PHP Welcome Java

Java Integration with php is a lot easier with PHP/JAVA Bridge.

INTRODUCTION

The PHP/Java Bridge is an implementation of a streaming, XML-based network protocol, which can be used to connect a native script engine, for example PHP, Scheme or Python, with a Java or ECMA 335 virtual machine. It is more than 50 times faster than local RPC via SOAP, requires less resources on the web-server side. It is faster and more reliable than direct communication via the Java Native Interface, and it requires no additional components to invoke Java procedures from PHP or PHP procedures from Java. Download it from: PHP/JAVA BRIDGE

PHP/Java integration


The Java.inc PHP library sets up an autoload handler to import Java into PHP's environment. The following example autoloads the standard Java classes from Java and makes them available to PHP.

<?php
    use java\lang\String as JString;
    use java\lang\ArrayList as JList;

    class String extends JString {
      function toString () {
        return "hello " . parent::toString();
      }
    }
    $str = new String("Java");

    $list = new JList();
    $list->add (java_closure($str));
    $list->add ("from PHP");
    $ar = java_values ($list->toArray());

    var_dump($ar);
    ?>

    =>array ["hello Java", "from PHP"]

It makes use of the syntax transformer built into PHP 5.3 and above to import and extend the functionality of Java classes. In the above example java.lang.String is extended by a PHP class, overriding the functionality of its toString() method. An instance of this class is then passed to a java.lang.ArrayList. The entire list is then converted into a PHP scalar value using java_values.

Oh! Please don't blame Joomla.

A Fatal Error which is becoming a cause to avoid Joomla. I have tested and find the exact problem.

INTRODUCTION

"Fatal Error: Call to a member function call() on a non-object". I have checked several blogs and also joomla community is discussing this issue. This issue is not related to php,Joomla version etc. So don't blame your hosting service provider and Joomla. A thing which is very surprising that Professional Joomla Developers are also not abl to figure out this problem.

This issue is directly related with the template of joomla. This fatal error can occur when the template configuration file will get delete or not uploaded at the server by you. Kindly confirm that you have uploaded params.ini. Place this file in the template folder and Joomla will not show error like this in the future.

PDF to HTML Conversion.

Convert PDF to HTML. Boost your online proofreading business and add pdf as an automated format for your proofreading website.

INTRODUCTION

It was difficult to calculate or to convert any pdf document to html. It is quite easy approach to convert from html to pdf. Now it is also possible on both of the system to create html files from pdf with php.

Automation Process
You need to install an executable based on xpdf to accomplish this task.
Here is the url of the package: PDFTOHTML PACKAGE
After the installation of the package use the following command to execute it.

There are 2 ways or commands I will prefer.

You can also execute these commands from SSH or PHP script. We will focus at php script command execution.

Lets consider the installed files are present in /usr/bin.

• system('/usr/bin/pdftohtml /var/www/website/processed/example.pdf') // This will create a HTML file in the processed folder.


• 
  system('/usr/bin/pdftohtml /var/www/website/processed/example.pdf -') // This command will not create an HTML file but it will show the output of the file at screen.
  

Few Common Errors

1. BAD Color Error: This error usually appear if the package doesn't install properly.
2. Execution Error: It is also a common error that php doesn't execute the command and output file doesn't generate. To solve this error you need to confirm few things.
   • Confirm php is not running in the safe mode.
   • You must execute the command as root. So you also need to set the apache securities.

Uploading huge sql files.

Insert huge data into mysql database. It is very simple to upload the big sql files by accessing and executing through SSH.

INTRODUCTION

It is a common practice for the developers to upload huge sql data at remote server. Sometimes it become a very big problem, when phpmyadmin has max upload size 2MB and also php upload size is set at 2MB. You can do it very easily with SSH.

Upload a file through your ftp account in any directory.

For Example:

backup.sql to /htdocs/sqlcommand/

Now connect through SSH using putty.

Use the following command to upload the database.


mysqldump --opt --user=username --password database < backup.sql


This will upload the data present in your mysql file with in no time.

Parameters Details:

--user=username // Database Username

--password // Database password

database // Database Name

backup.sql // Sql file you want to upload.

Fix PNG issue IE6

IE6 doesn’t have the ability to render png. To fix the png issue of CSS and HTML images and DIV tags Kindly use approved and tested techniques that we will discuss today.

We are going to implement iepngfix. You can download it for free from http://www.twinhelix.com/css/iepngfix/

This uses CSS "behaviors", a custom Microsoft extension to CSS. As such, it will not affect any other browsers like Mozilla and Opera which already implement good PNG support. It will also not help IE4.0 and IE5.0, which don't include the necessary IE filter, and does nothing with IE5/Mac (which natively supports translucent PNG foreground images, however).

Installation:

Follow these simple steps to add this to your page:

1. Copy and paste iepngfix.htc and blank.gif into your website folder.
2. Copy and paste this into your website's CSS or HTML:

That CSS selector must include the tags/elements on which you want PNG support -- basically, give it a comma-separated list of tags you use. It must also include the correct path to the .HTC relative to the HTML document location (not relative to the CSS document!). For instance, yours may look like this:

3. If your site uses subfolders, open the .HTC file in a text editor like Windows Notepad and change the blankImg variable to include a correct path to blank.gif like so:

var blankImg = '/images/blank.gif';

Again the path is relative to the HTML file. Otherwise, you will see a "broken image" graphic!

4. Sit back and enjoy! Perhaps consider making a donation to support this script's development if you like what you see, as I have spent hundreds of hours developing, testing and supporting it :). Alternatively, I would certainly appreciate a crediting link on your site back to mine!

If you are interested in more details or an alternative activation method for the script that maintains CSS validation compatibility, see the source code to this demonstration file.

How to fix common problems

I've pasted in the CSS but my PNGs aren't transparent!

Make sure you remember that the path to the HTC file is relative to the HTML file, not the CSS file (like CSS background images are). If you want to test the path, insert this: alert('This works!'); into the .HTC file.

It works offline but not online.

First try unzipping this default demonstration and uploading to your web server as-is. If it doesn't work, you may have a MIME type problem. You must ensure your server is sending the correct MIME type of "text/x-component" for .HTC files. Try one of these two easy fixes:

1. Upload the ".htaccess" file from within this script's download ZIP to your webserver, which will make Apache send the correct MIME type.

2. Instead of calling "IEPNGFIX.HTC" from your CSS, upload IEPNGFIX.PHP to the same folder and call that instead, which also sends the right MIME type.

My PNGs are transparent but have a funny border or red "X" icon.

Check that the blankImg variable is set correctly in the .HTC file, again this should be relative to the HTML document containing the PNGs.

Images are distorted, or this script breaks my page layout.

When applied to images without set dimensions, this script will try and "guess" the correct image size and apply that. If it gets it wrong, give your images a definite width and height.

Links or form elements within a PNG'd element aren't clickable.

Due to an IE bug, if you are putting links within an element with a transparent background, the element must not have a CSS relative/absolute position. Otherwise the links will likely be un-clickable. The script will warn you with a popup alert dialog if this occurs. There is an excellent article on PNG filters and links you might want to read if you are a CSS expert that contains more info and workarounds.

It works, but breaks another application like Google Maps on my page.

You'll need to stop applying this behavior to the third-party element that presumably contains its own PNG fix. Try making your CSS selector more specific, or put a manual override for the element in your CSS like so: * html div#map img { behavior: none; }

I have IE6 installed "alongside" IE7+, and this script fails.

Either try on a computer with IE6 installed system-wide, or make sure that you copy the required DLLs into your IE6 folder. You will need dxtrans.dll and dxtmsft.dll for filter support, try Googling for them or finding them on your Windows install CD. Note that I can't support your setup here, sorry!

I have lots of images and page loading is slow.

With a lot of images, it can certainly slow down your page! Make sure that you apply the script as narrowly as possible. Consider applying only to elements of a particular CLASS perhaps, rather than all tags...

It still won't go.

Try running the self-test at the bottom of the list of demo images. If that throws any errors, you'll know where to start fixing!

Limitations and known isses with the script

• Background repeat and position are largely unsupported, this is due to a limitation in the IE transparency filter. If your background is set to repeat, the PNG will stretch to fill the element, and if it's 'no-repeat', the PNG will display once (untiled) pixel-for-pixel.
• Padding and borders don't indent the PNG image and can sometimes contribute to the distortion problem. An easy fix is to use 'margin' instead.
• A:HOVER transparent images are not supported out of the box. If you want this functionality, I recommend you download the excellent Whatever:hover script. This script will then enable :hover PNG background changes on all page elements when both are applied to the page.
• IE 4.0/5.0 are not supported. MSIE/Mac has native support for IMG SRC but no background PNG support. The scripts does nothing in MSIE7 as it supports PNGs natively.
• Users can't right-click-save processed PNG images, they'll save the blank GIF file if they try that. In some cases this might be a feature, not a bug...
• The script detects the ".png" extension in image URLs. So if you have a CGI script that generates a PNG image, you may have to rewrite parts of the script, or just cache them as PNG files somewhere.
• There may be about a short time as soon as the image loads when images are not transparent, before the IE filter kicks in.

Zipcode Locator / Proximity search with PHP.

You will require a database to setup for zip proximity search. The database will contain zip codes, latitude and longitude information.

Here is the link you can download for free: http://sourceforge.net/projects/zips/

You need a class from phpclasses to apply zipcode / proximity search for your website:

http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/3156.html

Example code:

HTML FORM

<html>

<head>

<title>Zipcode Proximity Search</title>

</head>

<body>

<form action="zipsearch.php" method="post">

<input type="text" name="zip" value="" />

</form>

</body>

</html>

Code of zipsearch.php

<?php 



if(!empty($_GET['zip']))

$zipcode=$_GET['zip'];

else

header('LOCATION:index.html');



$miles=’50’;

//initialization, pass in DB connection, from zip code, distance in miles.

$zip = new ZipCodesRange($appconf['dbconnection'],$zipcode,$miles);



//configuration

$zip->setTableName('zip_codes'); //optional, default is zips.

$zip->setZipColumn('zip'); //optional, default is zip.

$zip->setLonColumn('longitude'); //optional, default is lon.

$zip->setLatColumn('latitude'); //optional, default is lat.



//do the work

$zip->setZipCodesInRange(); //call to initialize zip array



//zip code output, other processing can be done from this array.

$zipArray = $zip->getZipCodesInRange();



// NOW WE WILL USE IT TO RETRIEVE THE RECORDS FROM THE SQL TABLE.

// FOR EXAMPLE TABLE 'cars_lot' CONTAINS ZIPCODE AND INFORMATIONAL FIELDS.



// Starts from writing where clause. We will use these zipcodes in the where clause to query.



$where_string='';

$array_count=count($zipArray);

$count=0;

foreach($zipArray as $key=>$value){



	if($count!=$array_count)

	$where_string.="echo zip_code='".$value."' OR "; zip_code is field in cars_lot

	// it will display zip_code='908033' OR 

	if($count==$array_count)

	$where_string.="echo zip_code='".$value."'"; zip_code is field in cars_lot

	// it will display zip_code='908033'



$count++;



}

$sql="SELECT * FROM car_lot WHERE ".$where_string."";



// THIS RECORDSET WILL RETURN ZIP PROXIMITY SEARCH RESULTS.

return $result=mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());



?>