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  1. margaux

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    I feel the same way you do Edward. When I first started learning, I didn't understand patterns, now I understand the need for them. I also really grappled with oop. It may slow down the project initially, but will speed up other aspects and also any new ones you start. Are you using tdd? I've found that really helps but I do still struggle with writing them, particularly controller tests. Its great that you've stuck with it your project.
  2. Hi Larry I read with interest in your recent newsletter your plans to publish a new edition of your Javascript book. Having grappled with js for a few years and seen it change hugely, I'm looking forward to the new edition and was very pleased to read that you will be doing more with the advanced material. The language has evolved so quickly that it is hard to keep up and never having spent enough time learning it, I always have to start back at the beginning. Having read many of your books, I thought I'd give some feedback. Your books were one of the first resources I used and one of the few that I stayed with when I started teaching myself web development 4-5 years ago. I regularly recommend them to others. What I like about them is the real world examples with proper code samples and a full explanation of the concepts behind the techniques. I find that I'm able to apply what you've covered to my own projects and I haven't always found that with other resources I've used. I"m hoping that your new edition will enable me to get to grips with prototypes and closure. Would you be able to include a few examples to practice these concepts? What about including a few examples of using AJAX to work with APIs? I'm also hoping that I'll be able to get more involved in your forums again; having only used ruby and rails for the past year and a half, my php has become very rusty. Hope the feedback is useful.
  3. Hi Larry Thanks for your reply (and apologies for the delayed response). Its interesting to learn that Yii is influenced by Rails, I think I could probably pick it up having somewhat gotten to grips with Rails. Kind regards, margaux
  4. Hi I know these forums are primarily for php users but I'm wondering if any of you also use Rails. After spending the best part of a year working in Ruby and Rails, I've been asked to revisit a php site I built a couple of years ago and add paypal or stripe payments functionality to it. How similar is Yii to Rails?
  5. Try removing the quotes around $id in your INSERT statement, presumably that column is of type integer?
  6. Can you recommend the best way to send a request to the github api? I dont need to use authorisation for the data I'm after. Would it be better to use sockets or Http_Request? And could you suggest some resources - my php is rusty
  7. Hi, You could set up an array of allowed file types and check if the file extension is in that array. See this thread.
  8. Can you show the full name of the file you're trying to upload? Also just to be clear, have you included 'application/DWG' in the $allowed array?
  9. lastIndexOf method returns the position of the LAST occurrence of the string that you specify with the argument. In this example, there are 2 a's so the method returns the position of the last one, just before the 'n'. The method works by starting its search at the end of the string for efficiency purposes, but the index that is returned is counted from the beginning of the string (starting from 0). Hope that helps.
  10. Is there anything in the pop up window? Any text or error message? Try looking at the source code to see if that helps.
  11. Try doing a var_dump on the variable before you call the spam_scrubber function on it. You will probably see that it is an array. Check how you've coded the checkbox in the form - is it set up as an array?
  12. If I recall correctly, HTML_QuickForm2 is a class from the pear framework so you need to download any feature you want to use. Then you have to require it in the scripts that use that class. I never completely understood how require('HTML/QuickForm2.php'); made it possible for me to use it but I think its because php through php.ini has a list of directories it searches through for files/classes. By installing it you tell php where to find it. I think I followed the steps on the pear site. Sorry I can't be more definite, it was awhile ago.
  13. margaux

    My Project Diary

    The php manual tends to be my first go to when I need help with a function but I completely agree with the comments that it is difficult to make sense of. I mainly use it to confirm that I am using the correct parameters in the correct order and am expecting the correct return value. If I need more help, I look at the examples which I learn alot from and check out SO and a couple of other forums. I don't think I've ever posted on SO but the first time I posted on another forum, the response was pretty harsh, totally not helpful and the responders clearly hadnt even read the question. That experience totally put me off forums in general for awhile but they are good places to learn and get help so I've persevered. This one and thewebdesignforum.co.uk are helpful. So is css-tricks but the php forum is heavily wp biased. Edward - I've really enjoyed your project diary and have learned alot from it, though I haven't been able to keep up with all of it. You're so right in that there are so many things to learn. I'm currently learning ruby with a view to learning ruby on rails as there is a lot of demand for those skills. If you do get the time occasionally do provide an update, I'm sure many will be interested to see the final product.
  14. You can search for QuickForm2 In Finder and it will show you the folder it is in. It should be in Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/lib/php/HTML
  15. I'm not sure why my post didn't display? Try using just hassaan.bizsofttech.com/websol/ex2/ as the BASE_URL definition. If you can sign into your cpanel, you should see the file path to your root directory - its often displayed on the left side under Home Directory.
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