[PHP] Getting IP from behind proxies

2002-06-29 Thread JJ Harrison
I want to check to see if people have voted yet for a poll. How can I get the ip of a user from both behind a proxy and the proxies ip? is this simple? will i have trouble with firewalls etc? -- JJ Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tececo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)

Re: [PHP] saving temporary image to database

2002-06-29 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
There is no imagejpeg() call in the code snippet you provided. And you don't say how it is failing. You haven't provided us with enough data to answer this question. -Rasmus On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, andy wrote: > Hi there, > > I would like to save a jpg into a blob field of mysql. The function >

Re: [PHP] Getting IP from behind proxies

2002-06-29 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
You can only get it if the proxy provides you with this data. Most don't, so this is not a reliable approach. -Rasmus On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, JJ Harrison wrote: > I want to check to see if people have voted yet for a poll. > > How can I get the ip of a user from both behind a proxy and the proxie

[PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Beverly Steiner
I've tried everything I can think of to change a dallar sign in a string to something else or to split the string on the $ but I can't the the information that comes after the $. Typical string contains: 1.2$General/ms1.zip when I try: $new_string = preg_replace("/\$/", "%", $test_string

Re: [PHP] PHP Oracle 8 Functions Efficiency Problem

2002-06-29 Thread Thies C. Arntzen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 11:09:23AM -0600, notoriousvic_ca wrote: > I have an HTML form which allows users to query data in an Oracle 8 > Database. Usualy a search may return over 100 records so I diplay 10 > records per page. I would like to make the search more efficient by > using the OCISetPre

RE: [PHP] Keeping "Secrets" in PHP Files

2002-06-29 Thread Jonathan Rosenberg
-Original Message- > From: Peter J. Schoenster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 1:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Keeping "Secrets" in PHP Files > Yeah, you are assuming an environment that does > not necessarily have to be. Why must one Apache

[PHP] ASP style "application-level" variables

2002-06-29 Thread Lee
Hi, Apologies if this question has already been asked in the past, but I have only just registered for this list. Does PHP in anyway support ASP style application-level variables in a similair way to how standard sessions are used. Though of implementing this as either files or database records

RE: [PHP] ASP style "application-level" variables

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
This seems to be the question of the question of the week. No, there are no application level variables in PHP. You can set constants, either through your web server, or maybe PHP.ini, but that's about it. I think the easiest way to implement something like this would be to use the auto_append_f

php-general Digest 29 Jun 2002 13:33:03 -0000 Issue 1434

2002-06-29 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 29 Jun 2002 13:33:03 - Issue 1434 Topics (messages 104450 through 104483): Re: Constants 104450 by: John Holmes Re: Writing a GIF/JPG Image 104451 by: Anzak Wolf 104453 by: Brandon 104454 by: Rasmus Lerdorf 104455 by: Brandon

RE: [PHP] ASP style "application-level" variables

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
> Make that file load the application variables from the database, and the > prepend file saves any changes... errr...prepend loads...append save. Damn English language... ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] saving temporary image to database

2002-06-29 Thread andy
... sorry I thought it would be to much code. Here is the complete code : $inputImg = ImageCreateFromJPEG($picture_location); # old size $srcX = imagesx($inputImg); $srcY = imagesy($inputImg); # new size $ratio = ($srcY / $dstY); $dstX = ($srcX / $ratio); $outputImg = Image

[PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Mike Tuller
I have some popup menus and want the items in the menu to be populated from a database. In this case I have a table that contains a listing of departments. I have a page that I can go in and add/delete departments, and want the changes to reflect in the menu the next time you go to the page. I se

Re: [PHP] Help: Constants

2002-06-29 Thread S.P. Telgenhof Oude Koehorst
Thanks alot, I changed the reporting level. I found it myself later on. Just was a bit to quick when posting this question. Sacha Telgenhof "John Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:000d01c21f0c$de789bf0$b402a8c0@mango... > > Maybe it's already discussed here, but PHP is generatin

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 29 June 2002 23:41, Mike Tuller wrote: > I have some popup menus and want the items in the menu to be populated from > a database. In this case I have a table that contains a listing of > departments. I have a page that I can go in and add/delete departments, and > want the changes to

RE: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Cal Evans
Hi Mike, Check out ADODB. It's a database abstraction layer for PHP that has functions to do this. (php.weblogs.com) Otherwise it's kinda easy to do this, here's some psuedo-code that shoudl get you going. fields['departmentID']; ?>">fields['departmentName']; ?> ?> =C= * * Cal Evans * Jo

Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Uli B
use single quotes: double quotes would confuse php with variable names. it thinks that $General is a variable and replace it by it's empty content. single quotes prevent php from evaluating the string: $test_string = '1.2$General/ms1.zip'; single quotes on regex too (same reason). the backslash

Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Jason Wong
On Saturday 29 June 2002 22:58, Beverly Steiner wrote: > I've tried everything I can think of to change a dallar sign in a string to > something else or to split the string on the $ but I can't the the > information that comes after the $. > > Typical string contains: 1.2$General/ms1.zip > > when

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Mike Tuller
Thanks. I thought the example I found was a little to complicated for something like this. > From: "Cal Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 11:03:16 -0500 > To: "Mike Tuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "php mailing list" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu fr

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Mike Tuller
I only ask questions if I have tried to do something myself already. I am not looking for someone to do something for me. When I do ask a question though, I feel I deserve at least a little respect. If you want to be an ass, do it somewhere else. > From: Jason Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organizat

RE: [PHP] ASP style "application-level" variables

2002-06-29 Thread Cal Evans
Lee, Please check the archives before posting questions like this. As John stated, this question has been asked and answered this week. (I think it was a thread just yesterday.) It would have been much quicker for you to get your answer by mining the archives than by posting it again here. Tha

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Jason Wong
On Sunday 30 June 2002 00:31, Mike Tuller wrote: > I only ask questions if I have tried to do something myself already. I am > not looking for someone to do something for me. When I do ask a question > though, I feel I deserve at least a little respect. If you want to be an > ass, do it somewhere

RE: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Beverly Steiner
Jason, Thanx for your suggestion but I tried it and it didn't work. I'm not sure if it matters, but this running on NT. Bev -Original Message- From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 12:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] need to change $ ch

Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Jason Wong
On Sunday 30 June 2002 01:24, Beverly Steiner wrote: > Thanx for your suggestion but I tried it and it didn't work. I'm not sure > if it matters, but this running on NT. Not sure whether NT has anything to do with it but it works for me :-) If you can't get the following code to work then you

Re: [PHP] session.use_trans_sid

2002-06-29 Thread Dan Tappin
> On Saturday 29 June 2002 18:02, Dan Tappin wrote: >> I am setting up a login section of my site using sessions. I have the >> login working with and without cookies enabled. I do not want to restrict >> my users be requiring cookies. >> >> The problem is that I can't seem to get PHP to auto a

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
Mike Tuller wrote: >I only ask questions if I have tried to do something myself already. I am >not looking for someone to do something for me. When I do ask a question >though, I feel I deserve at least a little respect. If you want to be an >ass, do it somewhere else. > It seems *you* are the on

[PHP] Sessions [Help]

2002-06-29 Thread Dan Tappin
This is a follow-up to another thread - [PHP] session.use_trans_sid I am setting up a login section of my site using sessions. I have the login working with and without cookies enabled. I do not want to restrict my users be requiring cookies. Here is my /login/login.php file which takes the re

Re: [PHP] Populate Popup Menu from Database

2002-06-29 Thread Mike Tuller
To let everyone know, I did apologize to Mr. Wong. I misunderstood what he was trying to ask me. I took it as he was saying "It's easy, what is "your" problem" rather than "What "is" your problem" . > From: Chris Shiflett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 13:50:14 -0500 > To: Mike Tull

[PHP] Limiting number of decimal places reported

2002-06-29 Thread John Wulff
How do I limit the number of decimal places returned in this query? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] change variable in file

2002-06-29 Thread Nookie
Hi, I want to write function which change variable in ie. config.php file ... Here is code: and config.php: and it's doesn't work :( ... when I run script, it clear config.php and nothing else ... where is my fault? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit

Re: [PHP] Limiting number of decimal places reported

2002-06-29 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
round($order_total), floor("), ceil(") are some options. > How do I limit the number of decimal places returned in this query? > > > $result2 = mysql_query("SELECT sum(purchase_price) as total FROM assets > where order_number='$order_number'"); > > while(list($order_total) = mysql_fetch_row($resu

[PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Jed Verity
Hello, Folks, My apologies if this has been asked a thousand times. I've just joined the list. I can't find any information on passing JavaScript variables to PHP on the same page (i.e. not through the POST information of a submitted form). Is this because it's not possible? To take the load of

RE: [PHP] Limiting number of decimal places reported

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
> How do I limit the number of decimal places returned in this query? > > > $result2 = mysql_query("SELECT sum(purchase_price) as total FROM assets > where order_number='$order_number'"); > > while(list($order_total) = mysql_fetch_row($result2)) > > { > > print ("$order_total"); If you were

RE: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
Not possible. You must refresh the page to send something back to PHP. Only workaround is using a hidden frame or layer and refreshing that... ---John Holmes... > -Original Message- > From: Jed Verity [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 3:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
I've done this stuff recently. I need to pass whole arrays betn. php and Javascript (2-way), here is some code: // PHP var. to JS function arrFromStr (str2convert) { // make an array from string arr = new Array(); var posOfQt1 = str2convert.indexOf('\"'); var posOfQt2 = str2convert.

Re: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Jed Verity
That's what I was afraid of. It makes sense, of course...I was just hoping there was some kind of hack. Thanks for responding! Jed I liked it when John Holmes wrote this to me: > Not possible. You must refresh the page to send something back to PHP. > Only workaround is using a hidden frame or l

[PHP] Generating RTF on the fly

2002-06-29 Thread Mario Bittencourt
Hi, I need to generate RTF files from within PHP scripts based on user input. Do you know of any package to do the trick ? Perhaps external one, for ex. generate a XML version and feed it into an external converter. The rtf would have header/footer, ocasional images and tables. Thanks.

Re: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
Jed Verity wrote: >I can't find any information on passing JavaScript variables to PHP on the >same page (i.e. not through the POST information of a submitted form). Is >this because it's not possible? > Basically, this is not possible. A common area of confusion to those new to Web programming

RE: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread David Freeman
> My apologies if this has been asked a thousand times. I've > just joined the list. I has, but you get that... > I can't find any information on passing JavaScript variables > to PHP on the same page (i.e. not through the POST information of a > submitted form). Is this because it's no

Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread Paul Roberts
works for me on win2k - Original Message - From: "Jason Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string On Sunday 30 June 2002 01:24, Beverly Steiner wrote: > Thanx for your suggestion but I trie

RE: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Mark Charette
Or setting a cookie in JavaScript. It will be transmitted on the next page request. -Original Message- From: John Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 3:30 PM To: 'Jed Verity'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] Javascript to PHP? Not possible. You must refr

Re: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Jed Verity
Hello, Chris, Many thanks for the thorough description. It does make sense, of course...I was just hoping that there was some kind of funky loophole that small brains like mine couldn't comprehend. Thanks again! Jed I liked it when Chris Shiflett wrote this to me: > Jed Verity wrote: > >> I c

Re: [PHP] Generating RTF on the fly

2002-06-29 Thread Mirza Muharemagic
check this out: http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/nair20020523.php3 Mirza -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Generating RTF on the fly

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
Search before you post. I don't know the answer, but this turned up on google when searching for "generate rtf with PHP" http://paggard.dlight.ru/rtf_gen/ Yeah, it costs, but it looks good. Help a programmer out! I'm sure there are others. Look on hotscripts.com and sourceforge.net ---John Hol

Re: [PHP] Generating RTF on the fly

2002-06-29 Thread Gerhard Hoogterp
On Saturday 29 June 2002 09:37 pm, Mario Bittencourt wrote: > I need to generate RTF files from within PHP scripts based on user > input. Do you know of any package to do the trick ? > Besides the package already named, you can also just read an rtf template file and use str_replace.. It's pl

[PHP] Re: Generating RTF on the fly

2002-06-29 Thread Manuel Lemos
Hello, On 06/29/2002 04:37 PM, Mario Bittencourt wrote: > Hi, > > I need to generate RTF files from within PHP scripts based on user > input. Do you know of any package to do the trick ? If you are running under Windows you may use COM objects to convert HTML into RTF. You may want to try t

[PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread Jed Verity
Hello Again, Folks, I've been testing this for a while and keep coming up with mixed results. In general, is it faster and more efficient to query a MySQL database once with a large SQL select statement and then loop through the huge resulting table? Or does it make better sense to perform a numb

[PHP] Dynamic List Boxes

2002-06-29 Thread Chase
I am *very* new to PHP, so this may seem like a stupid question... I am trying to generate dynamic drop-down lists for use in an HTML form, but I have done something wrong with my code. Instead of getting one list box with three options, I am getting three list boxes with one option. I have

Re: [PHP] Dynamic List Boxes

2002-06-29 Thread Stuart Dallas
On Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 10:03:16 PM, Chase wrote: > I am *very* new to PHP, so this may seem like a stupid question... I am > trying to generate dynamic drop-down lists for use in an HTML form, but > I have done something wrong with my code. Instead of getting one list > box with three o

Re: [PHP] Dynamic List Boxes

2002-06-29 Thread Chase
Thank you Stuart!! I feel like an idiot... I had tried moving one or the other outside the loop, but not both... Thank you again!! Chase Stuart Dallas wrote: > On Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 10:03:16 PM, Chase wrote: > >>I am *very* new to PHP, so this may seem like a stupid question... I

RE: [PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread John Holmes
Depends what you're after. Your query should always return exactly the data you are after. Your tables should be arranged so that is possible. ---John Holmes... > -Original Message- > From: Jed Verity [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 5:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [PHP] need to change $ char in string

2002-06-29 Thread hugh danaher
try double \\ to escape the special characters used by php for variables and what not. I think I read it here on a previous post. Hope this helps Hugh - Original Message - From: "Beverly Steiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 7:58 AM

Re: [PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
Jed Verity wrote: >In general, is it faster and more efficient to query a MySQL database once with >a large SQL select statement and then loop through the huge resulting table? >Or does it make better sense to perform a number of smaller queries with >smaller resulting tables? > This is a hard qu

[PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Brad Melendy
Hi All, I've stumped myself here. In a nutshell, I have a function that returns my array based on a SQL query and here's the code: -begin code--- function getCourses($UID) { global $link; $result = mysql_query( "SELECT C.CourseName FROM tblcourses C, tblusers U, tb

Re: [PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread Duncan Hill
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Chris Shiflett wrote: > 2) if not, try very specific queries that retrieve just the data you need, > and carefully free all results as you finish - also try to use persistent > connections if you forsee your site being under heavy load. Something I haven't picked up in my re

RE: [PHP] JavaScript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Bruce Karstedt
You might be able to pass them as a cookie. Bruce Karstedt President Technology Consulting Associates, Ltd. Tel: 847-735-9488 Fax: 847-735-9474 -Original Message- From: Jed Verity [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 2:59 PM To: Chris Shiflett Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] S

Re: [PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Steve Edberg
At 3:27 PM -0700 6/29/02, Brad Melendy wrote: >Hi All, >I've stumped myself here. In a nutshell, I have a function that returns my >array based on a SQL query and here's the code: > >-begin code--- >function getCourses($UID) > { > global $link; > $result = mysql_que

Re: [PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Steve Edberg
Oops! It's hot, it's Saturday, brain not functioning at 100%, made cut'n'paste error: or (2) set a flag in getCourses() so that the query is only executed once, otherwise returning a result line - something like: function getCourses($UID) global $link; static $result = false;

Re: [PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
Duncan Hill wrote: >Is a free required for every query? Or can I go connect, query, query, >query, free, close? > You never have to free your results if you don't want to. As I understand it, doing so simply frees up the memory that is being taken up by the result set ($result in most exampl

Re: [PHP] Javascript to PHP?

2002-06-29 Thread Mark
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 16:58:50 -0300, Jed Verity wrote: >Hello, Chris, > >Many thanks for the thorough description. It does make sense, of >course...I >was just hoping that there was some kind of funky loophole that >small brains >like mine couldn't comprehend. well if it's one-way only communicati

Re: [PHP] Newbie Q: Fetching vs. Looping

2002-06-29 Thread Duncan Hill
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Chris Shiflett wrote: > Duncan Hill wrote: > > >Is a free required for every query? Or can I go connect, query, query, > >query, free, close? > > > > You never have to free your results if you don't want to. As I > understand it, doing so simply frees up the memory that

Re: [PHP] Getting IP from behind proxies

2002-06-29 Thread JJ Harrison
I want to check to see if people have voted yet for a poll. How can I get the ip of a user from both behind a proxy and the proxies ip? is this simple? will i have trouble with firewalls etc? "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Y

php-general Digest 30 Jun 2002 01:34:00 -0000 Issue 1435

2002-06-29 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 30 Jun 2002 01:34:00 - Issue 1435 Topics (messages 104484 through 104543): Getting IP from behind proxies 104484 by: JJ Harrison 104486 by: Rasmus Lerdorf 104543 by: JJ Harrison Re: saving temporary image to database 104485 by: Rasmus Lerd

Re: [PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Brad Melendy
Steve, Thanks very much. This make total sense to me. Now, I was pretty sure that I was getting an array back from mysql_fetch_array because when I do a 'print $myCourses' without specifying any value, I just get 'array' which I believe I am supposed to, IF it is truly an array. Anyway, I'm goi

[PHP] mcrypt

2002-06-29 Thread charlesk
Has anyone got a working mcrypt.dll for php 4.2.1 and Windows 2000 Server? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Getting IP from behind proxies

2002-06-29 Thread JJ Harrison
what esle could i use? "Rasmus Lerdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > You can only get it if the proxy provides you with this data. Most don't, > so this is not a reliable approach. > > -Rasmus > > On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, JJ Harrison wrote: > > >

Re: [PHP] Getting IP from behind proxies

2002-06-29 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
You need to assign each person a unique identifier of some sort. ie. assign them a login and password and verify that information by sending a message to their email address. Then only people with multiple email addresses can spam your system with votes. Beyond that it comes down to verifying e

Re: [PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Steve Edberg
At 7:35 PM -0700 6/29/02, Brad Melendy wrote: >Steve, >Thanks very much. You're welcome! >This make total sense to me. Now, I was pretty sure that >I was getting an array back from mysql_fetch_array because when I do a >'print $myCourses' without specifying any value, I just get 'array' which

RE: [PHP] Limiting number of decimal places reported

2002-06-29 Thread Beverly Steiner
John, Try using the number_format function. Bev -Original Message- From: John Wulff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 3:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Limiting number of decimal places reported How do I limit the number of decimal places returned in

Re: [PHP] Usiing FOREACH to loop through Array

2002-06-29 Thread Brad Melendy
Steve, Thanks a ton! I'm now running slick as a whistle using your option #1 (looping through the results in the function) and using the newer mysql_fetch_assoc() function. I have a much better understanding of this now and I really appreciate your help. Hopefully I'll get a chance to help some