[PHP] session help

session vars and destroys the session then header()ing back out to the login page... however... no matter what login i try... it always saves the session values fromt he first session... i am having a terrible time killing the session someone please please help me... thank you, jay merritt

[PHP] Stress Test Script?

Does anyone have a good php script that will test (i.e. benchmark) my MySQL machine and my Web server? Thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] GZip

I have the "output_handler = ob_gzhandler" turned on in the php.ini file so it will automatically compress all my pages. I was just wondering what is a good zlib.output_compression level to put it on or is the default (4kb) a good size? thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/

[PHP] Server Running Slow

Hello- I'm running Engarde Linux v1.2 (a secure version of Linux) and it has PHP 4.0.6 installed on it as default (if asked I will explain why it's such an old version). When I run Apache's "ab" command the results I am getting in return are not very good. Almost 10 seconds for a script to run.

[PHP] Quick Question about Classes

When you define a new class can you do the following? $className = "Parent"; class $className { }; Thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] OO Question

I was wondering can I create a new Object inside of a different class? class One { //constructor function One { $this->two = new Two; $this->test = $this->two->test(); } } Can you do that? If so is that how you do it? Thanks. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe

[PHP] GET data in URL

I just installed php 4.2.1 and i have a couple of URL's that pass variables through links (www.domain.com/index.php?test=123) and when I run that it comes up on the next page and the test variable is empty? I can't figure this out but if I had to guess I would think it's some setting in the php.i

Re: [PHP] GET data in URL

data in URL PHP now comes with register_globals set to OFF by default, as far as I'm aware. You can access the variables using $_POST['variable'] and $_GET['variable'], or turn register_globals back ON. :o) Martin >>> "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[PHP] Newbie question

What does the ++ do? Why ++ and not just one + Thanks -Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] php/mysql simple math

I have created a table which has a column called cost. How do I add up all the numerical data in the cost column and display that on a webpage? -Thanks -Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Form Question

For me, using FastTemplate & calling back the same script is the best idea. Using flags, you can have a different response by using a different template, yet retain all the POST data. HTH, At 03:49 AM 10/22/2001, Chip Landwehr wrote: >I got a form that a user fills out. When they hit submit t

[PHP] VB-->PHP

Hi! Can someone pelase help me to convert the following Vbscript code to PHP, i am really sucky at Regular Expression: -CODE VBSCRIPT- Function IsValid(strData,blIncludeAlpha,blIncludeNumeric) Dim regEx, retVal,strPtrn Set regEx = New RegExp If blIncludeAlpha Then strPt

Re: [PHP] VB-->PHP

Jason Wong wrote: On Thursday 29 July 2004 17:00, Jay wrote: Can someone pelase help me to convert the following Vbscript code to PHP, i am really sucky at Regular Expression: Why don't you state your problem in English so that even those people not familiar with VB will understand and thu

Re: [PHP] VB-->PHP

Ni Shurong wrote: I did not test it:) function isValid($strData, $bIncludeAlpha=false, $bIncludeNumber=false) { switch(true) { case $bIncludeAlpha && !$bIncludeNumber: $ptr = "/^[a-zA-Z]+/"; break; case !$bIncludeAlpha && $bIncludeNumber: $ptr

[PHP] Problems with is_dir()

Hi! I am trying to list all files and dirs in a directory. But i encountered some problems with is_dir() function. is_dir tells med that it all is files when i know for a fact that there is one dir in the directory ("dir1"). Can someone tell me why this don´t work?: "; }

Re: [PHP] Problems with is_dir()

Ni Shurong wrote: you must do it like this: "; } } closedir($handle); clearstatcache(); } ?> Ni Shurong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MAIL : [EMAIL PROTECTED] QQ : 412844 MSN : [EMAIL PROTECTED] BLOG : http://blog.njmars.com/myhan/ You again! Thanx : )

[PHP] Re: apache1 + php or apache2 + php

Ni Shurong wrote: Hi, I am a newer of this list, nice to meet every body here:) I am wandering about using apache1 or apache2 with php, and i hope i can get some advics here ;) I use ./configure --help and it says: --with-apxs2[=FILE] EXPERIMENTAL: Build shared Apache 2.0 module. FILE is the

[PHP] PHP GDI

Hi! I have a BIIIG problem with GDI. I try to use some functions on a .gif image and now i need to install GDI. How do i install gd 2.0.28 on my XP machine. I use Win XP, Apache 2.0.50 and PHP 4.3.8 Thanx in advance J -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http:

[PHP] Old HTML convert to XHTML Class?

Hi! Is there any class, functions etc that will convert old HTML to XHTML. I want to send in some HTML text and get XHTML back. e.g: the following would be converted: in="hello" out="hello" or something like that. Any opensource, commercials? Thanx In Advance Jay -- PHP

Re: [PHP] Old HTML convert to XHTML Class?

Christian Stocker wrote: On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 14:57:45 +0200, Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! Is there any class, functions etc that will convert old HTML to XHTML. I want to send in some HTML text and get XHTML back. try tidy as external tool, or even better the tidy extension as nati

Re: [PHP] Old HTML convert to XHTML Class?

Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Is there any class, functions etc that will convert old HTML to XHTML. I want to send in some HTML text and get XHTML back. e.g: the following would be converted: in="hello" out="hello" [/snip] Have you searched phpclasses.org? Google? Yes i have s

[PHP] Re: [SPAM] Re: [PHP] Old HTML convert to XHTML Class

Justin Patrin wrote: On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 19:02:41 +0200, Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jay Blanchard wrote: [snip] Is there any class, functions etc that will convert old HTML to XHTML. I want to send in some HTML text and get XHTML back. e.g: the following would be converted: in="

[PHP] What does \\0 means?

Hi! Found the following code in the PHP manual: $text = "http://www.somelink.com";; echo(ereg_replace("[[:alpha:]]+://[^<>[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]", "\\0", $text)); What does \\0 means, i have seen this before with \\1 and \\2 what does th

[PHP] Reg Exp.

"text-align:left;\""; $xhtml = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $html); Thanx In Advance Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Reg Exp.

= "/align=\"left\"/"; >> >>$replacements[0] = ""; >>$replacements[1] = ""; >>$replacements[2] = " style=\"text-align:left;\""; >> >>$xhtml = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $html); >> &g

Re: [PHP] Reg Exp.

= "/align=\"left\"/"; >> >>$replacements[0] = ""; >>$replacements[1] = ""; >>$replacements[2] = " style=\"text-align:left;\""; >> >>$xhtml = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $html); >> &g

Re: [PHP] Reg Exp.

Wudi wrote: > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:42:54 +0200 > Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Hi! >> >>Why can? i get this code to work: >>$html = $_POST["htmlIn"]; >> >>$patterns[0] = "//"; >>$patterns[1] = "//

[PHP] Include if file exists?

Hi! Is there a ready to use PHP function for including ONLY if the file exists? I tried it like this: [main.php] include_once("lib.php"); later includeIf("somefile.php"); [lib.php] function includeIf($filename) { if (!file_exists($filename)) { include_once($filen

[PHP] Valid Chars....no fun!

; $bIncludeNumber: $ptr = "/^[0-9]+/"; break; case $bIncludeAlpha && $bIncludeNumber: $ptr = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+/"; break; default: return false; } return preg_match($ptr, $strData); }

[PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

Hi. I have a script that creates a folder and a bunch of jpegs... however instead of creating them into the user/group I'm in (let's call it "myGroup") it creates them into "Nobody". The problem becomes that when I ftp in to delete the files and idenitfy myself as myGroup, it fails to delete any o

[PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

Hi. I have a script that creates a folder and a bunch of jpegs... however instead of creating them into the user/group I'm in (let's call it "myGroup") it creates them into "Nobody". The problem becomes that when I ftp in to delete the files and idenitfy myself as myGroup, it fails to delete any o

[PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

Hi. I have a script that creates a folder and a bunch of jpegs... however instead of creating them into the user/group I'm in (let's call it "myGroup") it creates them into "Nobody". The problem becomes that when I ftp in to delete the files and idenitfy myself as myGroup, it fails to delete any of

Re: [PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

> Use the php ftp functions to create directories and move uploaded > files would be one way. > > -- > regards, > Tom Move the uploaded files? You mean create the directory in the wrong spot and then move it to the right spot? and the same with the files? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

sorry but i'm trying to avoid putting my ftp login in password directly into my script. i should have mentioned that earlier. any other ideas? "Tom Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > Thursday, March 11, 2004, 5:52:08 PM, you wrote: > >> Use the php ftp f

Re: Re[4]: [PHP] Scripts creating files and folders into un/grp "Nobody" on Apache

ED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello Jay, > > Thursday, March 11, 2004, 8:04:36 AM, you wrote: > > J> sorry but i'm trying to avoid putting my ftp login in password directly into > J> my script. i should have mentioned that earlier. > > Unless y

[PHP] Submitting a Form

I have a php page, with a form I am attempting to submit. In submitTest.php, I simply put Yet, I continually get the browser message: "Notice: Undefined variable: Test in ...\submittest.php on Line 2 1. Any reason that I can not pass the variable to the submit page? I am using an A

Re: [PHP] dreading OOP

The easiest way for me to explain and understand OOP was to think of it this way. You have an object and in that object contains functions that only pertain to that one object. See diagram below. Object1 | |_ function1 | |_ function2 . . etc Object2 | |_ function1 | |_ func

Re: [PHP] Detecting resolution

You have to use JavaScript for this. Sorry! but i've asked the same question on here a long time ago :) - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: [PHP] Detecting resolution > Does anyone know how to detect th

[PHP] WHILE IF/ELSE loop not working

can anyone tell me why this while loop fails? == while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql_result)): $phone = $row["phone"]; $date = $row["date"]; if ($phone == "$_POST[areacode]$_POST[prefix]$_POST[suffix]"): if ($date == NULL): $date = "today";

[PHP] Directory Permissions?

I was running fileperms() function to find out what a directory is chmod'ed to. However, this doesn't return anything because it has to check a file. My question is there a function that will return what a directory is chmod'ed to? Thanks! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (htt

RE: [PHP] PHP on one box, Apache on another?

[snip] > Your intention is a little foggy. > PHP is server side, it works through the web server, thus Apache > parses the > scripts, so no, it can't. > > If you mean scripts on one box, database on another, no problem. > > Miles Thompson > > At 09:20 AM 7/1/20

RE: [PHP] PHP5 - Bugs

[snip] Can't figure this out... whenever I try to use any mysql functions or anything, I get problems. PHP throws a DNS error... what's up with that? [/snip] Hey, Give us some more information and we might be able to start helping you. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubsc

FW: [PHP] PHP5 - Bugs

-Original Message- From: Michael A Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:40 PM To: Jay Blanchard Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP5 - Bugs I'm running on a RH9 box with Apache2. Going to pages that include the PEAR::DB file throw DNS errors, but much simpler pages d

RE: [PHP] Forms & PHP

page is POSTED. Does this make sense? Not enough caffeine for me yet... Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] outputting xml declaration

ubject comes up often. HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Forms & PHP

e for me yet...[/snip] So basically I need to have 2 versions of the first page, is that right? :) [/snip] Not really, test for emptiness of the variable (isset())...if it is set display it, if not show it as blank. HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

RE: [PHP] Forms & PHP

ed to hold the variables (a GET). For instance Click Here $_GET['name'] is equal to "Gary" You can do it for more than one variable... Click Here $_GET['name'] is equal to "Gary" $_GET['address'] is equal to "Chicago" HTH! Jay -- PHP

RE: [PHP] Re: PHP user group

[snip] there are php user groups hmmm... there should a listing for that. someone should start a list... i wish there was one near me... [/snip] If we knew where you were we might be able to point you in the right direction. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

RE: [PHP] dynamic form display??

to make a round trip to the server each time this sounds like a job for **ta-dat-ta-dah!** JavaScript! HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] (pas d'objet)

the moment. Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] another big, juicy, delicious bug

this is probably not a bug. Second, where is the code that tests for the condition? Do the other IP's in the array output their id properly in this same set? This info will help us to solve the problem. Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] PHP forum

me four! Couldn't resist, and I loke the top posty thingie too. JB -Original Message- From: Dan Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 7:39 AM To: PHP4 Emailer Cc: Richard Baskett; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP forum me three! j/k. -Dan On Wed,

[PHP] Antithesis to array_unique

Having STFM I am wondering if anyone knows of a quick antithesis to array_unique? We have an array in which we need to return all duplicate values instead of the non-duplicates. Thanks Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Can php/mysql handle 10000s of records

(but I am looking forward to an updrade!). HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Can php/mysql handle 10000s of records

[snip] Suprisingly MySQL is very good, as the others have said... I've been involved in a few sites that have been known to hammer the DB pretty hard.. And it's stood up to the test... Hmmm... I am sure others here can validate this... But I think the size limit for the database is about 4 gigs!!!

RE: [PHP] Simple forms query

[snip] I have a form, and I want to display all the form variables on the target page - without having to use separate print statements for each variable. [/snip] print_r($_POST); or print_r($_GET); hth -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/u

[PHP] Using PPP with PHP

over a modem. I would like to automate the process as much as possible. Any help would be grandly appreciated. Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Using PPP with PHP

[snip] Umm, use exec() to call the dialing program? [/snip] That works on the surface, but the PPP program returns some vital information about its connection status that is required for use by any subsequent file operations. The information is returned via STDOUT. Thanks! Jay -- PHP General

RE: [PHP] just wondering

[snip] Just wondering if there's a clear screen function in PHP like the clrscr() in 'C'. [/snip] If you are running PHP from the command line on a *nix or BSD box you could... exec("clear"); HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe,

[PHP] Enable GD on PHP 4.1.1 problems

ebug' '--enable-track-vars' '--with-zlib' '--with-mysql=/usr/local' '--prefix=/usr/local/' '--enable-ftp' 'i386--freebsd4.5' in the configuration Maybe I should just call it a day and start over on Monday. Would someone please point

RE: [PHP] Enable GD on PHP 4.1.1 problems SOLVED

[snip] ... all of it ... [/snip] required installing the jpeg library first, png second, then gd Thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Couple of questions form a PHP newbie

text file (keep in mind that I know nothing about databases)? [/snip] Go to http://www.evolt.org and search for the ABC's of CMS articles. It is a good basic set for setting up a simple CMS using PHP and a database (in this case MySQL) HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.ph

[PHP] PHP, Excel, jpgraph - can the graph be included in the Excel output?

h. I have tried many things to get the graph to appear in the spreadsheet, but to no avail. Can someone point me in the right direction? A huge thanks in advance! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] PHP, Excel, jpgraph - can the graph be included in the Excel output?

redirect to open. We can open a frameset, showing the tab delimited Excel file in one frame and the graph in another. Not very elegant, but if push comes to shove... Thanks! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Mp3 Conversion, using PHP

[snip] I'm wondering if there's any crazy dude out there that would like to join me in making a class for PHP to convert Mp3's to Mp3Pro. [/snip] Have you looked at sourceforge.org, search for mp3 a wealth of stuff is there -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, v

RE: [PHP] Display HTML/PHP code on a web page

[snip] i'm not sure but i think a tag in html is available which name and [/snip] You can also put your code between tags (pre-formatted text) I do this to display pre formatted text in text area boxes title); // article title ?> By: name); //article author ?> Published: publish); //art

RE: [PHP] PHP/HTML Question

[snip] I have a quick question about PHP and HTML. I have a page that is supposed to update the "status" of hosts by pinging each host and displaying the result. I would like to get the page to the point that I can have something (either PHP or JavaScript or the like) ping every 10 seconds or

[PHP] echo statements

When echoing html code that will include variables from a while or if loop, which method is best? Method 1: echo "$employer"; OR Method 2: If you would, please give reasons why to support your opinion. Thanks -- Jay Fitzgerald, Design Director - CPW-A, CPWDS-A, CPWDV-A, CECM-A, CWC

RE: [PHP] Print help

[snip] What I would like to do is to make an optional page that can print information to a specified printer. Can PHP do this? If so how??? [/snip] Start by RTFM at http://us3.php.net/printer HTH! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.

RE: [PHP] Changing numbers

[snip] How can I make them have at least 2 decimal places? [/snip] RTFM at http://www.php.net/number_format HTH! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] CSV import

[snip] When using something like this: LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/tmp/phpKBjUWb' INTO TABLE `indoma` FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' LINES TERMINATED BY '\r\n' How do I also insert a field not in the CSV. For example there are 8 fields in the CSV and 9 in the table. I want the ninth field to be the name

RE: [PHP] Changing numbers

[snip] I would like it at least 2 decimal places.. So, 5.2670 would be 5.267 not 5.27: [/snip] RTFM for formatted string http://us3.php.net/sprintf or http://us3.php.net/printf HTH -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] IE Issues

[snip] Why is the font tag evil and depreciated ??? [/snip] This topic is better suited to an HTML or web-dev list, but the bottom line here is that CSS has been put into use as further effort to seperate design from content. The CSS recommedation being in place deprecates a lot of the old in-line

RE: [PHP] header & headers_sent BUG

[snip] Hello all: I am having a hard time with a small piece of code. I was wondering if someone may be able to explain why the following code will not work... I have been scratching my head for a few hours now and I am stumped. http://someplace.com";); if( ! headers_sent()) header("Locat

RE: [PHP] I'm really getting annoyed with PHP

[snip] Yes, I'm still screwing around with this stupid redirection thing, and either I'm just a total idiot or there are some serious problems with PHP. I have now tried to do it another way and - yes - you guessed it. It does not work. I mean really, it can not be this hard to redirect a user to

RE: [PHP] PHP Webpage like MySql- need to be able to see all fields and edit

[snip] Hello. I am building a webpage for a sorority- http://www.olemissaoii.com . I built a basic php script where they add the sisters and their names, grad. date, and email. Is there anyway to build a page that shows all the fields where someone could go in and edit/add what they need? What

RE: [PHP] Include Problems

[snip] The content would go here. Now, when I try to reference the subnav variable in the inHeader.php or incFooter.php files, it comes up blank. I am basically trying to adjust the navigation on each page depending on the page I am on. I am just learning PHP, have programmed in ColdFusi

RE: [PHP] ARRAY QUESTION

[snip] Lets pretend I have this array called myStuff. If I add two elements to myStuff and call the count function, I will get a result of 2. My question is how do I re-initialize the array after adding elements so when I call the count function on the array, I get a result of 0. [/snip] If you ad

RE: [PHP] Include Problems

[snip] <-incHeader.php--> [Site Name] home <-incHeader.php--> [/snip] home"); } ?> HTH! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Include Problems

[snip] What is different about the code that you wrote except that you have the html being output by php? [/snip] I just cleaned it up some, used non deprecated formatting tags and sis it all in one shot. HTH -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php

RE: [PHP] PHP should know my data!

TF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=PHP+jokes (which, BTW has a link to PHP + XML as its first linkFreud?) It's just too bad that the subject wasn't "HELP ME!" :-) Thanks for the smile! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] PHP should know my data!

[snip] Quit horsing around fellas, what if the developers take interest in this thread and decide it's a good idea to release PHP6 with cranial electrodes that will detect "what I want to do", and instead of me having to code the application, PHP will just spit out the application... That way our b

RE: [PHP] cms design & xml-php ?

[snip] > Is there any php book that discusses general design issues for cms's and > webservices in php? [/snip] http://www.glasshaus.com has a book on CMS, but it is fairly general. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Link acting as a submit button

[snip] I found out that it works fine without the submit button that I had in there. When I take the submit button out, it works, if I put it back in there I get the error message again. Any ideas? [/snip] Are you naming the submit buttons? Not just value, but id or name? You must keep them se

RE: [PHP] Freeze Pane

[snip] And since it probably isn't, can someone suggest a language that would cover this subject? [/snip] JavaScript or any other client-side magic. HTH! Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] $person = mysql_query("Some Statement Here"); if (!$person || $person == 0 || $person == '' || $person == '0') { $result = 1; } else { $result = 4; } If the SQL statement returns an empty set, shouldn't $result be equal to 1? Instead, I'm getting $result = 4. [/snip] Actually I think we n

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] Here's the SQL - I tested it via command line and it comes back empty set. SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place > > [snip] > $person = mysql_query("Some Statement Here"); > > if (!$person || $person == 0 || $person == '' || $person == '0') { > $result = > 1; } > else { $result =

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] ...lots of stuff... [/snip] What I forgot to say is that basically you were testing for query execution, not the number of rows returned from the database. If you want to test the number of rows or some other result from the query you have to go further. HTH! -- PHP General Mailing List

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] I know. I first tested for !$person but got the TRUE result when I should have received FALSE (empty set). Why would that be? I added '0' and such just to see if I wasn't thinking straight. :\ -Mike [/snip] If the query executes it will return TRUE for $person, so if(!$person) woul

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] Off hand, I would agree. And that is what I would expect. However, the *exact* same setup on a different server gives me a result of 'FALSE' properly. The other server has php 4.3.3 on it - the one giving the improper response has php 4.1.2. Could this be the issue? [/snip] It sounds un

RE: Fw: [PHP] debuging and getting mor information about failures

[snip] I wonder why the heck the author didn't just go for the alternative syntax with proper end-tokens and get the added value they deliver. [/snip] At the risk of stepping of of the curb into the holy-war that rages about this the answer Mike is that a lot of PHP coders are what as known as "ol

RE: [PHP] Is there an alternative to HTML frames?

[snip] I'm new to php and web development in general. I've toyed with ASP a little and enjoyed using "include" statements to include my navigation and heading pages. Does PHP provide a similar statement, or is there something else I can do to achieve this effect? [/snip] *sigh* RTFM at http://ww

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] $which_person = mysql_query("SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place"); $vthere = mysql_num_rows($which_person); if ($vthere == '0') { True } else { False } What should this return? True or False? [/snip] If there is one or more rows returned by the

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] I did the var_dump and got: bool(false) While $vthere (from my previous post) returns 0 (zero) still. :\ But proceeds as if 0 were a false statement when asked if $vthere equals zero. :\ -Mike [/snip] Is the query executing properly? Try this ... $sql = "SELECT ID from tblItems WHERE

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] Nothin' wrong with the SQL statement - it executes properly when I enter values that actually pull something from a table. When I enter values that are not present in the table, I go on to have the other issue of it looking like it is false, though it is not. :\ [/snip] But you are testin

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] > I still want to know what you need to do, test for query execution or > value? It is pretty cut and dried after that. Value. If there is nothing found in the table that matches, do one thing. If there is, do another. :) [/snip] Then you must test for something returned, not whether or

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] I did! Look at this again: $which_person = mysql_query("SELECT ID FROM tblItems WHERE number = $place"); $vthere = mysql_num_rows($which_person); if ($vthere == '0') { True } else { False } Yet it still returns as if this is FALSE (i.e. it executes the el

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] if ($vthere == '0') { True } else { False } > if ($vthere == 0) { True } else { False } Same result (actually, that was the first statement I tried). :\ [/snip] Then the query is failing. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.ne

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] And when I plug values into the query at command line - values that would return an empty set, it executes and returns an empty set. [/snip] If the query is returning an empty set the value of mysql_num_rows($person) == 0 so $person = mysql_query("The Query"); $thecount = mysql_num_rows($

RE: [PHP] Bizarre SQl, if issue....

[snip] > $person = mysql_query("The Query"); > $thecount = mysql_num_rows($person); > echo "$thecount \n"; > > And tell us what $thecount is... Returns 0 (zero). [/snip] Then if($thecount == 0){ $whatever = 1; } else { $whatever = 4; } $whatever should be 1 -- PHP General Mailing List (

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