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hello all. I am using this code to randomly select one value from an array. srand (); $rec = array("1","2","3","4","5","6"); $rec = $rec; print $rec; problem is, is sometimes it returns nothing. can anyone see how to make this so it always selects something.

Hi, Can anyone give me an example of the setup of FastCGI with php (with apache). There are some good instruction how to do it with a Zeus webserver, but none with apache. Thanks in advanced, Frank de Bot

I have a question related to the "security" issues posed by Globals ON. It is good programming technique IMO to initialise variables, even if it's just $foo = 0; $bar = ""; Surely it would be better to promote better programming than rely on PHP to compensate for lazy programming?

I am a PHP newbie who has to get something online quickly. I need to put a Community online with preferably all of the following: Groups/Forums - Different Community interest groups - Group Administrators - Group Homepage Articles Comments for Articles Documents for articles Forums

Anyone recommend a good script editor for Mac OS X? Just finished a 4-day PHP class in front of a Windows machine, and liked the editor we used. Don't recall the name, but it gave line numbers as well as some color coding, etc. Having trouble finding the same in an editor that'll run on OS X. -- Floydian Slip(tm) - "Broadcasting from...

I have a from with 2 fields: Company & Name Depening which is completed, one of the following queries will be run: if($Company){ $query = "Select C* From tblsample Where ID = $Company Order By Company ASC";

Sorry to post so much code all at once but I'm banging my head against the wall trying to get this to work! Does anyone have any idea where I'm going wrong? Thanks in advance and sorry again for adding so much code... <TABLE border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellspacing="0"> <TR>

Ok, I'm having some trouble with conditionals, for some reason PHP is screwing them up. First off, here is the code: <?php $username = "fred"; $userdata = "./$username.txt"; $fp = fopen("$userdata", "r", 1); $origpass = fread($fp, 5); if($passcount = 1) {

Hi all, I have a form which simulates a form collecting a person's info for a job. The form has the field's like fname, lname, address etc. The last field in the form is browse for resume and upload it. What I did until now is, I am inserting all the data other than the resume into a table and storing the resumes in a seperate directory. My...

Is there a PHP command to list the drives of the Server. Or should I check each letter from a...z if it exists? thanks

Hi everybody, I'm using phpMyAdmin 2.2.6 with EasyPHP v.1.6.0.0 I wrote a php script which uses a username (added in the mysql base with phpMyAdmin). This user has no privileges. But in the script, I have the following request for the same username : INSERT TO table (...) VALUES (....) And it's working !!! The user can insert new rows with...

My form and results are on one page. If I use : if ($Company) { $query = "Select Company, Contact From tblworking Where ID = $Company Order By Company ASC"; }

Has anybody ever heard of support for the book: "Secure PHP Development" by: Mohammed J. Kabir I'm trying to run one of his PHP solutions called "Web Forms Manager" I haven't been able to get it up and running. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I would like to run a custom script on a linux box via a button on a php page (php webpage hosted on the same linux box). Is this possible? If so , can you give me a pointer in the right direction? thanks James

Hi Is there a way to generate colour hex strings that are guaranteed to be dark and thus good as random-generated text colours? something like ------------------- srand((double)microtime()*1000000); function tc() {

Folks: How can I get an /exec'ed/ process to run in the background on an XP box? I have a monitor-like process which I am starting as 'exec("something.exe");' and, of course the exec function blocks until something.exe terminates. Just what I /don't/ want. (Wouldn't an & be nice here! Sigh) I need something.exe to disconnect and...

What PHP code would I use to check if submitted sites to my directory actually exist?? I want to use something that can return the server code to me, ie HTTP 300 OK, or whatever. Can I do this with sockets??

I'm currently using PHP Super Counter from: http://www.abspoel.com/roel-karin/download.php My biggest problem is that each time this script runs (aka has a count) it makes a query to an extreme big table (created by it) and sucks up a lot of processing power. Well today my mySQL server has been stuttering because of high traffic. Every...

Hi, I am looking for a PostNuke module that lets my users bet on the national soccer league. Has anyone seen something similar? Using PostNuke 0.723. Thank you. -- Sven Ehret If things don't improve soon, you'd better ask them to stop helping you.

hello all. currently, this is how a line of my form is setup (names have been changed to protect the innocent ;) <form action="/modules.php?name=buyme&file=index&func=gimmecash" method="post"> which would of course pass it to the file on my normal http site (http://www.mydomain.com). if i wanted this form to pass to my secure site, ie.

I have been using PHP for a while now, although my knowledge of the inbuilt functions is pretty lacking. I am trying to remove a 'space' from the middle of a string. I reckon I could split the string at teh space, trim each string then join them, but this seems a little long winded. Is there a command to remove certain charachters? Or even...

Hello everyone. I am TOTALLY baffled. PLEASE, I need some help here. In the event that one must deal with a name including an apostrophe...I am looking for an appropriate solution. The flow of data is that the name is entered in via a form text box, stored in a MySQL table and then read back into another form or echoed out as needed.

Hi, I have a client who is wanting to compute UPS shipping charges for his orders. I believe it is possible to query a UPS service (well, something online, be it a normal cgi ro real web service) to compute actual shipping costs of parcels from within ones shopping cart script. Am I correct in this, does anybody know where I can find...

I am trying to auto-detect what folder a file is sitting in and based upon this info, query a MySQL database to get further information. I have been all over php.net and been through numerous examples, but I can't get my script to do exactly what I want... An example given on php.net regarding dirname() is as follows: dirname can be...

I got a "Parse error: parse error in ..." in this line: if(empty($_POST){ ..... But if I fist assign $ssn=$_POST; and then if(empty($ssn){ ... it is working. Any advice? Thanks in advance.