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I have recently written a script that I feel is somewhat useful. My problem is that I am having a problem getting it out and around. What is an effective way to get my script out there without being an annoying a$$h0le? I dont want to do like unsolicited mailing, etc... but just want to know how oth...

Ok, Ill try to explain in more detail. Im writing a statistics program that has an ip filter. Basically, it will exclude certain ip ( or patterns ) from the stats it collects. Currently, I have it stored in a php file where one would have to enter the data in a syntax-correct array. I want to store ...

I have a dropdown box that contains multiple selections... I want to be able to save this to a database. My form method is POST... when i tried to save it, it did a var_dump($_POST); and it will only save what is selected... if nothing is selected, it wont pass anything. How can I get the contents o...

hmmm....im not sure then, sorry :( If your variables are coming through ok ( did you use a var_dump($_POST); to verify? ) then I dont see what else could be wrong. Perhaps one of the guru's has some suggestions :) I checked the manual and they had a couple of comments regarding windows users. Might ...

Maybe its an "auto_global" problem. I think this setting by default is on, and most webservers turn it off due to hazards. When you reference a variable from page to page (for instance, a text field or a hidden field), do not reference it by $field_name... you have to reference it by $_GET["field_na...

ok, so change it to this: <? for ($i = 1; $i < 23; $i++) { ?> <area shape="rect" coords="<? echo $x.$i.",".$y.$i.",".($x.$i+10).",".($y.$i+10); ?>" href="<? echo "$PHP_SELF?a_cor=1"; ?>" alt="<? echo $ponto.$i[2]; ?>"> <? } ?> and if $ponto is an array, why are you accessing it like "$ponto.$i[2]" ?...

But then what happens if someone just "closes a browser", or their session times out... the script would not have a chance to update the database if the user tried to login again would it?

Are you getting any errors? I do noticed that you missed some semi-colon's on the end of your echo statements. Try appending those and see what happens.

I am not 100% sure as I have never done it myself. I searched the net for a few minutes... this site might help:

http://www.alt-php-faq.org/local/65/

I didnt read into details, but looked like it could do it.

best of luck

Will

Unless im mistaken, you will have to encrypt the message using someting similar to PGP.

Ah, I see what i was doing wrong. What i was over looking before was PHP returning to the point (basically going back to after the if statement ten times in my example) and continuing (sp?) on with the rest of the function. I edited the code to this: function display_tree($temp) { echo "Before check...

I come to web programming from an extensive background in client side C++ programming. Im used to recursion in alot of my previous programs and was wondering if PHP supports such a concept. I had tried a simple script and it didnt work as I anticipated. Take this for instance: function display_tree(...

hello I thank you for your response. I know have some questions though. If memory serves me right, then "^" and "$" match the beginning and end of a string, respectively. What does the "+" do? Do you know where I could find some good docs on regular expressions? Im kinda new to them and want to star...

I have a question. I thought that I understood regular expressions, but I guess I dont. Could anyone lend a helping hand? I have this: preg_match("/([0-9]{2})([a-zA-Z])([0-9]{1,4})/i", $_POST["job_number"], $mat); var_dump($mat); and the input ($_POST["job_number"]) would be 02PR500 and I want to sp...

How dont they seem secure? They are not sent across the internet and the only way to obtain their data without you is to hack the actual server itself (and then you have to know where the session data is kept). I noticed by default its in the /tmp in Linux, and wherever in Windows (I believe its the...

alright, sounds good. Ill look around for some resource from phpMyAdmin and mySQL and see what i can find out... ill probably email my webhost as well to see if it they allow it

thanks alot for your help dvdbinternet

Will

So I can set up phpMyAdmin to control a mySQL database remotely just by changing say the server from "localhost" to whatever the ip is?

No
At least not to my knowledge

Im not sure about refreshing, but you could use session variables. When you log out, you can set a session variable to false, and just check that on every page you want to keep secure. This would work if I understand your question clearly, but im not sure if I do. Let me know.

Will

Is it possible to remotely control a mySQL database. For instance, can I control the database from my house on a server with a webhosting company somewhere in new york (without having to login to my control panel).

Thanks


Will

Well then, I suggest you start reading :) From looking at the script a second time, I would suggest finding another one. There are a ton of poll scripts out there ( http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Polls_and_Voting/ ) and im sure if you looked long enough, you would even find one t...

The only real part you can control is how fast the PHP is rendered (or parsed) and sent back... you can control net congestion and other factors like that. The best way would be to run a serious of test (ie run your script many many times) with debugging code telling you how long certain parts of yo...

Yes

PHP Docs wrote:$_POST
Variables provided to the script via HTTP POST. Analogous to the old $HTTP_POST_VARS array (which is still available, but deprecated).

Will

If you understand programming, its pretty self-explanatory. You get the number of results from a database, and print out a graphic with different widths depending on the percentage of each answer. Dont really know what else you want.

Will