PHP - Proper Way?

That's right I'm pretty green when it comes to PHP. I googled it, but it looks like there are several ways to achieve this, wondering which is best.

elseif ($subcategory_id == 400)

I want the code to include a number of subcategory_ids, 400, 450, 500, 760, etc.   There isn't a range, so what would be the proper way to include multiple category_ids.   Thank you

Hi guys, 

I'm starting to get back into coding for a hobby and wondering is there a better way of doing these php and mysql calls? they all work but not sure if it was the efficent way or is there others that everyone else uses?

 

//connection for user details lookup
$sql0 = "SELECT uid, fullname, emailaddress, created_at FROM MK_users WHERE uid={$_SESSION['id']}";
$result0 = $conn->query($sql0);

//connection for user against role acceess
$sql2 = "SELECT role_uid, role_bid, role_access, access_created_at FROM MK_role_access WHERE role_uid={$_SESSION['id']}";
$result2 = $conn->query($sql2);

 while($row2 = $result2->fetch_assoc()) {
    $_SESSION['role_bid'] = $row2["role_bid"];
  }

//connection for role access against business lookup
$sql3 = "SELECT businessname, account_type, website, main_address, logo FROM MK_baccounts WHERE bid={$_SESSION['role_bid']}";
$result3 = $conn->query($sql3);

while($row3 = $result3->fetch_assoc()) {
  
    $_SESSION['businessname'] = $row3["businessname"];
  }
 

Hi Guys, 

Total PHP Noob here. I’ve run into a brick-wall and would appreciate some words of wisdom. 
I am working on a fairly complicated (at least to my skill level..)  home automation/IOT -project and unexpectedly have a big problem establishing a connection between the Internet and my home network. I’ve spent too many hours trying to solve this and eventually have reverted to a super basic Hello World -example to highlight the issue.

I can do this with a browser:

http://86.60.161.24  // will echo hello World

I can’t do this with my server:

<?php
  $url = 'http://86.60.161.24';
  $contents = file_get_contents($url);
  echo ($contents);
?>

It looks like the server-side HTTP -request never “touches” my Arduino-chip. No network activity detected. Obviously there is going to be a lot more data transfer happening but I need to solve this issue first. 

Is there anything I can do to make this work? Any and all input greatly appreciated. Cheers!!

 

$sql = "SELECT option_id, id FROM bets WHERE win_status = '1' AND updated_at BETWEEN '$today 13:00:00.000000' AND '$tmrw 08:00:00.000000'";
$result = mysqli_query($connt, $sql);

foreach($result as $value)
{
	$value[] = arary_multisort();
	$oid = $value['option_id'];
	$gid = $value['id'];
     var_dump($value);
     //$gim = var_export($value);
}


foreach($result as $key => $value) {

	$info = array($value);

}
mysqli_close($connt);
$fl = array($oid, $gid);
print_r($fl);

array (
  'option_id' => 'game1a',
  'id' => '155670450',
)array (
  'option_id' => 'game2h',
  'id' => '386887537',

Either I can return 1 row and have the data sorted nicely or I can return an array but I can only seem to access the last array. Been stuck on this bit for atleast 2 hrs sadly. How can I rename the array? Some days I might have 100 results. Today we have two winners xP I really need to ctrl+z sublime cuz I tried what feels like everything. Ancy to move to the next part of this code MATH if you can kindly assist.

Yall have been extremely helpful in my last two posts 2/2 going on 3. Is there a place I can properly contribute lite silver :3

Just curious, what is proper programming in cases where you're just doing a simple IF statement where there really is no need for an ELSE.  Should you still write out the ELSE?

For example, which is proper...
Code: [Select]
if (x=1) {
//code here to do something
}

or
Code: [Select]
if (x=1) {
//code here to do something
} else {
}

There would be nothing in the ELSE statement, so is it OK to just leave it out completely (i.e. version #1), or is it proper to still have it listed (i.e. version #2)?

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Hello everyone. First post here. very new to php and html. Im working on my uncles website which is a fabric store. I created a mysql database and a search to use. Im trying to make this a fulltext search because right now you have to match the pattern name exactly to get any results! And if somebody searches for the pattern name and the color they will get no results! In fact, if there is more than one search term, there is no results.


-This is the first part where it counts so the pagination can be built-

$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM rapatterns WHERE Pattern= '$keyword'

OR Color= '$keyword' OR Fabric_Use= '$keyword'";
$result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);


-here is the query to get results-

$sql = "SELECT * FROM rapatterns WHERE Pattern= '$keyword'

OR Color= '$keyword' OR Fabric_Use= '$keyword' LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";
$result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);

Ive looked into full text searching, and ive created a fulltext index on the three columns being searched here.
The problem im having is when I try to change the queries to fulltext searches I get syntax errors.

-this is what i was trying to do-
-this is the first one that counts for pagination-

$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*)  FROM rapatterns

        WHERE MATCH(Pattern,Color,Fabric_Use) AGAINST ('$keyword')  LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";


-here is the second one to get results-

$sql = "SELECT * FROM rapatterns WHERE MATCH(Pattern,Color,Fabric_Use) AGAINST ('$keyword') LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage";
$result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR);


Im wondering if I can get a little help with the syntax or if what im trying to do wont work at all. Go easy on me. I am extremely new to any of this.

I built a website that has multiple users accessing it at once, there is a problem with the sessions. People are getting directed to a logged out page. I know why this is because I don't thoroughly understand how to use sessions. I have picked up about storing in places other than /tmp , I'm concerned about storage and not carrying it from one page to the next   So when a person logs in, then they hit back on their browser or exit it (for a phone) and go back to it, they should still be logged in. That doesn't happen, they are usually logged out.   Also there is a weird anomaly. When I use the website on my device (phone) I don't have a problem of session value getting lost and the website exists on a server / computer that is not this phone, so why does my friend have problems with sessions but not me?   This is my general session code, it is garbage

<?php
ob_start();
session_start();

if( !isset($_SESSION['last_access']) || (time() - $_SESSION['last_access']) > 60 )
  $_SESSION['last_access'] = time();

session_save_path('/home/admin2/public_html/sesh');
ini_set('session.gc_probability', 1);

$userrname = $_SESSION["user"];
$_SESSOIN["user"]=$userrname;

if (empty($userrname)){
header("Location: ");
}
?>

I'd appreciate any help.   Thank you.

I am using a MVC framework and in my controller I have defined a class variable for configurations.  In my action I have a call to the configuration class to set the class variable to the current configurations.

Code: [Select]
public $configArray = array();

public function actionBuild($id)
{
$this->configArray=Config::model()->getConfigArray($id);

$this->buildStep1();
...
}




When I echo the configuration in the method it is 10 but when I echo in buildStep1 it is 11.  What is the proper way for configArray to be global and updated when I call getConfigArray for use in functions in the class? 

Hi All,

Can any body let me know what is proper way to write below code?
Quote

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
{
   for ($colq=0; $colq<=$col_no;$colq++)
    {    
      while($col = mysql_fetch_array($result_display_sequences))
          {
            for ($b=0; $b<=$seq_num;$b++)
              {
              echo $col[$b] . " ";
                   while($asso = mysql_fetch_array($result_column_associated))
                   {
                         for ($c=0; $c<=$asso_num;$c++)
                            {   
                       echo $asso[$c] . " ";
                         if ($col[$b] == $asso[$c])
                               {         
                                 echo "<td>" . $row[$colq] . "</td>";
                               }
                            }
                   }
               }
           }
      }
}


I want to match two values before display the result but somehow at first level its work perfect but then its didnt increase value $b as it should. So i lil but confuse now what am i doing wrong with it. Sorry i am new and trying something hard assignment while test my skill.

i do get result as below
2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Thanks in Advance.

Hi,
I'm pretty new to php and need a bit of basic help.

I have a header and footer include file in a "views" folder. The header itself has a function that's included from another directory. Now when I try to include the header in by index.php in the root it throws and error saying it can't find my function include. Obviously the include directory is relative to the file it's included in. So, what's the trick to fixing this problem? And what's the lesson for future projects? Thanx in advance.

What is the PROPER way to clear out an array?   

I have an array getting created as part of a loop process, and for each loop, I want the array to be emptied and start from scratch?

I googled it and see some ways but the people offering the solutions don't seem too sure of themselves, so I just want to know if there is one, widely accepted and proper/efficient way to do this?

I'm trying to insert an image and this is my code:         echo "<tr>";
          echo '<td><input type="submit" name="btnPost" value="'.$rec['SKU'] . '"</td>' ;
          echo "<td>".$rec['NAME']."</td>";
          echo "<td>".$rec['DESCR']."</td>";
          echo "<td>".$rec['PRICE']."</td>";
          echo "<td>"<img src=".$rec['IMAGE']">."</td>";
      echo "</tr>";
        $row++ ;   I tried just echoing the .$rec['IMAGE'] without the img tag, but all it does is echo the name of the file instead of presenting the image itself.   This is the code I'm using on another page in my HTML and it works fine, but I was curious how to insert the image inside my while loop.           <img src="<?php echo $rec['IMAGE']; ?>">

I am still trying to fully comprehend table normalization and I'm not asking anyone to explain it bc it's not a simple thing to explain.   But I'm working on a football website that tracks players stats each week (catches, yards and touchdowns) and it seems like setting it up this way would make it the easiest (maybe laziest?) to retrieve data to display wherever I want...   tablecalled players with these fields: playerid playerfirstname playerlastname week1catches week1yards week1touchdowns week2catches week2yards week2touchdowns ... and so on 17 times till... ... week17catches week17yards week17touchdowns   I know that is likely making most of you want to puke but if doing it this way makes it extremely easy to pull this info for display on the site, why is it so wrong?  Is the problem that it's much slower than what I THINK is the proper way, ie...   table called players with these fields: playerid playerfirstname playerlastname   AND   table called stats with these fields: playerid week catches yards touchdowns   Again, not asking for an explanation of normalization, just if anyone has any quick reasons why the first way is as god awful as I fear it is, I'd appreciate the knowledge.    Thanks!  

Has anyone seen a decent database class for nicely wrapping up all the PDO functions? Ideally I'm after an example to handle database errors properly, insert/update/select queries, prepared statements and transactions. I've had a crack at writing my own and it's a bit messy with error handling everywhere. Maybe I need to put that in a separate class or something.

E.g. here's how I'd do a database update:
$db = new Database();    // In page controller
$params['type'] = $type;
$params['details'] = $details;
$query = 'insert into site_logs (type, details) values (:type, :details)';
$result = $db->preparedUpdate($query, $params);   // returns false if error or # of rows if successful

Just some examples would be great and I'll re-factor my one to make it better. Thanks!