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php-general Digest 20 Jan 2003 16:32:38 -0000 Issue 1834

Topics (messages 132205 through 132259):

PHP Books
        132205 by: Armoured
        132215 by: olinux
        132250 by: Mike Morton
        132252 by: Mike Morton

Can I use white spaces?
        132206 by: Cesar Aracena
        132208 by: Larry E. Ullman
        132211 by: Cesar Aracena
        132213 by: Larry E. Ullman

Re: Mass Mailing with PHP & MySQL
        132207 by: Justin French
        132210 by: rw.xend.net
        132219 by: Brendon G

Re: php.ini: how to load different ini file depending on host?
132209 by: John Nichel
132217 by: Jean-Christian Imbeault

Re: Multiplication of double
132212 by: Bobby Patel

Recommended freeware guestbook?
132218 by: David Chamberlin

jpgraph
132220 by: Rizki Salamun

Generating formatted reports
132221 by: Denis L. Menezes

Undefinied Symbol error
132222 by: Trilochan
132238 by: Marek Kilimajer

XML & deprecated "Call-time pass-by-reference"
132223 by: kellan
132227 by: Jason Wong

JOIN for FREE ... Learn and Earn
132224 by: Charles Cedeno

PHP and Sessions?
132225 by: Tim Thorburn
132226 by: Sean Burlington

ssl:// with fsockopen () on Windows XP
132228 by: Alexander Stirmlinger

Which country?
        132229 by: Martin Thoma
        132230 by: Timothy Hitchens $HiTCHO$
        132232 by: David Freeman

building apache 1.3.27 + php 4.3.0
132231 by: Stain
132234 by: Stain

Re: Something difference betwen php-4.0.3 and php-4.2.3
132233 by: Marek Kilimajer

Re: File perms when dir already exists
132235 by: Marek Kilimajer

Image opendialog function
132236 by: Steven Seijmonsbergen

Re: How know how many sessions are active?
        132237 by: Marek Kilimajer
        132246 by: Jeremías Grunge
        132257 by: Marek Kilimajer

PHP and FDF
132239 by: ed.home.homes2see.com

Freshmeat question
132240 by: De deco
132245 by: Martin Thoma

Database abstraction class
132241 by: Clarkson, Nick

simple date question
        132242 by: adrian murphy.2020tourism.com
        132244 by: Martin Thoma
        132247 by: Rick Emery

Getting https-page
        132243 by: Martin Thoma
        132248 by: Chris Shiflett
        132258 by: Kenneth Brill

Security
132249 by: Phil Ewington
132251 by: Chris Shiflett

Re: Select multiple boxes
132253 by: Ford, Mike [LSS]

$_POST vars problem
        132254 by: Kenneth Brill
        132255 by: Chris Shiflett
        132256 by: Kenneth Brill
        132259 by: Chris Shiflett

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hello,

i have been told that i should email you to help me
with my question, and the auestion is:

Can you recommend an GREAT book for someone to learn
php off. The person will only have knowladge of html.
Is there a really good book out there that will teach
me php???

thanks

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PHP Fast & Easy Web Development by Julie Meloni
kicked things off for me (after knowing only HTML)

basically walks you through the code of common things
that you would want to do with PHP. (email a submitted
html form - insert/retrieve and edit data in mysql
database)

Read through the examples and picture it in your mind.
Lots of it is repetition but by the end you'll
understand or at lest know where to look to find
answers to solutions you want

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=PHP+Fast+Easy+Web+Development

Julie's site: www.thickbook.com
Many tutorials available here as well.

PHP Bible is another good reference book. There's also
a lot of sample code in here if I remeber right
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=PHP+bible

The manual is really invaluable as well. It's very
well organized and easy to find what you need if you
know how to use it. A boring but helpful activity
would be to read through the summaries of the
functions. You won't remember all [or any :)] of them,
but you will get an idea of what is possible and how
powerful the language is.

Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes
Also ought to pick yourself up this cheapy while your
at it. A great intro to SQL. It's great for a
reference and an idea of what is possible (and how
simple the majority of what you want to do really is)

You'll probably be using MySQL at some point and this
will help lots to understand how the database can help
you out.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/002-6827406-7685618?tag=opera-20&index=blended&keyword=Sams+Teach+Yourself+SQL+10+Minutes

olinux

--- Armoured <thelittleflyyahoo.com> wrote:
> hello,
>
> i have been told that i should email you to help me
> with my question, and the auestion is:
>
> Can you recommend an GREAT book for someone to learn
> php off. The person will only have knowladge of
> html.
> Is there a really good book out there that will
> teach
> me php???
>
> thanks
>
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As well as books there are some great PHP/MYSQL tutorials that cover all
aspects that the book do in a more visual way.

http://www.vtc.com - there are mysql and php tutorials there - you can view
the first few tutorials online to see if that is what you are looking for.

On 1/19/03 11:31 PM, "Armoured" <thelittleflyyahoo.com> wrote:

> hello,
>
> i have been told that i should email you to help me
> with my question, and the auestion is:
>
> Can you recommend an GREAT book for someone to learn
> php off. The person will only have knowladge of html.
> Is there a really good book out there that will teach
> me php???
>
> thanks
>
> __________________________________________________
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As well as books there are some great PHP/MYSQL tutorials that cover all aspects that the book do in a more visual way.

http://www.vtc.com - there are mysql and php tutorials there - you can view the first few tutorials online to see if that is what you are looking for.

On 1/19/03 11:31 PM, "Armoured" <thelittleflyyahoo.com> wrote:

> hello, > > i have been told that i should email you to help me > with my question, and the auestion is: > > Can you recommend an GREAT book for someone to learn > php off. The person will only have knowladge of html. > Is there a really good book out there that will teach > me php??? > > thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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Hi all,

I've encountered myself trapped into a big mystery this time, and that's because of some white spaces.

I have a MySql table which I use to store users and visitors information, but when I want to display this information on screen for them to see and/or correct, every field that has white spaces are stripped to the first word, so I need something more "Address: Avenue" to ship a product don't I?

How can I correct this in PHP? I've tried with stripslashes but white spaces are not treated like quotes (am I right?). FYI, there are Varchars and TEXT fields having this problem.

Thanks in advance,

Cesar L. Aracena icaamicaam.com.ar caracenainfovia.com.ar (0299) 156-356688 Neuquén (8300) Capital Argentina

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I suspect (but could be wrong) that you aren't quoting these values in your forms. Be sure that you are using... <input type="text" name="name" value="quoted value">

Larry

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You where nothing but right. I didn't know that PHP's html HAD to have all of the quoting right for PHP to work properly.

Thank a lot!

Cesar L. Aracena icaamicaam.com.ar caracenainfovia.com.ar (0299) 156-356688 Neuquén (8300) Capital Argentina

-----Mensaje original----- De: Larry E. Ullman [mailto:LarryUllmanDMCInsights.Com] Enviado el: lunes, 20 de enero de 2003 2:04 Para: Cesar Aracena CC: php-generallists.php.net Asunto: Re: [PHP] Can I use white spaces?

I suspect (but could be wrong) that you aren't quoting these values in your forms. Be sure that you are using... <input type="text" name="name" value="quoted value">

Larry

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> You where nothing but right. I didn't know that PHP's html HAD to have > all of the quoting right for PHP to work properly.

Glad it's working but, just to clarify, this is an HTML issue, not a PHP one.

Best wishes, Larry

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A while() loop will, at some point, break. this is because the script will timeout on the server before you send to any large lists... when I say large, this could be 100 address', or could be 10,000 -- it all depends on your server/ISP and server load at certain times.

A better/simpler solution would be to build a Bcc header field using the while loop, then only send ONE email to 1000's of email address' via the Bcc field, just like you would from Outlook.

BUT, your host may impose restrictions on how many emails you can send in one Bcc... my host has a limit of 100.

So, I tend to send a few emails of 50-ish people per email to my list, balancing the two above issues.

There are also some simple/complex classes on phpclasses.org (esp the one by manuel lemmos) which can overcome both these problems, with various methods.

I haven't used them yet, basically because I don't see the need yet, given my small lists.

Justin

on 20/01/03 3:21 PM, Tim Thorburn (immortalnwconx.net) wrote:

> Hi, > > I'm working on a mailing solution for a client. His site collects email > address from a 'Send this site to a friend' page (user enters their email > address and up to 10 other addresses - a message is then sent to the 10 > addresses from the users own email address). The addresses are then stored > in a MySQL database - a column for the users email address, and then a > column each for the additional 10 addresses. > > Now the client would like to have the ability to send an email to all > addresses collected at once - to inform the addresses of a sale, etc. I'm > guessing for this to be done, I'd have to select all the DISTINCT email > addresses from the 11 columns (users email, and the 10 addresses), then use > a loop to send the mail out. > > I had planned on using PHP's mail() function - does anyone know of any > limitations imposed by this method? Normally, I'd contact the ISP and ask > them directly, however it's been several weeks since they've answered the > phones. > > Does anyone have any other/better options that I should pursue? This will > be my first mass mailing typed job so I'm not really sure where to begin or > if I'm on the right path at all. > > Thanks > -Tim > >

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----- Forwarded message from rwxend.net ----- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 22:07:34 -0700 From: rwxend.net Reply-To: rwxend.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Mass Mailing with PHP & MySQL To: Justin French <justinindent.com.au>

Is Peter McNulty out there anywhere?

Don't have a lot of experience with mailing scripts, but I use the one found at codingclick.com

Anyone else?

Quoting Justin French <justinindent.com.au>:

### A while() loop will, at some point, break. this is because the script ### will ### timeout on the server before you send to any large lists... when I say ### large, this could be 100 address', or could be 10,000 -- it all depends ### on ### your server/ISP and server load at certain times. ### ### A better/simpler solution would be to build a Bcc header field using the ### while loop, then only send ONE email to 1000's of email address' via the ### Bcc ### field, just like you would from Outlook. ### ### BUT, your host may impose restrictions on how many emails you can send in ### one Bcc... my host has a limit of 100. ### ### So, I tend to send a few emails of 50-ish people per email to my list, ### balancing the two above issues. ### ### ### There are also some simple/complex classes on phpclasses.org (esp the one ### by ### manuel lemmos) which can overcome both these problems, with various ### methods. ### ### I haven't used them yet, basically because I don't see the need yet, ### given ### my small lists. ### ### ### Justin ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### on 20/01/03 3:21 PM, Tim Thorburn (immortalnwconx.net) wrote: ### ### > Hi, ### > ### > I'm working on a mailing solution for a client. His site collects ### email ### > address from a 'Send this site to a friend' page (user enters their ### email ### > address and up to 10 other addresses - a message is then sent to the 10 ### > addresses from the users own email address). The addresses are then ### stored ### > in a MySQL database - a column for the users email address, and then a ### > column each for the additional 10 addresses. ### > ### > Now the client would like to have the ability to send an email to all ### > addresses collected at once - to inform the addresses of a sale, etc. ### I'm ### > guessing for this to be done, I'd have to select all the DISTINCT email ### > addresses from the 11 columns (users email, and the 10 addresses), then ### use ### > a loop to send the mail out. ### > ### > I had planned on using PHP's mail() function - does anyone know of any ### > limitations imposed by this method? Normally, I'd contact the ISP and ### ask ### > them directly, however it's been several weeks since they've answered ### the ### > phones. ### > ### > Does anyone have any other/better options that I should pursue? This ### will ### > be my first mass mailing typed job so I'm not really sure where to begin ### or ### > if I'm on the right path at all. ### > ### > Thanks ### > -Tim ### > ### > ### ### ### -- ### PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) ### To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ### ###

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I had an idea myself to do this. But I've held off because I want to do something rather robust but still flexible.

I was going to use a database table.. with the fields.. to.. from.. subject.. body.. etc I was then going to have a cron task that ran every so often grabbing the records 1000-2000 at a time and sending them... if the script timed out the queue would still be there next time it ran.

Would this be a good solution for a heavy amount of emails? The benefit I guess is I can use any language I like to read the database and send the emails but still queue it up with php or any other language. I could even add a date time field to send emails at a certain time as well.

I think it would also free the user up faster as the records could be added to the database with "Insert delay". The series of inserts would be done and the user can forget about it.

A simple admin page with a Count query could monitor the queues progress.

Am I on the right track? any ideas additions?

Cheers

Brendon

-----Original Message----- From: rwxend.net [mailto:rwxend.net] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 3:09 PM To: php-generallists.php.net Subject: Fwd: Re: [PHP] Mass Mailing with PHP & MySQL

Is Peter McNulty out there anywhere?

Don't have a lot of experience with mailing scripts, but I use the one found at codingclick.com

Anyone else?

Quoting Justin French <justinindent.com.au>:

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I don't think you can load a different ini based on virtual host. However, you can override most php.ini values in either the httpd.conf or in a .htaccess file. I'm running about 10 vhosts on one box, all with the same IP, and I just use .htaccess, ie...

php_value include_path ".:/webserver/vhosts/beta/include"

to set the include path for my "beta" webserver. Just put the .htaccess file in the document root for that particular vhost.

Jean-Christian Imbeault wrote: > On my web server (Apache) I have two sites and I would like each site to > use a different php.ini. > > What is the correct way for me to have each site use it's own php.ini > file? I figure it's a setting in the apache conf file but I can't figure > out which ... > > Thanks, > > Jc > >

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Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I finally got what I wanted by doing it a <Directory> directive in the httpd.conf file.

Thanks again!

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It seems you have register globals set to off, thus when you have variables $price and $qty they are just fresh variables, you might try $HTTP_POST_VARS['price'] and $HTTP_POST_VARS['qty'] (don't forget the single quote).

"Cesar Aracena" <icaamicaam.com.ar> wrote in message news:000001c2bfeb$cecbd5c0$7a00a8c0NOTEBOOK... Hi all,

I guess this problem might sound childish for most of you, but I'm having it right now. I get two numbers from a FORM, one price and one quantity and I need to make a multiplication with them in order to store the total amount also as a double expression... I'm trying with:

$totalprice = $price * $qty;

but when I echo the, it gives me just plain old 0 (zero). Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Cesar L. Aracena icaamicaam.com.ar caracenainfovia.com.ar (0299) 156-356688 Neuquén (8300) Capital Argentina

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hey does anyone have a good login script that i can i can go buy on a tutorial sake. and also how to add the info correctly into a mysql database. Im kinda of a noobie so bare with me please. the books i have are not being very helpfull on this matter. you can see my username and password login page here. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks Karl James http://www.ultimatefootballleague.com/index.htm under construction

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Try this article - code sample available in the code library as well. http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim20000505.php3

Also a 6 part series on www.devarticles.com (5 are done) Here's part five - you can find the rest :) http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/323

zend.com probably has a good article on this as well.

olinux

--- Karl James <karl.jamesverizon.net> wrote: > hey does anyone have a good login script that i can > i can go buy > on a tutorial sake. and also how to add the info > correctly into a > mysql database. > Im kinda of a noobie so bare with me please. > > the books i have are not being very helpfull on this > matter. > > you can see my username and password login page > here. > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > thanks > Karl James > > http://www.ultimatefootballleague.com/index.htm > under construction

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Hey,

Anybody have a php-based guestbook that they like and can be freely downloaded? Don't need anything really fancy, just for a personal website. Easy-to-use, and not hard to integrate into the site would be bonuses (mysql not a problem).

I've looked around, and there's a bunch out there - I'm just looking for recommendations of what people like.

Thanks, Dave

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dear all,

please, any body who has experienced with jpgraph, tell me how to install this library.

because I want to use this library to create bar chart as dynamic image.

I'm using phpdev5 in my win 98.

thank you in advance

Rizki Salamun http://www.salamun.net

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hello friends.

I have a MYSql database and also a php application on the web. I need to generate formatted reports from the database - something like a report card with table, marks, aggregate etc. - Something like Crystal Reports for MS Visual Basic. Can this be done with PHP or are there any tools available to do this?

Thanks Denis

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i used swig to convert C++ module into a .so file. but when i use .so file in a php4 script i get following error :-

Warning: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php4/php_kcvsClient.so' - /usr/lib/php4/php_kcvsClient.so: undefined symbol: import__FPcN20 in /var/www.unitedkalinga.com/patro/cvs_swig/kcvsClient.php on line 19

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: checkout() in /var/www.unitedkalinga.com/patro/cvs_swig/runme_.php4 on line 5

Regards Trilochan

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use ldd /usr/lib/php4/php_kcvsClient.so to find out which library is missing. libsometh.so.6 => /usr/lib/libsometh.so.6 (0x40020000) ^^ you need to get something like this after every library listed

Trilochan wrote:

>i used swig to convert C++ module into a .so file. but when i use .so file >in a php4 script i get following error :- > >Warning: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php4/php_kcvsClient.so' - >/usr/lib/php4/php_kcvsClient.so: undefined symbol: import__FPcN20 in >/var/www.unitedkalinga.com/patro/cvs_swig/kcvsClient.php on line 19 > >Fatal error: Call to undefined function: checkout() in >/var/www.unitedkalinga.com/patro/cvs_swig/runme_.php4 on line 5 > > >Regards >Trilochan > > > > >

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I have an RSS parser that uses PHP's expat XML functions. Recently PHP started complaining about "Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated" whenever I used the idiom:

xml_set_object( $this->parser, &$this );

Does that mean the function xml_set_object has been deprecated as well? Is there another preferred way to call xml_set_object? Is there another preferred way to wrap XML parsing inside an object?

Thanks Kellan

ps. the full text of the warning is:

Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated - argument passed by value; If you would like to pass it by reference, modify the declaration of xml_set_object(). If you would like to enable call-time pass-by-reference, you can set allow_call_time_pass_reference to true in your INI file. However, future versions may not support this any longer. in /home/kellan/projs/magpierss/rss_parse.inc on line 124

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On Monday 20 January 2003 16:43, kellan wrote: > I have an RSS parser that uses PHP's expat XML functions. Recently PHP > started complaining about "Call-time pass-by-reference has been > deprecated" whenever I used the idiom: > > xml_set_object( $this->parser, &$this );

Assuming that xml_set_object() has been defined correctly then to get rid of that error/warning message simply use:

xml_set_object( $this->parser, $this );

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Hello:

My name is Charles Cedeno. I am now focusing in one online opportunity.I have tried several of these opportunities full of hype promising us thousands of dollars every month. I would get all excited and run to my family and friends with another "Great Money Maker ". It is a sad fact that many people who are in need of additional income, are being victimized by these fly by night scam artists. As a result of trying all these opportunities, I finally found the company which is true to their words. Not full of hype, but consistently send me the monthly check. They have given me the best compensation plan with their high % commission. I didn't have to perform some juggling act to maintain some 60 to 40% balance in my legs. It is not a pyramid, so there are no legs. It is not one of those binary compensation plan failures either. Everyone earns commissions here. They are providing a real service not the one that simply transfers wealth from the new signups to the people at the top. When you join, you will have a team of up line sponsors who will help you succeed every step of the way. Instead of being left alone, you will be guided step by step by real people, not those auto responders. Only you can make your own success together with the help of your sponsors. If you have 2 to 3 hours a day, you will be able to earn a full income in a few months. And there is absolutely no limit as to how much you can earn. It is designed to gain momentum after some time. But I prefer to avoid such statements as "You will get rich". I read it everywhere and will not allow myself to sound like them. I experienced it personally, you can be comfortable. To get your FREE membership ID, send email to charlescedenoyahoo.com and put "REGISTER ME FOR FREE" in the subject and your full name in the body of your email. Also include the statement below in the body of your email. "By submitting a request for a FREE DHS Club membership I agree to receive emails from DHS Club for both their Consumer and Business Opportunities." I will then register you into the system. You will receive a confirmation email asking you to verify. Open it up and activate your free membership immediately. Then set back and watch as your new business explodes.

Best regards,

Charles Cedeno

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Hi,

I've created a password protected area on the site I'm working on using PHP Sessions - I've done this several times before without any difficulty. This time, I've copied my old code - made the necessary changes for login/passwd/database names, yet the sessions don't appear to be working.

I've been comparing the PHP settings on each server - the server that works is using 4.2.2, the one that does not is using 4.1.2. Other than that, the only difference is that on the server that works I've changed the path to the PHP include dir (from the server set default into my account).

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

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Tim Thorburn wrote: > Hi, > > I've created a password protected area on the site I'm working on using > PHP Sessions - I've done this several times before without any > difficulty. This time, I've copied my old code - made the necessary > changes for login/passwd/database names, yet the sessions don't appear > to be working. > > I've been comparing the PHP settings on each server - the server that > works is using 4.2.2, the one that does not is using 4.1.2. Other than > that, the only difference is that on the server that works I've changed > the path to the PHP include dir (from the server set default into my > account). > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? > > >

This is by far the most FAQ on this list...

what changed http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php

why it changed http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php

In PHP 4.2.0 and later, the default value for the PHP directive register_globals is off. This is a major change in PHP. Having register_globals off affects the set of predefined variables available in the global scope. For example, to get DOCUMENT_ROOT you'll use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] instead of $DOCUMENT_ROOT, or $_GET['id'] from the URL http://www.example.com/test.php?id=3 instead of $id, or $_ENV['HOME'] instead of $HOME.

For related information on this change, read the configuration entry for register_globals, the security chapter on Using Register Globals , as well as the PHP 4.1.0 and 4.2.0 Release Announcements.

Using the available PHP Reserved Predefined Variables, like the superglobal arrays, is preferred.

Sean

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Hello,

when I try to open a SSL-connection via ssl:// with fsockopen () on Windows XP and PHP 4.3.0, I get the following error message:

"no SSL support in this build..."

I tried to add "extension=php_openssl.dll" in my php.ini and copied libeay32.dll into the SYSTEM32-directory, but that doesn't help.

Is it possible to use SSL-support in the standard windows binary distribution or do I have to build PHP from the source by myself?

Thanks in advance, alex.

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Hello!

Is there a way to get to know from which country a user is calling the webside with my php-script?

Martin

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Yes and no... you can use whois information about the IP class or enlist the services from a GEO firm that provides database information that includes information down to and including Cities etc.

The accuracy of this type of service in some areas of the world is not exactly accurate but usable.

Look for PHP whois classes but remember that most registries restrict the number of requests these days.

Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) Open Source Consulting e-mail: timhitcho.com.au

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> Is there a way to get to know from which country a user is > calling the webside with my php-script?

Probably only if you're going to ask them to tell you what country they are in.

You can look at the resolved domain that they are coming from and it's country code - this might be indicative or it might not be (particularly as .com domains are used by many people not in the US, for example).

You can look at the browser's IP address but some companies have IP addresses that they use world-wide and some companies route all traffic through central proxies that may or may not indicate the country of origin of the actual browser.

The only thing left is asking the user. Anything else cannot be considered reliable.

CYA, Dave

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when building apache 1.3.27 + php 4.3.0 i found out several errors, depending of what options i added with configure.

these are my configure commands

PHP: ./configure --with-apache=../apache_1.3.27 --with-mysql

APACHE: ./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/install/apache/ --activate-modules/php4/libmodphp4.a

compiling & installing php without errors, then i configure apache correctly, but when i try to "make" apache i find out:

gcc -c -I../../os/unix -I../../include -DLINUX=22 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../../apaci` mod_php4.c mod_php4.c:22: php_apache_http.h: No such file or directory make[4]: *** [mod_php4.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.27/src' make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.27' make: *** [build] Error 2

any int? is it a bug?

thanks

Stain

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sorry, i discovered in php INSTALL file my error was related to --activate-module parameter. (and configure command i posted was wrong!)

i apologize.

bye

Il 11:43, lunedì 20 gennaio 2003, Stain ha scritto: > when building apache 1.3.27 + php 4.3.0 i found out several errors, > depending of what options i added with configure. > > these are my configure commands > > PHP: > ./configure --with-apache=../apache_1.3.27 --with-mysql > > APACHE: > ./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/install/apache/ > --activate-modules/php4/libmodphp4.a > > compiling & installing php without errors, then i configure apache > correctly, but when i try to "make" apache i find out: > > gcc -c -I../../os/unix -I../../include -DLINUX=22 -DUSE_HSREGEX > -DNO_DL_NEEDED `../../apaci` mod_php4.c > mod_php4.c:22: php_apache_http.h: No such file or directory > make[4]: *** [mod_php4.o] Error 1 > make[3]: *** [all] Error 1 > make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.27/src' > make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.27' > make: *** [build] Error 2 > > any int? is it a bug? > > thanks > > Stain

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I have never heard of "out of range" error, but is it really an error or just a notice? If it is a notice, adjust error reporting to not display notices

andre.lagadeceducation.gouv.fr wrote:

>Hello, > >I try to move an Web application in Php-4.0.3 to php-4.2.3, and some >programs >don't work well on some pages. I make search in the code, and after >tests, I find that >the following code doesn't work in php-4.2.3, but works in php-4.0.3pl1 >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ><html> ><body> ><form> ><? >$i = 0; >while ($i<=3) { > $selected = ""; > $selectTab[$i] = "<option value='".$i."' ".$selected."> bla bla ></option>\n"; > $i++; > } >printf("<select name='filiere' multiple size='%d' class='textNoir'>\n", >($i-1) ); >$j = 0; >while ( $j <= $i ) { > printf($selectTab[$j]); > $j++; > } >printf("</select>"); >?> ></body> ></html> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >It's because there is an error in the code : this instruction is wrong >while ( $j <= $i ), >there is an "out of range" in the array selectTab[] when $j=$i=4 >the good instruction is while ( $j < $i ) > >Is there something changed in the gestion of the error "out of range" in >an array >betwen php-4.0.3pl1 and php-4.2.4 ? > >Thanks for your help ? > >AL > > > >

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Simply call umask everytime

rwxend.net wrote:

>Hello all! > >I have a number of scripts that upload 5 files at a time each. >The first one creates the dir using umask(000)and mkdir($dir,0777) >which gives the first five files perms 777, which is what I want. > >I have the subsequent scripts check if the dir exists and if not does the same >thing with umask and mkdir. The problem is the uploaded files in scripts 2 >through 5 do not inherit the perms 777. > >The script: > >if (!is_dir("/mnt/ls6/17/169/00000000/htdocs/2003/uploads/$mls")){ >umask(000); >mkdir($dir,0777)or die("couldn't create directory"); >} >$path1=$dir . "/1.jpg"; > move_uploaded_file( $upload1, $path1)or die("couldn't upload photo"); > $sql = (" UPDATE gallery SET img1 = '1' WHERE mls = '$mls';"); > >Is there a parameter I can include in move_uploaded_file() to set the perms on >the remaining files? > >Any help is greatly appreciated. > >RW > > >

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I'm looking for a Opendialog function in php, With a thumb function where I can see examples of the selected photes? Does anyone Know that??

Greetz Steven

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You can also use your custom save handler and store sessions in sql, and count it there

Justin French wrote:

>If you're on a dedicated server (no other sites on the server), you could >just count the session files in /tmp. > >Otherwise, the general consensus seems to be that you need to decide how >long a user is "active" for (say a minute, or 3, or an hour?), and save (eg) >the SID and timestamp in a file or MySQL table. > >In theory, you then count the number of sessions that were created or >reactivated (restamped) within your definition of "active" time (eg 3 mins). > > >This has been discussed waaay too many time on the list... do a search on >the archives for 'active users', perhaps also try a search with the word >"ASP" too :) > > >Justin > > >on 19/01/03 10:27 PM, Jeremías Grunge (angelcmateoshotmail.com) wrote: > > > >>Sorry I'm novice. >> >>There is a way to know how many sessions are active and to get variables or >>the id of them? >> >>Thanks >> >> >> >> > > > >

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Thanks to everybody

I decided to use the way of store the sessions on database and stamped them

Another question

Do you know a way to close a session when client closes the explorer? Perhaps with a client script?

"Marek Kilimajer" <kilimajerwebglobe.sk> escribió en el mensaje news:3E2BE7DD.6090505webglobe.sk... > You can also use your custom save handler and store sessions in sql, and > count it there > > Justin French wrote: > > >If you're on a dedicated server (no other sites on the server), you could > >just count the session files in /tmp. > > > >Otherwise, the general consensus seems to be that you need to decide how > >long a user is "active" for (say a minute, or 3, or an hour?), and save (eg) > >the SID and timestamp in a file or MySQL table. > > > >In theory, you then count the number of sessions that were created or > >reactivated (restamped) within your definition of "active" time (eg 3 mins). > > > > > >This has been discussed waaay too many time on the list... do a search on > >the archives for 'active users', perhaps also try a search with the word > >"ASP" too :) > > > > > >Justin > > > > > >on 19/01/03 10:27 PM, Jeremías Grunge (angelcmateoshotmail.com) wrote: > > > > > > > >>Sorry I'm novice. > >> > >>There is a way to know how many sessions are active and to get variables or > >>the id of them? > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >

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By setting cookie_lifetime to 0 (this is default), but the user has to close all browser windows

Jeremías Grunge wrote:

>Thanks to everybody > >I decided to use the way of store the sessions on database and stamped them > >Another question > >Do you know a way to close a session when client closes the explorer? >Perhaps with a client script? > >"Marek Kilimajer" <kilimajerwebglobe.sk> escribió en el mensaje >news:3E2BE7DD.6090505webglobe.sk... > > >>You can also use your custom save handler and store sessions in sql, and >>count it there >> >>Justin French wrote: >> >> >> >>>If you're on a dedicated server (no other sites on the server), you could >>>just count the session files in /tmp. >>> >>>Otherwise, the general consensus seems to be that you need to decide how >>>long a user is "active" for (say a minute, or 3, or an hour?), and save >>> >>> >(eg) > > >>>the SID and timestamp in a file or MySQL table. >>> >>>In theory, you then count the number of sessions that were created or >>>reactivated (restamped) within your definition of "active" time (eg 3 >>> >>> >mins). > > >>>This has been discussed waaay too many time on the list... do a search on >>>the archives for 'active users', perhaps also try a search with the word >>>"ASP" too :) >>> >>> >>>Justin >>> >>> >>>on 19/01/03 10:27 PM, Jeremías Grunge (angelcmateoshotmail.com) wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Sorry I'm novice. >>>> >>>>There is a way to know how many sessions are active and to get variables >>>> >>>> >or > > >>>>the id of them? >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > >

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I'm trying to create web page based on a PDF Form with the action assigned to a php script to parse out the vars. It seems to be working because I can parse and write the vars to a database but it seems that a file is getting passed back to the client containing the output of the php script that was called. If I write in a header("Location") command and route the client to another page their browser opens a file locally on their computer that contains the source code of the page called. How do I just get the results of the form?

TIA,

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Hello,

I am new to PHP scripting, but I have read some introdutory material, to know at least the basics of the basics.

But my question here is not about the thing I read, that PHP is used for. I would like to know if I can use PHP to make scripts at home (not on my server, not for woprking inside a homepage).

Example: I make PHP access a certain homepage, get the source, process it in a way I might fancy, or save it, etc., etc., ...

Is that possible with PHP? What should I do then, can anyone give some headlines?

I have seen this done with Perl. Would anyone recommend Perl instead PHP to do this? Or would it just depend on the scripting language you are used to? If someone would kindly do a "PHP X Perl" would be nice.(I think for all the list too :)

Kind regards to all,

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Well, it's quite easy: Just write a php-script and start it with php myscript.php. Thats all.

You could fetch a web-page with fopen: $fp = fopen("http://www.mydomain.com/", "r"); $line = ""; while(!feof($fp)) { $line .= fgets($fp, 4096); } fclose($fp); print $line;

If you are new in programming, I think PHP is easyier to learn than Perl.

Martin

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Hi,

Can anyone give me any pointers for creating a database abstraction class ? I know there are a few out there already, but I'm doing this purely as an OO learning exercise. I'm only at the paper design right now and I've only got this far;

Properties:

Persistent - Persistent connection ? (Boolean) User - Username (String) Pass - Password (String) Host - Database Server (String) Port - Database Port (3306 default for MySQL Query - Query to run (String) Result - Query Result (String) Error - Error returned (if any) NumRows - Num of rows returned from query (int) NumCols - Num od columns returned from query (int) RowsPerPage - Number of rows per page PagingOn - Return results in page ? (Boolean) CurrentPage - Current page number (int)

Methods:

Connect - Connect to db Close - Close connection SelectDB - Select database RunQuery - Execute query OutputTable - Output query results in table OutputPage - Outputs page of query results (calls OutputTable) FetchRow - Returns single row from query CreateLink - Creates HTML <A> tags for drill down queries

Are there any other properties/methods that would be useful ? Links/advice welcome (read "needed")

Cheers,

Nick

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this is pretty simple but my brain's not working

I get the numerical value of a week in the year thus

e.g $today = date("W");

gives 4 .so this is the 4th week of the year. I want to get the month based on this number. e.g 4 should be january. 7 will be feb etc..

i'm not bothered about being too exact ,where some weeks are in 2 separate months, the earlier month should be displayed.and this is just for 2003.

thanks, adrian

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Hi Adria,

why not just using $month=date("m")?

Martin

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Why not just get the month with another call to date("m") as well? Then call date("W) to get the week, if that's required? ----- Original Message ----- From: "adrian murphy2020tourism.com" <adrian.murphy2020tourism.com> To: <php-generallists.php.net> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 8:42 AM Subject: [PHP] simple date question

this is pretty simple but my brain's not working

I get the numerical value of a week in the year thus

e.g $today = date("W");

gives 4 .so this is the 4th week of the year. I want to get the month based on this number. e.g 4 should be january. 7 will be feb etc..

i'm not bothered about being too exact ,where some weeks are in 2 separate months, the earlier month should be displayed.and this is just for 2003.

thanks, adrian

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Hello!

You can easily get an webpage with: $fp = fopen("http://www.mydomain.com/", "r"); if ($fp) exit; while(!feof($fp)) { $line .= fgets($fp, 4096); } fclose($fp); print $line;

But this doesn't work with https (SSL). How can I get an https-page?

Martin

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--- Martin Thoma <martinradiok2r.de> wrote: > How can I get an https-page?

I have never tested this myself, but I found this page in the manual:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php

It has this to say:

"As of PHP 4.3.0, if you have compiled in OpenSSL support, you may prefix the hostname with either 'ssl://' or 'tls://' to use an SSL or TLS client connection over TCP/IP to connect to the remote host."

I'm sure you could use the openssl functions, but this sounds much easier.

Chris

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I would just read up on the CURL functions and either use them or get CURL and use it externally.

"Chris Shiflett" <shiflettphp.net> wrote in message news:20030120153001.50858.qmailweb14306.mail.yahoo.com... > --- Martin Thoma <martinradiok2r.de> wrote: > > How can I get an https-page? > > I have never tested this myself, but I found this page in > the manual: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php > > It has this to say: > > "As of PHP 4.3.0, if you have compiled in OpenSSL support, > you may prefix the hostname with either 'ssl://' or > 'tls://' to use an SSL or TLS client connection over TCP/IP > to connect to the remote host." > > I'm sure you could use the openssl functions, but this > sounds much easier. > > Chris

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Hi,

Can PHP run as a different user for different sites on the same server. The reason I ask is a client that has a PHP web site on our RAQ4 has had a PHP application written by someone else and wants us to upload it. Can PHP be configured to allow certain web sites access to files and directories within their web root only?

TIA

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--- Phil Ewington <philn-igma.net> wrote: > Can PHP be configured to allow certain web sites > access to files and directories within their web > root only?

I would suggest looking into safe mode. It sounds like it may work for you:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.safe-mode.php

Chris

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> -----Original Message----- > From: Cal Evans [mailto:calcalevans.com] > Sent: 18 January 2003 14:41 > > use [] in your select box name. When it comes back in the > $_POST array you > will have an array of options. It breaks HTML standard

No, it does not break HTML standards -- that is a PHP urban myth (which, to my chagrin, I helped to propagate before a wiser head sent me to read said standards in minute detail). It does not even break XHTML standards.

Believe me -- I've interrogated the damn standards to within an inch of their lives, and they nonetheless insist that [] are legal characters in form element name= attributes, and form element name= attributes are *not* deprecated.

Cheers!

Mike

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I just changed my server to SSL, everything worked before that. now if I have a form with an input box (named "searchstring" for example) with a value of "TEST", when that form is posted (submitted) I get the following:

foreach($_POST as $key => $value) { echo "[POST]Key: '$key'; Value: '$value'<br>\n"; }

will print: Key:'searchstring' ; Value: 'TESTsearchstring=TEST'

can anyone tell me where the second "searchstring=TEST" is coming from? I have tried register globals on and off.

kbrillmulti.com

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--- Kenneth Brill <kbrillmulti.com> wrote: > can anyone tell me where the second > "searchstring=TEST" is coming from? I > have tried register globals on and off.

Can you also show us the HTML for your form on the previous page? The simplest test case that produces this problem would be best.

Chris

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I will try to shortly. The server in question is password protected and has lot of information I don;t need hacked into right now. I'll set up a limited short term account and post everything then.

On another note, I have found that if I include (and use) the submit button everything works perfectly, HOWEVER if I just enter data and hit return then it messes up. That make no sence to me but maybe someone out there can put it together.

thanks

"Chris Shiflett" <shiflettphp.net> wrote in message news:20030120160125.30321.qmailweb14305.mail.yahoo.com... > --- Kenneth Brill <kbrillmulti.com> wrote: > > can anyone tell me where the second > > "searchstring=TEST" is coming from? I > > have tried register globals on and off. > > Can you also show us the HTML for your form on the previous > page? The simplest test case that produces this problem > would be best. > > Chris

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--- Kenneth Brill <kbrillmulti.com> wrote: > I will try to shortly. The server in question is > password protected and has lot of information I > don;t need hacked into right now. I'll set up a > limited short term account and post everything then.

So you do not have access to the server that has the code you are trying to debug? That seems like a bigger problem.

If you can at least test this with a browser, you can use it to view the source. This will reveal the HTML, and you can just show us the relevant parts.

Of course, if we notice the problem, it sounds like it is useless anyway, since you cannot access the server to fix anything. Unless I am missing something...

Chris

> > On another note, I have found that if I include (and use) > the submit button > everything works perfectly, HOWEVER if I just enter data > and hit return then > it messes up. That make no sence to me but maybe someone > out there can put > it together. > > thanks > > "Chris Shiflett" <shiflettphp.net> wrote in message > news:20030120160125.30321.qmailweb14305.mail.yahoo.com... > > --- Kenneth Brill <kbrillmulti.com> wrote: > > > can anyone tell me where the second > > > "searchstring=TEST" is coming from? I > > > have tried register globals on and off. > > > > Can you also show us the HTML for your form on the > previous > > page? The simplest test case that produces this problem > > would be best. > > > > Chris > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >

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