Re: [PHP] OT(?): mod_rewrite not passing GET variables to php

On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 04:16 PM, Leif K-Brooks wrote: Steven Jarvis wrote: I'm just starting to experiment with mod_rewrite on Apache 1.3.x and php 4.3.3. Register_globals is off. I have the following rules in my .htaccess file (which sits in the site's root dir

[PHP] OT(?): mod_rewrite not passing GET variables to php

I'm just starting to experiment with mod_rewrite on Apache 1.3.x and php 4.3.3. Register_globals is off. I have the following rules in my .htaccess file (which sits in the site's root dir along with paper.php): RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/([a-z]+)/([a-z]+)/$ paper.php?paper=$1§ion=$2 [L] The

Re: [PHP] storing an array in mysql - what's the best data type?

h.. > > $str = serialize($ary); > > .. and turn a serialized string back into an array with.. > > $ary = unserialize($str); > > The string can be stored in either a TEXT or TINYTEXT field. Is this > what > you wanted to know? Yes. That worked. > I had trouble following your code after the for loop. > $headline, $byline and $bodycopy are variable names stored in the > database? Yes. Sorry about that. I should have explained what those variables were. In any case, your solution worked for me. thanks! Steven -- Steven Jarvis Web Publishing Manager/Web Developer NWAnews.com: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Northwest Edition Northwest Arkansas Times Benton County Daily Record -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] storing an array in mysql - what's the best data type?

echo "$headline\n $byline\n"; // just as a test, not looping through the array. Loop code not included. echo "$bodycopy[0]\n"; } Even with the version at the end there, I get "A" echoed to the screen. If I try a

Re: [PHP] long PHP array and HTML forms question

s just habit. Unfortunately, that particular hosting provider enables them. >> >> First question: is there something I can do at this point to cut the >> empty entries > > foreach ($color as $key => $val) { > if ($val) { > $tmp[] = $val; > } > } > $

[PHP] long PHP array and HTML forms question

} echo ""; } However, I'm putting that bad array in the database, and I still get extra option entries, because I have no idea how many extras to remove. So, I feel like I should be doing something BEFORE I do the db insert. Other than that, the d

[PHP] Getting substring of text for first paragraph

I want to do the following: Big chunk of text is stored in variable $a. Paragraph breaks are signalled by two line breaks. I want to just extract the first paragraph (i.e., all the text up to the first set of two line breaks) from $a. How would I do this? I tried exploding $a into an array,

Re: [PHP] new $_SESSION variables vs. session_register/unregister

variable and use unset() and isset() (in place of session_is_registered(). I apologize for the noise. Steven On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 01:21 PM, Steven Jarvis wrote: > The manual says: > >> If you are using $HTTP_SESSION_VARS/$_SESSION, do not use >>

[PHP] new $_SESSION variables vs. session_register/unregister

PHP and I'm just getting started using sessions. The book I'm using to learn sessions isn't new enough to include how to deal with the new $_SESSION global variables array, and the manual's dire warning isn't explained thoroughly enough for me. Thanks! Steven -- Stev

Re: [PHP] Mac Classic and PHP...

her stuff you can run with Apache (perl, etc.). It's not as easy to administer as WebSTAR, but it's in some ways more flexible and more powerful. HTH, Steven -- Steven Jarvis Web Developer Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] escaping ?>

I'm trying to do some string replaces on XML files to import them into a prprietary db that doesn't understand XML. I need to strip the XML tags out of the file. However, when I use this line: $contents = str_replace('', '', $contents); The ?> in the string ends my php block. I know there's

[PHP] GetImageSize and iptcparse problems

I've read the manual, and I'm still stuck, partially due to the manual itself. This is the first time I've dealt with this particular issue (parsing IPTC info from JPEGs). The example provided in the manual entry on GetImageSize: Gives me the following error on php 4.0.6: Warning: Call-time

[PHP] newbie needs quick help with formatting dates

I'm pretty new to PHP, and I need to re-format some date data, but I can't figure out how to do it. This may be a "doh!" question, but I've looked through the manual, and I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I have some dates formatted as mm/dd/yy that I need to convert to mmdd so I