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| Are there any intermediate tutorials? | 11/13/2009 |
Q: I'm decent with PHP and can get along with it, but I'm wondering if there are any tutorials that are ...
A: Jerod - After you get the basics of the language down, I would say your next course of action should ...
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| EMAIL ADDRESS | 11/11/2009 |
Q: I wonder if you can help. I have set up the email php so that when the users completes their details ...
A: Dale, Assuming your mail() line currently looks something like this: $recipient=$_POST['email']; ...
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| Output apostrophes, quotation arks etc from Mysql database | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I need to display mysql data with php 4 or 5 that has apostrophes etc. within the text. The data is ...
A: If the value actually stored in the database field is Fred's Bakery (You've made sure that that ...
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| Output apostrophes, quotation arks etc from Mysql database | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I need to display mysql data with php 4 or 5 that has apostrophes etc. within the text. The data is ...
A: I apologize, but it's very difficult to understand what you're trying to do, still. However, if ...
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| Php5 pagination code with more link | 10/13/2009 |
Q: This needs register_global_on to work but my host correctly refuses to turn it on...so I urgently ...
A: I'm afraid I don't quite get what you're asking for, but I'll put a few answers here based on what ...
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| Easyphp Onto Compact Disc | 10/12/2009 |
Q: Cackler, I'm a new to PHP programming and I recently signed up for a night class to ...
A: EasyPHP is a package containing all of the necessary components to start developing in PHP right ...
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| Php5 pagination code with more link | 10/9/2009 |
Q: This needs register_global_on to work but my host correctly refuses to turn it on...so I urgently ...
A: Rather than checking for $id, you need to be checking for $_GET['id'] As an alternative (Though not ...
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| Display field value in dropdown | 10/1/2009 |
Q: I am fairly new to programing in php. I have a form that is populated with the current values of ...
A: Alan, you're actually very close to doing this right already. Here's what you need to do <select ...
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| php | 9/16/2009 |
Q: kevin im completely new to PHP i wrote a simple 'hello world' program, but i cant find the way to ...
A: You need to have PHP installed on the computer on which you want to execute the program. If this is ...
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| session life time | 9/10/2009 |
Q: i have two Qs. : 1- about session life time.. i have a login page but session die after several ...
A: 1. You can increase the session lifetime from within your script (If the php.ini file allows it) by ...
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| I have created a multilingual site with 3 languages and now i want to increase the languages. | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I am Yogesh, a lead programmer. I have created a website with 3 languages (English, Polish, ...
A: UTF-8 is acceptable to use in this case. If you were dealing with MOSTLY asian languages, I would ...
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| Static variable problem PHP | 8/28/2009 |
Q: .. I would like to ask if anyone of you knows what was the problem with my script... here the ...
A: What you're doing is simply not possible in the way that you're trying to do it. Class variables ...
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| PHP form question! | 8/24/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to bang out a form script for my web site, but I have very little PHP experience so I'm ...
A: Glad you're making progress. It's always nice getting something working that previously was not. ...
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| PHP form question! | 8/22/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to bang out a form script for my web site, but I have very little PHP experience so I'm ...
A: Ah, there is your problem. In order for PHP code to successfully execute, it must be accessed with ...
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| PHP form question! | 8/21/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to bang out a form script for my web site, but I have very little PHP experience so I'm ...
A: First of all, when debugging PHP scripts, it is often very helpful to add this at the top of your ...
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| Passing variables to URL just like using $_GET, but without forms | 8/19/2009 |
Q: What I am trying to do is to pass a variable called "types" to my url "www.mypage.com", just like we ...
A: If that is the case, then yes, you are close. You would do something more like: echo '<a ...
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| Passing variables to URL just like using $_GET, but without forms | 8/18/2009 |
Q: What I am trying to do is to pass a variable called "types" to my url "www.mypage.com", just like we ...
A: I guess I'm a bit confused at your question, as it seems like you've answered it yourself. <a ...
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| numerical values to graph | 7/31/2009 |
Q: how to convert data (numerical value) from your database (mySQL) to a bar graph to be dsplayed in a ...
A: I always take a simple approach to this. I figure out the average of the scores (In your case, the ...
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| multilingual web site | 7/26/2009 |
Q: I am developing a site with mulitilingual feature.its working fine without any problem.first the ...
A: However, if you want to put a quick fix in place, you could simply add columns whenever the user ...
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| PHP training | 7/11/2009 |
Q: I am a long time computer consultant with programming background, and would like to learn PHP. Can ...
A: my advice to you is to go out and download popular, well written scripts and just dive right in to ...
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| MySQL and Uploading | 4/14/2009 |
Q: I find asking this question extremely difficult without being able to add annotation to the code ...
A: Can you upload your modified code? The if(move_uploaded_file()) method should work perfectly in ...
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| MySQL and Uploading | 4/12/2009 |
Q: I find asking this question extremely difficult without being able to add annotation to the code ...
A: I apologize for the slow reply. A tornado rocked my hometown a few days ago and I've been pretty ...
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| Run a code | 4/11/2009 |
Q: My q is so simple that i could not find it in previous questions. How do a run PHP script in a ...
A: Basically, yes. You upload the script to your document/web root (IE /home/username/public_html, and ...
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| multiple php session management | 3/16/2009 |
Q: Cackler, I'm using WAMP 2 server (PHP 5.2.8, Apache 2.2.11, Windows XP SP3) and I have a php portal ...
A: The only thing that I can think of is to use session_id() to generate a unique session ID ...
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| drop-down list | 3/14/2009 |
Q: how can I insert selected value from drop-down list to mysql ? for text filed am using ...
A: First of all, you should NEVER put data into your database without first validating it and escaping ...
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| drop-down list | 3/14/2009 |
Q: how can I insert selected value from drop-down list to mysql ? for text filed am using ...
A: I don't know why your code is failing. I'm simply telling you that if you echo $_POST['city'];, you ...
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| Search Results Pagination | 3/12/2009 |
Q: My question is simple but I'm not sure if the answer is just as simple. Maybe you can help. What I ...
A: The basic things are as follows: 1 - How many results do you want to show per page? 2 - How many ...
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| about joomla script | 2/11/2009 |
Q: I installed joomla script on a host and the host has given me the subdomain. I bought a domain ...
A: First of all, you've set up your domain incorrectly. In most cases, you will point your domain name ...
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| Timeout Issue | 1/28/2009 |
Q: I have a system created in AJAX (JavaScript, PHP) that uses the server to read data from a text file ...
A: The max_*_time settings are what you would need to change to allow a long-running PHP script to keep ...
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| Downloading pdf files :D | 1/1/2009 |
Q: im not a newbie with php , ive done many projects , but this problem is driving me mad , i want a ...
A: There are several ways to do this Salman. One way is to stream your files through your PHP ...
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| How to save javascript variable in php variable?? | 12/26/2008 |
Q: This code for check time spend by user on page <body onload='window.setInterval("timeHere()", 100)' ...
A: This isn't my area of expertise, but off of the top of my head, I can think of several ways to do ...
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| php | 12/26/2008 |
Q: If I define a variable in one snippet of php code it carries on to another through an "include" ...
A: I can honestly say that I've never seen this problem before. What happens if you change your code ...
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| program logic | 11/25/2008 |
Q: I have having trouble with these files, one is called select.php and the update.php. The select.php ...
A: If I understood your problem correctly, your problem lies in this line: $sql = "UPDATE goods SET ...
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| php4 to php5 migration | 11/1/2008 |
Q: Sorry, forgot to show the .htaccess code in my first post: #Options -Indexes #Options ...
A: Unfortunately, this really is an Apache specific question, as mod_rewrite doesn't have much to do ...
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| php4 to php5 migration | 10/30/2008 |
Q: Sorry, forgot to show the .htaccess code in my first post: #Options -Indexes #Options ...
A: Dave - This is actually not a PHP question (You're new to the PHP world, so I will forgive you) :) ...
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| .htaccess Rewrites for a php4 website now on a php5 server | 10/30/2008 |
Q: The following .htaccess code redirected as shown to virtual files no problem on its original php4 ...
A: Dave - This is actually not a PHP question (You're new to the PHP world, so I will forgive you) :) ...
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| php.ini configuration | 10/29/2008 |
Q: i am getting problem with the file upload the file size is 5 mb i try my best to solve that problem ...
A: If you are hosting your website on a Shared server (and most people are), then you will not have ...
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| getting url data and posting into db | 10/12/2008 |
Q: i m stuck in a particular situation wile using php and mysql. i ll describe the scenario. i have ...
A: I'm not sure I understand your question, but I will try to answer it anyway. To get the value of ...
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| merging two sites | 10/4/2008 |
Q: How can i merge two sites together. Like merging twitter or flicker in the php site etc...? Plz ...
A: This question is much more complex to answer than you realize. Both Twitter and Flickr have an API ...
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| Grabbing Text | 5/17/2008 |
Q: Do you know how to grab a specific area of text from a website to be displayed in another site? ...
A: XML parsing is INFINITELY easier than screen scraping, I'm happy to say. The following link is a ...
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| Grabbing Text | 5/16/2008 |
Q: Do you know how to grab a specific area of text from a website to be displayed in another site? ...
A: my experience with screen scraping is limited. I usually get content from remote sites by using ...
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| sessions | 5/13/2008 |
Q: kindly forgive me if it is a silly question.I have developed an inventory package using php and the ...
A: How are you storing your sessions? In flat files, a database, or a cookie? Many a time, I have ...
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| PHP ODBC Question | 5/6/2008 |
Q: I have a web application where there is a connection being made to a database via odbc_connect(), ...
A: Jacques - Without seeing your code, I cannot be 100% about my answer, but here it is anyway. You ...
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| The Code | 5/2/2008 |
Q: Sorry about that. You ran out of available answers last night. Here is the full code that I put ...
A: John - The problem, from what I can see, is the following section while($row = ...
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| random thingy | 5/1/2008 |
Q: Now I am trying to make one of the table entries a random number. How would I do that. I am only ...
A: Let me just show you how to select data from a database, and you can take it from there: ...
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| random thingy | 5/1/2008 |
Q: Now I am trying to make one of the table entries a random number. How would I do that. I am only ...
A: You're not being a pain. If I didn't enjoy helping, I wouldn't be doing this :) <?php $con = ...
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| random thingy | 5/1/2008 |
Q: Now I am trying to make one of the table entries a random number. How would I do that. I am only ...
A: <?php $con = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS); if (!$con) { die('Could not connect: ' . ...
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| Sending an sms via modem | 4/30/2008 |
Q: Kindly let me know how to send an sms through a modem(GPRS preferably). Also kindly state the ...
A: Unfortunately, I don't know a whole lot about sending SMS messages via PHP, so I'm not able to help ...
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| Making Paypal recurring Payment | 4/15/2008 |
Q: i have done the request as .... <form action="https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" ...
A: Make absolutely sure that your <?=$variables;?> are actually working. Just view the source of your ...
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| Based on a given number how can I determine the multiplier I need? | 4/8/2008 |
Q: I'm making a game and I have it level based with the starting level being 0 of course. What I want ...
A: I've racked my brain for a few minutes on this, and I can't find a mathematical way to define how ...
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| $_GET with variable names with '.' | 3/20/2008 |
Q: I'm trying to get a list of checked files.. $filename='sample_1.txt'; print "<input type=checkbox ...
A: It looks to me like it's an issue with register_globals (although I could be misreading that bug ...
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| Page ID | 3/18/2008 |
Q: I'm new to PHP and can't find the answer to a simpleHow do i associate page ID's with filepaths? ...
A: This can be done several ways. The easiest way is like so: <?php if(isset($_GET['id'])) { ...
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| database tables into flash? | 3/6/2008 |
Q: Not sure how this is done (and even more so not sure if you can help me because I couldn't find ...
A: The same concept can be applied to video uploading. ...
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| database tables into flash? | 3/6/2008 |
Q: Not sure how this is done (and even more so not sure if you can help me because I couldn't find ...
A: There is a way - That much I can guarantee you. Unfortunately, knowhow in Flash is exactly 0. I've ...
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| Learning PHP5 OOP with difficulty... | 3/2/2008 |
Q: I'm in the process of learning OOP for PHP 5. It's really taking a long time, longer than most ...
A: Rebecca - Thanks for the question. Unfortunately for those not already familiar with OOP, the PHP ...
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| php5+mail | 2/19/2008 |
Q: firstly sorry for my English I'm Tunisian and didn't speak English so much. i have a problem with ...
A: The most likely cause is that your PHP4 installation had register_globals enabled and the PHP5 ...
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| PHP Nested Loops. | 2/16/2008 |
Q: i want output like in http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9843/gallerynj2.png I have part of my ...
A: Sorry about that typo. I should have been in bed 6 hours ago...Just can't sleep tonight (as you can ...
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| PHP Nested Loops. | 2/16/2008 |
Q: i want output like in http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9843/gallerynj2.png I have part of my ...
A: OK, I'm going to do my best to answer this question in a way that will help you out... It looks ...
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| How to stop get method. | 2/16/2008 |
Q: I want to validate the HTTP method and only allow POST unless GET is explicitly needed. My question ...
A: Honestly - I see no reason for you to name an explicit list of variables that your script is ...
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| post with a link | 2/15/2008 |
Q: I hate to bother you again but I really don't want to trust an important question to someone else ...
A: Again here, you don't need to use echo to put that information into a query/command. ...WHERE ...
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| How to stop get method. | 2/15/2008 |
Q: I want to validate the HTTP method and only allow POST unless GET is explicitly needed. My question ...
A: Please correct me if I'm wrong here, but it sounds to me like you want to now allow a page to be ...
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| post with a link | 2/15/2008 |
Q: I hate to bother you again but I really don't want to trust an important question to someone else ...
A: I'm flattered ;) Now - My brain hurts from reading your description, but it sounds like you want to ...
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| Crystal Report and Php | 2/4/2008 |
Q: Kevin Can we call a crystal report from php? if so how can we call, can pls give an ...
A: Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with Cyrstal Reports. However, a quick google search ...
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| creating links for database results | 12/22/2007 |
Q: i have a some data in a mysql database, and i'm building a php based site. i would like to retreive ...
A: You're asking a lot of questions at once, here. You need to take it step by step. 1: If the URL is ...
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| os variable store in PHP variable | 12/18/2007 |
Q: I want to store %username% (in cleint system) value in php variable. i have tryed using system(). ...
A: I doubt that you will be able to pull this off using only PHP. Your best bet would be to create a ...
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| php Login system | 12/14/2007 |
Q: I am a newbie to php so it is a very basic query. I have designed a login system, in which when the ...
A: That's very weird - I've never seen this problem before. For testing purposes, you should open your ...
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| page redirection | 12/13/2007 |
Q: I'm building a site wich uses php5 and mySQL. i've following up on how to redirect pages, and found ...
A: Because header("Location") is...well, a header, it must be sent to the browser before any output is ...
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| .htaccess--Talkback comment script | 11/23/2007 |
Q: I have installled a comment script called Talkback.(link below) ...
A: In this case, it really would be best for you to contact Godaddy directly. As I'm not a godaddy ...
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| PHP Debug mode | 11/5/2007 |
Q: i've looked a lot for documentation on php debug mode, but am enable to find it. I have noticed an ...
A: Well you're on the right track. The documentation, as you stated, is very poor on this subject. ...
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| Connecting database from two servers | 11/1/2007 |
Q: Is it possible to connect database fromm two different servers? If yes, can you help me in it. Its ...
A: I'm not sure what you're asking here. I will respond to what I think you might be saying, however. ...
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| Php Reporting | 10/30/2007 |
Q: Kevin I have developed a project using Php and MySql. I have create some forms for ...
A: I purchased a license for http://www.websitedatabases.com/database_reports.html a few months ago, ...
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| Php and MySql with Crystal Reporting | 10/29/2007 |
Q: Kevin I have develop a database software using Php and MySql. I want to use Crystal ...
A: If your PHP installation and Crystal Reports installation are on the same Windows based system, you ...
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