include path settings , without access to php.ini

If you are hosting on a Linux server you may (Depending on your host) be able to use .htaccess this file must be in the root of the web directory.The format is along the lines of (For PHP4 Module):-php_value include_path .:/path/that/you/want/to/usephp_value magic_quotes_gpc "off"php_value track_errors "on"

Pear Package PHP Description

What is PEAR?
how install the PEAR?
Quoted from PEAR's homepage at http://pear.php.net/"PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components."So what can PEAR be used for?In short it's will be a full framework for building php applications, meaning there will be classes for most purposes you can use instead of writing your own code. If you are a current/former perl programmer PEAR has simalaraties to perl's CPAN framework. For more information about PEAR and how you get started look at the following articles:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2001/05/24/pear.html
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2001/07/19/pear.html
The official PEAR homepage is found here

how to convert PHP array in to PHP object ?

$a = $array("a"=> 1, "b"=> 2);

now type cast array in to object...


$arrayObj = (object)$a;

now u able to use like object and method.....


echo $arrayObj->a; // output 1
echo $arrayObj->b;// output 2

but only work with key as a string.....not work with indexed array.

How to get current date..in PHP..?????

just simple

use a inbuilt PHP date() function and pass the time() function as a parameter....


like...

echo date("y/m/d",time());

first parameter is date format.

and second is PHP inbuilt time() function.

List of Output Control Functions in PHP 5

o flush — Flush the output buffer
o ob_clean — Clean (erase) the output buffer
o ob_end_clean — Clean (erase) the output buffer and turn off output buffering
o ob_end_flush — Flush (send) the output buffer and turn off output buffering
o ob_flush — Flush (send) the output buffer
o ob_get_clean — Get current buffer contents and delete current output buffer
o ob_get_contents — Return the contents of the output buffer
o ob_get_flush — Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off output

buffering
o ob_get_length — Return the length of the output buffer
o ob_get_level — Return the nesting level of the output buffering mechanism
o ob_get_status — Get status of output buffers
o ob_gzhandler — ob_start callback function to gzip output buffer
o ob_implicit_flush — Turn implicit flush on/off
o ob_list_handlers — List all output handlers in use
o ob_start — Turn on output buffering
o output_add_rewrite_var — Add URL rewriter values
o output_reset_rewrite_vars — Reset URL rewriter values

List of Predefined variables in PHP 5 and PHP 4

PHP5 and PHP4 provides a large number of predefined variables to all scripts.


* Superglobals — Superglobals are built-in variables that are always available in all scopes
* $GLOBALS — References all variables available in global scope
* $_SERVER — Server and execution environment information
* $_GET — HTTP GET variables
* $_POST — HTTP POST variables
* $_FILES — HTTP File Upload variables
* $_REQUEST — HTTP Request variables
* $_SESSION — Session variables
* $_ENV — Environment variables
* $_COOKIE — HTTP Cookies
* $php_errormsg — The previous error message
* $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA — Raw POST data
* $http_response_header — HTTP response headers
* $argc — The number of arguments passed to script
* $argv — Array of arguments passed to script

PHP5 Encapsulation Surprises to you ..........

In PHP5, unlike Java or C++, $this has to be explicitly used to refer to variables within a

class.

The value of $this is determined by the context in which it is called. In certain situations

$this may actually refer to the invoking class rather then the current class. This breaks object

encapsulation.

$this pseudo-variable is not defined if the method in which it is located is called statically

with an exception as noted below.

$this is defined if a method is called statically from within another object. In this case, the

value of $this is that of the calling object.

The following example from PHP manual will clarify this:

foo();
A::foo();
$b = new B();
$b->bar();
B::bar();
?>

Output:

$this is defined (a)
$this is not defined.
$this is defined (b)
$this is not defined.