php-general Digest 19 Aug 2006 17:33:30 -0000 Issue 4302
php-general Digest 19 Aug 2006 17:33:30 - Issue 4302
Topics (messages 240887 through 240897):
Re: Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
240887 by: Peter Lauri
240888 by: Peter Lauri
240889 by: Larry Garfield
240891 by: Robert Cummings
240893 by: Peter Lauri
240895 by: Ryan A
240896 by: Ryan A
Re: Can a PHP 5 Object Be Persisted Past Script End?
240890 by: Richard Lynch
Re: OT alternate website authentication methods
240892 by: Satyam
240894 by: Peter Lauri
dynamic variable usage
240897 by: Hiren Parmar
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Robert,
Isn't it to easy to cheat if you do like this? Just view the source and you
have the answers. But, this is maybe not for examination, maybe just for
learning. If it is examination, AJAX would be better, so that they can not
find out the solution by just looking at the source.
/Peter
-Original Message-
From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:49 AM
To: Ryan A
Cc: php php
Subject: Re: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 08:30 -0700, Ryan A wrote:
Hello,
I am working on a php project that needs a little
extra JS/DHTML solution. I am sure some of you might
have come to use something like this before, please
recommend a solution (commerial solutions are fine /
willing to pay)
Basically, I will have a page with around 10 questions
for students and then two buttons for [HINT] and
[SOLUTION]
When either of these buttons/text is clicked the
resulting text should be displayed in the side/bottom
cell, the user should also be able to 'close' this
resulting explanation.
Note, on each page there will be around 10 questions,
so each of these questions will have a hint solution
button/text.
Will you have two buttons for each question? So that you get the
hint/solution on a question by question basis? The solution is quite
simple:
html
head
script language=javascript type=text/javascript
var hints = new Array();
hints[1] = 'Hint for question 1';
hints[2] = 'Hint for question 2';
hints[3] = 'Hint for question 3';
hints[4] = 'Hint for question 4';
//...
var solutions = new Array();
solutions[1] = 'Solution for question 1';
solutions[2] = 'Solution for question 2';
solutions[3] = 'Solution for question 3';
solutions[4] = 'Solution for question 4';
//...
function showHint( id )
{
hideSolution();
var h = document.getElementById( 'questionHint' );
h.innerHTML = hints[id];
h.style.display = '';
}
function hideHint()
{
var h = document.getElementById( 'questionHint' );
h.style.display = 'none';
}
function showSolution( id )
{
hideHint();
var s = document.getElementById( 'questionSolution' );
s.innerHTML = solutions[id];
s.style.display = '';
}
function hideSolution()
{
var s = document.getElementById( 'questionSolution' );
s.style.display = 'none';
}
/script
/head
body
pblah blah blah blah blah blah/p
p
Question 1 ...
input type=submit value=Get Hint onclick=showHint( 1 ); return
false; /
input type=submit value=Get Solution onclick=showSolution( 1 );
return false; /
/p
p
Question 2 ...
input type=submit value=Get Hint onclick=showHint( 2 ); return
false; /
input type=submit value=Get Solution onclick=showSolution( 2 );
return false; /
/p
p
Question 3 ...
input type=submit value=Get Hint onclick=showHint( 3 ); return
false; /
input type=submit value=Get Solution onclick=showSolution( 3 );
return false; /
/p
p
Question 4 ...
input type=submit value=Get Hint onclick=showHint( 4 ); return
false; /
input type=submit value=Get Solution onclick=showSolution( 4 );
return false; /
/p
p.../p
p id=questionHint style=display: none;
/p
p id=questionSolution style=display: none;
/p
/body
/html
I'll leave it to you as an exercise to adapt it properly in PHP using
variables and loops instead of harded coded content :) BTW, this is not
PHP, but I'm feeling benevolent today ;)
Cheers,
Rob.
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RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 12:32 +0700, Peter Lauri wrote: Now I get interested, what is KISS? :) Keep it Simple Stupid. Generally a reminder not to over engineer something :) Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT alternate website authentication methods
For method 1) I can tell that it wouldn't work for me. When I'm at home with my mouse, I can draw in a predictable way but if I'm on a plane, I cannot use the mouse so I have to rely on the touchpad, and then I wouldn't be able to draw anything, in fact, when not using my usual mouse I start using keyboard shortcuts as much as possible. If I'm on a borrowed computer then all bets are off. Though option 2) is less sensitive to this, it would still take me lots of time to accurately hit the right spots when not using my own mouse and I would rather have any keyboard entry alternative to any mouse option. Satyam - Original Message - From: Chris W. Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php-general@lists.php.net Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:08 PM Subject: [PHP] OT alternate website authentication methods Hello, Last night I was reading Chris Shiflett's PHP Security book from O'Reilly and got to thinking about ways to authenticate a user other than using a password. Ideas: 1. Use flash to allow the user to draw an image. If the original image created during signup is within an acceptable range of the image used to authenticate, let them in. 2. (I saw this somewhere else... don't remember where or what it's called.) Use flash (again) to allow the user to click on an image in certain places. I think it was that you clicked the image in three places and then when you later authenticated you were supposed to click in those same places plus one more (to throw off anyone looking over your shoulder I think). As long as three of the 4 places clicked matched your original points (within a certain tolerance) you were authenticated. I'm not sure that these systems are any more SECURE than a simple username/password combo (keep in mind though, you'll also need some kind of username) but at the very least it seems that it could be more usable. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts as well as any links for further reading. Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 18/08/2006 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Can a PHP 5 Object Be Persisted Past Script End?
On Fri, August 18, 2006 11:39 am, Bruce Bailey wrote:
Interesting. Could you expand a little bit about what you mean by
'message
/ distribution handler'? My PHP isn't terribly good -- just enough to
write
test scripts for C/C++ extensions for others to use.
?php
$socket = socket_create(...);
socket_bind($socket, ...);
while (true) { //loop forever, getting input
$data = socket_listen($socket, ...);
$parts = explode(,, $data);
$destination = $parts[0];
switch ($destination){
//Hand off message for $destination to another process/script to
do something
//This is kind of how Apache works...
//Or maybe just deal with $data here, and then sit back and
listen for more stuff to do
//This is kind of how MySQL server works
}
}
?
The trick is in finding a suitable way to break down the requests
quickly and efficiently, and either deal with them super fast or route
them to somebody else to deal with so that main loop that runs forever
can always be sucking data in as fast as it comes, and getting it out
of the main loop being a CPU hog.
You don't want to fork in a web environment, almost for sure, but if
you can break down the tasks by a good taxonomy where any given task
can be dealt with WITHOUT needing to look up anything from other
tasks, you've won the battle. This is why HTTP is the way it is.
If you can make your object data live in that main script above, it
will just be there all the time...
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RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
I am a KISSER! :) -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 1:26 PM To: Peter Lauri Cc: 'Ryan A'; 'php php' Subject: RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T) On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 12:32 +0700, Peter Lauri wrote: Now I get interested, what is KISS? :) Keep it Simple Stupid. Generally a reminder not to over engineer something :) Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] OT alternate website authentication methods
1. Why not a scanner that scans your fingerprint and use that as authentication method? Then you do not need any username or password, you are who you are :) 2. Ten multiple choice questions where you have to preset the system with 5 of your dreams that only you know about, and then you have to be able to tell witch one is bogus about you or not (the rest of the 10 are standard bogus things coming from other users in the system). 3. Voice recognition, you have your username and password, just record them and you are ready to go. About your (2): Is there any real difference with a pin number on an ATM for that? I like the idea of having other then characters and numbers to do it with. However, I do not think we will see it. Maybe we will get small security box where you have to access it by your fingerprint, the rest will be done the traditional way: - Login to box with fingerprint - Submit username to web site - Get a question (usually a number) - Submit into box that generates answer (usually a number) - Submit answer to web site, web site checks if answer match with number according to the public/private key constraints. Back to work :) -Original Message- From: Chris W. Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 4:08 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] OT alternate website authentication methods Hello, Last night I was reading Chris Shiflett's PHP Security book from O'Reilly and got to thinking about ways to authenticate a user other than using a password. Ideas: 1. Use flash to allow the user to draw an image. If the original image created during signup is within an acceptable range of the image used to authenticate, let them in. 2. (I saw this somewhere else... don't remember where or what it's called.) Use flash (again) to allow the user to click on an image in certain places. I think it was that you clicked the image in three places and then when you later authenticated you were supposed to click in those same places plus one more (to throw off anyone looking over your shoulder I think). As long as three of the 4 places clicked matched your original points (within a certain tolerance) you were authenticated. I'm not sure that these systems are any more SECURE than a simple username/password combo (keep in mind though, you'll also need some kind of username) but at the very least it seems that it could be more usable. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts as well as any links for further reading. Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] xmlrpc_decode vs. xmlrpc_decode_request
On Thu, August 17, 2006 4:10 pm, Shu Chow wrote: Hi, I have a question that's been bugging me for a while. What's the difference between xmlrpc_decode and xmlrpc_decode_request? _request takes an extra parameter, $method, but I can't figure out what kind of effect it has. I can pass a totally bogus parameter to it. What's the difference between these two functions, and what does the $method parameter do? Since the second parameter, $method, is actually $method, it probably doesn't matter what you pass *IN* to it -- It's probably going to have something interesting in it after the function is called. It's kind of like having a second, optional, return value that you can use to see what happened. A documented example of this usage is in 'exec': http://php.net/exec As you can see, the $output and $error parameters are optional and $arg indicates that PHP will be altering whatever is in them. Given that your mystery parameter is called $method, I'm guessing that you will be told what method of decoding, if any, was done on the data. //Try something like this: $data = xmlrpc_decode_request($xml, $method); echo Method returned was: $methodhr /\n; echo pre; var_dump($data); echo /pre\n; Once you figure it out, please add a User Contributed Note, so everybody else will know. And then maybe somebody can promote your notes into the actual docs and call it done. :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
Hey Rob, As it were though, an Ajax solution is more involved and his request didn't seem to indicate a need for it so I went with KISS :) The simple solution is exactly what i needed, it may not have a lot of bells and whistles but thats the whole point. Easy to add and update. No points/scores to keep track of so no was AJAX needed. I didnt mind going in for a commerical solution as they tend to have a better GUI output (for example look at the dhtml popup softwares... a whole lot of options ready for you with a single click, things that would take you hours if not days to do by hand coding), I am still interested if I can find something like that otherwise your solution is perfect alternative. Just need to figure out how to change the cells background color when the hint is shown and change it back when the hint is hidden again. Thanks! Ryan -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: dynamic variable usage
hi,
I think this will make more clearance about the problem..
actully i want to compare 2 files which has all most same variable's but the
values are diffrant for e.g.
1 file has username=abc and other has username = bcd ...
my actul code is like ...
my first file contains ... file1.php
php Code:
1. ?php
2. DEFINE http://www.php.net/define('_EZ_USERNAME','Username');
3. DEFINE http://www.php.net/define('_EZ_PASSWORD','Password');
4. ?
my second file contains ... file2.php
php Code:
1. ?php
2. DEFINE http://www.php.net/define('_EZ_USERNAME','Gebruikersnaam');
3. DEFINE http://www.php.net/define('_EZ_PASSWORD','Wachtwoord');
4. ?
and third file has code like ...
php Code:
1. function comp_file ($Filename){
2. include( $Filename);
3.
4.$fpEng = /file1.php;
5. $lines = file http://www.php.net/file($fpEng);
6. foreach ($lines as $line_num = $line) {
7. $line = str_replace
http://www.php.net/str_replace(?php,,$line);
8. $line = trim http://www.php.net/trim($line);
9. if ($line == ){
10. next http://www.php.net/next($lines);
11. }
12. elseif($line == ?){
13. next http://www.php.net/next($lines);
14. }
15. else {
16. $line = str_replace
http://www.php.net/str_replace(DEFINE(',,$line);
17. $line = str_replace
http://www.php.net/str_replace(',',,,$line);
18. $line = str_replace
http://www.php.net/str_replace(');,,$line);
19. list http://www.php.net/list($fieldNm,
$caption) = explode http://www.php.net/explode(,, $line );
20. /*$$fieldNm = $fieldNm;
21. $tmp = $fieldNm ;
22. //eval($fieldNm)
23. eval(\$tmp = \$tmp\;);*/
24.echo http://www.php.net/echo $caption ;
25.echo http://www.php.net/echo
'input name=?php echo $fieldNm ;? value=?php //here i want
value form($Filenamefile ) ; ? type=text size=70' ;
26. }
27. }
28. }
29. comp_file(file2.php);
so now when i do read file2 i got $caption = 'UserName' ... and $fieldNm =
'_EZ_USERNAME' by using this $fieldNm ' s value i want to use the variable
of file2
i think this will help you more in help me out
On 8/19/06, Hiren Parmar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi ,
i have one problem regarding variable's access ...
i hv defined some varibale like
DEFINE('_xx_USERNAME','Username');
in one file ...
and in another file , i got this variable (_xx_USERNAME) as a value of
another variable ... like
$filedValue = '_xx_USERNAME' ;
now , the problem is i want the value of _xx_USERNAME in the second file
...
that is *Username*... by using variable $filedValue ...
how could i do this ?
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Re: [PHP] OT alternate website authentication methods
At 2:08 PM -0700 8/18/06, Chris W. Parker wrote: I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts as well as any links for further reading. Chris. Chris: I've done a little on this, see: http://xn--ovg.com/captcha The main problem in all visual security measures is dealing with the disabled. To draw an image or to see the typical CAPTCHA is simply not possible. That's one of the reasons I wrote an audio CAPTCHA. To bad someone hasn't found another way. tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
On Sat, 2006-08-19 at 08:09 -0700, Ryan A wrote: Just need to figure out how to change the cells background color when the hint is shown and change it back when the hint is hidden again. Just set the bckground colour of the div that contains the hint. div style=background: #ff; padding: 15px; Cheers, Rob. -- .. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] dynamic variable usage
Hi ,
i have one problem regarding variable's access ...
i hv defined some varibale like
DEFINE('_xx_USERNAME','Username');
in one file ...
and in another file , i got this variable (_xx_USERNAME) as a value of
another variable ... like
$filedValue = '_xx_USERNAME' ;
now , the problem is i want the value of _xx_USERNAME in the second file ...
that is *Username*... by using variable $filedValue ...
how could i do this ?
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Re: [PHP] e-Commerce password standards?
At 2:45 PM -0500 8/18/06, Richard Lynch wrote: I've searched some of the obvious candidates, found nothing much, and am in the process of determining at least some of the basic rules for other similar sites. Richard: I'm sure you Googled for this, but password strength brought up some interesting results. The most interesting/informative for me was: http://www.securitystats.com/tools/password.php I think the site is a bit dated, but it's good information. To force your users to have a secure password, you could provide tools to help them, such as a password generator (one that would suit your security concerns) or provide a strength meter and then only accept those with the appropriate strengths. I have code, but some might refer to it as kiddy-script caliber. Please let me know if I can help. tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
Just need to figure out how to change the cells background color when the hint is shown and change it back when the hint is hidden again. Thanks! Ryan Use the DOM, Luke. Or, use a style switcher, like: http://www.sperling.com/examples/styleswitch/ Using css is a good way to accomplish this. tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] dynamic case statements?
On Fri, August 18, 2006 11:58 am, Tom Cruickshank wrote:
Would anyone know if it's possible to have dynamic case
statements?
Almost for sure...
I *know* you can use switch(true) and put *ANY* expression you want
for a case.
switch (true) {
case $temp === 'status':
$theform-status();
break;
case $temp:
$theform-form($temp);
break;
}
Theform = new form();
$temp = $_POST['var1'];
switch ($temp) {
case status:
$theform-status();
break;
case $temp:
$theform-form($temp);
break;
}
This, however, is probably better handled with a 'default:' instead of
case $temp...
This keeps giving me Call to undefined method form::form() in
/usr/local/www/data-dist/form.php on line 38
Then your class form probably does not have a function named form...
In fact, if it does, then in PHP4 that was the constructor, so you
probably can't use that for ANYTHING other than saying:
new form;
And form() gets called on 'new' and only on 'new'
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[PHP] Shopping cart
Hey, I have been long enough on this list to know this shopping cart question comes up real often and irritates a lot of folks, but sorry, I have checked google and hotscripts and it has come down to a recommendation from YOU guys as they are SO many options out there with each cart most of which i will never need. Feel free to mention commercial products as I have been looking at them too, but if i go in for a commercial solution I will have to cut somewhere else as this is for myself and i'm starting out...budgets low and am trying to do everything myself, but dont have time to make this myself. Will be selling spare parts. I dont want a cart to do a million things, just around 10 :) 1. Admin panel where i enter quantity and it keeps track of inventry 2. Should be *fast* (php+mysql solution) 3.Intergrate with paypal+2checkout anything more is a bonus 4. Easy to template 5. Calculates shipping (not vital, but bonus if it does) 6. Should be able to give discounts based on price and accept discount codes. 7. Should offer the customers who bought this also bought feature 8. Easy to maintain OSC is the first cart that comes to mind, followed by Zen, xcart (xcart out of my budget though) Am leaning towards OSC for the price but its got an overload of bulk and speed problems... Please recommend, even a link to any site and a go to that f***ing site (the = of a RTFM) would be appreciated. Thanks! Ryan -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
Just need to figure out how to change the cells background color when the hint is shown and change it back when the hint is hidden again. Just set the bckground colour of the div that contains the hint. div style=background: #ff; padding: 15px; DUH! Of course... am totally duh! this week, 9 hour working days and 4 company meetings + 2 presentations. Thanks again, Ryan -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
--- tedd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just need to figure out how to change the cells background color when the hint is shown and change it back when the hint is hidden again. Thanks! Ryan Use the DOM, Luke. Or, use a style switcher, like: http://www.sperling.com/examples/styleswitch/ Using css is a good way to accomplish this. tedd If I'm Luke, who are you? Yoda? ;D Thanks for the tip, I have already used the tip that Rob gave me, so for now am happy and wont touch anything! cheers! -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Dhtml/javasript layer tips or software (0.T)
Hey! Robert, Isn't it to easy to cheat if you do like this? Just view the source and you have the answers. But, this is maybe not for examination, maybe just for learning. If it is examination, AJAX would be better, so that they can not find out the solution by just looking at the source. Sorry for not explaining this earlier guys, this is not for any test, its to teach young kids (ages 10-14) maths in Swedish, the kids are from other countries where Swedish is not their own language. No testing, no keeping points or scores. Thanks! Ryan -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Shopping cart
OSCommerce is crap. Don't bother. obligatory plug The Drupal CMS has a complete suite of ecommerce modules that work with it. I've not worked with it recently, but if you just need a straightforward shopping cart it should be fine. http://drupal.org/ http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce All GPLed. /obligatory plug On Saturday 19 August 2006 10:37, Ryan A wrote: Hey, I have been long enough on this list to know this shopping cart question comes up real often and irritates a lot of folks, but sorry, I have checked google and hotscripts and it has come down to a recommendation from YOU guys as they are SO many options out there with each cart most of which i will never need. Feel free to mention commercial products as I have been looking at them too, but if i go in for a commercial solution I will have to cut somewhere else as this is for myself and i'm starting out...budgets low and am trying to do everything myself, but dont have time to make this myself. Will be selling spare parts. I dont want a cart to do a million things, just around 10 :) 1. Admin panel where i enter quantity and it keeps track of inventry 2. Should be *fast* (php+mysql solution) 3.Intergrate with paypal+2checkout anything more is a bonus 4. Easy to template 5. Calculates shipping (not vital, but bonus if it does) 6. Should be able to give discounts based on price and accept discount codes. 7. Should offer the customers who bought this also bought feature 8. Easy to maintain OSC is the first cart that comes to mind, followed by Zen, xcart (xcart out of my budget though) Am leaning towards OSC for the price but its got an overload of bulk and speed problems... Please recommend, even a link to any site and a go to that f***ing site (the = of a RTFM) would be appreciated. Thanks! Ryan -- - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 6817012 If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. -- Thomas Jefferson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Session issues
If the problem is that their browser is not accepting the cookies, then turning on trans-sid will fix it -- as the session ID is then passed in the URL as GET argument. Only problem there is that users are more likely to forward a link that exposes their session ID to somebody else, so unless you are careful about logging them out after a time-out and re-authenticating whenever they do something crucial, they can end up leaking their own privacy. On Fri, August 18, 2006 11:25 am, Dave Goodchild wrote: Does enabling transparent session ids solve the cookie issue? I visited plenty of sites that use cookies and sessions on the same setup and none caused the same issue. On 18/08/06, Richard Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Configure the problem browser to prompt you when it gets a cookie. You'll probably find that it's rejecting the cookies, so it's not preserving the state of the session, so you get a new session every page hit. On Thu, August 17, 2006 12:35 pm, Dave Goodchild wrote: Hi all, I am currently writing a web application that has a 3-stage form process as part of its functionality. The values passed in are placed in the session array after validation and once the user has completed and supplied all required values the relevant session values are inserted into the database. I have tested it on three different machines in FF, IE and Opera and all expected values were entered ok. However, a remote user has started testing and all values are blank, suggesting the session is not being populated. I noticed it at their office last week when data values were not showing up when the user went back one page (ie fields are pre-populated with existing session values). Anyone had this problem before? -- http://www.web-buddha.co.uk http://www.projectkarma.co.uk -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- http://www.web-buddha.co.uk http://www.projectkarma.co.uk -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Creating User Friendly URLS [SOLVED]
PHP List,
Thank you to everyone who helped out.
I'm happy to report that the issue is solved, mainly with the help of my
local LUG. I am getting nice friendly URLs, so mod_rewrite seems to be
working.
The solution was almost entirely to do with getting Apache working. Once
I had the URLs correctly pointing to my index.php file, then
manipulating $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] was a snap.
The trickiest part for me was that on my own Apache server, mod_rewrite
was not enabled.
In any case, for my own reference as well as others, although the path
to the answer was a little stumbly, here are the steps that I think
ultimately lead to getting everything to work. This is entirely to do
with setting up Apache to handle friendly URLS, but hopefully will be of
use to PHP developers.
1. # sudo a2enmod rewrite
2. Confirm that the rewrite.load file is in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
Currently I have the following files in that directory:
cgi.load php5.conf php5.load rewrite.load
3. # sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
Find where it says:
Directory /var/www/
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
And change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride all. (I noticed that
None was in upper case, and all was lowercase. Don't know if case is
important, but this is the way that it worked for me).
Some sites said to edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default, or
sometimes default-000, but they are just symlinks to
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default (at least in my case).
4. # sudo gedit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Add the following lines:
IfModule mod_rewrite.c
RewriteEngine On
/IfModule
No other editing of httpd.conf was necessary, despite some sites that
said to use LoadModule.
It should be noted, though, that even though mod-rewrite is working, it
isn't listed when I run /usr/sbin/apache2 -l. I don't know if that's
odd behaviour or not, just that it seemed like it was supposed to be
listed there.
5. Reload the apache modules and restart Apache.
# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
# sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
6. Create an .htaccess file (if there isn't one already) in the
directory where one wants to create user friendly URLS, and add the
following:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
These rules say that if the file or directory named in the URL is real,
then go there. Otherwise, go to the index file for processing. At least
that's what it seems to do. I didn't write it, so I can't assure anyone
of the correctness of the syntax.
It should be noted, though, that even though mod-rewrite is working, it
isn't listed when I run /usr/sbin/apache2 -l. I don't know if that's
odd behaviour or not, just that it seemed like it was supposed to be
listed there.
If anyone can see problems in the above, or if I've misunderstood some
part, please let me know.
Thanks to the PHP list for their ever-present help and support.
--
Dave M G
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[PHP] number list
Hi, can anyone help me with this at all. i have a table leaderboard with username points etc and can echo the scores in asc order ok but what i want is to grab the scores and display a users position using their session ID. So if the scores are for example: 36 user3 22 user1 18 user4 12 user2 How do i show user 1's position on the leaderboard on their user login page. here are the fields in table 'leaderboard' ID user_id username points comp_id email -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
