LoRz

Remove filename from URL path

2008-11-11T01:07:00.000-08:00

$main_url = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ;
$url_explode = explode("/", $main_url);
$file_name = end($url_explode);
$file_explode = explode(".", $file_name);
$quest_explode = explode("?", $file_name);

if(count($file_explode) > 1){
    $end_is_file = $file_explode[1];
}
else{
    $end_is_file = "";
}

if(count($quest_explode) > 1){
    $end_is_quest = $quest_explode[1];
}
else{
    $end_is_quest = "";
}

if ($end_is_file!= ""){
    $result_url = str_replace($file_name, "", $main_url);
    $url = $result_url;
}
elseif ($end_is_quest!= ""){
    $result_url = str_replace($file_name, "", $main_url);
    $url = $result_url;
}
else{
    if(substr($main_url,-1,1)!= "/"){
        $main_url .= "/";
    }
    $url = $main_url;
}

Tango Icon Library

2008-11-08T07:15:00.000-08:00

The Tango icon library contains a basic set of icons for the most common usage. To make it easier for a developer to find an appropriate icon for their application a number of aids are there to help.

Free CSS Toolbox

2008-11-05T18:40:00.000-08:00

Free CSS Toolbox is a freeware productivity software for web developers who work with CSS code.

Free CSS Toolbox includes a number of tools for fast-tracking and enhancing the development of style sheet code, such as an advanced CSS Formatter and CSS Validator.

Wget for windows

2008-10-23T20:02:00.000-07:00

GNU Wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.

Wget for windows

Registration using Google Docs

2008-10-20T04:48:00.000-07:00

Create a spreadsheet in Google Docs. Then insert a form in the spreadsheet. Add the necessary form elements by using Add question. Any registrations will be automatically saved to the spreadsheet.

Tail for Windows

2008-10-11T05:26:00.000-07:00

Tail for Win32 is a windows version of the famous Unix tail -f command usually used when monitoring logs.

Link Thumbnail/Screenshot

2008-09-30T00:27:00.000-07:00

Create an account in Snap Shots

You will be asked to add a javascript code to your site.

Sample Code


<script type="text/javascript" src="http://shots.snap.com/ss/xxxxxxxx/snap_shots.js"></script>

Select multiple items without Ctrl using Javascript

2008-09-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

Sample Code


<select id="test" multiple="multiple" size="9" onmousedown="savelist()" onchange="updatelist()">
    <option>test 1</option>
    <option>test 2</option>
    <option>test 3</option>
    <option>test 4</option>
    <option>test 5</option>
</select><br />
<a href="#" onclick="setall(true); return false">select all</a>
<a href="#" onclick="setall(false); return false">deselect all</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
    var list = document.getElementById('test');
    var savedlist = new Array(list.length);

    function setall(selected) {
        for (var i = list.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            list.options[i].selected = selected;
        }
    }

    function updatelist() {
        for (var i = list.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            list[i].selected = list[i].selected ^ savedlist[i];
        }
    }

    function savelist() {
        for (var i = list.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            savedlist[i] = list[i].selected;
        }
    }
</script>

Currency converter in PHP

2008-09-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

Sample Code


<?php

function convert($from,$to){
 $url= 'http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from='.$from.'&to='.$to.'&submit=Convert';
 $ch = curl_init();
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
 $feed = curl_exec($ch);
 curl_close($ch);
 preg_match_all("/tabledata1\">([^<]+)<\/td>/",$feed,$cells);
 return $cells[1][1];
}

echo convert('USD','PHP');
?>

Currency codes

Remove index.php when anchor is used in Kohana

2008-09-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

Edit the file system/helpers/url.php. Search for the function

"public static function site"

In the return part, change

return url::base(TRUE, $protocol).$path.$query.$fragment;

return url::base(FALSE, $protocol).$path.$query.$fragment;

Send email in Gmail with attachment using SwiftMailer

2008-09-20T05:45:00.000-07:00

Sample Code


<?php

require_once "lib/Swift.php";
require_once "lib/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php";
 
$smtp =& new Swift_Connection_SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", Swift_Connection_SMTP::PORT_SECURE, Swift_Connection_SMTP::ENC_TLS);
$smtp->setUsername("username@gmail.com");
$smtp->setpassword("password");
 
$swift =& new Swift($smtp);

$message =& new Swift_Message("My subject");
$message->attach(new Swift_Message_Part("I have attached a file to this message!"));
$message->attach(new Swift_Message_Attachment(file_get_contents("test.jpg"), "test.jpg", "image/jpeg"));
 
$swift->send($message, "to@gmail.com", "username@gmail.com");

?>

Install ImageMagick in XAMPP

2008-09-19T08:15:00.000-07:00

Download the Windows Binary Release.

Download a Imagick Windows Builds DLL.

Install the Windows Binary Release to C:\imagemagick.

Rename the Imagick Windows Builds DLL to php_imagick.dll.

Edit the files

apache/bin/php.ini
php/bin/php.ini
php/bin/php5.ini

and add

extension=php_imagick.dll

Restart apache and check in phpinfo if imagick module is installed.

Invalid Session in Joomla Administrator

2008-09-13T06:45:00.000-07:00

Create a php.ini file and tmp directory in the root directory. The php.ini file should contain the session save path which must point to the $mosConfig_absolute_path (configuration.php) + tmp.

session.save_path /home/users/web/lorz/public_html/tmp

Setup SwiftMailer in Kohana using Gmail

2008-09-03T23:52:00.000-07:00

Change the settings in the system/config/email.php file.


$config['driver'] = 'smtp';
$config['options'] = array(
                            'hostname' => 'smtp.gmail.com', 
                            'username' => 'username@gmail.com', 
                            'password' => 'password',
                            'port' => '465', 
                            'encryption' => 'tls'
                        );

Sample code for sending an email.


$to = 'to@gmail.com';
$from    = 'from@gmail.com';
$subject = 'Suject';
$message = 'Message';
 
$swift = email::connect(); 
$message = new Swift_Message($subject, $message); 
$swift->send($message, $to, $from);

TCP_OUT for port 465 must also be enabled.

Select Transfer in jQuery

2008-09-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

Sample code using jQuery to transfer data from 2 select boxes.

<html>
<head>
 <script src="js/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
  $().ready(function() {
   $('#add').click(function() {
    var selected1 = $("#select1 option:selected"); 
    alert(selected1.val());
    alert(selected1.text());
    return !selected2.remove().appendTo('#select2');
   });
   $('#remove').click(function() {
    var selected2 = $("#select2 option:selected"); 
    alert(selected2.val());
    alert(selected2.text());
    return !selected2.remove().appendTo('#select1');
   });
  });
 </script>
 
 <style type="text/css">
  a {
   display: block;
   border: 1px solid #aaa;
   text-decoration: none;
   background-color: #fafafa;
   color: #123456;
   margin: 2px;
   clear:both;
  }
  div {
   float:left;
   text-align: center;
   margin: 10px;
  }
  select {
   width: 100px;
   height: 80px;
  }
 </style>
 
</head>

<body>
 <div>
  <select multiple id="select1">
   <option value="1">Option 1</option>
   <option value="2">Option 2</option>
   <option value="3">Option 3</option>
   <option value="4">Option 4</option>
  </select>
  <a href="#" id="add">add >></a>
 </div>
 <div>
  <select multiple id="select2"></select>
  <a href="#" id="remove"><< remove</a>
 </div>
</body>
</html>

MP3 Audio Player for Websites

2008-08-27T22:56:00.000-07:00

A tutorial for embedding mp3 audio player in websites using Audio Player Wordpress plugin from 1pixelout.

Install multiple versions of IE

2008-08-26T03:34:00.000-07:00

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

Multiple IE installer

Calculating Relative Time in PHP

2008-08-26T03:30:00.000-07:00


class calculateTime
{
 public static function createTimeString($timeStamp, $format="long", $dateFormat="n/j/Y")
 {
  // Take the current time and create the difference
  $timeDifference = time() - $timeStamp;
 
  // Check the length of time passed since seconds
  switch($timeDifference)
  {
   // Date is less than an hour old
   case $timeDifference <= 3600:
    $minutes = floor($timeDifference / 60);
    $seconds = $timeDifference - ($minutes * 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($minutes == 1)
    {
     $minuteString = "minute";
    }
    else
    {
     $minuteString = "minutes";
    }
 
    if($seconds == 1)
    {
     $secondString = "second";
    }
    else
    {
     $secondString = "seconds";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $minutes . "m " . $seconds . "s ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $minutes . " " . $minuteString . " " . $seconds . " " . $secondString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Date is less than a day old
   case $timeDifference <= 86400:
    $hours = floor($timeDifference / 60 / 60);
    $minutes = floor(($timeDifference - ($hours * 60 * 60)) / 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($hours == 1)
    {
     $hourString = "hour";
    }
    else
    {
     $hourString = "hours";
    }
 
    if($minutes == 1)
    {
     $minuteString = "minute";
    }
    else
    {
     $minuteString = "minutes";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $hours . "h " . $minutes . "m ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $hours . " " . $hourString . " " . $minutes . " " . $minuteString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Date is less than a week old.
   case $timeDifference <= 604800:
    $days = floor($timeDifference / 86400);
    $hours = floor(($timeDifference - ($days * 86400)) / 60 / 60);
 
    // Choose correct pluralizations
    if($days == 1)
    {
     $dayString = "day";
    }
    else
    {
     $dayString = "days";
    }
 
    if($hours == 1)
    {
     $hourString = "hour";
    }
    else
    {
     $hourString = "hours";
    }
 
    switch($format)
    {
     case "short":
      return $days . "d " . $hours . "h ago";
     break;
 
     default:
      return $days . " " . $dayString . " " . $hours . " " . $hourString . " ago";
     break;
    }
   break;
 
   // Older than one week. Just return the absolute date.
   default:
    return date($dateFormat, $timeStamp);
   break;
  }
 }
}
 
?>

from http://blog.sacklun.ch/?p=9

Get Filename in PHP

2008-08-26T02:08:00.000-07:00

$filename = preg_replace('/(.+)\..*$/', '$1', $file);

Custom JavaScript Dialog Boxes

2008-08-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

JavaScript dialog box library which offers four model dialog styles: alerts, warnings, prompts and success.

Demo
Download

PHP Podcast

2008-08-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

P3 (php|architect's PHP Podcast) is a bi-weekly radio-style program full of news, punditry and plenty of rambling.

Ratproxy

2008-08-14T06:37:00.000-07:00

Google has released its free Ratproxy security tool to those wanting to
test the security of their Web-based apps, including for cross-site scripting
attacks.

Ratproxy is a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool. It is meant to complement active crawlers and manual proxies more commonly used for this task, and is optimized specifically for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the observation of existing, user-initiated traffic in complex web 2.0 environments.

Add PHP related extension in Notepad++

2008-08-05T19:41:00.000-07:00

Settings - Style Configurator
Select PHP from the Language list
Look for the User ext: textbox
Enter the extension
Save & Close

PHP functions equivalent to Javascript functions

2008-08-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

PHP to Javascript Project which aims to decrease the gap between developing for PHP & Javascript.

Enabling eAccelerator in XAMPP

2008-08-02T05:31:00.000-07:00

Files to edited to enable eAccelerator.

apache/bin/php.ini
php/bin/php.ini
php/bin/php5.ini

Uncomment the lines below [eAccelerator].

Check if eAccelerator by running php -v in the command line.
You should see this line

Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
with eAccelerator v0.9.5.2, Copyright (c) 2004-2006 eAccelerator, by eAccelerator

Check also using phpinfo(); and look for the line eAccelerator which should be enabled.