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Q: Firebase on Android - how to make event handler for data retrieval fire when I need it to? I am new to Firebase and need some help with a query to retrieve data from a table. I am currently able to access and retrieve the data that I need from firebase, however, the timing is the problem I am having an issue with.
From everything I've seen, the firebase database requires me to add event listeners to the Query or DatabaseReference objects. I am trying to download the contents of a node called "questions" before a method to display the question contents is called, however, I cannot control the timing of the firing of the event which downloads the data, and as a result my display method is always called before the firebase event fires.
How can I execute a query when I want, and be sure it will be completed before a certain section of my code executes? I am used to traditional RDBs where you execute a query and get its results and then move forward with your logic. The need to use an event handler with firebase is what I am having a hard time with. I have even tried moving the definition of the firebase reference object and the event handler into onCreate() and moved the code that calls my display method into onStart() without any success - same problem. The data I am trying to get does not change so I only need to download it once at the beginning to have available for the display method.
Here is an image of my "questions" node which is a child of the root.
image of the child "questions" node on my firebase DB

Here is my code:
    @Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Get Firebase DB reference
    firebase = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance();
    fdbRef = firebase.getReference("questions");

    // [START Question_event_listener]
    fdbRef.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
            // Get Questions object and use the values to update the UI
            objQuestions = dataSnapshot.getValue();
            Log.w("Firebase:", "In Firebase ValueEventListener");
        }

        @Override
        public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
            // Getting Questions failed, log a message
            Log.w("Firebase Error:", "onCancelled:", databaseError.toException());
            Toast.makeText(ReviewActivity.this, "Failed to load question!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    });
    //. . . remaining onCreate logic removed for simplicity
} //end of onCreate

@Override
public void onStart() {
    super.onStart();

    // I moved this logic from onCreate to onStart but did not help...
    // Firebase retrieve must execute before I call any of these
    if (list_type == MainActivity.LIST_UNREVIEWED_DOCS)
        displayNewReviewForm();
    else if (list_type == MainActivity.LIST_REVIEWS)
        displayCompletedReview();
    else // (list_type == MainActivity.LIST_DRAFTS)
        displayDraftReview();
}

Other alternatives if I can't get this resolved may be to move this retrieve logic to the prior Activity in my sequence and pass the retrieved data as an extra to this activity - but that seems really silly to have to do such a thing. I would think I should be able to get data from a DB when I need it... not when it feels like giving it to me.
I appreciate any help getting me past this issue.

A: Your code is downloading the snapshot data containing all the data at the first go only, and with Firebase, you cannot download data timely, you can only do it through different references.
What I would suggest you to do is, to have a DatabaseReference of q01, q02 respectively and then call data as in when required.
If your Keys "q01", "q02" are static, which they are looking at the scenario. I would suggest you to have their DatabaseReferences:
question_one = firebase.getReference("q01");
question_two = firebase.getReference("q02");
question_three = firebase.getReference("q03");

//Once you have the reference, you can call their ValueListeners respectively
question_one.addListenerForSingleValueEvent(new ValueEventListener() {
    @Override
    public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {
        // Get Questions object and use the values to update the UI
        objQuestions = dataSnapshot.getValue();
        Log.w("Firebase:", "In Firebase ValueEventListener");
    }

    @Override
    public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {
        // Getting Questions failed, log a message
        Log.w("Firebase Error:", "onCancelled:", databaseError.toException());
        Toast.makeText(ReviewActivity.this, "Failed to load question!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
});

A: After looking at this a bit more, I came up with 2 possible solutions to the problem I had.

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*The first one I sort of mentioned already in my original question post, however it's not ideal in my opinion. It basically involves relocating the firebase retrieve logic to the prior Android Activity and passing the retrieved data to the Activity I need it in as an Extra. In my case the data is a HashMap so I would need to use the serialize versions of the methods to pass the serialized content to the desired Activity.

*The best solution, is much simpler. I basically relocated the logic that I had in the onStart() function (which is calling my custom display methods) and moved it inside of the Firebase Event Listener's onDataChange() method, right after the call to dataSnapshot.getValue().  This ensures that I get the data before I call my display methods. This seems to be working well now.

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The Esbjerg Art Museum () is an independently owned art museum in Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1910, in 1962 it moved into a new building in the City Park designed by Jytte og Ove Tapdrup. Since 1997, the museum has formed part of a complex which also contains the Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre.

History
Founded as Esbjerg Kunstforening (Esberg's Art Association) in 1910, the museum was first located in the public library (Esbjerg Bibliotek) in 1927. In 1930, it purchased works by modernists such as Harald Giersing, Edvard Weie and Vilhelm Lundstrøm. After moving into the new building in the City Park in 1962, the museum acquired concrete works by Richard Mortensen and Robert Jacobsen as well as works from artists participating in the Linien and Linien II associations.

Architecture
Originally known as Kunstpavillonen (the Art Pavilion), the building in the City Park was designed by Jytte and Ove Tapdrup. Commanding an excellent position near the Water Tower overlooking the harbour, the complex consists of a low permanent art gallery wing to the north and a two-storey exhibition area to the south. After the music conservatory moved into new premises in 1974, the museum gained additional space for the municipal collection which was extended with many important new works. The complex adopts a simple, refined style which takes advantage of the sloping ground with floors at various levels and a number of balconies. The concrete structure has aluminium windows and spandrel panels decorated with pebbles. In 1997, it was connected to the newly completed Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre by means of an extensive foyer serving both institutions. In this connection, various extensions were made to the museum, latterly in 2005.

Collection
The permanent collection covers Danish works from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day including foreign works by painters who have influenced Danish art. There is a focus on Realism
and on Abstract art. In addition to works by Lundstrøm, the Linien artists, Richard Mortensen and Robert Jacobsen, there are paintings by Asger Jorn, Ejler Bille, Ernest Mancoba and other COBRA artists. The sculpture exhibition includes works by Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, Svend Wiig Hansen and Thomas Bang. Artists from the 1980s include Christian Lemmerz, Michael Kvium, Claus Carstensen and Peter Bonde while the 1990s are illustrated by works from Christian Skeel, Morten Skriver (Skeel & Skriver), Per Bak Jensen and Nina Saunders. A number of installations have been included since the beginning of the new millennium including two large displays by Olafur Eliasson.

References

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Buildings and structures in Esbjerg
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Art museums established in 1962
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Q: Python & Arduino commands continuously I am trying to set up a python script which needs to send several commands individually to my Arduino and from that, read all the output it creates.
I have an Arduino script, which responds to simple string commands (like MA 3 etc.) with either OK, ERR or a value (depending if I am setting up the Arduino or if I am measuring on the component connected to the board).
For example:
ser = serial.Serial("COM6", 115200)

ser.write('SA 50000')
ser.write('SM 0')
ser.write('SI 0')
ser.write('SF 500')
ser.write('MA 3')

while True:
    print ser.readline()

So I want this code to set up the parameters (the first 4 write statements), start meassuring (the last write) and then print until there is nothing more coming from the component.
I know that the while statement doesn't close down at any point, but it is not my problem. My problem is that the script won't send my parameters the way they are written now, unless I put the in the while statement, which causes the Arduino to redo the parameter all the time.
Can anyone help me? I am fairly new to the whole pyserial and talking to Arduinos. My Arduino script works (I tested it in the Arduino monitor and if I put my statements in the while loop, it prints them).


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The B- Q Conference Affirming Ministries Action Group recently held two introductory workshops at the extreme east and west ends of the conference.
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Guest speakers were Margaret Martin of Portland UC, who told of her personal change of heart , having left the United Church over the 1988 decision to ordain homosexuals, to one of active advocacy; and Jim MacGregor, of Zion-Memorial, recounting his experience as a gay man involved in the life of his church and his desire for that church to stand for up for all social justice issues including public acknowledgment of its inclusion of all people. Continue reading →
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"Your leadership in advocating for the protection of the human rights of all people, especially those who are most marginalized, such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer people in Russia, underscores Canada's commitment to protecting and promoting human rights globally," says the letter.
The letter notes that the United Church, Canada's largest Protestant denomination, has long supported acceptance and inclusion of all human beings as persons made in the image of God regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Have you ever wondered what a pine cone really is? It's not a seed and it's not a fruit. Think of a pine cone as its own architecture. "A cluster of highly modified woody scales tightly packed together to protect the developing conifer seeds inside." Sounds a bit like shelter and what architecture is meant to do. As Philip Johnson, the American architect reminds us, "All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space." Or in the case of a pine cone, its seeds.
That's why this whole outdoor/nature/garden thing is so cool to explore at any age. So much of what we discover on the outside relates to what we try to achieve on the inside. It's why architecture and landscape architecture tightly woven together work best when this concept is understood and put into place. So when you pull out those pine cones to glitter and decorate for the holidays it's more than a pine cone. It's architecture in its simplest form. But don't forget the outside space where the seed finds its home and eventually becomes the next tree.


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The Russian economy
For more than a decade oil income and consumer spending have delivered growth to Vladimir Putin's Russia. Not any more
BriefingNov 20th 2014 edition
MALINA, a trendy restaurant in a city south of Moscow, was empty on a recent Thursday evening. "A crisis," the manager explained nervously. Some meat and fish dishes were missing. "Sanctions," he added with a sigh. The signs of a country in the economic doldrums are visible in Moscow, too. Tour operators are going out of business; shops and small businesses are up for sale; LED displays outside bureaux de change send spirits sinking.
Russia's economy is teetering on the verge of recession. The central bank says it expects the next two years to bring no growth. Inflation is on the rise. The rouble has lost 30% of its value since the start of the year, and with it the faith of the country's businessmen. Banks have been cut off from Western capital markets, and the price of oil—Russia's most important export commodity—has fallen hard. Consumption, the main driver of growth in the previous decade, is slumping. Money and people are leaving the country.
This is not the mid-1980s, when a collapse in the oil price paved the way for perestroika and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. Nor is it 1998, when the country defaulted on its debts. While the overall mood is clearly depressed, it is a long way from panic. Russia's total foreign debt is just 35% of GDP; it has a private sector which can be surprisingly agile and adaptable and is contributing some growth by substituting things made at home for imported goods; most importantly, it has a floating exchange rate that mitigates some of the oil-price shock.
No longer affordable
But the oil-backed consumption-led economy which has provided nearly 15 years of growth (it took a stumble in 2008-09, during the global financial crisis) has hit the buffers. It was already slowing before the oil price began to fall and adventurism in Ukraine was met by Western sanctions. Indeed some see the Ukrainian conflict as a response to the country's economic woes—an attempt to shore up through patriotic fervour the support that president Vladimir Putin can no longer buy by boosting living standards.
In 2007, when oil was $72 a barrel, the economy managed to grow at 8.5%; in 2012 oil at $111 a barrel bought growth of just 3.4%. Between 2010 and 2013, when oil prices were high, the country's net outflow of capital was $232 billion—20 times what it was between 2004 and 2008. Russian economists are now debating how long before the economy faces collapse. Most think it can totter on for two years or so. But there is a real chance things could get a lot worse a lot sooner.
The depreciation of the rouble, which closely tracks the oil price, has helped Russia cushion its budget as that price has slumped (see chart). When the oil price falls, so does the rouble; thus in rouble terms the amount of money the oil brings in stays roughly the same. But it cannot buy as much. Russia imports a great deal—the total value of imported goods, $45 billion in 2000, was $341 billion in 2013—and so a devalued rouble quickly stokes inflation. It is predicted to reach 9% by the end of this year; for food the rate is higher still. If it is to compensate the population for this loss in its spending power, the government will have to run a bigger deficit. If it does not it will face discontent.
A weak rouble also makes servicing foreign debt more expensive. Russia's sovereign debt is just $57 billion, but its corporate debt is ten times as high. Some of it has been racked up by state corporations and national energy companies, which gives it a quasi-sovereign status. And by the end of 2015 Russian firms will have to repay about $130 billion of foreign debt.
Mr Putin, who came to power in the wake of the 1998 default, knows the value of money and believes enough of it solves everything. He started off strongly averse to low reserves and high debt, and saw that the country's reserves built up accordingly. In the run-up to the global financial crisis Russia had reserves of $570 billion—almost a third of GDP. This served the country well after the crisis hit; the government spent $220 billion refinancing banks and defending the rouble.
In 2011, though, despite the high oil price, Russia's reserves stopped increasing. Money was spent instead on raising salaries and pensions and financing the armed forces. The increase in military spending, up 30% since 2008, was the main reason Alexei Kudrin, Russia's prudent finance minister, chose to resign in 2011.
At the same time Russian firms went on a borrowing spree. They have increased their foreign-currency debt by some $170 billion in the past two years. Yevgeny Gavrilenkov, the chief economist at Sberbank CIB, the largest state bank, says most of this money settled offshore; only a very small part was invested in the Russian economy. Kirill Rogov of the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy points to one of the reasons why. When a company can be swallowed by the state at any time, more debt will make it less appetising prey. This growing debt meant, Mr Rogov notes, that instead of preparing itself for a crisis, Russia has prepared a crisis for itself.
This does not mean that Russia is anywhere close to a sovereign default like that of 1998. Then government debt was 50% of GDP and reserves just 5% of GDP. Today Russia is still running a current-account surplus of about $50 billion because it is importing less. Mr Putin's restrictions on food imports, presented as tit-for-tat counter-sanctions, are more a way of preserving currency reserves and stimulating farms; Russia imports half its food. Food production is now growing at between 6% and 10%, albeit from a very low base. Other imports, such as medicines, are not so quickly replaced; as in Soviet days, petrodollars keep the shelves stocked.
The drop in oil prices in 2008-09 was met with a 40% increase in government spending. With reserves lower, and with the government needing to either keep those reserves available for bail-outs or to risk some big companies and banks going bust, that is not an option this time. Instead the country faces a period of stagflation. Renewed growth will require new investment and, most crucially, reform. What Russia needs most is what Mr Putin has done most to deny it: more competition.
A game of favourites
At a recent conference German Gref, the head of Sberbank, remarked that "[Soviet leaders] didn't respect the laws of economic development. Even more, they didn't know them, and in the end this caught up with them. It is very important for us to learn from our own history."
Even though his state is as reliant on oil money as the Soviet Union was, Mr Putin thinks he has done some of that learning. But as someone who believes that the state must keep tabs on everything, including the free market, he remains mistrustful of open competition. While Russia has a nominally free-market economy, it is one highly skewed by the misallocation of capital and resources to firms run by cronies.
The Kremlin distributes oil rent via state banks to firms and projects which it selects on the basis of their political importance and their pro-Putin stance. Most of the contractors for the Sochi Olympics, which cost Russia a staggering $50 billion, were firms run by Mr Putin's friends; most of the money took the form of credit from state banks. A number of these loans are unlikely to be paid back. Indeed, such loans are one of the reasons why the central bank has been forced to triple its provision of liquidity to the banks since the middle of last year.
Most of this money provided by the central bank, says Mr Gavrilenkov, ended up on the foreign-exchange market, putting pressure on the rouble. Since the central bank was known to intervene regularly to keep the rouble within a currency corridor, the banks could place one-way bets on the devaluation of the rouble. As a result the Russian financial sector expanded by 11.5% in 2013, although GDP grew by only 1.3%. In the past few weeks the central bank said it will intervene in an ad hoc way with as much money as it sees fit. This makes speculation a lot riskier. The central bank said it would also curb the refinancing of the banks. If it can stick to this in the face of lobbying pressure from state firms and banks demanding cheap liquidity and fresh equity, the currency could stabilise.
That pressure, however, will be immense, particularly if the economy starts to shrink. Rosneft, Russia's national oil company, run by Igor Sechin, Mr Putin's close confidant, is already asking the government for money, in part to help it repay $30 billion of debt which it took on when buying a successful private company, TNK-BP. "We can easily utilise 1.5 trillion-2 trillion roubles ($32 billion-$43 billion) from the National Wealth Fund," Mr Sechin said recently. If so, what is to stop the next handout?
Pumping money into Rosneft would be exactly the sort of misallocation that underlies the economy's weakness. The energy sector, which accounts for 20% of GDP, grew by a meagre 1% on average over the past decade. The industry has not been cutting costs or developing new production; it has been busy being nationalised instead, and offers textbook examples of the woes of state-owned enterprises (see article) While the state still had money, it could afford to buy out private owners, as it did in the case of TNK-BP. Now it simply wrestles oil firms away from their owners, as it is doing in the case of Bashneft, a medium-sized but fast-growing oil firm which is being expropriated from Vladimir Yevtushenkov, a billionaire who is under house arrest. Political loyalty—and Mr Yevtushenkov was certainly loyal—is no protection against raiding.
During the fat years, Mr Putin had an easy job satisfying all. Now he will face a tough decision whether to support the inefficient energy sector and the military-industrial complex with public money or rely on the more dynamic flexible small and medium-sized companies to pull Russia out of the crisis. There have been reports that Mr Putin plans to give a speech on economic liberalisation to parliament next month. But, if he runs true to form, when faced with a crisis he will stick with the state sector run by his friends rather than ceding control and trusting private firms which will demand reforms and, in the end, political freedoms.
The echo of 1913
The state of the Russian economy will affect Russia's actions beyond its borders. In 2013 the Russian people were better off than at any previous point in history. Their priorities, says Mikhail Dmitriev, the head of New Economic Growth, a think-tank, switched from economic survival to imperial resurgence. Mr Dmitriev compares the moment to 1913—the Russian economy's last successful year before the first world war and the Bolshevik revolution. Then, too, there was patriotic euphoria; it did not survive the onset of losses in the war.
While people still support Mr Putin and Russia's annexation of Crimea, they are starting to calculate the costs. Mr Dmitriev, who accurately predicted street protests in Moscow in 2011, argues that economic dissatisfaction is growing, although support for Mr Putin remains at a record high. "People's priorities are switching back to basic survival needs," he says: "salaries, social benefits, jobs."
Protests driven by economic and also social issues have already started. Even in Moscow where the mood for protest is low, teachers and doctors have come out onto the streets to protest against pay cuts and restructuring. More protests are planned before the end of the month. Opinion polls show that most people neither support a real war in Ukraine nor are prepared for their children to fight in it. Alexei Tsulik, a small-time farmer who is counting on his 22-year-old only son for help, speaks for an increasing number when he says: "It is none of our business. We have plenty to do here on the farm."
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline "The end of the line"
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Waseda University of Tokyo defeats Los Angeles High School, 5 – 3, in the first game of an American tour. It is the first baseball game ever played by Japanese outside Japan. Waseda started a powerhouse tradition at Japan's Big Six universities that continues to this day.
On May 17, 1905 — Waseda University of Tokyo defeats Los Angeles High School, 5 – 3, in the first game of an American tour. It is the first baseball game ever played by Japanese outside Japan. Waseda started a powerhouse tradition at Japan's Big Six universities that continues to this day.
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Mike Sweeney's 5-for-5 performance helps him tie a Kansas City Royals franchise record by collecting 8 consecutive hits. With knocks in his last three at-bats yesterday, the Royalsdesignated hitter's streak includes three doubles and five singles.
June 25 – George Gore of the Chicago White Stockings sets a major league record by stealing 7 bases in one game. Billy Hamilton will tie this record in 1894.
Luis Salazar returns to the dugout as manager of the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League. Salazar lost an eye when struck by a foul ball during a Braves spring training game on March 9th, but has impressed everyone by his good spirits and quick recovery from what could have been a fatal injury.


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PDFRCW 30A.20.060
Deposits and accounts—Regulations—Passbooks or records—Deposit contract.
A bank shall repay all deposits to the depositor or his or her lawful representative when required at such time or times and with such interest as the regulations of the corporation shall prescribe. These regulations shall be prescribed by the directors of the bank and may contain provisions with respect to the terms and conditions upon which any account or deposit will be maintained by the bank. These regulations and any amendments shall be available to depositors on request, and shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal office and each branch in this state or, if the regulations and any amendments are not so posted, a description of changes in the regulations after an account is opened shall be mailed to depositors pursuant to 12 U.S.C. Sec. 4305(c) or otherwise. All these rules and regulations and all amendments shall be binding upon all depositors. At the option of the bank, a passbook shall be issued to each savings account depositor, or a record maintained in lieu of a passbook. A deposit contract may be adopted by the bank in lieu of or in addition to account rules and regulations and shall be enforceable and amendable in the same manner as account rules and regulations or as provided in the deposit contract. A copy of the contract shall be provided to the depositor.
[ 2014 c 37 § 192; 1996 c 2 § 8; 1986 c 279 § 38; 1961 c 280 § 3; 1959 c 106 § 5; 1955 c 33 § 30.20.060. Prior: 1945 c 69 § 1; 1935 c 93 § 1; 1917 c 80 § 38; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 3244a. Formerly RCW 30.20.060.]


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Q: Display unauthorised page when user clicks 'cancel' (html/php) I've recently started learning html and php.  I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction: I've made a basic webpage that has basic authentication (to enter it).  When the user clicks the cancel button, I would like the browser to do something!  All it does is, remain on the page it was on (before the user attempted to access my page).  I guess I would like it to display the 401 error.  Is the only way to do this, to insert text after:
header('www-authenticate: basic');

?
I've tried redirecting 401 errors in the .htaccess file, though it would seem that the 401 error never occurs (although the server access log says that there was a 401 error).  When I redirected my 404 error using .htaccess, it worked.
This is the code that I've got for the authentication:
<?php
$user = array('Michael' => 'Mike');
$pass = array('Michael' => 'fish');
$userSuccess = false;
$passSuccess = false;

if(!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) && !isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']))
{
    header('http/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
    header('www-authenticate: basic');
    exit;
}
else
{
    foreach($user as $value)
        if($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] == $value)
            $userSuccess = true;
    foreach($pass as $value)
        if($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] == $value)
            $passSuccess = true;

    if(!$userSuccess || !$passSuccess)
    {
        header('http/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
        header('www-authenticate: basic');
        exit;
    }
}
?>

Also, if I've done anything stupid in my code, feel free to point it out.
I thought that since I sent the 401 header to the server, and the server logged having received it, it would've displayed some text say, 'Error 401: Unauthorised Access' or something along those lines.
Thanks.

A: you need to serve the browser with the content for 401. This is not done automatically. The 401 header you send is never really seen by the user. Think of it more as a status flag than content. Programs use that header to detect certain issues and act upon them (i.e. a download manager may detect the 404 header which then shows the download line in its window with a red background and error symbol).
In conclusion then, you need to print the error to the browser yourself

A: You're going on the right way. I'll do just some changes on your code:
$user = array('Mike' => array('Michael', 'fish'));

if(!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) && !isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']))
{
    header('http/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
    header('www-authenticate: basic');
    exit;
}
else
{
    $input_user = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
    $input_pw = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];

    if($user[$input_user][1] != $input_pw)
    {
        header('http/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
        header('www-authenticate: basic');
        exit;
    }
}

echo "Hi, " . $user[$input_user][0];

First of all I've changed your users array layout on this layout to this:
Array
(
    [Mike] => Array
        (
            [0] => Michael
            [1] => fish
        )

)

Read for further info Multidimensional Arrays.
Secund, is your username, then it will have another array with name and password of the user. So you'll not have to user foreach to match your username and pass. BTW, the way you done before your script will allow any user to access with another users pass. If you have other user foo and try user = foo and pass = fish it will gain the access.
Third thing is that you don't need to use $userSuccess and $passSuccess no more. Just to decrease code lenght.
Then I associate two vars to the _SERVER vars, to make easy their use. So you can match then with this sentence: $user[$input_user][1] != $input_pw.
I hope this can helps you.


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