April 2008 - Development - lists.drupal.org

Must read - safe string theory for the web
by Heine Deelstra 04 Apr '08

04 Apr '08

Folks, In case you did not follow Planet for the last few days, or didn't notice it in the Mollom static, here's an absolute MUST READ for any dev worth his or her salt, by Steven Wittens: http://acko.net/blog/safe-string-theory-for-the-web Regards, Heine

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Add node without node/add
by Sean Wingert 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Is there a (programmatic?) way to add a node *without* using node/add/something and still gain access to hook_validate(), hook_insert(), hook_update(), and hook_delete()? I'm trying something like this but hook_validate does not seem to fire... function property_menu($may_cache) { $items=array(); // Do not cache this menu item during the development of this module. if (!$may_cache) { $items[] = array( 'title' => t('Review'), 'path' => 'property/create', 'access' => user_access('create property'), 'type' => MENU_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => 1, ); } return ($items) } function property_validate($form_id, $form_values) { //validate property number if (!preg_match('/^\d{1,4}$/',$form_values['pnum'])) { //watchdog('security',t('Bad property number entered'), WATCHDOG_WARNING); form_set_error('pnum',t('The property number does not appear to be valid. It should be 3 numbers long.')); } } Thanks! Sean

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Why does Drupal require so much memory?
by Graeme McKibbin 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hi, I'm getting the following error on a site, "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 20971520 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 1077617 bytes) in...sites/all/modules/views-5.x-1.6/ views_cache.inc on line 146" The site basically has a content type with many computed and other fields, but no images or large files etc. So I'm wondering why it requires so much memory. I presume it's something to do with caching? I'd asked the host to increase the max packets allowed and they made it 20M, but that still doesn't work. So I've requested it to be increased to 32M. But I'm concerned that in the future, I'll run into the same problem. Is there another a way to fix this? Kind Regards, Graeme McKibbin ------------------------------------- Software & Web Developer -------------------------------------

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Drupal on OSX, anyone?
by Gary Broyhill 03 Apr '08

03 Apr '08

Hi, I fairly new to this group, and have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts so far. To learn Drupal, I have succesfully set up Drupal 5.7 on a Mac OSX Leopard server, which came preconfigured with Apache/PHP. I had the server on hand so it seemed a cheap way to get started :). Has anyone else tried using Drupal on OSX? Would be interested in comparing notes. I'm not sure if OSX would be a good production server for the long haul, and I wonder if should just ditch it and go to a standard LAMP set up. Any input on this would be appreciated! Thanks Gary Broyhill Webmaster Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC www.lrc.edu

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Re: [development] Drupal on OSX, anyone?
by me . 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, setting up mysql and php is an easy task in osx...i can guide you through the steps...my gtalk id is dharanpdeepak. Deepak -- The devotion to our work is the key to success ----- Original Message ---- From: Mark Shropshire <mdshrops(a)shropnet.com> To: development(a)drupal.org Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 1:02:42 Subject: Re: [development] Drupal on OSX, anyone? oh.. sorry for forgetting.. We are currently using MAMP for local dev. Thanks! Mark On Apr 2, 2008, at 11:36 AM, Gary Broyhill wrote: Hi, I fairly new to this group, and have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts so far. To learn Drupal, I have succesfully set up Drupal 5.7 on a Mac OSX Leopard server, which came preconfigured with Apache/PHP. I had the server on hand so it seemed a cheap way to get started :). Has anyone else tried using Drupal on OSX? Would be interested in comparing notes. I'm not sure if OSX would be a good production server for the long haul, and I wonder if should just ditch it and go to a standard LAMP set up. Any input on this would be appreciated! Thanks Gary Broyhill Webmaster Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC www.lrc.edu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Setting menu trails by path - hook question
by Domas Monkus 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Hi, I am trying to write a module that would set the active menu trail depending on the path. E.g. if the current path is /a/b/c and there is no menu item with the path /a/b/c, then the menu item with the path /a/b (and its parents) will be set as active. The only problem so far is that the code does not work if I put it in hook_menu(!$may_cache). I've tried setting the weight of the module to a higher value, but to no result. This is the sample code I am trying out: function pathtrails_menu($may_cache) { if (!$may_cache) { $location = array(); $location[] = menu_get_item(46); $location[] = array('path' => drupal_get_normal_path($_GET['q']), 'title' => drupal_get_title()); menu_set_location($location); } } The same code works just fine if I put it into another module's page callback function. I guess, I could put the code into hook_nodeapi (just like menu trails module does), but I want this to work for all pages, not just nodes. Should I be using a different hook? Am I missing something else? Maybe there already is a solution to this problem? Thanks in advance, Domas

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Re: [development] 来自lxdff@sina.com的自动回复
by Ezra B. Gildesgame 02 Apr '08

02 Apr '08

Could xdff(a)sina.com be blocked from the development list? That sender has individually replied to me with the same messages that had been sent en-masse to the CVS applications list. Thanks! Ezra Gildesgame On Apr 1, 2008, at 12:31 PM, <lxdff(a)sina.com> wrote: > 已经收到您发来的邮件，我会尽快给你回复！ >

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Summer of Code status update (and please review apps ; ))
by Angela Byron 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I'll try to keep it brief. Here's the short version: Hey, you! Yes, you. Go to http://groups.drupal.org/soc-2008. Review apps. Please. Thanks! :D And now, the long version. ;) - As of this moment, 55 Summer of Code applications have been submitted for Drupal. Woohoo! - Google has extended students' application deadline until April 7 (Monday), which gives them an extra week to apply. - This means if you have an interesting idea for a student to work on that didn't make the deadline before, you still have a couple days to write it up and try and entice a student to work on it. - If you have a spare 5 minutes in your day the *best way to help* this week is to provide feedback on a student's project idea at http://groups.drupal.org/soc-2008. After commenting on anything in your specific realm of expertise, aim for the apps with the lowest number of comments first. - Also, idling in #drupal and keeping an eye out for student questions is an extra bonus. - Next week is when application ranking is going to commence; dmitri and some other Drupal folks are working on a Drupal app to help with this, both for our own use and for other mentoring organizations. I'm not exactly sure the current status of that, but ping dmitri if you'd like to help. - I am going to be more or less *completely afk* from Thursday, April 3 until Monday, April 14 while the 'bots are doing training in Australia, so I won't be able to help with any of the administrative stuff. :\ Please don't e-mail me cos I likely won't have the chance to respond. :( - If you wish to be a SoC mentor and for some reason you're not yet signed up @ http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_home.html and http://groups.drupal.org/soc-2008-mentors, chx, dmitri, cwgordon, and jbrauer all have admin access. - If you have any SoC-related questions, best bet is to ask in #drupal; there are about 100 people in there who've participated in SoC before at some level and know the score. I think that's everything. :) -Angie

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OT: Free unmanaged VPS to any open source project
by Riccardo Fertino 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

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