[PHP] RE: starting session with AJAX

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
Nevermind. It was a simple mistake - I had "session_start()" on the page the ajax was calling from, but not at the beginning of the php script it was calling to.

[PHP] RE: starting session with AJAX

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
I found two small errors in the isLoggedIn(), which are corrected below. They don't have any effect on the issue at hand though. ** function isLoggedIn($debug = 0){ global $COOKIE_NAME; // if there is an active session. if (isset($_SESSION) && $_SESSION['sessDBID'] !=

RE: [PHP] user permissions

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
> As described, a "role" appears to act essentially the same as a "group" > - a predefined set of permissions that can be assigned to multiple > users (as opposed to a set of permissions unique to the user). [JP] I should say, the logic of a role is essentially the same as the logic behind a grou

RE: [PHP] user permissions

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
> > In this mechanism, does a "role" differ significantly from a "group"? > I have to admin a CRM system that has both roles /and/ groups, and it > always seems a bit excessive. But maybe there's some benefit to roles, > as such, that I'm not seeing. > > Thanks, Ben [JP] As described, a "role"

[PHP] starting session with AJAX

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
Ok, so I've got an authentication/login form that is "powered by" ajax. The user logs in, is authenticated, and the last step is to start a session and save the necessary information in the $_SESSION vars. For some reason, it appears (and almost of makes sense) that the session that is started vi

[PHP] Re: Login should not allow users to login if the application is logged in with the same login credentials

2009-08-29 Thread John Pillion
"Balasubramanyam A" wrote in message news:<893c34ce0908270424n2d81596dq8529f13818dc9...@mail.gmail.com>... > Hello, > > I've written a simple application, where users need to login to access the > features of the application. I want to develop login system such that, if > user is already logged i

Re: [PHP] checking local file size

2008-12-17 Thread John Pillion
> > I tried installing it like the documentation said... but I got the > > following errors. I contacted the hosting service (dreamhost) and they > > said they don't > > provide support for pecl, though they do support perl. Anyone? > > > > -- > > > > $ pecl install uploadprogress > > > >

RE: [PHP] checking local file size

2008-12-16 Thread John Pillion
> > I already downloaded that, thanks. How do I apply it is my question. > > There's no documentation for the installation of it, that I see > > 'Course it is :) > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.pecl.php > > Linked from here: http://pecl.php.net/doc/index.php > I tried installing

RE: [PHP] checking local file size

2008-12-16 Thread John Pillion
>> "Bojan Tesanovic" > wrote in message >> news:>... >>> Well you need to know the TMP file name that has been in progress of >>> upload, it is usually at /tmp folder >> >> I know how to get that... >> >>> also you need to know the actual size of file uploading, there is an >>> extension for

Re: [PHP] checking local file size

2008-12-16 Thread John Pillion
"Bojan Tesanovic" wrote in message news:... > Well you need to know the TMP file name that has been in progress of > upload, it is usually at /tmp folder I know how to get that... > also you need to know the actual size of file uploading, there is an > extension for PHP that will give you

Re: [PHP] custom php.ini

2008-12-16 Thread John Pillion
""Daniel Brown"" wrote in message news:... > I'm not certain about their configuration, but does DreamHost have > AllowOverrides turned on in their httpd.conf? > > If so, just place a full php.ini file in your root web directory > (not just the line for uploads_tmp_dir, but an entire

[PHP] google books

2008-03-24 Thread John Pillion
Not a PHP question. but could someone point me in the direction of how to download/display only a portion of a PDF, much like google books does? For example, if you have a 200 page pdf, but the user wishes to see the portion that is on page 150. rather than downloading the entire PDF, only downloa

[PHP] RE: php/mysql - getting ID of query

2007-08-21 Thread John Pillion
Thanks guys, that's exactly what I was looking for J -Original Message- From: M. Sokolewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 4:51 PM To: John Pillion Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: php/mysql - getting ID of query John Pillion wrote: > This is

[PHP] php/mysql - getting ID of query

2007-08-21 Thread John Pillion
This is as much a mysql question as it is php. What is the most reliable way to retrieve an auto_increment key/id for a query you just inserted? In other words, I compile all my data, insert it into a new row, and now I want to retrieve the ID it created for it in the ID/key field. Without

[PHP] test for multi-dim array

2007-08-16 Thread John Pillion
I'm trying to recursively loop through a multi dimensional array with unknown keys and unknown values, and echo the keys/values to a sql statement, where the key is the field, and the value is the. value. What I want to do is test an array index to see if it has any children indices (which then

RE: [PHP] audio recorder

2007-07-30 Thread John Pillion
> -Original Message- > From: Tijnema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 4:25 PM > To: John Pillion > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] audio recorder > > On 7/31/07, John Pillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not e

[PHP] audio recorder

2007-07-30 Thread John Pillion
Not exactly a php question. but I'm doing the project in php, so does that count? ;-) A client of mine wants a simple audio recorder for users to record a short clip/message for other users. anyone recommend any simple audio recorder applets or similar that can easily be integrated with php?

[PHP] sendmail loop

2007-04-13 Thread John Pillion
I have a sendmail script that loops through an array of email addresses. the problem is, the list can sometimes be fairly long, and the page does not finish loading until the loop has completed. Currently, I have the majority of the page loading, including text that says "messages sending, please

RE: [PHP] Checking file existence

2006-11-15 Thread John Pillion
Very nifty Brad, One addition though, so she/you can work back from any point: $i = 0; $start = strtotime("2006-10-05 12:05am"); while(count($img_array) < 5) { $year = date("Y", strtotime("-$i minutes", $start)); $month= date("m", strtotime("-$i minutes", $start)); $d