[PHP] Can't make shorthand work in PHP5
Dear List, The shorthand form ?=$printthis? worked fine for me in PHP4, but I cannot make it work in PHP5. (?php print($printthis); ? works ok, however). Could anybody please tell me if this form is still available in PHP5, and, if so, if a different syntax is needed? I searched the matter in the documentation but couldn't find it. Thank you Alberto Brea [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Updating an open page with PHP
Dear list, Is there a way in PHP to update information on an open web page (e.g. to say Hello, user, I have just logged in), without the user having to refresh the page himself each time? Thank you Alberto Brea
Re: [PHP] form inside an email
Doesn't this work?: inside your email: form ... action=http://yoursite.com/yourpage.php; input ... name=var1 input ... name=var2 /form yourpage.php: ?php if(isset($_POST)): // process the input endif; ? Alberto Brea [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php-general@lists.php.net Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 19:11:26 +0100 Subject: [PHP] form inside an email Hi, I would like to send a form to customers to get some information. The form will be a HTML email and collect a few bits of data...name. age etc. Can I put this inside an html email so customers do not have to open an external webpage to fill in the fields. How can this then be processed? If this can be done in php then great. If not any other suggestions are welcome. Ross -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Updating an open page with PHP
Yes, but then the user would always have to reload the imbedded frame. -Original Message- From: Warren Vail [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'abrea' [EMAIL PROTECTED], 'PHP General List' php-general@lists.php.net Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:31:29 -0700 Subject: RE: [PHP] Updating an open page with PHP Is there a way in PHP to update information on an open web page (e.g. to say Hello, user, I have just logged in), without the user having to refresh the page himself each time? Technically, I don't believe so, but I can think of a way you might be able to fake it. If you have a browser that supports imbedded frames IFRAME only the contents of the imbedded frame (a small portion of your visible page) can be used to minimize the portion that needs to be reloaded. If the imbedded frame has no borders, the user will never notice that there is a frame (unless they are asked to click something inside the frame). Note: I know that IE, Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox all support imbedded frames. My experiences with Firefox have been interesting in that even refreshing the entire page appears to cause no flicker if few items are moved in the second rendering (downside in my testing is that firefox appears to leave running processes consuming RAM, at least in my Windoz XP). I did see an implementation where a javascript routine loaded a separate file and because it ran in the browser, it could update pulldown lists and controls without appearing to refresh the page. HTH Warren Vail [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] [NEWBIE] How to allow for a href tags but no others?
Dave:
I visited your website. I see that you wish to put the links in the middle
of the text, which I didn't understand before.
Now, if you let your users write tags you are bound to have a substantial
number of them who don't even know what 'tag' means, let alone any
occasional malice.
Perhaps one way to circumvent the problem is to let them write just link1,
link2, link3 in the textarea, and input the link names and urls
separately, e.g like this:
!-- STEP 1. INPUT FORM --
form method= post ...
Dear user: Please include link1, link2 ... as placeholders in the text
and the actual linknames and urls in the boxes below:
textarea ...thetext/textarea
Link1:
Linknameinput type=text name=linkname1 ...
Urlinput type=text name=url1br /
Link2:
Linknameinput type=text name=linkname2 ...
Urlinput type=text name=url2br /
...
Link10:
Linknameinput type=text name=linkname10 ...
Urlinput type=text name=url10br /
/form
// STEP 2 RECEIVE AND VALIDATE THE POSTED VALUES
if(isset($_POST[linkname1]) isset($_POST[url1])
{ // INSERT THE VALUES IN THE DATABASE }
if(isset($_POST[linkname2]) isset($_POST[url2])
{ // INSERT THE VALUES IN THE DATABASE }
...
if(isset($_POST[linkname10]) isset($_POST[url10])
{ // INSERT THE VALUES IN THE DATABASE }
// STEP 3 RETRIEVE (SELECT) THE VALUES FROM THE DB
$linkname1= thename1; $url1= theurl1;
$linkname2= thename2; $url2= theurl2;
...
$linkname10= thename10; $url10= theurl10;
// STEP 4 DEFINE THE STRINGS TO BE DISPLAYED WITH A TAGS
$link1= a href=\$url1\$linkname1/a
$link2= a href=\$url2\$linkname2/a
...
$link10= a href=\$url10\$linkname10/a
// SUBSTITUTE THE NEW VARS INSTEAD OF THE PLACEHOLDERS
$thetext= This is the text to be shown;
$thetext.= substr(link1, $link1)ETC; // CHECK SYNTAX
// THE TEXT WITH THE LINKS INCLUDED
$thetext= This is the text to be shown, which includes $link1 .
and then $link2 and last but not least $link10 .
Blah Blah Blah.;
?
!-- STEP 5 WRITE THE DISPLAY --
img src=thephoto.jpg
The text to be shown, with the included links, is this: ?=$thetext?
Hope this helps.
Alberto Brea
-Original Message-
From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 12:27:04 +0900
Subject: Re: [PHP] [NEWBIE] How to allow for a href tags but no others?
Alberto, John, Jochem, Richard, Tyler,
Thank you for your very helpful advice. So far I'm thinking of
definitely including some of Tyler's code for doing some filtering,
along with the other commands mentioned, like strip_tags() for securing
the input.
However, I would like to ask further about what Alberto was talking
about in terms of storing the url separately. Someone mentioned that
Chris suggested making my own syntax, but I somehow the response from
Chris didn't get to me, so I'm not sure what that implies.
Without a doubt, it would be better to save the URL separately, and
then refuse any other user attempts at hand coded HTML. But the problem
that I can't quite resolve is how to get separately stored URLs into
inline text in such a way that a non-HTML literate user could handle.
Right now I offer the user the option of saving a web link with a
title separately from the block of text. They can create a user profile
which looks like this:
http://www.tokyocomedy.com/people.php?person=7 (Page has Japanese
text)
But that's not quite satisfactory. I'm trying to give people the
option of having profiles that look like this:
http://www.tokyocomedy.com/people.php?person=11 (Page has
Japanese
text)
I can set up the form for users to input multiple URLs, but how can
I
then allow them to place them in the desired location in their text?
--
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Re: [PHP] [NEWBIE] How to allow for a href tags but no others?
Instead of allowing your users to enter a tags, why don't you put them in your own web page and just let them enter the url? For instance you would have your form: form method=post action=thepage.php input type=text size=40 name=url ... /form The action page (thepage.php) could include something like: ?php if(isset($_POST[url])): $url= $_POST[url]; $sql= INSERT INTO thetable SET url= $url; mysql_query($sql); ? And when you retrieve it from the database you write your own link: a href=?=$url?Thelink/a instead of relying on the user's html proficiency and/or good intentions, which looks like a big source of problems. Hope his helps Alberto Brea -Original Message- From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php-general@lists.php.net Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:36:31 +0900 Subject: [PHP] [NEWBIE] How to allow for a href tags but no others? PHP General, 1. The Situation: I have a forum in which users can enter text which is then displayed on my web site. I want to be able to allow them to insert their own a href tags to provide links. The text is stored in a MySQL database. 2. The Problem: My understanding is that if the input of HTML tags or other coding elements is left unrestricted, then the potential is there for users to cause damage either maliciously or by accident by inserting scripts or MySQL commands. Although the users who have access to the text input forms have to pass a username and password check first, I would still rather be safe than sorry. Mostly I am concerned about people unfamiliar with HTML inserting incorrect code which may break the page design. 3. The Question: Can I set up a PHP script which will strictly only allow instances of a href=??? and /a and absolutely nothing else? I would like the default behavior to be that if any other tag element, or use of or be simply deleted from the text before inserting it into the database. I could reject text with incorrect tags altogether, but then I'll be spending a lot of time explaining how to correct code to people who are anxious to get their text on the site. Far better that they at least be able to get basic text up even when they mess up the code they want to insert. Can this be done? Will it be sufficient to protect the system against bad code? 4. What I've Done So Far: I've looked into the *htmlspecialchars()* http://jp.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php and *htmlentities(), thinking that they perhaps could pull out characters used in tags, but they seem to be more for formatting script, not filtering it.* http://jp.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php I'm assuming I need a string_replace() code of some kind. But I'm lost as to how to specify to allow only when immediately followed by either a href = or /a and accept no other instances. It was when I realized that people might potentially be able to insert some Java Script inside of the quotes after href= that I realized I was in over my head. Any help much appreciated. ** http://jp.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php -- Dave Gutteridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo Comedy Store http://www.tokyocomedy.com/english/ -- 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] Student Suspended Over PHP use.
Aha I knew you guys were up to something Cheers Alberto Brea :-) -Original Message- From: Bosky, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php-general@lists.php.net Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:53:24 -0500 Subject: [PHP] Student Suspended Over PHP use. I just ran across this interesting article from awhile back. Pretty funny http://bbspot.com/News/2000/6/php_suspend.html Topeka, KS - High school sophomore Brett Tyson was suspended today after teachers learned he may be using PHP. A teacher overheard him say that he was using PHP, and as part of our Zero-Tolerance policy against drug use, he was immediately suspended. No questions asked, said Principal Clyde Thurlow. We're not quite sure what PHP is, but we suspect it may be a derivative of PCP, or maybe a new designer drug like GHB. Parents are frightened by the discovery of this new menace in their children's school, and are demanding the school do something. We heard that he found out about PHP at school on the internet. There may even be a PHP web ring operating on school grounds, said irate parent Carol Blessing. School is supposed to be teaching our kids how to read and write. Not about dangerous drugs like PHP. In response to parental demands the school has reconfigured its internet WatchDog software to block access to all internet sites mentioning PHP. Officials say this should prevent any other students from falling prey like Brett Tyson did. They have also stepped up locker searches and brought in drug sniffing dogs. Interviews with students suggested that PHP use is wide spread around the school, but is particularly concentrated in the geeky nerd population. When contacted by BBspot.com, Brett Tyson said, I don't know what the hell is going on dude, but this suspension gives me more time for fraggin'. Yee haw! PHP is a hypertext preprocessor, which sounds very dangerous. It is believed that many users started by using Perl and moved on to the more powerful PHP. For more information on how to recognize if your child may be using PHP please visit http://www.php.net. HTC Disclaimer: The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you.
Re: [PHP] imap_mail problems
May I suggest that you use PHP's mail() function and avoid the problem altogether. The format is much the same as the one you are using. Alberto Brea [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Paul Aviles [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:00:22 -0500 Subject: [PHP] imap_mail problems Hello, I am having problems with this code below. The system is a FC1 server and it is supposed to send an email collecting some information of a computer. The problem I am having is with the and characters. When the $header variable is created, it does not work if you add the and characters. For some reason makes the whole string like null. Has anyone seen this behaviour? If I try manually to send an email it does work and php does have imap support on it. Thanks -pa snip $header = From: $fullNameField admin@ . trim(`/bin/hostname --fqdn`) . ; $registrationAddress = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; $subject = Registration ($productName); $message = Full name: $fullNameField Title: $titleField Company: $companyField ; // send email imap_mail($registrationAddress, $subject, $message, $header); snip -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Software patents
Will the adoption and legalization of software patents actually threaten the activity of PHP software developers? I see some people quite worried about this, e.g. at http://www.knoppix.org and http://swpat.ffii.org/index.en.html Alberto Brea
Re: [PHP] Lost Variables
To turn $_POST[var1], $_POST[var2], $_POST[var3] into $var1, $var2,
$var3:
if(isset($_POST))
{ foreach($_POST as $key=$value)
{ $$key= $value; print($$key= $value; br /); }}
This should do it. The print statement is just to check the result.
Regards
Alberto Brea
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From: Monique Verrier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:52:29 -0800
Subject: [PHP] Lost Variables
First -- thank you for reading my post.
I am using the general strategy suggested by Jay (thanks, Jay) to
process my
form in another procedure. It's listed below. In my processStuff.php
program, I use the following code:
$attributes = array();
$attributes = array_merge($attributes,$HTTP_POST_VARS, $HTTP_GET_VARS);
extract($attributes, EXTR_PREFIX_SAME, this);
I want to load my numerous post variables into regular memory variables
(or
whatever the php nomenclature is) -- e.g. $_POST['action'] becomes
$action.
It doesn't seem to working according to the manual. I list my
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS, there are none.
I would appreciate anyone taking the time to explain to me how this
works.
Either it's stupid or I'm stupid. I'm figuring it's me.
Monique.
form method=post name=form1 action=processStuff.php
input type=submit name=action value=Add Record
input type=submit name=action value=Delete Record
In processStuff.php
?php
switch ($_POST['action']){
case Add Record:
...do stuff...
..redirect back to original page...
break;
case Delete Record:
...do stuff...
..redirect back to original page...
break;
}
?
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[PHP] Best practices for php application
Dear list, Does anybody know of a url where I can find reading materials about best practices to organize the filesystem and variable structure of a php application? Although application purposes probably vary widely, I imagine that in one way or other most include adding, updating, deleting and displaying records, so there might be some standard or preferred procedure. Thanks for any help Alberto Brea [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Can't install PHP on Windows/Apache
Dear list, I am trying to install PHP 4.3.8 as a module of Apache 2.0.50 on a Windows 98 computer. Apache alone runs ok. After I installed PHP with the installer package, I added the following line at the end of the Apache httpd.conf together with the AddType statements: # LoadModule php4_module c:/php/php4apache.dll When I uncomment this line there is an error message saying that a resource is missing (or something like that, the DOS window disappears very quickly so I can't copy it). This line has worked ok on other computers I have installed with PHP 4.3.4 on Apache 1.3.29 and PHP 4.3.3 on Apache 1.3.27. I tried to install these programs but PHP does not run either, although Apache does. I have tried with both php4apache.dll and php4apache2.dll, but I still get the error message. The paths in the c:\windows\php.ini file point to the .dll file correctly. Could anybody please tell me what the problem could be? Thank you in advance Alberto Brea -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Anyone knows when PHP5 is released?
Congratulations and good luck to the PHP 5.0.0 team!! Alberto Brea -Original Message- From: John W. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ben Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:44:06 -0400 Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: Anyone knows when PHP5 is released? Ben Ramsey wrote: Aidan Lister wrote: When it's ready Hopefully we'll see the stable release in the next 24 hours. There was a post to the internals@ list yesterday. Andi announced a test roll of 5.0.0 saying that he would release PHP 5 within the next 24 hours if all goes well. Keep your fingers crossed. Refer to: http://www.phpdeveloper.org/index/2279 www.php.net says PHP 5.0.0 is released now. I'm sure there'll be an annoucement soon... -- ---John Holmes... Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals www.phparch.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] checkbox
If you put square brackets after the name (e.g. var[]) your form should produce an array called $_POST[var] that comprises the checked boxes only. e.g. form method=post ... input type=checkbox name=var[] value=value1 input type=checkbox name=var[] value=value2 input type=checkbox name=var[] value=value3 Regards Alberto Brea [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Aris Santillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:56:35 +0800 Subject: [PHP] checkbox how can process only items with checked check-box? --- html --- html head titleUntitled Document/title /head body form name=form1 method=post action= p input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox input type=text name=textfield[1] /p p input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox input type=text name=textfield[2] /p p input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox input type=text name=textfield[3] /p p input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox input type=text name=textfield[4] /p p input type=checkbox name=checkbox value=checkbox input type=text name=textfield[5] /p /form /body /html --- html --- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Concatenate PHP code into a string
Dear List,
How can I include a dynamically generated array:
e.g. for($i=0; $isizeof($cols); $i++)
{ $cols[$i]= mysql_field_name($fields,$i); }
into a MySQL insert query of the type:
$sql= INSERT cols[0],cols[1],cols[2], ..., comment
INTO mytable SET
cols[0]= '$cols[0]',
cols[1]= '$cols[1]',
cols[2]= '$cols[2]',
cols[...]= '$cols[...]',
comment= '$comment';
The number of $cols is different for each table.
Thanks in advance for any help
Alberto Brea
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