[PHP] str_word_count Broken?
I ran into a strange problem this morning. Suddenly I am getting an error that str_word_count is undefined, even though it has been working for the past few months. Anyone know why this may be? Nothing in the my code has changed at all. I did phpinfo() to check the server and it is running 4.2.2. I have a workaround for the time being, but it is very strange. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Include Bug?
Hello, I have found troubling behavior using include() that looks like a bug. When I specify an include file by a full path name versus a relative path, PHP acts as though it has included the file, but variable and constant definitions in the include file are not coming through. My server is running PHP 4.3.1. Here is an example: I created a file called 'include.php', with the following contents: ? echo include.php opened br; //should print -only- if included, right? $testVar = test succeeded!; ? Then I created 'test.php', with the following contents: ? $testVar = not defined; //include.php should redefine this as 'test succeeded!' //include(http://www.walkereffects.com/test/include.php;); // full path include(include.php); // relative path echo $testVar; ? Using the relative path version of include outputs: include.php opened test succeeded! And using the full path results in: include.php opened not defined This doesn't seem right! Any ideas how I can work around this? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Include Bug?
I get it... so instead I should use: include(/usr/home/sites/www.walkereffects.com/web/test/include.php) Thank you, Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 10:08 AM, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Uh, http://www.walkereffects.com/test/include.php is not a full path name, that is a URL. That will make an HTTP request to your web server for /test/include.php which will of course get parsed by PHP and you will only get the parsed output which means you won't see any variables or any PHP tags at all for that matter. This is doing exactly what you are asking it to do. -Rasmus On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Steven Walker wrote: Hello, I have found troubling behavior using include() that looks like a bug. When I specify an include file by a full path name versus a relative path, PHP acts as though it has included the file, but variable and constant definitions in the include file are not coming through. My server is running PHP 4.3.1. Here is an example: I created a file called 'include.php', with the following contents: ? echo include.php opened br; //should print -only- if included, right? $testVar = test succeeded!; ? Then I created 'test.php', with the following contents: ? $testVar = not defined; //include.php should redefine this as 'test succeeded!' //include(http://www.walkereffects.com/test/include.php;); // full path include(include.php); // relative path echo $testVar; ? Using the relative path version of include outputs: include.php opened test succeeded! And using the full path results in: include.php opened not defined This doesn't seem right! Any ideas how I can work around this? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Include Bug?
I would recommend using your .htaccess file, or ini_set, or something else to set your include_path variable Thanks Joel, that worked nicely. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Namespace like C++
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way in PHP to define namespaces (as in C++ or some similar scope classification technique). I didn't find any related documentation. Is it possible? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Classes vs. functions?
Can someone please explain to me when is a class useful over a set of functions? Almost always. Object oriented programming offers many many advantages (that I cannot get into depth on here). There are a few exceptions where you would not use classes, such as utility functions like max() and min() that would be used generically. The most basic purpose of a class is to define your own 'type' of object. When you create a class you are encapsulating an 'idea' into a set of attributes and behaviors specific to that type. Designing classes not only offers a great way of organizing code but inevitably forces you to think thoroughly about the logical separation of code and to refine more and more towards an idealized type with well defined and sensible behavior. Conversely non-object oriented programming tends to lack in clarity and intended usage, making it difficult and confusing to use, getting exponentially worse for complex problems. Classes have methods (functions) that are designed to work specifically on members of that class or perform operations directly related to it. Plain functions, however, have a tendency to be vague and complicated by argument lists. Furthermore they are easier to be misused and can be prone to latent errors. In the end, it's like driving a car: the engine is neatly hidden under the hood and you don't care or want to know about the internal workings of it. You just want to get in, turn the key and drive. Classes are no different... they provide a simplified user-friendly interface to complex things. It's luxury in programming :) I would suggest getting some books to learn further, and just start using classes. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, June 2, 2003, at 08:31 PM, Vijay Avarachen wrote: I have been mostly using function in my php code, and lately I have been curious about classes. I have a vague idea of classes from my C++ class that I took a few years back. Can someone please explain to me when is a class useful over a set of functions? I have seen very few code with classes, so pretty much always stayed away from it. Thanks, Vijay Avarachen -- 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] Bizarre Assignment Issue
I am experiencing some very odd behavior in my classes that I don't
know how to work around. Apparently, PHP is getting my variables
'confused' with each other and assigning/returning the wrong data.
My class design is as follows:
class TestClass
{
var $TestLog;
var $Data1;
var $Data2;
function TestClass()
{
$this-$Data1 = 234;
$this-$TestLog = HELLO;
$this-$Data2 = wehre;
}
function Report()
{
return $this-$TestLog;
}
}
and this class is being used in the following manner:
$test = new TestClass;
echo $test-Report();
You would expect the output to read 'HELLO', but instead it reads
'wehre'. I'm totally confused ¿¿??
Any ideas? Thank you!
Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
www.walkereffects.com
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On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 01:32 PM, ML wrote:
I am unable to send emails, and there are no errors being generated or
populated in the $php_errormsg variable, since I enabled track errors
in the
php.ini. So I have no idea why the mail send is failing. Am I supposed
to
specify
a mail server to use for sending mail? My sendmail was setup
automatically
in my Redhat Setup and I have not touched its configuration
options...is
there something I need to change? The sendmail path that is shown in
the
phpinfo() function display is correct. Any feedback would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks!
-M L
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[PHP] Current URL is http or https?
Hi, I'm trying to find a way to determine whether a clients browser current url is prefixed by http or https. However, I cannot seem to find the right predefined variable to give me this information. Basically, I want the same thing that HTTP_REFERER provides, but for the _current_ page. Any ideas? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Current URL is http or https?
Thanks! I got it: $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == on Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, May 17, 2002, at 01:09 PM, Philip Hallstrom wrote: I would guess you want $_SERVER[SERVER_PROTOCOL] which returns HTTP/1.1 for me and probably HTTPS... for https connections... also if you're using apache I think it sets some SSL_* variables that exist only when using https. On Fri, 17 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote: Hi, I'm trying to find a way to determine whether a clients browser current url is prefixed by http or https. However, I cannot seem to find the right predefined variable to give me this information. Basically, I want the same thing that HTTP_REFERER provides, but for the _current_ page. Any ideas? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Accessing Variables by Name
Hi, I couldn't find this in the documentation or on marc... Is there a way to access a variable by name using a string value? For example: $myvariable = 10; $stringdata = myvariable; $[$stringdata] == $myvariable; Obviously the last line is invalid, but is there a way to do this? I know about associative arrays, but they do not solve my particular problem. TIA. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Multiple File Download
Miguel, Thanks for following up. I got the zip functions all working last night. I deconstructed a zip file created by ZipIt and was able to discover where the PHP class was going wrong. Basically, there is a segment called 'data descriptor' that was being written into the file without the proper bit flag set. I posted a brief message on the Zend site on the zip file article stating what I found. I still have some testing to do to make sure this is all going to work out, but it looks very promising. Thanks for offering your help! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, May 9, 2002, at 02:19 PM, Miguel Cruz wrote: Any luck? I started playing with it but then ran into the fact that we don't have the gz functions compiled into our PHP. Before I really dug in, thought I'd check whether you got it working. miguel On Tue, 7 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote: Miguel, That is very nice of you! I found the zip class on the Zend website: http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=696single=1 and here is an article pertaining to zip file creation: http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/creating-zip-files3.php When I try to open the php created zip file with Stuffit Expander, I get the following message: Unknown zip header format encountered. This operation cannot continue. However, Zipit opens the archive fine. If I resave the archive from Zipit, then Stuffit will read it without error. So far I have compared the two files (the one created by php, and the one saved from Zipit). The basic compressed data matches, but there definitely is a difference in header structures. I have downloaded the zip file format specs, but am still pulling my hair out trying to figure out what all the different parts are. I am not accustomed to working with hex data, so that to is making it hard. I appreciate you taking the time to help! Thank you! On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 12:39 PM, Miguel Cruz wrote: Is it possible it's just a MIME type thing? Let me know how to find the class you're using and I'll try to play with it this afternoon. miguel On Tue, 7 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote: You are right. I am testing this out now using a zip class I got through the Zend website. However, Stuffit Expander does not like the zip files created by php. I am able to open the zip archive through Zipit just fine, and Stuffit Expander opens the Zipit files ok. So now I am trying to figure out how to modify the php zip class to make a zip archive that Stuffit will read. Any thoughts? On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 11:39 AM, Miguel Cruz wrote: On Tue, 7 May 2002, Steven Walker wrote: Does anyone know a way to download multiple files with a php script? I have 26 software products that can be purchased individually and I want to make the download process easier. I have looked into dynamically creating zip files, but it is problematic for Mac users (which account for a large part of my user base). Are you sure it's a problem for your Mac users? Stuffit Expander, which has come with all Macs for a while now and which is pretty much an essential tool for everyone, handles zip files just fine. miguel -- 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] Multiple File Download
Hi, Does anyone know a way to download multiple files with a php script? I have 26 software products that can be purchased individually and I want to make the download process easier. I have looked into dynamically creating zip files, but it is problematic for Mac users (which account for a large part of my user base). Thanks in advance! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Bad Email Addresses
Hi, I have PHP automated emails sent from my website. Does anybody know a good way to filter returned mail? What I want to do is extract the bad email addresses from returned mail and delete them from my database. For now I have the return path sent to me, and I manually weed the bad ones out, but it's tedious and won't last in the long term. Thanks, Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Readfile() Download Issues
Hi, I'm having trouble supporting Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier versions in a PHP download script. People are reporting that the file comes out as 'download.htm'. Here is the code in my download.php: $len = filesize($file); header(Content-type: application/zip); header(Content-Length: $len); header(Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename); readfile($file); Other browsers appear to work fine. An thoughts? Thanks, Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] header(Location:) problem with Netscape
Jeff, I just had this problem! Using $PHP_SELF did not work with Netscape 4.7 for some reason. I was using it in form submissions and kept getting the error 'Method Not Allowed'. My fix was simple, I just hard coded the action url since. If you really need $PHP_SELF, I don't know what the fix is. I also tried getenv(PHP_SELF) and $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] without any luck. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, March 14, 2002, at 10:29 AM, Jeff Bearer wrote: I'm working on a app that uses the header(Location) is the middle of the file, but since I'm using output buffering it shouldn't matter. The application works fine in Mozilla, Konqueror, and IE, but not in Netscape 4 or 6. I don't get the error that the headers have already been written error, it just loads the page as if the header(Location:) was commented out. Some of my thoughts on the subject. I'm redirecting to $PHP_SELF is Netscape trying to be extra smart and think it doesn't have to refresh? I'm using gzip compression in output buffering, maybe there is a situation where Netscape 4 6 may not use the gzip compression, hence causing the output buffering not to work correctly? But if that was the case I should see the error about headers already been written. Any suggestions would be great, thanks. -- Jeff Bearer, RHCE Webmaster PittsburghLIVE.com 2002 EPpy Award, Best Online U.S. Newspaper -- 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] Referer Is Empty
Hello, I'm having trouble getting the referring url. I have tried: $HTTP_REFERER getenv(HTTP_REFERER); $_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]; ... but they are all blank. The referring page has a meta http-equiv=Refresh header. If the user waits for the page to automatically redirect, the referring url is empty. If on the other hand the user clicks the link to the new page, the referring url is fine. Is there a limitation here? I'm familiar with using header(location..), but it doesn't allow a delay time to be specified. Any ideas? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] FYI Using Qmail PHP
To whom it may concern, I recently had an ordeal trying to get PHP generated email to work using with qmail. After switching web servers, suddenly my automated emails were not working, coming out blank or with mime attachments. If anybody runs into the problem, the fix is quite simple (but obscure). Simply use single '\n' rather than '\r\n'. For some reason (I don't know why) qmail doesn't like the CRLF. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] inspiration needed on problem s
I have often looked at problems and immediately thought that PHP is not capable of the solution, but then some discovery sheds light and suddenly many new things are possible. This fell into that category for me too :) Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 09:37 AM, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then Steven Walker declared Nick, If I understand the problem correctly, the form reset button doesn't work when the form is prefilled with POST data. To overcome this, I created reset button of type='submit' value='Reset'. When loading the form page I test to see if submit=='Reset' or 'Submit'. If it equals 'Reset', then I clear all the data. Yep, that's what I ended up doing. Can't believe I didn't work that out on my own! Cheers Steven - -- - --- www.explodingnet.com |Projects, Forums and +Articles for website owners - -- Nick Wilson -- |and designers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8gl9kHpvrrTa6L5oRAideAJ9TZIm0RFm9UQL7M9Q4JNcI9XGNygCaA3yK yRepNH1fZnkLyTU81w4kKZg= =T53I -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- 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] Re: cursor focus
If you -could- use Javascript, it looks something like this: document.formName.textfieldName.focus() Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, March 3, 2002, at 12:55 PM, Markas wrote: Hi, PHP will do NOTHING with cursor position in your page, because it's running on server. Perhaps what you've read is generating some Javascript (which actually places the cursor) with PHP... Hmmm, if you are not running Javascript, maybe an attribute TABINDEX, which almost every html tag has, would help, but sorry if i'm mistaken, didnt check that... Ralph Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; I am not running Javascript, just PHP/HTML... THe particular script I am having problems with has several decision points and includes which I think is confusing the placement of the cursor Gaylen Fraley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; This is not a php question. It is a JavaScript issue. You need to add this code to the bottom of your page: script document.forms[0].text_box_name.focus(); /script -- Gaylen PHP KISGB v4.0.1 Guest Book http://www.gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite/ Ralph Jarvis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]; This is really a newbie question, but here goes. I am running PHP4 with Apache on Redhat 6.2. I am sure I read this somewheres, but can't find it again. When I open a webpage in a small password application that I wrote, the cursor is not on the first text box I need to fill in, I need to click on the text box to begin typing. How do I get the cursor to focus on this text box? Many thanks in advance Ralph -- 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] inspiration needed on problem s
Nick, If I understand the problem correctly, the form reset button doesn't work when the form is prefilled with POST data. To overcome this, I created reset button of type='submit' value='Reset'. When loading the form page I test to see if submit=='Reset' or 'Submit'. If it equals 'Reset', then I clear all the data. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, March 1, 2002, at 10:34 AM, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all I'm all out of inspiration in finding an elegant solution to a little problem, hope you guys can lend a hand :-) I have a form thats values are object properties. The object is carried in the current session. As a result my reset button won't work as the object still exists and so does it's properties. How can I make it so that the reset destroys or resets the properties? Many thanks - -- - --- www.explodingnet.com |Projects, Forums and +Articles for website owners - -- Nick Wilson -- |and designers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8f8mgHpvrrTa6L5oRAqZsAKCdaQkIQOgs1dTRbvHcfoEj9VYhiwCgk8r6 xlWPCeA3HyvhBeEYikNxMLM= =itz4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Email MIME Support?
Hello, I've just moved my website to a new server and sendmail is not working the same. My email messages (sent via mail()) are coming out blank or with mime attachments. To verify my sanity, I tested this same script on the old server and it came through fine. The new server seems to like only plain text emails with no headers. Does mime support have to be enabled for sendmail? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] maximum string length
It may be able to store 8MB, but each line can only hold 1024 characters. I ran into this using a string variable to store the message body of an HTML email. If I did not put a '\n' at the end of each line, I would get random '!' placed through the sent email. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 07:55 AM, Bogdan Stancescu wrote: Generally more than you'll ever need :-) About 8 MB by default. Bogdan Kancha . wrote: What is the maximum number of characters a variable of type string can hold ?? Is there a restriction ?? $x = adfafasfadfaf what is the max number of characters $x can hold ?? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- 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 Annoyances
James,
Look into stripslashes():
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.stripslashes.php
and htmlspecialchars():
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php
Steven J. Walker
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 11:08 AM, James Taylor wrote:
I'm having this one issue that's really bugging me - I have a textarea
where
you can type in something - After typing it in, it goes to another page
asking you to verify, if it's correct, it inserts it into a database.
The page that asks you to verify holds the value of the textbox in a
hidden
form field. If the value the user entered in contains any single (') or
double () quotes, it will mess everything up. Single quotes end up
having a
backslash thrown automatically in front of it, and it inserts it into
the
database WITH THE backslash. If there are double quotes, the HTML will
get
messed up due to the fact that when it sees the quote, it will cut off
the
rest of the value because if:
value=this is an example: Hello how are you.
everything after example: is going to get cut off.
I tried putting the value in a query string, but when traveling across
two
pages, it seems to do the exact same thing.
Any suggestions?
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Re: [PHP] writing files with php
Try: SITE CHMOD 666 filename Also be sure that the file name in PHP matches the exact file name on disk. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 12:36 AM, Sven Jacobs wrote: Hey How can I create files with php, I've tried somethings but php always tells me that I don't have access. But the Directory has 777 access and the owner is my webserver. Can somebody help me :-) I need this for to create logfiles Greetings Sven
Re: [PHP] Fetching the values from previous page
Dear Batara, There are global variables that serve this purpose. You must have register_globals turned on: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php $_POST An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method. Automatically global in any scope. Introduced in PHP 4.1.0. I believe that you can also use getenv() if the register_globals is not on. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 09:48 AM, Batara Kesuma wrote: Hi all, I have a page that post a lot of variables to the next page. It looks like: form action=next_page.php input type=text name=f_text1 input type=text name=f_text2 select name=f_multiple1[] multiple size=6 option value=1one option value=2two option value=3three /select input type=submit /form On next.php I can access all the values through: $f_text1, $f_text2, and an array $f_multiple1. My question is, how can I pack all of these variables from previous page _without_knowing_ the variables name? I mean, I know I can write: $array = array(text1 = $f_text1, text2 = $f_text2, multiple1 = array($multiple1)); But that is not what I want, it is more like: GetAllFromPrevious(); or in Perl: %params = $q-Vars; And poof, all the values from previous will be inserted into an array. Thanks, --bk -- 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] HTML Email Has Random '!'
Thanks Martin, That was indeed the problem! I simply added a '\n' to the end of each line. And since html doesn't recognize it, it does no harm to the formatting. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 06:26 PM, Martin Towell wrote: it's to do with the length of a line - I think it's 1024 - if a lines longer than that, an ! is put there and a new line is made Martin -Original Message- From: Steven Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] HTML Email Has Random '!' Hi, Has anybody every had problems with random characters showing up in HTML email messages? I've set up an auto-responding email system for product purchasing and registration. The system sends multipart HTML and plain text messages using mail(). However, exclamation points are showing up in random places. I have no idea where they come from... over and over I've looked at my source code but can't find any correlation. For example, here's a clip from an email message: Support: If you need any assistance, or would like to arrange another method of delivery, please conta! ct: And the code that generates this text looks like: $email_html .= /b/fontfont face=\Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\ size=\2\ color=\#33\; $email_html .= If you need any assistance, or would like to arrange another method ofbrdelivery, please contact:; $email_html .= /font/ppa href=\mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]\;; Sorry this is so hard to read... but the point is that the '!' is not in my code. When I make subtle changes to the code, the '!' shows up in other places. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] problem while loop.
Jeff,
The problem is most likely with incrementing $event_data. It's hard to
say without seeing the rest of the code.
Steven J. Walker
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I have a problem while loop that isn't terminating when it's supposed
to. I can't figure out what the problem is, if I run a comparison
inside the while loop it matches as it should, but for some reason the
same comparison isn't working as the while loop expression. I get an
infinite loop when I run this code.
while(strtotime($event_date) = strtotime($end_date)){
# test to see if the loop should of stopped.
if(strtotime($event_date) = strtotime($end_date))
echo GO!!\n;
else echo STOP!!!\n;
/* omitted code that finds the next $event_date */
}
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[PHP] Email Verification
Does anybody know any good ways (or available code) for verifying email addresses? Checking syntax is not enough.. I'd like to actually be able to test whether the email address exists. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Email Verification
Michael, Thanks for your help! Your advice entirely makes sense. Perhaps a good way to use email verification is to alert the user that the address could not be verified, but if they insist, they can still submit it. This probably falls under the 90/10 rule... I'll spend 90% of my time trying to fix a problem that occurs 10% (or less) of the time ;) Thanks for the Zend referral. I'll give it a try. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 11:31 AM, Michael Kimsal wrote: Steven Walker wrote: Does anybody know any good ways (or available code) for verifying email addresses? Checking syntax is not enough.. I'd like to actually be able to test whether the email address exists. Nothing is 100%, so don't exclude people because you can't verify them. There are 2 types of email addresse: verifiable unverifiable The 'type' is determined by talking to the mail host of the domain, but this is, at best, an inexact science. Verifiable means that you've connected to the mail host and indicated you had mail for a specific user account and it did not reply back 'user unknown'. That is the best you can hope for, because once that mail system accepts it for delivery, it may still not be delivered to the end user for a number of reasons - no mailbox space left, for example. Or in fact, the specific user account DOESN'T exist, but the mail server is set to accept all incoming mail first, and does more precise error checking at a later time. Unverifiable would mean that the mail server will actually tell you up front that an account doesn't exist, or isn't accepting mail from you, or has a full mailbox, or whatever. So you might be able to tell if an account specifically DOES NOT exist, but you can never be certain that an account actually does exist without completely sending a mail, and hoping that it'll bounce to the right place if there's a problem. The way to do this is to use SMTP to talk to the other mail host - Zend has some code snippets like the one referenced below (probably others, but here's a starting point) http://www.zend.com/codex.php?id=449single=1 Hope that helps some... -- 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] problem while loop.
Jeff,
Everything you are doing sounds fine, and I don't see any logic problems
with the while loop. However, I really can't extrapolate any further
conclusion without more info. How are you determining that the if
statement is working? As long as this loop is running it should always
echo 'GO!!'.
Steven J. Walker
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On Sunday, February 24, 2002, at 03:00 PM, Jeff Bearer wrote:
It's all returning proper dates and the proper timestamps when I check
them inside the loop. I'm formatting the dates in -MM-DD format and
strtotime is returning the proper timestamps. I'm curious how can you
say it's a problem with the dates when the if statement comparing the
same expression as the while loop works properly?
On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 13:09, Steven Walker wrote:
Jeff,
The problem is most likely with incrementing $event_data. It's hard to
say without seeing the rest of the code.
I have a problem while loop that isn't terminating when it's supposed
to. I can't figure out what the problem is, if I run a comparison
inside the while loop it matches as it should, but for some reason the
same comparison isn't working as the while loop expression. I get an
infinite loop when I run this code.
while(strtotime($event_date) = strtotime($end_date)){
# test to see if the loop should of stopped.
if(strtotime($event_date) = strtotime($end_date))
echo GO!!\n;
else echo STOP!!!\n;
/* omitted code that finds the next $event_date */
}
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[PHP] HTML Email Has Random '!'
Hi, Has anybody every had problems with random characters showing up in HTML email messages? I've set up an auto-responding email system for product purchasing and registration. The system sends multipart HTML and plain text messages using mail(). However, exclamation points are showing up in random places. I have no idea where they come from... over and over I've looked at my source code but can't find any correlation. For example, here's a clip from an email message: Support: If you need any assistance, or would like to arrange another method of delivery, please conta! ct: And the code that generates this text looks like: $email_html .= /b/fontfont face=\Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\ size=\2\ color=\#33\; $email_html .= If you need any assistance, or would like to arrange another method ofbrdelivery, please contact:; $email_html .= /font/ppa href=\mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]\;; Sorry this is so hard to read... but the point is that the '!' is not in my code. When I make subtle changes to the code, the '!' shows up in other places. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] adding 'vote' mechanism
I personally prefer voting mechanisms that display how many votes have been cast. If you keep the thumbs_up separate from thumbs_down, you can figure the total number of votes. Otherwise, you will not be able to know whether the author is *really* average or just never voted for. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Saturday, February 23, 2002, at 11:45 AM, Erik Price wrote: On Saturday, February 23, 2002, at 02:42 PM, Nick Wilson wrote: I'd like to add a simple 'thumbs up, thumbs down' vote mechanism to it. The (simplified) table looks like this: id | authId | title | tip The only way I've come up with so far is to add two more fields (thumbs_up and thumbs_down). Then each time someone votes... get the current value of the field (say thumbs_up) use php to increment it's value and pop it back in the db. What if you made the field a signed INT field, and used PHP to subtract one from the current value of the field every time someone chose thumbs down or add one to the current value of the field every time someone chose thumbs up. This way you could have a level of how well the author stacks up. This is just another idea shooting the moon, the truth is that it would probably be fine either way. A matter of personal preference. Erik Erik Price Web Developer Temp Media Lab, H.H. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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] Re: how to build an array
Also, for adding items onto an array use array_push() Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 07:41 PM, Jim Winstead wrote: Jtjohnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where/How do I start in building a new array? .= doesn't work: $authors .= explode(;, $mydata-KW); '.=' doesn't work because that does a string append. you just want: $authors = explode(;, $mydata-KW); then you can sort the array using sort(). http://php.net/sort jim -- 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] Reading the value in a cookie
Brandon, There are a few things about cookies that are not completely. I may be wrong about this, but this is what I've found: When a cookie is set, it must be passed before any other headers or tags. But the cookie is not actually available to the page it was set on. If the user reloads the page, or goes to another link, the cookie can then be read. When you put setcookie() in a PHP file, the cookie will be created every time the page is loaded. This will overwrite any previous cookie info stored. To overcome this, you can use conditional statements that test for the cookie. Just be sure that any code before setcookie does not create output (ie echo). Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 10:04 AM, Brandon Orther wrote: Hello, I know how to set a cookie. How do I read the value of that cookie the next time that person returns to my website? Brandon Orther WebIntellects Design/Development Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-994-6364 www.webintellects.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] getenv $REMOTE_ADDR
Does anybody know why the predefined variable $REMOTE_ADDR would be null, while getenv(REMOTE_ADDR) works fine? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] getenv $REMOTE_ADDR
What is the difference between $_SERVER and getenv()? Why should one be more reliable/better than the other? Better: avoid globals and use $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']. Sorry, if I'm asking you to repeat yourself... the documentation doesn't relate the two. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Hyperlinks vs Buttons
Is there a way to regular hyperlinked text to submit a form? For example, rather than having a button that says [Login], I just want underlined text: Login Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Hyperlinks vs Buttons
Thanks for the replies.. one of these methods should work. I'm not targeting the general public, so it's ok my site requires a modern browser. Web development sure would a lot more fun without all the compatibility issues!!! ;P Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can use JavaScript on that link. An onClick event which triggers document.formname.submit() would work, but then you lose backward compatibility (and thus accessibility) with non-JavaScript browsers. input type=image src=somegraphic.jpg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Need help
John, You could create a function to do this. Just think of it in small steps. You can use the string replace function to replace certain parts with other characters, or nothing at all. For example: $data = Wilson; Hope,(i) Alec Derwent; King,(i) Bruce; James,(i) Henry;; $new_data = str_replace(,(i) , \t, $data); You can then use explode() to put it into an array. You'll have to figure out the details, but that should get you started. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 06:01 PM, jtjohnston wrote: Yeeesch! I neet help. I need a method to flush out lists of authors in a MySQL field called KW. The field looks a bit like this: 1; Caribbean and West Indies; Guyana;4; Birney,(i) Earle; Harris,(i) Wilson; Hope,(i) Alec Derwent; King,(i) Bruce; James,(i) Henry; Olson,(i) Charles; Rushdie,(i) Salman; Purdy,(i) Al; Joyce,(i) James; Macleish,(i) Archibald; Cummings,(i) Edward Estlin (E.E.); Auden,(i) W. H.; Atwood,(i) Margaret; Tutuola,(i) Amos; Simon,(i) Claude;7; comparison of authors and works; In the section that starts with 4 I need to look for (i) search backward to the prewious ; and search forward to the next ; and extract into an array the contents between the semi-colons to arrive at something that looks like: Birney, Earle Harris, Wilson Hope, Alec Derwent King, Bruce James, Henry Olson, Charles Rushdie, Salman Purdy, Al Joyce, James Macleish, Archibald Cummings, Edward Estlin (E.E.) Auden, W. H. Atwood, Margaret Tutuola, Amos Simon, Claude Can someone please help me get started? John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] text box truncate
How about wordwrap()? http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.wordwrap.php Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 06:02 PM, Michael P. Carel wrote: Hi there, I have here a problem regarding how to truncate the data that was written in the text box form? I want the data to be displayed in the html collumn in standard length and format. Setting the text box in WRAP will not solve the problem it will not add a new line. I want that instead of wrapping it will just add a newline(\n) to display it properly in the html column. Any idea? Please help me im stuck here. Regards, mike -- 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] wordwrap not working
This may be a nl2br() problem. If you are setting \n as your newline character, it probably needs to be br if your just echoing it. Depending on where it ultimately gets displayed, you'll want one or the other. For example, sending an email message you want \n. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 07:25 PM, Michael P. Carel wrote: Hi, Im testing the example in the http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.wordwrap.php and it seems not working it still printing the whole word and not wrapping. Im using php4.05 in my redhat 6.2 using an apache. Here's the sample: ? $text = The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.; $newtext = wordwrap( $text, 20 ); echo $newtext\n; ? it should print like this: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. but it still printing like this: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Please help Regards, Mike -- 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] Trouble with Sessions
Phillip, I had the same problem. It's even worse in IE5 since no error was displayed, just an empty form. To circumvent this, I put PHP controls for navigating. To go back, a button called 'modify' resubmits the data to the form page. On my site, if the user clicks the back button, they get hosed what can you do? Any one else know? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 07:36 PM, Phillip S. Baker wrote: Hey All, I just converted my login process to sessions. It works great. However I am having one annoying issue come up. The site is a secure site. So each page has an include to check to see if a validated session is there. If not a login forma appears and so on. It all works just fine. However I am coming up against a problem with forms now. I have a searchable listing of members. So there is a form to search for particular members. I preform the search, get a listing of possible matches. Now I click on a member name to get more info about him bringing up another page. If I hit the back button on the browser to get the search results again I get the following message Warning: Page has Expired The page you requested was created using information you submitted in a form. This page is no longer available. As a security precaution, Internet Explorer does not automatically resubmit your information for you. To resubmit your information and view this Web page, click the Refresh button. Under my previous scheme where login was through the use of cookies. I did not get the above message. Anyone have any ideas how to get ride of this message and just allow the back button to work like it did before? (Oh I get similiar messages in NN 6.2 or NN 4.+) Phillip -- 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] getting the right REMOTE_ADDR
I don't know too much about this, but IP checking is not a reliable way
of identification anyway. Depending on how people connect to the
internet, some people will have different IPs every time. Since I use a
cable modem, my IP address rarely changes (if ever) so I use it as a
safety net to prevent other users from accessing my files.
Steven J. Walker
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On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 08:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi all,
I need to know the exact ip of who is entering a site and I'm worried
about proxies and spoofing. From php.net:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php
This was listed:
This gives you the right ip:
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
$ip=getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP);
}
else {
$ip=getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
}
Is this really a fool-proof method of knowing exactly what the ip is
that's getting onboard?
Thanks!
Sean
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Re: [PHP] getting the right REMOTE_ADDR
You lost me... but it sounds like fun! :) BTW, can anything fake
$HTTP_REFERER?
I'm sure one of the pros on the list can answer your original question:
Is this really a fool-proof method of knowing exactly what the ip is
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
$ip=getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP);
}
else {
$ip=getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
}
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On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 10:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
My problem is a touch different, I know the IP's of the visitors who
can visit the site, but I need to make sure that it's *really* them.
Cookies are a potential solution, but don't quite fit the bill due to
some variables on the users sides - and what I'm really keeping out are
bots (that break in), not people.
I've tested for:
$HTTP_CONNECTION (Keep-Alive means not a robot - right?)
$HTTP_REFERER (can't fake this if you're a robot...?)
$HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE (Only comes along with browsers... yea?)
In short, I need to make sure that only humans (who are on the IP list)
can view content... and I wanted to make sure that bots couldn't spoof
their IP and look like one of the human IP's.
make sense?
thanks,
Sean
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From: Steven Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I don't know too much about this, but IP checking is not a reliable way
of identification anyway. Depending on how people connect to the
internet, some people will have different IPs every time. Since I use a
cable modem, my IP address rarely changes (if ever) so I use it as a
safety net to prevent other users from accessing my files.
On Wednesday, February 20, 2002, at 08:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi all,
I need to know the exact ip of who is entering a site and I'm worried
about proxies and spoofing. From php.net:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.getenv.php
This was listed:
This gives you the right ip:
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
$ip=getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP);
}
else {
$ip=getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
}
Is this really a fool-proof method of knowing exactly what the ip is
that's getting onboard?
Thanks!
Sean
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Re: [PHP] Re: Copyright
Here is a good explanation, in laymen's terms, of intellectual property laws: 'An Intellectual Property Law Primer for Multimedia and Web Developers' http://www.laderapress.com/lib/laderapress/primer.html Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 05:40 AM, michael kimsal wrote: Dani wrote: Hi! I have seen lots of webiste with a sign [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002 etc... if I would like to do that, do I have to register myself to a certain company or.. I just put it on my website? Depending on what country you are in, it would probably help to register the information (or website code or whatever) with the appropriate copyright agency in your government. It will probably never be used, but if and when you needed to bring charges against someone for violating that copyright, it's registered. If it's unregistered, it's possibly harder to prove violation. By registering with your government , it essentially creates a verified copy with a time/date as to when it was registered (not when it was created necessarily, but when the government agency registered it). Hopefully you'll never need to use it, and most people don't bother with registration. If you think your content is valuable enough, then by all means register with your government's copyright agency. It may save you a bundle in the future. In either case, you can still display the copyright mark immediately. -- 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] Parse Error Line Numbers
Does anyone know how line numbers are figured? I get errors like the following: Parse error: parse error in /home/sites/site104/users/walker/web/admin/_fileutils.php on line 74 Is PHP preprocessing the code to remove comments and white space? The larger my code file, the more inaccurate the parse error line number. In this case, the actual error was on line 83. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Parse Error Line Numbers
my take on it is that php reports the line it was on when it encountered the error with isn't the same as where you've made your mistake. That sometimes is the case, depending on the error/omission. However, in my case the error is reported on a line number -before- the actual line number I found it on. I understand that compile/parse-time errors do not provide a lot of accuracy... I'm just trying to understand a little better how it generally preprocesses the file. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 11:07 AM, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then Steven Walker declared Does anyone know how line numbers are figured? I get errors like the following: Parse error: parse error in /home/sites/site104/users/walker/web/admin/_fileutils.php on line 74 Is PHP preprocessing the code to remove comments and white space? The larger my code file, the more inaccurate the parse error line number. In this case, the actual error was on line 83. Well I hope someone provides a more technically accurate answer than mine :-) but my take on it is that php reports the line it was on when it encountered the error with isn't the same as where you've made your mistake. - -- - --- www.explodingnet.com |Projects, Forums and +Articles for website owners - -- Nick Wilson -- |and designers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8cqKJHpvrrTa6L5oRArJ8AJ4jXm+TYxKbXhqhtAgmgR14wycojACgh4zX vSFDxyu6sWvE7G14Jp91MZg= =P2dl -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Mail Headers Formatting
Can someone tell me where to find documentation on defining mail headers and formatting? I've been to faqs.org, but was hoping to find something a bit more friendly. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Mail Headers Formatting
Nick, Thank you for your reply. I have looked at the RFC's and they are just too wordy without examples. I was hoping to find a nice hyperlinked html page with complete docs and examples...that may be hoping for too much:). I'll be using this to generate auto-responding email messages. I'd like to format them with the style of my website. I don't need too much, I just want to know what the capabilities are. Another programmer on the list said he would send me some code, so that should be a good starting point. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 02:08 PM, Nick Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * and then Steven Walker declared Can someone tell me where to find documentation on defining mail headers and formatting? I've been to faqs.org, but was hoping to find something a bit more friendly. Hi Steve, thought I'd reply offlist as my answer isn't really so hot and I'm intereted to see what others say. You need to look at the RFC? the email standard in general to get info on headers, I suggest a google search on 'request for comments' I'm sure you'll find the right place. What is it you want to do? If you just want to add some common ones to the mail() comand you do it buy specifying the fourth parameter like this: $extra=Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mail($to, $subj, $msg, $extra); HTH - -- - --- www.explodingnet.com |Projects, Forums and +Articles for website owners - -- Nick Wilson -- |and designers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE8cszQHpvrrTa6L5oRAkPzAJ9JzK+83hqYbDTrmFvU2RYUX8UksgCgljYz VKYLIO7w6YWU/ZEQS5MjiaE= =kNo8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Difference between two dates
You can convert the time into seconds using mktime(), subtract one from the other, and then reformat it using gmstrftime: //int mktime ( int hour, int minute, int second, int month, int day, int year [, int is_dst]) //string gmstrftime ( string format [, int timestamp]) ? $time1 = mktime (0,0,0,12,32,1997); $time2 = mktime (0,0,0,12,31,1995); $dif = $time1 - $time2; $new_time = gmstrftime(%b %d %Y, $dif); echo $time1br; echo $time2br; echo $difbr; echo $new_timebr; ? The output looks like this: 883641600 820396800 63244800 Jan 03 1972 Of course you will have to get the date out of the current format you have it, but that shouldn't be too hard using explode() and implode(); Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday, February 19, 2002, at 06:51 PM, Uma Shankari T. wrote: Hello, How can i find out the difference between two dates. I am having the date like this $str=10-01-2001; $str1=01-02-2002; I need to find out the difference between the date,month and year. If anyone know the solution for this problem plz tell me -Uma -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] gzdoc
Does anybody have experience using gzdoc? I can't find much information about it, and was just wondering if it is even worth the effort. For anyone interested, here is the url I found it at: http://php.weblogs.com/http_compression Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Timed Redirect
Is there way to have a page automatically redirect the user to another page, but with a timed delay? I'm working on a purchasing system. After a successful purchase, a thank you page is shown, and then I want to take the user to a download page a few seconds afterward. Thanks! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Timed Redirect
Here's what I found: This does not work: header(Location: http://www.google.com/;, 5); That would redirect you to www.google.com in 5 seconds. According to the documentation, the second param is bool replace, for replacing header information. This does work: META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=x; URL=http://www.example.com/; Thanks for the help. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Unique Numbers
Is it safe to use time() to generate a unique id number? My thinking is that the call to the server will take enough time that no two users will get the same time stamp (although they may be very close). Even though the likelyhood of two users entering at the same time is very slim, I don't want to take the chance. What about microtime()? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Unique Numbers
Thanks for the input. I just replaced time() with uniqid(), and I think that will work great. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, February 18, 2002, at 01:38 PM, Lars Torben Wilson wrote: On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 13:14, Steven Walker wrote: Is it safe to use time() to generate a unique id number? My thinking is that the call to the server will take enough time that no two users will get the same time stamp (although they may be very close). Even though the likelyhood of two users entering at the same time is very slim, I don't want to take the chance. What about microtime()? No, time functions suck for this. See uniqid() for this kind of thing: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.uniqid.php Cheers, Torben -- Torben Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.thebuttlesschaps.com http://www.hybrid17.com http://www.inflatableeye.com +1.604.709.0506 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] form submission error trapping
Jason, I just finished one of my form pages, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I created one php page that both displays the form and validates the input. When the user hits the submit button, it submits the data to itself. If anything is missing from the page, the form is reshown with missing fields highlighted and the other fields filled in. If on the other hand the info passes the validation test, the information is shown to screen a new button (hidden form) allows the user to continue. If you want, I can send you a link to my test site so you can check it out. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 02:22 PM, Jason Dulberg wrote: I am working on some error trapping for several forms on my site. After visiting a bunch of websites, I've noticed 2 common methods of displaying error messages. 1. display an error box on a new page and force the user to hit the back button 2. display the form again with appropriate error text and pre-filled fields. I have part of the error on the new page working but I'm running into the infamous no contents in the form after going back. There are some useability issues with forcing the user to hit the back button -- some just don't want to bother. Is there a way to display the form w/original contents and error messages 'without' having to code the entire form twice? I have about 5 forms with 50 fields or so each. What would be the best way to go about redrawing the form with the errors shown beside each field? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. __ Jason Dulberg Extreme MTB http://extreme.nas.net -- 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 submission error trapping
I guess the real challenge is converting a pre-existing page like the
one I've described into one that can re-populate itself on an error
condition. Building it that way from scratch is merely a programming
task.
That's true, however there are a few ways to cheat :). For example, in
my form I have a State and Country popup menu. Rather than trying to
write code that selects the proper one to match the post data, I simply
create a new entry at the top:
select name=state
?
if(isset($state)) {
$statename = GetStateName($state);
echo option selected value='$state'$statename;
}
?
option value=Select a state
option value=ALAlabama
This works because I've already verified the data. If the data doesn't
pass verification, it would be reset and would fail the isset($state)
test.
Otherwise, most form elements are pretty easy to assign values to.
Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
www.walkereffects.com
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On Sunday, February 17, 2002, at 03:42 PM, Ken wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Steven Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
I created one php page that both displays the form and validates the
input. When the user hits the submit button, it submits the data to
itself. If anything is missing from the page, the form is reshown with
missing fields highlighted and the other fields filled in. If on the
other hand the info passes the validation test, the information is
shown
to screen a new button (hidden form) allows the user to continue.
Only catch is, you have to build all that logic to populate your
fields. Piece of cake when you have a simple form, not so easy when
you have a dynamically-generated form (with a variable number of
inputs) including multi-select buttons and the like.
I guess the real challenge is converting a pre-existing page like the
one I've described into one that can re-populate itself on an error
condition. Building it that way from scratch is merely a programming
task.
- Ken
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Re: [PHP] form submission error trapping
Yeah, for buttons (radio/checkboxes) I had to put an if statement on each one: td width=84% input type=radio name=formatting value=unformatted ? if($format == unformatted) echo checked; ? unformatted input type=radio name=formatting value=table ? if($format == table) echo checked; ? You're right... it's not as easy. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Empty form
Ben,
I've been dealing with this problem recently. The solution I found works
great in my case... the data processing page is the same as the form
page.
When the page is loaded it tests for post data. If no data is available
(ie !isset($name)), then the form will be displayed. When the user
submits the form, it actually submits it to the same page ($PHP_SELF).
This way, no matter how many times the user makes mistakes, your page
will faithfully redisplay the form until they get it right. You can even
build in special formatting, such as highlighting missing or incorrect
fields.
When the post data is verified, the page can display the next page by
using an include() or header() redirect, and bypass the form.
I hope this helps.
Steven J. Walker
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www.walkereffects.com
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On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 12:24 AM, Ben Clumeck wrote:
I am trying to have my form redirect back to my form, if the 'name'
field is
not filled in or the submit button is not pushed. Can someone tell me
what
my problem is with the script below that I have in my header:
?
if(!isset($name)||($HTTP_POST_VARS[submit]))
{
header(Location: form.htm);
}
?
Thanks,
Ben
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Re: [PHP] modular programming
Dear Kunal, I don't know of any papers... I'd be interested in what you find. In my experience, 'modular coding' is entirely a process of evolution. It's impossible to sit down and design software on paper. Every piece of code I write is under constant evaluation. Each time a weakness is exposed, I rethink my strategy. Often there is no 'perfect' solution, since each presents a different set of compromises. Devoting yourself to endlessly rewriting and structuring your code will, in the long term, yield better code than anyone can advise in a book or paper. Over modulation of code has drawbacks too. Sometimes the simple solution is the one to use, even if it means rewriting the same thing every once in a while. When people start creating classes and polymorphic interfaces to their code needlessly, performance is compromised. Perhaps what you are looking for is also a reference for good programming practice. For C++, I really liked the books by Scott Meyers: 'Effective C++', first and second edition. Here he sets out some fundamental 'guidelines' for coding. You may like to check it out, even thought it doesn't apply to PHP directly. Of what it's worth, that's my two cents :) I'd be interested in what others think on this matter. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday, February 15, 2002, at 08:24 PM, Kunal Jhunjhunwala wrote: hey, does anyone know of any good papers on modular programing? I have been able to make my code modular, but I am not satisfied with it. I am trying to make my program work the plug in way.. where i can just add more modules on the fly... any tips? :) Regards, Kunal Jhunjhunwala Minds think with ideas, not information. No amount of data, bandwidth, or processing power can substitute for inspired thought. - Clifford Stoll -- 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] character replace function
You can also use the strtr() function: $new_data = strtr($data, ', `);// replaces ' with ` Also keep in mind that you can use the chr($number) to return special ascii characters. Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 10:48 AM, Aaron Gould wrote: Try: $outputstring = str_replace($character_to_erase, '', $inputstring); -- Aaron Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer - Original Message - From: Phil Schwarzmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:38 PM Subject: [PHP] character replace function I need a function that will erase a particular character in a string. Any ideas?!? THANKS -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] good practice
I don't understand what you are trying to do...
If you need to verify whether the page has already been submitted to
itself, you can test any of the form variables using isset(). For
example:
?
if(isset($name)) {
$LoadedBefore = 1;
}
if(!$LoadedBefore) {
echo form name='form1' action='$PHP_SELF';
echo input type='text' name='name';
echo input type='submit' name='submitdata' value='submit';
}
?
You can also pass the data back into the form:
echo input type='text' name='$name'; // using $name variable as
value
Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
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On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 11:09 AM, James Taylor wrote:
Can someone recommend a better method for doing something like the
following?
All of my programs are written like this, but it's really poor form
considering I'm not predeclaring my variables, etc. Only thing I can
really
think of is to assign a value in the form a number like 1 or something,
then
do a if $value == 1 {do something} but that seems kinda hokey. Here's an
example of something I'd do:
HTMLBODY
?
if ($submitdata) {
dosomething;
exit;
}
echo form name=\form\ action=\$PHP_SELF?\\n;
echo input type=\text\ name=\data\\n;
echo input type=\submit\ name=\submitdata\ value=\ Submit
\\n;
echo /form\n/body\n/html;
?
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Re: [PHP] Sessions
On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 11:06 AM, Andrey Hristov wrote: Maybe you can put a small iframe in the HTML which will refresh on some basis (3secs for example), and in the HTML of this html you do the popup - window() or alert(). what you choose. the message which is sent(from the peer1 to server) is stored in db (or file) but have to stored somewhere till it is sent to the end user. Best regards, Andrey Hristov - Original Message - From: James Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:02 PM Subject: [PHP] Sessions Speaking of sessions, I was wondering if something like this is even possible: Users log on, each has their own unique session.. Is it possible to do some sort of instant messaging deal with this? Like, on the main page is displays everyone that's logged on, then you maybe choose their name from a form, type in a message, then a pop-up box appears with the message to the user? I only know how to use sessions for authentication, something like this I'd have no idea where to start. If it is possible, could someone point me in the right direction? -- 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 Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] File Access Security Issues
How assured can I be that people will NOT be able to view my php code? I'm creating an e-commerce site that will contain sensitive information and algorithms. I want to to take every precaution possible to protect that data and code. One concern in particular is the ability to view the contents of a file through PHP, rather than through HTTP. I've noticed that many file functions do not work for non-local files, which is good. But can a good hacker still get access some indirect way? Thank you! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Filling Forms with $variables
Hi, I'm having trouble setting the value of form elements using variable values. For example: ?$name = Steven Walker? form name=form1 method=post action=infocollect.php input type=text name=name value=?echo $name;? /form In the browser, the name field is only filled with Steven, and drops off everything after the space. If I echo $name outside of the form it prints fine. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Filling Forms with $variables
Adding quotes around the whole php statement works! I also tried the htmlspecialchars() function, but that did not work. It makes sense because after the preprocess of php, no quotes would be left... it's obvious now :) Thank you Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday, February 13, 2002, at 02:05 PM, Christopher William Wesley wrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Steven Walker wrote: ?$name = Steven Walker? form name=form1 method=post action=infocollect.php input type=text name=name value=?echo $name;? /form In the browser, the name field is only filled with Steven, and drops off everything after the space. If I echo $name outside of the form it You need to put quotes around the value. value=?echo $name;?? g.luck, ~Chris /\ \ / September 11, 2001 X We Are All New Yorkers / \ rm -rf /bin/laden -- 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] Form Data History
Hi, I'm having some problems with form data disappearing and wondered if anyone has experience with this. On a secure server I'm using PHP to handle form data to collect personal information. If data is missing or incorrect, the user is alerted to 'go back'... but upon going back in history, all the data that was in the form is lost. This did not occur on my regular not-secure web server. Does anyone know what may cause this? Thank you! Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: function? variable?
Jason, If I understand your question, you want to display the contents of a variable to screen? Try this: html head title/title /head body ? $test_variable = this is a test; echo Here is what it says: $test_variable; ? /body /html Also note that you do not need to use the PHP tags twice: echo ?witakr home? //incorrect echo wtakr home; //correct Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 09:34 PM, Jason Whitaker wrote: I just saw something with my code there.. i have my link tag inside the title tag.. i will have to fix that :) -- Jason Whitaker Jason Whitaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... : Is there a way to set a variable or is there a function that takes the : information between the title tags and prints to the screen where you : command? : : ei: : : //head : //title : // ?php : // echo ?witakr home? : // ? : // : //LINK REL=stylesheet HREF=css/sCSS.css TYPE=text/css : ///title : ///head : : where as i would want the word home from the echo ?witakr home? (or : what ever word that may be in place of the word home) to print to say.. a : certain place in the body of the page? : : : Jason Whitaker : : -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
