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I use the Smarty template engine to create a message for each record in an array. The code sets a template message in the variable $template, which contains placeholders (e.g. {$user_id}) that will be replaced by actual values.
The actual values are stored in an array $variables, where each key of the array corresponds to a placeholder in the template. For example, 'user_id' => $array['USERID'] means that the placeholder {$user_id} in the template will be replaced by the value of $array['USERID'].
The code then creates an instance of the Smarty class and uses a foreach loop to iterate through the $variables array. For each iteration, it checks if the current key of the array exists as a placeholder in the template, and if so, it assigns the corresponding value to that key in the Smarty instance.
Finally, the code calls the fetch method of the Smarty instance with the template message passed as a string, which generates the final message and stores it in the $output variable.
All works ok regarding the process until i need to generate the template. I get a 500 error. When getting the values assigned to smarty, everything is fine though. What can cause this error?
foreach ($record as $array){
$template="<p>this is the template<br />
dear {$user_id}<br />
I hope you are well, {$first_name}, congrats you were previously {$current_level} and you are now becoming {$adjusted_level}.<br />
Therefore you are {$variation} !<br />
Best regards<br />
The management</p>";
$variables = array(
'id' => $array['id'],
'user_id' => $array['USERID'],
'first_name' => $array['FIRST_NAME'],
'current_level' => $array['Current_Level'],
'adjusted_level' => $array['Adjusted_Level'],
'current_weight' => $array['Current_weight'],
'adjusted_weight' => $array['Adjusted_weight'],
'variation' => $array['Variation']
);
$smarty = new Smarty();
foreach ($variables as $key => $value) {
if (strpos($template, '{$' . $key . '}') !== false) {
$smarty->assign($key, $value);}
}
$output = $smarty->fetch('string:'.$template);
}
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I haven't been able to find anything specific to this issue. In my class I need to take an associative array and put it's values in class variables. Any sub-arrays need to be converted to objects. The conversion to objects is happening in the following code:
foreach ($value as $key2 => $value2) {
$object = new $object_str($value2);
$this->$key[$object->getId()] = $object;
}
$value comes from an outer foreach loop.
$object_str contains the name of the object that has to be created,
like this: MartKuper\OnePageCRM\Contacts\ContactsUrl
The input array could look like this:
[
'url' => [
'type' => 'website',
'value' => 'google.com'
]
]
It should create a ContactsUrl object and add it to the $url class variable (which also is an array) based on the class' internal random id (uniqid()). Because I don't know how many 'url' entries the input array will have, this all needs to happen dynamically. Hence the
$this->$key[$object->getId()]
The error occurs on the index of the $key (url) array. It seems that it doesn't like to take a string as an index. I've tried putting hardcoded strings in
$this->$key['test]
that doesn't work either. When I put an integer in
$this->$key[1]
it does work. Converting the string to an integer is not an option. It will break a parser class that is used by many other classes.
I've solved the issue by doing the following:
$this->{$key}[$object->getId()] = $object;
What was happening was that it tried to take the index of the $key variable itself ($key[$object->getId()]) but since $key isn't an array, it failed. It needed to take the index of the class variable that $key represents instead.
I am working with an array of tokens for an HTML template. Two of them ('{SYS_MENU}' and '{SUB_MENU}') are used to generate control buttons for the web application. Right now the buttons show up on the login page before the user's credential's are validated, and I need to change the code so that the buttons are hidden until after users login and reach the main menu. When someone types the http: address into their browser and arrives at the login page the system starts a session for them in the MySQL sessions table with USER_ID = 0. After they login the USER_ID changes to whatever number was assigned to them at initial registration (Example: USER_ID = 54), and after they logout at the end of the session back to 0. Tying this constant to the buttons seems like the best solution and I have found it to work in the past under similar circumstances.
Here is the original array:
$template_vars = array(
'{LANG_DIR}' => $lang_text_dir,
'{TITLE}' => theme_page_title($section),
'{CHARSET}' => $charset,
'{META}' => $meta,
'{GAL_NAME}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'],
'{GAL_DESCRIPTION}' => $CONFIG['gallery_description'],
'{SYS_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sys_menu'),
'{SUB_MENU}' => theme_main_menu('sub_menu'),
'{ADMIN_MENU}' => theme_admin_mode_menu(),
'{CUSTOM_HEADER}' => $custom_header,
'{JAVASCRIPT}' => theme_javascript_head(),
'{MESSAGE_BLOCK}' => theme_display_message_block(),
);
The first thing I did was to work with the references directly in the HTML template. I saw an example on w3schools that made it look like you could just type a PHP script into HTML and have it resolve. That didn't do anything except echo a bunch of text randomly into the page. I then found another citation that said you had to activate the PHP with an .HTACCESS entry before it would work directly in HTML. But that didn't close the deal either.
I know that changing '{SYS_MENU}' and '{SUB_MENU}' values in the array to => "", produces the results that I want (I.E. make the menu buttons disappear). So my next thought was I'll create an IF statement that returns two versions of the array based on circumstances, something like:
if(USER_ID != 0)
{
return $template_vars = //FIRST VERSION OF ARRAY WITH FULL VALUES//
}
else
{
return $template_vars = //SECOND VERSION OF ARRAY WITH ONLY => ""//
}
But all that did was cause the application load to terminate at a white screen with no error feedback.
My most recent attempt came from something I read here on Stack Overflow. I know that you cannot put IF statements into an array. But the article at this link described a workaround:
If statement within an array declaration ...is that possible?
So I rewrote the array as follows:
template_vars = array(
'{LANG_DIR}' => $lang_text_dir,
'{TITLE}' => theme_page_title($section),
'{CHARSET}' => $charset,
'{META}' => $meta,
'{GAL_NAME}' => $CONFIG['gallery_name'],
'{GAL_DESCRIPTION}' => $CONFIG['gallery_description'],
'{SYS_MENU}' => ('USER_ID != 0' ? theme_main_menu('sys_menu') : ""),
'{SUB_MENU}' => ('USER_ID != 0' ? theme_main_menu('sub_menu') : ""),
'{ADMIN_MENU}' => theme_admin_mode_menu(),
'{CUSTOM_HEADER}' => $custom_header,
'{JAVASCRIPT}' => theme_javascript_head(),
'{MESSAGE_BLOCK}' => theme_display_message_block(),
);
But that seems to have no effect at all. The application doesn't crash but the buttons are static whether you are logged in or logged out.
My question is: What am I missing? I can see that this is possible. But I've been trying things for a day and a half and just seem to be dancing around the solution. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
The problem here is that you are calling return. With a global include file like this there is not context to return to so the application terminates. What you want to do is just assign the variables.
if(USER_ID != 0)
{
$template_vars = //FIRST VERSION OF ARRAY WITH FULL VALUES//
}
else
{
$template_vars = //SECOND VERSION OF ARRAY WITH ONLY => ""//
}
I'm able to query my dynamodb tables, but I only want to retrieve the actual value. I don't want the formatting output. This same question has been answered here for Java, but I'm looking for the PHP solution:
Retrieving just the item value from a dynamodb table?
Here is my getitem query:
$response = $dynamodb->getItem(array(
"TableName" => $tableName,
"ConsistentRead" => true,
"Key" => array(
"userguid" => array(Type::STRING => $userguid)
),
"AttributesToGet" => array("token")
));
print_r($response["Item"]["token"]);
Here is the output:
Array
(
[S] => 9d194513
)
All I want to get back is:
9d194513
I assumed the logical answer would be to change the last line to:
print_r($response["Item"]["token"]["S"]);
But then my code doesn't return anything at all. Obviously still learning PHP here, and any help would be appreciated.
Don't use print_r function, just either echo your variables
echo $response["Item"]["token"]["S"];
or store in a variable for later use
$res_token = $response["Item"]["token"]["S"];
You can also use the getPath convenience method built into the Model object that the SDK returns for operations.
echo $response->getPath('Item/token/S');
For more information about working with responses in the SDK, see the Response Models page in the AWS SDK for PHP User Guide.
Though it's an old question but for anyone coming to this page for seeking answer, this is how I have done it.
getItem returns a Resultobject. You can call the get() function of the SDK, which will give you an array containing the exact value.
$params = [
"TableName" => "EpgApiAccessCount",
"Key" => $this->marshalJson('
{
"ApiUserKey": "' . $apiUserkey . '"
}
')
];
$result = $this->client->getitem($params);
if (!$result instanceof ResultInterface) {
return 0;
}
$item = $this->unmarshalItem($result->get("Item"));
return $item["AccessCount"];
Of course your value and table name will be different, and you can print or do anything else with the value.
I want to save log entries to my MySQL database from Zend Framework 2. I am using Zend\Log\Logger with a Zend\Log\Writer\Db writer. By supplying the writer with an array, one can choose which columns to save what data to (e.g. timestamp into a "log_date" column) and which data to save. Here is what I am doing:
$logger = new Zend\Log\Logger();
$mapping = array(
'timestamp' => 'timestamp_column',
'priority' => 'priority_column',
'message' => 'message_column',
'extra' => 'extra_column'
);
$logger->addWriter(new Zend\Log\Writer\Db($dbAdapter, 'table_name', $mapping));
$logger->err('some message', array('some extra information'));
The problem I am facing is that the array of column names and their values contain an incorrect column name for the "extra" column. Based on the array above, it should be inserting the value "some extra information" into the "extra_column" column. The problem is that the Zend\Log\Writer\Db class is using the letter "e" as the name of the extra column. This comes from the first letter of "extra_column" in my array above. For some reason, it is taking the first letter of "extra_column" and using it as the column name instead of the entire value.
I took a look at the source code. The mapEventIntoColumn method is being used to get the column names and values as an array. I copied in the relevant part of the method below.
// Example:
// $event = array('extra' => array(0 => 'some extra information'));
// $columnMap = array('extra' => 'extra_column');
// Return: array('e' => 'some extra information')
// Expected (without looking at the code below): array('extra_column' => 'some extra information')
protected function mapEventIntoColumn(array $event, array $columnMap = null) {
$data = array();
foreach ($event as $name => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
foreach ($value as $key => $subvalue) {
if (isset($columnMap[$name][$key])) {
$data[$columnMap[$name][$key]] = $subvalue;
}
}
}
}
return $data;
}
The $event parameter is an array containing the same keys as my $mapping array in my first code snippet and the values for the log message. The $columnMap parameter is the $mapping array from my first code snippet (array values are column names).
What actually seems to happen is that because I am passing in extra information as an array (this is required), the inner foreach loop is executed. Here, $key is 0 (the index) so it is actually doing like this: $columnMap['extra'][0]. This gives the letter "e" (the first letter in "extra_column"), which is used as the column name, where it should be the entire column name instead.
I tried to supply my own key in the extra array when calling the log method, but the same happens. The official documentation shows no examples of usage of the extra parameter. I want to insert information that can help me debug errors into my table, so I would like to use it.
Is this a bug or am I missing something? It seems really strange to me! I hope I explained it well enough - it is quite tricky!
Since Daniel M has not yet posted his comment as an answer, I will refer you to his comment which solved the problem.
Attached code taken from cakephp bakery, where someone uploaded a sample about custom validation rules.
class Contact extends AppModel
{
var $name = 'Contact';
var $validate = array(
'email' => array(
'identicalFieldValues' => array(
'rule' => array('identicalFieldValues', 'confirm_email' ),
'message' => 'Please re-enter your password twice so that the values match'
)
)
);
function identicalFieldValues( $field=array(), $compare_field=null )
{
foreach( $field as $key => $value ){
$v1 = $value;
$v2 = $this->data[$this->name][ $compare_field ];
if($v1 !== $v2) {
return FALSE;
} else {
continue;
}
}
return TRUE;
}
}
In the code, the guy used a foreach to access an array member which he had its name already!
As far as I understand - it's a waste of resources and a bad(even strange) practice.
One more thing about the code:
I don't understand the usage of the continue there. it's a single field array, isn't it? the comparison should happen once and the loop will be over.
Please enlighten me.
In the code, the guy used a foreach to access an array member which he had its name already! As far as I understand - it's a waste of resources and a bad(even strange) practice.
The first parameter is always an array on one key and its value, the second parameter comes from the call to that function, in a block named as the key... So, all you need is to send the key and no need to iterate
The code uses foreach to iterate through $field, which is an array of one key value pair. It all starts when the validation routine invokes identicalFieldValues, passing it two values - $field, which would be an array that looks like:
array (
[email] => 'user entered value 1'
)
The second parameter $compare_field would be set to the string confirm_email.
In this particular case, it doesn't look like it makes a lot of sense to use foreach since your array only has one key-value pair. But you must write code this way because CakePHP will pass an array to the method.
I believe the reason why CakePHP does this is because an array is the only way to pass both the field name and its value. While in this case the field name (email) is irrelevant, you might need in other cases.
What you are seeing here is one of the caveats of using frameworks. Most of the time, they simplify your code. But sometimes you have to write code that you wouldn't write normally just so the framework is happy.
One more thing about the code: I don't understand the usage of the continue there. it's a single field array, isn't it? the comparison should happen once and the loop will be over. Please enlighten me.
Indeed. And since there are no statements in the foreach loop following continue, the whole else block could also be omitted.
A simplified version of this would be:
function identicalFieldValues($field=array(), $compare_field=null)
{
foreach ($field as $field) {
$compare = $this->data[$this->name][$compare_field];
if ($field !== $compare) {
return FALSE;
}
}
return TRUE;
}
And I agree with you, the loop only goes through one iteration when validating the email field. regardless of the field. You still need the foreach because you are getting an array though.