PHP - Should I Use Php To Build A Form?

I have two questions, I was wondering what would be the best method to go about building client side API functions on top of a already built API eg. http://docs.whmcs.com/API:Functions We would like to provide our clients access to API functions related to their accounts without giving them access to the whole Admin API where they can see a lot of our other client information.   The other question we have an API built using Basic HTTP Auth for API authenication (HTTPS). eg curl username:password http://api.etc.com) If so what would be the best way to secure this method?       Thank you

HI,

coming from a .net background and picking up php as I go along, I was wondering what the best way
of designing the following task is in php.

It's part of an appointmnet reminder app and the admin can amend the message that is sent out.

The default message is currently stored in a db table and displayed in a multi line box on the admin web page.

for example,

"This is a an appointment reminder for *patient name*. You have an appointment on *date* with *customer name*."

There's two parts relating to the message process.

1. Allowing the admin to amend the message (but ensuring the *variable markers* are left in tact, so I know
where to stick the variables for part 2)

2. When the messages are being sent out (for each loop), inserting the *variables* into the message.

I have no problem getting hold of the *name*, *date*, *customer* for each iteration in the for each loop.

I'm sure people have done stuff like this before and in .net I would use a stringbuilder object but like i say,
I'm not all that groovy on php at the mo.

I was thinking of maybe a function that accepts thats passed the message, name, date, customer or something..

thanks

Hello again, guys!

I'm trying to do this:

Get $user_ID -> SELECT FROM favorites WHERE user="$user_ID" -> Now I should create an array with the ID of all the results of the previous command ->
SELECT FROM books WHERE genre="$favorites_ID" -> populate a html table.

The part I've no idea about how to do is building an array with the results and then using the SELECT command, find in the other tables the match.

Could you please give me a hand - one more time?

Hello.  I would like to build a survey that I can use on an iPad so that I can go out in the field and gather data from people.

What would be the best way to accomplish this?

I'm not sure what limitations even exist on an iPad - like can you have a webserver like MAMP?

It seems to me that using something like Angular or whatever might make sense since you can build a working app all in one, but then I don't even know traditional Javascript.

Just looking for a quick way to build something to allow me to survey people without making this a major project.\

Thanks.

Hi there,

i have a problem regarding a editor that I am building, I am fairly new to php, but this is what i have so far:

Code: [Select]
<?php

$dirname = ".";
$dir = opendir($dirname);
?>
<form action="editor.php" method="POST">
<select>
<?php
while(false != ($file = readdir($dir)))
if (strpos($file, '.php',1)||strpos($file, '.html',1)||strpos($file, '.css',1) ) { 
{
if(($file != ".") and ($file != ".."))
{
echo("<option><a href='$file'>$file</a></option>");
}
}}
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

<br />
<center>
<form >
<textarea rows="80" cols="130">
<?php include $_POST["$file"]; ?>

</textarea>

</center>

The code produces a drop down list of any html, php or css files in the current directory and I want it to be able to show the selected file from the drop down list in the textarea so that I can edit it, I also am not sure how to save the file, would this be a file write method?

any help would really be appreciated as I've been stuck on this issue for hours an its doing my nut in!!!

Thanks
SF

Hi,

I have to build some reports based on mysql queries. Nothing fancy, just text, columns...

There are a lot of paid softwares but I can't (and don't want to) spend any $$ right now...

So, considering that I want very simple reports almost like a table with heading and subtotals, I should write it myself. But I don't know how (still...).

I'm looking for tips, tutorials, ebooks... anything that explains how to make a very simply report.

Regards,
Pedro.

Hiya peeps!

I can't seem to build a preg_match pattern that works.

This is what I need to do.

"[" . $errorID . "]='HERE IS WHAT I NEED TO DISPLAY';"

Does anyone have any ideas on how I would build this regex string?

Many thanks,

James.

So, I need to build a table based on this table:
Code: [Select]
create temporary table downline (
depth int,
member_id int,
full_name varchar(50),
level int,
referrer_id int,
country char(2)
);
I need to make a table to show each members downline (the people they referred to the site), it needs to be unlimited levels deep, and we have some members that have 25+ levels in their downline, where level 20 has 15,000+ people.

Level 1 = your downline
Level 2 = your donwline's downline
Level 3 = your downline's downline's downline
ect.

I have this loop (after the temp table is built) which needs to build a table on the page.


So, I can not get this table display right for the members downline, any suggestions?

// Build the current users downline and add it to the temporary table
$downline = mysql_query("select * from downline order by depth");
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($downline)){

if($row['depth'] != $depth){

$depth_id = $row['depth'];

$content .= "<tr id='main_lvl_$depth_id' class='hiddenInfo' onclick='showHide(this);'><td style='text-align: center;color:#4d53c1;font-weight: bold;' class='w_border'><span class='signs_s'>".$this->dict['mLevels_Level']." $depth_id : </span><span class='signs'>".count($down)." ".$this->dict['mLevels_Members']." </span></td></tr><tr id='lvl_$depth_id' style='display:none;'><td class='w_border' style='text-align: center;'><table style='width:100%;'>";

$i = 0;

$content .= "<tr>

<th>Member ID (Sponsor ID)</th>

<th>Member Name</th>

<th>Country</th>

<th>Member Level</th>

</tr>";

}

$class = ($i%2) ? 'color1NL' : 'color2NL';

$content .= "<tr id='_{$key}_' class='$class'><td class='width33'><a name='_".$row['member_id']."'></a><a href='?mid={$row['member_id']}'>#{$row['member_id']}</a> (<a href='?mid=".$row['referrer_id']."'>#".$row['referrer_id']."</a>)</td><td class='width33'>".$row['full_name']."</td><td>".$row['country']."</td><td class='width33'>".$row['level']."</td></tr>";

$i++;

if($row['depth'] != $depth){

$content .= "</table></td></tr>";

}

$depth = $row['depth'];
}

The following attachment has a working copy. The reason we don't stay with this is because it doesn't work with members who have large downlines, we run out of memory in php, and this hopefully will solve this problem.

Hey PF. I'm trying to build some better coding habits, so what tips do you guys have? Of course there are obvious things such as well-commented code, neat structure, etc...

But I'm looking for some more "TECHNICAL" tips that might be unspoken. For example, when is a good time to use a variable, opposed to a constant? I notice that a lot of programmers define their database settings with define(), while others just use a $variable. Is this personal preference or maybe its something I'm missing?

I'm looking for ALL tips. Any information that you have, please share it. It will help make me (And anyone else reading this), a better coder.
Thanks in advance.

and if this is not the proper forum, please move it! =]

Ok so I'll try to explain what I'm trying to do the best I can. I want to build an array that allows me to add/remove/modify the variables used at any point in time without having to rebuild or rewrite a ton of new code.

For example, below is an example list of variables I'd like to use in the array, followed by the code I would like to be automatically repeated.

Example Variables: $materialName1, $materialName2, $materialName3, $materialName4, $materialName5, $materialName6 etc etc etc
Example Code to repeat:
Code: [Select]
echo "<tr><td>Material: $materialName1</td><td>Rate: $materialName1Rate</td><td>Weight: $materialName1Weight</td></tr>";

Hopefully that makes sense. As always, very appreciated.

How could I build an interactive text system?
 It should work like this:
 Text is displayed.
 1-3 options (a situational amount of them) to answer displayed.
 Example:
 Are you male?
 Yes
 No

 You choose yes or no and it leads you to another questions based from your previous answer.
 Example: (a follow up to the 1st one)
 So you're male. Do you like cars then?
 Answers.
 And it goes on and on.

 The thing I need help with is the answers. I need to show them based by the previous answer but don't know how, any help?

I'm confused how to get the chat object to work with the pushes/pulls, and don't know where I'm going wrong.  Here's the basics of what I need to know without reloading the page: how do I push new data to the server how do I push new data to the client how do I not rebuild the data client has every time   I may need to know more, but that's what I know I need to be able to do so far.

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I'm trying to build an array in a foreach loop, but when I got to echo the results it only displays the first character of the string, but if I do a print_r on the array it show the data fine.


$msgColor1 = array();
foreach ($playerName1 as $value) {    
            $msgColor1['name'] .= $value[$i];
            $i = $i + 1;            
        }


print_r show the data but when i do


foreach ($msgColor1 as $test) {
            echo $test['name'];
}

Only shows the first character in the string