PHP - Pdf Viewing

Hey gang,

Is there any way to view the apache error.log file in PHP?

Hi all,

This is probably a very basic question, but it's the first time I've had to deal with it and I can't find a direct answer anywhere online.

I have blocked direct access to a file that a user has uploaded in the Apache configuration and in the .htaccess file, so that the file is only accessible through a viewing (PHP) script, which will determine whether the access is allowed or not depending on several factors.

What is the actual code I need to give access?

Thanks!

I having been searching through the forum and other websites for information on reading a file (an image file) located above my root directory. I would like to store images outside the root directory and then use PHP to call those images for registered users. Basically I want to create a secure web gallery.

I am using GoDaddy Deluxe shared hosting, and have managed to create a webroot directory and place files above it. I have found several scripts for reading files using the readfile() function, however when I actually implement the script to find the file and read its contents, it does not seem to find the file. I know my directory path is correct, as I can call an echo function inside a test.php file located in the same folder as the images (above my root).

I would love some incite as to where I went wrong, or if there is a specific GoDaddy work around that needs to be implemented.

Also, if I am going about this the wrong way, please let me know if there is a more effective way of going about this!

Thank you so much!

this is my query code
Code: [Select]
<?php
$wsi_query = "(SELECT * FROM (SELECT a.no_Yards AS 'yards', a.Day_Swam AS 'date', a.Season AS 'season', (SELECT sum(no_yards) FROM swimming WHERE Season = '$ws') AS 'totalyards', (SELECT AVG(no_Yards) FROM swimming WHERE Season = '$ws') AS 'avg', (SELECT count(*) FROM swimming WHERE Season ='$ws') AS 'timelaps', (SELECT 1 + count(*) FROM swimming b WHERE b.no_Yards > a.no_Yards AND Season = '$ws') AS hrank, (SELECT 1 + count(*) FROM swimming b WHERE b.no_Yards < a.no_Yards AND Season = '$ws') AS lrank FROM swimming  AS a) AS x WHERE Season = '$ws' )";
$wsi_result = mysql_query($wsi_query) or die("Query failed ($wsi_query) - " . mysql_error());
$wsi_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($wsi_result);
?>
what it should do is output both the min and the max values like this
Code: [Select]
<?php
while ($mm_wsi_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($wsi_result)){
if ($mm_wsi_row['hrank'] == 1){
if ($mm_wsi_row['date'] == "0000-00-00"){$dayswam = "";}else{$dayswam = $mm_wsi_row['date'];}
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td style='background-color:#F90'>Max Length:</td>";
echo "<td>" . number_format($mm_wsi_row['yards']) . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $dayswam . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
 if($mm_wsi_row['lrank'] == 1){
if ($mm_wsi_row['date'] == "0000-00-00"){$dayswam = "";}else{$dayswam = $mm_wsi_row['date'];}
echo"<tr>";
echo "<td style='background-color:#F90'>Min Length:</td>";
echo "<td style='background-color:#FF9'>". number_format($mm_wsi_row['yards']) . "</td>";
echo "<td style='background-color:#FF9'>" . $dayswam . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
?>
the problem is that it doesn't work right all the time for some it just shows the min while others it just shows max I've tested the query in MySQL workbench so i know that that is working right but idk why it works right for some and doesn't work for others

Hello all,

I'm trying to make a php file display real time chat from a game. This is what I have.

<?php
$file ='games_mp.log'; //This is the auto-updated chat log

$searchfor = 'say'; //Searches for a line with the word "say"

$contents = file_get_contents($file);

$pattern = preg_quote($searchfor, '/');

$pattern = "/^.*$pattern.*\$/m";

if(preg_match_all($pattern, $contents, $matches)){
   echo "<b>Chat:</b><br>";
   echo implode("<br>", $matches[0]);} //If found displays it.

else{
   echo "<b>Nobody said anything yet</b>"; } //If no one chatted

?>

Games_mp.log is updated by server in real time. There's other stuff in the file, so the above code filters out everything but the chat (say). It also displays the filtered results. What I want is (a.) have the chat lines limited to the last 10 or 20 lines in the file and (b.) have the text that's printed from games_mp.log refresh every second or less, without refreshing the page. Basically a live update on the php page, so I don't have to manually refresh the page. Also, is there a way to only print part of a line in the log file?  For example a sample chat line from games_mp.log would be
"39:23 say;01100001fdbfd223;3;Player 1;Hello Guys"
The first block of numbers is time, I don't really need that. the say lets me know they typed it. Dont need that, the next is the UID, don't need that, since this is just for chat. All I want diplayed on the php page is "Player 1;Hello Guys".
Hopefully this all makes sense, and I appreciate any response.

Im having a terrible issue saving the persian language into my DB and bringing it back into a PHP echo.

All i get is: ���� Rather than the actual text that it should show.

I have a form that submits the text to a UTF8-Unicode DB table.
A then have a php doc that reads that table and echos to the document.
However it just comes out as ����

The document is set to UTF-8 and PHP sends the UTF-8 header.

Does anyone know what im doing wrong?

This only seems to happen when using IE

Meant to look like : ل لينوكس دلخواه قابل نصب بوده
But instead just shows ??????????????

Thanks
G

Hello everyone, I have a script that shows the news posted on my website in a bigger format with comments ect... but it gives me the error
Code: [Select]
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /home/stormgc/public_html/sources/news_view.php  on line 50
I reviewed the code, I know what the error fix would be, but I cannot find the proper place to put it.

If someone could please review the script and help that would be awesome!
--> Code: [Select]
<?

$id = $_GET['id'];

$news = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `news` WHERE id='$id'");

if(mysql_num_rows($news) > 0){

$newz = mysql_fetch_array($news);

loadHeader($newz['title']);
}
if($_GET['update'] == 1){

confirm('You have successfully updated this news.');

}

?>

<br />

<div class="title"><? echo $newz['title']; ?><span class="options"><a href="index.php">Home</a> / <? echo $newz['title']; ?></span></div>

<div class="content">

<?
$username = $newz['username'];

?>

<div class="category"><a href="index.php?action=news_view&id=<? echo $newz['id']; ?>"><? echo $newz['title']; ?></a> posted on <? displayTime($newz['time'], 'F jS, Y \a\t g:i a'); ?>

<span class="options">By

<?

$accounts = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM accounts JOIN profiles ON accounts.username=profiles.username WHERE accounts.username='$username'");

if(mysql_num_rows($accounts) > 0){

$account = mysql_fetch_array($accounts);

?>

<a href="index.php?action=profile&user=<? echo $account['username']; ?>">{<? } echo $account['display_name']; ?></a>

<?

} else {

echo $username;

}

?>

</span></div>

<div class="cell1">

<?

echo parseText($newz['message']);

?>

<br /><br />
<a href="index.php?action=forums">Discuss this in the forums...</a>

<?

if($cur_account['staff'] == "on" || $cur_admin == 1){

?>

<br />
<br />

<a href="index.php?action=news_modify&id=<? echo $newz['id']; ?>">Modify</a> | <a href="" onClick="if(confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this news?')){ location.href='index.php?action=news_delete&id=<? echo $newz['id']; ?>'; } return false;">Delete</a>

<?

}

?>

</div>

<?

loadFooter();

} else {

fatalError('The news article you are trying to view does not exist.');

}

?>
Thanks,
NW

Hi guys

Just wanted to knw whats the php logic needed to create this function which shows current users viewing a topic

I knw we can have a database table which stores the topic ID as well as user id and that way we can record who is viewing a topic but what happens when they leave?

some users can just close there browser in which case I would never know when they left?


thank you guys

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Hi,

Firstly, I am a complete newcomer to PHP though I am enjoying my first tentative steps into learning the language!

I have been searching Google for hours now to try and find a simple solution to a problem I just can't seem to figure out, though I thought would be easy to find? I have found a lot of very informative solutions to other questions on this forum so figured it was the best one to join?

My question is: I have built and can interact with a simple database and now populate a page with usernames in a list. Each one is a link which, when clicked sends the username to another page. On this page I use the $_GET function and see the username displayed ok. What I can't figure out is how to then display other information about them from the fields in the database identified with that user?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is driving me nuts! Also can anyone suggest a good book for learning PHP? There are lots out there but the reviews on Amazon seem to always talk about coding errors in print etc. so I really don't know which one to buy?

FF