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Performance on PHP sql queries

I'm barely learning PHP and MYSQL so I don't know much about performance, I've wrote this script to fetch and format content from my DB, it also counts how many result are and separate them in to ...
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SQL - query syntax

I need advise whether my database structure is correct and what is the appropriate query syntax that can be used. Table1 ...
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Wanting to convert current code, to code that matchs coding practises

I've dabbled with PHP for a couple of years, I can generally get what I need done and I've been teaching myself PDO. The problem is I want to set it up with classes but i'm not really sure how to. ...
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Include Multiple Database Connections Inside a PHP Class

I've a simple PHP class file and i Want to include multiple database connections, since each of my functions using different databases for fetching information. The files to be included in the class ...
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why my php/mysqli code doesn't work? [closed]

I have written this code for check user data exist in db : $username = $_POST['username']; $email = $_POST['email']; $mobile = $_POST['mobile']; $SQL = "SELECT ...
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PHP MVC - Custom Routing Mechanism

Note: My code currently works well and I've progressed further than this - however I feel that this router is, frankly, crap, and I'm looking for honest opinions and constructive criticism. I'm ...
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Is it possible to sniff a file location using this force-download script?

I'm making a WordPress plugin that obfuscates the real file URL and forces the download of one of this 3 types of URL: Local: http://example.com/wp-content/custom/filename.zip Dropbox: ...
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PHP - Optimize array manipulation

In this function I am trying to initialize a $data object with defaults from metadata about the class ($this->_fields) as well as transform the value for each class to a native PHP value. For ...
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Autoloader class

Depending on your directory structure you may have name spaced class files in different directories (that isn't really part of the structure, i.e. lib/ or core/). Symfony ClassLoader is awesome, but ...
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Is this PHP Email Form Secure from injections or other abuses?

I am new to PHP and put this contact page together using the w3Schools.com example as a guide along with a couple other sources. As far as I can tell, it works fine, but before I put it up on my page ...
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framework design review (SOLID)

I'm developing a php framework for educational purposes, I have learned a big deal about design patterns and MVC. I've been thinking a lot on how to have a nice design and so far I've come up with ...
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Potential Problems with this templating technique

I like the way Zend Framework works it's views and I make extensive use of partials but every partial include results in it's own file system hit. As I'm building my own framework I thought I could do ...
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Dynamic homepage with PHP - making things too complicated?

I am trying to show the 6 most popular products on my homepage from left to right, in two rows. My code actually works... but I have the feeling I am making things way too complicated. Is there a ...
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Router Class In a Lightweight MVC Boilerplate

I'm trying to come up with a simple router class. I considered using a Request class but that will rather make simple to complex. That is why I did not consider creating one for my framework. class ...
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I've spent a month without washing, shaving or leaving my office [closed]

Can you please look over http://www.interimspaces.co.uk and tell me what you think. specifically - problems and feedback. THank you
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How is this for an API structure

I have just written an API framework which I am hoping to implement into one of my large sites very soon. However, before I do so, I want to be sure that the script is well written and there are no ...
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PHP: Random imgur image loader

Just a little thing I made to load 20 random images from imgur. I looked at the way that imgur references images on its site, and I felt like I could probably generate a random string of letters and ...
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improvements to this php function to calculate monthly returns from a set of price data

I have made this function that should take a set of price data and calculate a set of monthly returns. The idea is that is should be able to cope with irregular time intervals. For example I have ...
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Improvement of my php code

I wrote a class with this function. Can I improve my code performance in the bottom of the function? I don't like the while loops! public function loadFields(array $fields, $as_object = ...
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ZF2 Model Mapper

In the ZF2 model mapper, mappings are quite often duplicated in the original mapping class & other mapping classes. I am using a static mapping methods (mapToInternal, mapToExternal) to remove ...
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Can I do something better in that code? And improvements?

Hi guys, simple question! Can I do something better with the code I wrote. It's running problem less. It's just a snippet of a library I wrote. Thank you for all answers! <?php /* * ...
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CakePHP Ticket Component

I have the following code that allows easy creation, pulling, and deletion of Tickets in a CakePHP application. App::uses('Component', 'Controller'); App::uses('Ticket', 'Model'); ...
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How can this layered PHP architecture be improved?

This is my first "large scale" system I've designed for myself. Since I'm more of a front end developer than backend developer, I'm not sure if my architecture is sound. I've created a Factory class ...
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Something wrong with this code? [closed]

Hey been at this for a day can't fix the problem. This function updates user info in the db [MySQL] it keeps throwing the exception Couldn't update user <?php function update_user($user_id, ...
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PHP PDO mysql multiple queries mak

I ran into a problem, I'm using MyIsam tables in mysql database, using PDO to connect. In all my tests (calling for 1 user everything works fine), now having around 300 users connected at the same ...
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Best way to structure PHP AJAX handlers?

I'm just getting started with AJAX and am unsure of the best way to structure a PHP AJAX handler. I created a PHP file, ajax_handler.php, and the way I have it structured now is just a bunch of ...
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Review of template parsing function

I am using preg_replace_callback(), and I am concerned that I might have some sort of security risk. I am hoping to get a review of the below substitute() function. The purpose of the function is to ...
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Object Oriented PHP - mysql database manipulation [closed]

Been working with this code but it won't run. Please help me find the problem with this. THis is my class : <?php class mysqlcon { private $connection; private $database; public $query; ...
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Array inside array (comment system with 2 levels)

I have a comment system on 2 levels (like Blizzard http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/7935264/#c-7257875753), it's working fine but my code is a bit dirty : // $datacoms array from mysql_query ...
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Please tell me if it is a good controller or not. Would really appreciate

<?php session_start(); include_once("model/Model.php"); class Controller { public $model; public function __construct() { $this->model = new Model(); } public ...
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I made a PHP contact form that goes to multiple addresses based on drop down selection, how do I determine if my code is safe?

I followed a tutorial to create a PHP contact form that sends to multiple emails depending on drop down field selection. I have included the PHP below. Is it protected from spam/other dangers? Or is ...
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I need someone to check this out to improve it

Takes a name, 2 images and a birthday for an artist, uploads images and insert info into MySQL, I seem to be missing something and I'm looking to see if i'm following best practice. <?php ...
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My login with AJAX and PHP

In your opinion, do I need to do all these validations. I thought to do well and stay safe but I seriously raises the question if it isn't slower. jQuery code $(document).ready(function () { ...
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Code Reiview for an PHP PDO Queries? is there a better way to do it?

so this is my code for a equipping an item in my game dev't: try { $db = getConnection(); $db->beginTransaction(); $sql_chara_gold = $db->query("SELECT chara_gold ...
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Using AJAX to look up MySQL value using two dropdown inputs

I have a list of cities, and a set of "travel time" between any given two cities. The "travel time" is fixed and not necessarily dependent on absolute distance between the two cities, and it currently ...
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Critique my wordpress PHP code

PHP/programming noob here. I'd appreciate a critique on my code (wordpress) and how I could make it more efficient (rather than repeating the if statements. What I'm basically doing is getting the ...
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Practical advise for CMS

I'm working on a CMS system. The basis is pretty much done but before going any further I would like to know if there are things I really should change in the way I code things. I am pretty sure ...
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Learning PHP, wanting observations on some code re glitches / gotchas / better practices etc

G'day I'm in the process of cross-training myself from CFML to PHP as part of a learning exercise. I'm learning from the docs and online tutorials and googling. As I'm working by myself I have no ...
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How I can call restful web services efficiently

My code is as follow I need to use this code to fetch data from web service and show them in a site properly but after I request for the webservice I am unable to load them fast. Site is loading very ...
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Where should I define my entities?

I am working on my own PHP MVCframework. Now I want to know where to get and specify my entities. An example, should I do this: class User_Model extends Model { private $name; public getName() {} ...
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My perfect shopping cart class

Here is my shopping cart class! I want it to be perfect and never to have to implement it. What improvements would you do? New : IComparable interface IComparable { public function ...
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Best practices in PHP

I've posted here before and got pretty helpful reviews. So, how does my code look now. To keep it really helpful, I just copied this from the middle of one of my projects. Review please? <?php ...
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JavaScript object to JSON

Since I didn't find a way to properly transform JavaScript object to JSON with PHP, I wrote a snippet. Lets assume the following excerpt from Google Fonts JavaScript API: WebFontConfig = { ...
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How to create a simple stateless cache class in PHP

i need to create a cache class to avoid making the same calculations more than needed. My idea was something really basic like class transient_cache { static private $cache = array(); static ...
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Have I missed some obvious XSS vulnerabilities?

As the question states: have I missed some obvious security vulnerabilities in this code? Particularly interested in XSS... I'm trying to create something more robust that strip_tags, but simpler ...
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Delos MVC PHP Framework

I've been working in PHP since almost three years ago. In this time I built a framework as base for my projects. I want it to be improved, and which other best option there are that use ...
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Improve nested IF structure

Alright guys, Basically i'm putting together a little application and it requires about 6 if statements to verify actions, here's the current code i'm using. if($player[0]['value'] == ...
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What is the best way to get the child class name for use in a parent class

I am currently trying to implement a very simple MVC framework as a way of helping me understand how they work. My base controller class has 2 properties, a model and a view. All controllers have a ...
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Assign value of nested array as array key

I have a multi dimensional array like this: [0] => ['batch_id'] => '1' ['some_stuff'] => 'values' [0] => ['unit_id'] => '12' ['some_stuff'] => 'values' ...
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Wordpress php Contact Form - Security flaws

I have the following contact form included with my wordpress theme as a template. Now a user on Stackoverflow pointed out that this form has some serious security vulnerabilities. Could someone ...

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