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I've 2 requirements
- session will end when browser is closed
- session will end after 90 minutes inactivity.
Now, from the documentation session.cookie-lifetime when set to 0 _should_

wondering if does exists a mysql to html table function or class written in
PHP.
something like.
createtable($query,fieldname1,fieldname2,fieldname3,[fieldname4,fieldname5]);

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't running PHP via mod_php faster than
running it via CGI?  If so, why would a web hosting company be running
PHP via CGI and not mod_php?
I asked that very question to one web hosting company and given the

I've been struggling with this for a while.
  Here's what I'm trying to do:
private function makeMiniTemplate($ARRAY){
/*

I'm trying to get a constant from a class, where the constant's name
is known, but the class name isn't.  I want to do things this way
because I want classes to be able to define certain aspects for their
setup themselves.

I am writing a program in PHP5 using mail() function. I need to know if
there's any method to check if there was return email to server
(with "undelivered" message).
I use Linux.

I started writing an application and used PDO to connect to an sqlite
file.The sqlite DB was created with the Sqllite extension of firefox.
Now I want to switch to CakePHP. I used the sqlite driver but since it
uses sqlite_popen my database canno't be open. Firefox sqlite ...

I'm using PHP 5.2.  I'm trying to install Propel and on the
instructions page (http://propel.phpdb.org/trac/wiki/Users/
Documentation/1.3/Installation), it reads
"Assuming that your PEAR directory is on your PHP include_path"

I currently store all uploaded documents outside the web root and then
use a showDoc.php file to display the file.
What I want is that doc, pdf, xls and dwf (all users will have an
installed viewer) to display in the browser with dwg and dxf being

I have a parent class foo where I defined dynamically a variable bar i.e.:
class foo
{
    public function __construct()

Hey Guys,
Quick question about the PHP compiler, is there any performance
difference between
$string .= $new;

Can I suggest a new PHP native function, "foreachif".
At the moment I am trying to make my code run cleanly even if warnings
are switched on. If I do a foreach on a non-existent array, I get a warning.
So I have to do

I would like to use the 'php://filter' feature, but how to pass
parameters to the invoked filter?
Example:
file_get_contents("php://filter/read=string.strip_tags/resource=blabla");

I am using php script to upload file.
some times if file size is too big(1GB) it takes too much time to
upload.
Can someone suggest me the way to increase upload speed.

I have come across this problem before but never really resolved it.  It
is probably something so obvious that I should be embarrassed to even
ask in this forum.
The problem is one of losing the value of a session variable. Here is a