Re: [PHP] alternatives to mail()

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
Just to flesh it out a little more Split the address up and get the domain name (the part after the @). Do a DNS lookup on that domain name for an MX record. If that fails, look for an A record. If that fails, give up. If you got an address, open a socket connection to that address, port

Re: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Christopher Riordan
what are you using for your flags when you do ./configure normal should be ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs Things like that. if you ran ./configure nothing will compile the libphp4 for you. there is a Install file which will walk you thru the setup also on the manual on php.ne

Re: [PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?(again)

2002-04-24 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
No idea, check your config.log and see why it is failing. On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, zhaoxd wrote: > > Whatever I tried ,it is also useless,why? > > This time I compile it with freetype-1.3.1.when I used the test code , it also said >"libgd was not built with FreeType font support in /usr/local/apac

Re: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Eugene Lee
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 01:50:17AM -0400, Larry Brown wrote: : : I ended up using a port which eventually worked. I parsed the INSTALL file : and it didn't mention anything about specifically adding libphp4.so. It : mentioned checking the flags available with ./configure -help which I ran. : Bu

Re: [PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?(again)

2002-04-24 Thread zhaoxd
Whatever I tried ,it is also useless,why? This time I compile it with freetype-1.3.1.when I used the test code , it also said "libgd was not built with FreeType font support in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/test.php on line 14". Would you mind tell me how you do this? I just wanna support Fr

RE: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
You really are not reading the instructions carefully enough. Or perhaps my writing is horrible. It says: === A popular choice is to build the Apache module version. In order to build PHP as a dynamic module for Apache-1.3.x you have to first have Apache installed. Assuming Apache i

RE: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
I ended up using a port which eventually worked. I parsed the INSTALL file and it didn't mention anything about specifically adding libphp4.so. It mentioned checking the flags available with ./configure -help which I ran. But I had no way of knowing what apxs means. It mentioned -with-apxs in t

RE: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Please read the INSTALL file. The default is to make the command line php binary if you do not provide any ./configure flags, so simply typing ./configure && make && make install should have installed /usr/local/bin/php and it would not have built a libphp4.so. For that you need to add --with-ap

[PHP] session_start() times and resets?

2002-04-24 Thread Smileyq
I have one question that I've been working about. When you setup a session to last a particular time say 1 week. If the user comes back to that page because the week is over to reset the session does the user then at that time reset the timer to yet another week. I'm trying to figure out a way

RE: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
I don't mean to be rude but as I mentioned in my post "After running ./configure make and make install...". Please review my post for the actual problem. Larry S. Brown MCSE Dimension Networks, Inc. Member ICCA (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: Evan Nemerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [PHP] alternatives to mail()

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
php.net/fsockopen php.net/sockets Have fun ; On Wednesday 24 April 2002 22:14 pm, you wrote: > The commercial server where my pages are hosted is having trouble > with the lastest version of PHP and as a result the mail() function > is not working. E-mailing from PHP is critical for my postca

Re: [PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
./configure make make install On Wednesday 24 April 2002 22:08 pm, you wrote: > I am trying to get php installed and working on a freebsd server and I'm > used to using linux where it hasn't failed me before. After running > ./configure make and make install there is no libphp4.so anywhere on

[PHP] alternatives to mail()

2002-04-24 Thread John Hughes
The commercial server where my pages are hosted is having trouble with the lastest version of PHP and as a result the mail() function is not working. E-mailing from PHP is critical for my postcard and other functions on my site. (I might as well shut four of my sites without e-mail.) Is there a

[PHP] compiling on freebsd

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
I am trying to get php installed and working on a freebsd server and I'm used to using linux where it hasn't failed me before. After running ./configure make and make install there is no libphp4.so anywhere on the server. I ran just ./configure and make and then checked the current directories f

RE: [PHP] Parse Error - Help? (AGAIN)

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Soza
Yike, now I wish I hadn't found it: [Wed Apr 24 19:42:18 2002] [error] PHP Warning: Wrong datatype for second argument in call to in_array in beta_up.asp on line 61 [Wed Apr 24 19:42:18 2002] [error] PHP Warning: Undefined variable: upload_path in beta_up.php on line 73 [Wed Apr 24 19:42:18 200

Re: [PHP] php in a layer trouble

2002-04-24 Thread Justin French
I don't believe there is such a problem, because will get replaced with foo by the PHP parser. >> Thus by the time the content gets to the browser, it ISN'T PHP anymore -- it's HTML, or text. What you should do is view the source of your processed page, to ensure that your HTML around the pro

RE: [PHP] Parse Error - Help?

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Soza
Found it - just added another curly brace to the end of the code and it worked, so I searched up from there and found: function ext_valid ($filename) { $extget = substr( strrchr($filename, "."), 1); $found = in_array($extget, $extval); if ( $found ) { ech

Re: [PHP] Parse Error - Help?

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 11:20, Jason Soza wrote: > Can someone take a look at this code for me? I'm pretty new to programming, > but looking at it I think it should work. I'm not saying there aren't > plenty of errors, because I'm sure there are. I'm getting a parse error on > the last line, and

Re: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Dennis Moore
If your page is frequently access and the data does not change then by all means store the image in the file system. however, I have found it useful to store the images in the database for certain applications which I want to maintain an additional level of security over the images when using ses

Re: [PHP] Parse Error - Help?

2002-04-24 Thread Tyler Longren
Copy and paste the parse error into your e-mail. Also, try placing another "}" at the end of the code. If you're missing a closing bracket somewhere, that will take care of it. Tyler Longren Captain Jack Communications www.captainjack.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "J

[PHP] Parse Error - Help?

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Soza
Can someone take a look at this code for me? I'm pretty new to programming, but looking at it I think it should work. I'm not saying there aren't plenty of errors, because I'm sure there are. I'm getting a parse error on the last line, and I can't see any reason for it. All of my ifs and functions

Re: [PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?

2002-04-24 Thread zhaoxd
> > > //define the type of inputting picture; > > Heder("content-type:image/png"); > > Is this a typo? Should be Header(...). > Sorry, I did a wrong copy.But when I cut this line,it output a warning words: "libgd was not built with FreeType font support in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/tes

Re: [PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?

2002-04-24 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
It works fine. Spell Header() right, or remove the header altogether so you can see the error message. I predict you will see a message telling you it couldn't open the font file. -Rasmus On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, zhaoxd wrote: > hello,all: > > I have already installed gd-1.8.4 in php-4.1.2 with s

Re: [PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 10:08, zhaoxd wrote: > //define the type of inputting picture; > Heder("content-type:image/png"); Is this a typo? Should be Header(...). > //create picture > $pic=imagecreate(240,30); > //define color > $black=imagecolorallocate($pic,0,0,0); > $white=imagecolorallocate

[PHP] Why is imageTTFtext function useless?

2002-04-24 Thread zhaoxd
hello,all: I have already installed gd-1.8.4 in php-4.1.2 with some libraries,such as libpng -1.2.0,freetype-1.3,zlib-1.1.4,freetype2,in my apache server which version is 1.3.24,and "phpinfo()" display php can support such soft,as follow: GD Support---enabled GD Vers

RE: [PHP] Setcookie problems...

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
>From the manual (and with honor): int setcookie ( string name [, string value [, int expire [, string path [, string domain [, int secure]) so limits the cookie to work on only one specified folder see for more: www.php.net/setcookie Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer

RE: [PHP] --> I N C L U D E < -- O R --> F O P E N < -- ?

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
> Hi, > > I am not a PHP programmer. (Sorry Guys;-) > Although, I am working on a PHP portal type site, where I need to > integrate as seemlessly(?) as possible an outside specialized leased > Search Engine Service done with ASP (I suppose? ".asp"). yup, probably ASP. > I have been looking ev

RE: [PHP] SourceForge. Whats the worst part about it?

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
SF is OK, as every other software it itself may have some problems from time to time. But overall it always works. You might be frustrated abut the security precautions it takes, but this is only for your best. Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer www.PHPBeginner.com // where PH

RE: [PHP] read text file into mysql

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
Do this: $contents = file($file); foreach($contents as $line_num=>$line_data) { $data = explode('|', $line_data); // now data contains: // [0] = aa // [1] = bb // [2] = cc // nd so on } Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Develo

RE: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
> Personally I think databases these days (MySQL in my experience at > least) are more than reliable enough and fast enough to serve up > binary data in quite large quantities. If you run into performance > issues, implement a caching solution run from a crontab. I had a very, very bad experienc

[PHP] Misleading VeriSign domain name expiration notice

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
This isn't directly PHP related, but I feel it is appropriate. I just got a letter from VeriSign- a "Domain Name Expiration Notice". It was EXTREMELY misleading. I looked like an invoice demanding $29 by 5/15/02. Basically, they made it seem like I already had a service with them and this was

RE: [PHP] Not A PHP question but I need help in a big way...

2002-04-24 Thread Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)
There was some kind of ASP for Linux. I only heard of it. Search. Also, for apache's mailing list look on the Groups of Google. May god have mercy on your soul... Amen Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer www.PHPBeginner.com // where PHP Begins > -Original Message--

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
Okay... ereg("([_a-zA-Z\-\=\+0-9]+|\*)\@[\.a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.[\.a-zA-Z\-0-9]+",$variable); Anything else? That one works, right??? So far we've got a-z, A-Z, underscores, hyphens, equals, and pluses. Oh crap numbers! Okay added it in up there. Anything else? On Wednesday 24 April 2002 17:17 p

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
its about validating eMail address, but thanks anyways! evan On Wednesday 24 April 2002 20:46 pm, you wrote: > I don't know what the original question was, but there is a parse_url > function that'll break apart a url into it's various parts. Quote from > manual: > > www.php.net/parse_url > >

RE: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread John Holmes
I don't know what the original question was, but there is a parse_url function that'll break apart a url into it's various parts. Quote from manual: www.php.net/parse_url --- Here is a good example of how it would parse this url: http://name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:6667/pages/page.php?foo=bar#boo

Re: [PHP] Not A PHP question but I need help in a big way...

2002-04-24 Thread [-^-!-%-
You can do ASP on Apache via the ChiliSOFT module/component/plugin ( or whatever it's considered). www.chilisoft.com __John Monfort_ _+---+_ P E P I E D E S I G N S www.pepiedesigns.com "The world is waiting, are you read

[PHP] Re: Mailing to numerous with mail()

2002-04-24 Thread Smileyq
You can do two things.. First you can use $to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; or you could use a loop such as for or while to mail to each address using a function or not whatever way you wanted to. In article <009a01c1eb9c$9b5cf2b0$6501a8c0@gandalf>, [EMAIL PROTE

[PHP] Re: need help sorting an array...tricky

2002-04-24 Thread Chaviano
this worked for me.. might be useful to someone... // sort the array.. $current = 0; // we begin at the top $totals = forum_count_values($r); while ( $current < sizeof($r)) { $c = $r[$current][FORUM_POST_FIELD_ID]; // count the number of posts that are replies to current. $tot

Re: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Richard Archer
At 4:45 PM -0700 24/4/02, PHP List wrote: >I was wondering about the following: >Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link >to a file on the system somewhere? This should be a FAQ. If you allow people to upload files via a web form, your only secure option is to

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Evan Nemerson wrote: > A domain cannot contain an underscore, but unless i'm mistaken the > USERNAME can. the domain name REGEX is [\.a-zA-Z\-]+ > > ereg("([_a-zA-Z\-]+|\*)\@[\.a-zA-Z\-]+\.[\.a-zA-Z\-]+",$variable); Right you are. I spaced out right past the @. But on the o

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
A domain cannot contain an underscore, but unless i'm mistaken the USERNAME can. the domain name REGEX is [\.a-zA-Z\-]+ You're right about the .com. senior moment. here's a better version ereg("([_a-zA-Z\-]+|\*)\@[\.a-zA-Z\-]+\.[\.a-zA-Z\-]+",$variable); won't make sure there are letters betwe

[PHP] read text file into mysql

2002-04-24 Thread Rodrigo Peres
Hi list, I need to read a txt file and insert it lineas a record in mysql. My list in the format aa|b | cc | fff|hhdhdhdh|jsjjsjs in other words my separator is "|" and the lines have a return at the end of each one. I'm new to PHP, so can anyone help me with and Idea??? thank'

[PHP] OT - linux/htaccess question..

2002-04-24 Thread Kelly Meeks
Sorry for the off topic post. I know that you can setup a .htaccess file that will provide basic security access to a directory. Is it possible to create a .htaccess file that will provide username and password security for a specific file in a directory, without effecting the other files? He

RE: [PHP] embedding php into html

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
It looks like Miquel got to the performance issue already. Thanks guys for helping me on this. Larry S. Brown MCSE Dimension Networks, Inc. Member ICCA (727) 723-8388 -Original Message- From: Miguel Cruz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:00 PM To: Larry Brown

[PHP] Re: To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread Julio Nobrega
Store a link to the file! Mainly because filesystems are designed to store, er.. files ;-) There's a note on Mysql's manual, under Optimizations, that recommends this. -- Julio Nobrega. Tô chegando: http://www.inerciasensorial.com.br "Php List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 051c01

RE: [PHP] embedding php into html

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
Chris Wesley wrote: >In your Apache config, add .html to the list of extensions handled by php. >e.g. - >AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml .php .php3 .html .php4 This works great in my test site here. Will this cause a lot of overhead if I add that to the httpd.conf of a production server

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Evan Nemerson wrote: > ereg("([_a-zA-Z\-]+|\*)\@[\.a-zA-Z\-]+\.com",$variable); > should work, but test it. I'm not 100% the wildcard part will work. An internet domain name cannot contain an underscore ( _ ). ...and a whole lot of them don't end in .com! miguel -- PHP G

Re: [PHP] embedding php into html

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Larry Brown wrote: > I have run many .php documents and generated html from them without > problems. I have a client whose specific need to to keep the .html > extention. I want to embed a php script into the html but the script won't > run. I've tried two php enabled serve

Re: [PHP] embedding php into html

2002-04-24 Thread Chris Wesley
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Larry Brown wrote: > problems. I have a client whose specific need to to keep the .html > extention. I want to embed a php script into the html but the script won't > run. I've tried two php enabled servers running apache and neither picks it > out. Is there a trick I'm m

RE: [PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread John Holmes
Store a link to it. I see no advantage at all to storing binary data in a database. It just creates a lot more work for you by putting the data in a table. You have to create an "interface" to get at the data...or select it out into a file to get back the image, etc. ---John Holmes... > -Or

Re: [PHP] Regular Expressions

2002-04-24 Thread Evan Nemerson
Okay if you just want to do a REGEX something like ereg("([_a-zA-Z\-]+|\*)\@[\.a-zA-Z\-]+\.com",$variable); should work, but test it. I'm not 100% the wildcard part will work. If you want to make sure the domain is valid, well that's much more fun ;)... function validateAddr($addr) {

[PHP] To store or not to store . . .

2002-04-24 Thread PHP List
Hi, I was wondering about the following: Should I store a picture directly in a MySQL table? Or just store the link to a file on the system somewhere? I would think that leaving the picture as an actual file and just storing the link would be quicker. But what are the dis/advantages of storing ri

[PHP] embedding php into html

2002-04-24 Thread Larry Brown
I have run many .php documents and generated html from them without problems. I have a client whose specific need to to keep the .html extention. I want to embed a php script into the html but the script won't run. I've tried two php enabled servers running apache and neither picks it out. Is

Re: [PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too? (fwd)

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
As I am using php 4.0.6 I don't have $_REQUEST available, and there is no equivalent in earlier vers. The foll. doesn't work: updateHTML.php: $layer = urldecode(unserialize($layer)); I get this: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /rstc/user1/erc/pushkar/gis/mcrgdl//updateHTML.php

[PHP] SourceForge. Whats the worst part about it?

2002-04-24 Thread David Duong
Hello, Currently I am using SourceForge for a variety of Projects and now some issues have surfaced concerning SF quality. Now I am now wonder what is the worst downfall about SF? Now SourceForge is a very great tool as mention earlier, it is a very useful tool in Open Source and I am quite

Re: [PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too? (fwd)

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Pushkar Pradhan wrote: > I was just reading urlencode.php, shouldn't the complementary function be > urldecode() like the document. says, > well unserialize must be working too, I believe you. I'm pretty sure the urldecoding happens automatically. If you get funny results th

Re: [PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too? (fwd)

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
Thanks Miguel, I was just reading urlencode.php, shouldn't the complementary function be urldecode() like the document. says, well unserialize must be working too, I believe you. > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Pushkar Pradhan wrote: > > I am collecting some data on a page - test.php, ($layer which is an a

Re: [PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too? (fwd)

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Pushkar Pradhan wrote: > I am collecting some data on a page - test.php, ($layer which is an array > of names). > If checkbox is checked that user wants to change drawing order, I should > redirect the browser to page - "updateHTML.php" which has necessary script > to do that.

Re: [PHP] php in a layer trouble

2002-04-24 Thread Miguel Cruz
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Robert wrote: > Has anyone ever had trouble with Netscape not displaying a layer with you > put any php code in it? Anyone know a source for reading more about it? I would put a fair amount of money on the proposition that your troubles have nothing to do with PHP in particu

Re: [PHP] PHP 4.1.2 problem with IE

2002-04-24 Thread Analysis & Solutions
> At 9:02 AM -0400 23/4/02, Dave Sugar wrote: > > >I disagree with your assessment of the situation being related to the > >index.html. If I browse directly to > >http://gdpim.glencoe.com/login/login.php (using IE 6.0 on Windows) I get an > >error from IE (not from the webserver) saying 'The pag

[PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too? (fwd)

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
My previous question: I am collecting some data on a page - test.php, ($layer which is an array of names). If checkbox is checked that user wants to change drawing order, I should redirect the browser to page - "updateHTML.php" which has necessary script to do that. I achieved redirection using he

RE: [PHP] file permissions on counter?

2002-04-24 Thread John Holmes
I would add some file locking to your code to make it more reliable. If you start having a lot of traffic, your code will start missing people. www.php.net/flock ---John Holmes... > -Original Message- > From: Tyler Longren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:44

Re: [PHP] bulletin board algorithm in php - how to write one?

2002-04-24 Thread John S. Huggins
Recursion is the way I manage this in my forum script. The database table for a particular forum topic does not have any concept of "threads" in the field data. Each message only knows who its parent is. If the parent ID = 0, then I know this is the first message of a virtual thread. Have a l

RE: [PHP] bulletin board algorithm in php - how to write one?

2002-04-24 Thread Stuart Dallas
Good description. One minor addition I would suggest: That schema only allows for one level of replies. Add a parentpostid to the posts table and you can easily handle replies to replies to replies to replies (etc) to a thread. Stuart -Original Message- From: Kevin Stone [mailto:[EMAIL P

[PHP] --> I N C L U D E < -- O R --> F O P E N < -- ?

2002-04-24 Thread Malouin Design Graphique
Hi, I am not a PHP programmer. (Sorry Guys;-) Although, I am working on a PHP portal type site, where I need to integrate as seemlessly(?) as possible an outside specialized leased Search Engine Service done with ASP (I suppose? ".asp"). I have been looking everywhere for this info. Just can't

Re: [PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Philip Olson
You can use implode _or_ serialize for this. $arr = array('a','b','c','d'); $vars1 = implode('|', $arr); // a|b|c|d $vars2 = serialize($arr);// try it :) And send one of the above strings through your "hidden" form element. Then upon use, either explode or unserialize it. Also consi

Re: [PHP] bulletin board algorithm in php - how to write one?

2002-04-24 Thread Kevin Stone
Plain english eh? Oookay... :) Well it's pretty obvious you'll want to store the data somehow. I'd recommend using a MySQL database. For a simple forum script you'll want to have two tables in your database. A Thread table and a Post table. The Thread table will store (threadid, username, su

[PHP] redirect to new page and pass variables too?

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
I am collecting some data on a page - test.php, ($layer which is an array of names). If checkbox is checked that user wants to change drawing order, I should redirect the browser to page - "updateHTML.php" which has necessary script to do that. I achieved redirection using header(), but can't pass

Re: [PHP] Apache->Php->MySql(GD,ZLib,LIBJPEG,LIBPNG)

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Thursday, April 25, 2002, at 06:03 AM, r wrote: > I know for some of you PHP gurus that you must be holding your stomach > and > laughing, I am laughing, but not at your request -- we're re-enacting quotes from Abe's Oddworld, the PlayStation game: "Follow me!" "eeEERE BOY!" "lookout!" "

[PHP] Apache->Php->MySql(GD,ZLib,LIBJPEG,LIBPNG)

2002-04-24 Thread r
Greetings all, I am pretty much still a virgin on PHP. :-) I have just started to learn about all the features and am migrating from java servlets. To make things easier on myself i have sucessfully installed Apache,MySql and PHP on my Win2k system without any problems. (after 4 hours of work and

[PHP] yet another session problem

2002-04-24 Thread Richard Fox
I am testing user-handling of sessions (mysql database) and just do not understand this behavior. my SESSION table is created as CREATE TABLE SESSION ( id varchar(32) NOT NULL default '', time timestamp(14) NOT NULL, user_id mediumint(8) NOT NULL default '-1', data text NOT NULL, PRIM

Re: [PHP] newbie: string manipulation

2002-04-24 Thread Alex Piaz
Try this: $file = "/usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile.html"; $file = basename($file); It will returns abigfile.html That´s it Regards Alex At 16:04 24/4/2002 -0400, ROBERT MCPEAK wrote: >I need code that grabs the file at the end of a file path. >I have this: > >/usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile

Re: [PHP] newbie: string manipulation

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
Try this, not the most efficient way. $names = explode("/", /usr/blah/); last_element = sizeof($names)-1; $name[last_element] = abigfile > I need code that grabs the file at the end of a file path. > I have this: > > /usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile.html > > And would like to return this: >

Re: [PHP] newbie: string manipulation

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 04:04, ROBERT MCPEAK wrote: > I need code that grabs the file at the end of a file path. > I have this: > > /usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile.html > > And would like to return this: > > abigfile.html Manual > Filesystem functions -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> w

Re: [PHP] newbie: string manipulation

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 04:04 PM, ROBERT MCPEAK wrote: > I need code that grabs the file at the end of a file path. > I have this: > > /usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile.html > > And would like to return this: > > abigfile.html > > Could somebody show me how to do this? http://www.php.n

[PHP] newbie: string manipulation

2002-04-24 Thread ROBERT MCPEAK
I need code that grabs the file at the end of a file path. I have this: /usr/blah/doh/yuck/wow/abigfile.html And would like to return this: abigfile.html Could somebody show me how to do this? Thank you! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php

[PHP] bulletin board algorithm in php - how to write one?

2002-04-24 Thread Phil Schwarzmann
I want to write a simple bulletin board in PHP. I want to use the typical parent-child (it's sorted by both date AND thread) type of bulletin board you see often on other websites. But I just can't figure out how to write some simple code to do this and keep track of all the threads. Any idea

Re: [PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 02:09, Kevin Stone wrote: > Concept is solid, method is wrong. Understand that is but > one index in the array. To produce an array with multiple indicies you > must create a separate for each value. Example.. > > > foreach ($layer as $lay) > { > echo

Re: [PHP] Setcookie problems...

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 03:27 PM, Pusta wrote: > When we are setting a cookie in a PHP page, that cookie cannot be > accessed > by any page in a different folder. When we move the pages into the same > folder, the cookies worked fine. Can anyone shed some light on this?? Is the dif

Re: [PHP] Destroy a session var passed as an argument

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 02:59 PM, Julio Nobrega Trabalhando wrote: > And this is how I use it: > > if (isset($_SESSION['forum']['error']['insert'])) { > echo showError($_SESSION['forum']['error']['insert'])); > } Try this: function showError(&$mensagem) { // print what

[PHP] Setcookie problems...

2002-04-24 Thread Pusta
Please help... When we are setting a cookie in a PHP page, that cookie cannot be accessed by any page in a different folder. When we move the pages into the same folder, the cookies worked fine. Can anyone shed some light on this?? Here is how we are setting the cookie: setcookie("cookiename",

[PHP] ldap_sort function

2002-04-24 Thread Jean-Rene Cormier
It's not documented in the manual yet and since I'm doing quite some LDAP stuff lately I think it would be useful so if anybody knows how to use it let me know. What I need is how do you define the "string sortfilter"? What's the syntax for that? Thanks Jean-Rene Cormier -- PHP General Mail

Re: [PHP] php in a layer trouble

2002-04-24 Thread Andrew Brampton
If you mean a layer as in a tag, then Netscape or any other browser shouldn't know or care that it was PHP. PHP is server side therefore the client knows nothing about the PHP or what jobs went on at the server... You most likly have a bug in your HTML that netscape just doesn't like to displ

Re: [PHP] Destroy a session var passed as an argument

2002-04-24 Thread Julio Nobrega Trabalhando
> And let me know if that works or doesn't work. (It's kind of a hunch, > hard to tell from your code if it will work.) Didn't. I still get the same error, using unset($mensagem). Also tried: global $mensagem; session_unregister($mensagem) Also tried: showError(&$_SESSION And a mix

Re: [PHP] replacing first occurence

2002-04-24 Thread Philip Olson
> What function can I use to replace just the first occurence > of a "," in a string? Let's replace the first , with a ! and if , does not exist at all let's not replace anything. Change according to taste: $str = 'Hello, I love you!'; if (($pos = strpos($str, ',')) !== false) {

[PHP] Re: pow() vs. float when doing match.

2002-04-24 Thread Jim Winstead
Scott Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks! That's explain it! One other question. Is the even number a > stable release and the odd number an unstable release? Just like the Red > Hat Linux or Perl as an example. Does that apply to PHP? nope. (this just happened to be broken in 4.1.

[PHP] php in a layer trouble

2002-04-24 Thread Robert
Has anyone ever had trouble with Netscape not displaying a layer with you put any php code in it? Anyone know a source for reading more about it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Destroy a session var passed as an argument

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 02:59 PM, Julio Nobrega Trabalhando wrote: > I have a simple function that returns a message: > > function showError ($mensagem) > { > return '' . $mensagem . ''; > } > > And this is how I use it: > > if (isset($_SESSION['forum']['error']['insert'])) {

[PHP] Destroy a session var passed as an argument

2002-04-24 Thread Julio Nobrega Trabalhando
Hi All! I have a simple function that returns a message: function showError ($mensagem) { return '' . $mensagem . ''; } And this is how I use it: if (isset($_SESSION['forum']['error']['insert'])) { echo showError($_SESSION['forum']['error']['insert'])); } But I want that when

RE: [PHP] what constants are in php like __FILE__

2002-04-24 Thread Johnson, Kirk
> I'm just curious what other constants in php are defined. > any hints where or how to find a list? http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.constants.php Kirk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Richard Baskett
Personally I would serialize and unserialize, but if you just want to pass the array the way you are doing it, you need to try this instead: This will create a bunch of hidden input types with your values. Cheers! Rick In order to seek truth it is necessary once in the course of our l

Re: [PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Kevin Stone
Concept is solid, method is wrong. Understand that is but one index in the array. To produce an array with multiple indicies you must create a separate for each value. Example.. foreach ($layer as $lay) { echo ""; } That will produce.. And when the subm

Re: [PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 02:02, Pushkar Pradhan wrote: > I want to pass a 1 dim. array through a form, I use the hidden field and > do as follows: > > foreach($layer as $lay) { >print "$lay "; > } > print "\"> > This generates the foll. source: > > > where actually it should be $layer[]

[PHP] Re: pow() vs. float when doing match.

2002-04-24 Thread Scott Fletcher
Thanks! That's explain it! One other question. Is the even number a stable release and the odd number an unstable release? Just like the Red Hat Linux or Perl as an example. Does that apply to PHP? THanks, Scott "Jim Winstead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[E

Re: [PHP] code with comments is here

2002-04-24 Thread Jason Wong
On Thursday 25 April 2002 00:14, Kirk Babb wrote: > I have a feeling I am making this much harder than it really is! I'm a new > programmer, and I am trying to output "x" number of characters per line > without splitting up the words in the string. I want to approach as best > as possible a cert

[PHP] passing array as hidden field

2002-04-24 Thread Pushkar Pradhan
I want to pass a 1 dim. array through a form, I use the hidden field and do as follows: This generates the foll. source: where actually it should be $layer[] = "a", "b", "c", i.e. it doesn't remain an array anymore and thus I cannot do array operations (eg. array_slice etc.) on it. Can a

Re: [PHP] comparing time (related question)

2002-04-24 Thread Erik Price
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 11:37 AM, Jackson Miller wrote: > When storing dates and times in databases is it better to store them as > UNIX timestamps or in one of the SQL date/time types? > > I am working on an application that takes school attendance and has > homework assignments, so I

Re: [PHP] Trimming text

2002-04-24 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
Miguel Cruz wrote: > Someone else has already provided you with a regex. I'll provide you with > a new question: Why store it that way? Just create a new field to hold the > name of the user who last modified the description. Then you don't have to > do all that processing, and you aren't unneces

Re: [PHP] Re: How to connect to mysql through JAVA?

2002-04-24 Thread Richard Fox
The last post is using the MySQL JDBC from a Java Server Page in a servlet environment. I never tried to run this from Java imbedded in a PHP script. You would have to remove the exception handling, at least. I dispatch a Java Server Page from my php script (write to a socket), do some java stuff

RE: [PHP] replacing first occurence

2002-04-24 Thread Steve Bradwell
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ereg-replace.php -Steve. -Original Message- From: Diana Castillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] replacing first occurence What function can I use to replace just the first oc

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