PHP - How To Tweak My Jquery Masonry To Make It Look More Grid-like Using Php?

Hey folks!

I am looking to build a small adventure game in PHP and the key to this will be a 3x3 (or possibly bigger) grids of squares, with the user situated in the centre.

I therefore need to be able to figure out the co-ords of the surrounding squares.

Presumably I will need to define the size of the master grid, then using the co-ords of the current square (defined from a database containing the users location), calculate the co-ords for the surrounding 8 grid squares.

Has anyone had any experience with this? Where should I start? (Maths isn't my strong point tbh, but I can pick things up quickly)

Thanks in advance!

EDIT - in case it wasn't too clear, the "world map" would be something like 1000x1000 squares, but the player can only see the 3x3 grid  at there location.

Hi All,
I have a problem with masonry.
I initially have a scrollable area that contains DIVs with fixed width. Each DIV contains info about an event, and consists of two DIVs, an upper one, and a lower one. When the user has JS enabled, only the upper one part displays. They can display the lower DIV by clicking a plus sign. Without masonry, this clicking operation will create a blank area. I woud like to get rid of this blank area.
I tried to implement masonry, but the result is that when the lower part of a div is displayed, it overlaps the upper part of the div below it.
At this stage I defined no options for masonry. I just installed masonry.pkgd.min.js and add class="js-masonry" to the scrollable area.
Thank you for your help !

I have this script that I am using to upload new video galleries to a website. The script allows the user to upload an image that will display when they click on the gallery. As of now the image gets uploaded and a thumbnail is created automatically and stored in the appropriate places. The original image however remains its original dimensions. How would I tweak this script to resize the original image to MAX_WIDHT = 400px and MAX_HEIGHT = 750px along with keeping the create thumbnail feature?

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<?php require_once('Connections/DBConnect.php'); ?>
<?php

session_start();

if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
   $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

   $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

   switch ($theType) {
     case "text":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
       break;    
     case "long":
     case "int":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
       break;
     case "double":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
       break;
     case "date":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
       break;
     case "defined":
       $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
       break;
   }
   return $theValue;
}
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "uploadvideo")) {

// make the gallery name available for the result message
$video = $_POST['videocaption'];

// define a constant for the maximum upload size
define ('MAX_FILE_SIZE', 256000);

if (array_key_exists('upload', $_POST)) {
// define constant for upload folder
   define('UPLOAD_DIR', 'C:/wamp/www/test/videos/video_photos/');
   // replace any spaces in original filename with underscores
   // at the same time, assign to a simpler variable
   $file = str_replace(' ', '_', $_FILES['videophotoname']['name']);
   // convert the maximum size to KB
   $max = number_format(MAX_FILE_SIZE/1024, 1).'KB';
   // create an array of permitted MIME types
   $permitted = array('image/gif', 'image/jpeg', 'image/pjpeg', 'image/png');
   // begin by assuming the file is unacceptable
   $sizeOK = false;
   $typeOK = false;
  
   // check that file is within the permitted size
   if ($_FILES['videophotoname']['size'] > 0 && $_FILES['videophotoname']['size'] <= MAX_FILE_SIZE) {
     $sizeOK = true;
}

   // check that file is of an permitted MIME type
   foreach ($permitted as $type) {
    if ($type == $_FILES['videophotoname']['type']) {
     $typeOK = true;
  break;
   }
}
  
if ($sizeOK && $typeOK) {
switch($_FILES['videophotoname']['error']) {
case 0:
// define constants
   define('THUMBS_DIR', 'C:/wamp/www/test/videos/video_photos/thumbs/');
   define('MAX_WIDTH', 150);
   define('MAX_HEIGHT',225);

// process the uploaded image
   if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['videophotoname']['tmp_name'])) {
     $original = $_FILES['videophotoname']['tmp_name'];
     // begin by getting the details of the original
     list($width, $height, $type) = getimagesize($original);
// calculate the scaling ratio
     if ($width <= MAX_WIDTH && $height <= MAX_HEIGHT) {
       $ratio = 1;
       }
     elseif ($width > $height) {
       $ratio = MAX_WIDTH/$width;
       }
     else {
       $ratio = MAX_HEIGHT/$height;
       }
// strip the extension off the image filename
$imagetypes = array('/\.gif$/', '/\.jpg$/', '/\.jpeg$/', '/\.png$/');
     $name = preg_replace($imagetypes, '', basename($_FILES['videophotoname']['name']));

     // move the temporary file to the upload folder
$moved = move_uploaded_file($original, UPLOAD_DIR.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name']);
if ($moved) {
   $result = $_FILES['videophotoname']['name'].' successfully uploaded; ';
   $original = UPLOAD_DIR.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name'];
   }
else {
   $result = 'Problem uploading '.$_FILES['videophotoname']['name'].'; ';
   }

// create an image resource for the original
switch($type) {
       case 1:
         $source = @ imagecreatefromgif($original);
     if (!$source) {
       $result = 'Cannot process GIF files. Please use JPEG or PNG.';
       }
     break;
       case 2:
         $source = imagecreatefromjpeg($original);
     break;
       case 3:
         $source = imagecreatefrompng($original);
     break;
       default:
         $source = NULL;
     $result = 'Cannot identify file type.';
       }
// make sure the image resource is OK
if (!$source) {
   $result = 'Problem copying original';
   }
else {
   // calculate the dimensions of the thumbnail
       $thumb_width = round($width * $ratio);
       $thumb_height = round($height * $ratio);
   // create an image resource for the thumbnail
       $thumb = imagecreatetruecolor($thumb_width, $thumb_height);
   // create the resized copy
   imagecopyresampled($thumb, $source, 0, 0, 0, 0, $thumb_width, $thumb_height, $width, $height);
   // save the resized copy
   switch($type) {
         case 1:
       if (function_exists('imagegif')) {
         $success = imagegif($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.gif');
         $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.gif';
     }
       else {
         $success = imagejpeg($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.jpg', 50);
     $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.jpg';
     }
       break;
     case 2:
       $success = imagejpeg($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.jpg', 100);
       $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.jpg';
       break;
     case 3:
       $success = imagepng($thumb, THUMBS_DIR.$name.'_thb.png');
       $thumb_name = $name.'_thb.png';
     }
if ($success) {

$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO tblmembervideo 
(videophotoname, videothumbname, videodescription, videocaption, modelid, `date`) 
VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                        GetSQLValueString($_FILES['videophotoname']['name'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($thumb_name, "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['videodescription'], "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['videocaption'], "text"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['modelid'], "int"),
                        GetSQLValueString($_POST['date'], "date"));

   mysql_select_db($database_DBConnect, $DBConnect);
   $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $DBConnect) or die(mysql_error());

$videoid = mysql_insert_id();
$_SESSION['videoid'] = $videoid;

   $result .= "$thumb_name created and $video uploaded. Click <a href='addclip.php'>here</a> to add clips.";
   }
else {
   $result .= 'Problem creating thumbnail';
   }
   // remove the image resources from memory
   imagedestroy($source);
       imagedestroy($thumb);
   }
}
break;
case 3:
$result = "Error uploading $file. Please try again.";
   default:
         $result = "System error uploading $file. Contact webmaster.";
   }
     }
   elseif ($_FILES['videophotoname']['error'] == 4) {
     $result = 'No file selected';
}
   else {
     $result = "$file cannot be uploaded. Maximum size: $max. Acceptable file types: gif, jpg, png.";
}
}
}

mysql_select_db($database_DBConnect, $DBConnect);
$query_rsgetmodel = "SELECT modelid, modelname FROM tblmembermodel";
$rsgetmodel = mysql_query($query_rsgetmodel, $DBConnect) or die(mysql_error());
$row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel);
$totalRows_rsgetmodel = mysql_num_rows($rsgetmodel);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<?php
// if the form has been submitted, display result
if (isset($result)) {
echo "<p>$result</p>";
}
?>
</div>
<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="uploadvideo" id="uploadvideo">
Select a Photo (thumbnail will automatically be created) for Video:<br />
<input name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" type="hidden" id="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo MAX_FILE_SIZE; ?>" />
<input type="file" name="videophotoname" id="videophotoname" />
  <br />
  <br />
Video Caption:<br />
<input type="text" name="videocaption" id="videocaption" />
<br />
<br />
Video Description:<br />
<textarea name="videodescription" id="videodescription" cols="35" rows="3"></textarea>
<br />
<br />
Model:<br />
<select name="modelid" id="modelid">
  <?php
do {  
?>
  <option value="<?php echo $row_rsgetmodel['modelid']?>"><?php echo $row_rsgetmodel['modelname']?></option>
  <?php
} while ($row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel));
   $rows = mysql_num_rows($rsgetmodel);
   if($rows > 0) {
       mysql_data_seek($rsgetmodel, 0);
   $row_rsgetmodel = mysql_fetch_assoc($rsgetmodel);
   }
?>
</select>
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" name="upload" id="upload" value="Add Video" />
<input name="date" type="hidden" id="date" value="<?php echo date ("Y-m-d H:m:s"); ?>" />
<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="uploadvideo" />
<br />
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_free_result($rsgetmodel);
?>

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I have a PHP comments filtration/validation script incorporated into my PHP/mysql custom built blog (under development). This script uses REGEX to evaluate the format of user created comments.
This function is supposed to accomplish the following tasks: All code except those in the whitelist must be wrapped in the permitted bbcode tags. The bbcode tags can not be empty The bbcode tags must be used in pairs other forms of bbcode tag must be rejected except if wrapped in the permitted bbcode tag user can not post only code, some descriptive text must be added to explain code. this text can be before or after the code. posted comment string must satisfy minimum and maximum length criteria I shall provide the developer with my current PHP script so he may understand how to lay the script out.   If your are good at REGEX, contact me.   Thanks.

Hi,
I'm not too sure how to word this, but what I want to is to have a timetable for the 7 days of the week and 24 hours of the day, which gives 100-200 possible combinations. A user will select a checkbox and click submit which will then upload to a mysql database with the respective information. My question is, is there a way that the check box will dynamically select the day and time based on the row and column in it, as opposed to having 168 different names and values for each checkbox?

I hope I have made my point succinctly but please post back if any more info is needed.

Ta.