PHP - Storing Sql Selects In A Table And Running Them In Php

hi everyone,

i just signed up on this forum. I have issue, my clients wants to save time by copying data into a textarea and then letting the script process it and store it in database.

the problem is never done that. the data is made up for eg.

Title   Mr
Name   Radio86
Address  Chiltren House
etc....

how do i split this data up and store it in database, btw ive just started programming in php in other words newbie

Please help me, thanks in advance

Okay, I currently have a query that is like:

Code: [Select]
$sql = "SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS a.ItemID, a.spec, a.description, a.sport, a.category, a.price, a.unit_qty, a.is_visible, a.AdminID,
b.name, b.ItemID as catID, c.Name as nameSport, c.ItemID as sportID
FROM purchase_request_category_item as a
LEFT JOIN purchase_request_category as b ON b.itemID = a.category
LEFT JOIN ro_school_sports as c ON c.ItemID = a.sport
WHERE a.AdminID = '".$dist."'
GROUP BY a.ItemID, b.name, c.Name
ORDER BY a.ItemID DESC LIMIT ".
$start.",".$limit;

I am building a custom search function which I intend to be able to change the WHERE line to:

WHERE a.AdminID = '".$dist."' ".$query


$query will be created via if statements for every element in the form which will be called either by the button on the form, or the links in my pagination.

The form would have the following:

Level(s): dynamic field, Multi Select
Status: Both/Enabled/Disabled single select
Sports: dynamic field, Multi Select

Category: dynamic field, single select.

the sport column is a single selected item on the add page, its of type int(11)

the levels table, is also a multi select on the add item page, and is of the type set('1','2','3','4','5','12','13')

So real question is I guess, how on earth do I work with these 2 multi selects to create this search? 

Hi Guys,

I am a typical newbie with a twist, i program in VB, recently moved to PHP.

I need help, preferable an example, but first let me explain what i have.

I have a .tpl page that has 3 drop down boxes, one of these is populated from within the .tpl page itself. The other 2 i waant to pupulate from a SELECT on a database from a .php file.

The .TPL file i have so far is:-

Code: [Select]
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style7 {
   color: #006600;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 18px;
}
.style14 {color: #003300; font-weight: bold; }
.style16 {
   color: #000066;
   font-style: italic;
}
.style25 {
   color: #FF0000;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 12px;
}
.style28 {
   font-size: 12px;
   color: #330000;
}
.style29 {
   font-size: 12px
}
.style31 {color: #003300; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; }
.style33 {
   color: #000099;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: italic;
   font-size: 18px;
}
.style34 {
   color: #FF0000;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 24px;
}
.style35 {font-size: 12px; color: #003300; }
.style36 {
   color: #FF0000;
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 14px;
   font-style: italic;
}
.style38 {color: #003300; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; }
-->
</style>

  <script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<h1 align="center" class="style34">Scotbirds Alertz - Rare and Scarce</h1>
<h3 align="center" class="style36">Soon Only VIP Members will be able to Access this Page</h3>
<h3 align="center" class="style14">If you have seen something unusual / rare then please call it in on -- <span class="style33">Hotline: 0333 5772473</span></h3>
<p align="center" class="style14">

<table width="90%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5">
  <tr>

  <?php print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
     $the_date_filter = $_GET["DATE_FILTER"];?>

    <td width="1%"><td width="5%"><td width="2%"><td width="2%"><td width="2%"><form action="alertz_VIP.php" method="post">
    <td width="2%"><td width="2%"><td width="5%"><span class="style38">Date</span><td width="3%"></td>
    <td width="12%"><span class="style14">
      <select name=DATE_FILTER size="1" id=DATE_FILTER onchange="this.form.submit()">
        <option value="All Dates">All Dates</option>
        <option value="Today">Today</option>
        <option value="Last 48hrs">Last 48hrs</option>
        <option value="Last week">Last Week</option>
        <option value="last month">Last Month</option>
      </select>
    </span></td>
    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="7%"><span class="style16"><span class="style14"><span class="style31">Region</span></span></span></td>
   
        <td width="22%"><span class="style16"><span class="style14">
          <select name=REGION_FILTER size="1" id=REGION_FILTER onchange="this.form.submit()">
            <option value="AllRg">All Regions</option>
            <option value={REGION_FILTER}></option>
          </select>
        </span></span></td>
    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>

    <td width="8%"><span class="style16"><span class="style14"><span class="style31">Species</span></span></span></td>
    <td width="20%"><span class="style16"><span class="style14">
      <select name=SPECIES_FILTER size="1" id=SPECIES_FILTER onchange="this.form.submit()">
        <option value="AllSpec">All Species</option>
        <option value={SPECIES_FILTER}></option>
      </select>
    </span></span></td>
    <td width="9%"><input type="Submit" name="submit2" value="Search"  method="get" action="alertz_VIP.php" /></td>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<table width="870" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#99CC99">

  <tr>
    <th width="178" class="style31" scope="col">Region</th>
    <th width="184" class="style31" scope="col">Species</th>
    <th width="96" class="style31" scope="col">Date</th>
    <th width="96" class="style31" scope="col">Time</th>
    <th width = "304" class="style31" scope="col">Comments</th>
  </tr>
  <!-- BEGIN alerts -->
  <tr>
    <th class="style7 style29" scope="col">{alerts.REGION}</th>
    <th class="style25" scope="col">{alerts.SPECIES}</th>
    <th class="style35" scope="col">{alerts.DATE} </th>
    <th scope="col"><span class="style35">{alerts.TIME} </span></th>
    <th scope="col"><span class="style28">{alerts.COMMENTS} </span></th>
  </tr>
  <!-- END alerts -->
</table>
<p align="center" class="style14">&nbsp;</p>

Now from here i expect the user to select a date from the date box, ( Ideally i would like the other 2 options to only become visible once a selection on the date has been made, i would also like to retain the selected in the date box once the form has been submited.

Now the code i have for the PHP so far is quite long winded as my PHP skills are not so good, although i am learning fast.

Code: [Select]
<?php
/***************************************************************************
*                                Alertz.php
*                            -------------------
*   begin                : 30/10/04/10
*   copyright         : (C) 2010 Andy Guppy
*   email                : webmaster@scotbird.co.uk
*
*
***************************************************************************/

define('IN_ICYPHOENIX', true);

if (!defined('IP_ROOT_PATH')) define('IP_ROOT_PATH', './');
if (!defined('PHP_EXT')) define('PHP_EXT', substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1));

// Include files
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'common.' . PHP_EXT);
include_once(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_groups.' . PHP_EXT);
include(IP_ROOT_PATH . '/alerts/alertsconfig.'.PHP_EXT);

// Page Authorise
$cms_page_id = 'scotalertz';
$cms_page_nav = (!empty($cms_config_layouts[$cms_page_id]['page_nav']) ? true : false);
$cms_global_blocks = (!empty($cms_config_layouts[$cms_page_id]['global_blocks']) ? true : false);
$cms_auth_level = (isset($cms_config_layouts[$cms_page_id]['view']) ? $cms_config_layouts[$cms_page_id]['view'] : AUTH_ALL);
check_page_auth($cms_page_id, $cms_auth_level);

// Obtain Select Criteria
$temp_region_filter = $_REQUEST["REGION_FILTER"];
$temp_species_filter = $_REQUEST["SPECIES_FILTER"];
$temp_date_filter = $_REQUEST["DATE_FILTER"];

// Filter characters if required
$region_filter =str_replace(" & ", "&", $temp_region_filter);
$species_filter = $temp_species_filter;
$date_filter = $temp_date_filter;

// standard session management
$userdata = session_pagestart($user_ip);
// Check to see if user is logged in 
if ((!$userdata['session_logged_in']) )
   // No he isnt
   {
        redirect(append_sid(LOGIN_MG . '?redirect=alerts.' . PHP_EXT));
   
   }

else
   // Yes they are
   {
         
      init_userprefs($userdata);
      // set page title
      $page_title = "ScotBird alerts - VIP's ONLY !! ";

      // standard page header
      include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/page_header.'.PHP_EXT);
      
      // Connect to the database
      
      $db = new sql_db($alerts_mysql_host,$alerts_mysql_username,$alerts_mysql_password,$alerts_mysql_db,false);

       if(!$db)
      {
              die("Database Connection Failed:- Please Contact Site Admin" . mysql_error());
       }
      
      $template->set_filenames(array('body' => 'alertz_VIP.tpl'));

      if (!isset($_REQUEST['DATE_FILTER']))
      
      {
      
         // if date is NOT set then perform this
            echo 'Date has not been set';
            $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
            $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts GROUP BY species";
            $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts GROUP BY region";
            
            echo $sql2;
      }
      else
      {
         // if date is set then perform this
            $year =date("Y");
            $month = date("m");
            $day = date("d");
            $theenddate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
            echo 'the choice selected was :- '.$_REQUEST['DATE_FILTER'];
         
         switch ($date_filter)
         {
            case "All Dates":
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
            break;
            case "Today":
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date = '".$theenddate  ."'   ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date = '".$theenddate ."'  GROUP BY species";
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date ='".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            break;
            case "Last 48hrs":
               $year =date("Y");
               $month = date("m");
               $day = date("d")-1;
               $thestartdate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  GROUP BY species";
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            break;   
            case "Last week":
               $year =date("Y");
               $month = date("m");
               $day = date("d")-7;
               $thestartdate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  GROUP BY species";            
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            break;
            case "last month":
               $year =date("Y");
               $month = date("m")-1;
               $day = date("d");
               $thestartdate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  GROUP BY species";            
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            break;
            case "last 3 months":
               $year =date("Y");
               $month = date("m")-3;
               $day = date("d");
               $thestartdate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  GROUP BY species";            
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            break;
            default:
               // Default is the last 48hrs
               $year =date("Y");
               $month = date("m");
               $day = date("d")-1;
               $thestartdate  = $year . '-' .$month . '-' . $day ;
               $sql2 = "SELECT * FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."'  ORDER BY Date DESC, time DESC  ";
               $sql3 = "SELECT DISTINCT species FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY species";
               $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT region FROM alerts WHERE Date BETWEEN '".$thestartdate ."' AND '".$theenddate ."' GROUP BY region";
            
         }
      }

      $result2 = $db->sql_query($sql2);
      if (!($result2 = $db->sql_query($sql2)))
      {
         die("Database Query Failed" . mysql_error());
      }
      $i  = 1;

      while ( $row2 = $db->sql_fetchrow($result2) )
         {
            $template->assign_block_vars('alerts', array( 'POS' => $i ,
                  'REGION' => str_replace("&", " & ", $row2['region']),
                  'SPECIES' => str_replace("%", "'",$row2['species']),
                  'DATE' => $row2['Date'],
                  'TIME' =>  $row2['time'],
                  'COMMENTS' => str_replace("'", "%",$row2['comments']),
                  )
               );
            $i++;
         }
      
      $template->assign_vars(array(
            'USERNAME' => htmlspecialchars($userdata[username]),
            'REGION_FILTER' => str_replace("&", " & ", $region_filter_options),
            'SPECIES_FILTER' => $species_filter_options,
            )
         );

      
      
   
      $result = $db->sql_query($sql);
    
      if (!($result = $db->sql_query($sql)))
         {
               die("Database Query Failed" . mysql_error());
         }

      // This is where you would add a new VARS Array if you intend to use your own custom VARS.
      
      
      while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
         {
               $region_filter_options .= '<option value="' . $row['region'] . '">' . $row['region'] . '</option>';

         }
         
            
      
   
      $result = $db->sql_query($sql3);
    
      if (!($result = $db->sql_query($sql3)))
         {
               die("Database Query Failed" . mysql_error());
         }

      // This is where you would add a new VARS Array if you intend to use your own custom VARS.
      
      
      while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
         {
               
            $species_filter_options .= '<option value="' . $row['species'] . '">' . $row['species'] . '</option>';
         }
         
         
      $template->assign_vars(array(
            'USERNAME' => htmlspecialchars($userdata[username]),
            'REGION_FILTER' => str_replace("&", " & ", $region_filter_options),
            'SPECIES_FILTER' => $species_filter_options,
            
         )
      );   
         
         
      // Build the page
      $template->pparse('body');

      // standard page footer
      include(IP_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/page_tail.'.PHP_EXT);

   }
?>
Now my questions are these:-

1) In the .tpl file hows can i submit from any of the dropdown boxes and retain the selection after submission
2) How can i have it so that the second and third drop down boxes are only visible after the previous one, ie the first box ( date ) has to have a selection before the Region ( 2nd one ) is visible and so
3) How can i reduce the amount of code to cover all options in building a select statement or is Switch - case the best way.

I would greatly appreciate help with this and even more so for some example of what i am asking for so i can learn from them.

Hello,   Any ideas why server resources not exhausted on the code below, when my.cnf and php.ini are both set to use half the resources each? PHP & MySQL will both utilize all allotted resources on other scripts, so it's not a tuning problem. There is no script-side tuning.   The bottleneck: pdo select as shown below

foreach($bigList as $listObject) {
                $sql = $dbl->prepare("SELECT * FROM fewMillionRows WHERE indexedCol1=:indexedCol1 AND indexedCol2=:indexedCol2 AND indexedCol3=:indexedCol3 AND indexedCol4=:indexedCol4 LIMIT 1");
                $sql->execute($preparedValues);
                $return = $sql->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
}

On a dedicated server with 8GB RAM, the server uses >5% cpu/ram but takes a long time to finish the script.     Second Question What are some alternative designs?   Because the column values all happen to be alphanumeric, I could select the entire table and store it in an array. Accessing the keys like so: indexedCol1indexedCol2indexedCol3indexedCol4.   Results: MyISAM - Select Whole Table: 30 seconds MyISAM – Select Individual Rows (10k times) – 68 seconds InnoDB – Select Whole Table: 30 seconds InnoDB – Select Individual Rows (10k times) – 131 seconds     I am surprised it takes so long to select a whole table. The server resources use 1% for about 20 seconds, then cpu/ram jump to 30%+ for about 10 seconds. This is still drastically faster than individual selects.   In this instance, $bigList is over 500k items. At 68 seconds per 10k rows it’s absurdly long. Building an array with key/values is the only realistic way I currently know of, but I suspect there is a much better way of doing this.     As far as I know, I cannot do a select like so: SELECT * FROM t1 WHERE (column1,column2,column3) IN  ((val1, val2,val3), (val4, val5,val6)) There is no way to determine whether a row was found for each entry as far as I know. 

Hi I would like to know how to make a link select certain stuff from the database. For example the link called cape town with the id 11 is selected then the link must search through the events table for the city_id 11 and take that information and display it in another page.

I would like to know how to do that or can you let me know of place that I can look. I have tried google but I don't know how to put what I'm looking for in words

Hi guys, thank for any help. This does not appear like a difficult problem but it has me stymied. I have several selects, the 1st item of each is "--Specify--" so that the user has to specifically choose an item. Once an item is selected on any select the others should be set to the 1st item or "--Specify--" to avoid confusion.

If you want to see the complete code it on this web page: http://chordsandguitar.com/progressions-test.php

The relevant code is:

Code: [Select]
if ($prog1_menu != "--Specify1--")
{
$prog2_menu = "--Specify--";
echo "set prog2 to Specify";
}

if ($prog2_menu != "--Specify2--")
{
$prog1_menu = "--Specify--";
echo "set prog1 to Specify";
}

echo "<form action = \"progressions-test.php?s_sort_all=$sort_all&s_prog1_menu=$prog1_menu&s_prog2_menu=$prog2_menu&s_prog1_trigged=$prog1_trigged&s_prog2_trigged=$prog2_trigged\" method = \"GET\">";
//also stores the values of the drop-downs when Select button is pushed so they can be retrieved when the web page is loaded again



echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ascending bass line";
echo "<br />";
echo "Select a progression: <a href=\"http://www.chordsandguitar.com/progressions-test.php?s_sort_all=All&s_prog1_menu=--Select--&s_prog2_menu=--Select--\"\"><big>ALL</big></a>";
echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";

echo "<select name=\"prog1_menu\"  onchange=\"this.form.submit();\">";

echo "<option value=\"--Specify1--\">--Specify--</option>";
if ($prog1_menu == "ii-iii-IV-V progression") echo "<option SELECTED value=\"ii-iii-IV-V progression\">ii-iii-IV-V progression</option>";
else echo "<option value=\"ii-iii-IV-V progression\">ii-iii-IV-V progression</option>";
if ($prog1_menu == "I-ii-IV-V progression") echo "<option SELECTED value=\"I-ii-IV-V progression\">I-ii-IV-V progression</option>";
else echo "<option value=\"I-ii-IV-V progression\">I-ii-IV-V progression</option>";
if ($prog1_menu == "I-iii-IV-V progression") echo "<option SELECTED value=\"I-iii-IV-V progression\">I-iii-IV-V progression</option>";
else echo "<option value=\"I-iii-IV-V progression\">I-iii-IV-V progression</option>";
echo  "</select>";

echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";

echo "<select name=\"prog2_menu\" onchange=\"this.form.submit();\">";

echo "<option value=\"--Specify2--\">--Specify--</option>";
if ($prog2_menu == "I-sharpIo7-ii7-sharpIIo7 progression") echo "<option SELECTED value=\"I-sharpIo7-ii7-sharpIIo7 progression\">I-#Io7-ii7-#IIo7 progression</option>";
else echo "<option value=\"I-sharpIo7-ii7-sharpIIo7 progression\">I-#Io7-ii7-#IIo7 progression</option>";
if ($prog2_menu == "I-sharpIo7-ii7-V7 progression") echo "<option SELECTED value=\"I-sharpIo7-ii7-V7 progression\">I-#Io7-ii7-V7 progression</option>";
else echo "<option value=\"I-sharpIo7-ii7-V7 progression\">I-#Io7-ii7-V7 progression</option>";
echo  "</select>";

echo "</form>";
I am trying to identify which select box has been used so that I can set all the other boxes to the 1st item but I wind up re-setting all the boxes.

Cheers,

Jacques

Hey guys there is probably a simple fix to this but i am just not seeing it    ... Im createing a form that has error catching and self submitting valuse. I am trying to use a for loop to create all of the values and if the form is returned with an error then the correct values will still be filled out but i cant seem to get this loop to work. Every time i submit the form it doesnt matter what option i select it always comes back with the last one in the list or 30 in this case.

the problem code is below.. Any help would be appreciated.

Code: [Select]

<?php
for($i=1; $i<=30; $i++){
echo'<option value="'.$i.'"';
if(isset($_POST['petsAge'])== $i){ echo ' selected="selected"';}
echo '>'.$i.'</option>';
}
?>

Hello folks, 

So, not sure where to start, but I'm wondering if it's at all possible to change a prepared statement / sql based on whether or not we're displaying for desktops, or for smartphone/tablets? I'm not sure what to start looking at since I'm pretty new in PHP and all... 

I've managed to figure out how to change CSS if I'm on phone 

@media only screen and (max-width: 767.98px){
  // PUT CSS FOR PHONES...
}

Any directions on how I would change my SQL, would be awesome! I'd like to narrow down the columns returned if I'm on phone, otherwise breaks my pages looks too much...

Much thanks in advance!

Pat

 

Hi i have this drop down list for date which contain 3 selects DAY MONTH YEAR hwo can i make so that when update form select keeps the same value has before help please

<?php
$months = array('','January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
echo '<select name="month_of_birth">';
for ($i=1;$i<13;++$i) {
   echo '<option value="' . sprintf("%02d",$i) . '">' . $months[$i] . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<select name="day_of_birth">';
for ($i=1;$i<32;++$i) {
   echo '<option value="' . sprintf("%02d",$i) . '">' . $i . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
echo '<select name="year_of_birth">';
$year = date("Y");
for ($i = $year;$i > $year-50;$i--) {
   $s = ($i == $year)?' selected':'';
   echo '<option value="' . $i . '" ' . $s . '>' . $i . '</option>';
}
echo '</select>';
?>

I do not have code yet, i just want a general idea how to get started.   I have a database with +/- 15 columns. 6 people are using this database. Not all columns are relevant for each user.   So my idea was that each user will be able to make his preference by checking checkboxes for each column -> store this in the database so that when he logs in , his preference will be retrieved and used to make the right query.   second question, how do i make the headers so that they are the same als the preferences from the user ?   Just put me on the right track (or if someone has it on the shelf, post the code)   thanks in advance

Hi, I have a page whihc gets Daily motion URL from another page and also location of Image. I have Face book share button on this page and want to show my inage while trying to share on FB.   unfortunatley face book picks something wrong , and I use Open Graph Debug library then temporarily this picture issue gets resolved but it re-occures again if another URL is selected for sharing purpose.   Code written in  header of my page:   <meta property="og:title" content="Greate Web SIte"/>

<meta property ="og:url" content="http://www.MySIte.co...howMovie.php"/>
<meta property ="og:type" content="website"/>

<meta property="og:image:width" content="200" />
<meta property="og:image:height" content="200" />
<?php
    $selectedImage=$_GET['selectedImg'];  // this param is passed from qry string whihc is sent by a previos page, I want to change this param every time parent page sends a request of new image.     $ImageAddress='http://www.mySIte.com/'.$selectedImage; //creating URL of image , if i paste this URL in browser , image is fetched successfully.     echo '<meta property="og:image" content="'.$ImageAddress.'"/>';
?>                


<meta property="og:site_name" content="my Heading"/>
<meta property="og:description" content="Bla Bla bla."/>       Following is the java script that I have pasted under body tag: <div id="fb-root"></div>
<script>(function(d, s, id) {
  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0";
  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>


following is button for FB sha   echo '<div class="fb-post" data-href="'.$pageURL.'" data-width="500"></div>';  // URL that is passed as qry stirng are passed here.     kindly do let me know that how can I display the exact image on every attelp to share something.
                  

Im making a application but many users can access it at the same time, also the data that needs to be stored into the database in 3 parts firstly the user will enter some details the comany will fill out the reamining details and the user will then accept or decline the companies proposal. The issue im havign will it be easier to just store all of this information into session variables and then save them into the database at the end when all of the details are ready ?

Thank You

Hi, i would like to know what is the best method to store a picture. Currently what happens, is each user has a different avatar, which when uploaded comes in a folder called Avatar, in my website folder and is also stored as a BLOB in mysql. I would like to know is this ok to store all avatars in one folder or some other step should be used and if so could some one guide me to a good tutorial. As I would also like to make an option, where people could upload their pictures, is it safe to store pictures in the same folder for all users or some how create a different folder for each user.

Hi,
I am struggling with a form in php. I am trying to add a form by using the include function. I want to include thsi form on all pages so it would be very useful if I can save the current page name somewhere so that I can use to validate the form.

For example, this is the form I am trying to include.

<?php
if(!empty($errors))
{
if(isset($errors['sendError']))
{
echo '<p><strong class="error">There was a problem with our system please contact us directly.</strong></p>';
}
else
{
echo '<p><strong class="error">Please check the form below for errors.</strong></p>';
}
}
?>
<form action="index.php" method="post" id="form1">
<p>
<label><?php if(isset($errors['name'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Name<font color="red">*</font>: <?php if(isset($errors['name'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['name']; ?>" name="name" size="60" align="right" style="background:#EEF5A4" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['company'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Company: <?php if(isset($errors['company'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['company']; ?>" name="company" size="60" align="right" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['phone'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Phone Number: <?php if(isset($errors['phone'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['phone']; ?>" name="phone" size="60" align="right" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['email'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Email<font color="red">*</font>: <?php if(isset($errors['email'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<input id="search1" id="complete" type="text" value="<?php echo $form['email']; ?>" name="email" size="60" align="right" style="background:#EEF5A4" />

<label><?php if(isset($errors['enquiry'])) { echo '<span class="error">'; } ?>Enquiry: <?php if(isset($errors['enquiry'])) { echo '</span>'; } ?></label>
<textarea id="search1" id="complete" textarea name="enquiry" rows=4 cols=40 value="<?php echo $form['enquiry']; ?>" name="enquiry" size="60" align="right"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" class="formbutton" value="Submit" />&nbsp;<input type="reset" class="formbutton" value="Reset" />
</p>
<p><font color="red">*</font> Denotes a required field</p>
</form>

Because I am going to use this form on all pages, I would like it to include whatever the filename is rather than index.php in the first line of the form so that when the user clicks submit, it will stay on the same page but validate the form based on the mandatory fields.

I don't know if the question is clear. I would very much appreciate any help at all.

Thank you very much.