[PHP] newbie: hmtl form to select items from mysql db
Hola, PHP folk! I am slowly getting a handle on what php/mysql can do. I have a mysql database that I can display in a web browswer with php. That part is working just fine, but it was the easiest part, of course. My goal is to create an order form sort of thing were a certain quantity of each item is specified, and the final step is creating the invoice with the grand total is tabulated, etc, etc. I know this is standard stuff, my immediate question is more specific. I need some direction in creating the html form where the items are selected. As it stands now, I have six digit ID numbers that identify each item. The first digit represents the general class of items and the second digit represents a sub-class. The remaining four are arbitrary. What I would like is for the user to 1)pick the class, see the available sub-classes 2)pick the subclass, see the items available 3)pick the item 4)pick quantity If anybody can point me to a tutorial or examples, I would be most appreciative. Danny -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] 4.2.2 doesn't have mysql_real_esacpe_string()
Hola, PHP folk! I am learning about PHP from a book (MySQL/PHP Database Applications). I have been following the examples in the book, modifying them to suit my purpose and experiment, etc. I am using an old work machine my webserver. I did a Redhat 9 install, adding MySQL version 4. The 'stock' Redhat installation of PHP was version 4.2.2. Having this older version had presented no problems until now. The example I am currently working on uses a function mysql_real_escape_string(), which is only in php 4.3.0 and higher. An example of the how the function is used: [code] $query = sprintf($query , mysql_real_escape_string($name) , mysql_real_escape_string($location) , mysql_real_escape_string($email) , mysql_real_escape_string($url) , mysql_real_escape_string($comments) , mysql_real_escape_string($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) ); safe_mysql_query($query); [/code] I am looking for recommendations on what I should do. I can upgrade to the latest version of PHP if need be, though I am not particulary eager to do so, since everything else has been playing nice with each other. The lazy person inside of me is looking for a painless answer, something along the lines of just use mysql_foo() instead, it does the same thing as that function that isn't in 4.2.2 Thanks, Danny -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] best way to specify path to a file in a $variable?
Hola, PHP folk-
I am using
$page_title=some page title here;
require('header.inc');
to include a common header for all my pages. I am using $page_title so
I can have unique names for the different pages.
//---header.inc
!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN
html
head
title?php echo $page_title; ?/title
link rel=stylesheet href=./some.css type=text/css
/head
body
...
I want to be able to also define the path to the CSS file. For
instance, some pages will have the CSS in the same directory, so that
part would read
./my.css
If the page is located in a subdirectory, the path would then be
../my.css
I would like to use a php variable where I can define the path the same
way as the $page_title works. I have tried some experiments with a
$path_to_css variable, but I have not had much success. I think part of
the problem is that I might be stumbling over escaping everything properly.
Is there a better way to do what I am trying to do?
Thanks,
Danny
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[PHP] Apache 2.0.48 won't play nice with php 4.3.4 ?
Hola, PHP folk! I hope this is an appropriate forum for this: I am setting up a Redhat 9 webserver to serve as my testbed for a little php/mysql app I want to develop. I installed RH9 without the webserver/php/mysql so I could manually install the most current versions. MySQL 4.0.16 installed fine, Apache (httpd-2.0.48) installed fine. PHP 4.3.4 seemed to install fine. Unfortunately, when I try to start the webserver with php, I get the following error: '...httpd: module /usr/local/php-4.3.4/sapi/apache2handlers/sapi_apache2.c is not compatible with this version of Apache. Help! Is there a work around for this? Apache will start fine if I don't try to enable php via LoadModule in the Apache configuration file. Any comments and suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Danny -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
