for apache (nologin)
means that the at deamon fails to execute the command.
If I run the at command as another (not apache) user or change the
apache login script to bash then
everything works fine.
I understand the nologin shell is a security feature for the apache
account so i am reluctant to change it.
AT is supposed to use the shell defined by the SHELL environment
variable at the time of job submission but this does not appear to work
in this case.
I have tried wrapping the command in a setuid script to use another user
id to side step this but I think
scripts are prevented from using setuid.
I could sidestep this by making a setuid executable but this seems like
a desperate measure and that there should be a more sensible way of
achieving this safely.
So does anyone have any suggestions? since "at" is a common word looking
for solutions on the web
is rather difficult...
Cheers,
SA
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Is it possible to reverse class __destruct() instead of following the class
initiations? It makes more sence to me to close objects in last start first
close.
<?php
class Class1 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
class Class2 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
class Class3 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
$Class1 = new Class1();
$Class2 = new Class2();
$Class3 = new Class3();
?>
Would output,
Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class1
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class3
I'd like for it to do:
Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class1
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class3 Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class3
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class1
Destructing the last started object first
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Mattias Segerdahl wrote:
Is it possible to reverse class __destruct() instead of following the class
initiations? It makes more sence to me to close objects in last start first
close.
why don't you go and read up on request shutdown issues and __destruct() -
there is plenty in the archives of the internals@lists.php.net mailing list;
it's many times more complex than you might imagine (imagine 2 'chicken & egg'
problems in tandem - oh and a solution is needed to handle circular references
properly so that object refcounts behave the way you would expect with regard to
triggering dtor functions). bottom line don't hold your breath if you want the
__destruct() and shutdown code/beahviour changed.
*
* tell us why do you want to control the descruction order of your objects?
* it might help someone offer a viable alternative
*
btw: stating a new post/thread by replying to an existing one is very bad
form - given that you have knowledge of ctors/dtors in php your skill
level is probably greta enough that you should know better ;-)
<?php
class Class1 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
class Class2 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
class Class3 {
function __construct() {
echo 'Constructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
Function __destruct() {
echo 'Destructing ' . __CLASS__ . "\n";
}
}
$Class1 = new Class1();
$Class2 = new Class2();
$Class3 = new Class3();
?>
Would output,
Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class1
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class3
I'd like for it to do:
Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class1
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class3 Constructing Class1
Constructing Class2
Constructing Class3
Destructing Class3
Destructing Class2
Destructing Class1
Destructing the last started object first
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Thank you for the advice.
The point was raised, and it's a good one, that if I'm getting content
from the database for most pages, then attaining the necessary
translations probably won't make a difference.
And of course, it is true that at my current levels of hits, the server
load is negligible. But, of course, one always hopes that site
popularity will increase and justify the efforts of making it efficient.
I think I am going to database the translations for now, and then later
if need be, I will go with the suggestions of creating a list of
variables from the database once a day with a cron job.
I appreciate all the help people have given to let me understand the
issue.
--
Dave M G
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Dave M G wrote:
Thank you for the advice.
The point was raised, and it's a good one, that if I'm getting content
from the database for most pages, then attaining the necessary
translations probably won't make a difference.
And of course, it is true that at my current levels of hits, the server
load is negligible. But, of course, one always hopes that site
popularity will increase and justify the efforts of making it efficient.
I think I am going to database the translations for now, and then later
if need be, I will go with the suggestions of creating a list of
variables from the database once a day with a cron job.
I appreciate all the help people have given to let me understand the
issue.
--
Dave M G
If you are that concerned, I'd suggest making a test script with both
approaches and measure the execution times.
The performance difference may depend on on the DB server performance. On a previous shared webhost, I found the mySQL
server was incredibly slow, so simple files were much faster.
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Tom Rogers wrote:
Hi,
Monday, January 2, 2006, 4:37:17 AM, you wrote:
DG> Hello
DG> I am trying to access the constant name as string and not the constant
DG> contents. For example,
DG> define('myconst', 'const text 1');
DG> $myArray = array()
DG> myArray['myconst'] = "this is it"
DG> etc.
DG> $xmltext="";
DG> foreach ($myArray as $key => $val) {
DG> echo "$key = $val\n\n";
DG> $xmltext .= "$xmltext = $xmltext . "<$key> $val </$key>";
DG> }
DG> Unfortunately, $key within the string concatenation is translated into
DG> the constant value. However, for the echo statement, then $key constant
DG> name is displayed. Is there a way to keep the constant name rather its
DG> value when manipulating it as a string?
DG> thanks,
DG> Daniel
drop the single quotes to use the constant:
myArray[myconst] = "this is it"
A suggestion..
Make it a habit to use all caps for your constants. It makes little "gotchas"
easier to spot.
e.g., define('MYCONST', 'const text 1');
Then your array would be obvious: myArray[MYCONST] = "this is it"; verses
myArray['myconst'] = "this is it";
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