php-general Digest 1 Jul 2010 12:38:34 -0000 Issue 6825
Topics (messages 306582 through 306594):
Past discussion
306582 by: David McGlone
php processing name vs. id field
306583 by: David Mehler
306584 by: Adam Richardson
306594 by: Bob McConnell
Integers
306585 by: David McGlone
306586 by: Stephen
306592 by: Shreyas Agasthya
Re: Exec not functioning [SOLVED]
306587 by: kronos.aolohr.com
Exec not functioning
306588 by: kronos.aolohr.com
Re: Brandon Rampersad wants to chat
306589 by: George Langley
Re: Regular Expression to get the whole Comma Separated String in Array Key
306590 by: Gaurav Kumar
306593 by: Richard Quadling
Re: Character Encoding for em-dash
306591 by: Gaurav Kumar
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Hi everyone,
I have been searching the archives for a past discussion where some software
that some folks use to (I think) save code snippets from e-mails for future
references or something of such.
Does anyone remember that discussion? I am trying to figure out a good way to
create my own "wiki" type thing so I can use it to help me and be able to go
back and review very helpful e-mails or code that was very helpful to my
understanding of how it works.
Here lately I've been remembering things that were brought up on the list that
had very helpful info, but remembering what thread they were in or what topic,
so I can find it in the archives is harder than I thought it would be.
Anyone have any suggestions, techniques or remember that discussion so I can
find it in the archives again?
--
Blessings,
David M.
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Hello,
I've got a php form processing question. I've got a text field like so:
<div>
<label for="txtname">Name*:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="30" value="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']), ENT_QUOTES, UTF-8; ?>" /> <br />
</div>
My question is what is the purpose of the id field? I know the name
field is what php references, but am not sure what id is for?
Thanks.
Dave.
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:16 PM, David Mehler <dave.meh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've got a php form processing question. I've got a text field like so:
>
> <div>
> <label for="txtname">Name*:</label>
> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="30" value="<?php echo
> htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']), ENT_QUOTES, UTF-8; ?>" /> <br />
> </div>
>
> My question is what is the purpose of the id field? I know the name
> field is what php references, but am not sure what id is for?
> Thanks.
> Dave.
>
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>
Hi Dave,
Sometimes it's helpful to target a specific element for stylistic or
functional purposes, and that's when you'll find an id attribute helpful.
In your example above, label elements use the id in the 'for' attribute
(and, speaking to your example, you should have for="name" instead of
for="txtname"):
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_label.asp
In terms of CSS, you can specifically reference the element by it's id using
the notation tag_name#id_value, and id's have the highest order of
specificity (i.e., if you try and style an element by tag name, class,
and/or id, the id styles are what will take precedent, all other things
equal.)
http://webdesign.about.com/od/cssselectors/qt/cssselid.htm
http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css_specificity_wars.html
In terms of javascript, you can reference the element by it's id by using
the function getElementById('id_value):
http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascript-getelementbyid.php
Just remember that a particular id can only occur once on a page (another
difference between the name attributes in a form, as you could have multiple
forms on a page and each form could have an input with a "zip" name without
issue, but that same page could only have one id with the value "zip".)
That all said, with the advent of javascript data attributes, you'll have
one more way to target elements for design and functionality:
http://ejohn.org/blog/html-5-data-attributes/
Hope this helps,
Adam
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From: Adam Richardson
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 9:16 PM, David Mehler <dave.meh...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I've got a php form processing question. I've got a text field like
so:
>>
>> <div>
>> <label for="txtname">Name*:</label>
>> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="30" value="<?php echo
>> htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']), ENT_QUOTES, UTF-8; ?>" /> <br />
>> </div>
>>
>> My question is what is the purpose of the id field? I know the name
>> field is what php references, but am not sure what id is for?
>
> Sometimes it's helpful to target a specific element for stylistic or
> functional purposes, and that's when you'll find an id attribute
helpful.
>
> In your example above, label elements use the id in the 'for'
attribute
> (and, speaking to your example, you should have for="name" instead of
> for="txtname"):
> http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_label.asp
>
> In terms of CSS, you can specifically reference the element by it's id
using
> the notation tag_name#id_value, and id's have the highest order of
> specificity (i.e., if you try and style an element by tag name, class,
> and/or id, the id styles are what will take precedent, all other
things
> equal.)
> http://webdesign.about.com/od/cssselectors/qt/cssselid.htm
> http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/css_specificity_wars.html
>
> In terms of javascript, you can reference the element by it's id by
using
> the function getElementById('id_value):
> http://www.tizag.com/javascriptT/javascript-getelementbyid.php
>
> Just remember that a particular id can only occur once on a page
(another
> difference between the name attributes in a form, as you could have
multiple
> forms on a page and each form could have an input with a "zip" name
without
> issue, but that same page could only have one id with the value
"zip".)
>
> That all said, with the advent of javascript data attributes, you'll
have
> one more way to target elements for design and functionality:
> http://ejohn.org/blog/html-5-data-attributes/
If you look at the current HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 specification, you
will find 'name' is no longer listed as a standard attribute. It is all
but obsolete and has been replaced by 'id' almost everywhere. They
actually recommend you put both attributes into tags with identical
values until your applications can be updated to drop all uses of the
name attribute.
<http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp>
Bob McConnell
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Hi again
I'm trying to learn about octal numbers and I don't understand this:
Binary: 001000101111
breakdown: (001)= 1 (000)= 0 (101)=5 (111)=7
I know it's similar to unix permissions, but I'm not understanding where for
example: 111 = 7
wikipedia has got me all confused.
--
Blessings,
David M.
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On 10-06-30 10:02 PM, David McGlone wrote:
Hi again
I'm trying to learn about octal numbers and I don't understand this:
Binary: 001000101111
breakdown: (001)= 1 (000)= 0 (101)=5 (111)=7
I know it's similar to unix permissions, but I'm not understanding where for
example: 111 = 7
In base 10, which you use every day, we go
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
The number 10 is the number of distinct digits we use.
In binary we only us two, 0 and 1, so 10 is 2 decimal
So we go
0 = 0 decimal
1 = 1 << important
10 = 2 << important
11 = 3
100 = 4 << important
101 = 5
110 = 6
111 = 7
So binary 111 is 4 + 2 + 1 = 7
Stephen
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It would also mean that 7 (8 digits which includes 0) is the highest numeric
representation that you can have or go up to in an octal representation.
So to take your example and represent an octal number :
001000101111 (subscript 2) = 1057(subscript 8)
--Shreyas
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Stephen <stephe...@rogers.com> wrote:
> On 10-06-30 10:02 PM, David McGlone wrote:
>
>> Hi again
>>
>> I'm trying to learn about octal numbers and I don't understand this:
>>
>> Binary: 001000101111
>> breakdown: (001)= 1 (000)= 0 (101)=5 (111)=7
>>
>> I know it's similar to unix permissions, but I'm not understanding where
>> for
>> example: 111 = 7
>>
>>
> In base 10, which you use every day, we go
> 0
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> 5
> 6
> 7
> 8
> 9
> 10
>
> The number 10 is the number of distinct digits we use.
>
> In binary we only us two, 0 and 1, so 10 is 2 decimal
>
> So we go
>
> 0 = 0 decimal
> 1 = 1 << important
> 10 = 2 << important
> 11 = 3
> 100 = 4 << important
> 101 = 5
> 110 = 6
> 111 = 7
>
> So binary 111 is 4 + 2 + 1 = 7
>
> Stephen
>
>
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I forgot that PHP saves stuff in the /tmp directory (in my case
/var/www/html/tmp [with permissins/owner set accordingly].
So, it works with:
<?php
$command = "/usr/bin/espeak -g0 -ven+m3 -p22 -s170 'Hallo Toofie' -w
/var/www/html/tmp/aba.wav";
exec($command);
?>
Btw, it sounds pretty awful!
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:46:01 -0400, <kro...@aolohr.com> wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to utilize EXEC to have some text from a db query converted
to a wav file using 'espeak'.
The 'espeak' command works admirably by cli, but no matter what I do,
exec does not
seem to function on my Linux box, even though safe_mode is off.
I've stripped the db query out, and ran a simplified text, 'Hallo
Toofie' in the code. First off,
I made sure that the espeak code worked by cli. It does.
The code:
<?php
$command = "/usr/bin/espeak -g0 -ven+m3 -p22 -s170 'Hallo Toofie' -w
aba.wav";
exec($command);
?>
I've tried every combination I can think of including using 'espeak'
without '/usr/bin',
directing wav output to '-f /home/kronos/aba.wav'.
What am I doing wrong?
Any help, pointers, suggestions appreciated!
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Hi,
I'm trying to utilize EXEC to have some text from a db query converted to
a wav file using 'espeak'.
The 'espeak' command works admirably by cli, but no matter what I do, exec
does not
seem to function on my Linux box, even though safe_mode is off.
I've stripped the db query out, and ran a simplified text, 'Hallo Toofie'
in the code. First off,
I made sure that the espeak code worked by cli. It does.
The code:
<?php
$command = "/usr/bin/espeak -g0 -ven+m3 -p22 -s170 'Hallo Toofie' -w
aba.wav";
exec($command);
?>
I've tried every combination I can think of including using 'espeak'
without '/usr/bin',
directing wav output to '-f /home/kronos/aba.wav'.
What am I doing wrong?
Any help, pointers, suggestions appreciated!
--
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Actually, it's been SEVEN times since 19 May, including today's.
Perhaps the List Mom could step in here?
George
On 10-Jun-10, at 3:07 PM, Ashley Sheridan wrote:
Please could you not send out these auto messages Brandon as I believe
this is the second time a message has hit both my email address and
the
mailing list with a request for Google chat from you.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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Hey Richard,
Thanks!!! You have resolved my problem..
GK
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Gaurav Kumar
<kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Need help in resolving the below problem-
>
>
> I would like to get the whole comma separated string into an array value-
>
> 1. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7, 8";
> OR
> 2. $postText = "chapters 5, 6;
> OR
> 3. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7";
>
> What i have done so far is-
> preg_match('/chapter[s]*[ ]*(\d+, \d+, \d+)/i', $postText, $matches);
>
> The above will exactly match the third value $postText = "chapters 5, 6,
> 7";
>
> By Above $matches will contain a value of : $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
>
> Now i need a SINGLE regular expression which can match first, second
> variable above or any number of comma separated string and IMPORTANTLY
> provide me that whole comma separated sting value (as above) in single array
> key element like below-
>
> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
> OR
> $matches[1] = '5, 6';
> OR
> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7, 8, 9';
>
>
> Also I have to use regular expression only as the flow of the code does not
> permit to use any other method to get comma separated string from the
> master/base string.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gaurav Kumar
>
>
>
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On 1 July 2010 06:47, Gaurav Kumar <kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Richard,
>
> Thanks!!! You have resolved my problem..
>
> GK
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Gaurav Kumar
> <kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Need help in resolving the below problem-
>>
>>
>> I would like to get the whole comma separated string into an array value-
>>
>> 1. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7, 8";
>> OR
>> 2. $postText = "chapters 5, 6;
>> OR
>> 3. $postText = "chapters 5, 6, 7";
>>
>> What i have done so far is-
>> preg_match('/chapter[s]*[ ]*(\d+, \d+, \d+)/i', $postText, $matches);
>>
>> The above will exactly match the third value $postText = "chapters 5, 6,
>> 7";
>>
>> By Above $matches will contain a value of : $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
>>
>> Now i need a SINGLE regular expression which can match first, second
>> variable above or any number of comma separated string and IMPORTANTLY
>> provide me that whole comma separated sting value (as above) in single array
>> key element like below-
>>
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7';
>> OR
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6';
>> OR
>> $matches[1] = '5, 6, 7, 8, 9';
>>
>>
>> Also I have to use regular expression only as the flow of the code does not
>> permit to use any other method to get comma separated string from the
>> master/base string.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gaurav Kumar
>>
>>
>>
>
No problem.
If you are on Windows, then the RegexBuddy application from JGSoft is
pretty good. It allows you to build regex in a step by step way with a
full description of what the regex will do, along with testing and
code snippets. Also has a lot of examples to work from and a built in
support forum.
BTW. I'm not connected to JGSoft. Just a happy licensee.
Richard.
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Thanks Tedd, but I cant make this change in the application UI level code
for this problem. This application is a SAAS and we have certain quality
standards which we need to follow..
Any other suggestion?
Thanks,
-GK
On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 3:06 AM, tedd <tedd.sperl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At 9:03 PM +0530 6/17/10, Gaurav Kumar wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> My client has a database (Sybase) in which a table column URL contains a
>> string like-
>> http://www.pjonline.com/cpd/nutrition_ _drugnutrient_interactions
>>
>> The box like un-recognized character is emdash.
>> I need to display the data on the web lets say in a HTML page where box
>> should be decoded somehow to be displayed as emdash. We cant change
>> anything
>> in the dataabse as such. So anything we need to do has to be done on the
>> fly.
>>
>> I have tried using online tool like http://2cyr.com/decode/ which just
>> converts the string to a best match decoded string and also displays box
>> as
>> emdash!!
>> This means we can do something in PHP to convert the box to emdash
>> somehow.
>>
>> Is there any possibility in php to convert to real emdash?
>>
>> I have alreasy tried urldecode, mb_convert_encoding etc. Also the
>> interesting thing is that "http://2cyr.com/decode/"; website says that the
>> string is of encoding hp-roman8!
>>
>> I want the string to look like-
>> http://www.pjonline.com/cpd/nutrition_--
>> _prescribing_parenteral_nutrition.html
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gaurav Kumar
>>
>
> Gaurav:
>
> When you encounter the emdash, used — to display it in html.
>
> Cheers,
>
> tedd
>
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