I am working on this PHP function. The idea is to wrap certain words occuring in a string into certain tags (both, words and tags, given in an array). It works OK!, but when those words occur into a …
Undefined index: Error in php script
In a php page I have following code: I keep getting Undefined index error. On Googling I manage to understand that if a page is access without parameters (in URL) which we are trying to access we can get this error/warning. I believe that if a parameter is not defined in the URL it should just return empty in…
Loop through all months in a date range?
If I have a start date (say 2009-02-01) and an end date (say 2010-01-01), how can I create a loop to go through all the dates (months) in the range? Answer Try Mind the note http://php.net/manual/de/datetime.formats.relative.php Relative month values are calculated based on the length of months that they pass…
Upgrading PHP in XAMPP for Windows?
I would like to know how you upgrade PHP in Xampp for Windows? I tried to download the latest PHP version from the main PHP site but when I check (phpinfo) I still get that the previous version is …
What’s wrong with using $_REQUEST[]?
I’ve seen a number of posts on here saying not to use the $_REQUEST variable. I usually don’t, but sometimes it’s convenient. What’s wrong with it? Answer There’s absolutely nothing wrong with taking input from both $_GET and $_POST in a combined way. In fact that’s what yo…
How do I make a request using HTTP basic authentication with PHP curl?
I’m building a REST web service client in PHP and at the moment I’m using curl to make requests to the service. How do I use curl to make authenticated (http basic) requests? Do I have to add the …
How to gracefully handle files that exceed PHP’s `post_max_size`?
I’m working on a PHP form that attaches a file to an email, and trying to gracefully handle cases where the uploaded file is too large. I’ve learned that there are two settings in php.ini that affect the maxiumum size of a file upload: upload_max_filesize and post_max_size. If a file’s size …
Convert large XML file to CSV in PHP
I have a 50MB XML file. I want to convert it to a CSV file, but most methods I have found exhaust the server memory. Is there a good way to do this using a stream method such as XMLreader. Answer You’d want to use XmlReader to parse the XML, as it works as an event based parser – Eg.
Shorten string with a “…” body
Just like the the iPhone’s app names that run to long, the name gets shortened. I really like this method of shorting a name or a string rather then appending a “…” clause to it. Sorry if I am …
Converting a number (1, 2, 3) to a string (one, two, three) in PHP
Does anyone know how to convert a number such as 1, 2, or 3 to their text version (one, two, three) in PHP? I only need to convert from 1 to 99. I know I could write a huge switch statement but that …