php-general Digest 14 Mar 2009 16:11:17 -0000 Issue 6011

2009-03-14 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 14 Mar 2009 16:11:17 - Issue 6011 Topics (messages 290029 through 290036): Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity) 290029 by: Michael A. Peters 290035 by: Martin Zvarík 290036 by: Jochem Maas Re: English Website That Can Display Some

php-general Digest 15 Mar 2009 04:31:22 -0000 Issue 6012

2009-03-14 Thread php-general-digest-help
php-general Digest 15 Mar 2009 04:31:22 - Issue 6012 Topics (messages 290037 through 290070): Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity) 290037 by: Shawn McKenzie 290038 by: Martin Zvarík 290040 by: Shawn McKenzie 290041 by: Michael A. Peters

Re: [PHP] htmlentities is incomplete: does not cover rsquo etc

2009-03-14 Thread Lester Caine
Heddon's Gate Hotel wrote: Thanks Jan, it's much clearer now. My knowledge about character encodings has multiplied 100-fold in the last 24 hours' research. Would it be a good idea for the PHP Manual to address some of these issues, by explaining good practice in encoding arbitrary user

Re: [PHP] htmlentities is incomplete: does not cover rsquo etc

2009-03-14 Thread mike
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: This probably one of the reasons some of us think that getting a stable PHP6 based on unicode out of the door would probably be a lot more use to people than PHP5.3 ;) +1 I cannot wait for full unicode. mbstring, iconv,

Re: [PHP] Knowledge Base software - looking for opinions

2009-03-14 Thread mike
Or, a very simple CMS so I don't have to code it that has the concept of basic ACLs (user-based or group-based is fine) Hierarchial directory of documents Allow anyone with the right privileges to edit it Keep an audit of who edited it, when, and the previous content I really don't want to

Re: [PHP] Anyone fancy getting paid to improve my PHP in London?

2009-03-14 Thread Robert Cummings
On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:39 -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: Tom Chubb wrote: 2009/3/13 Robert Cummings rob...@interjinn.com On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 17:16 +, Tom Chubb wrote: Do any experienced PHP programmers in London fancy helping me improve my PHP? I'd like to know where my code

[PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Zvarík
What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares? I, as an owner of this website, don't mind AT ALL. Aha, forget to mention

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Jochem Maas
Martin Zvarík schreef: What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares? replace the alert() with some code that passes

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Jochem Maas wrote: Martin Zvarík schreef: What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares? replace the alert() with some

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Zvarík
Jochem Maas napsal(a): Martin Zvarík schreef: What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares? replace the alert()

[PHP] Issues with mcrypt (Rijndael 128) and external C application.

2009-03-14 Thread Brad Broerman
Hi, I am trying to encode a string using Rijndael-128 using a C application that I wrote, based on the BSD crypt/rijndael libarary and decode it in PHP using mcrypt_decrypt. Each part of the program works separately (I can encrypt with the c app, and decrypt with it, and I can encrypt with

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Shawn McKenzie wrote: Jochem Maas wrote: Martin Zvarík schreef: What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares? replace

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Michael A. Peters
Martin Zvarík wrote: What's the point? The point is detailed on the (not fully complete) description page I just put up - http://www.clfsrpm.net/xss/ Namely, a lot of people who have web sites do not have the technical capability to prevent their site from being used as an XSS vector to

[PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
I am recieving a fatal error trying to connect to my server/mysql. This is my first attempt at connecting to a remote server, have been successful with localhost (apache). I had the variation of not putting the hostname others into a variable, but that did not work either. I have also

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Per Jessen
Gary wrote: I am recieving a fatal error trying to connect to my server/mysql. This is my first attempt at connecting to a remote server, have been successful with localhost (apache). I had the variation of not putting the hostname others into a variable, but that did not work either. I

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 13:41, Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote: Check if the mysqli extension has been loaded. Also check this page: http://us.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.connect.php For some of the mirrors, trying to hit http://php.net/mysqli_connect erroneously takes you to

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Thanks for your quick reply, but I do not know what that means... Where would I find this out and how would I accomplish this if it is not done? Thanks again. Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote in message news:gpgq8i$h5...@saturn.local.net... Gary wrote: I am recieving a fatal error trying

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Per Jessen
Gary wrote: Thanks for your quick reply, but I do not know what that means... Where would I find this out and how would I accomplish this if it is not done? Thanks again. Hi Gary see what phpinfo() says - if the extension is loaded, it'll show up there. To load the extension, add

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Ok, I know how to access the php.ini for the local host, is this the same file that would control the remote server? Or do I need to look for it on my remote host? Again, thanks for your help. Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote in message news:gpgr6o$hc...@saturn.local.net... Gary wrote:

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Per Jessen
Gary wrote: Ok, I know how to access the php.ini for the local host, is this the same file that would control the remote server? Or do I need to look for it on my remote host? The php.ini you need to look at is the one one the server where you're running your PHP code. The remote host is

Re: [PHP] Anyone fancy getting paid to improve my PHP in London?

2009-03-14 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Robert Cummings wrote: You forgot to configure the auto_prepend: php.ini: auto_prepend = robs_harem.php ?php system(/bin/cat robs_harem.php | /usr/bin/mail -s 'looky here' $robs_wife); if (!defined($robs_wife_is_extremely_rare_woman)) { die($rob); } else { $days=rand(7,365); $n=1;

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
I had the code written the way you suggested, but changed it to the way the hosting company suggested. I am unclear. I have php 5.2.8.8 on my local machine, I also have MySQL 5.1.30 set up locally as well. I am using godaddy.com as a host. I assumed that the php was running on the host

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Jan G.B.
Gary, you can check this by either creating a file containing this: ?php phpinfo(); ? and putting it up on your webserver, then open in with your browser, or you could look at the output of php -i | less on the command line. After you enabled the mysqli extension on your host, you might change

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Jan G.B.
2009/3/14 Jan G.B. ro0ot.w...@googlemail.com: One side node.. you should apply addslashes() also to $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'), because an evil person could manipulate the value of that variable to execute SQL-Injections. forget that part - i didn't see that this var is only used in the email,

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Per Jessen
Gary wrote: I had the code written the way you suggested, but changed it to the way the hosting company suggested. I think your hosting company might be smoking something they shouldn't be. Your way is the right one. I am unclear. I have php 5.2.8.8 on my local machine, I also have MySQL

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Ok.. I have added [MySQL] ;Gary, this is the code from the forum. extension=mysqli.so to the php.ini file on my machine, I saved the file. Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks again. Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote in message news:gpgu1t$ho...@saturn.local.net... Gary wrote:

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Ok.. I have added [MySQL] ;Gary, this is the code from the forum. extension=mysqli.so to the php.ini file on my machine, I saved the file. Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks again. Per Jessen p...@computer.org wrote in message news:gpgu1t$ho...@saturn.local.net... Gary wrote:

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Thanks again to everyone. I have just checked the servers phpinfo, and turns out they are running PHP Version 4.3.11 while I have verstion 5.2.8, could this change any of the advice? Jan G.B. ro0ot.w...@googlemail.com wrote in message

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Gary wrote: Thanks again to everyone. I have just checked the servers phpinfo, and turns out they are running PHP Version 4.3.11 while I have verstion 5.2.8, could this change any of the advice? Yes, the mysqli extension is only available for PHP5. Use the mysql_x() functions or move to

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Jochem Maas
Martin Zvarík schreef: Jochem Maas napsal(a): Martin Zvarík schreef: What's the point? If user puts in a search input something like scriptalert('I am super hacker');/script And the website outputs: You are searching for: script/script then what? it shows an alert(), who cares?

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread revDAVE
On 3/14/2009 10:36 AM, Gary gwp...@ptd.net wrote: Can anyone enlighted me as to what I am not doing correctly? Hi Gary, I am hosted using a basic cpanel interface ... There's a button = Remote MySQL which brings up a page: Remote Database Access Hosts And I put in my HOME IP and all works

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Zvarík
Michael A. Peters napsal(a): Martin Zvarík wrote: What's the point? The point is detailed on the (not fully complete) description page I just put up - http://www.clfsrpm.net/xss/ Yeah, I just had a quick look... The browser will only execute script in source files from the white-listed

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function:mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Shawn McKenzie
revDAVE wrote: On 3/14/2009 10:36 AM, Gary gwp...@ptd.net wrote: Can anyone enlighted me as to what I am not doing correctly? Hi Gary, I am hosted using a basic cpanel interface ... There's a button = Remote MySQL which brings up a page: Remote Database Access Hosts And I put in my

Re: [PHP] Fatal error: Call to undefined function:mysqli_connect()in

2009-03-14 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Shawn McKenzie wrote: revDAVE wrote: On 3/14/2009 10:36 AM, Gary gwp...@ptd.net wrote: Can anyone enlighted me as to what I am not doing correctly? Hi Gary, I am hosted using a basic cpanel interface ... There's a button = Remote MySQL which brings up a page: Remote Database Access Hosts

[PHP] Re: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysqli_connect() in

2009-03-14 Thread Gary
Thank you to everybody, turns out that in the godaddy control panel, you have the option of php4 or php5, and they have 4 as the default. A call to gd and I was able to switch and it now works. Thanks again for all your help! Gary Gary gwp...@ptd.net wrote in message

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Jan G.B.
2009/3/15 Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com: The browser will only execute script in source files from the white-listed domains and will disregard everything else, including embedded and inline scripts. wtf, can't you just take care of the INPUT and type strip_tags($_GET['my_name']) ?? This

[PHP] left join does not work, why?

2009-03-14 Thread PJ
$sql1 = SELECT b.id, b.title, b.sub_title, b.descr, b.comment, b.bk_cover, b.copyright, b.ISBN, b.language, b.sellers, c.publisher, --- CONCAT_WS(' ', first_name, last_name) AS Author FROM book AS b LEFT JOIN book_author AS ab ON b.id = ab.bookID LEFT JOIN author AS a ON ab.authID=a.id LEFT JOIN

Re: [PHP] Re: The PHP filter class I'm working on (securiity)

2009-03-14 Thread Martin Zvarík
Jan G.B. napsal(a): 2009/3/15 Martin Zvarík mzva...@gmail.com: The browser will only execute script in source files from the white-listed domains and will disregard everything else, including embedded and inline scripts. wtf, can't you just take care of the INPUT and type

Re: [PHP] left join does not work, why?

2009-03-14 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 19:51, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: $sql1 = SELECT b.id, b.title, b.sub_title, b.descr, b.comment, b.bk_cover, b.copyright, b.ISBN, b.language, b.sellers, c.publisher, --- CONCAT_WS(' ', first_name, last_name) AS Author FROM book AS b LEFT JOIN book_author AS ab

Re: [PHP] Knowledge Base software - looking for opinions

2009-03-14 Thread haliphax
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:34 AM, mike mike...@gmail.com wrote: Or, a very simple CMS so I don't have to code it that has the concept of basic ACLs (user-based or group-based is fine) Hierarchial directory of documents Allow anyone with the right privileges to edit it Keep an audit of who

[PHP] Problem with passing and Area in a $_POST

2009-03-14 Thread Richard Kurth
I have a script that is passing a area in a $_POST and it does not pass the data. When I try to look at the data with $_POST['fieldorder'] it its empty but when I look at it with $_REQUEST['fieldorder'] the data is there. This seams very strange to me. It has been working for about 6 months with

[PHP] Reading from a COM port in Windows blows up

2009-03-14 Thread Matt Neimeyer
I just recently got a new Onkyo TX-SR706 Audio Receiver that has an RS232 interface and I thought... cool... Build a Web Interface so I can control it from several rooms away. The code below works using PHP 5.2.8 under Apache (XAMPP) on Windows XP to change the current input of my Audio Receiver.

Re: [PHP] Summary Report With Details - Newbie Question

2009-03-14 Thread Paul M Foster
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 03:29:00PM -0700, revDAVE wrote: Hi Folks, I would like to make a summary report with details for a products inventory list - so it could list: A - the product a few summaries like total count on 1 line B - --- below that: the details of a multi line sub list