[PHP] unpack() - how to handle bitfields??

2002-12-28 Thread Tim Molendijk
Hi all, I'm wrestling with this problem for a while now. I want to read a binary file (created by C software) using PHP. I know of unpack(). But the C struct that is stored in the binary file contains variables with bitfields: struct some_struct { char val_a : 2 int val_b : 7 } Such a co

[PHP] unpack() based on C struct

2002-12-26 Thread Tim Molendijk
ck(). So like this: $f = fopen('profile', 'r'); $binaryData = fread($f, filesize('profile')); $data = unpack('a32id/[...etc]', $binaryData); My problem is: which formats should I use for char vala:3, char valb:1 & char valc:7 ? In other words: what should

[PHP] Flushing image from database to browser - how to get it cached??

2002-12-22 Thread Tim Molendijk
I get browser to cache image.php?id=1 (... etc.) just as it caches image1.jpg (... etc.)?? The only thing I've thought of is using mod_rewrite to rewrite URI's like image1.jpg into image.php?id=1 but I haven't tried it yet -- don't know if it's a logical idea. Thanks in adv

Re: [PHP] Function returning a reference - how ?!?

2002-12-21 Thread Tim Molendijk
child->parent->property . ''; > > > >?> > >[end code]--- > > > >Now the problem is: IT DOES NOT PRINT TWICE THE SAME!!! > >Instead it prints 'two' and then 'one', which indica

[PHP] Function returning a reference - how ?!?

2002-12-21 Thread Tim Molendijk
t return the object it creates! Someone knows why this ain't working and how to solve it?!? Hope so, can't wait to hear from you guys. Thanks in advance, Tim Molendijk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Use PHP for reading binary files created by C software

2002-11-25 Thread Tim Molendijk
Hi all, I would like to use PHP to read a binary file which contains a structure in C, such as: struct simple { int a; float b; }; with f.e. a = 2 and b = 1.5. Please notice that this is stored as *binary* data and not as text. I know it is possible to read binary files using fgets() in P

Re: [PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-09 Thread Tim Molendijk
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20021108175627.00b44880@;mail.vogelsinger.at... > > This is clearly said in your PHP.ini file: > > ; Whether to enable the ability to force arguments to be passed by reference > ; at function call time. This method is depr

Re: [PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-08 Thread Tim Molendijk
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20021108170633.00b8cb60@;mail.vogelsinger.at... > > You might always simply omit the parameter when calling the function > (you'll get a notice about that if enabled). You just cannot pass constants: > > function Product(&$

Re: [PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-08 Thread Tim Molendijk
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20021108165218.03238948@;mail.vogelsinger.at... > One more: > > True for now, but this is "officially deprecated". Functions or methods > accepting a reference are required to be "prototyped" that way - this helps > you not

Re: [PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-08 Thread Tim Molendijk
"Ernest E Vogelsinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.2.20021108092657.02befe20@;mail.vogelsinger.at... > At 03:36 08.11.2002, Tim Molendijk said: > [snip] > > Ahh - culprit 1: > > You said the containe

Re: [PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-07 Thread Tim Molendijk
> similar problem on PHP-DEV a while back--if you search the forums you > > should be able to find it. > > > > Hope this helps... > > > > > > Marco > > ----- > > php|architect -- The Monthly Magazine For PHP Professionals > > Come visit

[PHP] Weird behaviour with references to objects...

2002-11-07 Thread Tim Molendijk
First of all I would like to say that I know this is a lot of text but I would be very pleased if you take a little time to read it nevertheless. The situation described below is not complicated at all... = Hello all, I'm dealing with this really weird problem

[PHP] Difference between "$object = new Class" and "$object =& new Class"

2002-10-15 Thread Tim Molendijk
Hi, I'm using a 3rd pary debug class (ErrorHandler - http://www.phpclasses.org/browse.html/package/345.html) in this project I'm working on. For this ErrorHandler class to work it just needs to be instantiated at the beginning of a php file and it will catch the errors, warnings and notices. But