Comments for lalit.org http://www.lalit.org greater than 0, less than 1 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Array2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA) by Lalit http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/#comment-13447 Lalit Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:10:26 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=513#comment-13447 Hi Tim, thanks for reporting this issue. I will try to fix it over the weekend and post and update on this post. Hi Tim, thanks for reporting this issue.
I will try to fix it over the weekend and post and update on this post.

]]> Comment on Array2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA) by Tim Lee http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/#comment-13413 Tim Lee Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:48:35 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=513#comment-13413 Thank you very much for this class, it has helped me greatly. I did have one issue with the cdata processing though (it doesn't seem to process cdata when it's in a node that has the same name as the surrounding nodes), would you be able to assist me with this? The array I give it is this: <pre lang="php"> $input = array( "show" => array( array( "dog" => "Brian", "kid" => array( "Chris", "Meg", "@cdata" => "<em>Stewie</em>" ), "@attributes" => array("name" => "Family Guy") ), array( "empty" => array(), "foo" => array( "@attributes" => array( "empty" => "" ) ), "zero" => "0", "@attributes" => array( "name" => "Edge Cases", "zero" => "0", "empty" => "" ) ) ), ); </pre> With a node name of "tv", I get the following XML: <pre lang="xml"> ... <dog>Brian</dog> <kid>Chris <kid>Meg <kid><em>Stewie</em></kid> ... </pre> Is this format of cdata something that could be accommodated? Thanks, Tim Lee Thank you very much for this class, it has helped me greatly. I did have one issue with the cdata processing though (it doesn’t seem to process cdata when it’s in a node that has the same name as the surrounding nodes), would you be able to assist me with this?

The array I give it is this:

$input = array(
            "show" => array(
                array(
                    "dog" => "Brian",
                    "kid" => array(
                        "Chris",
                        "Meg",
                        "@cdata" => "<em>Stewie</em>"
                    ),
                    "@attributes" => array("name" => "Family Guy")
                ),
                array(
                    "empty" => array(),
                    "foo" => array(
                        "@attributes" => array(
                            "empty" => ""
                        )
                    ),
                    "zero" => "0",
                    "@attributes" => array(
                        "name" => "Edge Cases",
                        "zero" => "0",
                        "empty" => ""
                    )
                )
            ),
        );

With a node name of “tv”, I get the following XML:

...
    <dog>Brian</dog>
    <kid>Chris
    <kid>Meg
    <kid>&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Stewie&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;</kid>
...

Is this format of cdata something that could be accommodated?

Thanks,
Tim Lee

]]> Comment on MySQL Union is column name and data-type agnostic by Lalit http://www.lalit.org/lab/mysql-union-is-column-name-and-data-type-agnostic/#comment-12836 Lalit Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=653#comment-12836 MySQL provides the <code>AS</code> syntax to change column names, which I was using the the query where I got stuck. So I think both these features will surprise the developer although both of them makes sense if you give it a thought but you wouldn't be expecting them. MySQL provides the AS syntax to change column names, which I was using the the query where I got stuck.

So I think both these features will surprise the developer although both of them makes sense if you give it a thought but you wouldn’t be expecting them.

]]> Comment on MySQL Union is column name and data-type agnostic by Susam Pal http://www.lalit.org/lab/mysql-union-is-column-name-and-data-type-agnostic/#comment-12798 Susam Pal Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:35:04 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=653#comment-12798 Actually, ignoring column names makes more sense to me. It is possible for two different tables to use two different column names for similar data and you might want to use UNION on them. So, it becomes very necessary to ignore column names. I would say that ignoring the data type of columns could be a bit surprising at first. Actually, ignoring column names makes more sense to me. It is possible for two different tables to use two different column names for similar data and you might want to use UNION on them. So, it becomes very necessary to ignore column names.

I would say that ignoring the data type of columns could be a bit surprising at first.

]]> Comment on MySQL Union is column name and data-type agnostic by Lalit http://www.lalit.org/lab/mysql-union-is-column-name-and-data-type-agnostic/#comment-12750 Lalit Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:29:42 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=653#comment-12750 Yes, ignoring data-type and typecasting between columns makes sense and is also documented in the manual. But ignoring column names and matching columns just by order of columns is bit unexpected and more often then not will catch the developer off guard. Yes, ignoring data-type and typecasting between columns makes sense and is also documented in the manual.
But ignoring column names and matching columns just by order of columns is bit unexpected and more often then not will catch the developer off guard.

]]> Comment on MySQL Union is column name and data-type agnostic by Susam Pal http://www.lalit.org/lab/mysql-union-is-column-name-and-data-type-agnostic/#comment-12748 Susam Pal Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:13:56 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=653#comment-12748 It makes sense since we can insert a value of type SMALLINT into a column of type VARCHAR and vice versa. MySQL allows implicit conversions between various data types. Most implementations of SQL require the corresponding columns in a UNION statement to be of compatible types only. When the types are different but compatible, type conversions are carried out. It makes sense since we can insert a value of type SMALLINT into a column of type VARCHAR and vice versa. MySQL allows implicit conversions between various data types.

Most implementations of SQL require the corresponding columns in a UNION statement to be of compatible types only. When the types are different but compatible, type conversions are carried out.

]]> Comment on Array2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA) by Lalit http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/#comment-11491 Lalit Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:35:37 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=513#comment-11491 Thanks Ben for reporting. Will fix it. Thanks Ben for reporting. Will fix it.

]]> Comment on Array2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA) by majki http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/#comment-11487 majki Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:49:15 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=513#comment-11487 You saved my ass!!! You are my hero You saved my ass!!! You are my hero

]]> Comment on JavaScript/CSS Font Detector by Fonts by xtophe - Pearltrees http://www.lalit.org/lab/javascript-css-font-detect/#comment-11209 Fonts by xtophe - Pearltrees Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:16:05 +0000 http://www.orissabiz.com/?p=10#comment-11209 [...] JavaScript/CSS Font Detector › lalit.org I wrote a JavaScript code which can be used to guess if a particular font is present in a machine. This may be help of desktop-like web application developers when they want to provide different skins or fonts preferences to their users. This may also be help for blog skin designers which can provide different fonts for different users based on the list of fonts on their machine. [...] [...] JavaScript/CSS Font Detector › lalit.org I wrote a JavaScript code which can be used to guess if a particular font is present in a machine. This may be help of desktop-like web application developers when they want to provide different skins or fonts preferences to their users. This may also be help for blog skin designers which can provide different fonts for different users based on the list of fonts on their machine. [...]

]]> Comment on Array2XML: convert PHP Array to XML (with attributes and CDATA) by m0rfeusl http://www.lalit.org/lab/convert-php-array-to-xml-with-attributes/#comment-10863 m0rfeusl Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:36:31 +0000 http://www.lalit.org/?p=513#comment-10863 Great thanks for this perfect solution! You are master ;) Great thanks for this perfect solution! You are master ;)

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