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Display a "Waiting Message" before the POST form send

I have a upload file form, when you hit Submit it send the file to my server, but it takes a while, in the mean time i need to tell the user wait in order to get the file uploaded, because he can press Submit again because there is no menssage to prevent him. So, the user fill a few fields in the form, including a file. When he Send the...

How to get data from other php scripts

I have 2 files, one is used to view the data in the mysql database, and list it on a table: if($_POST['general'] == 'ADDRESS'){ $result2 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM student WHERE ADDRESS='$saddress'"); echo "<table border='1'> <tr> <th>IDNO</th> <th>ADDRESS</th> <th>LASTNAME</th> <th>FIRSTNAME</th> <th>VIEW</th> </tr>"; while($row ...

Whats happening to my HTML?

I am making changes to my website, and I just noticed that things look different. In IE, the content doesnt center, theres a margin on my content, and the font looks bigger in chrome.. I ran it through Yahoo's HTML validator and the error I get is line 1 - Error: character "" not allowed in prolog. I believe that there may be some sort...

jquery form select (if exists in $_POST)

Hi all, I'm trying to redo this in jQuery: <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> var thisIsSelected = '<?php echo $_POST['image']; ?>'; var sel1= document.getElementById('image'); sel1.value = thisIsSelected; </script> But I seem to keep breaking it lol Basically I want jQuery to check if $_POST['image'] exist...

Looking for good PHP editor or IDE with 'IntelliSense'

Hello, I'm looking for suitable PHP Editor or IDE with syntax auto-completion. I've tried trial versions of programs like Zend Studio, PHPDesigner, NetBeans PHP, NuSphere PhpED, and similar -- but none of them fully satisfied me. I quite liked hint window with detailed info about what function does and what it returns. Also I liked the ...

Matching non-[a-zA-Z] characters in PHP regex

I have some strings that need a-strippin': ÃœT: 9.996636,76.294363 Tons of long strings of location codes. A literal regex in PHP won't match them, IE $pattern = /ÃœT:/; echo preg_replace($pattern, "", $row['location']); Won't match/strip anything. (To know it's working, /T:/ does strip the last bit of that string). What's the encod...

How can I tell which button was clicked in a PHP form submit?

Hey all, I have several buttons on my page, but I'm not sure how to tell which one was clicked. Here's the markup for my two buttons: <input type="submit" id="btnSubmit" value="Save Changes" /> <input type="submit" id="btnDelete" value="Delete" /> Thanks in advance, Sonny ...

Supporting twitter-like user page urls with apache/php?

Hi, I'm using php on apache with mysql. I want to let users enter a url into their browser to see a custom user page for themselves, just like twitter does. For example, they could enter urls like: www.mysite.com/johndoe www.mysite.com/janedoe and see that user's page. How could I do this with php and apache? I don't want to create ...

How to execute a perl script within php and capture error messages?

I am trying to execute a Perl script like so: /usr/bin/ec2-consistent-snapshot 'vol-dr3131c2' When the Perl script fails it exits using 'die' and prints out an error message. I can see that error message when executing manually, but I am failing to capture it through PHP. I tried the following with no success: exec($command,$output)...

Find date difference in php?

Is there anyway to find the date difference in php? I have the input of from date 2003-10-17 and todate 2004-03-24. I need the results how many days is there within these two days. Say if 224 days, i need the output in days only. I find the solution through mysql but i need in php. Anyone help me, Thanks in advance. ...

PHP drop down which each are dependable

Hi all, I have this problems. using html and php. May I know how to do this. I have 2 drop down, eg A and B. Drop down B is depend to the drop down A. Example, A have these options which will be called from dbase(no prob with this, tq) (Jack, Carol), and B wil have options depend on A: if select Jack(T1, T2, T3), if select carol(T1,T2...

Problem with DOMPDF and Kohana 3

I have used DOMPDF many times before successfully, however outside of the Kohana Framework. I created a module for DOMPDF and called it simply pdf. Here is it's code. class Pdf { private $domPdfInstance; public function __construct($html) { if ( ! class_exists('DOMPDF', FALSE)) { // Load DOMPDF ...

Multithreading in PHP

I am working on windows. I have built a twitter application using the twitter API which periodically checks for new tweets as well as allows users to update their status. I have written separate PHP files for reading (reader.php) and writing tweets (writer.php). The only problem is how do I periodically read the tweets. There are a few w...

In php find first date and last date in a month

Whether anyway to find first date and last date in a month. Suppose have the date today as 21-04-2010, i want to find the first and last date of this month in php. I did this in mysql, but i need in php. Any one can help, Thanks in advance. ...

Need help on nested loop of queries in php and mysql?

Hi, I am trying to get do this: <?php $good_customer = 0; $q = mysql_query("SELECT user FROM users WHERE activated = '1'"); // this gives me about 40k users while($r = mysql_fetch_assoc($q)){ $money_spent = 0; $user = $r['user']; // Do queries on another 20 tables for($i = 1; $i<=20 ; $i++){ $tbl_name = 'd...

php zencart mod - having problems with attributes array

I inherited a zencart mod and can't figure out what's wrong. The customer selects a product and an attribute (model#). This is then sent to another form that they complete. When they submit the form, the product and the attribute should be included in the email sent. At this time, only the product is coming through. The attribute just s...

Is there a function that can read a php function post-parsing?

I've got a php file echoing hashes from a MySQL database. This is necessary for a remote program I'm using, but at the same time I need my other php script opening and checking it for specified strings POST parsing. If it checks for the string pre-parsing, it'll just get the MySQL query rather than the strings to look for. I'm not sure ...

Is it helpful to use cursor in triggers for auditing? If Yes then How?

Is it possible to Use cursor in triggers in MySQL? Is it recommended? as someone told me its helpfull to use cursor in triggers for auditing I need this for auditing... EDIT is it helpful to use cursor in triggers for auditing? If Yes then How? Please help .. Thank You ...

What do I use when a cron job isn't enough? (php)

I'm trying to figure out the most efficient way to running a pretty hefty PHP task thousands of times a day. It needs to make an IMAP connection to Gmail, loop over the emails, save this info to the database and save images locally. Running this task every so often using a cron isn't that big of a deal, but I need to run it every min...

Running SQLite 3 in MicroApache

I'm running MicroApache (http://microapache.amadis.sytes.net) on Windows XP and would like to use SQLite 3 databases. The PHP version is 5.2.9-2. My MicroApache version has SQLite 2 support through 2 lines in the php.ini: extension=php_pdo.dll extension=php_sqlite.dll I test whether the extension works in 3 ways: 1. phpinfo() 2. exten...