Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
OK. I found the problem, and it isn't PHP or MySQL related. It's an HTML problem. I'm passing the string from one script to another, and the # sign is screwing up the URL. For example, this URL: add_to_cart.php?item_num=SOU3432410quantity=1sale_price=24.92unit=BX short_desc=ENVELOPE,25%COT 24#,IYwholesaler=UScost=18.690 gets cut off at the # sign, so $wholesaler and $cost come out empty. Any suggestions to get around this? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
For example, this URL: add_to_cart.php?item_num=SOU3432410quantity=1sale_price=24.92unit=BX short_desc=ENVELOPE,25%COT 24#,IYwholesaler=UScost=18.690 gets cut off at the # sign, so $wholesaler and $cost come out empty. Any suggestions to get around this? You could use urlencode() and urldecode(). http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php Brad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
OK. I urlencoded the URL and now the URL passes correctly... add_to_cart.php%3Fitem_num%3DSTT32700%26quantity%3D1%26sale_price%3D52.78%26 unit%3DBX%26short_desc%3DENVELOPE%2C100%25COT%2024%23%2CGY%26wholesaler%3DUS %26cost%3D37.700 ... but I get the following error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /carmae/add_to_cart.php?item_num=STT32700quantity=1sale_price=52.78unit=B Xshort_desc=ENVELOPE,100%COT 24#,GYwholesaler=UScost=37.700 on this server. I've never seen anything like this before. Suggestions? Brad Pauly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 1042912825.15063.33.camel@earth">news:1042912825.15063.33.camel@earth... For example, this URL: add_to_cart.php?item_num=SOU3432410quantity=1sale_price=24.92unit=BX short_desc=ENVELOPE,25%COT 24#,IYwholesaler=UScost=18.690 gets cut off at the # sign, so $wholesaler and $cost come out empty. Any suggestions to get around this? You could use urlencode() and urldecode(). http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php Brad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
OK. I urlencoded the URL and now the URL passes correctly... add_to_cart.php%3Fitem_num%3DSTT32700%26quantity%3D1%26sale_price%3D52.7 8% 26 unit%3DBX%26short_desc%3DENVELOPE%2C100%25COT%2024%23%2CGY%26wholesaler% 3D US %26cost%3D37.700 ... but I get the following error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /carmae/add_to_cart.php?item_num=STT32700quantity=1sale_price=52.78un it =B Xshort_desc=ENVELOPE,100%COT 24#,GYwholesaler=UScost=37.700 on this server. I've never seen anything like this before. And the line you get that error looks like? It looks like you're trying to fopen() a file that's made up of PHP_SELF and the QUERY_STRING. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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Oops... -Forwarded Message- From: Brad Pauly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Joab Stieglitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables Date: 18 Jan 2003 16:40:40 -0700 OK. I urlencoded the URL and now the URL passes correctly... add_to_cart.php%3Fitem_num%3DSTT32700%26quantity%3D1%26sale_price%3D52.78%26 unit%3DBX%26short_desc%3DENVELOPE%2C100%25COT%2024%23%2CGY%26wholesaler%3DUS %26cost%3D37.700 ... but I get the following error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /carmae/add_to_cart.php?item_num=STT32700quantity=1sale_price=52.78unit=B Xshort_desc=ENVELOPE,100%COT 24#,GYwholesaler=UScost=37.700 on this server. Your web server is trying to find a directory with that long name. If you encode the entire string, you need to pass it in a new variable, then break it apart again. Suggestions? Sorry, I gave some bad advice the first time. All you need to do is urlencode each of the variables individually. Something like this: $item_num_encoded = urlencode($item_num); [...] Then your link will be something like this: add_to_cart.php?item_num=$item_num_encoded Brad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
You need to urlencode() selectively; in this case, only the short_desc needs to be encoded, so you would have a statement something like echo add_to_cart.php?item_num=$item_numquantity=$quantity. sale_price=$sale_priceunit=$unitshort_desc=. url_encode($short_desc).wholesaler=$wholesalercost=$cost ; You need to encode any parameter (everything to the right of that first '?') that might include the '?', ''. '#' or space characters, since those all mean something special in a URL. To be safe, it's best to encode everything - or at least all strings. However, you have to encode them individually, since you need the UNencoded '' between them to delimit parameters, and you need that '?' there to indicate the start of the parameters. I don't know the details of your program design, but there may be no reason to pass all the item details (description, sale price, etc.) in the URL anyway. Can't you just look them up in the add_to_card.php page, based on the item_num? Thus, all you need to pass are the quantity item_number: echo add_to_cart.php?item_num=$item_numquantity=$quantity; For one thing, that would eliminated the possibility of someone trying to get everything for free by manually typing a URL like add_to_cart.php?item_num=SOU3432410quantity=1sale_price=0unit=... -steve At 6:29 PM -0500 1/18/03, Joab Stieglitz wrote: OK. I urlencoded the URL and now the URL passes correctly... add_to_cart.php%3Fitem_num%3DSTT32700%26quantity%3D1%26sale_price%3D52.78%26 unit%3DBX%26short_desc%3DENVELOPE%2C100%25COT%2024%23%2CGY%26wholesaler%3DUS %26cost%3D37.700 ... but I get the following error: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /carmae/add_to_cart.php?item_num=STT32700quantity=1sale_price=52.78unit=B Xshort_desc=ENVELOPE,100%COT 24#,GYwholesaler=UScost=37.700 on this server. I've never seen anything like this before. Suggestions? Brad Pauly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 1042912825.15063.33.camel@earth">news:1042912825.15063.33.camel@earth... For example, this URL: add_to_cart.php?item_num=SOU3432410quantity=1sale_price=24.92unit=BX short_desc=ENVELOPE,25%COT 24#,IYwholesaler=UScost=18.690 gets cut off at the # sign, so $wholesaler and $cost come out empty. Any suggestions to get around this? You could use urlencode() and urldecode(). http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.urldecode.php Brad -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- ++ | Steve Edberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of California, Davis (530)754-9127 | | Programming/Database/SysAdmin http://pgfsun.ucdavis.edu/ | ++ | SETI@Home: 1001 Work units on 23 oct 2002 | | 3.152 years CPU time, 3.142 years SETI user... and STILL no aliens... | ++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
All I'm doing is making a hyperlink that sends the selected item from the catalog to the add to shopping cart script. The code now looks like this... $value = rawurlencode(add_to_cart.php?item_num= . $item_num . quantity=1sale_price= . $our_price . unit= . $unit . short_desc= . $short_desc . wholesaler= . $wholesaler . cost= . $cost); echo /tdtda href=\ . $value . \ img src=\cart.jpg\Add/a\n/td/tr; ... and executes the link when the user clicks on the shopping cart icon. John W. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 002301c2bf4b$bc44c0b0$7c02a8c0@coconut">news:002301c2bf4b$bc44c0b0$7c02a8c0@coconut... And the line you get that error looks like? It looks like you're trying to fopen() a file that's made up of PHP_SELF and the QUERY_STRING. ---John W. Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Number Sign in String Variables
I have a MySQL database that includes data with the # sign in some data fields. My PHP script pulls the data out of the database fine, but when I got to write back to the database, I get errors because the string gets truncated at the # sign. For example: $query = INSERT INTO order_detail SET customer_id = -1, order_id = $order_no, item_id = $item_id, item_num = \$item_num\, unit = \$unit\, short_desc = \$short_desc\, quantity = $quantity, wholesaler = \$wholesaler\, cost = $cost, sale_price = $sale_price; This statement fails if $short_desc contains a # sign. The string stops at the # sign, and all the subsequent fields are empty or garbage. None of the various resources I have looked at indicate that the # sign is a special character. Any suggestions? # is used to start a comment in MySQL. Show your actual code around this statement where you make your query. The only reason the data would be cut off is if MySQL is interpreting the # as the beginning of a comment. But, if that was the case, you'd have an invalid query, so it must be a combination of things. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
