I am trying to learn more about the PHP function sprintf() but php.net did not help me much as I am still confused, why would you want to use it? Take a look at my example below. Why use this: When this does the same and is easier to write IMO: Am I missing something here? Answer sprintf has all
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How to create an error 404 page using PHP?
My file .htaccess handles all requests from /word_here to my internal endpoint /page.php?name=word_here. The PHP script then checks if the requested page is in its array of pages. If not, how can I simulate an error 404? I tried this, but it didn’t result in my 404 page configured via ErrorDocument in the .htaccess showing up. Am I right in
How do I throttle my site’s API users?
The legitimate users of my site occasionally hammer the server with API requests that cause undesirable results. I want to institute a limit of no more than say one API call every 5 seconds or n calls per minute (haven’t figured out the exact limit yet). I could obviously log every API call in a DB and do the calculation
What is PHPSESSID?
I’m playing around with cookies. And I dont have any cookies called PHPSESSID. Do i need it? Can i remove it? Whats the “function” of it? Prints: Answer PHP uses one of two methods to keep track of sessions. If cookies are enabled, like in your case, it uses them. If cookies are disabled, it uses the URL. Although this
Is there a way to get all of a DOMElement’s attributes?
I’m reading some XML with PHP and currently using the DOMDocument class to do so. I need a way to grab the names and values of a tag’s (instance of DOMElement) attributes, without knowing beforehand what any of them are. The documentation doesn’t seem to offer anything like this. I know that I can get an attribute’s value if I
How do I set the selected item in a drop down box
Is there any way to set the selected item in a drop down box using the following ‘type’ code?
how to call a function in PHP after 10 seconds of the page load (Not using HTML)
Is there any way to call a function 10 seconds after the page load in PHP. (Not using HTML.) Answer This code works. Edited from randell’s answer. Thanks to randell
Zend Framework how to set headers
I have a question, how can I do something like this: header(“Content-Disposition: inline; filename=result.pdf”); header(“Content-type: application/x-pdf”); With Zend Framework, …
DBM or SQLite in PHP 5.x
We have a client whose site is hosted on a server (I don’t want to disclose hosting company name) which does not provide DB functionality. We have developed a very simple CMS based site but out implementation uses MySQL. I read somewhere that there are DB like functionality built-in in PHP. I have never used them. What are these and
Which additional securities do you add to your open source cms installations? [closed]
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 1 year ago. Improve this question I know that being open source does not necessarily makes a program more/less secure than closed source (let’s assume this neutrality,