Re: [PHP] pass text variables to next page

2011-08-08 Thread Tamara Temple
On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:58 PM, Chris Stinemetz wrote: I am trying to pass text strings from on page to a next to populate the queries on the passed to page. The only way I can get the query to work is if I am able to put single ticks around the string to make it literal, but I can't seem to figu

[PHP] pass text variables to next page

2011-08-08 Thread Chris Stinemetz
I am trying to pass text strings from on page to a next to populate the queries on the passed to page. The only way I can get the query to work is if I am able to put single ticks around the string to make it literal, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it for the following line of code. ech

RE: [PHP] form hidden value

2011-08-08 Thread Dajka Tamas
First: use firebug, or something like that, and check what's get "written" in the page's source! Second: dump $_POST/$_GET, and check, whether "id" is set at all Is your input field between the and tags? Cheers, Tamas -Original Message- From: Chris Stinemetz [mailto:chrissti

Re: [PHP] form hidden value

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel P. Brown
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 17:23, Chris Stinemetz wrote: > > You should drop the quotes around the $id[] array, and also figure out how you want to extract the element from the array. For example: -- Dedicated Servers, Cloud and Cloud Hybrid Solutions, VPS, Hosting (866-) 725-4321

[PHP] form hidden value

2011-08-08 Thread Chris Stinemetz
I'm trying to pass a hidden value with my form submission. Not sure what I am doing woring, but the value is not being passed. Query is___ $query = "SELECT id, store_name FROM store_list WHERE store_type = '$type' AND id_market = '$market' " ; $result = mysql_query($query) or die(rep

Re: [PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel P. Brown
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 16:41, Andre Polykanine wrote: > >      For sure. But I'm asking: why it doesn't return 0 if it is not an array? > Logically: no array - no items! No, actually, if it's a string, it's a single item --- thus, 1. The documentation should probably reflect that as well. I

Re: [PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 8 Aug 2011, at 21:41, Andre Polykanine wrote: > DPB> does it return the number of characters within a string --- instead, > DPB> as you likely know, you'd use strlen(). > > For sure. But I'm asking: why it doesn't return 0 if it is not an array? > Logically: no array - no items! The ma

Re: [PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Andre Polykanine
Hello Daniel, DPB> does it return the number of characters within a string --- instead, DPB> as you likely know, you'd use strlen(). For sure. But I'm asking: why it doesn't return 0 if it is not an array? Logically: no array - no items! -- With best regards from Ukraine, Andre Sk

Re: [PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Daniel P. Brown
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 16:20, Andre Polykanine wrote: > Hi everyone, > >                            As we all know, count() returns 1 if the variable > is not an array. > Question is: why in the world does it this? If a variable is *notA* an array, > it contains *zero* array elements. > You can

Re: [PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Simon J Welsh
On 9/08/2011, at 8:20 AM, Andre Polykanine wrote: > Hi everyone, > >As we all know, count() returns 1 if the variable > is not an array. > Question is: why in the world does it this? If a variable is *notA* an array, > it contains *zero* array elements. > You can ans

[PHP] A php bug or?..

2011-08-08 Thread Andre Polykanine
Hi everyone, As we all know, count() returns 1 if the variable is not an array. Question is: why in the world does it this? If a variable is *notA* an array, it contains *zero* array elements. You can answer: "but no, man, you can say $x="world"; $y=$x{3}; // $y="l"

Re: [PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

2011-08-08 Thread Richard Quadling
On 8 August 2011 15:08, Jen Rasmussen wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I am currently researching security best practices/methods. Can anyone offer > any current resources/recommendations? > > My research thus far has included password hashing with salting/stretching, > session hash defaults, session m

Re: [PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

2011-08-08 Thread Fredric L. Rice
> I am currently researching security best > practices/methods. Can anyone offer > any current resources/recommendations? That is a huge arena and the question can not be answered very well without describing what you are needing to protect. Security in debth depends upon what you are protecting a

RE: [PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

2011-08-08 Thread Jen Rasmussen
Thanks, Andrew! I am unfortunately not even running 5.2..so that helps. Jen -Original Message- From: Andrew Ballard [mailto:aball...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 9:57 AM To: j...@cetaceasound.com Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

Re: [PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

2011-08-08 Thread Andrew Ballard
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Jen Rasmussen wrote: [snip] > > On a side note, PHP versions prior to 5.3+ do not allow to set the httponly > flag as a cookie parameter, is there any acceptable alternative for this? I believe that has been supported since 5.2.0. As for a workaround for versions

[PHP] PHP Security: Best Practices

2011-08-08 Thread Jen Rasmussen
Hello all, I am currently researching security best practices/methods. Can anyone offer any current resources/recommendations? My research thus far has included password hashing with salting/stretching, session hash defaults, session management & authentication, and prepared statements via PDO