PHP - Variable Not Taking Value?

I am using this code in my "create_account.php" script...

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mail($trimmed['email'], ' Please Activate Your Account', $body, 'From: admin@mywebsite.com <admin@mywebsite.com>');

It is taking anywhere from one to several hours to receive this e-mail in my inbox?!

It used to take seconds, and now takes forever.

I thought it was a Gmail or SPAM issue, but I just did a test on my AT&T paid account and the same issue so far...   

It's awfully hard to do development and testing if I have to wait a half-a-day to get these e-mails?!


Debbie

I am trying to adapt a database search form from a tutorial I saw, and it's not working. I just get a blank white slate despite having

error_reporting(E_ALL);


at the top of the page. I was hoping someone might be able to spot anything obvious I might be missing.

Here is my code

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// include MySQL-processing classes

require_once 'mysql.php';

try{

// connect to MySQL

$db=new MySQL(array
('host'=>'localhost','user'=>'username','password'=>'password',
'database'=>'DBName'));

$searchterm=$db->escapeString($_GET['searchterm']);

$result=$db->query("SELECT last_name, first_name,employee_id,title,territory,districts FROM
Scores WHERE MATCH(last_name,first_name,employee_id,title,territory,districts) AGAINST
('$searchterm')");

if(!$result->countRows()){

echo '<div class="maincontainer"><h2>No results were found. Go
back and try a new search.</h2></div>'."n";

}

else{

// display search results

echo '<div class="maincontainer"><h2>Your search criteria
returned '.$result->countRows().' results.</h2>'."n";

while($row=$result->fetchRow()){

echo '<div class="rowcontainer"><p><strong>First Name:
</strong>'.$row['first_name'].'<p><p><strong>Last Name:
</strong>'.$row['last_name'].'</p><p><strong>Employee ID:
</strong>'.$row['employee_id'].'</p>
<p><strong>Title:
</strong>'.$row['title'].'</p>
<p><strong>Territory:
</strong>'.$row['territory'].'</p>
<p><strong>Districts:
</strong>'.$row['districts'].'</p>
</div>'."n";

}

}

echo '</div>';

}

catch(Exception $e){

echo $e->getMessage();

exit();

}

?>




and here is the included file mysql.php code

<?php

// define 'MySQL' class

class MySQL{

private $conId;

private $host;

private $user;

private $password;

private $database;

private $result;

const OPTIONS=4;

public function __construct($options=array()){

if(count($options)!=self::OPTIONS){

throw new Exception('Invalid number of connection parameters');

}

foreach($options as $parameter=>$value){

if(!$value){

throw new Exception('Invalid parameter '.$parameter);

}

$this->{$parameter}=$value;

}

$this->connectDB();

}

// connect to MySQL

private function connectDB(){

if(!$this->conId=mysql_connect($this->host,$this->user,$this-
>password)){

throw new Exception('Error connecting to the server');

}

if(!mysql_select_db($this->database,$this->conId)){

throw new Exception('Error selecting database');

}

}

// run query

public function query($query){

if(!$this->result=mysql_query($query,$this->conId)){

throw new Exception('Error performing query '.$query);

}

return new Result($this,$this->result);

}

public function escapeString($value){

return mysql_escape_string($value);

}

}

// define 'Result' class

class Result {

private $mysql;

private $result;

public function __construct(&$mysql,$result){

$this->mysql=&$mysql;

$this->result=$result;

}

// fetch row

public function fetchRow(){

return mysql_fetch_assoc($this->result);

}

// count rows

public function countRows(){

if(!$rows=mysql_num_rows($this->result)){

return false;

}

return $rows;

}

// count affected rows

public function countAffectedRows(){

if(!$rows=mysql_affected_rows($this->mysql->conId)){

throw new Exception('Error counting affected rows');

}

return $rows;

}

// get ID form last-inserted row

public function getInsertID(){

if(!$id=mysql_insert_id($this->mysql->conId)){

throw new Exception('Error getting ID');

}

return $id;

}

// seek row

public function seekRow($row=0){

if(!is_int($row)||$row<0){

throw new Exception('Invalid result set offset');

}

if(!mysql_data_seek($this->result,$row)){

throw new Exception('Error seeking data');

}

}

}

?>

Hi all...

I am facing problems in taking screenshot for the currently open page. What I want is by clicking on a link like "Click for taking Screenshot" the screenshot of that page gets generated, which can be saved further. I have tried by using "imagegrabscreen" & "imagegrabwindow" but both of them results as a big black png image, also searched forums but not able to get the perfect match. If any expert there...then plzzzzz do help me out.... Thank You

I have a small issue here which I can't quite figure out. I have three containers on one page all below each other. One for buttons, a JS image slideshow and a description box. The image slider seems to take up unnecessary space when the browser is resized activating media queries: http://gyazo.com/333...d5668e240fae788 CSS desktop view (without media queries):

body {
background: #141414 url('../images/background1.png');
background-repeat: repeat-y;
background-attachment:fixed;
background-position:center;
}
#container{
height:450px;
width:840px;
margin:120px auto 2% auto;
position:relative;
}
#container2{
height:60px;
width:840px;
margin:0 auto 50px auto;
position:relative;
-moz-box-shadow:0 0 5px 5px black;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 5px 5px black;
box-shadow:0 0 5px 5px black;
}
#container2 p{
color:white;
font-size:15px;
padding-left:5px;
}
#container2 h2{
color:white;
font-size: 18px;
text-decoration:none;
padding-left:5px;
padding-top:2px;
}
#img{
height:450px;
width:840px;
position:absolute; 
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px black;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px 5px black;
}
#l_holder{
height:450px;
width:100px;
position:absolute;
left:0px;
top:0px;
cursor:pointer;
}
#r_holder{
height:450px;
width:100px;
position:absolute;
right:0px;
top:0px;
cursor:pointer;
}
.left{
height:50px;
width:50px;
position:absolute;
top:45%;
left:0px;
}
.right{
height:50px;
width:50px;
position:absolute;
top:45%;
right:0px;
}
.clear{
clear:bottom;
}

CSS with media queries, this is where the container is causing a problem:

@media all and (min-width: 3.5in) and (max-width: 10in) {

body {
background: #141414;
}
#container{
height:30%;
width:100%;
margin:5% auto;
padding:0 0 0px 0;
}

#container2{
width:100%;
margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
#container2 p{
padding-left:3px;
}
#container2 h2{
padding:5px 0 0 3px;
}
#container2 .body_black_box{ 
}
#img{
height:80%;
width:100%;
}
#l_holder{
height:80%;
}
#r_holder{
height:80%;
}
.left{
}
.right{
}
.clear{
}
}

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am using a standard form to mail script and have a few fields that I need to be required to be filled in.
This is working fine until someone enters a space character in a required field, which is being let thorugh.

How can I stop this? here the code for required fields -  I thought the trim function in the below would have taken care of this???

// This is because I originally had it require but too many people
// were used to Matt's Formmail.pl which used required instead.
if ($required)
   $require = $required;
// handle the required fields
if ($require) {
   // seperate at the commas
   $require = ereg_replace( " +", "", $require);
   $required = split(",",$require);
   for ($i=0;$i<count($required);$i++) {
      $string = trim($required[$i]);
      // check if they exsist
      if((!(${$string})) || (!(${$string}))) {
         // if the missing_fields_redirect option is on: redirect them
         if ($missing_fields_redirect) {
            header ("Location: $missing_fields_redirect");
            exit;
         }
         $require;
         $missing_field_list .= "<b><font color=\"#990000\">Missing: $required[$i]</font></b><br>\n";
      }
   }
   // send error to our mighty error function
   if ($missing_field_list)
      print_error($missing_field_list,"missing");
}

Hi,

I have a searchbar which looks for a value in my tables, it works great but i want to know how i can make the results of the search clickable; go to a page relevent to that search, let me explain in more depth.

User searches for a postcode, script finds and displays the postcode on the next page, user clicks the result postcode to goto the next page.

What im stuck with is how to take that result and automatically display it on the clicked "final" page?

Search script:

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<?php

// Get the search variable from URL
  $var = @$_GET['q'] ;
  $trimmed = trim($var); //trim whitespace from the stored variable

// rows to return
$limit=10; 

// check for an empty string and display a message.
if ($trimmed == "")
  {
  echo "<p>Please enter a search...</p>";
  exit;
  }

// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var))
  {
  echo "<p>We dont seem to have a search parameter!</p>";
  exit;
  }

//connect to your database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_connect("xxxxx","xxxx","xxxx"); //(host, username, password)

//specify database ** EDIT REQUIRED HERE **
mysql_select_db("removalspacelogin") or die("Unable to select database"); //select which database we're using

// Build SQL Query  
$query = "(SELECT postcode FROM freelistings
             WHERE postcode like '%$trimmed%')         
UNION           
  (SELECT postcode FROM basicpackage              
    WHERE postcode like '%$trimmed%')          
UNION           
  (SELECT postcode FROM premiumuser              
    WHERE postcode like '%$trimmed%')         
  ORDER BY postcode"; // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query
 
 $numresults=mysql_query($query);
 $numrows=mysql_num_rows($numresults);
 $result = mysql_query($query) or die("<b>Query:</b> $query<br><b>Error</b>: " . mysql_error());



// If we have no results, offer a google search as an alternative

if ($numrows == 0)
  {
  echo "<h4>Results</h4>";
  echo "<p>Sorry, your search: &quot;" . $trimmed . "&quot; returned zero results</p>";

// google
 echo "<p><a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?q=" 
  . $trimmed . "\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Look up 
  " . $trimmed . " on Google\">Click here</a> to try the 
  search on google</p>";
  }

// next determine if s has been passed to script, if not use 0
  if (empty($s)) {
  $s=0;
  }

// get results
  $query .= " limit $s,$limit";
  $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Couldn't execute query");
 

// display what the person searched for
echo "<p>You searched for: &quot;" . $var . "&quot;</p>";

// begin to show results set
echo "Results for $q";
$count = 1 + $s ;

// now you can display the results returned
  while ($row= mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
  $title = $row['postcode'];

  echo "&nbsp;$title" ;
  $count++ ;
  }

$currPage = (($s/$limit) + 1);

//break before paging
  echo "<br />";

  // next we need to do the links to other results
  if ($s>=1) { // bypass PREV link if s is 0
  $prevs=($s-$limit);
  print "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$prevs&q=$var\">&lt;&lt; 
  Prev 10</a>&nbsp&nbsp;";
  }

// calculate number of pages needing links
  $pages=intval($numrows/$limit);

// $pages now contains int of pages needed unless there is a remainder from division

  if ($numrows%$limit) {
  // has remainder so add one page
  $pages++;
  }

// check to see if last page
  if (!((($s+$limit)/$limit)==$pages) && $pages!=1) {

  // not last page so give NEXT link
  $news=$s+$limit;

  echo "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?s=$news&q=$var\">Next 10 &gt;&gt;</a>";
  }

$a = $s + ($limit) ;
  if ($a > $numrows) { $a = $numrows ; }
  $b = $s + 1 ;
  echo "<p>Showing results $b to $a of $numrows</p>";
  
  
?>

<form method="post" action="localarea.php">
<a href="localarea.php"><?php echo "&quot;" .$var. "&quot;</p>";?></a>
</form>
[\code]


The form at the bottom im guessing is where i should take the $var from but how exactly? or if not where should it be pulled from to display on the next page?

I want this "next" page because ideally there would be lots of results in postcode, so the user can choose which one is more relevant to them and go to that specific page with all the companies within that postcode. Hope this helps for a better understanding of what im trying to achieve, its just implementing it in?

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require('../conn/db_connection.php');

//seleksi restoran

$pilih_resto="select * from restoran";
$query_pilih_resto=mysql_query($pilih_resto);

echo "<h3>Truly Data : </h3>";
while($resto=mysql_fetch_array($query_pilih_resto)){
echo"<font color='red'>".$resto["id_restoran"].".". $resto["nama_restoran"]."</font><br>";

$seleksi_menu_1="select * from jenis_menu";
$query_menu_1=mysql_query($seleksi_menu_1);
while($menu_1=mysql_fetch_array($query_menu_1)){
echo "<font color='green'>".$menu_1["id_jenis_menu"]."</font><br>";

$seleksi_data_eat="select * from eat where id_restoran like '".$resto["id_restoran"]."' and id_jenis_menu like '".$menu_1["id_jenis_menu"]."'";
$query_eat=mysql_query($seleksi_data_eat);

while($eat=mysql_fetch_array($query_eat)){
echo $eat["nama_eat"]."<br>";

}

}
echo"<br>";
}

echo "------------------------------<br>";

echo "<h3>Random Data : </h3>";

$pilih_resto_2="select * from restoran";
$query_pilih_resto_2=mysql_query($pilih_resto_2);
$menu_PNP="PNP";
$menu_PBK="PBK";
$menu_UTM_1="UTM";
while($data_resto=mysql_fetch_array($query_pilih_resto_2)){

echo "<b>".$data_resto["id_restoran"]."-".$data_resto["nama_restoran"]."</b><br>";
$seleksi_data_eat_PNP="select * from eat where id_restoran like '".$data_resto["id_restoran"]."' and id_jenis_menu like '".$menu_PNP."'";

$seleksi_data_eat_PBK="select * from eat where id_restoran like '".$data_resto["id_restoran"]."' and id_jenis_menu like '".$menu_PBK."'";

$seleksi_data_eat_UTM="select * from eat where id_restoran like '".$data_resto["id_restoran"]."' and id_jenis_menu like '".$menu_UTM_1."'";

$query_eat_UTM=mysql_query($seleksi_data_eat_UTM);
$jml_data_UTM=mysql_num_rows($query_eat_UTM);
echo "Summary of main Menu : $jml_data_UTM<br>";
$query_eat_PNP=mysql_query($seleksi_data_eat_PNP);
$query_eat_PBK=mysql_query($seleksi_data_eat_PBK);

while($eat_PNP=mysql_fetch_array($query_eat_PNP)){
$data_eat_PNP[]=$eat_PNP["nama_eat"];
}
while(list($index_PNP,$data_PNP)=each($data_eat_PNP)){
$data_eat_PNP_list[$index_PNP]=$data_PNP;
}

while($eat_PBK=mysql_fetch_array($query_eat_PBK)){
$data_eat_PBK[]=$eat_PBK["nama_eat"];
}
while(list($index_PBK,$data_PBK)=each($data_eat_PBK)){
$data_eat_PBK_list[$index_PBK]=$data_PBK;
}
while($eat_UTM=mysql_fetch_array($query_eat_UTM)){
$eat_UTMx[]=$eat_UTM["nama_eat"];
}
for($i=0;$i<$jml_data_UTM;$i++){

$random_data_PNP[$i]=array_rand($data_eat_PNP_list,1);
$random_data_PBK[$i]=array_rand($data_eat_PBK_list,1);
echo "<font color='red'>".$data_eat_PNP_list[$random_data_PNP[$i]]."</font>---<font color='green'>". $eat_UTMx[$i]."</font>---<font color='blue'>".$data_eat_PBK_list[$random_data_PBK[$i]]."</font><br>";

}
}


Please Help, There is a random error data


 how to create random data like this?

Data =>
Restoran A:

Menu appetizers :
- Sup
- Sate Usus
- Trancam

Main Menu
- Nasi Goreng
- Nasi Goreng Putih
- Nasi + Ayam Penyet
- Nasi + Bebek Panggang
- Ikan Gurame Asam + Nasi
- Nasi Soto

Menu Dessert
- Pudding
- Buah Segar
- Juice Aplukat


Restoran B :

Menu appetizers
-Sup Ikan Paprika
-Sup Jamur Spesial
-Sup Urat Sapi Saus Tiram
-Sup May Jala - Jala

Main Menu
- Bubur Ayam Kombinasi
- Bubur Ayam/Sapi Clay Pot
- Bubur Telor Pitan Clay Pot
- Gurame Panggang
- Pangsit Udang
- Cumi-cumi Goreng Special
- Kepiting Lembek Mentega
- Sayap Ayam Panggang

Dessert
-Juice Alpukat
-Mix Juice
-Sui Kiau Goreng Salad
-Ha Kaou Sayuran


Out Put :

Restoran A :

Menu e ---+--- Main Menu --+---- Dessert
----------------------------------------------------

Sup ------- Nasi Goreng ------- Pudding
Sup ------- Nasi Goreng Putih ------- Juice Aplukat
Sate Usus ------- Nasi + Ayam Penyet ------- Pudding
Sup ------- Nasi + Bebek Panggang ------- Buah Segar
Trancam ------- Ikan Gurame Asam + Nasi ------- Buah Segar
Sate Usus ------- Nasi Soto ------- Pudding

Restoran B :

Menu Pembuka ---+-- Menu Utama --+--- Menu Penutup
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Sup Ikan Paprika ------- Bubur Ayam Kombinasi ------- Juice Alpukat
Sup Urat Sapi Saus Tiram ------- Bubur Ayam/Sapi Clay Pot ------- Sui Kiau Goreng Salad
Sup May Jala-Jala ------- Bubur Telor Pitan Clay Pot ------- Juice Alpukat
Kepiting Lembek Mentega ------- Gurame Panggang ------- Juice Alpukat
Sup Urat Sapi Saus Tiram ------- Pangsit Udang ------- Mix Juice
Sup May Jala-Jala ------- Cumi-cumi Goreng Special ------- Ha Kaou Sayuran
Sup Jamur Spesial ------- Kepiting Lembek Mentega ------- Sui Kiau Goreng Salad
Sup May Jala-Jala ------- Sayap Ayam Panggang ------- Ha Kaou Sayuran

Note :
appetizers and desserts at random based on count of data main menu

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Hi,

I am creating a date string using the following:

$curDate = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

However, what I want to do is take one hour off this so that $curDate now becomes the current date and time minus one hour.

Thanks for your help.

Hi all   we have an ajax query which queries a MySQL database for cities around the world for our hotel search.  We are running on a Linux web hosted server.   The problem we are having is when you first visit out site and type in Brisbane or Sydney it takes around 15 seconds maybe to return.  After that what ever city you query is lightening fast.  I have had a few friends try this and when they first visit our site they experience the same then second time around it is fast.   Could this be some sort of caching issue or setting somewhere that I am missing?   I have attached a file so you can see what I mean   Thanks in advance Attached Files  ajaxqry.jpg   169.31KB   0 downloads

hi! i dont know if the query below from mysql is slowing down the page or i have not written it properly:
It is very slow, even when you limit the results to 100 . Thanks in advance..
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SELECT  `tbl_business`.`appformno`, " _
            & "`tbl_business`.`pobox`, `tbl_business`.`plotno`, `tbl_business`.`postalcode`, " _
            & "`tbl_business`.`zonecode`, `tbl_business`.`ne`, `tbl_activities`.`act_code`, " _
            & "`tbl_activity_codes`.`approved_fee`, `tbl_payment_status`.`status`, " _
            & "`tbl_business`.`company`, `tbl_activity_codes`.`description` " _
            & "FROM (`citycouncil`.`tbl_activity_codes` `tbl_activity_codes` " _
            & "LEFT JOIN (`citycouncil`.`tbl_business` `tbl_business` " _
            & "LEFT JOIN `citycouncil`.`tbl_activities` `tbl_activities` " _
            & "ON `tbl_business`.`appformno`=`tbl_activities`.`appformno`) " _
            & "ON `tbl_activity_codes`.`act_code`=`tbl_activities`.`act_code`) " _
            & "LEFT JOIN `citycouncil`.`tbl_payment_status` `tbl_payment_status` " _
            & "ON `tbl_activities`.`id`=`tbl_payment_status`.`activity_id` " _
            & "WHERE tbl_business.appformno LIKE '%" & strFormNo & "%' " _
            & "AND tbl_business.bid LIKE '%" & strBizIdNo & "%'" _
            & " AND `tbl_business`.`contperson` LIKE '%" & strContPerson & "%' " _
            & "AND `tbl_business`.`zonecode` LIKE '%" & strZoneCode & "%' " _
            & " AND `tbl_activities`.`act_code` LIKE '%" & strBizActCode & "%' " _
            & "AND `tbl_business`.`roadstreet` LIKE '%" & strStreet & "%' " _
            & " AND `tbl_business`.`company` LIKE '%" & strBizName & "%' " _
            & "AND `tbl_business`.`building` LIKE '%" & strBuilding & "%' " _
            & "ORDER BY `tbl_business`.`appformno`

Hi All,

Long question but I hope someone will be able to point me in the right direction.

At the moment I am writing a cricket management game and and each hour each team is updated with the code
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<?php
#Players MUST be updated from this screen so they cna get team bonuses
$teamUpdateTime=$team['teamUpdateTime'];  #This is the time that the team is updated
$teamMorale=$team['morale'];  #Get the teams morale
while($teamUpdateTime<$updateTime) {  #Keep looping through this until we are up to date
echo "<BR>".$team['name'];
#Work out changes to team morale
if($teamMorale>1000) $teamMorale -= mt_rand(0, 3);  #If team morale is high then lower it
if($teamMorale<1000) $teamMorale += mt_rand(0, 5);  #If team morale is low then increase it

$moraleBonus=0;  #Reset the variable
$confidenceBonus=0;  #Reset the variable
$injuryBonus=0;  #Reset the variable
$energyBonus=0;  #Reset the variable
$teamUpdateTime += 3600;  #Add an hour to the time

include("hourly_update_player.php"); #Do players now
}

    #Save the team
$sqlTeam = "UPDATE teams SET morale='$teamMorale', teamUpdateTime='$teamUpdateTime' WHERE teamID='{$team['teamID']}'";
    if(!mysql_query($sqlTeam, $sqldb)) die('Error: ' . mysql_error());  //Update the record, if there is an error then show it
?>
the line include("hourly_update_player.php"); #Do players now then activates the following code

Code: [Select]
<?php
#Playeres will have to be updated with the team because we have to check for team medic
$players = mysql_query("SELECT playerID, name, injuryTime, energy, morale, confidence, fitness FROM players WHERE teamPlayedFor='$team[teamID]'");  #Get all the players of the team
while($player = mysql_fetch_array($players)) {  #Go through all the players of the team
echo "<BR>".$player['name'];

# Do all the updating of player stats here.  I won't put the full code here as it is not needed for the question on phpfreaks.

$sqlPlayer = "UPDATE players SET energy='$energy', confidence='$confidence', morale='$morale', injuryTime='$injuryTime' WHERE playerID='{$player[playerID]}'";  #Update player
if(!mysql_query($sqlPlayer,$sqldb)) die('Error: ' . mysql_error());  //Update the record, if there is an error then show it
}
?>
Each team has around 25 players to update.

With ten teams (250 players all up) in the game (the game is still pre-alpha) to test it all this takes 8 seconds to go through all the teams and their players.  Unfortunately in this 8 seconds nobody else can use the database as it locks it up.
I tried to have the players update by itself (so it only has to go through the players database once) but cannot work out how to have team affects on the player - for example if the team has a specialist batting coach then the player gets an extra batting point each hour so it needs to go through the teams first.

MY QUESTIONS

A) How can I speed this up?  When the game goes into the public domain I would like to see around 1-5 thousand teams, this could take up to 800-4,000 seconds - waaaay to long.

B) When it is updating the database I can't play the game, it simply says loading until the updates are finished and then continues as normal; with thousands of teams I do expect a bit of delay but how can I keep parts of the database open that aren't being used?

C) Each time I go through a team the players database is reloaded, can JOINS fix this? Or is there another way of doing this?

Hi all!

Ok I am trying to put a delimited list like so , EX. item qty, item name, item price | item qty, item name, item price | item qty, item name, item price | etc. into an array so I can access it like this - $product[0] = qty, $product[1] = name, etc. My code just isnt working. This is what I have so far.

$prod = array();
//breaking products text down for display
$products1 = explode("|", $products);
$num_prod1 = count($products1);
$count = 0;
foreach($products1 as $p) {
$prod[] = $p;
$products2 = explode(",", $p);
foreach($products2 as $p2) {
$prod[$count] = $prod[$count][$p2];
}
$count++;
}

Hello I first should say that I am a beginner. And actully friend was helping me with this but can't really contact him right now so I have to ask here. I have a php file where I have birthdate dropdown menu for month, day and a year and JS that just has all of the details about those 3 "variables" but the problem I am having is that this is inside submit form and whenever I or someone else submits this form and doesn't put any birthdate inside it doesn't show anything like "Please select your birthdate or something like that." and I honestly tried pretty much everything now but can' t get the answer on how to do that. Please help me. :(

Hey, all... Hoping someone can point me in the direction to get this script to execute a little quicker (looking for several seconds to be shaved).

I've got a script that takes info from a form, dumps into a DB, then runs a shell command (custom app) that takes the info from the DB, puts it into a specific (and different for each client) spreadsheet, gets some other values, and puts those in the database.

When i execute the command from a cmd prompt, it finishes in less than a second. However, when I run it from PHP, it takes anywhere from 9 - 15 seconds to get to the next page.

I've watched it in task manager, and the file i'm running is open for "what appears to be" the entire length of time before the results page appears (although, i realize that technically it's not).

why could it be taking so much longer from PHP than it does from the CLI? can you think of a way to get it to run quicker?

I don't think it's a PHP coding issue, but more of a permissions issue, but I can't think of anything else to try at this point...