Easy tutorials for PHP developers

timestamp from javascript date

2009-11-10T03:30:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, here's simple extension for javascript Date object. It returns timestamp in seconds in local time. Locale is taken from users browser.

Date.prototype.getTimestamp = function () 
{
        var date = this;
        var timestamp = Math.round(date.getTime()/1000);
        timestamp = timestamp - (date.getTimezoneOffset () * 60); 
    
        return timestamp;
}

usage is simple:

var new_Date = Date();
alert(date.getTimestamp());

Foreach equivalent in javascript

2009-06-25T01:41:00.000-07:00

foreach function in PHP is very nice and easy to use. I was searching for equivalent in javascritp and there are two possibilities.

1. without jquery:


var new_array = new Array();
new_array[0] = 'foo';
new_array[1] = 'bar';

for (var key in new_array)
{
    alert(new_array[key]);
}

2. using jquery


var new_array = new Array();
new_array[0] = 'foo';
new_array[1] = 'bar';

$.each(new_array, function(key, value)
    {
        alert(key + '=>' + value);
    });

if you now another option using some other framework, please add it to discussion, thanks

Debuging php using vertrigo server and xdebug in eclipse

2008-10-21T13:35:00.000-07:00

How to debug php scripts? Answer is easy. Here are few steps, how I have set it.

platform : windows

used software:

vertrigo server - apache and mysql (http://vertrigo.sourceforge.net/)
eclipse PDT - php IDE (http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/downloads/)
xdebug dll library (http://xdebug.org/)

Few easy steps, how to set it

download, install and run vertrigo server
download eclipse PDT
download "php_xdebug-2.0.3-5.2.5.dll" to
"C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Php\ext\php_xdebug-2.0.3-5.2.5.dll"
do NOT enable xdebug via vertrigo>settings>extensions settings
edit "php.ini" saved in "C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Php\" (right click on vertrigo tray icon > config files > php.ini)

add at the end these lines :

[xdebug]
zend_extension_ts ="C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Php\ext\php_xdebug-2.0.3-5.2.5.dll"
xdebug.remote_autostart=on
xdebug.remote_enable=on
xdebug.remote_host=127.0.0.1
xdebug.remote_port=9000
xdebug.remote_handler=dbgp
xdebug.remote_mode=req
xdebug.idekey=ECLIPSE_XDEBUG

you need to turn off Zend optimizer (coment following lines):

[Zend]
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension_ts="C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Zend\ZendExtensionManager.dll"
zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts="C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Zend\Optimizer-3.3.0"

like this:

[Zend]
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
;zend_extension_ts="C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Zend\ZendExtensionManager.dll"
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts="C:\Program Files\VertrigoServ\Zend\Optimizer-3.3.0"
find line "memory_limit = 8M" in "php.ini"
change it to "memory_limit = 12M"
restart vertrigo (right click on tray icon > server > restart)
set up eclipse as written here :http://devzone.zend.com/article/2930-Debugging-PHP-applications-with-xdebug