PHP - Commenting Out Code (noob)

Hi,
I'm trying to code a very basic commenting system, my only worries is how I'm going on about disabling the user from putting any html php etc.. in the comment so it gets displayed on the page.. I have on idea of what to look for, any help is much appreciated

I considdered this: strip_tags() but what i want is to display the comment just without actually executing the code if you get me?

And I'm talking as basic as you can go! I'm trying to implement a commenting system on my website for news articles I post, and I've only gotten as far as creating the script to connect to my database (I use mysql). I've tried every open source script online for this app and I've not been able to get any one to work within my website. They'll work on separate blank html pages, but I can't figure out how to put the code into my existing pages, which is a huge problem.

As a result, I've resorted to creating my own script, which shouldn't be too difficult to make. If anyone could possibly describe a step by step process on how this can be done I would be incredibly grateful! Just note that I don't want to use ajax, jscript or any other languages like that, just PHP.

Another question I have, is how would I organize my database to include all news articles, and comments with a news article "id"? Would I need to put both in separate tables and just assign each comment with the uniqe id associated with whatever news article?

And the last thing, I want pagination for my news. I have it to where if I insert a news article column into my table "mynews", it'll show up on the home page, but how and where would I insert a pagination code to make the articles "paginate"?

Hello, I'm trying to create a simple php blog thing, and I can't get the commenting to work..

blog.php?id=2

On that page, there is a form what is used to comment, it goes to send.php

That php has this query in it:


$yhteys = mysql_connect('10.5.49.32', '09A_user', 'pass');
mysql_select_db('09A_Jere', $yhteys);
mysql_query("INSERT INTO  `Blog_kommentit` (`kayttajat` ,  `kommentti` ,  `kirjid` )  VALUES ('$kayttajat',  '$kommentti',  '$id')") or die(mysql_error())$sql = "SELECT * FROM Blog_kommentit WHERE kirjid='$id' ORDER BY id";;
mysql_close($yhteys);
header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']);

How can I make the $id to be previous pages id (2)? This shouldn't be anything hard and I'm kinda amazed why I am stuck in this, any help will be appreciated.
If I just put $id I get this error:
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Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`09A_Jere/Blog_kommentit`, CONSTRAINT `kommentti_kirjoitus` FOREIGN KEY (`kirjid`) REFERENCES `Blog_kirjoitukset` (`id`))Here is how my database works:


(Kayttajat = username, kommentti = comment)

Hey everyone!

Thanks for taking the time to help. I have two files..a membership area and a commenting section. I am fairly new at these subjects but I am a quick learner. First off, I need help figuring out why my "register.php" in the members area file isn't working properly, everything looks to be ok but maybe I have been working on this too long. Quite frankly I can't check and see if all of the other scripts are correct because I can't get past the "register.php". So if you all wouldn't mind helping me out on this part, I would greatly appreciate it

Secondly, I have a commenting section and in the "demo.php", there is a warning that appears as follows: "Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-5.3.8.1\www\comments\demo.php on line 17
" If someone could tell me what is missing or help me figure out what to do in simple terms, I would greatly appreciate that as well.

Thanks!
Gene

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Hi im pretty new to php but I was following a tutorial for a commenting system and implemented it onto my blog page. Anyway the problem I have is that as you go down the page each blog post displays its own comments  + the comments for the posts above it. I have checked the database and the data seems to link the correct comments to the correct posts so I am confused to why this is happening. I have looked over my code and cant seem to find a problem (probably because I suck!).

Here is the code for the blog page...

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<?php
include_once ("scripts/checkuserlog.php");
include_once ("scripts/connectToMysql.php");
include_once ("functions/agoTime.php");

$myObject = new convertToAgo;
$username = '';
$errorMsg = '';
$successMsg = '';
$date = date("m.d.y");

if (isset($_GET['id'])) {
 $id = preg_replace('#[^0-9]#i', '', $_GET['id']);
} else if (isset($_SESSION['idx'])) {
 $id = $logOptions_id;
} else {
   header("location: index.php");
   exit();
}

$id = preg_replace('#[^0-9]#i', '', $id);
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members WHERE id='$id' LIMIT 1");

$existCount = mysql_num_rows($sql); 
 if ($existCount == 0) {
 header("location: index.php?msg=user_does_not_exist");
     exit();
}

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)){
$username = $row["username"];
}

if(isset($_POST['workoutName'])){
$workoutName = $_POST['workoutName'];
$workoutDescription = $_POST['workoutDescription'];

if ((!$workoutName) || (!$workoutDescription)) { 

$errorMsg = 'Please fill in both fields';
} else {

$insertBlog = mysql_query("INSERT INTO blog (userid, workoutName, workoutDescription, datetime) VALUES ('$id', '$workoutName', '$workoutDescription', now())") or die(mysql_error());

if ($insertBlog){
        $successMsg = '<span class="errorMsg">Workout blogged successfully</span>';
    } else {
$errorMsg = '<span class="errorMsg">Problems arose during the information exchange, please try again later.</span>';
    }
}
}

$getBlog = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM blog WHERE userid='$id' ORDER BY id DESC");
$blogEntries = mysql_num_rows($getBlog);

if($blogEntries < 1){
$blogDisplay = '<span class="blogName">' .$username. ' has not blogged a workout yet</span>';
} else {
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($getBlog)){

$blogEntryId = $row["id"];

$sql_comment = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM blog_comments WHERE post_id='$blogEntryId' ORDER BY id ASC");

$countComment = mysql_num_rows($sql_comment);
if($countComment > 0){
while($row2 = mysql_fetch_array($sql_comment)){
$comment_user_id = $row2["comment_user_id"];

$sql_comment_username = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM members WHERE id='$comment_user_id' LIMIT 1");

while($row3 = mysql_fetch_array($sql_comment_username)){
$comment_username = $row3["username"];}

$post_id = $row2["post_id"];
$commentBody = $row2["comment_body"];
$commentDate = $row2["comment_date"];

$displayCommentList .= '<div>' .$comment_username. ' - ' .$commentBody. ' - ' .$commentDate. '</div>';
}

} else {
$displayCommentList = '';
}
$workoutName = $row["workoutName"];
$workoutDescription = $row["workoutDescription"];
$blogDate = $row["datetime"];
$convertedTime = ($myObject -> convert_datetime($blogDate));
$blogDate = ($myObject -> makeAgo($convertedTime));

$blogDisplay .= '<table width="950px"><tr bgcolor="#DBE4FD"><td><span class="blogName">' .$workoutName. '</span>&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;<span class="blogDate">' .$blogDate. '</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#F1F4FE"><td><span class="blackText">' .$workoutDescription. '</span></td></tr>
<tr bgcolor="#DBE4FD" valign="top"><td>' .$displayCommentList. '</td></tr>

<div id="new_comment' .$blogEntryId. '" style="display:none"></div>

<tr><td><textarea id="comment' .$blogEntryId. '"></textarea><input type="submit" value="Comment" onclick="javascript:SendComment(\''.$blogEntryId.'\');" /></td></tr>';

if(isset($_SESSION['id'])&&$_SESSION['id']==$id){
$blogDisplay .= '<tr bgcolor="#DBE4FD"><td><a href="editBlogPost.php?id=' .$blogEntryId. '"><span class="blackText">Edit Post</span></a>&nbsp;&#38;#8211;&nbsp;<span class="blackText">Delete Post</span></td></tr></table><br /><br />';
}
}
}

if(isset($_POST['deleteButton'])){
$deleteBlog = mysql_query("DELETE FROM blog WHERE id='$blogEntryId'");

if($deleteBlog){
$successMsg = 'Blog entry deleted successfully';
} else {
$errorMsg = 'Could not process your request, please try again later';
}
}

?>
<?php
if (isset($_SESSION['id'])&&$_SESSION['id']==$id) {
$blogForm = '<table bgcolor="#DBE4FD" width="950px">
    <form action="member_blog.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <tr>
    <td width="200px"><span class="blackText">Workout Name:</span></td><td width="650px"><input name="workoutName" type="text" id="workoutName" />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="blackText">Date: ' .$date. '</span></td></tr>
    <tr>
    <td><span class="blackText">Workout Description:</span></td><td><textarea name="workoutDescription" cols="75" rows="10" id="workoutDescription" /></textarea></td></tr>
    <tr><td><input name="submitBlog" id="submit" type="submit" value="Blog!" /></td><td><span class="errorMsg">' .$errorMsg. '' .$successMsg. '</span></td>
    </tr>
    </form>
    </table>';
} else {
$blogForm = '';
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><?php echo ("$username"); ?>'s Blog</title>
<link href="style/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="style/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script src="js/jquery-1.4.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function SendComment(blogEntryId){
var comment_txt = $("#comment"+blogEntryId).val();

if(comment_txt == ""){
alert("Please enter a comment");
} else {
$.post("scripts/blogComment.php", {comment: comment_txt, blogId: blogEntryId} ,function(data){
$("#new_comment"+blogEntryId).html(data);
$("#new_comment"+blogEntryId).slideDown(300);
});
}
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="container">
<?php include_once ("bannerFiles/bannerTemplate.php"); ?>
    <?php include_once ("bannerFiles/bannerMenu.php"); ?><br />
    <div id="content">
    <span class="profileUsername"><?php echo ("$username"); ?>'s Workout Blog</span><br /><br />
    <?php echo ("$blogDisplay"); ?><br /><br />
<?php echo ("$blogForm"); ?>
    </div><br /><br />
    <?php include_once ("footerFiles/footerTemplate.php"); ?>
</div>
</body>
</html>

...and here is the code for the blogComment.php page

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<?php
session_start();
include_once ("connectToMysql.php");

if(isset($_POST['comment'])){
$comment = $_POST['comment'];
$blogId = $_POST['blogId'];
$comment_user_id = $_SESSION['id'];
$username = $_SESSION['username'];

$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO blog_comments (comment_body, post_id, comment_user_id, comment_date) VALUES ('$comment', '$blogId', '$comment_user_id', now())");

echo '<div>' .$username. ' - ' .$comment. ' - Just Now</div>';

} else {

echo "Failure";

}
?>

Thanks in advance for any help

I need some help with my commenting system. at the moment the code is like this:

<div id="pagepannel">
                <div id="ptop_small">Comments</div>
                <div id="pbottom_small">
          <p>
            <?php 
//
if ($allow_comments == "no") {
?>
          </p>
          <p>No Posting comments here!!!</p>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <p>
            <?php } else ?>
          </p>
          <p>
            <?php 
  $sql = "SELECT comment_id, blog_id, posted_by, comment, stamp, email, type FROM jscrgaming_newscomments WHERE blog_id='$blog_id'  ORDER BY comment_id DESC";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die('Error : ' . mysql_error()); 
      while(list($comment_id, $blog_id_co, $username, $comment, $stamp, $email, $type) = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_NUM))
{ 
if ($type == 'user'){
?>
          </p>
          <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="full_border">
            <tr>
              <td width="75" id="avatar"></td>
              <td><span class="capitalize"><a href="userinfo.php?user=<? echo $username ?>"><strong><? echo $username ?></strong></a></span><strong> posted</strong>: <? echo stripslashes($comment) ?></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CAE4FF" class="date"><? echo $stamp ?>&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
          </table>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <p>
            <? } 
else{
?>
          </p>
          <table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="full_border">
            <tr>
              <td><strong> <? echo $username ?>posted</strong>: <? echo stripslashes($comment) ?></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td bgcolor="#CAE4FF" class="smalltext"><? echo $stamp ?>:: User Was Guest</td>
            </tr>
          </table>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <p>
            <? } }?>
          </p>
          <p>
            <?php 
//
if ($allow_comments == "restricted") {

/**
 * User has already logged in, so display relavent links, including
 * a link to the admin center if the user is an administrator.
 */
if($session->logged_in){?>
          </p>
          <form id="form3" name="form3" method="post" action="user/admin/blog/comment_system/user.php">
            <p>&nbsp;</p>
            <table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="2" class="full_border">
              <tr>
                <td colspan="2">You are commenting as <?php echo $session->username;?></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75">Message</td>
                <td><textarea name="co_comment" cols="30" id="textfield10"></textarea></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75"><span class="header">
                  <input name="co_username" type="hidden" id="co_username" value="<?php echo $session->username;?>" />
                  <input name="co_blog_id" type="hidden" id="co_blog_id" value="<?php echo $blog_id ?>" />
                </span></td>
                <td><label>
                  <input type="submit" class="blog_button" value=" Post " />
                </label></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td class="smalltext">only 200 charaters can be used</td>
              </tr>
            </table>
          </form>
          <p>&nbsp; </p>
          <p>
            <? } else {?>
          </p>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="2" class="full_border">
            <tr>
              <td width="75"><span class="capitalize">Name</span></td>
              <td><label>
                <input name="textfield5" type="text" disabled="disabled" id="textfield5" size="35" />
              </label></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td width="75">Email</td>
              <td><input name="textfield5" type="text" disabled="disabled" id="textfield6" size="35" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td width="75">Message</td>
              <td><textarea name="textfield5" cols="30" disabled="disabled" id="textfield7">You need to be logged in to comment.</textarea></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td width="75">&nbsp;</td>
              <td><label>
                <input type="button" class="blog_button" value=" Post " />
              </label></td>
            </tr>
          </table>
          <p>&nbsp;</p>
          <p>
            <?php } } else { 
  if($session->logged_in){?>
          </p>
          <form id="form2" name="form2" method="post" action="user/admin/blog/comment_system/user.php">
            <p>&nbsp;</p>
            <table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="2" class="full_border">
              <tr>
                <td colspan="2">You are commenting as <?php echo $session->username;?></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75">Message</td>
                <td><textarea name="co_comment" cols="30" id="textfield8"></textarea></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75"><input name="co_username" type="hidden" id="co_username" value="<?php echo $session->username;?>" />
                  <input name="co_blog_id" type="hidden" id="co_blog_id" value="<?php echo $blog_id ?>" /></td>
                <td><label>
                  <input type="submit" class="blog_button" value=" Post " />
                </label></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                <td><span class="smalltext">only 200 charaters can be used</span></td>
              </tr>
            </table>
          </form>
          <p>&nbsp; </p>
          <p>
            <? } else { ?>
          </p>
          <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="user/admin/blog/comment_system/guest.php">
            <p>&nbsp; </p>
            <table width="95%" border="0" align="center" cellspacing="2" class="full_border">
              <tr>
                <td width="75"><span class="capitalize">Name</span></td>
                <td><label>
                  <input name="co_username" type="text" id="co_username" size="35" />
                </label></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75">Email</td>
                <td><input name="guest_email" type="text" id="guest_email" size="35" /></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75">Message</td>
                <td><textarea name="co_comment" cols="30" id="co_comment"></textarea></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td width="75">Spam</td>
                <td>&nbsp;</td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td colspan="2" align="center"><? require_once('user/captcha/recaptchalib.php');
$publickey = "6Ld_W7sSAAAAAPNTLWrUJLEClFpSSPu1d1Ry5zNR"; // you got this from the signup page
echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey); ?></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td colspan="2" align="right"><span class="smalltext">only 200 charaters can be used</span>
                  <input name="co_blog_id" type="hidden" id="co_blog_id" value="<?php echo $blog_id ?>" />
                  <input type="submit" class="blog_button" value=" Post " /></td>
              </tr>
            </table>
          </form>
          <p>&nbsp; </p>
          <p>
            <? } } ?>
          </p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
                  <div></div>
                </div>
              </div>


I, know its a bit messy but lets me see it and design it in Dreamweaver

Any way, for the comment system for users, I want it to show their avatar as well, which is stored in the users table. How would one do this.

I did think of it submitting the avatar along with the post but then it wouldnt update if the user would to change their avatars :\

Any helps???

I have spent almost 2 days looking for solution to the strangest error I have ever meet.

Whenever I do commenting and my php script, the sricpt falls running.
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<?php 

error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);
echo 'test1';
//echo 'testi2';
echo 'test3';
flush();

?>
trigger_error("Here we are!", E_USER_ERROR);
 

This will output: test1.

I have tried lot of things to find out the problem but I can't get any error message and whenever I remove the comments, the script works absolute fine. The script works also with comments in my local server, but whenever I download it on the other server, the problem appears. The file encoding is a UTF-8 format without BOM, and the file is one part of my Yii application. I haven't relasized similar behaving in other scripts.

I wonder if someone has some idea what could cause this kind of behaving?

I'm very thankful to man who can give me ideas...

Please bear with me.
In an html file there is an

<!-- BEGIN poll -->
.....
<!-- END poll -->


I need to draw a separation hr between all rows escept the first one.
I believe I need a counter.
Please show me how to do this.

Thank you.

So I'm trying to learn PHP so that I can work with the SteamAPI. I have previous coding experience (C, Java) and I'm uncertian on why my script isn't working.   API: https://github.com/a...teamweb-php-api   Error:   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '[' in index.php on line 51   Line 51:

$parameters = ['key' => STEAM_WEB_API_KEY];

From what I've understood, the script is trying to create an array called "parameters" and inside it's trying to create a variable called "key" which is going to hold the constant "STEAM_WEB_API_KEY". This constant is suppose to be loaded from a file called "steamwebapi_config.php" which looks like the following:

<?php
/**
 * Steam Web PHP API
 */

const STEAM_WEB_API_KEY = 'your steam api key that is given by vavle';

I didn't attach my actual key in the script above for obvious reasons.   I have no idea how to fix this issue nor what is casuing it.
Again, I'm not experienced with PHP and I'd appreciate any help you guys can give me!   Thanks to anyone who helps.  

Hi there I'm new in the php coding and I just don't undestand most of all database settings etc... so I have something to do but I don't know exactly how so here is the thing:


The disciplines are separated into modules. A module contains lectures and more than 1 group that gets exercises and practical training. The necessary number of the hours of a module is formed of the sum of the hours of lectures, exercises and practical training, multiplied by the numbers of the groups. The site has to give the possibility of:
- Writing into new modules and lecturers.
- Defining the number of groups (lectures, exercises, practical training) for a module.
- Appropriating of groups and lecturers.
- Visualizing the list of modules/lecturers.

if you can help with advices or whatever you can I'll be very thankfull

well, here's my problem, im new to php, i currently working on this mini online shop the picture will explain it

well, i've managed to create the receipt per shop but i cant do the receipt of the overall shopping here is my code:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Shop 4</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function gohome()
{
window.open("receipt.php","_self");
}
function changeshop()
{
window.open("home.html","_self");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="POST">
<input type="checkbox" name="prod1" id="prod1"\ value=10>Product 1 10.00php<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="prod2" id="prod2"\ value=20>Product 2 20.00php<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="prod3" id="prod3"\ value=30>Product 3 30.00php<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="prod4" id="prod4"\ value=40>Product 4 40.00php<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="prod5" id="prod5"\ value=50>Product 5 50.00php<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Buy!!"><br>
<?php
$det = 4;
require("../Labphp/lab.php");
shop($det);
?>

</form>

</body>
</html>

and here's the php part
<?php
$total = 0;
$total3 = 0;
$total4 = 0;
$recent ="HAHAHA";
global $total,$total3,$total4,$recent;

?>
<?php

function shop($num)
{
 $value1 = $_POST['prod1'];
 $value2 = $_POST['prod2'];
 $value3 = $_POST['prod3'];
 $value4 = $_POST['prod4'];
 $value5 = $_POST['prod5'];
 $sum=0;
 
$sum = $value1 + $value2 + $value3 + $value4 + $value5;
 
if($sum!=0)
{
echo "Selected Products<br>";
echo "Product Name &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Price<br>";
if($value1==true)
{
echo "Product 1&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 10.php<br>";
}
if($value2==true)
{
echo "Product 2&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 20.php<br>";
}
if($value3==true)
{
echo "Product 3&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 30.php<br>";
}
if($value4==true)
{
echo "Product 4&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 40.php<br>";
}
if($value5==true)
{
echo "Product 5&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp 50.php<br>";
}
echo "Total&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp $sum php<br>";

if($num==4)
{
$total4=$sum;
$recent.="Shop 4 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp $total4 php<br>";
}
else if($num==3)
{
$total3=$sum;
$recent.="Shop 3 &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp $total3 php<br>";
}
$total = $total4 + $total3;
echo "$recent &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp $total";
echo "<input type='button' name='go' id='go' value='Choose Another Shop' onclick='javascript:changeshop();'>";
echo "<input type='button' name='end' id='end' value='End Shopping' onclick='javascript:gohome();'>";
}
}


function getshopping()
{
return $recent;
}

?>

the receipt code
<?php
require("../Labphp/lab.php");
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Official Receipt</title>
</head>
<body
<?php
echo $_REQUEST["'$recent'"];
?>
</body>
</html>

I had a developer working on stuff for my site and he died before he got to the uploader. I am not a programmer. I can alter a few basic things, but this is beyond me.

I found this basic uploader that I could edit the locations, file types, etc. It is missing one area of functionality that I need, the ability to define how many upload fields through a variable (which is set in an earlier form). So for example $fields = "3" then 3 upload fields appear with descriptions set by variables (for examples sake...front and then upload area, back and then upload area, misc. and upload area).

I know this might not make a lot of sense.  If you need any clarification please contact me. Any help would be much appreciated!

Hello, I'm new to this forum, and I have just spend half an hour typing out my question as complete as possible, and just before I wanted to hit the "Post" button, I pressed "why not?" out of curiousity @
Read the rules before you post! We will NOT edit/delete your content (why not?)! so I lost everything I wrote.

Anyway. I'll shortly retype it all: I'm a Dutch student - therefore my English isn't that good, I'm sorry for that - and for school, I have to make a website. It has to include a CMS system, a search-box, a contactform, Google Analytics and Google Maps.

In the meantime, I don't even seem to be able to write 3 php lines properly. When I tried to, and uploaded my work, my site (www.amstel-webdesign.nl) told me:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/amstelwd/domains/amstel-webdesign.nl/public_html/index.php on line 119

Hereunder, please find the source:

Code: [Select]
<!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=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Amstel webdesign &amp; graphics</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<!-- header start -->
<div id="header">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="">Homepage</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Over ons</a></li>
    <li><a href="">Webdesign</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Graphics</a></li>   
        <li><a href="">Prijzen</a></li>
        <li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
         </ul>
</div>
<!-- header end -->
   
<!-- body start -->
<div id="body">
<div class="left">
        <a href="#" title="Over ons"><img src="images/hobby_profession.png" alt="Onze hobby is ons beroep geworden..." width="780" height="305" border="0" /></a><br class="spacer" />
          <br class="spacer" />
<h2><span>Home</span>page</h2><br />&nbsp;<br />
<p>Is het niet ieders droom om van je hobby je werk te maken? Wij, webdesigners van Amstelland, zijn erin geslaagd die droom waar te maken. Als kleine jongetjes vonden wij het al leuk om met computers te spelen, inmiddels doen wij dat als werk. Maar dat betekent niet dat wij ons werk niet serieus nemen. Juist omdat wij zo van webdesign houden, zullen wij er alles aan doen om ervoor te zorgen dat het u aan niets ontbreekt. Wij zijn toegewijde professionals die plezier hebben in hun werk. En dat merkt u ook! Wij zijn  niet vies van zware opdrachten of lastige problemen, we zien het als een uitdaging... </p>
            <p>Heeft u al een website, dan kunt u deze gratis door ons laten testen. Wij testen op een aantal essenti&euml;le onderdelen van uw site. U krijgt snel een kort, duidelijk en uiteraard vrijblijvend rapport, met daarin eventueel te verbeteren punten. Daarna heeft u de mogelijkheid om ons de punten in kwestie te laten verbeteren, en de website te laten onderhouden, tegen een scherp tarief. Heeft u interesse in een dergelijke test, maakt u dan een afspraak met ons. Als u het contactformulier invult, te vinden onder de menuknop <a href="">contact</a>, dan nemen wij zo spoedig mogelijk contact met u op.
            <br />
  </p>


</div>
<div class="right">
<h2><span>Diensten</span></h2><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Webdesign </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Consultancy  </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Onderhoud </a></li>
<li><a href="#">CMS </a></li>
<li><a href="#">SEO  </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Webshop ontwikkeling </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contactformulier ontwikkeling </a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Zoekfunctie ontwikkeling </a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Google Analytics </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Google Maps  </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Mobiel </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Huisstijl ontwikkeling </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Drukwerk  </a></li>
<li><a href="#">Vertalingen </a></li>               
</ul>
            <br /><br />
           
            <form method="post" action="#" name="search" class="search">
<label><span>Zoek</span>functie</label>
<br class="spacer" />
<input name="search" type="text" id="search" />
<a href="#" title="Advance search">Geavanceerd zoeken</a><input name="" type="image" src="images/search_btn.gif" title="Search"  class="searchBtn"/>
</form>
<form method="post" action="#" name="login" class="login">
<h2><span>Log-</span>in</h2><br class="spacer" />
<label>Naam</label><br class="spacer" />
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" /><br class="spacer" />
<label>Wachtwoord</label><br class="spacer" />
<input name="password" type="password" id="password" /><br class="spacer" />
<input name="" type="image" src="images/login_btn.gif" title="Login" class="loginBtn" />
</form><br class="spacer" />
</div>
<br class="spacer" /></div>
<!-- body end -->
   
<!-- footer start -->
<div id="footer">
<div class="footer">
<div id="nav_left">
            <a href="" title="Home">Home</a> <br />
            <a href="" title="Over ons">Over ons</a> <br />
<a href="" title="Webdesign">Webdesign</a> <br />
<a href="" title="Graphics">Graphics</a> <br />
<a href="" title="Prijzen">Prijzen</a> <br />
<a href="" title="Contact">Contact</a>
            <br class="spacer" />
        </div>
            <div id="nav_center">
  <a href="">Webdesign</a> <br />
              <a href="">Consultancy</a> <br />
              <a href="">Onderhoud</a> <br />
              <a href="" title="Content Management System">CMS</a> <br />
              <a href="" title="Search Engine Optimization / Zoekmachine Optimalisatie">SEO</a> <br />
              <a href="">Webshop ontwikkeling</a>
            </div>
            <div id="nav_right">
                <a href="">Google Analytics</a> <br />
                    <a href="">Google Maps</a> <br />
                    <a href="">Mobiel</a> <br />
                    <a href="">Huisstijl ontwikkeling</a> <br />
                    <a href="">Drukwerk</a> <br />
                    <a href="">Vertalingen</a>
                </div>

    </div>
</div>
<!-- footer end -->
</body>
</html>

The php part is marked in red (I hope)... And line 119 is                  echo ("Amstel_webdesign_graphics" date ("Y"))

Could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong, and what it's all supposed to be?

Before I uploaded my index.html with the php lines, my piece was xhtml 1.0 strict and had a valid CSS. I left part of the footer out, so if that created any mistakes (a </div> too many or not enough or such), it probably has nothing to do with the php fail.

Thanks so much in advance.

Anthony

Hi all i have a silly noob question....

When i directly query my database with the following i get the exact result i want.......

Code: [Select]
SELECT * FROM posts WHERE postTopic=3 AND postSubject=business;


However when i try this using the following PHP.......


$sql = "SELECT * FROM posts WHERE postTopic =" . mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']) . "AND postSubject='" . $_SESSION[forum] . "'";   


I get no result

I also get the correct results from


$sql = "SELECT * FROM posts WHERE postTopic =" . mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']) . ";   


and


$sql = "SELECT * FROM posts WHERE postSubject='" . $_SESSION[forum] . "'";   


mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['id']) is an integer and $_SESSION[forum] is a string.
 
I know this has something to do with the manner in which the query is passed with the AND and the string but i can't for the life of my work out where i am going wrong.

Thanks for any help.

Hi. I'm currently taking a class in PhP and I'm having issues getting my code to work. I "borrowed" part of the code from elsewhere (but I fully understand each line - which is really the point of learning) I'm hoping a second set of eyes might help on what's wrong:

I'm running Wamp Server v2.0 on my local PC to test the scripts... I'm sure I'm probably going to have more then just this error with the script, but it's hard to move forward when you're stuck spinning your wheels. Any help would be greatly appreciated... and any suggestions as to a better way to approach this would be welcome as well. I am here to learn after all

Here's the error I'm getting:

Notice: Undefined variable: fname in C:\Web Server\wamp\www\daystoxmas.php on line 8
Please return to the main page and enter your First Name.

Here's the HTML Code:

<!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"
 xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
    content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

<title>Days to Christmas Form</title>

</head>
<body>

<div><p><h1>Days to Christmas Form</h1></p>
<p>- Programmed by: Michael Custance</p>

<form action="daystoxmas.php" method="post">

   <p>First Name: </select><input type="text" name="fname" size="20" /></p>
   <p>Last Name: </select><input type="text" name="lname" size="20" /></p>
   <p>E-mail Address: <input type="text" name="email" size=20 /></p>
   For Christmas gift ideas, click here!
   <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Christmas Gift Page" />

</form>
</body>
</html>

And here's the PhP Form:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>daystoxmas.php</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>

<?php
   if ($fname)
     {
      print ("Good ");
      if (date("A") == "AM")
        {
         print ("morning, ");
        }
      elseif ( (date("H") >= 12 ) and (date("H") < 18) )
        {
         print ("afternoon, ");
        }
         else
        {
         print ("evening, ");
        }
         print ("$FirstName<P>");

         $Christmas = mktime(0, 0, 0, 12, 25, date('Y'));
           $today = mktime();
             $seconds_to_christmas = $Christmas - $today;
               $days_to_christmas = $seconds_to_christmas / 86400;
               $days_to_christmas = floor($days_to_christmas);
                 $temp_remainder = $seconds_to_christmas - ($days_to_christmas * 86400);
                   $hours = floor($temp_remainder / 3600);
                 $temp_remainder = $temp_remainder - ($hours * 3600);
                     $minutes = round($temp_remainder / 60, 0);
         echo '<p>There is ' . $days_to_christmas . ' days and ' .
               $hours . ' hours and ' . $minutes .
               ' minutes until Christmas</p>';
     }
      else
     {
      print ("Please return to the main page and enter your First Name.");
     }
?>


</BODY>
</HTML>