Re: [PHP] open source content management systems?

2003-07-29 Thread Davy Obdam
Hi Redmond, Take a look at http://www.opensourcecms.com/ On this site you can see opensource content management systems written in php in action. I found it to be very usefull. Best regards, Davy Obdam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all does anyone have any recommendations for good open

Re: [PHP] variable in function parameter

2003-07-29 Thread 386-DX
Yes. I simplified the example for clearance but what I really want is to send a string as a parameter which includes variable names to be processed inside the function. eval() works fine, but I'm sure there was another way. Curt Zirzow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PHP] xls2pdf

2003-07-29 Thread jan
Hi! what's the best to convert xls to pdf (using PHP) ? maybe there is util (binary executable) xls2pdf i dont know about which would help me as well thanks Jan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] PHP port problem

2003-07-29 Thread Nabil
Anyone can explain to me why when we use mssql_connect to connect directly to MSSQL server mssql_connect ('192.168.0.15:1433' , 'username' , 'password') it still not communicating thru port 1433 , but it use 445 and some others protocols ... And actually I have no idea WHY!!! Because there is a

Re: [PHP] uploading a file from a form

2003-07-29 Thread Tom Rogers
Hi, Friday, July 25, 2003, 1:48:50 AM, you wrote: AM I am having a problem with uploading a file from a form. I changed the AM permission on the directory, but I am still getting an error. Here is my AM error: AM Copy failed./home/vencel/www/images/apt/company_logo/14Update Failed! AM It

[PHP] PHP suexec: html files as PHP.

2003-07-29 Thread Joan McGalliard
Hi, I'm getting a little desperate here, and running out of places to ask. My hosting company changed - without warning - to PHP Suexec, which completely broke to sites. They haven't been able to tell me how to fix it, just vague suggestions, and when I ask for detailed instructions, they

Re: [PHP] DHCP web interface. New version.

2003-07-29 Thread Tom Rogers
Hi, Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 2:40:55 PM, you wrote: DV If anyone knows how to force the arp table to be current, that would help. DV Sometimes a machine is on the network, and I *know* for a fact it is, but it DV doesn't show up in arp -n *grumble*. DV Follow the link below. DV

Re: [PHP] Upload files

2003-07-29 Thread Tassos T
hi check the size of file and the post_max_size in phpinfo. you can change the post_max_size in php.ini. Rosen wrote: Hi, I have some problem with uploading files on server with PHP. The upload is ok, but I must set directory permissions with FULL Access - but this is not a good idea :(( Have

[PHP] Re: open source content management systems?

2003-07-29 Thread Per Jessen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all does anyone have any recommendations for good open source content management systems for websites? - preferably, written in php... http://typo3.com/ /Per -- Per Jessen, Zurich http://timian.jessen.ch - an analog report formatter using XSLT.

[PHP] How can I add records to database every 60 minutes???

2003-07-29 Thread phpu
Hello I'm making an online game in php and mysql. Can someone tell me how can I add records to database every 60 minutes (even when i'm not online)

RE: [PHP] How can I add records to database every 60 minutes???

2003-07-29 Thread Sævar Öfjörð
I'm not sure if this is possible in PHP, but Apache's Cron should take care of this. -Original Message- From: phpu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29. júlí 2003 09:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] How can I add records to database every 60 minutes??? Hello I'm making an online

[PHP] Re: xls2pdf

2003-07-29 Thread sven
Jan wrote: Hi! what's the best to convert xls to pdf (using PHP) ? maybe there is util (binary executable) xls2pdf i dont know about which would help me as well hi jan, i don't know, whether there is such a tool. but for your convertion it depends on what tool you got. as .xls is a

[PHP] CGI Timeout

2003-07-29 Thread imran
Hi, i facing a error during uploading a big size file (abt 200 MB). i incred = upload file size in php.ini and also incred connection time in IIS (web = server), but i getting again this below written error msg. any one known abt this... CGI Timeout The specified CGI application exceeded the

[PHP] Backtip operator

2003-07-29 Thread desa15
Hi to all, any one can tell me, what is the correct way to write secure applications in php and how is the best way to remove or prevent the backtip operator. I think what my code is very insecure. What is the correct way to do this ??? $Myusername = isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['username']) ?

php-general Digest 29 Jul 2003 10:17:09 -0000 Issue 2204

2003-07-29 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 29 Jul 2003 10:17:09 - Issue 2204 Topics (messages 157252 through 157288): Re: Parsing MySQL query return 157252 by: Nicholas Robinson 157271 by: Jason Wong Re: Script Execution Time 157253 by: Petya A Shushpanov 157255 by: Chris W. Parker

RE: [PHP] Script Execution Time

2003-07-29 Thread Ow Mun Heng
This is what I use.. simple.. (someone from this list contributed it) function stopwatch_init() { list($usec, $sec) = explode( , microtime()); return ( (float)$usec + (float)$sec ); } Cheers, Mun Heng, Ow H/M Engineering Western Digital M'sia DID : 03-7870 5168 -Original

[PHP] Re: CGI Timeout

2003-07-29 Thread Shaunak Kashyap
This *might* work: At the top of your script that processes the uploaded file try adding this line: set_time_limit(0); This essentially removes any restrictions on the maximum execution time for a script. For more information visit: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php Hope

[PHP] CGI timeout problem

2003-07-29 Thread imran
hello, I wrote a very simple upload script and it perfectly works for small files. But if the file is too huge (I tried with 8Mbytes), my browser displays: The page cannot be displayed ... Cannot find server or DNS Error Internet Explorer instead of uploading the file and submitting the form

Re: [PHP] How can I add records to database every 60 minutes???

2003-07-29 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 29 Jul 2003 at 10:54, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. I'm not sure if this is possible in PHP, but Apache's Cron should take care of this. Cron is a feature of most unix based OSes rather than a feature of Apache.

Re: [PHP] Re: mssql_execute problems...

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
I would suggest you give the ODBTP extension a try: http://odbtp.sf.net It's designed to be a replacement for the FreeTDS MSSQL functions, I haven't experimented with it much, but so-far it looks stable and well-documented. On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 13:02, T. Rader wrote: Thanks for the reply.

[PHP] Re: PHP suexec: html files as PHP.

2003-07-29 Thread erythros
it depends on what webserver your provider is running. all they have to do is add .html to the list of files parsed by php. Joan McGalliard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I'm getting a little desperate here, and running out of places to ask. My hosting company

Re: [PHP] PHP port problem

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
If your connecting from windows, try adding a datasource and making sure the datasource connects properly, then just use the name of the datasource as the first parameter. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 03:26, Nabil wrote: Anyone can explain to me why when we use mssql_connect to connect directly to

[PHP] xmlrpc to old?

2003-07-29 Thread Merlin
Hi there, I am building a webservice for the first time with php. No I have worked with xmlrpc and it is almost finished. After moving the service to another server with different display error settings I am getting loads of debrecated warnings. I went to the sourceforge site and found a newer

Re: [PHP] Backtip operator

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
Well for one thing, when possible don't use the EREGI or REGEXP functions cause they are slower then simple string functions. Second, your script will never get to the bottom two lines, because if those characters do exist, you've already exited, and if they don't, the those two lines don't apply

[PHP] ereg() can't recognize characters such as èéêë...

2003-07-29 Thread Ivo Fokkema
Hi list, I read through the manual and tried to find something on google, but I didn't come to anything useful. It seems that the ereg()-family (I tried ereg(), eregi() and ereg_replace()) can't recognize any special characters such as èéêë etc. I tested this : ?php print

[PHP] libtdsodbc.so

2003-07-29 Thread Nabil
any one has this file or even know anything about it ? thanks -- Nabil Attar Advanced Web Solutions /*** Everyone is a beginner once, and no one is an expert at everything. ***/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Re: Email forwarding from SendMail to PHP

2003-07-29 Thread Donald Tyler
I don't suppose you could copy and paste the site into an email and send it to me could you? I can't seem to access the site. Thanks.. -Original Message- From: Joseph Szobody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Email

[PHP] anchor in php page

2003-07-29 Thread Anthony Ritter
I am trying to access a page published on a server - and then using an anchor - to jump to a specific paragraph on that page. For instance, if using asp, I could write: www.thesite.com/thepage.asp?go=here where here -the value - in the string query would be marked up as:

[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters such as èéêë...

2003-07-29 Thread DvDmanDT
Use preg_*() functions then? Not that I think they would be much better but... -- // DvDmanDT MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivo Fokkema [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev i meddelandet news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi list, I read through the manual and tried to find something on google, but I

[PHP] Re: CGI Timeout

2003-07-29 Thread Pete Morganic
increase the time limit http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php Imran wrote: Hi, i facing a error during uploading a big size file (abt 200 MB). i incred = upload file size in php.ini and also incred connection time in IIS (web = server), but i getting again this below written

Re: [PHP] libtdsodbc.so

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
It comes with FreeTDS, after you compile it, it will be in: /path/to/freetds/lib On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 09:01, Nabil wrote: any one has this file or even know anything about it ? thanks -- Nabil Attar Advanced Web Solutions /*** Everyone is a beginner once, and no one is an

[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

2003-07-29 Thread Ivo Fokkema
Well d*mn, why didn't I think of this... It seems to work now! Thanks! I'm not such an expert on the Perl compatible regexp's so I rarely use them... Yet another reason to start using them though... Thanx! Dvdmandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Use preg_*()

[PHP] Re: anchor in php page

2003-07-29 Thread Ivo Fokkema
Anthony Ritter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am trying to access a page published on a server - and then using an anchor - to jump to a specific paragraph on that page. For instance, if using asp, I could write: www.thesite.com/thepage.asp?go=here where here

[PHP] MD5 Digest Update

2003-07-29 Thread Bolke de Bruin
Hi, I was womdering if it is possible to update a MD5 Digest. No functions seem te refelect this: (C code) MD5_Init(md5_ctx); MD5_Update(md5_ctx, char *data, int); MD5_Update(md5_ctx, char *data, int); MD5_Final(char *dst, md5_ctx); Notice the two updates, the

[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

2003-07-29 Thread DvDmanDT
What? Did it seriously help? You might be intrested in this regex then: preg_replace(#[a-z0-9\-\._îÎèéüÜÉÈáàÁÀäÄåÅöÖ]+#i,'a href=YOU FORMAT',$VARIABLE); // Should hit most chars you want... -- // DvDmanDT MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivo Fokkema [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev i

[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

2003-07-29 Thread DvDmanDT
Also... You know, there's a (.*?) command as well.. Might work just about perfect in your situation... -- // DvDmanDT MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ivo Fokkema [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev i meddelandet news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well d*mn, why didn't I think of this... It seems to work

[PHP] Re: anchor in php page

2003-07-29 Thread Anthony Ritter
Ivo: Why not use : www.thesite.com/thepage.asp#here . Thank you Ivo. I don't usually use asp but was wondering if the word go in asp like: www.thesite.com/thepage.asp?go=here is a _reserved_ word in .asp which acts like the symbol # - serving as the anchor. And if

Re: [PHP] Re: anchor in php page

2003-07-29 Thread Comex
is a _reserved_ word in .asp which acts like the symbol # - serving as the anchor. Are you sure? ASP is a server-side language, it would have to output HTML to go to the anchor, and I don't think there /is/ any such html. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

[PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

2003-07-29 Thread Ivo Fokkema
Well, I tried that first, but it failed when some user whould list multiple references. The ereg_replace would then take the two references as one. {PMID11519736:Müller}, {PMID8789442:Milasin} would result in a link to Müller named Müller}, {PMID8789442:Milasin instead of two separate links...

[PHP] Re: anchor in php page

2003-07-29 Thread Ivo Fokkema
Hi Tony, I think no server-side application had any effect on the viewing position on the page, it's totally client side. To use this anyway, you could do this in PHP : ?php if ($_GET['go']) { header(Location: http://; . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . # . $_GET['go']); exit;

Re: [PHP] uploading a file from a form

2003-07-29 Thread Amanda McComb
The version is PHP Version 4.2.3. On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Tom Rogers wrote: Hi, Friday, July 25, 2003, 1:48:50 AM, you wrote: AM I am having a problem with uploading a file from a form. I changed the AM permission on the directory, but I am still getting an error. Here is my AM error:

Re: [PHP] libtdsodbc.so

2003-07-29 Thread Nabil
Dear Adam ; The problem that it doesn't exist even after complilation .. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds --with-tdsver=4.2 --with-unixodbc=/u sr/lib make make install the point is that unixodbc came out of the box with redhat 9 so i tried whereis unixodbc and i then assumed to /usr/lib

Re: [PHP] libtdsodbc.so

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
Sorry, I don't use UnixODBC, so I have no idea. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 10:14, Nabil wrote: Dear Adam ; The problem that it doesn't exist even after complilation .. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds --with-tdsver=4.2 --with-unixodbc=/u sr/lib make make install the point is that

[PHP] PHP + Firebird problem with blob field size

2003-07-29 Thread André Cupini
Hello people, First: sorry my weak english. I´m brazilian. I havethe fallowblob field in my database: CREATE DOMAIN DM_TEXT AS BLOB SUB_TYPE 1 SEGMENT SIZE 5000 CHARACTER SET NONEWhen a try insert text great then 32000 bytes, i get error. In the interbase.log, appears the line: ds__alloc:

Re: [PHP] open source content management systems?

2003-07-29 Thread Gabriel Guzman
this will probably get me into trouble on this list, but... I'm a big fan of zope. It's not written in php, but I have found it to be very robust and easy to work with. Opensource. www.zope.org Make sure you also check out the Content Management Framework for Zope. (cmf.zope.org - i think)

Re: [PHP] looking for some kind of CMS breakthough (slightly OT)

2003-07-29 Thread Gabriel Guzman
On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 19:04, Justin French wrote: Hi all, But, it still requires the writer to know a little mark-up (p,b,h1,h2,i,a,img,etc) in order to create an article with multiple paragraphs, sections, headings, images, etc, with well structured, valid mark-up. I'd be really

[PHP] wheres the problem?

2003-07-29 Thread Ryan A
Hi everyone, Am confused about what the @#%# is happening to my scripts because this was working yesterday, now i restarted my localhost machine and its not working now moreand its real simple stuff as you see. if(isset($id)) { $result = count ($id); echo $result; echo $id[0]. .$id[1].

[PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread chrstian brensteiner
whats the best option to get more information about a failure in your sorce code ? whenever i get failures that are situated at the very end of my script how do i get to know wherer they start? now i have get from apache + php this return Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in

[PHP] Re: wheres the problem?

2003-07-29 Thread sven
Ryan A wrote: Hi everyone, Am confused about what the @#%# is happening to my scripts because this was working yesterday, now i restarted my localhost machine and its not working now moreand its real simple stuff as you see. if(isset($id)) { $result = count ($id); echo $result;

Re: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Peter James
These errors are usually caused by an extra or missing brace or quote/apostrophe/backtick. The best way to find where this is happening is to use another error. Start at the bottom of your script and introduce some garbage on a line by itself. asdf for example. This should cause a parse error

Re: [PHP] Store array as Session Variable

2003-07-29 Thread Pradeep D'souza
Hi Try this $_SESSION[my_session] = array(item_1 = Some Value , item_2 = Some Value2 , item_3 = Some Value3); This allow s you to store the array in the session Pradeep DSouza Naharonline.com - Original Message - From: Pushpinder Singh Garcha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CPT John W. Holmes

[PHP] Sven-Re: [PHP] Re: wheres the problem?

2003-07-29 Thread Ryan A
Hi Sven, Thanks for replying. The problem is I need the values to be placed in seperate variables because i am doing something like this: if(isset($id[0])) {$ppp1=plan_id=.$id[0];} if(isset($id[1])) {$ppp2=plan_id=.$id[1];} if(isset($id[2])) {$ppp3=plan_id=.$id[2];} if(isset($id[3]))

RE: [PHP] open source content management systems?

2003-07-29 Thread Roedel, Mark
When we were doing our search, we were pretty impressed with Typo3 (http://typo3.com/) from a features-and-interface standpoint. It died here because of lack of contract-able commercial support, but if that's not a factor in your process I'd say it's worth looking at. (We wound up selecting

Re: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Check semicommas too. Peter James wrote: These errors are usually caused by an extra or missing brace or quote/apostrophe/backtick. The best way to find where this is happening is to use another error. Start at the bottom of your script and introduce some garbage on a line by itself. asdf for

Re: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
Umm, semicolons? On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 12:29, Marek Kilimajer wrote: Check semicommas too. Peter James wrote: These errors are usually caused by an extra or missing brace or quote/apostrophe/backtick. The best way to find where this is happening is to use another error. Start

Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Peter James
Just forwarding this reply back to the list. - Original Message - From: Chris W. Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Peter James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures Peter James mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Chris W. Parker
Peter James mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:33 AM said: Just forwarding this reply back to the list. Damn that Reply button!! Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Gabriel Guzman
A tip on avoiding errors cause by not enough }'s is to close any bracket immediately after you open it, so if I were writing a block of code: function foo(){ } I would write the above first, and then fill in between the {}'s. This way, when I get to the end of my script, I know I'm at least

Re: [PHP] wheres the problem?

2003-07-29 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 29 Jul 2003 at 16:52, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. now i restarted my localhost machine and its not working now more Sounds like you have made a change in your php.ini file previously without restarting

Re: [PHP] open source content management systems?

2003-07-29 Thread Nick Talbott
On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 1:39 am, you wrote: hi all does anyone have any recommendations for good open source content management systems for Having been through exactly this exercise recently, here is our shortlist: PHP-based eZ-publish - http://ez.no Typo3 - http://typo3.com Aegir -

[PHP] Curl alternative?

2003-07-29 Thread Steven Kallstrom
Dear List, I am currently working on a UPS Web Service Interface and was wondering if you thought that I could accomplish such a thing without the Curl libraries. since unfortunately the server that I am using did not compile Curl with PHP. what do you think. is this something that

Re: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Yes, you are right. But this depends on your perspective ;) Adam Voigt wrote: Umm, semicolons? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Curl alternative?

2003-07-29 Thread Peter James
You can do anything (almost) with fopen() and fsockopen()... but it won't necessarilybe easy. It depends what you want to do. -- Peter James [EMAIL PROTECTED] php|architect The Magazine for PHP Professionals http://www.phparch.com - Original Message - From: Steven Kallstrom [EMAIL

RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Chris W. Parker
Gabriel Guzman mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:44 AM said: A tip on avoiding errors cause by not enough }'s is to close any bracket immediately after you open it, so if I were writing a block of code: Good tip. I do this too. I would write the above first, and then

Re: [PHP] Curl alternative?

2003-07-29 Thread Marek Kilimajer
Search www.phpclasses.org, I'm sure you'll find an alternative there. Steven Kallstrom wrote: Dear List, I am currently working on a UPS Web Service Interface and was wondering if you thought that I could accomplish such a thing without the Curl libraries. since unfortunately the

[PHP] Simple Array question

2003-07-29 Thread Ryan A
Hi, If i am posting something like this from a form: input type=checkbox name='id[sh1]' value=3 input type=checkbox name='id[sh2]' value=4 How do i get the value of id[]? eg: I dont want the sh1 and sh2, i just want the 3 and 4 The reason i dont wan the sh1 and sh2 is those are dynamic and

Re: [PHP] Simple Array question

2003-07-29 Thread Adam Voigt
I think what you want is: input type=checkbox name=id[] value=3 input type=checkbox name=id[] value=4 Then on your next page, you can just do: foreach($_POST['id'] AS $row) echo $row; Or whatever, and that way you only get what you need. On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:08, Ryan A wrote:

[PHP] PHP/MySQL best practice tutorial

2003-07-29 Thread Tony Crockford
I have a mySQL database containing items that are categorised four levels deep. when I'm getting the data out (in a tree structure) I'm nesting SQL queries inside array traversing loops (select distinct category, while $row= echo stuff select distinct subcat, while $row= echo stuff etc) I'm sure

[PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
Hey, I've got a weird issue. I have some code, an MySQL statement, that returns an empty set, like this: $person = mysql_query(Some Statement Here); So, then I have an if/else statement: if (!$person || $person == 0 || $person == '' || $person == '0') { $result = 1; } else { $result = 4; }

Re: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Lucas Lain
Did you try to print the content of the variable? What does it contain? On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:29:10 -0400 Mike At Spy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I've got a weird issue. I have some code, an MySQL statement, that returns an empty set, like this: $person = mysql_query(Some Statement

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] $person = mysql_query(Some Statement Here); if (!$person || $person == 0 || $person == '' || $person == '0') { $result = 1; } else { $result = 4; } If the SQL statement returns an empty set, shouldn't $result be equal to 1? Instead, I'm getting $result = 4. [/snip] Actually I think we

RE: [PHP] PHP/MySQL best practice tutorial

2003-07-29 Thread Chris W. Parker
Tony Crockford mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:23 AM said: I have a mySQL database containing items that are categorised four levels deep. [snip] can anyone point me to a tutorial that would help me switch from nested select statements to something more elegant?

[PHP] PHP, JavaScript and populating DropDowns

2003-07-29 Thread Creative Solutions New Media
Hello, I am using mySQL and PHP to pull some data into my page. I have 2 dropdown boxes. As an example lets say dropbox1 has a list of cars and dropbox2 has a list of colours. Here's the thing. The colours for each car vary so I won't know what colours to populate the 2nd dropbox with until a

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
Here's the SQL - I tested it via command line and it comes back empty set. SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place Does that help? -Mike -Original Message- From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 1:31 PM To: Mike At Spy; [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Here's the SQL - I tested it via command line and it comes back empty set. SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place [snip] $person = mysql_query(Some Statement Here); if (!$person || $person == 0 || $person == '' || $person == '0') { $result = 1; } else { $result = 4; }

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] ...lots of stuff... [/snip] What I forgot to say is that basically you were testing for query execution, not the number of rows returned from the database. If you want to test the number of rows or some other result from the query you have to go further. HTH! -- PHP General Mailing

Re: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread David Nicholson
Hello, This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Tue, 29 Jul 2003 at 18:25, lines prefixed by '' were originally written by you. If the SQL statement returns an empty set, shouldn't $result be equal to 1? Instead, I'm getting $result = 4. If the query fails, e.g. because you have an

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
-Original Message- From: Mike At Spy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 July 2003 18:37 $person = mysql_query(Some Statement Here); Please go back and read the manual page for mysql_query again (http://www.php.net/mysql_query). The above returns FALSE if the query is invalid,

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
I know. I first tested for !$person but got the TRUE result when I should have received FALSE (empty set). Why would that be? I added '0' and such just to see if I wasn't thinking straight. :\ -Mike -Original Message- From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [PHP] PHP, JavaScript and populating DropDowns

2003-07-29 Thread John Manko
assuming you have a table with colors, and each color has car associated with it (yes, there might be dup color entries). This should work (check spellings and case, etc..etc...) $query=SELECT * from colors; $results = mysql_query($query) or die (DB ERROR: . mysql_error()); $num =

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I know. I first tested for !$person but got the TRUE result when I should have received FALSE (empty set). Why would that be? I added '0' and such just to see if I wasn't thinking straight. :\ -Mike [/snip] If the query executes it will return TRUE for $person, so if(!$person)

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives me a result of 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it - the one giving the improper response has php 4.1.2. Could this be the issue? -Mike -Original

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives me a result of 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it - the one giving the improper response has php 4.1.2. Could this be the issue? [/snip] It sounds

RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
-Original Message- From: Chris W. Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 July 2003 17:56 [...snip...] As opposed to the much easier to read (and line up curly braces) method: function doit() { for() { if() }

[PHP] include and imagejpg() weird behavior - maybe header?

2003-07-29 Thread Oli
I have a function that resizes images. If I put it in the same php file that calles it it workes fine. Gives a nice thumbnail or whatever size I choose to display. If I however put it in a seperate file and include it and call it I get garbage and the following error: Warning: Cannot modify

Re: [PHP] PHP suexec: html files as PHP.

2003-07-29 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Joan McGalliard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi, I'm getting a little desperate here, and running out of places to ask. My hosting company changed - without warning - to PHP Suexec, which completely broke to sites. They haven't been able to tell me how to fix it, just vague

RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I wonder why the heck the author didn't just go for the alternative syntax with proper end-tokens and get the added value they deliver. [/snip] At the risk of stepping of of the curb into the holy-war that rages about this the answer Mike is that a lot of PHP coders are what as known as

Re: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Mike Migurski
These errors are usually caused by an extra or missing brace or quote/apostrophe/backtick. The best way to find where this is happening is to use another error. Alternatively, use a text editor that's syntax-aware. In bbedit for the mac, finishing a closure or double-clicking on one (parens,

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Ford, Mike [LSS]
-Original Message- From: Mike At Spy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 July 2003 19:01 Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives me a result of 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it

[PHP] Is there an alternative to HTML frames?

2003-07-29 Thread Jason Barnett
I'm new to php and web development in general. I've toyed with ASP a little and enjoyed using include statements to include my navigation and heading pages. Does PHP provide a similar statement, or is there something else I can do to achieve this effect? -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Chris Boget
I know the braces vs. end-token debate is almost on the scale of a holy war, and I admit to hating the curly-brace style with a passion, but when I see code like this: [snip code] Yeah, I'd hate curly braces with a passion if I saw code like that, too. How can anyone *possibly* read that

RE: [PHP] Is there an alternative to HTML frames?

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I'm new to php and web development in general. I've toyed with ASP a little and enjoyed using include statements to include my navigation and heading pages. Does PHP provide a similar statement, or is there something else I can do to achieve this effect? [/snip] *sigh* RTFM at

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
[snip] Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives me a result of 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it - the one giving the improper response has php 4.1.2. $which_person = mysql_query(SELECT

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
I did the var_dump and got: bool(false) While $vthere (from my previous post) returns 0 (zero) still. :\ But proceeds as if 0 were a false statement when asked if $vthere equals zero. :\ -Mike -Original Message- From: Ford, Mike [LSS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] $which_person = mysql_query(SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place); $vthere = mysql_num_rows($which_person); if ($vthere == '0') { True } else { False } What should this return? True or False? [/snip] If there is one or more rows returned by the

RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

2003-07-29 Thread Chris W. Parker
Ford, Mike LSS on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:00 AM said: I know the braces vs. end-token debate is almost on the scale of a holy war, and I admit to hating the curly-brace style with a passion, but when I see code like this: function doit() { for() { if()

Re: [PHP] Backtip operator

2003-07-29 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi to all, any one can tell me, what is the correct way to write secure applications in php and how is the best way to remove or prevent the backtip operator. You can use escapeshellarg to prevent this... http://php.net/escapeshellarg

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I did the var_dump and got: bool(false) While $vthere (from my previous post) returns 0 (zero) still. :\ But proceeds as if 0 were a false statement when asked if $vthere equals zero. :\ -Mike [/snip] Is the query executing properly? Try this ... $sql = SELECT ID from tblItems WHERE

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

2003-07-29 Thread Mike At Spy
Nothin' wrong with the SQL statement - it executes properly when I enter values that actually pull something from a table. When I enter values that are not present in the table, I go on to have the other issue of it looking like it is false, though it is not. :\ -Mike -Original

Re: [PHP] Re: ereg() can't recognize characters... [SOLVED]

2003-07-29 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Ivo Fokkema ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Well d*mn, why didn't I think of this... It seems to work now! Thanks! I'm not such an expert on the Perl compatible regexp's so I rarely use them... Yet another reason to start using them though... Its a good thing to learn perl regular

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