Over on the ProgClub programming list Justin pointed out PHP: The Right Way which is definitely on my reading list.
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100% Apache-Compliant REQUEST_URI for IIS and Windows
I had a problem with the REQUEST_URI server variable not being available in my PHP app when running under IIS on Windows. I followed these instructions to fix the problem: 100% Apache-Compliant REQUEST_URI for IIS and Windows.
I had to download and install ISAPI Rewrite 3 and Request_URI for IIS 1.1 which I installed into PHP by editing my php.ini file with this line:
auto_prepend_file = C:\Program Files\PHP\request_uri.inc
PHP heredoc syntax
Today I found myself looking up the PHP heredoc syntax. It was cool to learn that you can use {$var} syntax to embed variable data in a heredoc.
Using arrays in PHP
Apparently in PHP 5.4 you can index an array returned from a function as explained here. I learned this today but unfortunately I’m still running PHP 5.3. I also read an article on stackoverflow about how to make an object behave like an array.
MySQL: Error in SQL: Commands out of sync; you can’t run this command now
Today I was programming MySQL via PHP and I received an error “Error in SQL: Commands out of sync; you can’t run this command now”. It turned out the problem was that a previous mulit_query had mysqli_results that hadn’t been freed. This article helped me solve the problem, and now my batch mode SQL processor looks like this:
public function execute_batch( $sql ) {
$this->write_count++;
if ( ! $this->link->multi_query( $sql ) ) {
$this->throw_error( $sql );
}
if ( $this->link->more_results() ) {
do {
$result = $this->link->use_result();
if ( $result instanceof mysqli_result ) {
$result->free();
}
}
while ( $this->link->more_results() && $this->link->next_result() );
}
}
This code executes the SQL batch and then frees any mysqli_results that result from the query batch.
PHP: Create Your Own MVC
A fun video with a walk-through about how to roll your own MVC framework
in PHP: PHP: Create Your Own MVC.
Efficient PHP Debugging In Vim
Found this article today Efficient PHP Debugging In Vim which explains how to setup Vim as a PHP debugger.
There was also Debugging PHP using Xdebug and Notepad++.
PHP Number Base Conversion
I was doing some research into base conversion and so far have found a function, dec2base, which looks like it might come in handy. There’s an online demo of the function.
New bcmod JavaScript function at jsphp.co
I was working on some code the other evening and found myself needing a version of PHP’s bcmod function in JavaScript. It wasn’t already available at jsphp.co so I implemented it and posted about it to the ProgClub programming list.
MemberNet PHP tests now have submenu
I’ve been working on my PHP tests system on my MemberNet site.
As you can see if you check out one of the tests, for example the phpinfo test, there is now a submenu that has links for the HTML source, the PHP source, the W3C HTML validator and the W3C CSS validator.