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I'm more of a php hobbiest having learned most of what I use from experimenting on our page.  I just switched servers from Total choice hosting to Godaddy and now some of my functions are not working.  The 2 biggest a

On our where to play page the default that loads is our All page and that works but then people are supposed to be allowed to change types at the top and then hit select and pull up that page.  The function loads up the folder properly but when you press Select City it just reloads the All page. 

I still have access to the old server till the end of the month in order to get files and anything else that I may have forgotten to copy over.  Is there maybe a php file I should have brought over and forgot?  The other big difference I noticed my old page was stored in public_html the new one is stored in the root directory.  The page was originally created outside and I have maintained it for the last 5 years so I have been following behind the old code and didn't do the foundation myself.

Thank you for any help you can give.

The Code I have for these functions is:
<?php

echo "<form method=POST action=$PHP_SELF>
      <select name=\"selected_city\">
      <option value=\"\"></option>";

//check files in directory
if ($handle = opendir('locations/')) {
   while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
       if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
           echo $file;
           $file = substr($file, 0, -4);
           echo "<option value=" . $file . ">$file</option>";
       }
   }
   closedir($handle);
}
?>
  </select>
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Select City" />
  </form>
     
  <?php

DEFINE('LOG_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/locations/');
//if this is the first visit to this page, display the default city.
if ($submit){
    if($_POST['selected_city'] == ""){
        echo "<p>No city selected, please try again.</p>";
        exit;
    }
    $selected_city = $_POST['selected_city'];
}
else{
    //default city - must match csv filename exactly prior to appending extension
    $selected_city = "All";
}


echo "<p>$selected_city</p>";
$filename = $selected_city . ".csv";
$file = file(LOG_DIR.$filename);

?>


The other big announce is that our front page has a news feed that I update through another page that edits and deletes and adds to the notepad file that is read by the front page.  I have the notepad files permissions set to 777 but when I use the update it doesn't do anything.  The code for this page is:

<?php include "header.php" ?>
      <td width="75%" id="maincontain" class="main">
<?php include "adminbar.php" ?>
<hr />
<?php
if($action == "edit" && isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'])) {
    if($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'] == "gonews") {
        //Recompile that line with the pipe symbols so we can reinsert it
        $line = $HTTP_POST_VARS['date'] . "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['title'];
        $line .= "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['news'];
        $line = str_replace("\r\n","<BR>",$line);
        $line .= "\r\n";
        $line = stripslashes($line);
        $data = file('news.txt');
        $data[$id] = $line;
        //the next line makes sure the $data array starts at the beginning
        reset($data);
        //now we open the file with mode 'w' which truncates the file
        $fp = fopen('news.txt','w');
        foreach($data as $element) {
            fwrite($fp, $element);
        }
        fclose($fp);
        echo "Item Edited!<BR><BR>\n";
        echo "<a href=\"$PHP_SELF\">Go Back</a>\n";
        exit;
    } else {
        echo "Bad password!\n";
        exit;
    }
}
if($action == "edit") {
    $data = file('news.txt');
    $element = trim($data[$id]);
    $pieces = explode("|", $element);
    //the next line is to reverse the process of turning the end of lines into breaking returns
    $news = str_replace("<BR>","\r\n",$pieces[2]);
    echo "Make the changes you would like and press save.<BR>\n";
    echo "<FORM ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF?action=edit\" METHOD=\"POST\" NAME=\"editform\">\n";
    echo "Title:<BR>\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"text\" SIZE=\"30\" NAME=\"title\" value=\"".$pieces[1]."\"><BR>\n";
    echo "The News:<BR>\n";
    echo "<TEXTAREA NAME=\"news\" COLS=\"40\" ROWS=\"5\">".$news."</TEXTAREA><BR><BR>\n";
    echo "Password:<BR>\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"password\" SIZE=\"30\" NAME=\"password\"><BR>\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"date\" VALUE=\"".$pieces[0]."\">\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"id\" VALUE=\"$id\">\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Save\"><BR>\n";
    echo "</FORM>\n";
    exit;
}
if($action == "delete" && isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'])) {
    if($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'] == "nonews") {
        $data = file('news.txt');
        //this next line will remove the single news item from the array
        array_splice($data,$id,1);
        //now we open the file with mode 'w' which truncates the file
        $fp = fopen('news.txt','w');
        foreach($data as $element) {
            fwrite($fp, $element);
        }
        fclose($fp);
        echo "Item deleted!<BR><BR>\n";
        echo "<a href=\"$PHP_SELF\">Go Back</a>\n";
        exit;
    } else {
        echo "Bad password!\n";
        exit;
    }
}
if($action == "delete") {
    echo "<H2>You are about to delete the following news item.</H2>\n";
    $data = file('news.txt');
    $element = trim($data[$id]);
    $pieces = explode("|", $element);
    echo $pieces[2] . "<BR>" . "<b>Posted by " . $pieces[1] . " on " . $pieces[0] . "</b>\n";
    echo "<BR><BR>\n";
    echo "Are you sure you want to delete this news item? If so, enter the password and click on Delete.<BR>\n";
    echo "<FORM ACTION=\"$PHP_SELF?action=delete\" METHOD=\"POST\" NAME=\"deleteform\">\n";
    echo "Password:<BR>\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"password\" SIZE=\"30\" NAME=\"password\"><BR>\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"hidden\" NAME=\"id\" VALUE=\"$id\">\n";
    echo "<INPUT TYPE=\"submit\" NAME=\"submit\" VALUE=\"Delete\"><BR>\n";
    echo "</FORM>\n"; ?>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>
<br />
<?php
    include "footer.php";
    exit;
}
?>
<?php
$data = file('news.txt');
//next line removed to make everything else easier in the admin script
//$data = array_reverse($data);
foreach($data as $key=>$element) {
    $element = trim($element);
    $pieces = explode("|", $element);
    echo "<strong>" . $pieces[1] . "</strong> - <font color=\"DF9D00\" size=\"1\">" . $pieces[0] . "</font><BR>" . $pieces[2]  . "<br /><br />";
    echo "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?action=delete&id=$key\">Delete</a>\n";
    echo "&nbsp;<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?action=edit&id=$key\">Edit</a>\n";
    echo "<hr><BR>\n";
}
echo "<HR>\n";
echo "<H4><u>Add News</u></H4>\n";
if($HTTP_POST_VARS['submit']) {
    if($HTTP_POST_VARS['password'] == 'gonews') {
        if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['title']) {
            echo "You must enter a Title";
            exit;
        }
        if(!$HTTP_POST_VARS['news']) {
            echo "You must enter some news";
            exit;
        }
        if(strstr($HTTP_POST_VARS['title'],"|")) {
            echo "Title cannot contain the pipe symbol - |";
            exit;
        }
        if(strstr($HTTP_POST_VARS['news'],"|")) {
            echo "News cannot contain the pipe symbol - |";
            exit;
        }
        $fp = fopen('news.txt','a');
        if(!$fp) {
            echo "Error opening file!";
            exit;
        }
        $line = date("m.d.y") . "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['title'];
        $line .= "|" . $HTTP_POST_VARS['news'];
        $line = str_replace("\r\n","<BR>",$line);
        $line .= "\r\n";
        $line = stripslashes($line);
        fwrite($fp, $line);
        if(!fclose($fp)) {
            echo "Error closing file!";
            exit;
        }
        echo "<b>News added!</b>\n";
    } else {
        echo "Bad Password";
    }
}

?>
          <FORM ACTION="<?=$PHP_SELF?>" METHOD="POST" NAME="newsentry">
          Your Title:<BR>
          <INPUT TYPE="text" SIZE="30" NAME="title"><BR>
          The News:<BR>
          <TEXTAREA NAME="news" COLS="40" ROWS="5"></TEXTAREA><BR><BR>
          News Password:<BR>
          <INPUT TYPE="password" SIZE="30" NAME="password"><BR>
          <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="submit" VALUE="Post it!"><BR>
          </FORM>

        </td>

<?php include "footer.php" ?>

Solution: Turns out the headers will not send unless all of the other code is behind an else userinfo.php?user=MikeH, possible addition to the sticked post?


So strictly speaking I dont have a header error because my script does not produce errors. However my script should be redirecting me to "notes.php?error=ad" but instead it just sends me back to the page I was previously at. My script is made to process a download via "tokens" and then redirect the user. That all works fine but what I am trying to do now is check if the user has already about the download and if they have redirect them to the error page letting them know. So in short the URL goes like this:

notes.php?viewn=2 -> purchase.php?user=MikeH&nid=2 (unseen page all processing) -> notes.php?error=ad

however what it is doing is:

notes.php?viewn=2 -> purchase.php?user=MikeH&nid=2 (unseen page all processing) -> notes.php?viewn=2

Here is the notes code:

<?php
}else if (isset($_GET['viewn'])){
$cid = $_GET['viewn'];
$query = "SELECT * FROM approvednotes WHERE cid =".$cid;
$res = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error());
$i=0;
$r=1;
?>
<h2>Programs:</h2>
<table summary="Summary Here" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
  <td><b>File Name</b></td>
  <td><b>Author</b></td>
  <td><b>Cost</b></td>
  <td><b>Buy</b></td>
</tr>
<?php
echo "<tbody>";
echo "<tr class= \"dark\">";
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($res)){


if($i == 1){
echo "</tr>";
$r++;
if($r% 1 == 0){
echo "<tr class = \"light\">";

$i=0;
$r = 0;


}else{
echo "<tr class = \"dark\">";
$i=0;
}



}
echo "<td> ". $row['name']."</td><td>".$row['username']."</td><td>".$row['value']."&nbsp;<img src=\"images/money.png \" height=\"30px\" /></td><td><a href=\"purchase.php?user=".$session->username."&nid=".$row['id']."\"><img src=\"images/buy.png\" height=\"30px\"/></a></td>";
$i++;


}

echo "</table>";


}?>


Here is the purchase code:


<?php
include("include/session.php");

if($session->checkLogin()){


$user= $_GET['user'];

if ($user == $session->username){
$note = $_GET['nid'];

$query3 = "SELECT * FROM users_downloaded WHERE nid=$note AND username='$user'";
$res3 = mysql_query($query3) or die (mysql_error());
$pass = mysql_num_rows($res3);

if ($pass != 0){
header("Location: notess.php?error=ad");

}



$nquery = "SELECT * FROM approvednotes WHERE id= ".$note;
$nres = mysql_query($nquery) or die (mysql_error());
//Get info about the file 
while ($nrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($nres)){
$price = $nrow['value'] ;
$location = $nrow['location'];
}
//see if user even has enough credits for this

   function creditcheck($username){
   $usern= $_GET['user'];
   
   $query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '".$usern."'";

$res = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($res)){
$credits = $row['credits'];
}
return $credits;
   }

$credits = creditcheck($user);
if($credits >= $price){
//user has enough credits to purchase note.
$newamount = $credits - $price;
$person = $session->username;
$query = "UPDATE users SET credits =".$newamount." WHERE username='$person'";
$res = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error());

$query2 = "INSERT INTO users_downloaded (nid, username) VALUES ('$note','$person')";
$res2 = mysql_query($query2) or die (mysql_error());

header("Location: download.php?f=".$location);
exit;



}else{
//error not enough money!!
header("Location: notes.php?error=ne");

}
}

}else{
header ("Location: notes.php?error=nl");
}






?>

Hello everyone, it's my first post here. I was recommend this community for it's professionalism and "friendlyness". During my stay here, please excuse my english. I know it can be unpleasant for you to read a thread with terrible grammar, I hate it in my native language, I'll do my best.

Okay, so I'm having two major issues for my website to operate like I'd like it to, I've done everything I knew about, and I can't think about anything else Google didn't help me much either this time.

First one is that I seem to have a cookies/sessions problem. Well, I use Liberty Reserve to allow my members to top up their account. So I send my form to their SCI and when I either cancel or complete a transaction, I return to my website but I'm not logged in anymore! So the auto-add to balance system can't work. Alright, when I saw this I was only using sessions, so I added cookies so I could rely on them too. And there again, same thing. Doubled, tripled checked all the LR settings and everything, I know they are right. But what's really, really, weird to me and what's really doing my head in is that I'm not actually logged out, because if I use another tab/window I'm still logged in. In other words, it's only the window coming back from Liberty Reserve that won't log in. The cookies are still here and so is the session so...
Another terrible thing is that it used to work when I was on my previous host (just moved to a dedicated server, which may be causing the problems, it's the first time I administrate a dedi).
This is blocking my entire website from working.

And my second problem is with the function mail() -there again 'caused' by new server-. I don't get any error message, or anything. The e-mails with cPanel/WHM work great. Though, I have done several tests and it never reaches my Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo account. It did work with a Yopmail inbox though. So, I was focusing on 'why isn't it sending it' but since I just noticed it worked with Yopmail, I'm sure it is sending it and have no ideas why wouldn't it work with other e-mail service providers.

I hope you understood what I meant and that, hopefully, you guys can help me out with those totally handicapping issues.

Thank you,

Regards.

-Ben.

finally got some time to code   anyway i cant figure out why this doesnt work, i think its an error in my logic...

<?php
$db = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost; dbname=test;', 'root', '');
$db2 = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost; dbname=test2;', 'root', '');
foreach($db->query('SELECT * FROM database1 LIMIT 1') as $row) {
$thing1 = $row['COL 1'];
$thing2 = $row['COL 2'];
$thing3 = $row['COL 4'];
$thing4 = $row['COL 6'];
$thing5 = $row['COL 7'];
$content = "\"big text with $things\"";
addslashes($content);
$db2->exec("INSERT INTO database2(col1,col2,col3) VALUES ('$thing1','text','$content')");
}
?>

my foreach command should read all lines from database one and write one by one on database two? thx in advance

My problem could be odd if say it but i will spill it out, only don't say I am mad completely jut a bit  !

1.when comment is first in whole news if i press edit appear html form but if i am trying to submit any information it returns to comments and don't update !
2.if there were more than one comment in news if i press edit appear html forms 1.not working | 2.working and do updates | 3.were appear but is gone but not sure does bug will return also not working !
Sample how it looks !


This is indeed odd hope somebody has knowledge in such issues or at least a cure for such severe bug 

website http://hostings.flush.ws/
user guest password guest11 | to test bug  go to the news comments and spam as much needed !

Link to edit code
Code: [Select]
echo "<a href='/?section=nwcomment&id=".$id."&comment=edit&id_edit=".$row_news_comment['hosting_comment_id']."'>Edit Comment</a>";

Update code as far i know it is correct at least i do hope sow (also this code is inside while cycle )
Code: [Select]
if ($_GET['comment'] == 'edit')
{
$comment_id_edit = (INT)$_GET['id_edit'];
$comment_text = $row_news_comment['hosting_comment_text'];
$edit_comment_text = $_POST['hosting_comment_text'];

if(isset($_POST['hosting_comment_text']))
{
mysql_query("UPDATE hosting_comment SET hosting_comment_text = '".$edit_comment_text."' WHERE hosting_comment_id = '".$comment_id_edit."' ") or die (mysql_error());
}

if (isset($_POST['Submit']))
{
echo "<meta http-equiv='REFRESH' content='0;url=/?section=nwcomment&id=".$id."'>";
}
echo ("<form action='/?section=nwcomment&id=".$id."&comment=edit&id_edit=".$comment_id_edit."'' id='edit_comment' name='edit_comment' method='post'>
  <p>
    <textarea name='hosting_comment_text' cols='50' rows='10' id='textarea' value='$edit_comment_text' ></textarea>
<p>
<input type='submit' name='Submit' id='button' value='{$lang['BODY_NEWS_COMMENT_SUBMIT']}' />
<input type='reset' name='Reset' id='button' value='{$lang['BODY_NEWS_COMMENT_RESET']}' />
</p>
</form>");
}
if is needed more complete code just ask i will publish it (i hope to fix bug as soon possible grand opening of registration will be on the Aprils Fools Day)

Mmm i'm not sure if i'm approaching this correctly.

Anyways, I wanted to create a multi-level thread, Where the child thread would be after the parent thread.

Something like this:

Hello World
       - Hello World
               - Hi!
               - What's up?
       - Hi Bob!
Goodbye World
       - ....This guy got issues
       - Dude! You should watch Despicable Me! "It's so fuzzy i'm going to dieee!"


Anyways, so my table looks something along the line of this:

|    post id   |    parent_id    |            title            |      body    |   date      |
      1                |       NULL        |    Hello                  | Hi, i'm K    |   date
      2                |       NULL        |    Thread One       | Body One  |   date
      3                |          1           |    Hello World | Body One  |   date
      4                |          2           |    Thread post 4   | Body One  |   date
      5                |          1           |    Thread post 5   | Body One  |   date
      6                |          1           |    Thread post 6   | Body One  |   date
      7                |          3           |    Hi What's up    | Body One  |   date


And here's the PHP code, although it's not very neat I want to clean it up and make it neater.  I can only go two level deep so far.   Any suggestion or recommendations? 

Using while & for:


// Select * Threads
$q = "SELECT * FROM test_db ORDER BY post_id ASC";
$r = @mysql_query($q);



while ($pid_row = @mysql_fetch_object($r)) {

// Array
$pid_arr[] = $pid_row->post_id; // Assign Indexes to Post ID
$ppid_arr[] = $pid_row->parent_id; // Assign Indexes to ParentID
$md_arr = array($pid_arr, $ppid_arr);  // Create multi-dimensional array matrix

$parent_id = $pid_row->parent_id;




}

for ($i = 0; $i < count($pid_arr); $i++) {

for ($a = 0; $a < count($ppid_arr); $a++) {
$pid = $pid_arr[$i]; // pid = post id
$ppid = $ppid_arr[$i]; // ppid = parent id

//echo "<div>~~ PID $pid ~~ PPID $ppid ~~</div>";

if ($ppid === NULL) {
$ppid_is_null = " & parent_id is NULL";
} else {
$ppid_is_null = NULL;
}

// Select Top level Thread
$z = "SELECT * FROM test_db WHERE post_id = '$pid'";
$y = @mysql_query($z);

while ($t_row = @mysql_fetch_object($y)) 
{

$title = $t_row->title;  // title of child thread
$level = $t_row->level;  // level of child thread...is this useful?
}




// Display top level thread lvl 1
if ($ppid === NULL) {  // If the parent_id is NULL, display top level thread
echo '<div>PID: ' . $pid . ' || PPID: ' . $ppid . " || Title: " . $title . "</div><br>\n";

$post = $pid; // PostID = 1
$parent = $ppid; // Parent ID ex: [1]

// Get child id, where parent id = [1]
// trying to get the child thread here...but it's not working
$child_q = "SELECT * FROM test_db WHERE parent_id = '$post'";
$child_r = @mysql_query($child_q);

while($c_row = @mysql_fetch_object($child_r)) {
$c_arr[] = $c_row->post_id;
$c_ppid_arr[] = $c_row->parent_id;
}
for ($n = 0; $n < count($c_arr); $n++) {
if ($c_ppid_arr[$n] === $post) {
echo "<div>$c_arr[$n]</div>";



}

}
break;

//echo "<div>PID: $pid</div>";




} 




break;
}

}



Using While:

<?php 
require_once('db_connection');
echo '<hr><hr><br>';

// I just realized that selecting * where parent id is null might limit the amount of rows retrieved.

// Query to select threads
$n = NULL;
$q = "SELECT * FROM test_db WHERE (test_db.parent_id is NULL) Order By date ASC";
$r = @mysql_query($q);

while ($threads = @mysql_fetch_object($r)){
$pid = $threads->post_id;
$sid = $threads->subject_id;
$parent_id = $threads->parent_id;
$title = $threads->title;
$body = $threads->body;



echo '<div>PostID: ' . $pid . ' || Parent: ' . $parent_id . ' || SubjectID: ' . $sid . ' || Title: ' . $title . ' || Body: ' . $body . '</div>';

$q2 = "SELECT * FROM test_db WHERE parent_id = '$pid' Order by date DESC";
$r2 = @mysql_query($q2);

while ($level2 = @mysql_fetch_object($r2)) {
$level2_pid = $level2->post_id;
$level = 1.5 *($level2->level); // lvl 2: 3em


echo '<div style="text-indent:' . $level . 'em">' . 'PostID: ' . $level2->post_id . ' || ParentID: ' . $level2->parent_id . '</div>';


$q3 = "SELECT * FROM test_db WHERE parent_id = '$level2_pid'";
$r3 = @mysql_query($r3);
while ($level3 = @mysql_fetch_object($r3)) {

$level3 = 1.5 + $level;

echo '<div style="text-indent:' . $level3 . 'em">' . 'PostID: ' . $level3->post_id . ' || ParentID: ' . $level3->parent_id . '</div>';

}






}


}


?>


I'm not a comp. sci major or anything, so I'm learning this as I go.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.   It seems like the while & for is more practical, but i'm not quiet sure.  What am I doing wrong?

- K

I just joined this forum today ^_^  Hope to be good friends with you guys and gals

Say I have an "Entries" table. I want to submit same multiple entries using a form submission. And If I have other queries submitted in the same form, I want those quarries to be submitted only once.  Is that possible to do? 

Here's my code.

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

  $entries = 10;

  $id   = 55;
  $name = 'Smith';

  $insert = $db->prepare("INSERT INTO entries(id, name) VALUES(:id, :name)");
  $insert->bindParam(':id', $id);
  $insert->bindParam(':name', $name);
  $result_insert = $insert->execute();
  if($result_insert == false) {
    echo 'Fail';
  } else {
    echo 'Success';
  }

}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="SUBMIT" />
</form>

 

Edited January 13, 2019 by imgrooot

Hi.  Pretty straight forward I guess but as the name suggests am a newbie.  I have a form that requires the user to enter certain parameters.  If the values are blank it submits to itself and loads the error messages.  What I want to do is create PHP code that submits the form to a different url.  What I thought was create two forms (the second with hidden fields replicating the first form), each form having a different url in the action"" code.  What I cant work out is the PHP IF ELSE code to submit form 2 if Form1 is is validated correctly.  This is the PHP code relevant to the form validation.  Help?

<?php
      //If form was submitted
      if ($_POST['submitted']==1) {
          $errormsg = ""; //Initialize errors
          if ($_POST[width]){
             $title = $_POST[width]; //If title was entered
          }
          else{
             $errormsg = "Please enter width";
          }
          if ($_POST[drop]){
             $textentry = $_POST[drop]; //If comment was entered
          }
          else{
             if ($errormsg){ //If there is already an error, add next error
                $errormsg = $errormsg . " & content";
             }else{
                $errormsg = "Please enter drop";
             }
          }
      }

      if ($errormsg){ //If any errors display them
          echo "<div class=\"box red\">$errormsg</div>";
      }

      //If all fields present
      if ($title && $textentry){
         //Do something
          
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      }   
      ?>

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Hello everybody,
am a bit new here.

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Am not sure, if I am on the right "Forum" or if this is the "right category"

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I need to figure out how to give this input a name so when i submit it i can get the data from it.

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