RE: [PHP] Pirate PHP books online?

2007-07-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> > The problem with that, though, is that a lot of publishers require > exclusivity, so an author is bound (no pun intended) by contract not > to publish elsewhere - including on their own website. > The idea of even offering an electronic version should be to drive sales for the hard copy.

RE: [PHP] duration of mp3 file

2007-07-11 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Allow bunnies ... > > Any takers on this ... I JUST want the duration of the mp3 > file - with a > small function if possible ... I honestly don't want to use a > class like > http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/112.html > > The coding is terrible and SERIOUSLY over inflated for what

RE: [PHP] About Fraud Prevention

2007-07-10 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I'm trying to make a program with PHP, that prevents > ecommerce fraud orders. > Technically, what's the most effective way to prevent fraud orders on > e-commerce web sites? That's a really general question. More specific questions generate more specific answers. My advice to you would be

RE: [PHP] Include images in php file

2007-06-28 Thread Jim Moseby
>...it is more handy to have just one file instead of a > folder system. Thats why $deity gave us gzip. ;-) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] PHP Brain Teasers

2007-06-26 Thread Jim Moseby
> On 6/26/07, Jim Moseby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Jim, I didn't get any parse errors when I tested it, it just > > > output the stuff. You're right though that is what > they say > > > > > > > >

RE: [PHP] PHP Brain Teasers

2007-06-26 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Jim, I didn't get any parse errors when I tested it, it just > output the stuff. You're right though that is what they say > Bah - thwarted (again) by PHP4. :( -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] PHP Brain Teasers

2007-06-26 Thread Jim Moseby
> So here's the first one (it's simple): > > > function at($level) { > $level == 10 ? $ret = "winner" : ''; > $level == 15 ? $ret = "try" : ''; > $level == 20 ? $ret = "first" : ''; > $level == 25 ? $ret = "user" : ''; > $level == 30 ? $ret = "place" :

RE: [PHP] Date

2007-06-20 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > How do I break $start_date into 3 variables --- 4 digit year, 2 digit > month and 2 digit day? > > $start_year = ; > $start_month = ; > $start_day = ; > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Date

2007-06-20 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > How do I break $start_date into 3 variables --- 4 digit year, 2 digit > month and 2 digit day? > > $start_year = ; > $start_month = ; > $start_day = ; > Can you give us an example of $start_date? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.n

RE: [PHP] Cannot un-subscribe from list

2007-06-15 Thread Jim Moseby
> I am currently trying to unsubscribe from this mailing list, > however I > am nor very successful in doing this. The mailer program will > refuse to > accept my address for removal, it will simply continue to > send mail to > my address. Why is this happening and how can I stop it? > > Mar

RE: [PHP] Calendar

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I did that and either they are not free or suck... dont appreciate the comment > > > On 6/13/07, Jim Moseby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Is there a decent free calendar? I just need to show a few events on a > > > calendar. > >

RE: [PHP] Calendar

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Is there a decent free calendar? I just need to show a few events on a > calendar. You could try your bank. They usually have free calendars, coffee mugs, pencils, etc. ;-) Seriously though, type 'php calendar' into google and see what happens. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php

RE: [PHP] need to collect credit card details

2007-06-13 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I have a paypal account setup and am going to upgrade to the virtual > terminal, however the client would like to collect the credit > card details > as security (he is a hotelier) > > Is it possible to securely send these details via the > internet or should I > suggest he just gets the

RE: [PHP] Going from simple to super CAPTCHA

2007-06-12 Thread Jim Moseby
> -Original Message- > From: Tijnema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:34 PM > To: Robert Cummings > Cc: tedd; Stut; Jim Lucas; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Going from simple to super CAPTCHA > > > On 6/12/07, Robert Cummings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [PHP] Re: any security problems with this?

2007-06-12 Thread Jim Moseby
> Ross wrote: > > I have a page of functions that I include in my page head. > In this I have a > > function to connect. I can then just call this on each page > when i need it. > > Does doing it this way cause any potential security risks? > > > > function connect() { > > $host="localhost"; >

RE: [PHP] need to alter FROM address when sending with PHP forms

2007-06-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > My company has a RH ES4 web server running apache/2.2.2 and PHP 5.1.4. > Our PHP programmer has developed quite a few PHP email forms and each > time an email is sent, the FROM: address is > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know if this is a PHP > problem or apache problem (or even a sendmail problem

RE: [PHP] Re: File Upload - post_max_size and upload_max_filesiz e in GBs

2007-06-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Any suggestion to use some other applet. Any freeware etc. Or > one not so > expensive and which overcomes this php's 1.99 gb limit. > I will again suggest http://radinks.com/upload/ . It does not use POST to transfer huge files. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To u

RE: [PHP] logging of sql queries - success/failed

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> I've got a script that imports several CSV files via the Load > Data File > command. > > I need to know if each import query was successful or failed. > > > > Is there a way to log the success/failure of each query including how > many rows were inserted? > > > I assum you are using

RE: [PHP] File Upload - post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in GBs

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > Rumor has it that uploaded files are stored in memory before being > > committed > > to disk. If so, the amount of free RAM available to PHP > would be the limit > > to the filesize regardless of the ini file settings. > > I don't think that is the case. File is written to temp > directo

RE: [PHP] File Upload - post_max_size and upload_max_filesize in GBs

2007-06-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hello, > > I want to allow uploading of huge video files, which may be > as big as 4 GB. But when I try to set > > post_max_size = 4G > upload_max_filesize = 4G > > in php.ini, it doesn't work and everything in post (posted > data) is ignored. > > I get a warning about size of posted da

RE: [PHP] More include issues

2007-06-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I have error_reporting set to E_ALL and display_errors is set to On. > > And no errors are displayed As a troubleshooting step, use require() instead if include(). It will return an error message if error_reporting() allows it to. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

RE: [PHP] Strings

2007-06-05 Thread Jim Moseby
> > your syntax is broken because of the weird quotes it seems. I agree. After replacing all the superscripted 2's and 3's with proper quotes, the examples both work as expected. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Did I find a bug in PHP 5.2.2?

2007-05-24 Thread Jim Moseby
> It worked yesterday. I don't have any idea what could cause your problem, but with your permission I think I'll have some t-shirts printed up with this slogan. ;-) JM --- "It worked yesterday." - unknown -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) T

RE: [PHP] Check if Record was Entered Today.

2007-05-24 Thread Jim Moseby
> -Original Message- > From: Rahul Sitaram Johari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 1:42 PM > To: PHP > Subject: [PHP] Check if Record was Entered Today. > > > > Ave, > > I have a dbase (dbf) database and I¹m using PHP¹s dbase > function to open & > search the

RE: [PHP] How to eject cd-rom with php code?

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hi all, > > I am writing a script and need to eject the cd-rom drive at > > some point. > > Does anyone have an idea how to do this? > > This is a simple command isn't it? > > I greatly appreciate your help > > Blessings, > > Chetanji > > Found this little snippet on the php.net site. ( > htt

RE: [PHP] How to eject cd-rom with php code?

2007-05-23 Thread Jim Moseby
> Hi all, > I am writing a script and need to eject the cd-rom drive at > some point. > Does anyone have an idea how to do this? > This is a simple command isn't it? > I greatly appreciate your help > Blessings, > Chetanji Found this little snippet on the php.net site. ( http://us2.php.net/manual

RE: [PHP] ftp root dir?

2007-05-22 Thread Jim Moseby
r? > > > Can I assume that all ftp_connect()s will make the current > dir the DOC_ROOT? > > If not, how can I insure the ftp root dir is the same as DOC_ROOT? > > You can't use the absolute path with ftp. > > chdir() doesn't change the ftp current dir. > > if you ftp_chdir() and it's already

[PHP] ftp_get() - OpenVMS - semicolon in filenames

2007-05-18 Thread Jim Moseby
I am trying to use the php ftp_* functions to access files on an OpenVMS UCX FTP server. I can log in and list the files, but I can't use ftp_get() to get any of them. Instead I get a 'file not found' back from ftp_get(). I think the problem is in OpenVMS naming conventions. OpenVMS saves files

RE: [PHP] IE7 => end tag?

2007-05-18 Thread Jim Moseby
> > The extra comma at the end of the array definition is still > valid syntax in > PHP. Try for yourself: > > php -r '$a = array("a" => "foo", "b" => "bar",); print_r($a);' Interesting. Do you mean 'Valid Syntax' in that it 'works without error', or 'Valid Syntax' in that 'it was designed to

RE: [PHP] IE7 => end tag?

2007-05-17 Thread Jim Moseby
> > #-- .meta info > include("../plugins/lib/pluginmetadata.php"); > $_cached = !empty($_POST); > ewiki_pmd($_cached); > #-- defaults for the separately handled database settings in $db[] > if (!($db = $_REQUEST["db"])) { > $db = array("type" => NULL, > "server" => "localhost", > "dbname" => "test

RE: [PHP] Reading & Writing XML Documents...

2007-05-14 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Can anyone point me to some good online reference/examples of > reading/writing XML documents? > With regards to PHP? Sure! http://us2.php.net/xml JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Re: Selecting a special row from the database

2007-05-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > About the sql injection, the db user I set for this has only select > privileges, should I be worried even with this ? > Absolutely. If I have select privs, I could possibly select passwords, credit card numbers, or whatever else sensitive info you have in your db. JM -- PHP General Mai

RE: [PHP] INSERT Array Values into mySQL Table

2007-05-02 Thread Jim Moseby
> > $sql = "INSERT INTO table (f1, f2, f3, ". implode(",", > array_keys($pr1)) .") > VALUES ('abc', '123', '456', ". implode(",", > array_values($pr1)) > .")"; > > HTH, > > Brad Might not work if the array values need to be enclosed in quotes. I would build the query string in a for

RE: [PHP] voucher manipulation

2007-04-24 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Alo, > > I have a client looking to do the following; > > There is a standard "voucher" design, in the format of JPG > ... now ... they > wish to create a voucher system where if you reach so many > points etc you > can claim a voucher (using the design) with a expiry date ... > current +

RE: [PHP] CSS vs. Tables OT

2007-04-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> In > fact, I may be going out on a limb here, but I challenge anyone to > describe a layout that isn't covered. I want a layout that looks identical in every browser without resorting to something like: switch($browser){ case 'IE':include('ie.css'); case 'Mozilla':include('mozilla.css')

RE: [PHP] redirect with header still not working

2007-04-17 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Have tried the full url for the header and it still doesn't > work. I may have > to resort to...javacript redirects unless someone can suggest > a way around > it. > > Here is the phpinfo(); > > http://s202801613.websitehome.co.uk/info.php > > > Is is 1and1 hosting if anyone had had an

RE: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Jim Moseby
> = = = Original message = = = > > Hey all, > > I have a need to allow a user to download multiple > sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. > I've been looking at various solutions via Google, > but have not seen one yet to do this. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction or

RE: [PHP] finding a particular record within a MySQL result set

2007-04-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > I've looked at those, but both approaches requires traversing > through > the entire mysql result set to create another array ( could > be memory > intensive if the result set is large...100,000 ? ) > > -James > I agree. That's why I said the mysql group will give you better answe

RE: [PHP] finding a particular record within a MySQL result set

2007-04-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > You will probably get a better approach from the mysql list, > but from a PHP > solution perspective, I'd load up an array with the result > set and use key() > to get the number. > > The example at http://php.net/key does exactly that. > Or array_search() :) JM -- PHP General Mailing

RE: [PHP] finding a particular record within a MySQL result set

2007-04-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I've cross posted this to the MySQL list... > > Here's my original post. > > > Is there some quick way to do the following in MySQL? (I know I > > can use PHP to search through the result set, but I wanted to see > > if there's a quick way using some sort of query) > > > > Let's say I k

RE: [PHP] php-mysql problem

2007-04-03 Thread Jim Moseby
> i need help regarding a sql query in my php app. > > the query is : > $SQL = "SELECT DISTINCT(EMail) FROM mena_guests WHERE > Voted = 'yes' > LIMIT $startingID,$items_numbers_list"; > > i want to sort this query by the number of the repeated EMail counts. > can anyone help me with that ple

RE: [PHP] Re: Random Unique ID

2007-03-21 Thread Jim Moseby
> Rabih Tayyem writes: > > > PS: I don't take credit for the code as it is a modified version of > > a code I found long time back (this same code is running on one of > > my applications for months without any problem).. > > Thanks. I'll find use for that! > > However, altho I know that by

RE: [PHP] IP to City detection

2007-03-21 Thread Jim Moseby
PHP] IP to City detection > > > There's a MaxMind's GeoLite City service for that. It's free. > > http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity > That is probably a better alternative than the one I sent, which relies on data from api.hostip.info. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.ne

RE: [PHP] IP to City detection

2007-03-21 Thread Jim Moseby
> Hi people, > > Is there a way to detect the city of a person based on the IP > address? I > mean something like ip2nation http://www.ip2nation.com/ but for cities > so I can use it in my PHP web application. > > Thanks for any help you can give me, > > -William > I have one that 'sort of'

[PHP] Keep the PHP list ON TOPIC! (was: [PHP] MYSQLyog)

2007-03-21 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Jonathan Kahan wrote: > > I will look at Jim's suggestion. I tried the % and it still failed. > > FYI-I have seen posts here much less related to PHP than my > own without > > such responses. > > so that make's your totally offtopic question okay then does? > I suppose you condone murder al

RE: [PHP] Problem with MySQL

2007-03-20 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > > Warning: mysql_select_db(): Access denied for user > 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in > z:\home\localhost\www\2.php on line 12 > > > > Warning: mysql_select_db(): A link to the server could not > be established in z:\home\localhost\www\2.php on line 12 > > > > Warning: mysql_qu

RE: [PHP] Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: [PHP] Re: Question on virus/worms

2007-03-15 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: > > No, I don't deserve anything because, as I've written in the > > original post (but I suppose you didn't notice), the website is > > outsourced and made by a 3rd company. Then you should be having this conversation with the 3rd party. They need to validate *EVERY*

RE: [PHP] Installing php and mysql on linux

2007-03-12 Thread Jim Moseby
> I am attempting to start the mysql rpm in Red hat as a first > step prior to > downloading and activating the php-mysql rpm. I was > attempting to follow > steps based on the link below. the php rpm is loaded and > activated as I have > been able to execute php scripts. When I attempt to fo

RE: [PHP] Intro to PHP question

2007-03-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > He wanted to use it for the web, so why should he try it out > on CL first? I agree, though trying something out at the CLI may be his only option if he doesn't have/want a webserver set up. > > I can offer a few MBs for everyone that wants to get learning PHP. > Motherboards? JM -- P

RE: [PHP] Joke of the day problem

2007-03-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hi, > > again me with the silly questions... > > I need a script that will take data from MySQL database and > display one > row each day. > > I have googled, but with no luck. > > The database retrieving mechanism is of course clear but I > really dont > know how to do a 24h delay bef

RE: [PHP] db query not working

2007-03-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> > It dumps the table fine, works the explode, outputs the string in the > echo command the way I expect, but doesn't place the value in > tmphitsmag > table. Does it insert an empty record? JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/uns

RE: [PHP] List all files in directory

2007-03-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Helder Lopes wrote: > > Hi people > > > > How to php give to me a list of all files in one directory > to make an > > editor??? > > if you can't figure out how to get a list of files from a directory > using php then how do you expect to write a fully fledged 'editor'? > > RTFM ... there a

RE: [PHP] Opinion on on-line payment and banking gateway

2007-03-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > He's not selling any physical product. He's selling services and > on-line videos. So I don't know if PayPal suits his needs. > > google/yahoo knows more than me :-) > > Paypal is perfect for his needs. They provide an API for use with PHP and are easy to set up and use. JM --

RE: [PHP] Help with a within week function

2007-03-05 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I have been trying to find a way to search a DB and match a > range within a > week ( php & mysql ). > > This doesn't make sense, so I will describe it in more detail. > > > > Hi everyone, > > I need help with a search, lets say a record has a date of > 2/5/2007 and if > someone visits

RE: [PHP] Problem with spam

2007-03-05 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hi, > > I have problem with spam over function mail. My clients have badly > written functions and I cannot find where. Is there in php simple > way to detect which script generate mail? I mean like header (in > case of returning mail) or log every using mail function etc. grep -l

RE: Fwd: [PHP] Highjack?

2006-11-14 Thread Jim Moseby
(Top posting, as seems to be the trend in this thread) Tedd, It might be that you are hosting on a shared host, and that the attacker compromised another site on that host giving him access to your (and everyone else's) web root. If that is the case, your hosting provider needs to look into thei

RE: [PHP] Screen Shots

2006-10-23 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Is there any way that I can get a script to take a screen > shot every minute > of all the users using my php website? > This is not a PHP question, but here's an answer anyway: With your users conscent, yes. There is a tiny utility that will take a screenshot at set intervals using th

RE: [PHP] I need an array of state abbrev to names...

2006-08-17 Thread Jim Moseby
> B/c I'm too busy (and lazy) to hand type it all in, wondering > if someone has > an array of state abbreviations to names like so... > > $states = array( > ... > 'NY' => 'New York', > 'WA' => 'Washington', > ... > ); > I have one somewhere, but I'm too lazy to go find it for you.

RE: [PHP] Re: INPUT

2006-08-10 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > By the last answers i saw that someone do not understand wath > i wanted to > say. > > My strigs are always rightly escaped, but when i get it into > a html form > like it gets type="text" value="Sony 29" TV"> that is, the value of my > input field lost > part of the content. >

RE: [PHP] Declaring variables from the url

2006-08-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> PHP list, > > I have many times set the value of a variable by declaring it in the > URL, like so: > > http://www.domain.com/index.php?var=1 > > And then, to use the variable, all I have to do is use it in > the script, > like so: > > echo "This is the value of the variable: " . $var; > >

RE: [PHP] saving and retrieving an array from a database

2006-08-07 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hi, > > I have an array of values. I want to save them with php to a > single field in > my database and then retrieve them to an array. > > > What is the simplest way to achive this? > > http://us3.php.net/serialize Cheers! JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To u

RE: [PHP] php behind firewall

2006-08-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Jim Moseby wrote: > > > > Found it: > > > > http://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2005/fingerprinting/ > > Thanks! Interesting stuff... > > Regards, > Austin. No problem. My recollection of the technique was a bit off, but the concep

RE: [PHP] php behind firewall

2006-08-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Jim Moseby wrote: > > > > I recently read an article about IP fingerprinting. The > concept is that > > every PC-NIC-CABLE-FIREWALL combination has subtle, but measurable > > differences in the way they communicate. It was very > in-depth, but it >

RE: [PHP] php behind firewall

2006-08-04 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Thanks. > > Not that I have done this on the net, but has anyone thought about > using a fuzzy logic approach to the problem? While it wouldn't be a > perfect solution, you could set a threshold you're comfortable with. > > Also while your DNA comment was meant to be humorous, it's not a b

RE: [PHP] card scanners and PHP

2006-07-26 Thread Jim Moseby
> > For our retail application (written in PHP) we are looking for a class > that will work with a scanner to scan a driver's license or business > card and populate the forms properly with that data. I have found a > product (IDScan) that may work with PHP, but I was hoping to > find others > to

RE: [PHP] xml v php question

2006-07-25 Thread Jim Moseby
> > On Tue, July 25, 2006 3:15 pm, Kevin Waterson said: > > This one time, at band camp, Larry Garfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> The correct answer is (b). (PHP 6 won't even have short > tags, so get > >> used to > >> not having them.) > > > > ummm, I think it was decided to stay

RE: [PHP] PAYMENT TRANSACTION

2006-07-20 Thread Jim Moseby
> BBC wrote: > > How are you all? > > I hope some body can give me some references for internet payment. > > I made a kind of shopping cart in my project; even though I > was doubt in making it caused I don't have any idea how to > make internet > > transaction. But I just heard from a friend of

RE: [PHP] Basic PHP knowledge test

2006-07-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> > We're looking to hire an entry level php programmer here, and > I've been > tasked with writing the test to evaluate the potential candidates. > Being the lazy guy that I am, I naturally turned to Google to > see if I > could find some tests that I could use. After clicking thru > many

RE: [PHP] Separation between View and State (The Back Button)

2006-07-13 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Let's say you have a "Buy" button that posts a form to a script that > inserts or increments the quantity of a record in a shopping cart > table. So you click "Buy" and then "Checkout". Now if you hit the Back > button it asks the user if they would like to repost the form. If you > click "Ok"

RE: [PHP] Update or add?

2006-06-30 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I have a table where I want to update each record with today's date > as it's hit, or add the record if it's not in there: > > +--+-++ > | id | creation_date | last_hit | > +--+-++ > > I'm trying to do this with a minimu

RE: [PHP] Update site through email

2006-06-29 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hy guys I'd like to know if there is a way to update a site through > sending an email. Something like this, you send an email and the body > of the email substitutes a text you use in your site. Igreat apreciate > any help since I couldn't find anything on this topic. How much time did you s

RE: [PHP] Single quotes verses double quotes default behavior wit h DW --------> (Pretty much 0T )

2006-06-28 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Just how does one launch a "DOS" attack? > > c:\ fdisk > c:\ format > Repeat as needed > echo Y | format c: /q/u -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] A variable inside a variable?

2006-06-26 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Thanks for your help with my other question, heres a new one for you. > > I need to nest a variable, inside another variable. For example: > > $($buildingname)level > > How (if at all) is this possible? http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php JM -- PHP General Mail

RE: [PHP] Restrict uploaded scripts

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Wouldn't it even be posible, if the script couldn't be run > directly, but > had to be run through require or something like that? > Require just includes the code inline. It still runs on the webserver as the server user as if it were one big script. I think you would have to sanitize th

RE: [PHP] Restrict uploaded scripts

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Wouldn't they still be able to overwrite each other? > I don't think I expressed myself clearly. The point of the > protection is > to keep the scripts from overwriting each other on purpose. It was a > protection that would make it posible to upload scripts, even if you > were not completly

RE: [PHP] server sending notifications to clients

2006-06-08 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hi All, > > Is there a way for the server to notify the client about an > event, provided > the client was online in the past X minutes? > > To elaborate: > > A client comes online. A script PHP executes (serves the client), and > terminates. Now if a new event occurs, how can the server

RE: [PHP] Can a script run twice?

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Apparently the problem isn't solvable by using tokens, sessions, > locking, and such. So why not just check the dB to see if the current > record has already been entered? If so, don't do it again. > > Isn't this a solution? Or is there something here that I'm > not understanding? ...or m

RE: [PHP] Encryption Advice

2006-05-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> Are there any employees who have access to this PC? What sort of > background checks have you run on every employee? > > Do you REALLY want to run the risk of having to DESTROY your > reputation with all your customers? > Not only all that, but suppose one of your customers has his CC info

RE: [PHP] Encryption Advice

2006-05-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> --- Koen Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But your unencrypted data is there, so someone could > > possibly snoop > > that from the insecure memory. > > This is true. > > I am going to ask the hosting company to setuid gpg as > root. That should solve one problem (from gpg docs): > >

RE: [PHP] Encryption Advice

2006-05-19 Thread Jim Moseby
> > For an ecommerce site where sensitive data is stored > either in files, or in a database, have you used some > form of encryption to protect your customer's data? > > I have a client who currently uses a Perl scripted > shopping cart that stores orders (including credit > card numbers) in pl

RE: [PHP] Re : a searching problem in lists

2006-05-17 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Oops, sorry for my last mail. Not the good mailing-list :-) > Au contraire. This *IS* the good mailing list. Just not the *right* one. ;-) JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] BDC to ASCII Conversion

2006-05-11 Thread Jim Moseby
> Yes...typo...I am a dyslexic dog > In dog we trust ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] remove html tags in text?

2006-05-11 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Hello everyone, > > Say, if I have a paragraph like this: > > == > John Smith > > Dr. Smith is the directory of http://some.center.com";>Some > Center . His research interests include Wireless > Security > == > > Any functions that can help remove all the HTML tags in it? > What ab

RE: [PHP] check socket status

2006-05-10 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Jim Moseby wrote: > > Your server is *nix? You could: > > > > $netstat_info=`netstat -l`; // notice back-tics > > > > ...then parse through the output. > > > > JM > > `netstat -l | grep 5514` gives me information about listening >

RE: [PHP] check socket status

2006-05-10 Thread Jim Moseby
> Hi > > I need to check if socket on some port is listened by some service. > > How could I do this ? > Your server is *nix? You could: $netstat_info=`netstat -l`; // notice back-tics ...then parse through the output. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

RE: [PHP] php 3 to 5 upgrade: foreach loop no longer working

2006-04-18 Thread Jim Moseby
> > It's a major security hole if left on ;) > And convincing people to plug that hole was not happening, so > something > more major was needed. Only if the programmer uses it. As I understand it, register_globals being on doesn't present a security risk in and of itself as long as the progra

RE: [PHP] user authentication

2006-04-11 Thread Jim Moseby
> i do not see really realistic if everytime that a new user is > registered to > my application, i have to create him a profile for MySQL database. Is there a reason you need to have each user login into mysql individually? Most often a single login is used for the script to log into the databa

RE: [PHP] Omit warnings per script?

2006-04-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> Brian Dunning wrote: > > Is there a way to get PHP to not throw warnings on a > per-script basis? > > > > Yes. > > ini_set() > or error_reporting() JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] php security

2006-04-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Cool Chris I'm going to take a look at that movie. Dallas there is a > section at the top of the ini file that lists some directives and > their status to address security or performance issues, but as Chris > mentioned your code could be as big of a risk as anything so pay > attention to th

RE: [PHP] Php Script Stumped!

2006-04-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> Hi. Hi! > doing this script for an assignment, and got it basically working. > the only problems are: > Assignment, eh? Generally, folks on the PHP list will not do your homework for you. But I'll offer some light nudges in the right direction for you. > > 1. wen i load the user form, the

RE: [PHP] Failed MySQL queries

2006-04-05 Thread Jim Moseby
> > Rather than using the following, which simply displays a > white screen with > the die message, is there a way to add the die message to the > body of the > original form page, such as in a variable, so that I can > display the message > on the original form page with all the values already

RE: [PHP] I have a mktime problem

2006-03-30 Thread Jim Moseby
> > > > > I'm having an weird issues with the date and mktime function thing > > getting unexpected results, and I was wondering if y'all > > could help clue > > me in as to what is wrong. > > Here's the code I'm running: > > echo date(M, mktime(0,0,0,2)) . "\n"; Where the 2 is > > the

RE: [PHP] I have a mktime problem

2006-03-30 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I'm having an weird issues with the date and mktime function thing > getting unexpected results, and I was wondering if y'all > could help clue > me in as to what is wrong. > Here's the code I'm running: > echo date(M, mktime(0,0,0,2)) . "\n"; Where the 2 is > the month. > Now when I

RE: [PHP] Can "output_buffering" be set in a script?

2006-03-30 Thread Jim Moseby
> > I do not have access to the php.ini file and I need to have > output_buffering turned on. Can this be done within a script? If your web host allows it, you may be able to set it with ini_set(). See www.php.net/ini_set and also http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.outcontrol.php#ini.output-buff

RE: [PHP] IP Address Filtering

2006-03-29 Thread Jim Moseby
> I¹ve run into a slight problem. We maintain a Guestbook for > our company¹s > website. Lately we have been getting a lot of ³Spam² entries into the > Guestbook. > > I added a snippet into the PHP Script & a field in the mySQL > database to > record the IP Address of posters. However, for th

RE: [PHP] Random value from ini file

2006-03-28 Thread Jim Moseby
> I have an ini file that has: > 1 = "words"; > 2 = "words1"; > 3 = "words3"; > > I want to pull a rand value and print it out > I'm trying to use parse_ini_file but its not working any help would > be great. > Thanks You could read them all into an array then use array_rand() to pick one. ht

RE: [PHP] where php at?

2006-03-27 Thread Jim Moseby
> > >Dagnabit! Contact your host provider, they will tell you. > > > 10 Been there > 20 Done that > 30 GOTO 10 > > Thanks anyway. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Creating a unique index ID

2006-03-13 Thread Jim Moseby
> I've got a project where I'm taking form information from the user and > writing records to several tables in a MySQL database. > > The problem I'm having is I need to write a unique number for the ID > column of the records. Auto increment won't work because I could have > conflicts due to rep

RE: [PHP] Mysql Rows

2006-03-06 Thread Jim Moseby
> > What I find interesting in all of this exchange -- however -- is that > everyone agree's renumbering the "id" of a dB is something you don't > do, but no one can come up with a concrete (other than relational) > reason why. If you don't care that a given record may have a different, unpr

RE: [PHP] Mailto members..?

2006-03-01 Thread Jim Moseby
> > This type of email may be more susceptible to being caught > in spam traps. > > Check with your webhost to learn of any limits to the > number of recipients > > per message, and number of messages per day/hour/etc. > > > > JM > > Aha.. that's a reason good enough for me for not using this me

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