Re: [PHP] Re: iconv is messing up a spreadsheet generated by the Spreadsheet Excel Writer

2009-01-16 Thread Ewen Cumming
Good question, according to the author 'There was only a little problem with _calculateSharedStringsSizes() and _storeSharedStringsTable() functions within the Workbook.php. They did not support unicode strings.' Ewen 2009/1/15 Thodoris > > Hi there, I'm not sure if this is the same problem b

Re: [PHP] Zend Framework...where to start? -- don't.

2009-01-15 Thread Ewen Cumming
I think Daevid has some valid points although I think frameworks still have a lot of value, I've recently learned to use the CakePHP framework and have been happy with the development time improvements. But more then that I've found it has made my applications more extensible and flexible. As to t

Re: [PHP] Re: iconv is messing up a spreadsheet generated by the Spreadsheet Excel Writer

2009-01-15 Thread Ewen Cumming
Hi there, I'm not sure if this is the same problem but after I struggled with strange characters in Spreadsheet Excel Writer for some time I wrote an article from my lessons learned: http://research.elabs.govt.nz/generating-excel-spreadsheets-with-maori-macrons-in-php/ It contains some example co

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression differences between 4.4 and 5.2

2008-09-12 Thread Ewen Cumming
Actually bummer - testing on wrong version. The U modifier is causing problems too - only matching the first character instead of the whole string. 2008/9/12 Ewen Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Jochem, > > Replacing the 's' modifier with 'm' fixed it this

Re: [PHP] Regular Expression differences between 4.4 and 5.2

2008-09-12 Thread Ewen Cumming
l continue to test and see if it throws up any other problems. Many thanks for such a quick and great response. I will file a bug report however I may need to submit the full test string as cutting it down any further seems to 'fix' the discrepency. Thanks again, Ewen 2008/9/12 Jochem Maas

[PHP] Regular Expression differences between 4.4 and 5.2

2008-09-12 Thread Ewen Cumming
Hi everybody, I'm trying to migrate our PHP code base to PHP5. For the most part the transition hs been smooth however I'm really stuck on a regular expression which gives different results in 4.4 and 5.2. I've looked through migration guides but as far as I can see nothing should have changed in