php-general Digest 14 Apr 2002 14:48:35 -0000 Issue 1286

Topics (messages 92905 through 92922):

Re: Closing curly brackets? and BEING IGNORED!
        92905 by: The_RadiX

Re: PHP MySQL Hosting services
        92906 by: The_RadiX
        92908 by: phplists.woodenpickle.com

Re: globals in functions
        92907 by: The_RadiX

HTML <select> & JS
        92909 by: Vladislav Kulchitski
        92910 by: phplists.woodenpickle.com

Re: Mailings Lists?
        92911 by: Justin French

Multiple Threads?
        92912 by: Matthew Walker

Re: IMAGING WITH PHP
        92913 by: Jason Wong

Re: Closing curly brackets?
        92914 by: Jason Wong
        92918 by: The_RadiX
        92921 by: Jason Wong

Re: first time user
        92915 by: heinisch.creaction.de

Re: Differences in old php/apach. to new php/apach. cookie process?
        92916 by: heinisch.creaction.de
        92919 by: Justin French

Need row number from database select
        92917 by: SP
        92920 by: John Simpson

Semaphore for Windows
        92922 by: Marc Schecker

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----- Original Message -----
From: "The_RadiX" <the_radixhotkey.net.au>
To: "Jennifer Downey" <jendowneyattbi.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: [PHP] Re: Closing curly brackets? and BEING IGNORED!

> Happy to hear you fixed your problem...
>
>
> I sent you a reply about how you should correctly format your code as
well..
>
>
> Ooh about probably hang on will check sent items 9:28pm saturday I sent
one
> to you and at 10:01 I sent it off to the mail list itself..
>
>
> With an attached file... In nicer format... Clearly formatted..
>
>
>
>
> But it seems even after all this my postings here were ignored...
>
>
> Hmm, leads me to think either a) I am posting these emails to wrong
> address..
> b) People don't like my name "The_RadiX" maybe I will rename it to Julien
> Bonastre as it should be....
>
>
>
> Well I will soon find out if people are getting my emails anyway ;)
>
>
>
>
>
> Okay, well thanks Paul for helping out someone here anyway and backing up
> the email I sent last night...
>
>
>
> Remind to spend my time selfishly on my own work, instead of helping
> others..
>
>
> Sorry.. getting carried away....
>
>
> Anywayz.. will stop whinging.. back to "trying" to help the others in this
> place..
>
>
>
>
> Actually it's just occured to me.. That those emails were sent through the
> HTML format.. It's happened before and it's possible now I think about it
> that this maybe one of the reasons they have never been replied to??
>
>
>
>
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Julien Bonastre [The-Spectrum.org CEO]
> A.K.A. The_RadiX
> the_radixhotkey.net.au
> ABN: 64 235 749 494
> Mobile: 0407 122 268
> QUT Student #: 04475739
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Downey" <jendowneyattbi.com>
> To: <php-generallists.php.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 4:57 AM
> Subject: [PHP] Re: Closing curly brackets?
>
>
> > Well as I have seen lot's of people get yelled at if they post in the
> wrong
> > list. So rather than letting that happen and risk not getting any help I
> > thought I would apologize and send it to the right list.
> >
> > Anyway the file you sent is it in the correct format? I have asked about
a
> > tutorial on proper code formatting and got back a tutorial that was
> > extremely hard to understand. While lots of people have screamed at me
for
> > my coding format no one has supplied an understandable answer. That is
> > until this morning.
> >
> > From Paul Burney :
> >
> > Hi Jennifer,
> >
> > The first thing you should do is properly indent your code. If you do
so,
> > you'll be sure to find the missing bracket. Basically, for each new
> block,
> > tab out again. It really helps to use a programmer's editor with syntax
> > highlighting like vim or BBEdit.
> >
> > Thought that was the best tutorial I could ever get. Short and sweet and
> oh
> > so easy to understand.
> > I am using HTML_Kit as it has the same features as all the othere
editors
> > (color coding and such) but it also has a lot more I can get plugins for
> > anything I would ever need. Except a formatting tutorial ;)
> >
> > I will use your code as an example of formatting.
> > It doesn't work as far as the script goes as it returns multiple:
> > Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource.
> >
> > So I am going to study your formatting and start at the beginning.
> >
> > But thank you for your time and help! :)
> >
> > You have been a great help, look at my new signature.
> >
> > Thanks again
> > Jennifer
> >
> >
> >
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wow.. 10-15gb.. where do you get that kinda hosting and for how much??

Here in Aus it'd cost you a packet.. Don't know where abouts in the globe
you are though..

Here in AUS my host only gives me 1gb p/m and 50mb space... for AUD$399p/a
that's USD$198... bit of a ripoff I think. but unbelievably they're one of
the cheapest I have ever seen in AUS and best quality...

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Julien Bonastre [The-Spectrum.org CEO]
A.K.A. The_RadiX
the_radixhotkey.net.au
ABN: 64 235 749 494
Mobile: 0407 122 268
QUT Student #: 04475739
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jennifer Downey" <jendowneyattbi.com>
To: <php-generallists.php.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:46 AM
Subject: [PHP] PHP MySQL Hosting services

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am wondering if anyone has a good hosting service? I am currently with
> Aletia which has an excellant package good tech support but sometimes not
> very functional servers.
>
> My site has gone down at least 3 times within the last 20 days. Too many
for
> me.
>
> It has to be at least 50 mb disk space, 10 to 15gig /m transfer, of course
> PHP and MySQL, ftp, ssh or telnet, cgi/perl, free domain transfer, at
least
> 15 POP3 email accounts, cron support.
>
> Thanks
> Jennifer
> --
> The sleeper has awaken
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
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>
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http://webpipe.net

They seem to be doing good with uptime.. In the last couple months I've been
having a monitoring service check them frequently and so far we're at 100%..

Standard Virtual Package ($24.95/mo - $14.95 setup):
Linux RedHat 7.1
300mb Disk Space
25 POP3 Accounts
10GB/mo transfer
Static IP Address
Apache 1.3.20
PHP 4.0.6
Dedicated MySQL Server
CRON
Telnet/SSH/FTP
Sendmail
SSL
Webmin Control Panel
Host up to 25 Apache VHosts

Premium Virtual Package ($34.95/mo - $14.95 setup)::
Linux RedHat 7.1
500mb Disk Space
50 POP3 Accounts
20GB/mo transfer
Static IP Address
Apache 1.3.20
PHP 4.0.6
Dedicated MySQL Server
CRON
Telnet/SSH/FTP
Sendmail
SSL
Webmin Control Panel
Priority Technical Support
Host up to 50 Apache VHosts

Plus you get a free month credit for referring others.. Hint, hint.. (it's
Bob Weaver, account: custompcweb.com)

Later,

Bob Weaver

"The_radix" <the_radixhotkey.net.au> wrote in message
news:010401c1e346$5e494300$3200a8c0oracle...
> wow.. 10-15gb.. where do you get that kinda hosting and for how much??
>
>
> Here in Aus it'd cost you a packet.. Don't know where abouts in the globe
> you are though..
>
>
> Here in AUS my host only gives me 1gb p/m and 50mb space... for AUD$399p/a
> that's USD$198... bit of a ripoff I think. but unbelievably they're one of
> the cheapest I have ever seen in AUS and best quality...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
> Julien Bonastre [The-Spectrum.org CEO]
> A.K.A. The_RadiX
> the_radixhotkey.net.au
> ABN: 64 235 749 494
> Mobile: 0407 122 268
> QUT Student #: 04475739
> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Downey" <jendowneyattbi.com>
> To: <php-generallists.php.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 7:46 AM
> Subject: [PHP] PHP MySQL Hosting services
>
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone has a good hosting service? I am currently with
> > Aletia which has an excellant package good tech support but sometimes
not
> > very functional servers.
> >
> > My site has gone down at least 3 times within the last 20 days. Too many
> for
> > me.
> >
> > It has to be at least 50 mb disk space, 10 to 15gig /m transfer, of
course
> > PHP and MySQL, ftp, ssh or telnet, cgi/perl, free domain transfer, at
> least
> > 15 POP3 email accounts, cron support.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jennifer
> > --
> > The sleeper has awaken
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 4/2/2002
> >
> >
> >
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> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
> >
>

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Just one thing...

Is there an easier way than having to manually place "global" in each
function...??

Other than passing by parameter?

Like is it possible to actually declare var's in PHP as global?

thx..

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Julien Bonastre [The-Spectrum.org CEO]
A.K.A. The_RadiX
the_radixhotkey.net.au
ABN: 64 235 749 494
Mobile: 0407 122 268
QUT Student #: 04475739
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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HI I was wondering if anyone can answer my question :) it's more HTML
related though, but I'll dare to post it here and apologize in advance
if I am going against the rules.

The issues is, if I am using the following code:

<select name="rows_per_page">
<option selected>25
<option>10
<option>50
<option>100
</select>

The problem I am having is that when I get rid of '</select>' it gives
the formatting like I needed, and with '</select>' it increases the CELL
where I am using this SELECT, like it is like having "<br>", i.e. it's
maximizing the height.

When I get rid of </select> the whole <SELECT> thing doesn't show in
NETSCAPE but does show and work fine in IE 5-6.0

Also can someone help with JS for this option... like as soon as you
selected something the page will go loading without having to click
SUBMIT.

Thanks a lot.
Vlad

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Yeah, this really has nothing to do with PHP.. The Javascript question you
ask can be answered with a simple query at
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=select+onchange

As for the other, can't help.. You should try an HTML group..

Later,
Bob

"Vladislav Kulchitski" <vladalidaconnection.com> wrote in message
news:0D192E12994BF64B84EB7BE6D960E390077E31alidamail.alidaconnection.com...

HI I was wondering if anyone can answer my question :) it's more HTML
related though, but I'll dare to post it here and apologize in advance
if I am going against the rules.

The issues is, if I am using the following code:

<select name="rows_per_page">
<option selected>25
<option>10
<option>50
<option>100
</select>

The problem I am having is that when I get rid of '</select>' it gives
the formatting like I needed, and with '</select>' it increases the CELL
where I am using this SELECT, like it is like having "<br>", i.e. it's
maximizing the height.

When I get rid of </select> the whole <SELECT> thing doesn't show in
NETSCAPE but does show and work fine in IE 5-6.0

Also can someone help with JS for this option... like as soon as you
selected something the page will go loading without having to click
SUBMIT.

Thanks a lot.
Vlad

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No, it's not an issue of what PHP can do, it's an issue about the actual
server, what mail programs they're running, what sort of filtering you can
do on mail, whether you have a CGI version of PHP running, and the fact that
they already may have a solution on the server which doesn't require any
programming at all.

At the risk of repeating myself, talk to your ISP, and tell them what you
want to achieve... chances are, they've already got it all sorted out for
another client.

Justin French
--------------------
Creative Director
http://Indent.com.au
--------------------

on 14/04/02 1:38 AM, Randum Ian (mailrandumiancharts.co.uk) wrote:

> Can I just grab the required info from phpinfo() and post it here?
>
> Ian.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin French" <justinindent.com.au>
> To: "php" <php-generallists.php.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Mailings Lists?
>
>
>> Contact your ISP, because it depends on your set-up... you basicaly need
> to
>> pipe all emails to that address to the CGI version of PHP, and then you
> can
>> grab the message and forward it to the entire list.
>>
>> But your ISP may also have other tools for this... if I send to all one
> of
>> my domains, it forwards to a pre-determined list of site contributors (a
>> mailing list/group)... this is a simple text file that I can edit too.
>>
>> So, best advice is to start by telling your ISP what you want to achieve,
>> and asking what they have available, or if it's your own server, post the
>> set-up.
>>
>>
>> Justin French
>>
>> --------------------
>> Creative Director
>> http://Indent.com.au
>> --------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> on 13/04/02 10:44 PM, Randum Ian (mailrandumiancharts.co.uk) wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I want to be able to send an email to 'newsdeskdanceportal.co.uk' and
> have
>>> it sent to everybody in my 'newsletter' database. Are there any
> resources
>>> online that would show me how to do this? Ive searched but found nothing
> so
>>> far.
>>>
>>> Regards, Ian.
>>>
>>> ___
>>> Ian Roke
>>> Webmaster, DancePortal (UK) Limited
>>> webmasterdanceportal.co.uk
>>> http://www.danceportal.co.uk
>>> DancePortal.co.uk - Global dance music media
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>

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I don’t remember the name of the module offhand, but once upon a time, I
used a perl module that would fork multiple threads so that you could
execute several web queries at the same time. This saved a lot of time,
if, for instance, you had to get information from UPS, FedEx, and the
USPS about shipping rates to display on a page. If you had to query them
one at a time, the delay would be unacceptable. However, with that perl
module, you could query them all at the same time, making it much
faster.
 
Does anyone know if such a thing exists for PHP?
 
Matthew Walker
Senior Software Engineer
ePliant Marketing
 

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On Sunday 14 April 2002 04:05, Vins wrote: > nope i'm not wrong. > no functin to determine the image ratio

Let's go back to basics. What do you need to know to determine the image size ratio?

-- 
Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
Open Source Software Systems Integrators
* Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development *
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On Saturday 13 April 2002 19:24, The_RadiX wrote: > No it's okay .... lots' of people post general HTML questions in here..

I hope people don't get the wrong impression. General HTML questions is NOT what this list is for. This list is called "php-general" for a very good reason!

-- 
Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
Open Source Software Systems Integrators
* Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development *
/*
A good scapegoat is hard to find.
A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.
		-- Carolyn Wells
*/

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haha

Yeah you are right

But in her case the question was quite heavily a PHP related one..

But yes I see what you mean, and no we don't want HTML q's in here...

bye ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Julien Bonastre [The-Spectrum.org CEO] A.K.A. The_RadiX the_radixhotkey.net.au ABN: 64 235 749 494 Mobile: 0407 122 268 QUT Student #: 04475739 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Wong" <php-generalgremlins.com.hk> To: <php-generallists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Closing curly brackets?

> On Saturday 13 April 2002 19:24, The_RadiX wrote: > > No it's okay .... lots' of people post general HTML questions in here.. > > I hope people don't get the wrong impression. General HTML questions is NOT > what this list is for. This list is called "php-general" for a very good > reason! > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > A good scapegoat is hard to find. > A guilty conscience is the mother of invention. > -- Carolyn Wells > */ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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On Sunday 14 April 2002 19:04, The_RadiX wrote: > haha > > Yeah you are right > > But in her case the question was quite heavily a PHP related one..

I wasn't commenting on any particular case.

> But yes I see what you mean, and no we don't want HTML q's in here...

Absolutely!

-- 
Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk
Open Source Software Systems Integrators
* Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development *
/*
It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is
invisible to the eye.
		-- The Fox, 'The Little Prince"
*/

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At 13.04.2002 12:04, you wrote: >hi folks, >i am somewhat like a new newbie, just read my first php tutorial, installed >an apache server on my windows and php on top for testing , first question >is : is this the right place for me here to ask questions or is this >newsgroup rather for advanced users?

You´re welcome here, if your questions related to php. If there are specific php-windows questions, you should ask them on the windowsPHP list.

>second question is my task i want to complete in PHP : > >i have an array for a dhtml navigation menu for my site. all the links are >"hard coded" inside the array and are , of course , the same for the whole >site EXCEPT for the language selection. > >now, for example, i am on a page called about.php, i am clicking on the link >for the german version and a page called german/about.php should be >retrieved. same for spanish. > >now, what do i do? >i have found a php snippet that reads the current url <?php > >$filelocation=$HTTP_HOST.$PHP_SELF; >echo($filelocation);?> > >but can i use this somehow and how do i do that?

You can shorten this : echo "<a href="'$HTTP_HOST."/german/".$PHP_self.'">German</a>'; echo "<a href="'$HTTP_HOST."/spanish/".$PHP_self.'">Espanol</a>'; but it should be enough if you use echo "<a href="'german/".$PHP_self.'">German</a>'; assuming that this dir/page is locatet in the root of your vserver. HTH Oliver

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Sorry, but this problem hasn´t been solved yet, It drives me crazy.

At 12.04.2002 17:41, I wrote: >Hi Folks, >Does anybody know if there are differences in cookieprocessing >between >A.Suse 2.2.14-SMP/apache 1.3.12 / PHP 3.0.16 and >B.Suse 2.4.9 /apache 1.3.20 / PHP 4.0.6 >I have moved "working pages" from A to B, and now (Win)Opera 6.01 >will not accept cookies from the, formerly working, pages. I have >CookieTracking on >on both machines. The apache-cookie is sent and set from both machines. >But my php-routines (which sends the fitting cookie to the dif. browsers) >work different. >Someone had same problems? >Maybe I forgot something in httpd.conf on B ? >Any suggestions? > >TIA Oliver

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Ummmmm, have you search the manual at all????????

I did two quick searches, and found some good hints... it may not be your problem, but, it's a good starting point, before asking questions.

I started with setcookie(): "In PHP 3, multiple calls to setcookie() in the same script will be performed in reverse order. If you are trying todelete one cookie before inserting another you should put the insert before the delete. In PHP 4, multiple calls to setcookie() are performed in the order called." http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

I also did a search on the manual for "cookies" and the first result was a page discussing the migration of php3 > php4, in specific, how cookies work differently. http://www.php.net/manual/ro/migration4.cookies.php

Wow! Isn't the manual a wonderful resource :P

Justin French -------------------- Creative Director http://Indent.com.au --------------------

on 14/04/02 6:54 PM, heinischcreaction.de (heinischcreaction.de) wrote:

> Sorry, but this problem hasn´t been solved yet, It drives me crazy. > > At 12.04.2002 17:41, I wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> Does anybody know if there are differences in cookieprocessing >> between >> A.Suse 2.2.14-SMP/apache 1.3.12 / PHP 3.0.16 and >> B.Suse 2.4.9 /apache 1.3.20 / PHP 4.0.6 >> I have moved "working pages" from A to B, and now (Win)Opera 6.01 >> will not accept cookies from the, formerly working, pages. I have >> CookieTracking on >> on both machines. The apache-cookie is sent and set from both machines. >> But my php-routines (which sends the fitting cookie to the dif. browsers) >> work different. >> Someone had same problems? >> Maybe I forgot something in httpd.conf on B ? >> Any suggestions? >> >> TIA Oliver > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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If this is my database result from a select then I need to know that Bob is the 1st result, Mike is the 2nd result and John is the 3rd result ...

Name Address ======== =============== Bob 121 King St. Mike 99 Main St. John 8433 Albert St.

Does mysql keep track of this? I know I could just do a $i++ as I loop through the results but I'm doing something recursively so the counter doesn't work here.

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If you know you're looking for Bob or Mike or John, you could select the rows each time in your loop as an associative array.

mysql_fetch_array(result, MYSQL_ASSOC)

will do the trick.

"Sp" <internetraceryifan.net> wrote in message news:NDBBJHKAELJNNJMBMFHDGEDNCOAA.internetraceryifan.net... > If this is my database result from a select then I need to know that Bob is > the 1st result, Mike is the 2nd result and John is the 3rd result ... > > Name Address > ======== =============== > Bob 121 King St. > Mike 99 Main St. > John 8433 Albert St. > > Does mysql keep track of this? I know I could just do a $i++ as I loop > through the results but I'm doing something recursively so the counter > doesn't work here. > >

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Hi,

how can I use the shared memory functions for windows. I read before, that it is possible.

Who can help me?

Thanks!

Marc

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