NiftyHost Forums (Archive) - Coding

Testing your PHP Skills

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:52:51 +0000

I came across with a website where it is possible to test your PHP coding without having to install a server software onto your computer, or having to be at risk messing up your hosting space.

This is the site if you want to check it out, http://writecodeonline.com/php/

While would be hard to test a full application, it's a good resource to test snippets or functions comprised in a single file.

The Snippets Thread

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 02:00:47 +0000

Based on my own experience, snippets are a great way to learn PHP and sometimes a useful time-saver even if you know it because you can refer to these chunks of code for a quick integration into your coding.

Let's post small snippets that can be useful to other members whether to learn or add extra functionality to a website or blog, in example, WordPress using the PHP executable plugin.

The following snippet it's a directory listing so people can browse a directory on your site and even download files when you have setup a restriction via htaccess that does not allow directory listing:
[/quote]

Code:


$sd = '.';

$dir = opendir($sd);

echo '
';

while($item = readdir($dir)){

if( (is_dir($item)) && (substr($item, 0, 1) !='.') ){

$dt = filetype($item);

$lm = date('F j, Y', filemtime($item));

echo '';

}

}

echo '
Directory Name Dir Type Last Modified
'.$item.' '.$dt.' '.$lm.'
';

rewinddir($dir);



echo '
';

while($item = readdir($dir)){

if( (is_file($item)) && (substr($item, 0, 1) !='.') ){

$dt = filetype($item);

$lm = date('F j, Y', filemtime($item));

$fs = filesize($item);

echo '';

}

}

echo '
File Name File Type Size Last Mod.
'.$item.' '.$dt.' '.$fs.' bytes '.$lm.'
';

closedir($dir);

?>

:::Joomla::: Help boat let share joomla best plug-in and modules with how we use it

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:16:38 +0000

[b]In this thread let's we share our joomla experience and share best future and some good idea which helps us all joomla users to do some experiments and archive best.[/b]

Extension-JCK Editor

This one of most usefull extension in joomla which help you to insert swf, video and most api to your web site.

Download Here from joomla website

The new JCK architecture, marks the next generation of internet based editors. Its performance is truly amazing, thanks to its plug-n-play state-of-the-art JavaScript API and is much more than an ‘Out of the Box’ installation of the CKeditor! We’ve been under the hood and Joomla-ised its logic into a seamless and extendable integration. Developers can now choose what plug-ins, tool-bars and configure the editor for real-time editing with ease, via a collections of config files. This makes way for the future and we promise to take it places where others cannot go!

★NEXT-GENERATION GRAPHICS
We've taken the Editor to the design shop and married creative and technical disciplines into a truly beautiful and user-friendly interface. Your find it easier to use, more productive, a tool which aims to put the user in the driving seat.

★CUSTOMIZABLE INTERFACE
Everyone likes to edit their own way, so we’ve made it easier to adjust the JCK interface. Re-arrange, organize, add or remove buttons or change the colour of the skin in the editor’s parameters.

★SUPER-FAST PERFORMANCE
Fasten your seatbelt the API engine has always been fast, but this is the fastest ever! It gives the editor dramatically better performance than ever before which means, web editing will feel snappier and more responsive. It’s astonishingly 18x times faster at loading than the JCE Editor – having only a tiny memory footprint, so users can work faster and be more productive! But hey - if you don't believe us, why don't you give it a try and see how fast you can go?

★STATE-OF-THE-ART INTEGRATION
Its much more than an out-of-the-box installation of the CKeditor! We’ve been under-the-hood and joomla-ised its logic into a seamless and extendable integration. Users can now choose what plug-ins, tool-bars and shape its architecture in all sense of the word - with ease!

★LARGEST PLUGIN REPOSITORY
Plug-ins are the cornerstone of customisation, letting you personalize your editing experience. These apps can be used to quickly and simply expand the functionality of the editor and with the largest growing extension base of all Joomla editors, you'll be able - to do much more…

★MANAGE YOUR FILES IN ONE PLACE
Upload images and files, view thumbnails in one place without needing to navigate away! It doesn’t stop there as Joomla! user groups can have their own personal folders, which can be used in a verity of ways! For storing online documents, for nested folders, for relative links to media, flash, electronic documents and image files. The best part is its simplicity - it’s useful, fun, totally free, it comes preinstalled and easy to use!

★CUTTING EDGE INTERNAL CONTENT LINKING
It doesn't get any easier! JCK is ready to help you find whatever you’re looking for! Find pages with a mouse click and follow the tree menu down through nested categories to articles, menu items and link to just about anything!

PHP running on CGI mode

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:27:55 +0000

FastCGI is the standard extension of PHP since version 5, correct me if I'm wrong, but while running on CGI performance seems to be improved, I have found some applications that require mod_Apache to work with simple things like mod rewrite.

Specifically Elgg, a community software that refuses to render search engine friendly URLs if mod_Apache is not enabled, ignoring olympically any rewrite rule on .htaccess.

Does anyone knows how to enable mod_apache in a jailed SSH environment or cope with a problem like this?

Ruby on Rails

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:16:53 +0000

Does anyone is actually coding on Ruby or know what is all that about?

I remember that Ruby on Rails was introduced as the best next thing on earth, a powerful language that was supposed to leave behind PHP... like Coldfusion was supposed to be the next big thing after ASP, but nothing.

So please, someone let us know if Ruby as any future or, what are you coding with this programming language?

Make a custom window design in visual basic

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:57:25 +0000

I am a visual basic programmer so I decited to share some of my knowlege with you. I will tell you how to make a custom window design.
Ok it is very simple... First of all, change the FormBorgerStyle to none. Then add a panel. Now add this code after the Private Class Form1 :

Code:
Dim A As New System.Drawing.Point()

    Dim x, y As Integer

    Dim i As String = 0

    Private Sub Panel1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseDown

        x = Control.MousePosition.X - Me.Location.X

        y = Control.MousePosition.Y - Me.Location.Y

    End Sub

    Private Sub Panel1_MouseMove(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseMove

        If e.Button = MouseButtons.Left Then

            A = Control.MousePosition

            A.X -= (x)

            A.Y -= (y)

            Me.Location = A

        End If

    End Sub

What is this doing?
This move the form when you hold and move the panel you endered...
Now add three picturebox which will minimize,maximize and close the form...
- To the picturebox that will minimize the form add this code :

Code:
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized

- To the picturebox that will maximize the form add the this code :

Code:
i = i + 1

        If i = 1 Then

            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

        End If

        If i = 2 Then

            Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal

            i = 0

        End If

and the code "Dim i As String = 0" after the Private Class Form1.

- To the picturebox that will close the form add the this code :

Code:
End

That’s it!!!

If you have problem to create your custom form design download an example I have made for you :
http://adf.ly/18UqS

If you have any question ask me here! :)

Php Coder Needed

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:19:06 +0000

Hello i am in need of a good - average php coder, who can do Ajax but is not needed really.
The coding is done. Just some modifications is needed and some updating of the current system.

::About the Project::
It's a Text based Rpg based on Naruto. The game has i said before is Finish, just some updates and modification. Its a hobby so payment won't come until the game is publish and we are pulling in the income. A just need some one who can help me cause am not a PHP coder am a C++ programmer and scripting languages are not my style. We have a temp sever and when we get the few modifications done we will buy a full sever and domain.

::Current Team::
1 PHP Coder
1Ajax and Php coder(Not Confrim yet)
1 GFX Artist
2 Content Writiers.

For more information on this you can add me on messenger at:chadmitchellleone@yahoo.com
or send me a pm on here.
Thank you.

Java Vs C#

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:44:12 +0000

Which do you prefer the ASP.NET frame work monster C# or the very independent Java?

Yahoo! Query Language (YQL)

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:50:44 +0000

I thought this was great. Yahoo! Query Language lets you access many web APIs using a (mostly) standardized SQL-like language. Currently, you can access:

Yahoo! Search Results
Facebook
Twitter
GeoIP
and a bunch more.

It's really easy to use, too. You can get results in JSON or XML, whichever you prefer to work with, via a simple file_get_contents() in PHP or a similar function in any other language.
Recently, I used it for the "Recent Forum Posts" and "Latest News" sections on the new NiftyHost.us website. YQL has a 'feed' table that parses RSS and Atom feeds for you quickly and easily. This allowed me to set up those sections in a matter of minutes.

MySql backup?

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:28:43 +0000

so i did some google look ups and i came across a few things, and i see you dont have cron jobs anymore?

/usr/bin/mysqldump -u dbuser -pdbpass --databases dbname > /home/accountname/dbbackup.sql
and
mysqlbackup("localhost","yerdatabase","yerusername","yerpassword","/home/sites/site90/web/backup/sqldata.txt", false);

PHP Code:
function mysqlbackup($host,$dbname, $uid, $pwd, $output, $structure_only)  
{  

    //this function creates a text file (or output to a HTTP connection), that when parsed through MYSQL's telnet client, will re-create the entire database  

    //Parameters:  
    //    $host: usually "localhost" but depends on where the MySQL database engine is mounted  
    //    $dbname : The MySQL database name  
    //    $uid : the database's username (not your account's), leave blank if none is required  
    //    $pwd : the database's password  
    //    $output : this is the complete filespec for the output text file, or if you want the result SQL to be sent back to the browser, leave blank.  
    //    $structure_only : set this to true if you want just the schema of the database (not the actual data) to be output.   

    if (strval($output)!="") $fptr=fopen($output,"w"); else $fptr=false;  

    //connect to MySQL database  
    $con=mysql_connect("localhost",$uid, $pwd);  
    $db=mysql_select_db($dbname,$con);  

    //open back-up file ( or no file for browser output)  

    //set up database  
    out($fptr, "create database $dbname;\n\n");  

    //enumerate tables  
    $res=mysql_list_tables($dbname);  
    $nt=mysql_num_rows($res);  

    for ($a=0;$a<$nt;$a++)  
    {  
        $row=mysql_fetch_row($res);  
        $tablename=$row[0];  

        //start building the table creation query  
        $sql="create table $tablename\n(\n";  

        $res2=mysql_query("select * from $tablename",$con);  
        $nf=mysql_num_fields($res2);  
        $nr=mysql_num_rows($res2);  

        $fl="";  

        //parse the field info first  
        for ($b=0;$b<$nf;$b++)  
        {  
            $fn=mysql_field_name($res2,$b);  
            $ft=mysql_fieldtype($res2,$b);  
            $fs=mysql_field_len($res2,$b);  
            $ff=mysql_field_flags($res2,$b);  

            $sql.="    $fn ";  

            $is_numeric=false;  
            switch(strtolower($ft))  
            {  
                case "int":  
                    $sql.="int";  
                    $is_numeric=true;  
                    break;  

                case "blob":  
                    $sql.="text";  
                    $is_numeric=false;  
                    break;  

                case "real":  
                    $sql.="real";  
                    $is_numeric=true;  
                    break;  

                case "string":  
                    $sql.="char($fs)";  
                    $is_numeric=false;  
                    break;  

                case "unknown":  
                    switch(intval($fs))  
                    {  
                        case 4:    //little weakness here...there is no way (thru the PHP/MySQL interface) to tell the difference between a tinyint and a year field type  
                            $sql.="tinyint";  
                            $is_numeric=true;  
                            break;  

                        default:    //we could get a little more optimzation here! (i.e. check for medium ints, etc.)  
                            $sql.="int";  
                            $is_numeric=true;  
                            break;  
                    }  
                    break;  

                case "timestamp":  
                    $sql.="timestamp";  
                    $is_numeric=true;  
                    break;  

                case "date":  
                    $sql.="date";  
                    $is_numeric=false;  
                    break;  

                case "datetime":  
                    $sql.="datetime";  
                    $is_numeric=false;  
                    break;  

                case "time":  
                    $sql.="time";  
                    $is_numeric=false;  
                    break;  

                default: //future support for field types that are not recognized (hopefully this will work without need for future modification)  
                    $sql.=$ft;  
                    $is_numeric=true; //I'm assuming new field types will follow SQL numeric syntax..this is where this support will breakdown  
                    break;  
            }  

            //VERY, VERY IMPORTANT!!! Don't forget to append the flags onto the end of the field creator  

            if (strpos($ff,"unsigned")!=false)  
            {  
                //timestamps are a little screwy so we test for them  
                if ($ft!="timestamp") $sql.=" unsigned";  
            }  

            if (strpos($ff,"zerofill")!=false)  
            {  
                //timestamps are a little screwy so we test for them  
                if ($ft!="timestamp") $sql.=" zerofill";  
            }  

            if (strpos($ff,"auto_increment")!=false) $sql.=" auto_increment";  
            if (strpos($ff,"not_null")!=false) $sql.=" not null";  
            if (strpos($ff,"primary_key")!=false) $sql.=" primary key";  

            //End of field flags  

            if ($b<$nf-1)  
            {  
                $sql.=",\n";  
                $fl.=$fn.", ";  
            }  
            else  
            {  
                $sql.="\n);\n\n";  
                $fl.=$fn;  
            }  

            //we need some of the info generated in this loop later in the algorythm...save what we need to arrays  
            $fna[$b]=$fn;  
            $ina[$b]=$is_numeric;  
              
        }  

        out($fptr,$sql);  

        if ($structure_only!=true)  
        {  
            //parse out the table's data and generate the SQL INSERT statements in order to replicate the data itself...  
            for ($c=0;$c<$nr;$c++)  
            {  
                $sql="insert into $tablename ($fl) values (";  

                $row=mysql_fetch_row($res2);  

                for ($d=0;$d<$nf;$d++)  
                {  
                    $data=strval($row[$d]);  
                  
                    if ($ina[$d]==true)  
                        $sql.= intval($data);  
                    else  
                        $sql.="\"".mysql_escape_string($data)."\"";  

                    if ($d<($nf-1)) $sql.=", ";  
      
                }  

                $sql.=");\n";  

                out($fptr,$sql);  

            }  

            out($fptr,"\n\n");  

        }  

        mysql_free_result($res2);      

    }  
      
    if ($fptr!=false) fclose($fptr);  
    return 0;  

}  

function out($fptr,$s)  
{  
    if ($fptr==false) echo("$s"); else fputs($fptr,$s);  
}
?>

what works best?

PHP OOP variable scope problem

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:10:37 +0000

Aight', I've never dug deep into the php OOP thing, as I've always relied on procedural programming or OOP on a very low level...bla...bla...
Silly me,
ANYWAY, I've run into a problem, I just can't solve. I donno' whether I should use $this, parent, self, :: (Scope resolution operator). Or whether the static keywords is even supposed to be there.

The case is, that I have a main class, in which I've instantialized(?) two secondary classes (Main -> One and Main -> Two).
Afterwards, through the main class I've changed instance Two's variable $Xenon to be " in ". But I keep getting an:

Code:
Trying to get property of non-object

- error.

Don't mind the resulting sentence, it's just random stuff
Main.php

PHP Code:
class Main
{
    static public $One, $Two;
    
    function Init()
    {
        require("child.php");
        require("child2.php");
        
        $this->One = new First;
        $this->Two = new Second;
        $this->Two->Xenon = " in ";
        
        $this->One->Activate("the Oven");
    }
}
$Main = new Main;
$Main->Init(); 

child.php

PHP Code:
class First extends Main
{
    function Activate($Arg)
    {
        echo(Second::A().Second::$Xeen.$Two->Xenon.$Arg);
        //Result i want: Mary's pet was burned in the oven
        //Actual result: Mary's pet was burnedthe oven
    }
} 

child2.php

PHP Code:
class Second extends Main
{
    static public $Xeen = " was burned";
    static public $Xenon;
    
    function A()
    {
        return("Mary's Pet");
    }
} 

I've found out, that I can get the result I want if I pinpoint the $Xenon variable from an absolute/global perspective, like this:

PHP Code:
function Activate($Arg)
    {
                      global $Main;

        echo(Second::A().Second::$Xeen.$Main->Two->Xenon.$Arg);
        
    } 

But that kinda sucks, isn't there a relative way to do it? Like where you point to the parent and then point to subject from there? Hope you understand what I mean.

Regards and thanks in advance
- Vanilla

[Python]Searching for a urllib additon/replacement that supports Keep-Alive

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:08:27 +0000

Here's my question, if stated in the briefest way: Where can I find an addition/replacement of urllib in Python 3.1 that supports Keep-Alive in HTTP 1.1?

There are a few modules that I found, but not so great for my need:

httplib2. It supports Python 3 but the cookie handling is too simple.
pycurl. Python 2 only?
urlgrabber. Python 2 only?

Smarty to Dwoo

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 20:10:27 +0000

Does anyone know how to convert smarty code over to dwoo.
I have this code I need to change over from smarty to dwoo.
They are quite similar but it is driving me crazy trying to get it right.

http://pastebin.com/esBp31vY

It's not too important, just for learning and comparing the code.

Dev.Opera - Good webdevelopment site

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:42:10 +0000

Well, I've always liked this site, so I thought i'd share it with you (in case you didn't know it already).

It has lots of interesting tutorials and articles related to some of the newest technologies available, such as HTML5, CSS3 aswell as some of the newest javascript API's and much more.
Of course, the site is primarily aimed at Opera users, but the majority of all codes is also supported by the equal versions of the competing browsers.

http://dev.opera.com/

Cheers ;)

WordPress Server Load?

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:50:50 +0000

Is it me or sites with WordPress take a while to load are there any plugins that can make loading times much faster!? i use one of the seo plugins. But eh I think it slowed it down some.

Directory Name	Dir Type	Last Modified
'.$item.'	'.$dt.'	'.$lm.'

File Name	File Type	Size	Last Mod.
'.$item.'	'.$dt.'	'.$fs.' bytes	'.$lm.'