According to php.net, Stack Overflow and other sources of trust, I can find 4 different ways to set UTF-8 on PDO connection, but can’t find which one is the better to choose: $pdo_db = ‘mysql:host=…
Heroku: PHP Fatal error for valid function – mb_check_encoding
I have the following statement: This works on my local setup of PHP 5.4.17 and my shared host which has PHP 5.3.xx But when I deploy this app to Heroku (which has PHP 5.3.10), it gives the following error in the logs: 2012-12-26T09:55:28+00:00 app[web.1]: [Wed Dec 26 09:55:27 2012] [error] [client 10.119.79.7…
Crop local image file
I got a form that allow user to upload image and crop it I already figured out the flow of it 1.User upload the image 2.Server process it and send back to the browser 3.User crop it and send to the server 4.Server process and save it Is there any other way to achieve this? Perhaps using javascript to load
understanding why echo doesnt work within a php class function
I’m trying to debug a class and using print_r and echo to view the variables as the script progresses. However for some reason I can’t seem to get any output from within the function, i’ve declared the function public but can’t get any output using print, echo or print_r. I’m mis…
How do I pass the name of the radio button to the Javascript for the onclick event?
I have an html table having n rows. Each row has a name and 2 radio buttons. If I click a radio button, I want to show an alert that states the count of votes. How should I pass the name of the radio …
Form validation rules for regex_match
I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong with this validation rule because its saying this error. Validation rule: Error: Severity: Warning Message: preg_match() [function.preg-match]: Delimiter must not be alphanumeric or backslash Answer First, you need to fix your pattern. Your pattern rig…
How to specify ordered variables in gettext .po files?
I have a multi-lingual site that uses Zend_Translate PHP arrays to handle the translations. It works fine, but I’m trying to convert to using gettext since that offers extra features. However, I haven’t yet discovered the gettext equivalent of a feature that I liked in PHP array translations: n$ p…
Add six months in php
I’m trying to get the month, six months out from the current date. I’ve tried using: date(‘d’, strtotime(‘+6 month’, time())); But it doesn’t seem to work, always returns 01. Is there a better way to do this? Thank you! Answer I find working with DateTime much easier …
XXX is not a valid entity or mapped super class // and config options
I just started to use Doctrine2 and I have an error when I want to persist an entity. Here is my error: ‘Class “Myappappentityuser” is not a valid entity or mapped super class.’ eAccelerator is not installed on my computer. My app (I don’t use Symfony) structure is like that: MyA…
How to use preg_match to match numbers between hyphens?
I need to validate strings like this: I need the penultimate number between hyphens, so in this case ’10’. These are other examples: Can you help me? Answer this RegExp should do the trick using a positive lookahead: (change 4 to whatever max num of digits you want to allow)