PHP - Start And Stop A Program

Sometimes my mailserver craps out and I need to restart it.  Since RDP is blocked at my current company, I was hoping to simply make a button on a password protected webpage to start it.  This would be a simple button and no user config so as to reduce security risk (hopefully).

I need to do something like:

echo exec('net start abc');

This works if I use 'whoami' or 'hostname', but not with the 'net' command.

Also, the whoami shows the following:

nt authority\network service

This is using IIS/WIN2003

Hello everyone,

I have started PHP not so long ago and I must admit that this whole world is quite confusing. On the internet, we can find everything... A link saying that we should press A and not B, another saying that A must not be pressed and B shoud etc. When looking on the web to learn about PHP, I often find myself more confused at the end of the day than at the beginning of the day.

So I would like to know, with all you've learned in the past years, what would be the best advice you could give to a newbie who's been assigned on a big project and who wants to learn PHP properly ?

Would you tell him to use a templating system ?
Would you tell him to use a PHP framework ?
Would you tell him to use a caching system to store some data ?
What else should be taken in consideration ?

PS: Flexibility is a must for this project

Thanks !

Hi

I need to include a exe program in a website. The only file of this program is the .exe file. It has a couple of textboxes, and when you insert values in these boxes and submit it gives an text output in the same window.

Is there a way in php that I can take in values from an html form and insert it into this programs form?
And then how can I read its output using php? Or is there another web-based language that I should rather use?

Your help would be appretiated!

C

Hi,

I'm developing an iPhone app that's going to need data from a MySQL database, it's just a simple list of my bands upcoming gigs.

So I understand that I need to build an API - I've found some scripts here and there, I just need some advice as to 'what' I should build...JSON? XML? something else?

I don't know anything about it and cant really find anything that will tell me.

Hopefully, If I can get a good method going I will be able to use it for various other app ideas.


Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I have been having a coding problem. Went back to the books and came across this bit of information. Can anyone tell me if I should be updating my C drive

Enabling file uploads and sessions. the windows installer designates two folders in your user area as the values for upload_tmp_dir and session.save_path. However, file uploads and sessions won't work unles you create the folders yourself.

In Windows XP go to C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp.

Create a new folder called php, and inside that folder, create two subfolders called upload and session.


Is this information true as it is not set in my computer. Just need to know if this will help my session 

From where I will get Good Notes ?? which site to refer for cake PHP?

Hi All.

I am new to PHP, but am learning. I have set myself a mini project to learn some new php and to have some fun!

I was hoping that someone would be kind enough to tell me how difficult this would be to achieve, and how they would best suggest to approach it.

I want to create a 'availability checker'. I want to create a field where I can input a date. If the date exists in my mysql database then it returns NO, if the date isn't in the database it returns YES. For a admin area I want to have a place to add dates, and maybe some details about these dates.

I don't think its overly complicated, but it should still be quite a challenge for me.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hello phpFreaks!

I want to ask you if there are some ways to make your php program works with serial number (that you give in people that bought it). So the one that buy it can't copy and give it to his friend..Or something...

Is there any way to make this with php ?

Thanks alot!

I need to execute a program in the command prompt in windows using php, which php functions would be best to do this? and would i need to set any type of permissions to be able to use them?

HI,   I am a beginner at programing and I have to do this project where it is asking me to valid ISBN 10 and 13 using MySQL database to store the information. I checked my php code to validate ISBN 10 and 13 and it works, but when I try to store the data to MySQL it is not working. What  I mean is that when I click ShowISBN link it doesn't show this information: ISBN Number ISBN Type Date Entered using timestamp Valid or Invalid This is the codes I have for input page of ISBN page:

<?php
//this is the isset function which allows us to submit back
//to the same form.  If there isn't anything in the ISBN, it will
//show the bottom part of the form
if(isset($_POST["ISBN"])|| empty($_POST['isbn_type']) 
	|| empty($_POST['Valid_Invalid']))
{
	$ISBN = $_POST["ISBN"];;
	$IsbnType = $_POST["isbn_type"];;
	$VaorIn = $_POST["Valid_Invalid"];;

	$ISBN_Arr = str_split($ISBN);
	$not10 =0;
	$notNum=0;
	$notX=0;
	//entering error checking for the code
	//check for 10 first, if clear do additional checking
	if(strlen($ISBN) == 10)
		{//start further error checking	
		//check to make sure first 9 are numeric
		for($i=0;$i<=8;$i++)
			{
			if(!is_numeric($ISBN_Arr[$i]))
				$notNum = 1;
			}//end for loop check
		//check to see if there is a X or a x
		if($ISBN_Arr[9]=='x' || $ISBN_Arr[9]=='X')
			{
				$ISBN_Arr[9] = 10;
			}
			//if not an x, is it at least numeric?
			else if (!is_numeric($ISBN_Arr[9]) )
			{
				$notX=1;
			}
		}//end additional error checking 
		else {
			$not10=1;	
			}//end not 10 check
	//start of error messages if prereqs are not met			
	if($notNum ==1 || $notX ==1 || $not10)
		{
		Print "<h2>Input error</h2><br/>";
		Print "Here is the error(s) discovered:<br/>";
		if($notNum ==1)
			print"Your ISBN contains non-numeric data.<br/>";
		if($notX ==1)
			print"The last digit is not a number or a X.<br/>";
		if($not10 ==1)
			print"ISBN 10 number should contain 10 characters.<br/>";
				
		include"ISBN_not_val_include.html";
		}
	//end error checking
	else{
		$chk_sum_num=10;
		$chk_sum =0;
		for($i=0;$i<=9;$i++)
		{
			$chk_sum +=$ISBN_Arr[$i] *$chk_sum_num;
				//print"$ISBN_Arr[$i] | $chk_sum_num<br/>";
			$chk_sum_num--;
		}//end for loop
		$is_valid_ISBN= $chk_sum%11;
		//print"chk_sum: $chk_sum </br> is_valid_ISBN: $is_valid_ISBN</br>";
		if($is_valid_ISBN==0)
			{
			print"<h3>VALID</h3><br/>";
			print"$ISBN is a VALID 10 digit ISBN number.<br/>";
			include"ISBN_val_include.html";
			}
			else{
			print"<h3>INVALID</h3><br/>";
			print"$ISBN is an INVALID 10 number ISBN.<br/>";
			include"ISBN_not_val_include.html";
			}//end is_valid if
		}//end
	}//end is set if
	else{
	include"ISBN_val_include.html";
}//end isset else
?>


</form>
<p><a href="_ShowISBN10and13DBProject.php">Show ISBN 
</a></p> 


</body>
</html>

This is the second part of the code that incorporates php and MySQL:

<?php

if (empty($_POST['ISBN'])|| empty($_POST['isbn_type']) 
	|| empty($_POST['Valid_Invalid']))
	
	echo "<p>You must enter a Valid ISBN 10 to Continue! 
		 Please Click your browser's Back Button to return 
		 to the input page of ISBN 10 with Database.</p>\n";
		 
else {
	$DBConnect = @mysql_connect("xxx.xxx.xx.xxx", "xxxxxxxx", "xxxxxxxx");
	if($DBConnect === false)
		echo"<p>Unable to conenct to the database server.</p>"
		. "<p>Error code " . mysql_errno()
		. ": " . mysql_error() . "</p>";
	else{
	$DBName = "xxxxxxxx";
	if (!@mysql_select_db($DBName, $DBConnect)) {
		$SQLstring = "CREATE DATABASE $DBName";
		$QueryResult = @mysql_query($SQLstring,
		$DBConnect);
		
		if ($QueryResult === FALSE)
		echo "<p>Unable to execute the query.</p>"
		. "<p>Error code " . mysql_errno($DBConnect)
		. ": " . mysql_error($DBConnect) . "</p>";
	else 
		echo "<p>You are the first visitor!</p>";
	}
	mysql_select_db($DBName, $DBConnect);
	
	$TableName = "isbn";
	$SQLstring = "SHOW TABLES LIKE '$TableName'";
	$QueryResult = @mysql_query($SQLstring, $DBConnect);
	
	
	
	if ($QueryResult === FALSE) 
		echo "<p>Unable to create the table.</p>"
		. "<p>Error code " . mysql_errno($DBConnect)
		. ": " . mysql_error($DBConnect) . "</p>";
		
	$ISBNum = stripslashes($_POST['ISBN']);
	$ISBNType = stripslashes($_POST['isbn_type']);
	$VaORIn = stripslashes($_POST['Valid_Invalid']);
	$SQLstring = "INSERT INTO $TableName 
	VALUES(NULL, '$ISBNum', '$ISBNType', 
	'$VaORIn')";
	$QueryResult = @mysql_query($SQLstring, $DBConnect);
		
		if($QueryResult === false)
			echo"<p>Unable to execute the query.</p>"
			. "<p>Error code " . mysql_errno($DBConnect)
			. ": " . mysql_error($DBConnect) . "</p>";
		else
			echo"<h1>Thank you for trying our ISBN 10 program!</h1>";	
	
	
	mysql_close($DBConnect);
	}
}
	
	


?><!--End PHP Script-->

This is the page where it is not working!

<?php

	$DBConnect = @mysql_connect("xxx.xxx.xx.xxx", "xxxxxxx", "xxxxx");
	if($DBConnect === false)
		echo"<p>Unable to conenct to the database server.</p>"
		. "<p>Error code " . mysql_errno()
		. ": " . mysql_error() . "</p>";
	else{
		$DBName = "xxxxxx";
	if (!@mysql_select_db($DBName, $DBConnect))
		echo"<p>There are no entries in the guest book!</p>";
	else {
	$TableName = "isbn";
	$SQLstring = "SELECT * FROM $TableName";
	$QueryResult = @mysql_query($SQLstring, $DBConnect);
	
	if (mysql_num_rows($QueryResult) == 0) 
		echo"<p>There are no entries in the ISBN 10 Database!</p>";
	else{
		echo"<p>The following ISBN have 
		been recorded:</p>";
		echo"<table width='100%' border='1'>";
		echo"<tr><th>ISBN Number</th><th>ISBN Type</th><th>
			Date Entred</th><th>
			Valid OR Invalid</th></tr>";
		while (($Row = mysql_fetch_assoc($QueryResult)) !==FALSE) {
			echo "<tr><td>{$Row['ISBN']}</td>";
			echo "<tr><td>{$Row['isbn_type']}</td>";
			echo "<tr><td>{$Row['TIMESTAMP']}</td>";
			echo "<td>{$Row['Valid_Invalid']}</td></tr>";
			
			}
			
		}
		mysql_free_result($QueryResult);
	}
	mysql_close($DBConnect);
}
	
		

When I click show ISBN nothing happens and I am not shore why!   This is how  I have my table setup in MySQL Manually by clicking table and create table:   Columns: count                 int(11) Al PK ISBN                   varchar(45) isbn_type            varchar(45) TIMESTMP         datetime PK Valid_Invalid       varchar(45)       Can someone please tell me why when I click Show ISBN in the input page the first code pasted  I get nothing! How do  I fix the issue because my validation works, but it's not storing it or showing up when  click Show ISBN!   Any help will be appreciate it!

I'd like to put a password requirement in this program & an expiration date (database record)so that at 11 months I output an alert and at the end of one year it shuts down. ?
The below code works for the password but I can't find how to link to my main page?
PHP Code:
<?php
mysql_connect(localhost,root,"");
mysql_select_db(entrydb) or die( "Unable to select database");
if(!empty($_POST["submit"]))
{
 $password = $_POST['password'];
$expdate = $_POST['expdate'];
$query="SELECT password, expdate FROM entrydata Where password='$password'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
if(mysql_num_rows($result))
{
  echo "<form action='#' method='post'>";
       
  echo "</form>";
}
  else{echo "Access denied<br />";}
 }
?>
<form method="post" action="#"><br />
 <input type="text" name="password"/><p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="enter password"/>
</form> 

I stumbled across this site after being slammed hard elsewhere for being a novice and really not knowing what I am doing.  What I have read so far is more encouraging.  I just wrote my first program in php and it is not working at all right now.  All it keeps doing is opening window after window until I force the browser to close.  I am using a Mac running Yosemite and using MAMP.  Hopefully that is enough background.    I know this is an introduction area, so I will also post this in another forum in case this is closed for being off topic.   This is a login file to connect to the server:

<?php // login.php
// Get connection information

echo <<<_END
    <form method = "post" action = "login.php">
    <pre>
    <input type = "text" name = "localhost" />host server<br />
    <input type = "text" name = "username" />Username<br />
    <input type = "text" name = "password" /><br />
    <br />
    <input type = "submit" value = "submit" />
    </form>
_END

$db_server = sanitize_string($localhost);
$db_username = sanitize_string($username);
$db_password = sanitize_string($password);

/*
$user = 'root';
$password = 'root';
$db = 'rpsls';
$host = 'localhost';
$port = 3306;

$link = mysql_connect(
"$host:$port",
$user,
$password
);
$db_selected = mysql_select_db(
$db,
$link
);
*/

mysql_connect($db_server, $db_username, $db_password) or die(mysql_error());

// Create rpsls table if it does not exist

$tbl = "rpsls";
$query = "CREATE TABLE rpsls(human VARCHAR(10), computer VARCHAR(10), outcome VARCHAR(5),
    action VARCHAR(15));

INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Rock", "Paper", "Lose", "Covers");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Rock", "Scissors", "Win", "Crushes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Rock", "Lizard", "Win", "Crushes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Rock", "Spock", "Lose", "Vaporizes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Paper", "Rock", "Win", "Covers");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Paper", "Scissors", "Lose", "Cuts");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Paper", "Lizard", "Lose", "Eats");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Paper", "Spock", "Win", "Disproves");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Scissors", "Lizard", "Win", "Decapitates");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Scissors", "Spock", "Lose", "Smashes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Scissors", "Rock", "Lose", "Crushes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Scissors", "Paper", "Win", "Cuts");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Lizard", "Spock", "Win", "Poisons");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Lizard", "Rock", "Lose", "Crushes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Lizard", "Paper", "Win", "Eats");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Lizard", "Scissors", "Lose", "Decapitates");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Spock", "Rock", "Win", "Vaporizes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Spock", "Paper", "Lose", "Disproves");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Spock", "Scissors", "Win", "Smashes");
INSERT INTO rpsls (human, computer, outcome, action) VALUES ("Spock", "Lizard", "Lose", "Poisons");";

check_table($tbl, $query);

// Create choices table if it does not exist

$tbl = "choices";

$query = "CREATE TABLE choices(id SMALLINT, choice VARCHAR(10));

INSERT INTO choices (id, choice) VALUES (1, "Rock");
INSERT INTO choices (id, choice) VALUES (2, "Paper");
INSERT INTO choices (id, choice) VALUES (3, "Scissors");
INSERT INTO choices (id, choice) VALUES (4, "Lizard");
INSERT INTO choices (id, choice) VALUES (5, "Spock");";

check_table($tbl, $query);

// Sanitize user input

function sanitize_string($var)
{
$var = stripslashes($var);
$var = htmlentities($var);
$var = strip_tags($var);
return $var;
}

function check_table($tbl, $query){

$db = new mysqli(...);
$result = $db->query("SHOW TABLES LIKE "$tbl);
if ($result->num_rows == 0){
    mysql_query($query);
    }
}

?>

and this is the program:

<?php

// log into server and database

require_once 'login.php';
$db_server = mysql_connect($db_hostname, $db_username, $db_password);
if (!$db_server) die("Unable to connect to MySQL: " . mysql_error());
$conn = mysql_connect($db_server, $db_username, $db_password) or die(mysql_error());
$db_database = 'rpsls';
mysql_select_db($db_database) or die("Unable to select database: " . mysql_error());

// Start Game

ready_to_play();


// Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock game
function rock_paper_scissors_lizard_spock()
{
$human = human_play();
$computer = computer_play();
game_outcome($human, $computer);
play_again();


// Start Game Function

function ready_to_play(){
echo <<<_END
    <form method = "post" action = "rpsls.php">
    <h2>Ready to play Rock, Paper, Lizard, Spock?</h2>
    <hr>
    <table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "Yes" />Yes</td>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "No" />No</td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><input type = "submit" value = "Play!" /></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
_END
    
    if ($ready == "Yes"){
        $query = "CREATE TABLE gameResults (
            games SMALLINT NOT NULL,
            win SMALLINT NULL,
            loss SMALLINT NULL,
            draw SMALLINT NULL,
            PRIMARY KEY (games))";
            
        mysql_query($query);    
        
        rock_paper_scissors_lizard_spock();
    }else{
        close_rpsls();
    }
}

// Play Again

// Start Game Function

function play_again()
{
echo <<<_END
    <form method = "post" action = "rpsls.php">
    <h2>Play Again?</h2>
    <hr>
    <table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "Yes" />Yes</td>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "No" />No</td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><input type = "submit" value = "Play!" /></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
_END
    
    if ($ready == "Yes"){
        rock_paper_scissors_lizard_spock();
    }else{
        close_rpsls();
    }
}

// Human Play Selection

function human_play()
{
echo <<<_END
    <form method = "post" action = "rpsls.php">
    <h2>Let's Play Rock, Paper, Lizard, Spock</h2>
    <hr>
    <table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "human" value = "Rock" />Rock</td>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "human" value = "Paper" />Paper</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "human" value = "Scissors" />Scissors</td>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "human" value = "Lizard" />Lizard</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><input type = "radio" name = "human" value = "Spock" />Spock</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><hr></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><input type = "submit" value = "Play!" /></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
    
_END
    
    return $human;
}

// Computer Play Selection

function computer_play()
{
    $play = rand(1,5);
    $query = "SELECT choice FROM choices WHERE number = $play";
    $computer = mysql_query($query);
    
    return $computer;
}

// Game Outcome Function

function game_outcome($human, $computer)
{
    $win = $loss = $draw = 0
    
    if ($human == $computer){
        echo "Draw<br />";
        echo "We both played ".$human;
        $draw = 1;
    }else{
        $query = "SELECT outcome, action FROM rpsls WHERE human = $human AND computer = $computer";
        $results = mysql_query($query);
        $results2 = mysql_fetch_array($results);
        $outcome = $results2[0];
        $action = $results2[1];
        
        if ($outcome == "Win"{
            echo "You Win!!!<br />"
            echo "Your ".$human. " ".$action." my ".$computer."<br />";
            $win = 1;
        }else{
            echo "You Lose/.<br />
            echo "My ".$computer." ".$action." your ".$human."<br />";
            $loss = 1;
            }
        }
        $query = "INSERT INTO gameResults VALUES".(NULL, '$win', '$loss', '$draw')";
        mysql_query($query);
}

// Game Statistics Function

function game_statistics ()
{
    $query = "SELECT * FROM gameResults";
    $result = mysql_query($query);
    $rows = mysql_num_rows($result);
    $games = $rows;
    $win = $loss = $draw = 0;
    
    for ($index = 0; $index < $rows; ++$index){
        $row = mysql_fetch_row($result);
        $win = $win + $row[1];
        $loss = $loss + $row[2];
        $draw = $draw + $row[3];
    }
    
echo <<<_END
    <table>
    <tr>
        <td>Games</td>
        <td>Win</td>
        <td>Loss</td>
        <td>Draw</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>$games</td>
        <td>$win</td>
        <td>$loss</td>
        <td>$draw</td>
    </tr>
    </table>
_END
}

// Print Statistics and close the game

function close_rpsls(){
echo <<<_END
    <form method = "post" action = "rpsls.php">
    <h3>Are you sure you want to quit?</h3>
    <hr>
    <table>
    <tr>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "Yes" />Yes</td>
        <td><input type = "radio" name = "ready" value = "No" />No</td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
        <td colspan = "2"><input type = "submit" value = "Play!" /></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>
_END
    
    if ($ready == "No"){
        rock_paper_scissors_lizard_spock();
    }else{
        $query = "DROP TABLE gameResults";
        mysql_query($query);
    }    
}

// close connection
mysql_close($conn);
?>

Please forgive my novice errors and help me figure out what is wrong with this program.   Thank you. Here is the contents of the error log:   141104 18:36:26 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql
141104 18:36:28 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/ is case insensitive
141104 18:36:28 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
141104 18:36:28 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
141104 18:36:32  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
141104 18:36:33 InnoDB: 5.5.38 started; log sequence number 1711074
141104 18:36:33 [Note] Server hostname (bind-address): '0.0.0.0'; port: 8889
141104 18:36:33 [Note]   - '0.0.0.0' resolves to '0.0.0.0';
141104 18:36:33 [Note] Server socket created on IP: '0.0.0.0'.
141104 18:36:35 [Note] Event Scheduler: Loaded 0 events
141104 18:36:35 [Note] /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld: ready for connections.
Version: '5.5.38'  socket: '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock'  port: 8889  Source distribution

Ok i have just installed anope irc services on my irc network and they use MySQL databases.

Through this, I can use the same info/passwords to link user/website accs.

However it stores passwords as md5:someHashHere

How would i get a php script to remove the md5: from the start, or would it just be easier checking against md5:$md5(enteredpassword)?

Hi Guys,

I have an events calender which if theres an events it echos a color if blue on the day. I would like to display the start and end dates on the calender in the same way. Example if and events starts 01/01/2012 and ends 03/01/2012.
 
I'm having problems echoing a blue color from 01/01/2012 to 03/01/2012 to indicate the start and end date of the event.
 
The code belows show how I tried to solve the problem, it works but it thinks the event start from the 1st and end on the 3rd of every month which is wrong.

Please show me how I can improve this code or do different to make it work.
Thanks
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    $todaysDate = date("d/m/Y");
    $dateToCompare = $daystring . '/' . $monthstring . '/' . $year;
    echo "<td align='center' ";
    if($todaysDate == $dateToCompare){
    echo "style='class:red'";
    }else{
    $sqlcount = mysql_query("select * from event where '".$dateToCompare."' >=start_date and '".$dateToCompare."' <=end_date");
    $customerCount = mysql_num_rows($sqlcount); // count the output amount
    while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($sqlcount)) {
    $start_date = $row['start_date'];
    $end_day = $row['end_day'];
    if($customerCount >= 1){ 
    echo "style='class:blue'";
    }
    }
    }