[PHP] Apache Error After Running Config PEAR-Package Application
Hello Everyone, Here goes: I recently started looking into PHP's PEAR project and I set everything up correctly. The database abstraction package works wonders, I love it. So I know that PEAR is working. However, when I try to include() the Config package into my application it gives me Apache's 500 Internal Server Error. I looked in the error log and this is what it said: [Sun Sep 07 03:36:14 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: c:/php/php.exe Has anyone experienced anything like that while using a PEAR package? This problem seems to be specific only to the Config package, because most of the other packages that I've tested are fine, including the DB package. There's also another thing I noticed, too. I wanted to check to see if the file had been included or not. So I tested if the file_exists(), and it does. Then I tested it with both the include() and include_once() functions. The include() one didn't work. The include_once() worked because it didn't throw an Apache-like error, but as soon as I started to spawn a new object from that Config Class, it threw the PHP error: Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: config in e:\localhost\xenonsol\xenon_0.3.1\Config.php on line 9 Any help would be greatly appreciated. I thank anyone in advance for helping me out with this. I love PEAR so far, it's almost like the idea Microsoft has, but I hope it will be far better than ASP.NET in the near future. In fact I KNOW it will because it's so public and out-in-the-open. Anyone can improve on these packages at any time. So, there's my two cents worth... Thanks, Nilaab -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Merging Multi-Dimensional Arrays Into Another Array
Ok, here goes... I have an multi-dimensional array extracted from the database ($units) that is listed at the bottom of this e-mail. What I want to do is take this multi-dimensional array $units and maybe merge or extract it to a different array called $options. I want to group similar units into a category. For example, I want to be able to group lbs. and oz. as units of weight. I want to group cm, m, in, ft as units of width, height or depth. I will be using this information to group these units into a drop-down menu on a form, specific to the category (caption_name). I've tried almost everything I could think of from the PHP Array manual to try to get this to group the way I want it, but all attempts have failed thus far. I even tried to combine these functions for a more complex answer, but I kept getting lost in it. Can anyone suggest of a simple and easy way to take the $units array and group it to something similar to the $options array? Both arrays are listed below, with $options being a pseudo-array that I'm trying to create from $units. Any help would be greatly appreciated... $options Array --- First dimension info: [0] = weight group [1] = width, height, or depth group [2] = volume group etc... --- Array ( [0] = Array ( [0] = Array ( [unit_id] = 1 [unit_option] = lbs. ) [1] = Array ( [unit_id] = 2 [unit_option] = oz. ) ) [1] = Array ( [0] = Array ( [unit_id] = 4 [unit_option] = cm. ) [1] = Array ( [unit_id] = 7 [unit_option] = m. ) [3] = Array ( [unit_id] = 5 [unit_option] = cm. ) [4] = Array ( [unit_id] = 6 [unit_option] = m. ) ) [2]... [3]... ) $units Array --- Array ( [0] = Array ( [0] = 1 [caption_id] = 1 [1] = weight [caption_name] = weight [2] = 1 [unit_id] = 1 [3] = lbs. [unit_option] = lbs. ) [1] = Array ( [0] = 1 [caption_id] = 1 [1] = weight [caption_name] = weight [2] = 2 [unit_id] = 2 [3] = oz. [unit_option] = oz. ) [2] = Array ( [0] = 2 [caption_id] = 2 [1] = volume [caption_name] = volume [2] = 3 [unit_id] = 3 [3] = fl. oz. [unit_option] = fl. oz. ) [3] = Array ( [0] = 2 [caption_id] = 2 [1] = volume [caption_name] = volume [2] = 11 [unit_id] = 11 [3] = L [unit_option] = L ) [4] = Array ( [0] = 2 [caption_id] = 2 [1] = volume [caption_name] = volume [2] = 12 [unit_id] = 12 [3] = mL [unit_option] = mL ) [5] = Array ( [0] = 2 [caption_id] = 2 [1] = volume [caption_name] = volume [2] = 13 [unit_id] = 13 [3] = cm#179; [unit_option] = cm#179; ) [6] = Array ( [0] = 3 [caption_id] = 3 [1] = width [caption_name] = width [2] = 5 [unit_id] = 5 [3] = in. [unit_option] = in. ) [7] = Array ( [0] = 3 [caption_id] = 3 [1] = width [caption_name] = width [2] = 4 [unit_id] = 4 [3] = cm. [unit_option] = cm. ) [8] = Array ( [0] = 3 [caption_id] = 3 [1] = width [caption_name] = width [2] = 7 [unit_id] = 7 [3] = m. [unit_option] = m. ) [9] = Array ( [0] = 3 [caption_id] = 3 [1] = width [caption_name] = width [2] = 6 [unit_id] = 6 [3] = ft. [unit_option] = ft. ) [10] = Array ( [0] = 4 [caption_id] = 4 [1] = height [caption_name] = height [2] = 5 [unit_id] = 5
[PHP] Best Merchant Account For PHP Users
Hello everyone, I want to start learning about e-commerce, shopping carts, SSL encryption methods, etc. I have built a catalog system for my clients and I want to built a fully integrated store on top of it. I need a merchant provider that can allow me to integrate the credit card proccessing within my own designs. I want to just be able to send their servers the credit card info, for authentication, processing, and banking, then I want them to send me a confirmation message, saying the credit card has been authorized successfully and the customer has been billed for such amount of money, etc. I don't want to use any merchant provider's design. In other words, no Motiva-like merchant providers. Sorry about the long explaination. Here's the question: Has anyone worked with a merchant account that can do what I need? Does anyone have any suggestions of who their favorite merchant providers are? Are there merchant providers who work better with applications coded in PHP, or does it really not matter at all which application it's written in? Also, does anyone know of a website (for dummies) that can teach me how to start enabling my website into an e-commerce website? Thanks in advance guys! :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Image Border Help
Hey guys,
I want to know how I can add different border styles around an image.
Here's what I do to create an image:
function output_new_img () {
$new = $this-calc_new_size ($this-max_w, $this-max_h);
$new_w = $new[0];
$new_h = $new[1];
$src_img = ImageCreateFromJPEG ($this-temp_img);
$dst_img = ImageCreateTrueColor ($new_w, $new_h);
ImageCopyResampled ($dst_img, $src_img, 0, 0, 0, 0, $new_w, $new_h,
ImageSX($src_img), ImageSY($src_img));
if (ImageJPEG($dst_img, $this-dst_path . $this-img_name, 95)) {
return true;
}
}
Now, what I want to do is draw a border style around that certain image. The
border can be different widths. It can either be created outside the borders
of the image, or on the inside of the borders of the image, I need to have
it both ways. Since this is a .jpg file being created, I want to do this
while I'm creating this image before it saves it to file. The reason for
this is that a *.jpg image compresses itself each time it is saved, which
results in poor quality the more you change it and save it.
Now to the question. Which combinations of image functions do I need to
achieve this goal? And how will each of these functions help me. For
example, will a certain function overlap a border style on top of the image
itself? Or does a certain function just draw lines around the image. Just
need an explaination of why I must use a certain function that any of you
would recommend. I think maybe Jason Wong would be a good candidate to
answer this one for me. He's good at pointing out references. I just need a
starting point and some suggestions on the different ways to achieve my
goal.
Thanks guys...
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RE: [PHP] WYSIWIG CMS Part1
I really really like the idea of using XML/XSLT for creating future CMS
Apps. XML is simply a good way to manage and share content between different
companies, etc. Those that are not too familiar with XML, should try and
read a little bit on the advantages of it. It is the next generation markup
language that many major players support. It's more flexable than HTML/XHTML
and less difficult than SGML.
-Original Message-
From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] WYSIWIG CMS Part1
This one time, at band camp,
Hardik Doshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
THe stuff which you are doing with XSLT and XML is
pretty same like Smarty template engine? What is the
advantage of using XML, XSLT than Smarty template
engine?
Well basically, Smarty is gay.
Smarty supposedly will seperate code from content.
but you have still need to markup to able to handle loops,
conditions etc which puts code right back into the content.
But it is Smarty code and not PHP code, where is the value in that?
The pre-supposition is of course that html designers are idiots when
what is really needed is to teach them some basics about PHP rather
than introducing an entire new (Smarty) concept.
Of course when you build an application with Smarty you get to
use buzzwords like multi-tiered, but this slows you down.
The extensive use of regex within the application cannot be a
good thing. The use of tags such as {foobar} could easily be replaced
by ?=$foobar;? or ?php echo $foobar; ? and most every thing else
is easily handled with file_get_contents() include() or eval()
I am not saying Smarty is a worthless piece of dog shit, quite, I just
feel it create unneccessary overhead without delivering true seperation
of code and content.
The XML way I am implementing also does not achieve this, and
does not make any claim to
it mearly makes the information available to many applications which
can format or do with whatever the programmer wants. Example...
If I have a news
script with the output
root
news
nid24/nid
news_headlineSmarty is dead/news_headline
news_storyPeople finally wake up/news_story
/news
/root
Now other applications can snarf this information readily. So you
can do something
like a news headlines block on the side of your page ala
freshmeat. just take the
rootnewsnews_headline in a xsl:foreach and you have it.
This can be done
application using xml.
So anyhow, just my $0.02
Try Smarty, try other template solutions, roll your own, or find
the solution that
best fits your needs. There is no ultimate Template Engine or
application. It really
is horses for courses.
enjoy
Kevin
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RE: [PHP] WYSIWYG Content Management system?
Why don't you two gather up a few more developers, decide on what is needed and what the goals are, then assign parts to build for the new CMS. Once finished, you can maybe present it to PHP.net and see if they will allow it to be developed and documented in the future by other developers. A CMS is a very important and popular prog, so it might get the same attention as basic templates get, like SMARTY. Who knows, maybe it can even be integrated with SMARTY too, and/or other PHP programs still out there. This might yield one of the best CMS out there in the PHP world, which can constantly be developed. There's my two cents, good luck... -Original Message- From: Sascha Braun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 7:01 PM To: PHP General list; Hardik Doshi Subject: Re: [PHP] WYSIWYG Content Management system? I am working on such a CMS right yet. I want to implement infinitly Language Support and an Wordpad like HTML Editor which allows you to chose basic design tem- plates and lets you upload some images. I want to build an extraordinary Usermanagement, where you can write parts of an Text while somebody else is writing on another Part of the same text maybe in different language at the same Time. When you wrote a text you can chose between your mates for let them make the translation based on userprofiles every web- content admin has to fill out. And a lota more things, but right now i dont have very much time, I have to build a small shop inbetween. But the Multilanguage sup- port ist basically finished. But I may say some more, have you ever read about the execCommand in IE (Internet Explorer)? You can build an fully working wysiwyg HTML Editor with these commands. I'm going to send you a nice example after- wards Hardik. Maybe somebody wants to help me with the CMS System. I dont really like the Design of PHPNuke and I want to build an even more professional Article Management than it is developed in phpnuke. See Ya Sascha - Original Message - From: Hardik Doshi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] WYSIWYG Content Management system? Hey Jason, I am looking for the same. Do you have or any one in this list has any idea? Please let me know. thanks Hardik Jason Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Wednesday 05 February 2003 09:43, J J wrote: I've seen CMS systems like phpnuke but it's kind of overkill for what I need and almost more news like. I'm looking for something that would allow the user to change content, change/upload images, all in a wysiwyg style so it's easy to see and use. It'd be cool to be able to login to the admin area, select a page to edit, and it would allow you to preview the page just like it looks. Then you click on a text area or image you want to update. Is there a CMS that allows for WYSIWYG like editing but will work within specified headers/footers, style sheets, etc? Then the site content would all be generated on the fly from php/mysql. All the major/popular ones would/should have been registered at freshmeat and soureforge so check them out. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* You're already carrying the sphere! */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now -- 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] In Need of a PHP freelancer...
You can also try the following site. It is loaded with freelance developers who are sitting there waiting for requests like yours. http://webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=deff1e6ceaa5f13e400bfefc1702a2f cforumid=33 -Original Message- From: 1LT John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 3:14 PM To: Shane; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] In Need of a PHP freelancer... -Original Message- Greetings... I am in need of a freelancer to write an additional function to our company's extranet. Before I go and post a request to this list, I would like to know if there is a more appropriate place to post such a request, and still get quality folks who know their stuff. This is probably the best place, assuming you need a PHP function.. :) I'd be interested, also, if you want to send more details offlist. ---John Holmes... -- 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] MySQL/PHP Associative Array Insert
Yes Chris, When you add the item to the database, make sure to leave out the single quotes inside the brackets of the associative array. For example: Instead Of: $item['itemID'] Do This: $item[itemID] Example Query: $query = SELECT * FROM items WHERE '$item[itemID]'; Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: CDitty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] MySQL/PHP Associative Array Insert A co-worker is teaching me to move to the next level in php. I have started using associative arrays for my scripts, but I am having a problem using them to do an insert into MySQL. Can someone give me an example of how to do an insert to the database using these arrays? My array is this...$item['itemID'] Thanks 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] MySQL/PHP Associative Array Insert
Oops, I forgot the double quotes at the end of the example query from the last email. This is how it should be: Example Query: $query = SELECT * FROM items WHERE '$item[itemID]'; -Original Message- From: @ Nilaab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] MySQL/PHP Associative Array Insert Yes Chris, When you add the item to the database, make sure to leave out the single quotes inside the brackets of the associative array. For example: Instead Of: $item['itemID'] Do This: $item[itemID] Example Query: $query = SELECT * FROM items WHERE '$item[itemID]'; Hope that helps. -Original Message- From: CDitty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] MySQL/PHP Associative Array Insert A co-worker is teaching me to move to the next level in php. I have started using associative arrays for my scripts, but I am having a problem using them to do an insert into MySQL. Can someone give me an example of how to do an insert to the database using these arrays? My array is this...$item['itemID'] Thanks 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 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Good way to organize code using classes???
Hello everyone,
I want to be able to use objects to create my future pages. My goal is to
use methods of classes to make the original front-line script easier to
read, while all the processing is done with a simple call to the different
classes from a single class. Please read futher, as I'll get to a point and
to my question...
I have many classes that do different tasks, like formValidator.class,
stringManipulator.class, db.class, fileManipulation.class, template.class,
etc (these are self-explanitory as their names suggest). Then, I might have
a class called category.class that adds, deletes, edits, moves, and renames
categories within the filesystem and database. But I would have a front-line
script called category.php that would call the necessary methods of
category.class at certain points, depending on the task being done on a
specific step.
In other words I want category.class to call the other classes and do
something with them, then in turn I want category.php to call objects in
category.class for a specific task, such as:
?php
// category.php
include (category.class);
$cat = new category ();
$cat-addCategory($new_cat_name);
// or
$cat-editCategory($cat_name);
// or
$cat-deleteCategory($cat_name);
// or
$cat-moveCategory($cat_name);
// or
$cat-renameCategory($cat_name);
?
My question is:
How can I call a class within another class and do something with it? Right
now I'm doing it the most convenient way I know, which is including other
classes using the include() function within the methods of the
category.class. There is no multiple-inheritance allowed in PHP, so I can
only use inheritance on one class.
I am also extremely skeptical about creating too many classes at a time in
one script. Do the above examples degrade performance speed of the script
when I call too many classes? Also, isn't there a way to use sessions to
save created classes and then use them again for other scripts without the
need to make a new instance of the same class again and again?
I am really looking for a better way to organize my code while still being
able to use these classes whenever I need them and at the same time keeping
the category.php file clean and easy to read. Is there a tutorial on how to
organize code? I'm not looking for html template tutorials. Just how to get
around inheritance limits while still keeping performance and clean-code in
mind.
Here's an example of what category.class might look like:
?php
// category.class
include (base_db.class);
class category extends base_db {
function addCategory {
include (fileManipulation.class);
include (formValidator.class);
include (stringManipulator.class);
// Manipulate Inputted Category String
$strMan = new stringManipulator();
$strMan-formatCat($new_cat_name);
// Validate Form Values
$formVal = new formValidator();
$formVal-addCatVal($new_cat_name);
// Add A Folder To Hold Category Files
$file = new fileManipulator();
$file-createFolder($cat_path.$cat_dir);
// And so on...
}
}
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[PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Hello Everyone,
I am a little confused. Why do predefined variables like $PHP_SELF or
$DOCUMENT_ROOT not process within a class, in the methods secifically. For
example:
?php
class someClass {
function someFunction () {
$root = $DOCUMENT_ROOT;
return $root;
}
function someFunction2 () {
$path = $this-someFunction() . $PHP_SELF;
return $path;
}
}
?
I just threw this together to give you an example of how I might be using
these two predefined variables in a class. The problem is that
$DOCUMENT_ROOT or $PHP_SELF won't parse or something. It just returns blank.
It is included in another page when needed, say somePage.php. Shouldn't
$PHP_SELF recognize the somePage.php as the current running script file, as
opposed to the class file where these two functions are called? If it
doesn't work that way then how do I do this without sending predefined
variable parameters to these functions?
Please note that register globals is on. I could not find any documentation
on this on php.net. Maybe someone can give me a hint of point it out for me
on the documentation. Thanks.
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RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Well, I don't think this has anything to do with predefined variables being
global or not because I only have use for them within the specific methods.
The methods will capture their values and assign them to a variable inside
the function, which will return that variable at the end. The processing of
$PHP_SELF and $DOCUMENT_ROOT only happens in one place. I might be wrong,
not sure. But right now all I know is that I am confused and the link you
sent me didn't help explain what I need to know because it states no mention
of predefined variables. Can you perhaps give me an example of what you are
trying to tell me?
I read about variable scope and it says nothing about predefined variables.
So how will using the $_SERVER associate array help me with this? Remember
that globals is on, so I don't need to use $_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET, etc. to
get my values. But, in the meantime I'll go ahead and try using the
associate autoglobal arrays anyway, like $_SERVER, just to test it and to
see if it works for me. And if it does, it'll bug me until I find out why it
works. Thanks your input Philip. If anyone else has any thoughts or
explainations for me to understad this then that would be great.
Read:
http://www.php.net/variables.scope
Also note that $_SERVER is an autoglobal.
Regards,
Philip
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From: @ Nilaab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:46 PM
To: Php-General
Subject: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Hello Everyone,
I am a little confused. Why do predefined variables like $PHP_SELF or
$DOCUMENT_ROOT not process within a class, in the methods secifically. For
example:
?php
class someClass {
function someFunction () {
$root = $DOCUMENT_ROOT;
return $root;
}
function someFunction2 () {
$path = $this-someFunction() . $PHP_SELF;
return $path;
}
}
?
I just threw this together to give you an example of how I might be using
these two predefined variables in a class. The problem is that
$DOCUMENT_ROOT or $PHP_SELF won't parse or something. It just
returns blank.
It is included in another page when needed, say somePage.php. Shouldn't
$PHP_SELF recognize the somePage.php as the current running
script file, as
opposed to the class file where these two functions are called? If it
doesn't work that way then how do I do this without sending predefined
variable parameters to these functions?
Please note that register globals is on. I could not find any
documentation
on this on php.net. Maybe someone can give me a hint of point it
out for me
on the documentation. Thanks.
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RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
John,
YES! That's what I was looking for. Thanks for the explaination. It helps a
great deal. I had $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] work for me. But I'm still
struggling with $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], because it's not returning anything.
So here's the second part to my question stated earlier. Let's say, for
example, I had a class included in someFile.php. The included class looks
like the class below:
?php
class someClass {
function someFunction () {
$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
return $root;
}
function someFunction2 () {
$path = $this-someFunction() . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
return $path;
}
}
?
Shouldn't the value of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] contain the path of someFile.php
and not the path of the class file which was included in someFile.php? Or
what should this value be? I want the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] value to be
/path/someFile.php, or the value of whatever page included this class file
and called the methods of the class. How would I do that? Because right now
it returns a blank string.
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From: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:37 PM
To: '@ Nilaab'; 'Php-General'
Subject: RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Well, I don't think this has anything to do with predefined variables
being
global or not because I only have use for them within the specific
methods.
The methods will capture their values and assign them to a variable
inside
the function, which will return that variable at the end. The
processing
of
$PHP_SELF and $DOCUMENT_ROOT only happens in one place. I might be
wrong,
not sure. But right now all I know is that I am confused and the link
you
sent me didn't help explain what I need to know because it states no
mention
of predefined variables. Can you perhaps give me an example of what
you
are
trying to tell me?
Predefined or not, it's still a variable. If you want a variable inside
of your function to have the value of a variable outside of your
function, then you have to make it global. $PHP_SELF inside of your
function has no value because it's relative to the function, not the
script. Just like $a inside of a function wouldn't have a value unless
you assigned one to it. Using global $PHP_SELF at the beginning of
your function (or method, same thing) will now make the variable
$PHP_SELF have the same value as it does outside of your function.
I read about variable scope and it says nothing about predefined
variables.
So how will using the $_SERVER associate array help me with this?
Remember
that globals is on, so I don't need to use $_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET,
etc.
to
get my values. But, in the meantime I'll go ahead and try using the
associate autoglobal arrays anyway, like $_SERVER, just to test it and
to
see if it works for me. And if it does, it'll bug me until I find out
why
it
works. Thanks your input Philip. If anyone else has any thoughts or
explainations for me to understad this then that would be great.
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] will always work, regardless of variable scope or
register_globals setting. The $_SERVER array is a superglobal, so it'll
have the same value inside your method or outside of it, without you
having to do anything special.
Hope that helps.
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RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Nevermind John, it worked! I had $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] spelled as
$SERVER['PHP_SELF']. I appreciate your help! :P
-Original Message-
From: @ Nilaab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:01 PM
To: Php-General
Subject: RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
John,
YES! That's what I was looking for. Thanks for the explaination.
It helps a
great deal. I had $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] work for me. But I'm still
struggling with $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], because it's not returning anything.
So here's the second part to my question stated earlier. Let's say, for
example, I had a class included in someFile.php. The included class looks
like the class below:
?php
class someClass {
function someFunction () {
$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
return $root;
}
function someFunction2 () {
$path = $this-someFunction() . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
return $path;
}
}
?
Shouldn't the value of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] contain the path of
someFile.php
and not the path of the class file which was included in someFile.php? Or
what should this value be? I want the $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] value to be
/path/someFile.php, or the value of whatever page included this class file
and called the methods of the class. How would I do that? Because
right now
it returns a blank string.
-Original Message-
From: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 3:37 PM
To: '@ Nilaab'; 'Php-General'
Subject: RE: [PHP] Predefined Variables In Classes
Well, I don't think this has anything to do with predefined variables
being
global or not because I only have use for them within the specific
methods.
The methods will capture their values and assign them to a variable
inside
the function, which will return that variable at the end. The
processing
of
$PHP_SELF and $DOCUMENT_ROOT only happens in one place. I might be
wrong,
not sure. But right now all I know is that I am confused and the link
you
sent me didn't help explain what I need to know because it states no
mention
of predefined variables. Can you perhaps give me an example of what
you
are
trying to tell me?
Predefined or not, it's still a variable. If you want a variable inside
of your function to have the value of a variable outside of your
function, then you have to make it global. $PHP_SELF inside of your
function has no value because it's relative to the function, not the
script. Just like $a inside of a function wouldn't have a value unless
you assigned one to it. Using global $PHP_SELF at the beginning of
your function (or method, same thing) will now make the variable
$PHP_SELF have the same value as it does outside of your function.
I read about variable scope and it says nothing about predefined
variables.
So how will using the $_SERVER associate array help me with this?
Remember
that globals is on, so I don't need to use $_SERVER, $_POST, $_GET,
etc.
to
get my values. But, in the meantime I'll go ahead and try using the
associate autoglobal arrays anyway, like $_SERVER, just to test it and
to
see if it works for me. And if it does, it'll bug me until I find out
why
it
works. Thanks your input Philip. If anyone else has any thoughts or
explainations for me to understad this then that would be great.
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] will always work, regardless of variable scope or
register_globals setting. The $_SERVER array is a superglobal, so it'll
have the same value inside your method or outside of it, without you
having to do anything special.
Hope that helps.
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RE: [PHP] Transition Page?
Hello Lee :) Well, there is one way that I know of that some people might overlook. What you can do is use CSS positioning and set the Uploading Now message (Whether it's text, an image, a flash file, etc.) BEHIND the result page by setting the z-index value of the Uploading Now message to a lower number than the z-index of the result page. So what happens in this case is that the user will see the Uploading Now message until the other page or image loads, which will automatically load on top of the message, therefore hiding it once it's loaded. This works great with images especially. You may need to use some positioning creativity to do the same with the html pages, as you have to find a way to be able to hide the transition message (by another image, a colored table, or just about anything else. The good thing about this method is that you never need to create an extra file just to display the message. You can use it in the same file. Or if you have to use it on many pages, just include it from an include file or a function or something. Lots of room for creativity here. Anyway, that's how I would do it. I'm sure there are many other great ways. But there's my input. Hope it helps you a little. -Original Message- From: Lee Herron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 6:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Transition Page? I'm interested in how most would create a transition page.. I have an upload process that takes a bit before it changes the page displayed on the browser. I would like to create a transition page [Uploading Now .. please standby] that would refresh to a result page once the upload is done. Now I've seen this done on other sites (loading pages) and I'm sure there are many ways to do this, just looking for methods and pro/cons to the various approaches. thanks.. -- 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] I'm new in PHP
Beogradjanin, In addition to Philip's links, don't forget that PHP works great with the MySQL database. If you plan to use MySQL, then go to the following for great tutorials: http://www.mysql.com Remember, PHP can be as creative as you want to be. If you need any help with anything else, please feel free to come here and ask again. P.S. -- Philip, thanks for helping out the newbies. PHP will continue to grow better and bolder thanks to you and others. -Original Message- From: Philip Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:05 PM To: Beogradjanin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] I'm new in PHP On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Beogradjanin wrote: Zdravo php-general, Hi I have setup PHP Apache MySql. I;m new in this stuff where can I learn hot to make web pages in PHP...??? Go here: Learn HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/ Learn SQL http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ http://www.sqlcourse.com/ Learn PHP http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/2836/fid/51 http://www.php.net/manual/ http://www.php.net/links.php Regards, Philip -- 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] Form Validating Class (OOP misunderstandings...)
Nicholas,
I think I know where you found this code. I have the same code, except I
modified it a little to work for me. You may need to change it for your
needs. When I first used it, it didn't work. I had to modify it to make it
work. My code is usually kind of sloppy, but maybe you would get better use
of the following class:
?php
class FormValidator {
var $_errorList;
function FormValidator() {
$this-resetErrorList();
}
function isEmpty($field, $msg) {
if (trim($field) == ) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
function isZero($field, $msg) {
if($field == 0) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
function isUploadedFile($img, $img_type, $img_size, $msg) {
$pattern = /(pjpeg)$/;
if (is_uploaded_file($img) preg_match($pattern, $img_type)
$img_size = 100) {
return true;
} else {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $img, msg = $msg);
return false;
}
}
function isString($field, $msg) {
if(!is_string($field)) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isNumber($field, $msg) {
if(!is_numeric($field)) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isInteger($field, $msg) {
if(!is_integer($field)) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isFloat($field, $msg) {
if(!is_float($field)) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isWithinRange($field, $msg, $min, $max) {
if(!is_numeric($field) || $field $min || $field $max) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isStringWithinRange($field, $msg, $min, $max) {
if(strlen($field) $min || strlen($field) $max) {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
function isAlpha($field, $msg, $special_chars=) {
$pattern = /^[a-zA-Z\s . $special_chars . ]+$/;
if(preg_match($pattern, $field)) {
return true;
} else {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
}
}
function isAlphaNum($field, $msg, $special_chars=) {
$pattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9\s . $special_chars . ]+$/;
if(preg_match($pattern, $field)) {
return true;
} else {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
}
}
function isEmailAddress($field, $msg) {
$pattern =
/^([a-zA-Z0-9])+([\.a-zA-Z0-9_-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)+/;
if(preg_match($pattern, $field)) {
return true;
} else {
$this-_errorList[] = array(value = $field, msg = $msg);
return false;
}
}
function isError() {
if (sizeof($this-_errorList) 0) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
function getErrorList() {
return $this-_errorList;
}
function resetErrorList() {
$this-_errorList = array();
}
}
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[PHP] Passing Arrays Through Forms
Hello Everyone, I've attempted this many times, but have failed to understand it each time. I want to make it easier for myself to deal with passing variables through a form. So I thought, why not use a single array variable to do that. If I do such a thing, what steps do I need to take to ensure that the values in the array are intact just as the user entered it? How do I serialize array data from an initial form? Here's a simple example of what I might have: form method=post action=some_page.php input type=text name=form_vars['firstname']/input input type=text name=form_vars['lastname']/input input type=text name=form_vars['address']/input input type=text name=form_vars['city']/input input type=text name=form_vars['state']/input input type=text name=form_vars['zip']/input /form Now, how do I ensure that the values in the associated array, that will be sent over to some_page.php, are the values entered by the user? How do I serialize this array from this form? Or if I cannot do that, what other steps do I need to take to ensure the preservation of the values passed to another page as an array? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] class inside class
If these two classes are in separate files then you will need to include one of the classes in with the other class using the include() or require() functions. Have you also used the extends keyword to extend the main class? When you use inheritance properties, you can use the $this- mechanism within the classes to reference all functions of both classes. Read about inheritance of classes for more information. If you already knew the above and it doesn't help you, then just ignore it. I'm just trying to narrow down your problem. Good luck. -Original Message- From: Michael Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] class inside class -- G'day: I am using a 'wrapper' class to create all the boilerplate HTML on a website, plus do stuff like authentication and print menus etc according to properties set dynamically within the class. The actual content of each page is generated by seperate 'content' classes. These classes are 'embedded' within and instantiated within the wrapper class, but are otherwise independent of it. This system allows for something approaching a PHP object publishing application, which is where I'm heading. My problem is that now I need to get at the values of some wrapper class properties from within a content class: in other words, I need to access the dynamically assigned values of the properties of one class, from inside another class (which is embedded within the first, though I'm not sure that really matters). I can't use the $this- mechanism because the value is inside a different class. I can't use the first class's handle (eg $page , from $page = new WebPage()) because the embedded class doesn't know about it. I have been playing around with declaring globals, and with PHP's class/object functions, but have got nowhere yet. Is this possible, and if so, does anyone have any pointers? Hope my description of the problem makes sense. TIA Mick MICHAEL HALL Web Development Officer Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education W: [EMAIL PROTECTED](08) 8951 8352 H: [EMAIL PROTECTED](08) 8953 1442 -- 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] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using PHP and MySQL
Jason, thanks, but see if you can you read the initial question and try to
answer that one for me. You are a great help with resources when I need
them. Your help is always appreciated. The origial clip is as follows
(concentrate on the ending question):
Hello Everyone,
I want to DELETE multiple items of multiple TABLES in a MySQL database. My
version of MySQL is 3.23, which means this version doesn't support the
DELETE functionality on multiple tables. The following is my PHP code, where
$item_id is a multi-dimensional array containing the ids of the many items I
want to delete from the table.
# DELETE records
for ($i = 0; $i count($item_id); $i++) {
$query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_dimension WHERE item_id =
'.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
$query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_popup WHERE item_id =
'.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
}
When I run this through the database using PHP, it returns a syntax error in
the SQL. So what I did was echo out $query_item2, then copied and pasted the
SQL into the MySQL application manually, and ran it through. Well the exact
same SQL statement that I used in PHP worked when I entered it manually in
MySQL. In other words it didn't work doing it through PHP, but it worked in
MySQL directly. What gives?
Is there a better way to delete multiple items
from multiple tables with one SQL string? I don't want to separate the two
DELETE functions and run them through two separate times because of overhead
concerns. I tried looking on the MySQL and PHP website for better ways of
using DELETE syntax on multiple tables, but I had no luck finding anything
useful with my version of MySQL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using PHP and MySQL
Hey, that's right! I forgot about that. So here's what I did to fix my
problem. I separated everything and called the queries separately, except
this time I didn't call the mysql_close() function to close the connection
after each query. Initially I had called the mysql_close() on function I
made called db_connect(). This was a big no-no, as it would have put a big
strain on my application. I forgot that the connection closes itself after
the script ends.
Thanks Thomas, Stephen, Jason, and Tom Henry for all your help on this. I
greatly appreciate it.
-Original Message-
From: Thomas Seifert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using
PHP and MySQL
there is no need to close and open the connection for every query.
just run the mysql_query again and again and again on the open connection.
Still Stephen's quote is true, you can't run more than one query
by one call to mysql_query.
Thomas
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 16:30:38 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (@ Nilaab) wrote:
I was hoping for better news. Thanks for the suggestion, but it
will put a
very big strain on my application since every DELETE query will open and
close the mysql connection everytime. Think about deleting 100s
of records
one at a time. Surely someone has thought of a better way to do
this with
MySQL 3.23. Also, I don't want to run persistent connections,
as I only have
a limited number of simultaneous connections to the database
currently. Is
there a better way to do all this? Anyone?
-Original Message-
From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:10 PM
To: @ Nilaab
Cc: PHP List
Subject: Re: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple
Tables Using
PHP and MySQL
From experience, I don't think you can run more then one SQL
statement at
once in a single time. Try assigning each variable with
delete, then query
them all seperately. I also don't think you need the ; in the SQL
statement...
- Original Message -
From: @ Nilaab [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Php-General [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:36 PM
Subject: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables
Using PHP and
MySQL
: Hello Everyone,
:
: I want to DELETE multiple items of multiple TABLES in a MySQL
database. My
: version of MySQL is 3.23, which means this version doesn't
support the
: DELETE functionality on multiple tables. The following is
my PHP code,
where
: $item_id is a multi-dimensional array containing the ids of
the items I
want
: to delete from the table.
:
:# DELETE records
:for ($i = 0; $i count($item_id); $i++) {
: $query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_dimension
WHERE item_id =
: '.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
: $query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_popup WHERE item_id =
: '.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
:}
:
: When I run this through the database using PHP, it returns a
syntax error
in
: the SQL. So what I did was echo out $query_item2, then
copied and pasted
the
: SQL into the MySQL application manually, and ran it
through. Well the
exact
: same SQL statement that I used in PHP worked when I entered it
manually in
: MySQL. In other words it didn't work doing it through PHP,
but it worked
in
: MySQL directly. What gives? Is there a better way to delete
multiple items
: from multiple tables with one SQL string? I don't want to
separate the two
: DELETE functions and run them through two separate times because of
overhead
: concerns. I tried looking on the MySQL and PHP website for
better ways of
: using DELETE syntax on multiple tables, but I had no luck
finding anything
: useful with my version of MySQL. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
:
:
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[PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using PHP and MySQL
Hello Everyone,
I want to DELETE multiple items of multiple TABLES in a MySQL database. My
version of MySQL is 3.23, which means this version doesn't support the
DELETE functionality on multiple tables. The following is my PHP code, where
$item_id is a multi-dimensional array containing the ids of the items I want
to delete from the table.
# DELETE records
for ($i = 0; $i count($item_id); $i++) {
$query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_dimension WHERE item_id =
'.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
$query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_popup WHERE item_id =
'.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
}
When I run this through the database using PHP, it returns a syntax error in
the SQL. So what I did was echo out $query_item2, then copied and pasted the
SQL into the MySQL application manually, and ran it through. Well the exact
same SQL statement that I used in PHP worked when I entered it manually in
MySQL. In other words it didn't work doing it through PHP, but it worked in
MySQL directly. What gives? Is there a better way to delete multiple items
from multiple tables with one SQL string? I don't want to separate the two
DELETE functions and run them through two separate times because of overhead
concerns. I tried looking on the MySQL and PHP website for better ways of
using DELETE syntax on multiple tables, but I had no luck finding anything
useful with my version of MySQL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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RE: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using PHP and MySQL
I was hoping for better news. Thanks for the suggestion, but it will put a
very big strain on my application since every DELETE query will open and
close the mysql connection everytime. Think about deleting 100s of records
one at a time. Surely someone has thought of a better way to do this with
MySQL 3.23. Also, I don't want to run persistent connections, as I only have
a limited number of simultaneous connections to the database currently. Is
there a better way to do all this? Anyone?
-Original Message-
From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:10 PM
To: @ Nilaab
Cc: PHP List
Subject: Re: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables Using
PHP and MySQL
From experience, I don't think you can run more then one SQL statement at
once in a single time. Try assigning each variable with delete, then query
them all seperately. I also don't think you need the ; in the SQL
statement...
- Original Message -
From: @ Nilaab [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Php-General [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 1:36 PM
Subject: [PHP] How To Delete Multiple Items Of Multiple Tables
Using PHP and
MySQL
: Hello Everyone,
:
: I want to DELETE multiple items of multiple TABLES in a MySQL
database. My
: version of MySQL is 3.23, which means this version doesn't support the
: DELETE functionality on multiple tables. The following is my PHP code,
where
: $item_id is a multi-dimensional array containing the ids of the items I
want
: to delete from the table.
:
:# DELETE records
:for ($i = 0; $i count($item_id); $i++) {
: $query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_dimension WHERE item_id =
: '.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
: $query_item2 .= DELETE QUICK FROM item_popup WHERE item_id =
: '.$item_id[$i][0].'; ;
:}
:
: When I run this through the database using PHP, it returns a
syntax error
in
: the SQL. So what I did was echo out $query_item2, then copied and pasted
the
: SQL into the MySQL application manually, and ran it through. Well the
exact
: same SQL statement that I used in PHP worked when I entered it
manually in
: MySQL. In other words it didn't work doing it through PHP, but it worked
in
: MySQL directly. What gives? Is there a better way to delete
multiple items
: from multiple tables with one SQL string? I don't want to
separate the two
: DELETE functions and run them through two separate times because of
overhead
: concerns. I tried looking on the MySQL and PHP website for
better ways of
: using DELETE syntax on multiple tables, but I had no luck
finding anything
: useful with my version of MySQL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
:
:
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[PHP] How To Use The next() and prev() functions on multi-dimensional arrays
Hello Everyone, I have a multi-dimensional array called $cat_data, and I need to access certain elements in the array using the next() and prev() functions. I did consider using loops like for, foreach, and while...but for this particular application, I don't want to loop through the entire array. Also, I need everything in that array, so no I don't want to limit the data drawn from the database. I know the two above mentioned functions work with normal arrays, but how would I make it work with multi-dimensional arrays? The following is a little idea of the structure of the array: $cat_data[$a][$b] where $a is the row number from the database, and $b is the column being accessed. $cat_data[0][0] = the first row of the id column. $cat_data[0][1] = the first row of the name column. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] How To Get Last Item Of An Array?
Hello Everyone, I have an multi-dimensional array called $cat_data, which is info extracted from a MySQL DB. I want to retrieve the very last item of that array. How would I do that? I know the first item can be retrieved by simply asking for $cat_data[0][0], which contains an id number. But I can't figure out how to get the last item in that same array -- $cat_data[x][0] where x is the last item in the array. P.S. - I read the section on Arrays at php.net, but unfortunately I didn't find my answer there. I also checked my PHP books, no mention of my problems there either. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] delete() and unlink()
Hello Everyone,
I'm using a test server on Windows XP. I have the following function (which
I got from the comment notes on php.net) that works wonders when deleting
directories that are not empty on a Windows system. But, I'm a bit confused.
I searched for the delete() function on php.net and it said that delete()
was not a real function, but a dummy manual entry for those who are actually
looking for the unlink() function. So then why does the delete() function
work in my script? I tried using the unlink() function in place of the
delete() function, but unlink() gave me many errors (possibly because of
permissions). Is there an error in the manual or is it just me? Is there a
difference in the two functions? Does the delete() function not care about
permissions as opposed to the unlink() function? This is really bugging me.
Can someone clear the air?
$c_dir = $DOCUMENT_ROOT/world/admin/backup2; // current directory
function delete($dir) {
if (file_exists($dir)) {
umask(0);
chmod($dir,0777);
if (is_dir($dir)) {
$handle = opendir($dir);
while($dirname = readdir($handle)) {
if ($dirname != . $dirname != ..) {
delete($dir./.$dirname);
}
}
closedir($handle);
rmdir($dir);
} else {
unlink($dir);
}
}
}
delete ($c_dir);
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RE: [PHP] delete() and unlink()
Thanks Jason,
That makes much more sense now. I forgot about recursive functions, as I
don't use them often. I should look into it further. It seems to be very
helpful in some cases. Thanks again for your help.
- Nilaab
-Original Message-
From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] delete() and unlink()
On Thursday 19 December 2002 17:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I'm using a test server on Windows XP. I have the following
function (which
I got from the comment notes on php.net) that works wonders
when deleting
directories that are not empty on a Windows system.
Good.
But, I'm a bit
confused. I searched for the delete() function on php.net and
it said that
delete() was not a real function, but a dummy manual entry for those who
are actually looking for the unlink() function.
delete() is a dummy entry in the manual so people looking for
said function
will be directed to unlink() which is the correct function to use.
So then why does the
delete() function work in my script?
delete() is undefined in php, that is why you can define your own
function
called delete().
I tried using the unlink() function in
place of the delete() function, but unlink() gave me many
errors (possibly
because of permissions).
unlink() can only remove/delete directories that are empty.
Is there an error in the manual or is it just me?
There's no error in the manual (with regards to this subject). Probably a
misunderstanding on your part.
Is there a difference in the two functions? Does the delete()
function not
care about permissions as opposed to the unlink() function?
This is really
bugging me. Can someone clear the air?
The delete() function as defined below is recursive and will
automatically go
inside non-empty directories and empty them first.
$c_dir = $DOCUMENT_ROOT/world/admin/backup2; // current directory
function delete($dir) {
if (file_exists($dir)) {
umask(0);
chmod($dir,0777);
if (is_dir($dir)) {
$handle = opendir($dir);
while($dirname = readdir($handle)) {
if ($dirname != . $dirname != ..) {
delete($dir./.$dirname);
}
}
closedir($handle);
rmdir($dir);
} else {
unlink($dir);
}
}
}
delete ($c_dir);
To summarise -- there is no delete() function in php, the
delete() function
you're using is a user-defined function and as such will do
whatever you can
make it do.
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[PHP] Need Redirection Trick...
Hello Everyone,
I have a simple problem that, I think, might require a little trick to be
used. I have a list of products in a database that is organized by
categories and subcategories. Categories can have as many subcategories as
it wants, but some categories don't need to have a subcategory at all.
In the following code cat refers to category and subcat refers to
subcategory.
cat_data and subcat_data refers to a multi-dimentional array, pulled from
the DB, with values of an id and a name.
example: cat_data[row_number][name_of_category] and
cat_data[row_number][id].
Ok, before I ask the question, here's the code:
[-- snip --]
?php
include (nay_general.php);
include ($include_path/base_db.class); // db
$db = new base_db();
$cat_data = $db-get_cat_data();
for ($i=0; $i count($cat_data); $i++) {
echo 'a href=' . $PHP_SELF . ?cat_id= . $cat_data[$i][id] . '' .
$cat_data[$i][name] . /abr /\n;
if ($cat_id) {
$subcat_data = $db-get_subcat_data($cat_id);
if ($subcat_data != 0 ($cat_id == $cat_data[$i][id])) {
for ($j=0; $j count($subcat_data); $j++) {
echo 'nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;- a href=' . $PHP_SELF .
?cat_id=$cat_idsubcat_id= . $subcat_data[$j][id] . '' .
$subcat_data[$j][name] . /abr /\n;
}
}
elseif ($subcat_data == 0 ($cat_id == $cat_data[$i][id])) {
$subcat_id = 0;
header(Location: $PHP_SELF?cat_id=$cat_idsubcat_id=$subcat_id);
}
}
}
?
[-- snip --]
What this does is it lists all the categories in the database, initially.
When the user clicks on a category, the script will check if the category
has any subcategories associated with it. One of two things should happen
after this.
First, it should list all the subcategories directly below the category it
is associated with, with a little indention to specify that they are
subcategories. The subcategories listed will be a link that passes over the
cat_id and subcat_id GET variables to the same page.
example:category 1
category 2
- subcategory 1
- subcategory 2
- subcategory 3
category 3
.
.
.
This part of the script works fine.
The second thing that should happen is that if there are actually no
subcategories for the selected category then subcat_id should equal 0 and
the script should redirect back to the same page with the GET variables of
cat_id and subcat_id (which is equal to zero at this point). The problem is
that I cannot redirect with a header() function because content is already
sent to the browser at the beginning of the script (the list of categories).
Is there any other way that I can redirect and send the variables of cat_id
and subcat_id to the page in the second situation mentioned earlier?
Register Globals is on.
- Nilaab
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RE: [PHP] Need Redirection Trick...
Great Jason, thanks a lot. I was just looking for some direction and I think you just helped me find it. Thanks for taking the time to look at my problem.:) - Nilaab -Original Message- From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 11:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Need Redirection Trick... On Friday 06 December 2002 11:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, [lots of irrelevant stuff snipped] The second thing that should happen is that if there are actually no subcategories for the selected category then subcat_id should equal 0 and the script should redirect back to the same page with the GET variables of cat_id and subcat_id (which is equal to zero at this point). The problem is that I cannot redirect with a header() function because content is already sent to the browser at the beginning of the script (the list of categories). Is there any other way that I can redirect and send the variables of cat_id and subcat_id to the page in the second situation mentioned earlier? Register Globals is on. 1) BEFORE you output anything make your check whether you need to redirect. After all, if you're going to be redirecting, why output anything at all? or 2) Use the output buffering functions. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. */ -- 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] Show Folder Contents in Form
Here is a basic format for the select statement. All you have to do is take the names of all the files and put them into an array, such as $filename[]. Then you place the file name between the option element using a for loop or something similar. You will have to place a unique value that identifies which file has been selected by using the value attribute of the option element (which can be the same value as the array values if you want it to be). When you press the submit button, you will have a variable called $file_name (which was created from the name attribute of the select element) and it will have the value of whatever option was selected from the form. Then you can do whatever you want with the value found in $file_name. Sorry, I'm too lazy to write the code tonight, but you have a basic framework for what you need. Remember, the below is just pseudo-code, so make sure you see that it cooperates with PHP by printing it out correctly, adding the correct sets of quotes, etc. Then use a loop of some kind to list the option data as you see fit. If you have an array which has this: $filename[0] = filename1.php; $filename[1] = filename2.php; $filename[2] = filename3.php; select name=file_name option value=$filename[0]$filename[0]/option option value=$filename[1]$filename[1]/option option value=$filename[2]$filename[2]/option /select So if the user picks option #2, he chose $filename[1], whose value is filename2.php. After the user hits the submit button then $file_name equals filename2.php and you can use that information however you need it. Hope that didn't confuse you. If you need further help, please let me know. Good luck... - Nilaab -Original Message- From: Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 3:04 PM To: PHP List Subject: [PHP] Show Folder Contents in Form Hello, Is it possible, and if so how, to get the filenames and last edited time/date, then display them in a select field in a form for a user to select? I'd need to show them in order of most recently edited to last edited. How can this be done if it can? Thanks, Stephen Craton http://www.melchior.us Life is a gift from God. Wasting it is like destroying a gift you got from the person you love most. -- http://www.melchior.us -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Multiple page form
Is there an actual way to store the data in a temporary table as you go through the multi-page form and then extract that data from the temporary storage from the DB App and either process the data or store it in a permanent place? I have never done this before, but maybe someone else has? Any tips on how to do this, what type(s) of DB tables are required to do this and can you give me an url to help me research it further? I think this would be a great alternative to the sessions solution because it doesn't work really well with some PHP error handling that you need to do for the forms. You have to register and unregister variables throughout the form and it gets hard to keep track of when you have so many forms and field variables to deal with. With a temporary DB table, I can just insert any data that has been checked for errors and then not have to worry about passing them back and forth until the end of the application when I actually need to do something with them. - Nilaab -Original Message- From: Chris Boget [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 10:24 AM To: @ Edwin; Shane McBride Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Multiple page form Yes. What's the point in taking the user's information if you aren't going to store it somewhere. Even if all you need to do is email the data upon completion of the form, storing the data for later use would be a good idea. Not always. Are your users aware of this? Just wondering... Yes. Though, the later use I refer to is internal only. We sell no data. 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] Multiple page form
Oh, ok. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks for the info John :) - Nilaab -Original Message- From: 1LT John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:00 PM To: @ Nilaab; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Multiple page form Is there an actual way to store the data in a temporary table as you go through the multi-page form and then extract that data from the temporary storage from the DB App and either process the data or store it in a permanent place? I have never done this before, but maybe someone else has? Any tips on how to do this, what type(s) of DB tables are required to do this and can you give me an url to help me research it further? I think this would be a great alternative to the sessions solution because it doesn't work really well with some PHP error handling that you need to do for the forms. You have to register and unregister variables throughout the form and it gets hard to keep track of when you have so many forms and field variables to deal with. With a temporary DB table, I can just insert any data that has been checked for errors and then not have to worry about passing them back and forth until the end of the application when I actually need to do something with them. So don't add it to the session until you've verified the data. It's the same as using a temp table but you don't have to worry about the overhead of the database and you don't have to worry about cleanup with sessions. Also, a true TEMPORARY table will only be there for the current connection, so on the next page request, the table will be gone. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Simple RegExp Problem...
Hello, Ok, I know this is easy for most of you, and believe me I've been searching and trying to learn all about regular expressions, but I can't seem figure out how to allow addition of spaces between characters. $text = Here is some text; Here, I want to be able to match the alpha characters as well as the spaces in between each word. So far I have: preg_match(/^[a-zA-Z]+$/, $text); But that only matches a single word without spaces. I would like to try to stay away from ereg and use preg_match instead because I heard preg_match is faster. ereg() has a way to match spaces by specifying [[:space:]], but I didn't get that solution to work either. How do I match $text to return true? - Nilaab -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE
The variable $initialize contains int(1), so it does set itself within the
last if statement. I'm just not sure why it's not unsetting all the sessions
when the page loads.
- Nilaab
-Original Message-
From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE
On Friday 22 November 2002 07:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I have a newbie problem. I have an php page that has many
layers of forms
to it. Once the user is finished with filling out one form and
sending it,
another form appears. This is of course done using simple
if-else or switch
statements. The problem is, how do I initialize a function or any other
type of process just ONCE for the entire page. I don't want the
function or
process to run everytime a new form is displayed. Keep in mind that I'm
also using sessions for this. Here is a tiny stripped-down
example, of my
failed attempt, that might help you analyze my question:
session_start();
if(!isset($initialize)) {
$start_over = 1;
}
if ($start_over == 1) {
$temp_log = $logged_in;
session_unset();
$logged_in = $temp_log;
$initialize = 1;
session_register(logged_in, initialize);
}
There is the code/pseudo-code combination of what I have so
far. The only
problem is that it is not processing the second if block --
if($start_over
== 1) -- unless I actually set start_over=1 in the get string.
How would I
make sure that the page processes everything in that if block only ONCE
after the page first loads? Also, if anyone knows a better way of
displaying one form after another in on a single php page, I'm
open to any
ideas.
OK, the only reason why the 2nd IF block is not executed is if
$initialize is
not empty (ie isset($initialize) is TRUE hence $start_over = 1 is never
executed). So try:
if(!isset($initialize)) {
$start_over = 1; }
else {
var_dump($initialize); // to see what the it contains
}
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RE: [PHP] Simple RegExp Problem...
Thanks so much!!! It works. I didn't know I could also place extra
characters inside the brackets to specify what I want. :)
-Original Message-
From: Ernest E Vogelsinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:19 AM
To: @ Nilaab
Cc: Php-General
Subject: Re: [PHP] Simple RegExp Problem...
At 13:38 22.11.2002, @ Nilaab spoke out and said:
[snip]
Ok, I know this is easy for most of you, and believe me I've
been searching
and trying to learn all about regular expressions, but I can't
seem figure
out how to allow addition of spaces between characters.
$text = Here is some text;
Here, I want to be able to match the alpha characters as well as
the spaces
in between each word. So far I have:
preg_match(/^[a-zA-Z]+$/, $text);
But that only matches a single word without spaces. I would like
to try to
stay away from ereg and use preg_match instead because I heard
preg_match is
faster. ereg() has a way to match spaces by specifying [[:space:]], but I
didn't get that solution to work either. How do I match $text to return
true?
[snip]
use
preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z\s]+$/', $text);
\s - any [:space:]
\S - anything not [:space:]
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RE: [PHP] Simple RegExp Problem...
Thanks again Ernest! This will be extremely helpful to me in the near
future.
- Nilaab
-Original Message-
From: Ernest E Vogelsinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 3:23 PM
To: @ Nilaab
Cc: Php-General
Subject: RE: [PHP] Simple RegExp Problem...
At 21:59 22.11.2002, @ Nilaab said:
[snip]
Thanks so much!!! It works. I didn't know I could also place extra
characters inside the brackets to specify what I want. :)
[snip]
The square brackets simply form a group of characters that are either
allowed ('[abc]') or not allowed ('[^abc]').
Instead of specifying '/[a-zA-Z]/' you have also the option of saying
'/[a-z]/i', the i modifier making the whole regex case independent.
For deeper regex insights (esp. for the preg_xxx functions which I
personally prefer) I suggest visiting the Perl docs at
Doc:http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlre.html
QuickIntro: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlrequick.html
Tutorial: http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.8.0/pod/perlretut.html
For the PHP guyz'n gals listening - I suggest these links making it into
the PHP docs :)
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RE: [PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE
Jason Wong and Larry Brown, Nevermind, it's working now. Not sure how. I performed the same test many times, but this time when I tried it, it worked. It might be that I manually deleted the older session variables. I did read the notes on php.net for session_unset(), very informative. Thanks to both of you for your help. :) - Nilaab -Original Message- From: Larry Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 9:31 AM To: PHP List; @ Nilaab Subject: RE: [PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE Your first post stated.. The only problem is that it is not processing the second if block -- if($start_over == 1) -- unless I actually set start_over=1 in the get string. Your second sounds like it is executing the second block... The variable $initialize contains int(1), so it does set itself within the last if statement. If the second block is being executed... Did you check out php.net and the comments about session_unset()? If it is not, are you closing the browser between tests? The session information stays open even after leaving the site and coming back. Larry S. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] HTML page and php
There are several ways you can do this. The easiest way is to include the file like this: include(path_for_html_file); You can place this line wherever you need the html file included. See the include() function on php.net for more info. If, instead, you want to capture the html file and do something with it, you can use the file functions listed on php.net. It might seem a little difficult to grasp at first, but it will be very straightforward once you get used to using these functions. Just search for FileSystem on php.net and it will get you to the exact place you need to be to start learning about how to deal with files. Here is the direct link, just in case: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.filesystem.php. This site might also help you: http://www.devshed.com. Have fun... - Nilaab -Original Message- From: Martin Johansson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] HTML page and php How do I get a html page into a string variable in php? Isnt there any function working like this: $homepage = getHtmlPage(c); /Newbie -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] How do I initialize a page to do something ONCE
Hello,
I have a newbie problem. I have an php page that has many layers of forms to
it. Once the user is finished with filling out one form and sending it,
another form appears. This is of course done using simple if-else or switch
statements. The problem is, how do I initialize a function or any other type
of process just ONCE for the entire page. I don't want the function or
process to run everytime a new form is displayed. Keep in mind that I'm also
using sessions for this. Here is a tiny stripped-down example, of my failed
attempt, that might help you analyze my question:
session_start();
if(!isset($initialize)) {
$start_over = 1;
}
// There were too many sessions to unregister,
// so I just used the session_unset() function and kept one necessary
session
// which is the login_id that is needed in order for the person to be able
to
// access this page, which they have gotten through authentication earlier:
if ($start_over == 1) {
$temp_log = $logged_in;
session_unset();
$logged_in = $temp_log;
$initialize = 1;
session_register(logged_in, initialize);
}
if (!$submit1) {
.. Display first form
elseif (!$submit2 $submit1) {
.. Display second form
elseif (!$submit3 $submit1 $submit2) {
.. Display third form
elseif ($submit1 $submit2 $submit3) {
.. Add To Database
}
There is the code/pseudo-code combination of what I have so far. The only
problem is that it is not processing the second if block -- if($start_over
== 1) -- unless I actually set start_over=1 in the get string. How would I
make sure that the page processes everything in that if block only ONCE
after the page first loads? Also, if anyone knows a better way of displaying
one form after another in on a single php page, I'm open to any ideas.
Thanks,
- Nilaab
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[PHP] How to unregister a single array item...
Hello, How do I unregister a single array item from an array? For example: session_start() session_register(item); $item['name'] = Some Name; $item['img'] = some_image_name.jpg; $item['desc'] = Some Description; $item['price'] = 400; // Now I want to get rid of the desc array item. // I tried: session_unregister(item[desc]); // But that didn't work. However, I had some luck with: unset($item['desc']); // Is there another way? // What is the best way to take this out of the session // of the array that I registered above as $item? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Be nice to newbies...
Hello to all, I don't know about some of you, but I think PHP and the rest of the whole open-source movement is the coolest thing in the world. I also personally think it takes a lot of effort and courage to make a transition from proprietory Windows Apps (Windows OS, SQL Server, IIS, VB, etc.), which Microsoft pays an exaustive amount of money to keep people addicted to it, to something like Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP, or better known as LAMP, which is almost a whole different world. For this reason, we need to be more lenient toward newbies. I'm not trying to bring about a debate on Open Source vs Microsoft, so let's not turn this into a bloody mess. I'm making use of the best of both worlds when I can. It's like the saying, I like the product, but I don't like the government behind the product. The reason for this mail is because I've seen a lot of not-so-good-treatment towards newbies recently, and this bad trend will grow and we will eventually scare them away from even giving PHP a chance. There are nicer ways to say, You big dummy, look in the archives and stop filling up my mailbox with useless questions that have already been answered here before (an exaggeration). If a newbie overlooked the documentation, put on a good helpful face and point them to the URL that can help them. If it's not in the documentation and it seems like a simple answer, don't belittle them with snobbish remarks. Don't be mean. Mean people suck. One day these newbies will be in your position and they might help you out with a difficult problem. Anyway, my two cents worth. And again, please don't turn this into a debate... - Nilaab -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Redirect Problem
Ok, I have a problem with the header() redirect function, below is the
part-code/part-pseudocode information. The file that this code is
encapsulated in is a single file named add_item.php. There is no output
before the header() function. Now this is a weird one, but I did some
testing and here is what happens:
If there are no rows returned, redirect browser to the same page with some
needed get variables. The problem is with the submit_cat=1 get variable
attached to the URL-to-be-redirected. When I take this out of the get
string, the script redirects the user just fine when the value of
$num_rows=0. I still need that variable to be sent so when I place the
submit_cat=1 variable back into the get string it takes you to the default
Apache error page entitled, Internal Server Error. Why is this submit_cat
variable causing me so much trouble?
?php
if (this) {
.
.
.
} elseif (something) {
.
.
.
} elseif (something_else) {
if ($num_rows == 0) {
header(Location:
$PHP_SELF?submit_cat=1submit_subcat=1cat_id=$cat_id);
exit;
} elseif ($num_rows != 0) {
$row = $db-fetch_results($query);
.
.
.
}
}
?
- Nilaab
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[PHP]
Ok, I have a problem with the header() redirect function, below is the
part-code/part-pseudocode information. The file that this code is
encapsulated in is a single file named add_item.php. There is no output
before the header() function. Now this is a weird one, but I did some
testing and here is what happens:
If there are no rows returned, redirect browser to the same page with some
needed get variables. The problem is with the submit_cat=1 get variable
attached to the URL-to-be-redirected. When I take this out of the get
string, the script redirects the user just fine when the value of
$num_rows=0. I still need that variable to be sent so when I place the
submit_cat=1 variable back into the get string it takes you to the default
Apache error page entitled, Internal Server Error. Why is this submit_cat
variable causing me so much trouble?
?php
if (this) {
.
.
.
} elseif (something) {
.
.
.
} elseif (something_else) {
if ($num_rows == 0) {
header(Location:
$PHP_SELF?submit_cat=1submit_subcat=1cat_id=$cat_id);
exit;
} elseif ($num_rows != 0) {
$row = $db-fetch_results($query);
.
.
.
}
}
?
- Nilaab
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