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by marty pain
Thu May 26, 2011 4:54 pm
Forum: PHP - Frameworks
Topic: Populating Zend_Form_Element_Select options, best practise
Replies: 1
Views: 3168

Populating Zend_Form_Element_Select options, best practise

Hey, Up until about 5 minutes ago I have always populated Zend_Form_Element_Select objects (addMultiOption) in the init() method of the class that extends Zend_Form. All of a sudden it feels a bit wrong and I think I should do that in the controller as it's a better separation of concerns. However t...
by marty pain
Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:40 am
Forum: PHP - Frameworks
Topic: Annoyed with Zend
Replies: 5
Views: 6669

Re: Annoyed with Zend

Thanks matthijs, I was starting to think that everyone else just got it and I was missing something! It's nice to hear that other people have had a similar experience. I started my learning using a book that was 2 years out of date, and I think that caused me a lot of problems. Not only was I trying...
by marty pain
Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:13 am
Forum: PHP - Frameworks
Topic: Annoyed with Zend
Replies: 5
Views: 6669

Re: Annoyed with Zend

Thanks Josh, I get the individual components, I think I'm looking for a structured way of laying out the application as a whole. The code examples are fine, I'm just not sure where these would be written. A lack of experience in web application development makes picking the Zend Framework up a littl...
by marty pain
Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:53 pm
Forum: PHP - Frameworks
Topic: Annoyed with Zend
Replies: 5
Views: 6669

Annoyed with Zend

I've been trying to get my head round Zend Framework for some time now and I'm finding the massive ambiguity and total lack of answers really frustrating now. I completed the quickstart tutorial a while ago, and using that as a basis for how things should be done I've tried to start doing my own pro...
by marty pain
Tue May 04, 2010 7:49 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: My first web service Client
Replies: 10
Views: 1039

Re: My first web service Client

I'm currently moving to Philadelphia, so I won't be around too much this week to help, but I'll try to check back and give you a hand if possible. Thanks again mate, and good luck with the move! I have been told that the service was written in Java, and judging by some of the errors I have been get...
by marty pain
Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:46 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: My first web service Client
Replies: 10
Views: 1039

Re: My first web service Client

Hi all. OK, the next hurdle. The web service I have to work with has now been created. I have written a script to use the thing but I'm getting some very odd results. I have spoken to the people who wrote it and they have tested it in .NET and Java and say it works fine. When I try to use it in PHP ...
by marty pain
Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:59 am
Forum: Job Hunt
Topic: PHP Developer required - Maldon Essex, UK
Replies: 0
Views: 762

PHP Developer required - Maldon Essex, UK

PHP Applications Developer. We are looking for a excellent, self starting, forward thinking PHP developer to join our small development team and to be involved in the development of our new core product. The ideal candidate will have 2 years commercial experience with PHP 5, and have a good understa...
by marty pain
Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some careea advice
Replies: 4
Views: 739

Re: Need some careea advice

Point taken, I have no problems learning advanced topics, and have already studied OOP using Java in the past. I have been applying these skills to PHP and re-acquainting myself with design patterns in my spare time without any problems. The main problem is, in this case, the sheer quantity on stuff...
by marty pain
Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:05 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Generating Objects help!
Replies: 0
Views: 67

Generating Objects help!

I'm building a simple database exporter that can export data from a given database to either XML or CSV format. I have separated the logic of the encoding into separate classes (XMLEncoder and CSVEncoder), that implements a common interface, so that more methods can be added later. I then have a mai...
by marty pain
Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:50 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Reusing Variables
Replies: 5
Views: 288

Re: Reusing Variables

You get less overhead by re-using variables, but it is minimal so do what ever is easier for you and other people to understand.
by marty pain
Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:31 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Select more then 1 table
Replies: 1
Views: 96

Re: Select more then 1 table

You need to look into SQL JOINs I think what you need is this, but do some reading to check, I haven't used them for a while. $query = "SELECT package.name AS packageName, plan.name AS planName, plan.duration, plan.amount FROM package INNER JOIN plan ON (package.id = plan.package_id)";
by marty pain
Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:21 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: PHP code not executing, but shown in HTML source code
Replies: 16
Views: 650

Re: PHP code not executing, but shown in HTML source code

To be honest, your example is not very clear, at least not to me. You are trying to include a HTML file that contains PHP? Basically, if you want to include a PHP file (that can of course hold HTML)into your page, do this: <?php //location of files and default page define('FILE_LOCATION', 'html/'); ...
by marty pain
Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:59 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: How to user PHP cUrl to login to a Twitter oAuth site?
Replies: 4
Views: 488

Re: How to user PHP cUrl to login to a Twitter oAuth site?

I'm not massively hot on this, but have been reading a bit about cURL recently. The auth information may be returned in the header of the return value after using cURL on the twitter URL. In order to use this, you have to set cURL to use modified headers. Check in the manual for info on how. Whilst ...
by marty pain
Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:52 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Link of a pic ontop of another
Replies: 4
Views: 121

Re: Link of a pic ontop of another

Not a PHP problem mate. Would be best in the CSS section.

Read this
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_positioning.asp
by marty pain
Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:47 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: echo when a link is clicked
Replies: 1
Views: 70

Re: echo when a link is clicked

Always post the page to itself, that way you can display what ever you like based on any conditions you set. AJAX is just another way of doing that, but it calls a page that only has the condition, returning the results that can be used in the current page without re-posting the whole thing.