PHP - Process Problems

I have this code:
$shell = new COM('WScript.Shell');
$shell->Run("C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /K ".$ini['indexer']['command'], 0, false);

When it runs, it opens the command line, but then when it is done, it leaves the process open. How can I close it when the process is complete?

Hi guys,

I want my application to run a triggered process based on time to execute some tasks, what is the best approach?

Thanks

hi, is there a way to tell php to do a process again?
example:

Code: [Select]
$draft_number=rand(1, 15);

if($draft_number == 5){
START OVER AT TOP
} else {
$sql1 = "UPDATE names SET draft = '$draft_number' WHERE id = '$uid'";
$result1 = mysql_query($sql1) or die('Error, Check you fields and try again.');
}

hello,

I have this problem in running a specific command after using shell_exec or exec to execute a certain process.

The process I am running is unimrcpclient, after initialization, it expects some command to be entered in order to communicate with the mrcp server. however, passing the command as an attribute is not an option. Is there a way in PHP to execute a process, wait for initialization and then pass the command automatically?

thank you.

Hi,

I need to rack some peoples brains! 

I have here a script that allows a GSM/ Remote receipt printer to poll for data in a specific format. The issue is that I will be deploying a few 100 of these damn things and need to know what ones are on or off! I can get the time I polls the file and have it writing to a DB table. The only issue is that even with only two printers running its filling up the table fast! Over 600 rows in 30 mins for only two printers!  I need to find out a better way to do this but have the same flexibility in knowing what exact times it was on and off and then to take this data and put into a nice viewable format! This should be safe with a few hundred printers at once. 

Hope someone can help me with this as I am totally stumped! =/ 

I have this 3 tables users (id_user) music_styles (id_style, style) ex. (1) - (Blues) user_styles (id_user, id_style) I'm trying to create a form in which the user ($user = $_SESSION['id_user']) chooses through a multiple select the styles of preference to store them in the database using mysqli statements. If the styles prefered are selected they should be displayed in the select input later, how can i accomplish this? Thanks.

this retrieves data from a webservice at Library of Congress
for example this here
http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/simple.html

What I want to do is process the XML? into a string of usable text to put in a mysql database
Am I getting XML back or what?
save it and run it to see. In firefox, it shows xml headers, in chrome just the text elements.
<?PHP
//from here http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/Fetching-Search-Results-as-Serialized-Arrays-with-Yahoo-Web-Services-and-PHP-5/1/
//http://php.net/manual/en/book.simplexml.php
// example using LOC SRU Search Web Service - search results are displayed in raw XML format

try{

$request='http://z3950.loc.gov:7090/voyager?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=dinosaur&startRecord=2&maximumRecords=5';

// trigger the http request

if(!$results=file_get_contents($request)){throw new Exception('Error requesting LOC SRU Web service');}

// display the results in XML format

header('Content-type:text/xml;charset=iso-8859-1');
echo $results;

}//end of try

catch(Exception $e){echo $e->getMessage();exit();}

$xml = simplexml_load_string($result);

print_r($xml);
//print_r ($xmlarray);

?>

With the following code

<?php
extract($_POST);
include("database.php");
$sql=mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT * FROM register where Email='$email'");
if(mysqli_num_rows($sql)>0)
{
    echo "Email Id Already Exists"; 
    exit;
}
else(isset($_POST['save']))
{
    $file = rand(1000,100000)."-".$_FILES['file']['name'];
    $file_loc = $_FILES['file']['tmp_name'];
    $folder="upload/";
    $new_file_name = strtolower($file);
    $final_file=str_replace(' ','-',$new_file_name);
    if(move_uploaded_file($file_loc,$folder.$final_file))
    {
        $query="INSERT INTO register(First_Name, Last_Name, Email, Password, File ) VALUES ('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email', 'md5($pass)', '$final_file')";
        $sql=mysqli_query($conn,$query)or die("Could Not Perform the Query");
        header ("Location: login.php?status=success");
    }
    else 
    {
        echo "Error.Please try again";
    }
}

?>

There is still an error output of syntax error on line 11, please help, what's wrong with my code

This topic has been moved to Apache HTTP Server.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=355947.0

I could use some suggestion on how to model the Checkout Process for my e-commerce site.

As I see it, when a person "checks out" there are 5 steps...

1.) Create an Account/Log-In
2.) Enter Addresses
3.) Choose Shipping Options
4.) Enter Payment Details
5.) Review & Place Order

I'm trying to avoid having gigantic "God classes" and struggling to figure out how to abstract things in good OOP terms.

My Head First: Design Patterns book talked about the "State Pattern" and I'm wondering if that might be a good approach?   

Maybe each of the 5 steps above could be a "state" in the Checkout Process?

What do you think?


TomTees

hi there,

I have a chained combo boxes. I manage to get the values for the sub process using onchange event.My problem here is how can I retain the values in the sub process combo box after the page is loaded?

main.php
Code: [Select]
<?php
require_once 'connectDB.php';

$sub_id = $_GET['sub_id'];
$id = $_SESSION['process_id'];

$sql = " SELECT * FROM tb_process ORDER BY pro_id ASC";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

$sql = "SELECT tb_record.rec_tpcd, tb_record.rec_part, tb_record.rec_code, tb_record.rec_vendor, tb_record.rec_location, tb_record.rec_remark,
tb_sub_process.sub_name, tb_process.pro_name
FROM tb_record
LEFT JOIN tb_sub_process
ON tb_record.sub_id=tb_sub_process.sub_id
LEFT JOIN tb_process
ON tb_sub_process.pro_id=tb_process.pro_id
WHERE tb_sub_process.sub_id = '$sub_id'";
$result2 = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result2);
$pro_name = $row['pro_name'];
$sub_name = $row['sub_name'];
?>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ajax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.2.3.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {
$("#selectProcess").change(function() {
var processID = $(this).val();
if(processID > 0)
{
$("#txtID").val(processID);
$("#selectSubProcess").load('getSub.php?processID='+processID);
}
});

$("#selectSubProcess").change(function() {
var subProcessID = $(this).val();
if(subProcessID > 0)
{
window.location = 'main.php?sub_id='+subProcessID;
}
});
});
</script>

</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Process: </td>
<td>
<select id="selectProcess" name="selectProcess">
      <option value="0" selected="selected">---SELECT PROCESS---</option>
      <?php 
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
{
$process_id = $row['pro_id'];
$process_name = $row['pro_name'];
$select = ($id == $process_id) ? 'selected="selected"' : NULL;  
echo "<option value='$process_id' $select>$process_name</option>";
        }
        ?>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sub Process: </td>
<td>
<select id="selectSubProcess" name="selectSubProcess" >
<option>SELECT PROCESS FIRST</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<table border=1>
<?php 
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result2))
{
extract($row);
$imageDir1="images/".$rec_tpcd.".jpg";
$info = @getimagesize($imageDir1);

if((bool)$info)
{
$imageDir="images/".$rec_tpcd.".jpg";
}
else
{
$imageDir="images/NoPhoto.jpg";
} 

if ($col == 0)
{
$display .= "<tr>";
}

$col++;
if ($col == 1)
{
$col = 0;
$display .= "</td>";
}

echo "<tr>
<td>
<img src=$imageDir width='220' height='170' onClick=\"window.open('$imageDir', 'popup','height=500,width=800,scrollbars=yes,resizeable=yes status=yes'); return false\" target=\"_blank\"> 
</td>
<td>
<table style='overflow:auto; width:325px;'>
<tr>
<td width='80' valign='top'>Name</td>
<td valign='top'>:</td>
<td valign='top' colspan='2'>$rec_part</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign='top'>Code</td>
<td valign='top'>:</td>
<td valign='top' colspan='2'>$rec_code</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TPCD</td>
<td>:</td>
<td colspan='2'>$rec_tpcd</td>
</tr>
<tr class='style15'>
<td>Vendor</td>
<td>:</td>
<td colspan='2'>$rec_vendor</td>
</tr>  
<tr>
<td>Location</td>
<td>:</td>
<td colspan='2'>$rec_location</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Remarks</td>
<td>:</td>
<td>$rec_remark</td>
<td align='right'>
<input type='image' name='change[$rec_tpcd]' src='library/cart add.png' width='20' height='20' value='Add To Order List &gt;'/>
</td>
</tr> 
</table>
</td>
  </tr>";
}
?>
</table>
</body>
</html>

getSub.php
Code: [Select]
<?php
require_once 'connectDB.php';

if(isset($_GET['processID']))
{
$process_id = $_GET['processID'];
$sql = " SELECT * FROM tb_sub_process WHERE pro_id = '$process_id' ORDER BY sub_id ASC";
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
$_SESSION['process_id'] = $process_id;
echo "<option>---------------------SELECTION--------------------</option>"; 
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
$sub_process_id = strtoupper($row['sub_id']);
$sub_process_name = strtoupper($row['sub_name']); 
echo "<option value='$sub_process_id'>$sub_process_name</option>";
}
}
?>

Hey guys my code is like this
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<?php
  if( $_POST["name"] || $_POST["age"] )
  {
     echo "Welcome ". $_POST['name']. "<br />";
     echo "You are ". $_POST['age']. " years old.";
     exit();
  }
?>
<html>
<body>
  <form action="<?php $_PHP_SELF ?>" method="POST">

  Name: <input type="text" name="name" />
  Age: <input type="text" name="age" />

  <input type="submit" />
  </form>
</body>
</html>
The Inputs are taken from form.How do I make it display somewhere at the bottom of the form in the same page.The Output of this code comes up in a new page.

Hi all,   I am building a website for my local motorclub.   we are wanting to start taking online payments for membership and events. I have built a members only area - the way to get access is for a member of staff to accept the registration. this is all fine for members who pay via cheque or simular.   I am wanting a sign up process to include the payment page, was going to use paypal as the merchant. So if people want to join the club they are able to do so and get immediate access to the members only page instead of waiting for staff to check if the payment has cleared then set up there account etc.    so basically i need a sign-up form (which is done) then a purchase button at the bottom, which takes the payment and then redirects to the website but 'tells my website the payment has been taken and to give full access'.    I cant really explain how i want it, but i hope you understand from what i have said.

Hi all,

Newb here with a few months of PHP experience.

I'm working on a project where if a web user signs up for a 30-day trial, they need to be notified near the end of that trial--let's say 25 days--that the trial is expiring. So I need some kind of batch process that runs in the background, perhaps every night at 1am, that looks at the signup date for all trial users and compares that date to the current date. If the difference is 5 days, then that user should be sent an email.

Does anyone know how to set up a nightly batch process that like this? I'm not concerned so much with the date comparison as I am with getting a daily process to run in the background. Coldfusion has something called a Scheduled Task, but being new to PHP, I don't know what would be comparable.

Any help welcome!

Thanks...