PHP - Checking String For Alphaumeric

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http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=326004.0

Hey there,

Thanks for taking the time to read my thread. My issue is that I can't think of a way to edit a XML file using PHP's XML functionality and then assign the edited contents to a string instead of saving the file. Because my issue is that I have to edit the XML file based upon a string brought from a remote location then give it back to that remote location using a string again, to be exact I am doing it via Linux command line utilizing SSH2.

This is what I managed to complete on my own.


function CheckIVMPConfig($ServerID)
{
global $Panel;

if(is_numeric($ServerID) && $this->IsValidServer($ServerID))
{
// We select the game server that the FTP account was created for.
$Servers = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM control_servers WHERE server_id = '".mysql_real_escape_string($FTPAccount['ftp_server'])."'");
$Server = mysql_fetch_array($Servers);

// Here we select the Box ID that the game server is on.
$Boxs = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM control_machines WHERE machine_id = '".$Server['server_machine']."'");
$Box = mysql_fetch_array($Boxs);

// Now we select the required package for the box.
$Packages = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM control_packages WHERE package_id = '".$Server['server_package']."'");
$Package = mysql_fetch_array($Packages);

// Retrive the file.
$Config = $CProtocol->exec("cat /home/{$Server['server_id']}/{$Package['package_config']}");

$Parse = SimpleXMLElement($Config);

foreach($Parse as $Entry) // loop through our books
{
if($Entry->port != $Server['server_port'])
{
// edit the value
}
else if($Entry->maxplayers > $Server['server_slots'])
{
// edit the value
}
}
}
}

Hello all,

I'm trying to change the end of a javascript call based on the end of the url string. The common part of all the url strings is sobi2Id=, I'm trying to do this with strstr but am having no luck. I'm new to php so my syntax knowledge is terrible!

at the moment i've got

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<?php

       $url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

     $tag = strstr ($url, 'sobi2Id=');

       echo $tag; 
?>
but this returns an unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';'

Can anyone debug this? I may well be being really silly!

I have the following function, which takes a string with commas in it and attempts remove those commas. The way I have it here is that I use explode to take out the commas, which makes an array, and then iterate through that array to put a string back together without the commas.

function tags_to_sort_by( $sortMeta ) {      
   $sortByArray = explode(",", $sortMeta);
   $sortByCount = count($sortByArray);
   for ($i = 0; $i < $sortByCount; $i++) {
      $sortByString += $sortByArray[$i];
   }
   return $sortByString;
}

What does not work is the following line:
$sortByString += $sortByArray[$i];
Somehow that outputs a 0, which I don't understand. It should output something like: arrayItem1 arrayItem2 array3 etc.

My question is if there either is an easier way to remove the commas from the original string or what I am doing wrong in this line:
$sortByString += $sortByArray[$i];  // I am trying to concatenate each part of the array back into the string.

Thanks a lot for help with this!

hey guys im trying to find a string inside a string which could be made up of different things eg...

{$test}, {$test1}, {$test2}   
etc (but the varable inside could be called anything hence maybe using regex im not sure?)
is this possible?...i hope you guys understand....thanks

In PHP Version 8.0 shows error as :
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught TypeError: Unsupported operand types: string * string 
String is as under :
$TAXVALUE= round($QNTY*($PRICE- ($PRICE*$DISC/100)),2);

In previous versions of PHP it does not show any error.

Please resolve the issue.

I need to know if a string exists within a string.

I've tried using STRIPOS() but it returns zero or false if what I'm looking for is the first part of the string.

I don't care what function I use, but I need to get a "true" when the needle string is present anywhere in the haystack string, even at location zero.

Is there some way to set up the STRIPOS() statement?

I've tried:


if ((stripos($title, 'needle') > 0 )
if ((stripos($title, 'needle') = true )
and even
if ((stripos($title, 'needle') >= 0 )
which returns true for everything, even when the needle string is NOT present.

Any help appreciated.

thanks,
Tom

Ok... I had typed this post out ONCE already and when I clicked REFRESH IMAGE to get a diff captcha it ERASED MY POST

LMAO this is not my night....


What I need help with is probably more simple then I can even think right now - ive been digging at this for 3 hrs now and im out of time for the night

I have a DB Record storing ID's between PIPES |

when the initial entry is made in DB it stores it like so
|47|      NOTE: the number could be different these are ID's number doesnt matter its just between Pipes

When the second entry is added its added like so

|47||67|

say we have a total of 5 Entries

|47||67||82||55||69|

I need to find ID 82 in that string and it has to be between Pipes
Find 82 in data between | and return that ID 82

I am putting between pipes because the ID's can be duplicate digits in different lengths
so say I have 8 as my ID and down the string i have another id as 88  -- I cant possibly find the correct ID without some sort of seperation character so i used Pipes

soo my end goal is the ability to search and if true or false do action

if ($result == $find_id){
echo "ID is there";
}else{
echo "NOT THERE -- Adding it";
}
Any help is appreciated guys
Thanks
SangrelX

I am looking for a date within larger string, lets say the date is December 4, 2010.
To find it I use pattern and function below:

$Pattern='/[(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December)] \d, \d\d\d\d/i';
preg_match_all($Pattern, $String, $Matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE, $NumberPosition);

The function finds the dates within the string but to my supprise the result I get in $Matches is: r 4, 2010
What I would like to get is: December 4, 2010 but don't know how it should be fixed. I thought that with the pattern I am using but obviously that is not the case.

Hello guys i am trying to figure out how to fwrite a string for example "Recommended Settings for Service Pack" under "Current Settings for Service Pack: 5.1.2600ServicePack3Build2600". I figure i cant use line number as an argument because the file report may be dynamic so i will need to use Current Settings as an argument. Please guide me if you have any ideas..thanks:) !

auditreport 
table
ServicePackSetting
Service Pack Requirement: Fail
Current Settings for Service Pack: 5.1.2600ServicePack3Build2600   
MajorAuditandAccountPolicies   
Maximum Password Age Requirement: Fail
Current Settings for Maximum Password Age Requirement: 42   
Minimum Password Length: Fail
Current Settings for Minimum Password Length Requirement: 0

Hi friends
I have following code

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function UseOfSSL($domain_name) {
   
$site = ($domain_name);
$port = 443;

$fp = fsockopen($site,$port,$errno,$errstr,10);
if(!$fp)
{
echo "Not Installed";
}

else{
echo "Yes, it is installed";
fclose($fp);
}
}

If domain name from $domain_name has installed SSL, it will show it is installed else not installed.

Problem is that I tried this with both types of sites, those who are using SSL and those who are not and always, it says Yes, it is installed.
443 is used because https uses port 443
What is the cause ?

Hello all, it's been a while! Good to be back.

I am having trouble with a script I'm trying to modify to seach for domains with specific extensions.

Now, I have never done any domain checking before and I'm a little bewildered.

The script uses an array and checks the input against each extension using the array.
Each line looks similar to:
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'.com' => array('whois.crsnic.net','No match for'),

What does the whois.crsnic.net mean? I assume it's a register/database of domains?

So basically I have a site, and on that site, I have a page that submits a form and updates a database. I have it set up so that someone can enter in Multiple values into a textarea, one on each line, and it will submit each of those values as a new row in the database, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to check those values against the actual users.

It is basically a point system, where the staff can award points users of the site. But at the moment, a Staff member could enter in Jibberish, and it would insert that into the database, but I want it to check my users table to make sure the user exists before it inserts it into the database.

here is my code:
<?php
include 'global.php';

echo $headersidebar;


if ($_COOKIE['access'] == $accessstaff)
{





if(count($_POST))
{



$array = preg_split('/(\r?\n)+/', $_POST['studentname']);
foreach($array as $students)
   {
   
   $statusmsg = '<center><span style="background: #A6FF9E;">You have successfully submitted points to the database.</span></center>';
   
   mysql_query("INSERT INTO points (giver, receiver, points, category, reason, date, status) VALUES ('{$_COOKIE['username']}', '{$students}', '{$_POST['pointamt']}', '{$_POST['pointcat']}', '{$_POST['pointreason']}', '{$date}', 'Validating')");
   }
}


$addpointspage = $statusmsg . '

<form action="submit_points.php" method="post">

<table class="table" >

<tr>

<td colspan="10">

<h1><strong><center>Submit Points</center></strong></h1>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="10" rowspan="100">

<center>Please remember to follow the house point limits when submitting house points.</center>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<table class="table">

<tr>

<td style="width: 15%;" valign="top">

Student Name:<br> <span style="font-size: 60%;">(List as many as you want; One per Line)</span>

</td>

<td colspan="10">

<center><textarea name="studentname" cols="60" rows="10"></textarea></center>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 15%;" valign="top">

Amount of Points:

</td>

<td>

<input style="position: relative; left: 16px;" type="text" size="15" name="pointamt" />

</td>

<td>

Do not put anything that is not a number into this box.

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 15%;" valign="top">

Point Category:

</td>

<td colspan="10">

<select name="pointcat" style="position: relative; left: 16px;">

<option SELECTED value="">-------</option>

<option>Class Work</option>

<option>Class Exam</option>

<option>Extra Work</option>

<option>Contests</option>

<option>Teacher\'s Assistant</option>

<option>Negative Points</option>

</select>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td style="width: 15%;" valign="top">

Reason:

</td>

<td colspan="10">

<input style="position: relative; left: 16px;" name="pointreason" type="text" size="80" />

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

</td>

<td colspan="10">

<input style="position: relative; left: 16px;" type="submit" value="Submit Points" />

</td>

</tr>

</table

</form>



';

}

elseif (1==1)
{
$addpointspage = $accessdenied;
}



echo

'

<!-- start content -->

<div id="content">

<div class="post">

<div class="entry">

<p><strong>' . $addpointspage . '</p>

<p class="links">' . $addpointslink . '</p>

</div>

</div>

</div>

<!-- end content -->

<div style="clear: both;">&nbsp;</div>

</div>

<!-- end page -->
</div>';








echo $footer;





?>


I am fairly new to PHP, so I would appreciate any help someone could give me; I am not too good with arrays and such, so this one has got me stumped.

I coded small funny script
I tested it in three hosting

ww.rufaa.net
dallawat.com/new
ibuj.org

but I don't know why in the first link, my script seem slow
not like the other second and third links

Scenario:
each row contains an ID, title, description, price, and up to 5 images. There are not always 5 images stored in each row. The images are stored as a file path which is then pulled out of the DB and used to display an image via HTML.

I need to do some sort of loop/check that looks at the contents of a particular row (actually all rows in this particular table) and then decide how many times to loop through the images to display them all correctly on the webpage.

I could statically set a variable for each column but then it would have a space for an image but nothing would show. I really want this to be able to only load the images that are stored in the DB.

Any help on how I can go about this?
thanks
-beemer