Re: [PHP] Struggling with MySQL query

Thank you all for the various suggestions. It now works with this: $find = strip_tags($find); $find = trim($find); $data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM news_items WHERE headline LIKE '%$find%'"); Another "newb" question: does strip_tags() help at all in preventing SQL injection attacks? Kind reg

[PHP] Struggling with MySQL query

Hi I have a simple from which uses the post method to get to my page script results.php in results.php I have $find=$_POST["find"]; //this works perfectly, echo $find gives me the search term as entered I then connect to mysql and select the db successfully. After that, I have the following:

[PHP] Re: Unanticipated characters returned from multidimensional array

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > > I haven't look through it long enough to find out about the characters, > but try this: > > foreach($tableNews as $headline => $text){ > echo ""; >echo $text['text']; >echo ""; >echo $text['user']['name']; >echo ""; > }

[PHP] Unanticipated characters returned from multidimensional array

Hullo list Like so many of those asking questions I'm new to PHP (in fact, new to programming altogether - I'm a medical doctor in my "other" life). Some of what I show below is very likely redundant, so any pointers (beyond the question asked) would be most welcome I'm really struggling in the

Re: [PHP] php editor

riting php code. I was considering of using some kind of php editor program to help with the syntax. Know any goog ones? Thanks -Will -- ------ David Green Information Centre, Central Science Laboratory Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ Phone: +44 (0)1904 4

[PHP] Re: [suspicious - maybe spam] [PHP] [suspicious - maybe spam] strange in MySQL Query.

Why not ask a MySQL mailing list? [snip] .. is this mysql bug ? [/snip] -- -- David Green Information Centre, Central Science Laboratory Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ Phone: +44 (0)1904 462388 (GTN: 5129 2388) Fax:+44 (0)1904 462111 E-Mail

Re: [PHP] Preventing execution without inclusion

be in the beginning of all the class files, at the top, before any other code was to be executed. As of yet, it has eluded me... -- ------ David Green Information Centre, Central Science Laboratory Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ Phone: +44 (0)1904 46

Re: [PHP] email processing

know how to process the email that coming to our mailbox and process the message inside with PHP. can someone recommend me a PHP class that has been created for handling this task ? -- -- David Green Information Centre, Central Science Labo

[PHP] Showing absolute path in $_FILES

Quick file question. I want to have a user locate a file, and have the absolute path be saved as a variable. I have a form of type "file". In the form tag, I have enctype="multipart/form-data". On the target page, I call it by using $file = $_FILES['file']['name']. When i navigate to the file