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Getting The Key Of An Array

Fri, 07 May 2010 18:06:58 +0100

Having a bit of trouble, I'm making a class for a simple server testing script but i can't get my array key to echo out propperly.

First, the code:

The class:

CODE

<?php
class ServerStatus{
    function servercheck($server,$port){
        //Check that the port value is not empty
        if(empty($port)){
            $port=80;
        }
        //Check that the server value is not empty
        if(empty($server)){
            $server='localhost';
        }
        //Connection
        $fp=@fsockopen($server, $port, $errno, $errstr, 1);
            //Check if connection is present
            if($fp){
                //Return Alive
                return 1;
            } else{
                //Return Dead
                return 0;
            }
        //Close Connection
        fclose($fp);
    }

    function doChecks(){
        $serviceStatus = array();
        $services = array(
            'HTTP (Port 80)' => array('localhost' => 80),
            'HTTPS (Port 443)' => array('localhost' => 443),
            'FTP (Port 21)' => array('localhost' => 21),
            'MySQL (Port 3306)' => array('localhost' => 3306),
            'SMTP (Port 25)' => array('localhost' =>  25),
            'POP3 (Port 110)' => array('localhost' =>  110),
            'OFFLINE TEST' => array('http://www.nonexistent.com' => 80)
        );
        foreach($services as $name => $server){
            foreach($server as $host => $port){
                $currentService = key($services);
                if($this->servercheck($host,$port)){
                    $serviceStatus[] = array($currentService => 'online');
                }else{
                    $serviceStatus[] = array($currentService => 'offline');
                }
            }
        }
        return $serviceStatus;
    }

    function getServiceStatus(){
        $serviceStatus = $this->doChecks();
        foreach($serviceStatus as $statusArray){
            foreach($statusArray as $service => $status){
                echo $service . ' - ' . $status . '<br />';
            }
        }
    }
}
?>

How it's called:

CODE

    $ServerStatus = new ServerStatus;

    $ServerStatus->getServiceStatus();

Now, the script does it's job apart from echoing out the names of the sites being tested, this is what happens:

HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - offline

And it should be:

HTTP (Port 80) - online
HTTPS (Port 443) - online
FTP (Port 21) - online
MySQL (Port 3306) - online
SMTP (Port 25) - online
POP3 (Port 110) - online
OFFLINE TEST - offline

I'm guessing I've got the key() function put in place wrong?

Any help please? Thanks.

Php - Including File Names Via Get

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:52:08 +0100

Is it bad practice to do this? Seen a few people around the net saying it is bad practice to do so. For example, I was going to change the way i "template" my sites.

Before, I had functions (createHeader and createFooter) that simply put together the header and footer together with variables passed to createHeader for anything needed in the of specific pages (title, extra scripts, stylesheets etc).

I was going to do something like this:

CODE

<html>
<head><title></title></head>
          <?php
        $page = $_GET['page'];
        if(!empty($page)){
            $allowedPages = array("page1", "page2", "page3");
            if(in_array($page, $allowedPages)){
                include("pages/" . $_GET['page'] . ".php");
            }else{
                echo "
                    <h1>Error</h1>
                    <p>The page you have requested does not exist, please go back and select another page</p>
                ";
            }
        }else{
            include('pages/main.php');
        }
         ?>
</html>

I got the idea when i was reading on Themeforest but a few say its all bad practice, if it is, why? What are the best ways of "templating" sites?

Happy Birthday

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:52:44 +0100

Mr P!

How many is that then? You must have overtaken me by now

Registering Domains On Other Peoples Behalf

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:32:05 +0100

What is the best way of registering domains for people?

I have a reseller account for any websites I do for people but the bit I am unsure about is the domains. I can point them to the section on the server which is created for them but it is getting the domain to start with. Is there a registrar i can set up an account with and register the domains for said person with their address etc so they still own it but i can edit the nameservers etc or is it a case of getting the person to buy it themselves and asking them to change their nameservers?

The reason i don't want to register them the usual way is that my details will be associated with the domain and i basically own it.

Thanks for any advice.

Positioning Elements In Ie

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:27:35 +0000

Hi guys, me as usual.

I'm having a bit of trouble with IE as usual.

I've started learning Jquery and it has thrown me way out of my CSS comfort zone.

My problem is, I've made a drop down menu and it's perfect in Firefox (as usual) but in IE the drop down is off to the right about 60px. I'm not sure on how to position it because i've always positioned things using margin's but since it is positioned:absolute the only way i know how to move it is via right:10px/left:10px but the issue there is that the element will be positioned differently if a browser is resized etc.

Here is my code just incase it is something i've done wrong:

HTML:

CODE

<div id="header">
            <div id="header-links">
                <ul class="menu">
                    <li><a href="#"><img src="style/images/home-button.png" /></a></li>
                    <li id="hover">
                        <a href="#"><img src="style/images/services-button.png" /></a>

                        <ul class="submenu">
                            <li><a href="#">4 Page Package</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">10 Page Package</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">Make Your Own</a></li>
                            <li><a href="#">The Process</a></li>
                        </ul>
                  </li>

                    <li><a href="#"><img src="style/images/portfolio-button.png" /></a></li>
                    <li><a href="#"><img src="style/images/contact-button.png" /></a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>
            <div class="clearer">
            </div>
        </div>

CSS:

CODE

#header-links ul{
list-style:        none;
margin:            0;
padding:        0;
}

ul.menu li{
float:            left;
padding:        0 10px 0 10px;
}

#header-links img{
border:            none;
}

ul.menu li ul.submenu{
background:        #e7e5e5;
position:        absolute;
width:            175px;
top:             83px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft:        10px;
-moz-border-radius-bottomright:     10px;
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:     5px;
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
display:        none;
}

ul.menu li ul.submenu li{
width:            auto;
float:            left;
padding:        5px 0 5px 0;
border-top:     1px solid #d1d1d1;
border-bottom:     1px solid #f2f2f2;
width:            175px;
}

ul.menu li ul.submenu li a{
text-decoration:none;
color:            #535252;
font-weight:    bold;
padding:        5px 40px 7px 20px;
}

ul.menu li:hover ul.submenu{
display:        block;
}

JQUERY:

CODE

$(document).ready(function(){

    $('.menu li ul').css({
        display: 'none'
    });

    $('.menu li#hover').hoverIntent(function(){
        $(this).find('ul')
        .stop('true', 'true')
        .slideDown();
    }, function(){
        $(this).find('ul')
            .stop('true', 'true')
            .slideUp();
    });
});

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Html Text As An Image

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:27:53 +0000

Can this be done? I'm sure I've seen it on a website but can't remember which one.

The text in the header started off as normal (quite blocky), then it seemed to generate into an image on the fly and the text went nice a smooth (I was in Firefox).

Where Is Everyone?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:13:05 +0000

How is everybody doing? Doesn't look like there has been a post on here since December.

Stopping Floating Elements Jumping Out Of Their Container

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:09:54 +0000

Hi guys, long time no see!

Anyway, i am trying to make a sort of 3 column layout.

Inside my content container there is 2 images displayed vertically, then some text to the right of them, then another set of text to the right of that but i can't get any of these to stay within the background they are supposed to be in. If i float them they jump out of all div's and do their own thing. Maybe it's because I'm rusty or because I've got a cold but i cant for the life of me work it out, I'm sure it's something I've been stupid to forget as usual.

Thanks.

Merry Christmas

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:03:18 +0000

Hope you all have a really good day!

Wordpress

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:22:04 +0000

Hello

I'm trying to pull the categoriesand archives into the content of a page I've created in wordpress but if I use the same code from the sidebar nothing displays, is there a way of getting them to display within the content of the page. ??

Also, on the home page it display's the latest posts added, is there a way of excluding posts from 1 category ??

Thanks