PHP - Getting Very Good I Think At Understanding Oop Critique Advice Needed Though!

Hello Everyone,

I want to create my own Mafia game such as, "Infamous Gangsters" have i come to the right place

Basically im new to PHP coding and i want to know a list of things before i start to learn

1.) Does it cost to create a website such as: Infamousgangsters.com?
2.) How long does it take to learn PHP coding before i have enough experience to create one?
3) Does anyone have any useful documents on PHP coding which i can read to learn basic knowledge?

Many Thanks,
Providence

I am creating a site to display some products. For ease of updating I want it to run off a MySQL database. I have created the database and php scripts to output and input data etc. I know want to show that data in my web pages. My question is.... Is it best to insert HTML into the php output script to display the information and make the site look how I want....OR ....... should I create a template of the site in HTML and then somehow call the php output script (and the particular row of the database...)

Basically... should I put the html code into the php - OR - put the php into the HTML??

I hope this make sense......

thanks

I'm having a mini application developed to create A4 PDF's using PHP

A key part of the project needs to be able to insert high quality graphics into the document that when printed out look really sharp

Some of the graphics are variable and don't always have to be printed

I just wanted to know if there was a general guide on what graphics and quality to use?

The graphics I need printed print really well when put into a Word document at 300 resolution - so I can't see why there should be any problems inserting into a PDF - these graphics are PNG ones

Unfortunately, if I insert the same PNG format into the PDF via the PHP code, the graphic turns out to be REALLY big

Just looking for advice

Thanks


OM

Hi,   I have a built a website and I want to get some feedback from the members at this forum. I can't seem to post this topic in the Website Critique forum.   Thanks   Moved by Ch0cu3r
Edited by Ch0cu3r, 10 December 2014 - 06:25 AM.

Hi, I hope this is still a relevant topic here. I don't have a lot of coding experience and haven't studied it a college -- I'm just self taught hobbyist. I was wondering what your opinion is of the way I have structured my code and solved what I needed to do.

Any tips or feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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<?php
$form_submission=$_POST["query"];
$lines = file('eo_dic.txt', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES); 
preg_match_all('/[\w\'\&#349;\&#265;\&#309;\&#365;\&#293;\&#348;\&#264;\&#308;\&#364;\&#292;]+|[,.;!"?-\s\\(\\)]/', $form_submission, $matches);

foreach ($matches[0] as $value){ 
  // Check if $value is a word or something else.
  if ($value == " " || $value == "," || $value == "." || $value == "(" || $value ==  ")" || $value == "!" || $value == "?" || $value == "-" || $value == ";" || $value == '"'){
    echo $value;
  }
  else { // $value is a word.
    $titleText = array(); // store results in array.
    foreach ($lines as $line){
      list($field1, $field2) = explode('=', $line);
      if (strcasecmp($field1, $value) == 0 || strcasecmp($field2, $value) == 0){ // Found string in DB.
        array_push($titleText, "$field1 = $field2"); // Store all finds in array before outputting.
      }
    }
    if (empty($titleText)) { // $value was not found -- array is empty.
      echo '<a name="translated" class="translated" title="Not found.">' . $value . '</a>';
    }
    else {
      $arrayOut = implode(" / ", $titleText); // output the results found in the search.
      echo '<a name="translated" class="translated" title="' . $arrayOut . '">' . $value . '</a>';
    }
  }
}
unset($value);
?>

I am fairly comfortable with procedural PHP but when it comes to classes and OO I am learning.

I have written a small class to get all of the information from the URL. I am sure I have added my own style and broken about a million rules. I have already found places to improve this but I thought I would bounce it off everyone here before I started to make changes and started expanding it. I am also aware that there are classes that I can download that do this much better but I am trying to better understand how they work so I think this is a good start.

Can you just look it over and point out things that I have done wrong and give me some general pointers on how to improve it.
class uri extends mainframe{

private $path = null;

private $pathParse = array();

private $component = null;

private $view = null;

private $host = null;

private $dirDepth = null;

public  $queryString = array();

function __construct() {

$this->getHost();

$this->getPath();

$this->getView();

$this->getQueryString();
       

}

/*

 * Check to see if we are in the base folder

 */

function dirDepth($base) {

$this->dirDepth = config::DDEPTH + $base;

return $this->dirDepth;

}

/*

 * return the host address

 */

function getHost() {

$this->host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];

return $this->host;

}

/*

 * return the path information

 */

function getPath() {

$this->path = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

return $this->path;

}

/*

 * returns the query string in an array

 * 

 * I am sure this isn't the right way to do this

 * but it is working.

 */

function getQueryString() {

$this->getPath();

preg_match('/\?(.*)/', $this->path, $queryString);

if ($queryString == true) {

$queryPairs = array();

$queryString = (isset($queryString['1']) ? $queryString['1'] : null);

$queryPairs = explode('&', $queryString);

$queryStrings = array();

$pairs = array();

foreach ($queryPairs as $queryPairs) {

preg_match('/(.*)=(.*)/', $queryPairs, $pairs);

array_push($queryStrings, $pairs);

}

$key = array();

$value = array();

foreach ($queryStrings as $queryStrings) {

array_push($value, (isset($queryStrings['2']) ? $queryStrings['2'] : null));

array_push($key, (isset($queryStrings['1']) ? $queryStrings['1'] : null));

}

$this->queryString = array_combine($key, $value);

return $this->queryString;

}else{

unset($this->queryString);

}

}

/*

 * returns the path in an array and removes the query string

 */

function pathParse() {

self::getPath();

$this->pathParse = explode('/', $this->path);

$endCheck = preg_replace('/\?(.*)/','', array_pop($this->pathParse));

array_push($this->pathParse, $endCheck);

$this->pathParse = array_filter($this->pathParse);

if(!empty($this->pathParse)) {

return $this->pathParse;

}else{

unset($this->pathParse);

}

}

/*

 * returns the first part of the path

 */

function getComponent() {

self::pathParse();

self::dirDepth('1');

if(!empty($this->pathParse[$this->dirDepth])) {

$this->component = $this->pathParse[$this->dirDepth];

return $this->component;

}else{

unset($this->component);

}

}

/*

 * returns the second part of the path

 */

function getView() {

self::pathParse();

self::dirDepth('2');

if(!empty($this->pathParse[$this->dirDepth])) {

$this->view = $this->pathParse[$this->dirDepth];

return $this->view;

}else{

unset($this->view);

}

}

/*

 * Ummmmm need some help here for sure.

 */

function __destruct() {

}
}

$uri = new uri();

Thank you in advance for your help!

I am in the process of building my own MVC framework (just to learn the concepts) and I decided to throw some libraries and helpers in the mix to make things more convenient. Below is my email helper in which I want to be able to use an array as the "to" part of the mail() function. I was wondering what everyone thought of my class and if I can improve upon it. Thanks!

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<?php 
/**
 * To use this email class in it's most basic form:
 * 
 *  $to must be an array even if you are sending to only one recipient.
 *  You declare it like so:
 *  $to = array('recipient');
 *  or
 *  $to = array('one', 'two', 'three');
 * $sendMail = new Email($to, 'subject', 'message');
 *  if ($sendMail->send()) {
 *  // success
 *  } else {
 *  // failure
 *  }
 * 
 * To add various features (declare these before using $sendMail-send()):
 *  To add a CC address:
 *  $sendMail->setCC('email address');
 *  To add a BCC address:
 *  $sendMail->setBCC('email address');
 *  To set the from name:
 *  $sendMail->setFromName('name of sender');
 *  To set the from email:
 *  $sendMail->setFromEmail('email of sender');
 *  To set a content type (default is text/html):
 *  $sendMail->setContentType('content type');
 *  To set a charset (default is iso-8859-1):
 *  $sendMail->setCharset('charset');
 */

class Email
{

public $to = array();
public $subject;
public $message;
public $fromName;
public $fromEmail;
public $cc;
public $bcc;
public $contentType;
public $charset;
private $_headers;

public function __construct($to, $subject, $message) {
if (!is_null($to) && !is_array($to)) {
throw new Exception('The recipient names must be an array, even if there is only one recipient.');
}
if (is_null($to) || is_null($subject) || is_null($message)) {
throw new Exception('There must be at least one recipient, a subject, and a message.');
}
$this->to = $to;
$this->subject = $subject;
$this->message = $message;
}

public function setCC($cc = NULL) {
$this->cc = $cc;
}

public function setBCC($bcc = NULL) {
$this->bcc = $bcc;
}

public function setFromName($fromName = 'Website Name') {
$this->fromName = $fromName;
}

public function setFromEmail($fromEmail = 'admin@website.com') {
$this->fromEmail = $fromEmail;
}

public function setContentType($contentType = 'text/html') {
$this->contentType = $contentType;
}

public function setCharset($charset = 'iso-8859-1') {
$this->charset = $charset;
}

private function _setHeaders() {
$this->_headers = "Content-type: " . $this->contentType . "charset=" . $this->charset . "\r\n";
$this->_headers .= "From: " . $this->fromName . "<" . $this->fromEmail . "> \r\n";
if ($this->cc != NULL) {
$this->_headers .= "CC: " . $this->cc . "\r\n";
}
if ($this->bcc != NULL) {
$this->_headers .= "BCC: " . $this->bcc . "\r\n";
}
}

public function send() {
$this->_setHeaders();
$this->setFromName();
$this->setFromName();
$sent = FALSE;
foreach ($this->to as $recipient) {
if (mail($recipient, $this->subject, $this->message, $this->_headers)) {
$sent = TRUE;
continue;
}
}
if ($sent = TRUE) {
return TRUE;
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}

}

I'm developing my own CMS with a few functions and wanted to know how things are looking right now because I can't find a board for strickly CODING CRITIQUE so I put it in this board. There isn't a whole lot to go through. I know there is something wrong with my issets line but other than that just a general critique of how its shaping up?

manager.php

<?php
        session_start();

        require "dbconfig.php";
        require "functions.php";

        if ((isset($_POST['username'])) && (isset($_POST['password'])))
        {
                $username = $_POST{'username'};
                $password = SHA1($_POST{'password'});
                validate($username, $password);
        }
        elseif ((!(isset('username'))) && (!(isset('password'))))
        {
                require_once "login.php";
        }
        
        $username = stripslashes($username);
        $password = stripslashes($password);
        $username = mysql_real_escape_string($username);
        $password = mysql_real_escape_string($password);
        
        $sql="SELECT * FROM dbusers WHERE username='$username' and password='$password'";
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
?>




functions.php

<?php

// This page defines functions used by the login/logout process

function validate($username, $password)
{
    
}

?>


login.php

<?php
include_once ("globals.php");
?>

<html>
<head>
<title><?php echo $shortsitename; ?> EW Manager</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo "$stylesheet"; ?>" />
</head>
<body>

<p id="backtosite"><a href="#" title="Are you lost?">&larr;&nbsp;Back to <?php echo $fedname ?></a></p>

<div id="login">
    <h1><?php echo $shortsitename; ?> Manager</h1>
    <form id="loginform" action="" method="POST">
        <p><label>Username<br /><input type="text" name="username" id="user_login" class="input" size="15"  /></label></p>
        <p><label>Password<br /><input type="password" name="password" id="user_pass" class="input" size="15" /></label></p>
        <p class="forgetmenot"><label><input name="rememberme" type="checkbox" id="rememberme" />&nbsp;Remember Me</label></p>
        <p class="submit">
        <input type="submit" value="Login" class="button-primary" />
        </p>
    </form>
</div>

</body></html>

Hello,
My script below IS finally working, but I was hoping for some aggressive, anal comments for critique.

Keep in mind, I am developing for a php4 platform otherwise I would have used a newer php5 validation function.

<?php
  if (isset($_POST['btnSubmit'])) {
      $first_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['fname']);
      $last_name = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['lname']);
      $title = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['title']);
      $company = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['company']);
      $address1 = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['address1']);
      $address2 = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['address2']);
      $city = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['city']);
      $zip = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['zip']);
      $phone = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['phone']);
      $fax = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['fax']);
      $email = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['email']);
      
      if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z' -]{1,75}$/", $first_name)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid first name.";
      }
      
      if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z' -]{1,75}$/", $last_name)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid last name.";
      }
  
  if ($first_name === $last_name && $first_name != "") {
          $error[] = "First Name and Last Name cannot be the same.";
      }
      
      if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z' -]{1,150}$/", $company)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid company name.";
      }
      
      if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z' -.]{1,150}$/", $title)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid Title.";
      }
      
      if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9' - . ]{1,150}$/", $address1)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid mailing address.";
      }
  
  if (!preg_match("/^[A-Za-z0-9' - . ]{1,150}$/", $city)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid city.";
      }
  
  if (!preg_match("/^[0-9' - . ( ) ]{1,150}$/", $phone)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid phone number.";
      }
  
  if (!preg_match("/^[0-9' - . ( ) ]{1,150}$/", $fax)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid fax number.";
      }
      
      if (!preg_match("/([a-z][a-z0-9_.-\/]*@[^\s\"\)\?<>]+\.[a-z]{2,6})/i", $email)) {
          $error[] = "Please enter a valid email address in the format: start@middle.end.";
      }
      
      if (is_array($error)) {
          echo "<div id='errorWrapper'><h2>There are errors in your input. Please correct the following fields:</h2>";
          foreach ($error as $err_message) {
              echo "<span class='errorText'> >> $err_message" . "</span><br />";
          }
          echo "</div>";
          
          include('../includes/attendee_registration_form.php'); // this is the form
          exit();
      }
      
      else {
          include('../includes/attendee_registration_mailer.php'); // this send the email and populates the table
      }
  } else {
      include('../includes/attendee_registration_form.php'); // this is the form
      exit();
  }
?>

All criticism/suggestions/improvements appreciated

Registration.php
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<?php
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","","") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('Users');

if(isset($_COOKIE['ID_my_site'])) {
$cookie_username = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_COOKIE, 'ID_', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$cookie_password = sha1($_COOKIE['Key_']);
$cookie_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '$cookie_username'") or die(mysql_error());
$cookie_results = mysql_fetch_array($cookie_check);

if ($cookie_password == $cookie_results['Password']) {
echo "<div id=\"login_msg\">You are already logged on. Redirecting...</div><br />" && header("location:/index.php");
}
}

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$Username = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Username', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$Email = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Email', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$Password = sha1($_POST['Password']);
$Password2 = sha1($_POST['Password2']);

if (!$Username | !$Email | !$Password | !$Passord2) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">You did not complete all of the required fields, please try again.</div><br />";
}

if ($Password != $Password2) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">Your passwords do not match, please try again.</div><br />";
}

$check_username = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE (Username = $Username)");
$result_username = mysql_fetch_row($check_username);
$check_email = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE (Email = $Email)");
$result_email = mysql_fetch_row($check_email);

if ($result_username == true) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">The Username: '$Username', already exists. Please enter another username.</div><br />";
}

if ($result_email == true) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">The Email Adress: '$Email', is already in our Database.</div><br />";
}

$sql = "INSERT INTO Users (Id, Username, Email, Password) VALUES ('', '$Username','$Email','$Password')";
$add_member = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

if (mysql_query($add_member)) {
$week = time() + 604800; 
setcookie(ID_, $_POST['Username'], $week); 
setcookie(Key_, $_POST['Password'], $week);
echo "<div id=\"login_msg\">Successfully added to our Database.</div><br />"  &&  header ("location:/Login.php"); 
}

else {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">Invalid input.</div><br />"; 
}
}
?>

Login.php
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<?php
include("db.php");

if(isset($_COOKIE['ID_my_site'])) {
$cookie_username = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_COOKIE, 'ID_', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$cookie_password = sha1($_COOKIE['Key_']);
$cookie_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '$cookie_username'") or die(mysql_error());
$cookie_results = mysql_fetch_array($cookie_check);

if ($cookie_password == $cookie_results['Password']) {
echo "<div id=\"login_msg\">You are already logged on. Redirecting...</div><br />" && header("location:/index.php");
}
}

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { 
$Username = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Username', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$Password = sha1($_POST['Password']);

if (!$Username | !$Password) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">You did not complete all of the required fields, please try again.</div><br />";
}

$sql = "SELECT * FROM Users WHERE (Username, Password) = ('$Username', '$Password')";
$db_check = mysql_num_rows($sql) or die(mysql_error());

if (mysql_query($db_check)) {
$week = time() + 604800; 
setcookie(ID_, $cookie_username, $week); 
setcookie(Key_, $cookie_password, $week);
echo "<div id=\"login_msg\">Successfully Logged In.</div><br />"  &&  header ("location:/index.php");
}

elseif (($Username | $Password) != $db_check) {
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">Invalid username or password, please try again.</div><br />";
}
}
?>

Logout.php
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<?php
include("db.php");

if(isset($_COOKIE['ID_my_site'])) {
$cookie_username = mysql_real_escape_string(filter_input(INPUT_COOKIE, 'ID_', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS));
$cookie_password = sha1($_COOKIE['Key_']);
$cookie_check = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Users WHERE username = '$cookie_username'") or die(mysql_error());
$cookie_results = mysql_fetch_array($cookie_check);

if ($cookie_password != $cookie_results['Password']) {
header("location:/login.php");
}
else {
$past = time() - 604800; 
setcookie(ID_, gone, $past); 
setcookie(Key_, gone, $past); 
echo "<div id=\"error_msg\">Sucessfully logged out. Good Bye!</div><br />" && header ("location:/login.php");
}
} 

?>

Hi, can someone help me figure out why the logo div isn't centering? 

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<?php
require_once("functions.php"); 
?> 
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
td {
border-top-style: solid;
border-right-style: solid;
border-bottom-style: solid;
border-left-style: solid;
border-top-color: #30C;
border-right-color: #30C;
border-bottom-color: #30C;
border-left-color: #30C;
}
</style>
<link href="doggyTreats.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>

<?php
[color=yellow]logo();[/color]
navBar();
echo "<div id=\"mainContent\">";
echo "<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" name=\"catalog\">";
  
DatabaseConnection();  

  $query = "SELECT * FROM treats"; 
        $result_set = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
$i = 0;

        echo "<table>";
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result_set))
        {
echo"<tr><td width=\"2s00px\"><img src=\"{$row['product_pic']}\" /></td><td width=\"200px\">{$row['product_title']}.<br /><br />{$row['product_Description']}.<br /> Price:  \${$row['price']}.<br /><br />Quantity <input name=\"quantity\" type=\"text\" size=\"2\" /></td></tr>";
        }
echo "<tr>"; 
echo "<td><input name=\"submit\" type=\"button\" value=\"Proceed to Checkout\" />"; 
echo "</table>";    
echo "</form>";
echo "</div>";
footer();
?>
</body>
</html>

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#navBar {
background-color: #060;
width: 200px;
padding-top: 50px;
padding-bottom: 250px;
float: left;
}
#navBar #menu {
margin-right: 6px;
}

.menuOption {
background-image: url(assets/bone2a.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-bottom: 25px;
list-style-type: none;
height: 20px;
padding-top: 26px;
text-align: center;
}
body {
background-color: #0089cc;
}[color=yellow]
#logo  {
text-align: center;
margin-top: 5px;
height: 123px;
width: 182px;
}[/color]
#footer {
font-style: italic;
text-align: center;
}
.shoppingCart tr th {
padding: 5px;
}
.shoppingCart tr td {
padding: 5px;
}
#mainContent {
width: 350px;
margin-top: 30px;
}


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<?php
[color=yellow]function logo()
{
echo "<div id=\"logo\">";
echo "<img src=\"assets/logo.gif\" alt=\"logo\" />"; 
echo "</div>";
}[/color]
function footer()
{
echo "<div id = \"footer\">";
echo "Auntie Vic\'s Treatery <br />";
echo "PO Box 34092 <br />";
echo "Clermont, IN 46234 <br />";
echo "317-701-0343 <br />";
echo "<a href=\"mailto:auntievics@gmail.com\">Email Us</a>";
echo "</div>";
}  
function navBar()
{

    echo "<div id = \"navBar\">";
echo "<ul id=\"menu\">";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"index.html\">Home</a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"aboutUs.html\">Management Team </a></li>";
  echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"treats.html\">Treats </a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"charities.html\">Supported Charities</a></li>";
echo "<li class=\"menuOption\"><a href=\"order.html\">Orders</a></li>";
echo "</ul>";
echo "</div>";
}
?>

I'm attempting to convert a huge project I made with mysql to PDO.  I have many cases where I would use a WHILE statement to return a query array.
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while($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)){From what I've seen so far, it looks as though I need to use a foreach statement to do the same task.
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foreach ($dbh->query($sql) as $row){
Is that correct?

I have a system that I want to change. 

can you guys help with this a little bit?  i've been in so many companies.  I get so sick of this.  people throw terms around all the time and a lot of times, at least what I've noticed, is that a lot of people don't even really know what they're talking about.  take for instance, this:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.iterator.php

if you consider the link, it is calling the iterator a class.  but, in the article it is described as an interface.  to me, that's just ridiculous.  you see, what's going to happen with that, is that I'm going to go into a meeting next week and some person from india is going to argue with me about ""well, no, a class is not an interface.....yada yada..."", and on and on and on.  obviously this is extremely simple, and most CEOs understand that.  I've never understood why engineers do not.  it's nothing more than a hierarchy.  everything is.  sooooo.....to start here, does anyone reading this understand what I'm trying to say?  This is nothing more than information management, as everything is anyway.  That's why it's very simple.  at this point, I would think that no one should have to write code anymore, even if the concepts of low code and no code did not exist.  code is so patternized anyway, and there are only so many objects on Earth to mimic in the electronic world, is that not why frameworks were created in the first place?  let us start there.  comments anyone?  thanks.

Adam

Hi i'm new to the forum and i'm wondering if anyone here could help me out with the problem i'm having. the script i have uses $_SESSION['userid'] = $users['id']; and i'm not exactly sure how to read that .. any information would be helpful. thanks in advance