Webmaster Forum / PHP / General PHP Topics / August 2008

I'm looking for a programmer to help build a new classified ad network
for bloggers.
The goal is to make it easy for readers of a blog to buy and sell
items related to the blog’s content (gadgets, computers, collectibles,

Just wondering if you more experienced programmers out there could
direct me to some
books regarding PHP.  I am looking for a book that has a walk through
project that will

I'd like to have a default array as a function parameter.
 I can do this:
function my_function($MY_ARRAY = array('1'=>'one')){...
  But not this:

The return from a curl() cal
is:https_Ordernumber=https_card_number=**************https_exp_date=1218https_amount=40.54https_customer_code=https_salestax=https_result=8https_result_message=NOT

I've been playing around with some various designs for my site and
have come up with one that I like quite well. Drawback is, the
javascript portion kind of sucks in the fact that nothing happens
unless JS is enabled.

I have a web site where we offer MP3 downloads (yes, they are
legal!).  I've written a PHP script using readfile() (or fpassthru())
that sends the file using HTTP headers (via various header()
directives).  The script launches the download fine and the download

Hi all, I'm just trying to send a rtf file to the browser but firefox
and IE just display raw rtf content (with tags and so on)...
I used this code down below:
--CODE

I asked this on another thread but an idiot responded with some
malware...so I am starting a new thread, hoping the other dies off
quickly without damage to others. I am still looking for an answer to
this issue...

Sorry, this isn't specifically related to PHP, but to an odd bug I
came across when testing some code inside IE7.
The problem is that IE7 freezes, but only when the following
conditions are met:

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I want to send e:Mail from PHP script
How to configure server to send proper 'from' parameter
(but for two domails   mydomain1.com   and   mydomail2.com)

I am a freashman in Web design. I spend my time on studiying ASP.NET
in these days. But whenever i check web for discussions comparing ASP
to PHP, there are so many people who put positive comment on PHP.
Visual Studio provides me almost all what i need to develop a web site

I need to do some modifications on some code I just inherited and that
code has me baffled.
On one page, caller.php, with method get there is an anchor with
href="foo.php?bar=123".  On foo.php, the URL shows the parameter.  So

My apologies if this message comes across as spam; it isn't meant to
be.
A group of colleagues and I have built a project to mobilize
technology volunteers for small nonprofit organizations, located at

I was working on some php code yesterday and one of the lines in it
was:
print "<?xml version=\"1.0\" ?>\n";
when I tried to run it I would get an unexpected $end on the last line

I was just wondering if anyone knows how to grab an image from a flv
or a swf when a user uploads a file?
Any help would be appreciated!