[PHP] dates problem

2001-09-07 Thread Nikola Veber
I'm having a prowith determing a time interval. I need to find out how many seconds, minutes, days have passed since a cpecific date (1.1.1980.), but when I pass that dade to a time stamp , I get 1983.315529200. How am I suposed to handle the year (1983.) o there is smething else ? I think the

[PHP] how to pass authentication info to SMTP server

2001-09-07 Thread Balaji Ankem
Hi Ramsus and Renze, I would like to implement sending an e-mail through SMTP server. Here my SMTP server needs authentication. How to pass the username and password to SMTP server?? Thanks in advance. Regards -Balaji

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on access toa directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Enrique Vadillo
Jason thanks! your information about those 512 bytes is VERY useful but just a lil' too late, i already came up with a solution using a conditional URL rewrite rule in my apache, along with a " ForceType .." which helps me invoke my php script, if anyone is interested i can send out the details, i

Re: [PHP] how to execute a php script thru a cron job

2001-09-07 Thread Carry Ian
thanks daniel, but how do i add it to the cron job for daily execution ? regards carry On Thursday, September 06, 2001 at 10:51:00 PM, Daniel Rezny wrote: > Hello Carry, > > Thursday, September 06, 2001, 5:05:53 PM, you wrote: > > CI> hello, > > > > CI> can anybody su

[PHP] files

2001-09-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
hey, I have a large file and I want to keep the last x row of it. I figured out how to navigate to the point where I want to extract the data, but I cant figure out how to extact from the file current $fp and write out the data to another file. Think of it like this, when the file gets to be x

[PHP] PHP and MySQL

2001-09-07 Thread Pieter Philippaerts
Hello, we're using our MySQL database quite extensively from our PHP scripts, but sometimes everything stops working and it says "Too many connections". Is there a problem with MySQL support from within PHP? Doesn't it close its connections with the database when the script stops executing? Is the

[PHP] Reprise of dissapearing session variables

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Bell
ok! I've been trying to figure this out, and I'm completely stumped! I've started from scratch with a test script, here is my code: Testing"; print $PHPSESSID; print "\$sess_name is: $sess_name\$sess_auth is: $sess_auth"; if ($go) { print "Go was initiated"; $sess_name = "BillyBob"; }; if (ses

[PHP] Iffy W2K, dodgy PHP or sketchy programmer?

2001-09-07 Thread Jon Thompson Coon
Been up for four f**g hours too late trying to find something wrong with my code, lately finding out, that there apparently is nothing wrong with it (in this particular case). I wish for verification. As a developement box I run a W2K, newest Apache and PHP 4.0.whatnot. Had this problem o

[PHP] Ordering a query

2001-09-07 Thread nate
I use the following code to order the results of the query by the variable $order. $result = mysql_query("SELECT articles.title,vote.votes,vote.total,articles.date,staff.firstname,articles.content,articles.id FROM staff,articles,vote WHERE articles.authorid = staff.id AND articles.id = vote.it

[PHP] Delete top 2 lines (was file management)

2001-09-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
Here is what Im attempting $size = filesize("chat/chat.txt"); // get size of file if (filesize("chat/chat.txt") > 500) { // if over x bytes chop it down $fp = fopen("./chat/chat.txt", "r+"); // open a fp $count = 0; // setup a count while (!

RE: [PHP] Re: php.ini not being read

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> I am positive. > /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop > /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start > I have never touched the apache installation. I am currently under the > impression that compiling > with --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd/conf/php.ini has screwed up the > install. That is unless someone has any o

RE: [PHP] Re: php.ini not being read

2001-09-07 Thread Brett
>Is php.ini readable? > >Any messages in your Apache error log? No messages in the apache error logs. >Are you 100% sure you really killed Apache and restarted?... I've >had cases >where I managed to install the new Apache in a different location, >and ended >up with two different sets of http

Re: [PHP] file management

2001-09-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
You know what, I think Im explaining myself wrong. The word truncate in itself means I believe to cut at the bottom. This isn't what I need. Basically, its a chat script and all the newer messages are at the bottom, and when the file reaches x bytes I want to 'cut off the head' of the file by x

Re: [PHP] GD

2001-09-07 Thread Dennis Moore
Make sure you do not have an older version of gd on your system before trying to compile gd a new version. This will save you hours of frustration. /dkm - Original Message - From: "Sebastian Wenleder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joseph Bannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP (E-mail)" <[EMAIL P

[PHP] php/mysql search. need help

2001-09-07 Thread lizlynch
i have a form where a user inputs a home service type and this results in a list of that value, eg a user inputs 'plumber' and a list of plumbers is displayed. if a user accidentally types plumbar no results are displayed. is there anyway of making php/mysql recognise the first three letters or

Re: [PHP] GD picture quality

2001-09-07 Thread speedboy
> Take a look at this picture... > > http://www.sayimhot.com/images/mycurrentscore.jpg > > ... now take a look at it while text is added to it... > > http://www.sayimhot.com/myscore.php > > What happens to the picture quality? How can it be improved? (code below) You mean the font quality? Th

[PHP] Re: C-style parameterized macros

2001-09-07 Thread 602e23
> "Neil" == Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Neil> Hello, Neil> I have noticed that PHP can be used to define constants but Neil> not parametrized macros, a feature is is currently lacking. Neil> It is possible to use arrays instead with the only Neil> disadvantag

[PHP] strange register_shutdown_function() and fopen() conflict

2001-09-07 Thread Kevin Bullaughey
scenario... i am trying to open a file from i function that is called automatically because it is registered with register_shutdown_function(). for some reason i am unable to call fopen(). i am assuming that my script causes a fatal error and i cannot see the output because with apache, one is

[PHP] GD picture quality

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
Take a look at this picture... http://www.sayimhot.com/images/mycurrentscore.jpg ... now take a look at it while text is added to it... http://www.sayimhot.com/myscore.php What happens to the picture quality? How can it be improved? (code below) Thanks, Joseph

[PHP] private functions

2001-09-07 Thread Lukas
Hello, Sorry, i posted this to my local newsfeed a while ago but i don't think it is propogating properly, however i apologise if this appears twice. --- i've been using private functions like the code below a little, and just discovered that if you call the outside function more than once you

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a scripton access to a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Sure, I know that very well, but that has nothing to do with what we are discussing here. -Rasmus On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Jason Bell wrote: > IE has "Friendly Error Messages" so on a normal 404 response, IE would show > it's own error message, and not the one from the server. The Documented way > a

Re: [PHP] URLencode

2001-09-07 Thread Tom Carter
Simplest way is to do this $string = "my string"; $string=urlencode(str_replace(" ","+",$string)); ie use str_replace to manually replace spaces with +, urlencode then won't do anything further to it - Original Message - From: "Brandon Orther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP User Group" <[

RE: [PHP] URLencode

2001-09-07 Thread Brandon Orther
I just realized that on the server I am trying to run this on, URLEncode is working like rawurlencode. Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? Thank you, Brandon Orther WebIntellects Design/Development Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-9

Re: [PHP] auto increment

2001-09-07 Thread Martín Marqués
On Vie 07 Sep 2001 19:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > you know how, if you make a field a primary key and have it auto > increment... then if you delete an entry and add a new one it makes the > field 2 instead of 1... i know thats explained bad but do you know what i > mean? is there a way to make

[PHP] auto increment

2001-09-07 Thread nate
you know how, if you make a field a primary key and have it auto increment... then if you delete an entry and add a new one it makes the field 2 instead of 1... i know thats explained bad but do you know what i mean? is there a way to make it go back to 1 as if there were never any fields enter

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on access to a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Bell
IE has "Friendly Error Messages" so on a normal 404 response, IE would show it's own error message, and not the one from the server. The Documented way around this is to ensure that your 404 document is larger than 512 bytes. http://www.zdnet.com/products/stories/reviews/0,4161,2779295-3,00.html

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a scripton access to a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
What do you mean MSIE does not support 404 ErrorDocument? That is a server-side function. It has absolutely nothing to do with the browser. Try going to: http://php.net/strlen That is an ErrorDocument 404 thing that kicks in and takes you to the right place in the PHP documentation. And believ

Re: [PHP] file management

2001-09-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
Sterling, your example looks doable, Ill report back when Im done with these other functions. Thanks Sterling Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Gerard Samuel wrote: > > >>Can a file be truncated from the beginning, and by x amount of lines?? >>Thanks >> >> > Truncated from the beginnin

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on access to a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Bell
Explorer does support 404 documents. You just have to make sure the document is bigger than 512 bytes. - Original Message - From: "Enrique Vadillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: run a s

Re: [PHP] Cybercash compiling as shared module

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Michael Kimsal wrote: > I'm trying this specifically with the cybercash module. When I just do > ./configure --with-cybercash=/path/to/mck, it works (well, it gets thru > configure > and make anyway). > > ./configure --with-cybercash=/path/to/mck,shared and > ./configure --wi

[PHP] URLencode

2001-09-07 Thread Brandon Orther
Hello, I am working on a script and using urlencode but not getting the results I want. Does anyone know how to convert the spaces of a sting of text in "+" instead of %20? Thanks

Re: [PHP] file management

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Gerard Samuel wrote: > Can a file be truncated from the beginning, and by x amount of lines?? > Thanks > Truncated from the beginning? Do you mean truncate the file by X lines, starting from the first position in the file, well, yeah: Please note the above

[PHP] Cybercash compiling as shared module

2001-09-07 Thread Michael Kimsal
I'm trying this specifically with the cybercash module. When I just do ./configure --with-cybercash=/path/to/mck, it works (well, it gets thru configure and make anyway). ./configure --with-cybercash=/path/to/mck,shared and ./configure --with-cybercash=shared,/path/to/mck both don't work. I

Re: [PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on access toa directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Enrique Vadillo
MSIE does not support 404 ErrorDocument, that only works fine with Netscape. Rewriting URLs is nasty when you have to mix it with php script writing, this could be so much simpler with a php script. I know it's a tough question, anyone dares to beat the problem? Enrique- >From: Philip Hallstrom

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> Which is more resource attentive however (Random question, not necessarily > pertaining to this)? > > Making MySQL do extra work or PHP do some extra work? Generally it would be more efficient to have MySQL do it as part of its SELECT. But there could be cases where it would be more efficient

[PHP] PHP 4.0.4pl1 HEAD request problem

2001-09-07 Thread Hardy Merrill
Software: Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) PHP/4.0.4pl1 mod_ssl/2.8.2 OpenSSL/0.9.6 and PHP is built as a loadable module for Apache. HEAD requests to PHP pages that have calls to ob_start() and ob_end_flush() do not work properly. index.php - *without* ob_start() / ob_end_flush()

[PHP] file management

2001-09-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
Can a file be truncated from the beginning, and by x amount of lines?? Thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Sheridan Saint-Michel
Actually, the difference in speed between generating a random number in either MySQL or PHP is pretty much negligable. If you can have MySQL return just a single row, however, instead of an entire set of rows then there will be a notable difference =) Sheridan Saint-Michel Website Administrator

Re[2]: [PHP] The future of PHP

2001-09-07 Thread Manuel Carrara
Hello Sean, Thursday, September 06, 2001, 1:46:28 PM, you wrote: SCM> My experience is the same. Here in Spain everybody uses Microsoft SCM> products. W95, W98, NT everywhere, and now 2000. There a lot of MCSE SCM> around and very little Linux/PHP experts. Yes there are a lot of people SCM> tha

[PHP] Re: run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on accessto a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Philip Hallstrom
What's wrong with rewriting urls? The other alternative is to make sure that none of the urls you are accessing actually exist and then setup an ErrorDocument handler which calls the php script of your choice... which can then do whatever you want... -philip On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Enrique Vadillo

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Kath
Which is more resource attentive however (Random question, not necessarily pertaining to this)? Making MySQL do extra work or PHP do some extra work? - k - Original Message - From: "King, Justin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent:

[PHP] Hosting Question

2001-09-07 Thread Matt \"TrollBoy\" Wiseman
Anyone ever use Featurehosting.com? They seem ridiculously cheap. I was wondering if they're too good to be true or if they're the real deal. Look at small to medium traffic stes, no amazon.com's here. Matt "TrollBoy" Wiseman Webmaster: Shoggoth.net Site Designer: phpslash.org The oldest and s

[PHP] run a script for any HTTP request (was: run a script on access to a directory)

2001-09-07 Thread Enrique Vadillo
That was a fine idea Doug, but what if we push the subject and go a little further? I am thinking now that i'd like to make it possible that for ANY http request received by my Apache i'd like to have a php script executed first, i.e.: http://domain.com/ http://domain.com/anydir/anyfile for any

Re: [PHP] socket error

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, sagar wrote: > thanX sterling, > > i've changed it to socket_open() but the problem > still exists. > Sorry, meant socket_create() -- for a list of the new names, open up php4/ext/sockets/sockets.c and take a look at the function entry. -Sterling > /sagar > > -

Re: [PHP] socket error

2001-09-07 Thread sagar
thanX sterling, i've changed it to socket_open() but the problem still exists. /sagar - Original Message - From: Sterling Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sagar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: php <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] socket error >

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, King, Justin wrote: > The easiest way I can think of would be to get a random number based on > the size of an array. If you're querying your database and filling an > array with all images, just use the database's random routine instead. > (I.E. "SELECT quote,author from ran

Re: [PHP] socket error

2001-09-07 Thread Sterling Hughes
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, sagar wrote: > line10 -> if (($sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { > echo "socket() failed: reason: " . strerror($sock) . "\n"; > } > > i'm getting an error saying > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: socket() in c:\program file

[PHP] socket error

2001-09-07 Thread sagar
line10 -> if (($sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) { echo "socket() failed: reason: " . strerror($sock) . "\n"; } i'm getting an error saying Fatal error: Call to undefined function: socket() in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\test\sock.php o

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread King, Justin
But that would make sense rasmus... and I don't like to make sense =)... if its an array filled from a database, randomizing on the database level would still be better though. --Justin King, School District of Superior Web Coordinator (www.superior.k12.wi.us) -Original Message- From: R

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
I'd say the easiest way would be to use array_rand() See http://php.net/array_rand -Rasmus On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, King, Justin wrote: > The easiest way I can think of would be to get a random number based on > the size of an array. If you're querying your database and filling an > array with all

RE: [PHP] Content management

2001-09-07 Thread King, Justin
I'm actually doing the same thing for my district. We've developed a code system much like html, only not. Sounds stupid but it works. I mostly ripped off UBB code. For example: [b]bold[/b], [i]italics[/i] Then we give the people using it an instruction sheet. Since [ and ] don't require a sh

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread King, Justin
The easiest way I can think of would be to get a random number based on the size of an array. If you're querying your database and filling an array with all images, just use the database's random routine instead. (I.E. "SELECT quote,author from randomQuote ORDER by RAND() LIMIT 1" in mysql) If t

[PHP] Re: newbie ? :)

2001-09-07 Thread Gaylen Fraley
Have you contacted Mercury yet? Try them or try the linux.redhat.misc newsgroup. -- Gaylen "Caleb Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hello all, > > i am trying to install Loadrunner for in linux, > > am not sure where is my LD_LIBRARY_P

[PHP] Re: clear contents?

2001-09-07 Thread Franklin van Velthuizen
"Jeremy Morano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi everone... > I'm having a little problem. The code below pops up a password dialog box > where the user types in a username and a password to be able to proceed. > However, if the user does no

[PHP] Content management

2001-09-07 Thread Scott Parks
Hi All- I am developing a web interface for a school that will allow them to mange the entire site, from users to the actual display elements. The trick has been, they must not have to know HTML to do the administration. The question: does anyone have some links or examples of this kind of s

Re: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Kath
Example if you do know the number of items in the array: /* Begin */ $choice = rand(1, 6); echo $array[$choice]; /* End */ That will randomly pick something from 1-6 in the array. If you do not know the number of things in the array (say it is off a form or something): /* Begin */ $numinarray

[PHP] Re: execute a script on access to a directory

2001-09-07 Thread Doug Granzow
You can make "go" the name of your PHP script, then put this in your Apache config: ForceType application/x-httpd-php Now in your "go" script, you have it do whatever you wanted it to do, then use an include to load the "getit" script. Here's an except from my equivalent of your 'go' scri

Re: [PHP] Re: Error handling and the usage of "@"

2001-09-07 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Seb Frost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > So I should chuck it on all mysql functions? Done. Don't ya just love > search and replacing a whole directory of scripts :-) Still works fine > too - bonus! er... I should have noted - if you are

RE: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Jack Dempsey
create a random number from 0 to count($array) and use that as the index jack -Original Message- From: Joseph Bannon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:08 PM To: PHP (E-mail) Subject: [PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array How do you randomly picking

RE: [PHP] Re: Error handling and the usage of "@"

2001-09-07 Thread Seb Frost
So I should chuck it on all mysql functions? Done. Don't ya just love search and replacing a whole directory of scripts :-) Still works fine too - bonus! - seb -Original Message- From: Hugh Bothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 September 2001 20:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

[PHP] Re: Error handling and the usage of "@"

2001-09-07 Thread Hugh Bothwell
"Seb Frost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Could someone give me an example of the sort of error handling you put in > your php scripts? Cheers. Should I be preceding every command with @? > Anything where this would be harmful? Just looking

Re: [PHP] execute a script on access to a directory

2001-09-07 Thread Enrique Vadillo
Nope, i'm not talking about a directory containing exclusively PHP scripts, in that case i would've prepended a php script to the directory and we're done, but no, i am talking about access to a directory containing files of any kind. see? Thanks for the help anyway, any better suggestions? Enri

[PHP] randomly picking a variable from an array

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
How do you randomly picking a variable from an array with PHP? Thanks, Joseph PS. Thanks to those who helped me with GD. If you go to my site, you'll see the new counter I created at the top of the page. http://www.collegesucks.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.p

[PHP] Re: network connections

2001-09-07 Thread Doug Granzow
If you're talking over a million messages, I think you need a solution that is designed specifically for handling mail. I would suggest looking into qmail (www.qmail.org) to replace sendmail on the server in question. qmail is much more efficient than sendmail in handling large amounts of mail, a

[PHP] Error handling and the usage of "@"

2001-09-07 Thread Seb Frost
Could someone give me an example of the sort of error handling you put in your php scripts? Cheers. Should I be preceding every command with @? Anything where this would be harmful? Just looking for some pointers really :-) - seb --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-v

Re: [PHP] execute a script on access to a directory

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Bell
You could always add an include() for every page under the /go directory. Simplest way that I can think of. - Original Message - From: "Enrique Vadillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:09 PM Subject: [PHP] execute a script on access to a

[PHP] execute a script on access to a directory

2001-09-07 Thread Enrique Vadillo
Hi, I would like to know how i can force a PHP script to be executed everytime a certain directory is accessed, for example in http://domain.com/go/getit the presence of the /go/ directory would force a PHP script to be executed prior to any operation. Do i need to play with rewriting urls in Ap

[PHP] Re: How to pass variables to php functions from url's?

2001-09-07 Thread ~~~i LeoNid ~~
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 13:28:16 +0200 impersonator of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (\ Tais M. Hansen) planted &I saw in php.general: >Hi Martin, > >Take a look at the Apache mod_rewrite docs. > >http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html > > >I added this to my httpd.conf: > Or if you don't have acce

Re: [PHP] For the RegExps gurus!

2001-09-07 Thread ~~~i LeoNid ~~
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:39:37 +0200 impersonator of [EMAIL PROTECTED] (* R&Ze:) planted &I saw in php.general: > >From: ~~~i LeoNid ~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:30:44PM + >Message-ID: <3b97b222.78196206@localhost> >Subject: Re: [PHP] For the RegExps gurus! > >> You can

[PHP] Re: clear contents? - Ignore previous response

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Oops!!! I didn't read your question fully. I think you CAN do what you want, if you can get some kind of cookie or and/or session variable to work to record when the user got to your page. You leave your logic as is, except that when you get a valid user you check to see if they have been on th

[PHP] Re: UD4 & PhAkt Users?

2001-09-07 Thread Vicki
Thanks for your comments. The advice to just learn the code is both wise and simple. To complicate matters, I did download a trial version of Ultra Dev, installed PhAkt, found a JDBC driver that would work through my Mac to connect to a MySQL database, only to learn that the webhosting company

[PHP] Re: clear contents?

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Jeremy, I don't think it's possible to do what you want, and I have tried finding a way. With your "header " you are requestion an http authentication which means the browser has to store the username and password and send them with EVERY page. Those are the rules. The only way to tell the b

Re: [PHP] urlencode

2001-09-07 Thread Christopher CM Allen
> for an example I send the variable $user='user 1', and in the url there > appears user=user+1 (which I think is correct) but when I read the variable > in the php page it displays user+1 (doesn´t it has to return to user '1'?). urlencodes counterpart is "urldecode" you need to decode each varia

Re: [PHP] ereg_replace - How do I stop it being "greedy"?

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Thanks Jack, preg_replace with an s modifier works a treat. I'm still curious as to how to get ereg_replace to work as well. Everything I read about regex/Posix Regular Expressions, seems to suggest that a ? should also work with ereg_replace! George Jack Dempsey wrote: > > look into the s

RE: [PHP] ImageGIF

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Install a version of GD with GIF support. > No, its not listed. What do I need to do? > > J > > > > -Original Message- > > phpinfo() also lists which image types your GD supports. Does it list > GIF? Later versions do not have GIF support. > > -Rasmus > > -- PHP General Mailing List

RE: [PHP] ImageGIF

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
No, its not listed. What do I need to do? J -Original Message- phpinfo() also lists which image types your GD supports. Does it list GIF? Later versions do not have GIF support. -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fo

Re: [PHP] beginner code help

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
There is no parse error in this code. Check the line before that one. And see stristr(), strcasecmp() and strtolower() for ways to do case independant comparisons. -Rasmus On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Nikola Veber wrote: > Hi ! > > Can anyone tell me why this line returns the parse error > > if (strstr

Re: [PHP] ImageGIF

2001-09-07 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
> ImageGif: No GIF support in this PHP build in counter.php > > I get this error message when I try to run this code... > > Header("Content-Type: image/gif"); > $im = ImageCreate(500, 75); > $red = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255, 0, 0); > ImageFill($im, 100, 100, $red); > ImageGIF($im); > > I install

[PHP] ImageGIF

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
ImageGif: No GIF support in this PHP build in counter.php I get this error message when I try to run this code... Header("Content-Type: image/gif"); $im = ImageCreate(500, 75); $red = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255, 0, 0); ImageFill($im, 100, 100, $red); ImageGIF($im); I installed GD. When I us

[PHP] beginner code help

2001-09-07 Thread Nikola Veber
Hi ! Can anyone tell me why this line returns the parse error if (strstr($name, "firstname") or strstr($ime, "lastname")){ } With this line I'd like to determine if string $name , which contains both first and last name, has earlier defined first and last name, with no difference of the order

RE: [PHP] ereg_replace - How do I stop it being "greedy"?

2001-09-07 Thread Jack Dempsey
look into the s modifier...it makes a dot match a newline as well, where normally it wouldn't jack -Original Message- From: George Whiffen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] ereg_replace - How do I stop it being "g

[PHP] network connections

2001-09-07 Thread J.R. Lillard
i've got a command-line php script that i've been using to deliver large amounts of e-mail. originally it relied on mail() to deliver the messages but i could easily overload sendmail and bring the box (redhat 7.1) to a crawl. so i am now using the various network functions to speak smtp dir

[PHP] ereg_replace - How do I stop it being "greedy"?

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Hi, I've got a problem with regular expression syntax with ereg_replace: ereg_replace(':start:(.*):end:','this is \\1',':start: first :end: middle :start: last :end:'); returns - this is first :end: middle :start: last but I want - this is first middle this is last The problem seems t

RE: [PHP] How do I find out what version of GD I'm running?

2001-09-07 Thread SED
Run this function: phpinfo ([int what]) Check the manual for further details. Regards, Sumarlidi Einar Dadason SED - Graphic Design -- Phone: (+354) 4615501 Mobile: (+354) 8960376 Fax: (+354) 4615503 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

[PHP] urlencode

2001-09-07 Thread Alejandro Molina
Hi, I need to know wich is the best way to send variables through an URL,that if the variables are of the string type, and what if the variable has spaces like $string='this is a test'. I have read about the use of urlencode(), but I have a strange behaviour using this function, sometimes it work

Re: [PHP] Locale Month Name

2001-09-07 Thread Papp Gyozo
LC_* are predefined constants, so: setlocale(LC_ALL, "LT"); - Original Message - From: Veniamin Goldin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: php <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 11:37 AM Subject: [PHP] Locale Month Name > Hello ! > > Please help me, > > How to get Month name accor

RE: [PHP] GD

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
What is FreeType? J -Original Message- From: Sebastian Wenleder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:36 AM To: Joseph Bannon; PHP (E-mail) Subject: Re: [PHP] GD At 10:06 Uhr -0500 07.09.2001, Joseph Bannon wrote: >I just installed PHP 4.0.6. > >1) Do I have to

[PHP] clear contents?

2001-09-07 Thread Jeremy Morano
Hi everone... I'm having a little problem. The code below pops up a password dialog box where the user types in a username and a password to be able to proceed. However, if the user does not close the browser and goes back to the link, which they pops up the diolog box again and they don't have t

[PHP] How do I find out what version of GD I'm running?

2001-09-07 Thread Seb Frost
with phpinfo it just says GD 1.6 or above. This is on a webhoster. How do I find out what version they're actually running? I tried asking but they're useless... - seb -Original Message- From: Sebastian Wenleder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 September 2001 16:36 To: Joseph Banno

[PHP] C-style parameterized macros

2001-09-07 Thread Neil Zanella
Hello, I have noticed that PHP can be used to define constants but not parametrized macros, a feature is is currently lacking. It is possible to use arrays instead with the only disadvantage that array values can be reassigned. I guess this is not a real concern. Does anyone know if parameterize

Re: [PHP] GD

2001-09-07 Thread Sebastian Wenleder
At 10:06 Uhr -0500 07.09.2001, Joseph Bannon wrote: >I just installed PHP 4.0.6. > >1) Do I have to down load GD (graphics library) and install it sperately or >is it in 4.0.6 already? >2) Do I have to run anything special during configuration? >3) Do I have to completely re-install PHP and Apache

Re: [PHP] Re: newbie looking to sync access with MySQL

2001-09-07 Thread Tom Carter
Thanks for that helpful email george, it's something I've been looking at as well. In a situation I'm tackling now I've rewritten the core part of the access such that it is dependant upon data recieved from the server, rather than the server being dependant upon data from access. So far it appea

Re: [PHP] php includes === Dreamweaver library items

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Robert, Well, I bet you're getting tired of this thread! So just a few closing remarks: a) Nested Loops - Yup, they're not so common that we can't just fudge about with a bit of embedded html. b) Luggage - I may yet agree with you about the advantages of two neatly packed bags! c) An awkward

[PHP] Re: newbie looking to sync access with MySQL

2001-09-07 Thread George Whiffen
Tom, Every man and his dog seems to have an Access database they want to view on the web. What I usually do for them is : a) Tell them to save the data from Access as a text file, comma separated. (It's a standard Access option). b) Give them a web page where they can upload it, (From the cust

[PHP] GD

2001-09-07 Thread Joseph Bannon
I just installed PHP 4.0.6. 1) Do I have to down load GD (graphics library) and install it sperately or is it in 4.0.6 already? 2) Do I have to run anything special during configuration? 3) Do I have to completely re-install PHP and Apache? Thanks, Joseph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://

Fw: [PHP] Re: Suggesting a file name.

2001-09-07 Thread Tom Carter
This really doesn't work well to say the least... I've had endless problems with it, and basically just using headers there is no great way to to it. The best solution I found is to use the mod_rewrite module in apache to map a url onto the script. - Original Message - From: "Franklin va

[PHP] Re: how to pass authentication info to SMTP server

2001-09-07 Thread Franklin van Velthuizen
"Balaji Ankem" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 01bc01c137e0$280b0f60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:01bc01c137e0$280b0f60$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi friends, > I would like to implement sending an e-mail through SMTP server. > > Here my SMTP server needs authentication. > > How to pass the usern

[PHP] Re: Suggesting a file name.

2001-09-07 Thread Franklin van Velthuizen
"Theodore Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I wrote a small script to generate an image file containing a version number > for use in some web apps we are coding at work. The problem is, that with > an up-to-date version of IE, the imag

[PHP] Re: Image manipulation

2001-09-07 Thread Geir Eivind Mork
Adam Plocher wrote: > First of all, is there anyway I could have my script take a full size image > and crop out a chunk of it to be used as a thumbnail - or just simply shrink > the image down to be used as a thumbnail? ImageCopyResized, requires GD. > Also, is there anyway to convert misc ima

Re: [PHP] PHP complains when using similar_text() as documented.

2001-09-07 Thread Peter Hutnick
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 11:04:09PM -0500, Peter Hutnick wrote: >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.similar-text.php states that the >> third argument should be a reference. PHP 4.0.6 complains "Warning: >> Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by >> value;" etc.

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