RE: [PHP] bulk mail()
I've been doing the following sending personalized mail to 600+ recipients, so far without any signs of discomfort anywhere: set_time_limit($total_rows * 1); // up the script timeout 1 second per email BTW, I use qmail; not sendmail. As I've never used sendmail, I don't know if this is part of your problem or not. I'm guessing a bit, but based on 600+ emails, I'd say that the script itself takes about 10-15 seconds; the mail to be delivered takes a bit longer, perhaps another minute or two. Jeff -Original Message- From: Justin French [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:45 AM To: php Subject: [PHP] bulk mail() Hi all, I've got a mailing on a website, with email address' / names / etc in a MySQL table. I think there's around 120 on it at the moment. I've been noticing a growing lag on the sending of mail though... I've got a script which takes a message from a form, then runs a while loop through the rows of the mailing_list table, replacing a special string with the subscribers name, and sending using the mail() command. However, this time, the script actually failed, with a failure when attempting to access blah.com/foo.php (the sending script). I have no idea if SOME people got the email, or what, and have no idea how to check. So, I make the assumption that as the mailing list has grown, the script time has slowed... now it's too big (or the server was too busy) to process all the emails before the script timed out. If I didn't want to personalise the emails, I'm sure the script would run a lot quicker with every address in the Bcc header, but since we personalise each email, I can't see any option other than using mail() 200 times... and it's only going to get a lot worse as we climb to 1000+. So, what options do I have? Break the mailing list up into batches of 40 or so? How would I implement something like this? Any advice / concepts / ideas welcome! Justin French Creative Director http://Indent.com.au -- 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
[PHP] possible to add a record number to a query?
I would like to have a column returned in a query that tells you which record I'm looking at? Sort of like an auto_increment? IOW, the query results would look like: record first last 1 johndoe 2 joe blow 3 carol fisher The table only has first and last, but I want the results to add something like record to tell me which record it is. Thanks for any help! Jeff -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query?
Yes, there is a particular reason. The actual query I do pulls information from two tables and has both ORDER BY and GROUP BY clauses. The auto_increment column (think of the query results as a table) will give me the rank of the results. I know how to manipulate the data in PHP to accomplish what I need. I just thought there might be a way in which the query could do it up front. Sort of like when you want to know how many times a particular record exists, you can do a COUNT(*). I just want the results to basically give me a column in the query that lists the results 1, 2, 3, etc. Make sense? Thanks for your help! Jeff -Original Message- From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query? On Thursday 13 June 2002 20:27, Jeff Field wrote: I would like to have a column returned in a query that tells you which record I'm looking at? Sort of like an auto_increment? IOW, the query results would look like: record first last 1 johndoe 2 joe blow 3 carol fisher The table only has first and last, but I want the results to add something like record to tell me which record it is. Thanks for any help! Is there any reason why you need/want to do this? Data are stored in a db in no particular order. If you want a particular order add an ORDER BY clause. If you want 'row' numbers then just fudge it in php -- assign a row number to each record you retrieve from the query. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* There's such a thing as too much point on a pencil. -- H. Allen Smith, Let the Crabgrass Grow */ -- 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] possible to add a record number to a query?
1) Yes, I'm using MySQL 2) You're right. This is not a PHP question. My apologies to the list! Thanks for the feedback! I'll give it a try (and the other one in the other email). Jeff -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query? You can do it with two queries. SELECT @a:=0; SELECT @a:=@a+1, * FROM table; This would be better taken to a MySQL list, though. Actually, you never said what DB you were using. This works in MySQL. ---John Holmes... -Original Message- From: Jeff Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query? Yes, there is a particular reason. The actual query I do pulls information from two tables and has both ORDER BY and GROUP BY clauses. The auto_increment column (think of the query results as a table) will give me the rank of the results. I know how to manipulate the data in PHP to accomplish what I need. I just thought there might be a way in which the query could do it up front. Sort of like when you want to know how many times a particular record exists, you can do a COUNT(*). I just want the results to basically give me a column in the query that lists the results 1, 2, 3, etc. Make sense? Thanks for your help! Jeff -Original Message- From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] possible to add a record number to a query? On Thursday 13 June 2002 20:27, Jeff Field wrote: I would like to have a column returned in a query that tells you which record I'm looking at? Sort of like an auto_increment? IOW, the query results would look like: record first last 1 johndoe 2 joe blow 3 carol fisher The table only has first and last, but I want the results to add something like record to tell me which record it is. Thanks for any help! Is there any reason why you need/want to do this? Data are stored in a db in no particular order. If you want a particular order add an ORDER BY clause. If you want 'row' numbers then just fudge it in php -- assign a row number to each record you retrieve from the query. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* There's such a thing as too much point on a pencil. -- H. Allen Smith, Let the Crabgrass Grow */ -- 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 -- 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
[PHP] Access control question
Quick question... I have a site where user's log in, they put their user name and password in a form and if they are verified against the database, session variables are created, $_SESSION['user']; $_SESSION['pass']; and they get sent to the next page by way of, header(Location: https://www.mysite.com/login/;); // not a real site On that page, and all other pages for which I want to control access, I then put a little access control script (actually, an include file) at the top of each page that checks to see that $_SESSION['user'] is present. If $_SESSION['user'] is *not* present, I send them back to the login page. If $_SESSION['user'] *is* present, they're granted access to the page. Here's the question: Is it simply enough to just check that $_SESSION['user'] is present, and therefore, by that alone assume the user has logged in and should be granted access? Or, should I be verifying the $_SESSION['user'] and $_SESSION['pass'] against the database on every page? The reason I ask is that an article (tutorial) on access control runs a script that hits the database every page. But, to me, that seems like a waste because simply having the $_SESSION['user'] present means they've already logged in. Am I missing something here? Thanks, as always! Jeff -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Access control question - follow-up question
Your way to check for privileges sounds good. However, at my site, for this one area (basically, the customer's area) there's only one privilege; you either have access or you don't. So, I'm assuming my way is probably good enough for now. In regards to the presence of the session itself being good enough for verification, the reason I would check for the $_SESSION['user'] is that that variable means they are logged in, as opposed to merely having a session in use. I say that because, given that I may want to start a session for other uses, such as tracking a user's navigation through the website, then the presence of the session itself would not be good enough to know if they've logged in or not. In regards to Passing/testing the password on each page is unnecessary and poses security risks., I'm under the impression that when I create the user and password variables, the variables are only available in the session cookie on my own server, not in the cookie that is sent to the user to maintain sessions. The cookie sent to the user merely contains the session ID. Therefore, other than someone hijacking the session, I'm a little unclear as to the security risk. Have I got this right? Thanks! Jeff -Original Message- From: Analysis Solutions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 10:42 AM To: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] Access control question Hi Jeff: On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:25:27AM -0500, Jeff Field wrote: Is it simply enough to just check that $_SESSION['user'] is present, and therefore, by that alone assume the user has logged in and should be granted access? Or, should I be verifying the $_SESSION['user'] and $_SESSION['pass'] against the database on every page? If you validate the user/pass before starting a session for the person, then the existence of the session itself proves the person has logged in. No? Passing/testing the password on each page is unnecessary and poses security risks. Disclaimer: I don't use PHP's session functions for sessions. What I do in my system is give everyone a session. All folks who haven't logged in are one user. Once they log in, my session database associates their UserID with their session. The UserID isn't checked on each page. When access to a particular page needs to be limited, I check their permission level (which is in another field of the session database) to ensure they have the privileges needed to perform the operation. Enjoy, --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- 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] Access control question - follow-up question
Absolutely right! I'm storing the password needlessly. I've got the user name and that's all I need for anything further. Thanks! Jeff -Original Message- From: Analysis Solutions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 12:42 PM To: PHP List Subject: Re: [PHP] Access control question - follow-up question On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 11:32:48AM -0500, Jeff Field wrote: In regards to Passing/testing the password on each page is unnecessary and poses security risks., I'm under the impression that when I create the user and password variables, the variables are only available in the session cookie on my own server, not in the cookie that is sent to the user to maintain sessions. The cookie sent to the user merely contains the session ID. Therefore, other than someone hijacking the session, I'm a little unclear as to the security risk. Have I got this right? A general rule: if something doesn't need to be stored, don't store it. This saves time and space. In the instance of passwords, storing them needlessly keeps sensitive information around. This poses a problem in the event your system gets compromised. There are lots of ways that can happen, both known and yet to be discovered and yet to be created. So, it's just safer not to do it. --Dan -- PHP classes that make web design easier SQL Solution | Layout Solution | Form Solution sqlsolution.info | layoutsolution.info | formsolution.info T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y 4015 7 Av #4AJ, Brooklyn NY v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409 -- 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] Sessions question (-enable-trans-sid)
Thanks to all for their help on this. As a follow-up, and after a bunch of playing around with this yesterday, here's what I've come to learn. Perhaps it will be helpful to others: With enable-trans-id compiled into PHP and the following directives in php.ini: session.use_cookies = 0(PHP uses cookies for sessions - off) session.use_trans_sid = 1 (PHP uses enable-trans-id for sessions - on) PHP will automatically append the SID to the end of relative links 100% of the time and will not use cookies no matter whether the user has cookies enabled for their browser or not. In the following case (and I presume the more normal way of doing things): session.use_cookies = 1(PHP uses cookies for sessions - on) session.use_trans_sid = 1 (PHP uses enable-trans-id for sessions - on) PHP will behave the same way for those users that do *not* have cookies enabled for their browser as in the first example, i.e. append links 100% of the time. However, for those users that have cookies enabled for their browser, PHP will append the SID to the links only on the first hit to a page. Then, when a user requests the next page, the auto-rewriting of the URI's stops and cookies are used from that point forward. Actually, that all makes sense, as the first time a user requests a page, there's no way for PHP to know if the browser will accept cookies or not. But, on the second request, the browser will send the cookie back to PHP (along with the appended URI), and PHP from that point on knows that the browser accepts cookies and PHP will then drop the rewriting of the URI's. I hope I've got this all correct. The one observation I'd make in regards to using cookies vs. URI's to maintain the session is this (and please someone correct me if I'm wrong): If a user does *not* have cookies enabled for their browser, you can lose the session if the user hits an html page at your site (because PHP will not be involved and will not rewrite the URI's for the .html page). Not good. If a user *does* have cookies enabled, they can hit non-PHP pages all they want and when they get back to a PHP page, the session is still intact. So, it would seem, while the SID being appended to all URI's should work for all users, non-PHP pages will break the session (not good). And, as for the cookie method, not all users have cookies enabled for their browser (also, not good). Therefore, IMO, neither the cookie method or appending the URI method will work as you'd like 100% of the time. I suppose one thing you could do so that non-PHP pages won't break the session for those users that don't have cookies enabled would be to just run every page in your site through PHP. That way, the URI's for every page will be appended with the SID, and maybe that's the way to go. Anyway, I hope I've got this all right and I hope it helps someone. Jeff -Original Message- From: Jeff Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 11:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Sessions question (-enable-trans-sid) Hi, I'm confused about one thing regarding sessions and haven't been able to find the definitive answer anywhere. Hopefully, I can here. There are two ways to enable sessions: 1) Session ID is passed through cookies 2) Session ID is passed through the URL, either done manually or by automatic URL rewriting All the books, tutorials, etc. basically say that cookies are the way to go but when users don't have cookies enabled, you have to use the URL method. Since I have an e-commerce site that is available to the world, I'm assuming *some* are not going to have cookies enabled. Duh! So, from what I've read, you can implement the URL method of sessions by either manually attaching the session ID to the URLs, or, by compiling PHP with enable-trans-sid, which will add the session ID to the URL's automatically. The answer that I haven't been able to find is this: Is this a one or the other proposition? IOW, if I implement sessions with cookies, then I can't use the URL method? Or, if I implement the URL method (with enable-trans-sid), I can't use the cookie method? Or, do they work in combination. IOW, does PHP automatically know that if a user has cookies enabled, PHP will use the cookie method and, when cookies are *not* enabled, PHP automatically implements the URL method? Thanks for the help! Jeff -- 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
[PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
I apologize...I just posted this to the database list but then realized it
may not be a database issue, so thought I'd better give it a shot over here.
Help!
I've been having a weird problem today (and maybe it's been there all along,
just haven't noticed...it's only been live a few days). I have a web page
that allows users to query my database by either subject or alphabet (A-Z).
Today (and I think I noticed it once before but didn't pay much attention),
if you do a query, the first time it comes back with the results. The
second time, clicking the same letter (or sometimes other letters), for
instance, it comes back with a Database Not Selected error. Or, every
time in a row for a dozen times it comes back with a Database Not Selected
error. Or, sometimes it comes back with the results just fine for twenty
times in a row. Or, ...
You get the idea. It doesn't happen all the time, just sometimes, and in no
particular order. Very strange because I'm not changing a dang thing.
Anyway, I've already tried rebooting the server, no change. And, I've tried
accessing the web page from other machines, same problem. Has anyone ever
run into this?
I'm running Red Hat 7.2, Apache 1.3.23, MySQL 3.23.49a, and PHP 4.2.1.
Here's the code in the web page with only some name changes (for security,
ya know):
?php
function Query()
{
global $mydb, $recordset, $total_rows, $letter;
$letter = $_GET['letter'];
mysql_select_db($database_mydb, $mydb);
$query = sprintf(SELECT name
FROM tbl_mytable
WHERE name LIKE %s
ORDER BY name ASC,
SQLStr($letter . %, text));
$recordset = mysql_query($query, $mydb) or die(mysql_error());
$total_rows = mysql_num_rows($recordset);
}
?
And then the code in my include where I keep all the db connection stuff:
?php
$hostname_mydb = localhost;
$database_mydb = mydb;
$username_mydb = user;
$password_mydb = ;
$mydb= mysql_pconnect($hostname_mydb, $username_mydb, $password_mydb) or
die(mysql_error());
?
Any help is appreciated!! Thanks!
Jeff
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RE: [PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
Thanks for the help, all! Here was the problem...I think, I'm pretty sure,
eh?
In mysql_select_db($database_mydb, $mydb), I have the variable,
$database_mydb, which is actually something that Macromedia's Dreamweaver
MX created (for those that don't know it, Dreamweaver MX supports a little
PHP).
Well, not to put the blame on Macromedia, it was all my fault and I now feel
a bit stupid, I think it all boiled down to $database_mydb not being
declared global in the function I wrote to do the query.
Funny that it worked probably 95% of the time. Must have been due to
mysql_pconnect or something holding open previous connections to the db and
the script just connecting to the last connected db. Anyway...
Sorry for the trouble!
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: hugh danaher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 5:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: php
Subject: Re: [PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
Are all the variables needed for the function getting into your
call_user_func()? Also, perhaps some aren't set or are being
unset outside
your function--say, you are opening a new page and not passing all the
variables to it. The function (which apparently works) isn't getting set
variables. Try echoing the input variables just above the
function call and
see if they're all there.
Hope this helps,
Hugh
- Original Message -
From: Jeff Field [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Php-General (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 2:34 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
Hmmm...not sure how to check the status of the db function calls (sorry,
I'm
relatively new to PHP, help on this is appreciated), but I did add the
following to the script:
echo Error . mysql_errno ( ). : . mysql_error ( );
It prints out Error 0: when the script runs just fine, but
nothing when
the page comes back with No Database Selected.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
Jeff
-Original Message-
From: Scott Hurring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:15 PM
To: Php-General (E-mail)
Subject: RE: [PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
I assume you're not checking the status returned by the
database function calls, becuase they'd probably give
you valueable information on *why* it's doing that. :)
try checking the return val, and (if using mysql) print
out mysql_error() if you get a bad return val.
---
Scott Hurring
Systems Programmer
EAC Corporation
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Voice: 201-462-2149
Fax: 201-288-1515
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Field [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 4:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Weird intermittent No Database Selected problem
I apologize...I just posted this to the database list but
then realized it
may not be a database issue, so thought I'd better give it a
shot over here.
Help!
I've been having a weird problem today (and maybe it's been
there all along,
just haven't noticed...it's only been live a few days). I
have a web page
that allows users to query my database by either subject or
alphabet (A-Z).
Today (and I think I noticed it once before but didn't pay
much attention),
if you do a query, the first time it comes back with the
results. The
second time, clicking the same letter (or sometimes other
letters), for
instance, it comes back with a Database Not Selected error.
Or, every
time in a row for a dozen times it comes back with a
Database Not Selected
error. Or, sometimes it comes back with the results just
fine for twenty
times in a row. Or, ...
You get the idea. It doesn't happen all the time, just
sometimes, and in no
particular order. Very strange because I'm not changing a
dang thing.
Anyway, I've already tried rebooting the server, no change.
And, I've tried
accessing the web page from other machines, same problem.
Has anyone ever
run into this?
I'm running Red Hat 7.2, Apache 1.3.23, MySQL 3.23.49a, and
PHP 4.2.1.
Here's the code in the web page with only some name changes
(for security,
ya know):
?php
function Query()
{
global $mydb, $recordset, $total_rows, $letter;
$letter = $_GET['letter'];
mysql_select_db($database_mydb, $mydb);
$query = sprintf(SELECT name
FROM tbl_mytable
WHERE name LIKE %s
ORDER BY name ASC,
SQLStr($letter . %, text));
$recordset = mysql_query($query, $mydb) or
die(mysql_error());
$total_rows = mysql_num_rows($recordset);
}
?
And then the code in my include where I keep all the db
connection stuff:
?php
$hostname_mydb = localhost;
$database_mydb = mydb;
$username_mydb = user;
$password_mydb =
[PHP] regex help
This is not really specific to PHP (although the information might be useful
for all that form validation we all do), and for that I apologize in advance
(does anyone know of a regex mailing list?), but maybe someone here can help
with the following:
I find no good regex for checking valid domain names. None that I have seen
take into account the fact that, although dashes (-) and dots (.) are
allowed in a domain name, the domain name can neither begin with nor end
with a dash or dot, and additionally, two dashes or two dots in a row are
not allowed and a dash followed by a dot or a dot followed by a dash are not
allowed.
So, I've come up with two regex's for checking domain names. The first one
checks that the name contains alphanumerics, the dash and the dot, and
neither begins with or ends with a dash or dot:
^[a-z0-9]$|^[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9.-]*[a-z0-9]+$
The second one checks that two dashes and two dots are not together and that
a dash followed by a dot or a dot followed by a dash are not together:
--|\.\.|-\.|\.-
Putting it all together, the way I check for a valid domain name is with the
following:
if (eregi(^[a-z0-9]$|^[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9.-]*[a-z0-9]+$, $domain_name) !=
true
OR eregi(--|\.\.|-\.|\.-, $domain_name) == true
{
error;
}
So, my question (finally!) is this:
Is there any way to combine both expressions (basically, one part that
checks for false and one part that checks for true) into one regex that just
returns true or false? I haven't been able to find any documentation that
shows me how to do that, basically a like this but not like this syntax.
BTW, anticipating someone mentioning the fact that the above regex's don't
check for a domain name ending with a dot followed by three characters max
(as in .com, .net, etc.), it's because that long-held truth is no longer
true. We now have .info and .museum, and who know what the future will
bring.
About the only truth left is that domain names end in a dot followed by two
characters minimum (there are the country code domains like .us, .de. etc.
but there are no one character TLD's at present and I would expect perhaps
not for a long long time, but you never know). Perhaps someone would expand
on the regex above to include checking for a name ending with a dot followed
by two characters minimum, I just haven't been into regex's long enough to
know how).
Of course, you could get really anal about all this and check for domain
names that only end in the current ICANN root server TLD's (about 260 or so,
I believe), but that wouldn't account for TLD's that operate within other
root servers (there's always sumthin'). Anyways,
Any help with the above is certainly appreciated!
Jeff
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[PHP] using array to declare globals in function?
Anyone know how to declare globals in a function from an array? The following doesn't seem to work: foreach($_POST as $key = $value) global $form_var[$key]; Thanks for any help! Jeff -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] matching two form fields function?
I feel bad about asking a question like this, but I've spent quite a bit of
time trying to track down what should be a simple answer and, no luck.
Anyway...
I'm trying to create a simple function that will match two form fields
against each other, e.g. Email equals Repeat Email. The following
function seems to work, however, I'm a little uncomfortable because I don't
understand it. Specifically, I don't understand why returning $str1 by
itself (or $str2 by itself) makes it work.
-
/* checks two fields against each other to make sure they match and if they
don't match it throws an error message into the $err_text array */
function CheckMatch($str1, $str2, $name)
{
global $err_text;
$match = ($str1 == $str2);
if ($match != true)
{
$err_text[] = $name must match.;
}
return $str1;
}
-
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!
Jeff
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[PHP] what does this mean in plain english?
Hi. I'm fairly new to PHP and programming in general. I'm learning mostly
by deconstructing what others have written...but even though I have plenty
of PHP books and have searched the Internet high and low, I'm stumped by the
exact meaning in the following function of what the question mark's (?)
and colon's (:), mean and do?
BTW, I'm not looking for an explanation of the function; just what the
question mark's and colon's mean in plain english, so I'll know how to use
them in other places. Thanks!
Jeff
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function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType)
{
$theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? addslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
switch ($theType) {
case text:
$theValue = ($theValue != ) ? ' . $theValue . ' : NULL;
break;
case int:
$theValue = ($theValue != ) ? intval($theValue) : NULL;
break;
}
return $theValue;
}
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