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Would like some thoughts about this autoloader for namespaces. Its loosely based on Zend Framework 2 using Composer. I wanted a simple loader for including my custom classes(ie DB connection, list and forms generations etc) in application modules. Autoloader works as expected so no error to debug, but looking more for improvements or gotcha's I'm not aware of. This is pseudo code, but the machinery is what's important. ./controller_script.php /* initializes Autoload with an array of namespace strings */ include 'init_autoloader.php'; /* from testspaces.php */ echo Testspaces\Autoload\Tsclass::printSomething(); // outputs This is a simple string. /* from globalspaces.php */ echo Globalspaces\Autoload\Omnipresent::imEverywhere(); //outputs This is a good hand. ./init_autoloader.php /** * initialize the autoloader for namespaces under the lib directory. * this script would be placed in each module where global classes * were required, ie DB connections, UI output(lists and forms) */ /* namespaces array, namespace file name matches first part before first backslash */ $nsarray = array( 'Globalspaces\Autoload\Omnipresent', 'Testspaces\Autoload\Tsclass', ); /* initialize the AutoloaderInit class */ $apath = __DIR__ . "/lib/autoload.php"; if (file_exists($apath)) { include $apath; $loaderObj = new AutoloaderInit($nsarray); $loaderObj->getLoader(); } else { echo "Missing autoload.php script, check file path: ".$apath."<br>"; } lib/autoload.php class AutoloaderInit { private static $loader; private static $nsnames; // indexed array of namespace strings defined in init_autoloader public function __construct($nsarray) { self::$nsnames = $nsarray; } /* * callback function called by spl_autoload_register * $class passed by reference */ public static function loadClassLoader($class) { if ($class) { $nameparts = explode('\\', $class); $filename = strtolower($nameparts[0]).".php"; require __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename; } else { throw new Exception("loadClassLoader failed to include ".$filename); } } /* * interface method called from initializer * $params array $nsnames, array of namespace strings * $return void */ public static function getLoader() { //error_log("getLoader nsnames: ".var_dump(self::$nsnames)); if (self::$nsnames) { $cnt = count(self::$nsnames); for($i=0;$i<=$cnt;$i++) { if (null !== self::$loader) return self::$loader; spl_autoload_register(array('AutoloaderInit', 'loadClassLoader'), true, true); self::$loader = $loader = new self::$nsnames[$i]; // new instance of class } // close for loop spl_autoload_unregister(array('AutoloaderInit', 'loadClassLoader')); return $loader; } else { error_log("No namespaces provided to getLoader"); } } } lib/testspace.php namespace Testspaces\Autoload; /* a class defined in namespace */ class Tsclass { static function printSomething() { echo "This is a simple string.<br>"; } } lib/globalspaces.php namespace Globalspaces\Autoload; /* another class defined in namespace */ class Omnipresent { static function imEverywhere() { echo "This is a good hand.<br>"; } }

Hello everyone.. I have a question to delete comment based from user-id itself. I use PHP SDK to delete any comment to my facebook page and it was success as long as I specify the comment-id.. Below are my codes to delete a comment from comment-id $request = new FacebookRequest( $session, 'DELETE', '/{comment-id}' ); $response = $request->execute(); $graphObject = $response->getGraphObject(); Is it possible to delete comment based on user-id itself? I know that I just need to query the graph api to get the comment-id from A but each comment have different id`s so its hard to query the comment-id everytime.. For example: A, B, and C comment to my facebook post and I want to delete the comment where the user-id is from A? So, if the api scan and found out that A is commenting to my post, it will be deleted instead deleting B and C I really appreciate for any help from you guys.. Thanks

I am using this API https://github.com/blocktrail/blocktrail-sdk-php. I am suppose to add this to top of my directory where I want to initialize the API. require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use Blocktrail\SDK\BlocktrailSDK; But the second line gives me an error. use Blocktrail\SDK\BlocktrailSDK; Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'use' (T_USE) in C:\xampp\htdocs\site\templates\header.php on line 12 Is the "use" a correct syntax for php? Why is it giving me an error?

Hello there.. I have a problem when loading comment from my database.. Here are working scripts which does not query the message/comment from database.. <?php $servername = "localhost"; $username = "root"; $password = ""; $dbname = "responder"; // Create connection $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname); // Check connection if ($conn->connect_error) { die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error); } //query the user table $sql = "SELECT * FROM user"; $result = $conn->query($sql); //get comment from array $comment = $_GET['comment'] + 1; //I want to replace below array comment with my database comment $ar = array( "Hello there.", "How are you?" ); require_once("facebook.php"); $config = array(); $config['appId'] = 'myapp'; $config['secret'] = 'mysecret'; $config['fileUpload'] = false; $fb = new Facebook($config); if ($result->num_rows > 0) { foreach ($result as $key) { $params = array( //long-live-token "access_token" => $key['offense_token'], //comment //need to replace this from database "message" => $ar[$comment], ); if($comment<10) { try { $ret = $fb->api('/my-comment-id/comments', 'POST', $params); echo 'Successfully posted to Facebook'; sleep(5); header('Location: set-comment.php?comment='.$comment); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } } else{ echo "done"."<br>"; } } } ?> Above scripts working fine without querying from my database So my issues now, how do I query and loop each comment from database? Here my comment/message table.. TQ

I am looking to do something like this. Showing multiple locations of a business on Google Maps. Living Social has it and so does Groupon. https://www.livingsocial.com/ca/cities/83-ottawa/deals/1542906-basic-training-style-boot-camp?append_ref_code=home_whats_new I know it can be done manually but since it's a user based website, how would the user(business)'s added locations correspond with the Google Maps? Can you point me in the right direction?

I've got a bit of a strange one here, Ive got posted data that seems to be reaching the server, but isn't available to the post array. I am posting data from an API to my server which is a codeigniter install. On the server I am simply collecting the posted data and dumping, so that I can see whats coming in. Here's the code in the controller to dump the posted data (simple stuff) : $data = array ( 'email' => $this->input->post('email'), 'password' => $this->input->post('password') ); var_dump($data); And when I use postman to test this, it works and I get this returned, which is what I expect, and tells me its not anything on the server that is preventing the posted data from being available: array(2) { ["email"]=> string(5) "alans" ["password"]=> string(4) "pass" } So all good! NOW When trying this from my API, the variables are empty, even though they are being posted to the server, when inspecting the the network via the browser console. I have added an image from the browser console, which clearly shows the data being posted as Form Data and the content type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded. (note: I have added the vars to the query string, headers and Form data, none of them are available from the server) SO, my question is, how is this possible. What could possibly cause the data to somehow go astray? Can you think of anything that would prevent the data being available, bearing in mind using the same variables, posting to the same URL and the same content type via postman. the data arrives? Any help with this would be very much appreciated as after about 15 hours trying everything I could think of I am at a loss. Cheers!

Hello, I have an Internet Radio station and I use Shoutcast. I have a function that allows me to grab the song and artist information such as Del Amitri - Roll To Me and show it on my website, and automatically changing when the songs change. I show the now playing, and last three songs. I'm wondering How I can get it to also pull in album artwork from Last.FM or Amazon such as this website: BIG 106.5 - Dayton's 70s & 80s Hits (move over the black bar and drop down). You will be able to see something such that I would want to accomplish. Not sure if this merely Javascript, or if there's also PHP.. but then again, I'd think Javascript for it to automatically change when a new song plays. Here is the file I currently have setup...which pulls the information from my shoutcast stream. I would love to incorporate album art from Amazon and/or an internal database that I have setup.. Here is what the file currently looks like. I also have stuff commented out for which I am not using ATTM. It pulls the song like artist - title <!--<html> <head>--> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://wlqtdb.com/wayne/pollstation.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <!--</head> <body>--> Now Playing on WLQT-DB: <!--<div id="currentsong"> </div>--> <span id="currentsong"></span> Recently Played: <!--<table> <tr><th>Recently Played Songs</th></tr> <tr><td><img id='prevsong1' alt=""><span id="prevsong1"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong2"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong3"></span></td></tr>--> <span id="prevsong1"></span> <span id="prevsong2"></span> <span id="prevsong3"></span> <!--<tr><td><span id="prevsong4"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong5"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong6"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong7"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong8"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong9"></span></td></tr> <tr><td><span id="prevsong10"></span></td></tr>--> <!-- </table> Testing: <? echo "$currentsong"; ?> </body> </html>--> Any help would be greatly appreciated. As you can see with this result, I do the Current playing song, then it does the last 3 songs. Thanks

I get funny result from my * echo $item['text']; * I do get the strings I intend to. Eg. I would like to have or sholud get the result: /Barrafina Exceptional cooking here. Such simple but amazing dishes. Highly recommend the crab croquettes, lambs kidneys, skewers and the brain. Sherries are also superb here. Matt Ta-Min/ But instead I get /Barrafina ee Exceptional cooking here. Such simple but amazing dishes. Highly recommend the crab croquettes, lambs kidneys, skewers and the brain. Sherries are also superb here. 5 5 E Eu uh h Matt Ta-Min / What did I do wrong? here is the code: If you have time and energy to look the JSON you will see from where eg.5 5 E Eu uh h.. comes. I appreciate any help. This is too strange for me. $json_results = json_decode($results,true); //var_dump($json_results); $items0 = $json_results['response']['groups']['0']['items']['0']; $items1 = $json_results['response']['groups']['0']['items']['0']['tips']; $items2 = $json_results['response']['groups']['0']['items']['0']['tips']['0']; //<div style="align:center;"> foreach ( $items0+$items1 as $item){ echo '<li>'; echo $item['name']; echo $item['text']; } foreach ( $items2 as $item){ print $item['firstName']; print '&nbsp'; print $item['lastName']; } Here is encode JSON array(2) { ["meta"]=> array(2) { ["code"]=> int(200) ["requestId"]=> string(24) "55fb1f91498e70ad2e246eed" } ["response"]=> array(10) { ["suggestedFilters"]=> array(2) { ["header"]=> string(12) "Tap to show:" ["filters"]=> array(2) { [0]=> array(2) { ["name"]=> string(13) "With specials" ["key"]=> string( "specials" } [1]=> array(2) { ["name"]=> string( "Open now" ["key"]=> string(7) "openNow" } } } ["geocode"]=> array( { ["what"]=> string(0) "" ["where"]=> string(6) "london" ["center"]=> array(2) { ["lat"]=> float(51.50853) ["lng"]=> float(-0.12574) } ["displayString"]=> string(38) "London, Greater London, United Kingdom" ["cc"]=> string(2) "GB" ["geometry"]=> array(1) { ["bounds"]=> array(2) { ["ne"]=> array(2) { ["lat"]=> float(51.691643999656) ["lng"]=> float(0.33418999705203) } ["sw"]=> array(2) { ["lat"]=> float(51.284674044171) ["lng"]=> float(-0.50855792793694) } } } ["slug"]=> string(6) "london" ["longId"]=> string(17) "72057594040571679" } ["warning"]=> array(1) { ["text"]=> string(114) "There aren't a lot of results near you. Try something more general, reset your filters, or expand the search area." } ["headerLocation"]=> string(6) "London" ["headerFullLocation"]=> string(6) "London" ["headerLocationGranularity"]=> string(4) "city" ["query"]=> string(4) "food" ["totalResults"]=> int(246) ["suggestedBounds"]=> array(2) { ["ne"]=> array(2) { ["lat"]=> float(51.510800358799) ["lng"]=> float(-0.12174369837641) } ["sw"]=> array(2) { ["lat"]=> float(51.508100699014) ["lng"]=> float(-0.13015278468604) } } ["groups"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { ["type"]=> string(18) "Recommended Places" ["name"]=> string(11) "recommended" ["items"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(4) { ["reasons"]=> array(2) { ["count"]=> int(0) ["items"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(3) { ["summary"]=> string(20) "This spot is popular" ["type"]=> string(7) "general" ["reasonName"]=> string(23) "globalInteractionReason" } } } ["venue"]=> array(17) { ["id"]=> string(24) "53bab96d498e7e355fb53d6c" ["name"]=> string(9) "Barrafina" ["contact"]=> array(6) { ["phone"]=> string(13) "+442074401456" ["formattedPhone"]=> string(16) "+44 20 7440 1456" ["twitter"]=> string(13) "barrafinaadst" ["facebook"]=> string(15) "705351912878392" ["facebookUsername"]=> string(23) "BarrafinaAdelaideStreet" ["facebookName"]=> string(25) "Barrafina Adelaide Street" } ["location"]=> array(10) { ["address"]=> string(14) "10 Adelaide St" ["crossStreet"]=> string(13) "William IV St" ["lat"]=> float(51.509450528906) ["lng"]=> float(-0.12594824153122) ["postalCode"]=> string( "WC2N 4HZ" ["cc"]=> string(2) "GB" ["city"]=> string(6) "London" ["state"]=> string(14) "Greater London" ["country"]=> string(14) "United Kingdom" ["formattedAddress"]=> array(5) { [0]=> string(30) "10 Adelaide St (William IV St)" [1]=> string(6) "London" [2]=> string(14) "Greater London" [3]=> string( "WC2N 4HZ" [4]=> string(14) "United Kingdom" } } ["categories"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(6) { ["id"]=> string(24) "4bf58dd8d48988d150941735" ["name"]=> string(18) "Spanish Restaurant" ["pluralName"]=> string(19) "Spanish Restaurants" ["shortName"]=> string(7) "Spanish" ["icon"]=> array(2) { ["prefix"]=> string(52) "https://ss3.4sqi.net/img/categories_v2/food/spanish_" ["suffix"]=> string(4) ".png" } ["primary"]=> bool(true) } } ["verified"]=> bool(false) ["stats"]=> array(3) { ["checkinsCount"]=> int(357) ["usersCount"]=> int(278) ["tipCount"]=> int(26) } ["url"]=> string(22) "http://barrafina.co.uk" ["price"]=> array(3) { ["tier"]=> int(2) ["message"]=> string( "Moderate" ["currency"]=> string(2) "£" } ["rating"]=> float(9) ["ratingColor"]=> string(6) "00B551" ["ratingSignals"]=> int(80) ["allowMenuUrlEdit"]=> bool(true) ["hours"]=> array(2) { ["status"]=> string(19) "Open until 11:00 PM" ["isOpen"]=> bool(true) } ["specials"]=> array(2) { ["count"]=> int(0) ["items"]=> array(0) { } } ["photos"]=> array(2) { ["count"]=> int(31) ["groups"]=> array(0) { } } ["hereNow"]=> array(3) { ["count"]=> int(0) ["summary"]=> string(11) "Nobody here" ["groups"]=> array(0) { } } } ["tips"]=> array(1) { [0]=> array(9) { ["id"]=> string(24) "55db9142498ede18f5b31b81" ["createdAt"]=> int(1440452930) ["text"]=> string(164) "Exceptional cooking here. Such simple but amazing dishes. Highly recommend the crab croquettes, lambs kidneys, skewers and the brain. Sherries are also superb here." ["type"]=> string(4) "user" ["canonicalUrl"]=> string(52) "https://foursquare.com/item/55db9142498ede18f5b31b81" ["likes"]=> array(3) { ["count"]=> int(2) ["groups"]=> array(0) { } ["summary"]=> string(7) "2 likes" } ["logView"]=> bool(true) ["todo"]=> array(1) { ["count"]=> int(0) } ["user"]=> array(5) { ["id"]=> string( "98683884" ["firstName"]=> string(4) "Matt" ["lastName"]=> string(6) "Ta-Min" ["gender"]=> string(4) "male" ["photo"]=> array(2) { ["prefix"]=> string(31) "https://irs1.4sqi.net/img/user/" ["suffix"]=> string(30) "/98683884-1MJ0OTISTPZWSBRJ.jpg" } } } } ["referralId"]=> string(30) "e-3-53bab96d498e7e355fb53d6c-0" } } } } } } Here is JSON {"meta":{"code":200,"requestId":"55fbde58498e7fdbd12f8fb2"},"response":{"suggestedFilters":{"header":"Tap to show:","filters":[{"name":"With specials","key":"specials"},{"name":"Open now","key":"openNow"}]},"geocode":{"what":"","where":"london","center":{"lat":51.50853,"lng":-0.12574},"displayString":"London, Greater London, United Kingdom","cc":"GB","geometry":{"bounds":{"ne":{"lat":51.691643999655895,"lng":0.33418999705203406},"sw":{"lat":51.28467404417054,"lng":-0.5085579279369435}}},"slug":"london","longId":"72057594040571679"},"warning":{"text":"There aren't a lot of results near you. Try something more general, reset your filters, or expand the search area."},"headerLocation":"London","headerFullLocation":"London","headerLocationGranularity":"city","query":"food","totalResults":246,"suggestedBounds":{"ne":{"lat":51.5108003587992,"lng":-0.12174369837640672},"sw":{"lat":51.50810069901375,"lng":-0.1301527846860385}},"groups":[{"type":"Recommended Places","name":"recommended","items":[{"reasons":{"count":0,"items":[{"summary":"This spot is popular","type":"general","reasonName":"globalInteractionReason"}]},"venue":{"id":"53bab96d498e7e355fb53d6c","name":"Barrafina","contact":{"phone":"+442074401456","formattedPhone":"+44 20 7440 1456","twitter":"barrafinaadst","facebook":"705351912878392","facebookUsername":"BarrafinaAdelaideStreet","facebookName":"Barrafina Adelaide Street"},"location":{"address":"10 Adelaide St","crossStreet":"William IV St","lat":51.50945052890648,"lng":-0.1259482415312226,"postalCode":"WC2N 4HZ","cc":"GB","city":"London","state":"Greater London","country":"United Kingdom","formattedAddress":["10 Adelaide St (William IV St)","London","Greater London","WC2N 4HZ","United Kingdom"]},"categories":[{"id":"4bf58dd8d48988d150941735","name":"Spanish Restaurant","pluralName":"Spanish Restaurants","shortName":"Spanish","icon":{"prefix":"https:\/\/ss3.4sqi.net\/img\/categories_v2\/food\/spanish_","suffix":".png"},"primary":true}],"verified":false,"stats":{"checkinsCount":357,"usersCount":278,"tipCount":26},"url":"http:\/\/barrafina.co.uk","rating":9.0,"ratingColor":"00B551","ratingSignals":80,"allowMenuUrlEdit":true,"hours":{"status":"Closed until Noon","isOpen":false},"specials":{"count":0,"items":[]},"photos":{"count":31,"groups":[]},"hereNow":{"count":0,"summary":"Nobody here","groups":[]}},"tips":[{"id":"55db9142498ede18f5b31b81","createdAt":1440452930,"text":"Exceptional cooking here. Such simple but amazing dishes. Highly recommend the crab croquettes, lambs kidneys, skewers and the brain. Sherries are also superb here.","type":"user","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/foursquare.com\/item\/55db9142498ede18f5b31b81","likes":{"count":2,"groups":[],"summary":"2 likes"},"logView":true,"todo":{"count":0},"user":{"id":"98683884","firstName":"Matt","lastName":"Ta-Min","gender":"male","photo":{"prefix":"https:\/\/irs1.4sqi.net\/img\/user\/","suffix":"\/98683884-1MJ0OTISTPZWSBRJ.jpg"}}}],"referralId":"e-3-53bab96d498e7e355fb53d6c-0"}]}]}}

"status": "success", "data": { "network": "DOGE", "prices": [ { "price": "0.00003556", "price_base": "LTC", "exchange": "cryptsy", "time": 1401185325 } ] } I know I can access the top value like this. echo $access->status; But how do I access the sub values underneath? The ones in "data"?

0 What is the best way to store this data coming from the api into a csv file to later put into the db. Output: rank, level, xp, rank, level, xp, etc. This api produces about 60 rows of data per name ran and x that by about roughly 300 names that equals a lot of data. Pretty much with my current code I am pretty much creating a endless loop almost that would take a long time to execute so updating said data would be a nightmare i would think. Is there a way to accomplish the same thing without the loop or I am not sure how to go about this. My current code is a mess that much I know I am gonna be told. This code works, just not efficiently. I am thinking there may be a better way to do this. $query = $conn->prepare("SELECT name FROM users LIMIT 1"); $query->execute(); while($row = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){ $name = $row['name']; $url = 'https://secure.runescape.com/m=hiscore/index_lite.ws?player='. $name . '';//api that the csv data is coming from $highscores = file_get_contents($url); $fields = array("Name", "Rank", "Level", "Xp");//this is to add the headers // for the csv files $implode1 = implode($fields, ",");//turn into csv format, not sure this is //even needed $implode1 .= "\n";/*this is to add a line break so that the explode below will properly put it into its own element*/ //otherwise data starts joining togather $extra_data = array("$name");/*This is to add the name that the data pertains too*/ $implode2 = implode($extra_data, ",");//turn into csv format $highscores = $implode1 . $implode2 . $highscores;//join as one array $highscores = explode("\n", $highscores);//turn each csv into an element of //its own element a bunch of unsets to remove unwanted data. Omitted them to condense the code $i = 1; header('Content-Type: text/csv'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="name.csv"'); $data = $highscores; $fp = fopen('highscores/' . $name . '.csv', 'wb'); foreach ( $data as $line ) { $val = explode(",", $line); fputcsv($fp, $val); } fclose($fp); The pdo part I was gonna include but the way I have it setup now wouldn't work. I was thinking that I would use mysql's LOAD DATA INFILE to insert the csv data to database. The end goal here is to be able to search for player stats and to use said data to keep track of xp earned during a xp competition. I PRAY that i have included enough info... I would really appreciate any feedback if possible.

Trying to retrieve information from an API and display it in a table. <form action="dublinbus.php" method="get"> <h2>Current Dublin Bus Times.</h2> <b>Stop Number: </b><input type="number" name="stopid"></br></br> <input type="submit"> </form> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <?php $stopID = $_GET['stopid']; $url = "https://data.dublinked.ie/cgi-bin/rtpi/realtimebusinformation?stopid=" . $_GET['stopid'] . "&format=json"; // Process the JSON and check for errors $json = file_get_contents($url); $array = json_decode($json,true); if ($stopID != $array["stopid"]) { // Get the values for $errorCode and $errorMessage $errorCode = $array["errorcode"]; $errorMessage = $array["errormessage"]; echo "Error: "; echo $errorCode; echo $errorMessage; } else { // Get the values $duetime = $array["duetime"]; $destination = $array["destination"]; $route = $array["route"]; echo " <table>"; echo " <th>Stop Number</th><th>Route</th><th>Due Time</th><th>Destination</th>"; echo " <tr><td>" . $stopID . "</td><td>" . $route . "</td><td>" . $duetime . "</td><td>" . $destination . "</td></tr>"; echo "</table>"; } ?>

Hi guys, I am having a little trouble getting my head around how to tackle an issue. I am working with an API :- https://www.photoshelter.com/developer/index/endpoints/public Connecting up to it no problem and getting the information via cURL is also no bother. The point is I am needing to loop through galleries to retrieve 400 gallery IDs so I can pass in the data I need so for example I execute my first cURL response which gives me all the gallery IDs from here :- /psapi/v3/collection/root/children Now then I need to run a foreach loop to get each gallery ID to pass to :- /psapi/v3/gallery/{gallery_id} /psapi/v3/gallery/{gallery_id}/key_image Now the problem is I am having to use cURL to get the JSON data from here too and then finally the last one :- /psapi/v3/gallery/{gallery_id}/images/{image_id} To get the gallery featured image. Now the first cURL works fine but when I introduce the others in foreach loops it cripples it on loading time, but looking through of course it would as its excuting cURL a ridiculous amount of times. Is there a better way of tackling an issue like this as I feel cURL and file_get_contents is the wrong way going about this. Normally it's one execution and I get all the data I have never worked with something like this before. I would show my code but I feel it is unnecessary at this point on the grounds of I do not think this is the most productive way of even looking at this Currently the only thing I can think of is creating a query string to execute via a CRON job that would execute twice a day to check through the galleries API at Photoshelter and add everything to a database that I need. Any information would be greatly appreciated Thanks in advance Jamie

Hi I have a question about API keys and security. I am building a mobile app (learning) and will be using a PHP/MySQL JSON Rest API (designed myself) and I am new to APIs in general so some best practices would be appreciated if you have any? My real question is to do with securing these APIs. For example I was thinking of using user name and password that the user logs into the application with to be send over HTTPS for each request to validate the user is authorised and authenticated. However I have read that I should also be using API keys, so how would I integrate this in? Would each user have their own unique API key or would each system that uses this API have a unique key? If its each user that has their own key would I send all three pieces of data with the request (API Key, username and password). Any advice would be great. Thanks