[FAQTS] PHP Knowledge Base Update -- May 18th, 2000

Thanks to everyone who is contributing answers and improvements. Keep them coming! :) http://php.faqts.com cheers, Nathan ## Unanswered Questions ######################################## ------------------------------------------------------------- How can I find out what the date of the last monday was without year/month concerns? http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2988 ------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Mitchell ------------------------------------------------------------- Scalability of PHP. Is it possibl

[FAQTS] PHP Knowledge Base Update -- May 15th, 2000

Thanks to everyone who has been contributing to the Knowledge Base. We now have complete, human edited, categorized, searchable answers to more than 1000 PHP questions!!! http://php.faqts.com cheers, Nathan ## Unanswered Questions ######################################## ------------------------------------------------------------- PHP under Linux to IBM db2 on Linux http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2846 ------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Liard -------------------------------------------------------------

[FAQTS] PHP Knowledge Base Update -- May 13th, 2000

I've finally found some time to do some list summaries into the PHP Knowledge Base: http://php.faqts.com If you see any answers that you can improve please jump in and contribute your changes... cheers, Nathan ## Unanswered Questions ######################################## ------------------------------------------------------------- How do I pass a sting in a url eg. $MyString='Have a nice day' <a href="gretting.php3?greeting=". $MyString This doesn't work as I only get 'have' http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2780 ---------------------------

[FAQTS] PHP Knowledge Base Update -- January 26th, 2000

Thanks to everyone who has been contributing their time and knowledge. Please don't hesitate to jump in and edit other people's answers. There is full version control and email alerts so you won't be treading on any toes. :-) http://php.faqts.com Cheers, Nathan ## Unanswered Questions ######################################## ------------------------------------------------------------- Can you include and call C libraries in PHP scripts? How? http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/680 ------------------------------------------------------------- K

[FAQTS] PHP Knowledge Base Update -- January 24th, 2000

After a complete rewrite and many improvements the PHP Knowledge Base has now moved to: http://php.faqts.com Now that the code is stable, I can concentrate on adding content to the Knowledge Base by continuing to summarise this mailing list. Many of the improvements are focused on making it easier for anyone to share their knowledge by contributing. If you have any suggestions for the site or wish to add a knowledge base of your own please mail me at nathan@synop.com. Cheers, Nathan ## Unanswered Questions ######################################## ----------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- September 20th, 1999

------------------------------------------------------------ Do the OCI functions work with 64 bit Oracle? http://www.e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/641 ------------------------------------------------------------ Wai-Sun Chia I'm running Oracle-8.0.5 and PHP-3.0.11 on a Digital Unix 4.0f/Alphaserver box and no problems...(and DEC Unix has been 64-bit since 1995). ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I search a file for a particular string? http://www.e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/642 --------------------------------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- September 18th, 1999

------------------------------------------------------------ Why can't PHP find my mysql.sock file? http://www.e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/632 ------------------------------------------------------------ se@lakenet.no, Jim Winstead The mysql functions in php will use the path for the mysql.sock file that is compiled into the mysql client that is compiled into php (phuu!) making a backup, and recompiling both mysql and php/apache seems to be in order: run ./configure --help to get to see where you can set the sock file for mysql. For recent versions of PHP,

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- September 16th, 1999

I wrote a quick installation guide today for setting up PHP command line scripting. It's available with my other instruction sets at: http://www.e-gineer.com/e-gineer/instructions/index.phtml I've also just published a new article on e-gineer: Should I Open Source? http://articles.e-gineer.com/should-i-open-source.phtml Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How do I append a new item to an array? How can I add new items to the end of an array? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/624 ------------------

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PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 13th, 1999

Sorry to everyone (particularly Andy) on the php-kb mailing list for that rogue email that I sent yesterday. Doing too many things at once, I accidently accepted rather than rejected it. Clearly my multi-tasking capabilities aren't up to scratch...<g> Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I have two submit buttons in the same HTML form? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/594 ------------------------------------------------------------ Manuel Lemos What you need to do is to set different names for each submit

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 12th, 1999

PHP has just been awarded runner up at Linuxword in the Programming Library and Tools Category: http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-08/lw-08-penguin_1.html There was a fairly long discussion on the list today regarding the adding of ICQ functions or a class to PHP: <http://www.progressive-comp.com/Lists/?l=php3-general&m=93443639623904> Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I generate a random alphanumeric password? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/590 ---------------------------------------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 10th, 1999

This is another reminder that anyone can contribute to the knowledge base. Editing an entry is simple, just follow the link and click on Edit in the top right hand corner. Your name will be added to the list of contributors for that question. You can also add new entries. They don't have to be perfect. I work under the assumption that something is better than nothing and someone will fix it eventually anyway... For more information on how you can help, see: http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/contribute.phtml Cheers, Nathan --------------------------------------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 8th, 1999

Jim Winstead today announced that there is now a news server running at news.php.net with the php-dev and php3 mailing lists bidirectionally gatewayed to newsgroups. The newsgroups have been pre-populated with archives of the lists going back quite a while (October 1997 for the php3 list, August 1998 for the php-dev list). If you feel the need to test posting via the news server, you can subscribe to the php-test@lists.php.net mailing list and post to the php.test newsgroup. Anybody posting testing messages to the real groups will get five demerits. Cheers, Nathan ---

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 6th, 1999

Now that the PHPKB has grown to a considerable size I am finding less new material on the mailing list each day. So I've added a new section at the bottom of these mail outs which lists 5 entries chosen at random from the knowledge base. Hopefully this will help new members see older material and keep known solutions fresh in our minds. Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Which tags should I use, <?php ?> or <? ?>? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/548 ------------------------------------------------------------ Joh

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 4th, 1999

The main php list really does get a lot of traffic. 4479 messages during July, that's about 150 per day! Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I scale an image to a different size in PHP? How can I adjust the quality (and file size) of an image? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/539 ------------------------------------------------------------ Opec Kemp, Markus Schulte, Richard Allsebrook, Justin Farnsworth You can display an image as a different size just by setting the height and width properties in the HT

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- August 2nd, 1999

I've just added a new service to e-gineer to help in the search for domain names. It checks domain availability, trademarks, definitions, synonyms and similar words. Check it out at: http://domainator.e-gineer.com Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Can I use Javascript to submit two forms simultaneously from the same page? How can I run two cgi scripts with a single form submission? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/522 ------------------------------------------------------------ Manuel Lemos, M.Brands br

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 11th, 1999

Thanks to the generous and helpful guys (even late on a Sunday night when I was setting up) at http://www.easydns.com you can now access the knowledge base with this simple URL: http://phpkb.e-gineer.com It will even redirect you properly if you want to use a nice URL for a specific page. For example, a question can be linked as: http://phpkb.e-gineer.com/view.phtml/qid/505 Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I print out rows from a database as HTML? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/505 ------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 9th, 1999

Today I added the ability for the knowledge base to display questions and answers in French, German, Italian, Portugese and Spanish. The original English is just translated on the fly using: http://babelfish.altavista.com This is a purely experimental feature that I added because it was cool and it may help some people in understanding knowledge base entries. So don't get too upset by these known problems: - non-English pages will be slower due to translation requests - formatting is lost - the PHP code is also translated - failed translations are shown

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 7th, 1999

Pablo Godel announced a new Spanish PHP mailing list: Hemos creado una lista para los amantes de PHP en espa�ol. Se pueden suscribir enviando un email a: php-subscribe@listserver.iwcc.com.ar That XML-RPC server class is now available for the latest CVS PHP and a patched 3.0.9 (or above): http://usefulinc.com/xmlrpc/ Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Why isn't PATH_INFO working? When is data available in PATH_INFO? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/432 ---------------------------------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 5th, 1999

I'm amazed at the quantity and quality of the information on the PHP mailing list everyday. Although a lot of questions are now covered in the knowledge base these summaries don't seem to be getting any shorter... Thanks to everyone who contributes their knowledge and time to the list, making these summaries possible. Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Can I use PHP to add a new user and password to my Unix system? How can I add a new user to my FreeBSD system using PHP? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/393 ----

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 3rd, 1999

I've improved the search engine marginally. It now searches the questions for matches to your query. I have also changed the presentation of results so that each answer is only displayed once with all it's questions listed. Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I create a cookie that works with both www.mydomain.com and mydomain.com? Is a cookie set for www.mydomain.com sent in a query to mydomain.com? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/362 ------------------------------------------------------------ Flint Dou

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- July 1st, 1999

I'm no expert on most of these things, I just try to determine the best answer from the information given on the list. Please make corrections to any entries that need work. Just follow the link to the entry and click Edit (top right hand corner). It's that easy! Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ How can I generate and update an Apache htpasswd from PHP? http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/312 ------------------------------------------------------------ M.Brands Take a look at src/support/htpasswd.c in the Apache di

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- June 29th, 1999

There are a few answers that I think may need some work today. Could kind, helpful people check and perhaps edit them in the knowledge base for me? In particular: - counter question could do with a solution - adding a C code function answer is very insufficient Cheers, Nathan ------------------------------------------------------------ Do I need to use locking when keeping a counter in a file? Why does my counter keep resetting to zero? Will I have concurrency problems with my counter? http://e-gineer.com/phpkb/view.phtml/qid/245 ------------------------------------

PHP Knowledge Base Update -- June 27th, 1999

This is the first official message to the new PHP Knowledge Base Mailing List. I want to give particular thanks to Jim Winstead, Christopher Curtis, Paul Meagher, Tom Henry and all the others who sent encouraging words. You can search, browse and contribute to the knowledge base at: http://e-gineer.com/phpkb/ I disappeared into a coding world for a few days there to get things working. Now that the format and site are mostly working I have completed the summaries for the days I missed. They are archived at: http://e-gineer.com/e-gineer/phpkb/archive.phtml Anyon