Philip

Haha, look at Mad's post... I think the manual was lost in some tragic fire.

You shouldn't have spaces between $ and the variable name.

At anytime between when you create your objects and the time you get here: echo '<b>'.stripslashes($comments[$c]['name']).' said:</b> ('.$time->difference($comments[$c]['time']).')<br />'; Do you have another $time variable? You might need to post your whole code, since nothing is popping out at me right now.

Change: $f = new form; $sql = new sql($sql[0],$sql[1],$sql[2],$sql[3],$sql[4]); $time = new time(); To: $f = new form; $sql = new sql($sql[0],$sql[1],$sql[2],$sql[3],$sql[4]); $time = new time(); echo '<pre>'; print_r($time); print_r(get_class_methods('time')); echo '</pre>'; What does that output? I think you may be having problems with the name of your class (time) since there is also a built-in function with the name 'time'. Just a hunch. EDIT: updated some code, sorry.

Well, one thing I'd put at the top of your script is: error_reporting(E_ALL); That'll show all your errors. Next thing, when you're using arrays, you should always put quotes around the key name - unless it is a defined constant or a variable. So, if (isset($_COOKIE[admin])) Should be if (isset($_COOKIE['admin'])) Finally, try putting this somewhere near the top of the script: print_r($_COOKIE); and you should see your cookies in there somewhere.

$time is not an object, thus you cannot try to call a method from that variable. Where are you getting the variable $time from, and what does var_dump($time); show?

Right now you have: <?php if(condition) { } else { } else { } else { } That isn't telling PHP how to handle multiple scenarios for your if/else statement. PHP (as would any other language) would read that in plain English as: See what I mean with the italicized part? If you want to use multiple situations (more than just true/false for one condition) you need to use either a switch or a elseif. In your case you'd most likely want to use elseif: <?php if(condition1 == true) { // condition 1 is true } elseif(condition2 == true) { // condition 2 is true } elseif(condition3 == true) { // condition 3 is true } else { //none of the conditions are true }

//check for cookie or required fields else { (isset($_COOKIE[simple])); Are you looking to do this instead? elseif(isset($_COOKIe['simple'])) {

Must be a sign the world is soon to collapse.

No, it's not because you can't size images, but because the way you have your quotes: echo '<center><img src="http://www.morganite-netball-club.co.uk/images/playerpics/' . $row['playerimg'] . '" height=\"280\" width=\"400\"></center><br/>'; You're trying to escape a double quote, when you're echoing with single quotes. echo '<center><img src="http://www.morganite-netball-club.co.uk/images/playerpics/' . $row['playerimg'] . '" height="280" width="400"></center><br/>'; If you had done the following, you would have needed the escaping (as shown) : echo "<center><img src=\"http://www.morganite-netball-club.co.uk/images/playerpics/" . $row['playerimg'] . "\" height=\"280\" width=\"400\"></center><br/>";

$result = mysql_query("SELECT `email` FROM `members` WHERE `email`='{$email}' LIMIT 1"); if($mysql_num_rows($result)>0) { // you already have this user in the database } else { // You don't and should put an INSERT query here. } Of course, thats just an example.

Say what!? When he was calling $$a it was looking for $Hello, not $hello.

You're calling $$a, which looks for the variable with the value of $a or - $Hello. You obviously haven't set it up yet..... You could do: $a = 'Hello'; $hello = 'Hello everyone'; // ... $$a = 'Something'; echo $hello.'<br />'; echo $aa.'<br />';

For the easier way, take a look at the PHP class: http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/4150.html Otherwise look at their API: http://twiki.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/AutomationIntegration/XmlApi

@SetToLoki - if you're talking to me you can use commas instead of dots. Echo allows for multiple parameters to be passed, so PHP won't have to concatenate the strings before outputting them... it just outputs the strings. @Ken - see above, and I do believe it is slightly (very very slightly) faster, just because it does not have to concatenate the strings first. Again, this is the same as the ' vs " argument. Speed wise, it is practically the same. @Doctor - as SetToLoki said, look into javascript's window open command: http://www.pageresource.com/jscript/jwinopen.htm

You need to have quotes around the string: echo "<a href='http://en.utrace.de/?query={$result->fields['log_ip']}'>{$result->fields['log_ip']}</a>"; or echo '<a href="http://en.utrace.de/query=',$result->fields['log_ip'],'>',$result->fields['log_ip'],'</a>';

Or using one query: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `table` GROUP BY `group`

Well that's one way to get the PTA off your back. If i was him i would do it. It wouldnt surprise me if someone found him a few years down the track.....as a woman That was my first thought actually.

Ehh, theres a few things about this I'll throw my $0.02 into. You're going to be querying the database a lot. No big deal - as long as you create a clean query. I mean, seriously, how do you think forums handle the load? At the bottom of this page: Anyways. I think after 15 minutes, the user should be pulled from the list - typically its about 5 minutes before they are considered inactive. Here's what I would do: Use a INSERT... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE... for your query. Use their user ID as the primary key, and a timestamp. On your online list, have in your WHERE clause something like timestamp > date_sub(NOW(), INTERVAL 15 MINUTE) Don't use persistent connections

Like Ken said, you could use a static method, but it wouldn't be as portable as using global or as a parameter. (mainly because if you change your class name, the method, etc, you'd have to go into each function and change that rather than just one variable)

Globals is not the best way to go about this, but instead you should pass the variable by argument into the function: function fooBar($connection) { $result = $connection->query("SELECT `name` FROM `users`"); // ... more stuff here } $my = new db_class("192.168.1.2", "root", "password", "db"); fooBar($my);

Typically you would do it manually - at least I would. But remember, after you go through and check everything once or maybe even twice, then open it up to a group of users to 'beta' test it. You could automate the process, yes, but that would seem like more trouble than it is worth.

Kinda. Typically a class will be an organized structure of methods (functions), properties (variables), and other objects to perform a specific task or a range of tasks. I added a bit to the Guest class: <?php // Our Guest Class: class Guest { // Setup the properties of the class: public $firstName, $lastName, $carColor, $carMake, $age, $cups, $bags; // Add what happens when you create a new guest public function __construct($fn,$ln,$cc,$cm,$a) { // Set their properties $this->firstName = $fn; // Get this from the passed arguments $this->lastName = $ln; // Get this from the passed arguments $this->carColor = $cc; // Get this from the passed arguments $this->carMake = $cm; // Get this from the passed arguments $this->age = $a; // Get this from the passed arguments $this->cups = 0; // Set this to 0 as default $this->bags = 0; // Set this to 0 as default } // What if our guests get thirsty? public function drankSoda($cups) { // We should keep track of how many sodas they have $this->cups = $this->cups + $cups; } // But then they might get hungry too! public function ateChips($bags) { // So let's keep tally of who eats the most at my party $this->bags = $this->bags + $bags; } } // We normally would create an object like this: $Phil = new Guest('Phil', 'IsCool', 'green', 'Mini', 19); // Then, we could say I drank 2 cups of soda: $Phil->drankSoda(2); // I then got super hungry and had 5 bags of chips: $Phil->ateChips(5); // Finally, I had to wash those chips down and had one more cup of soda: $Phil->drankSoda(1); // In the end, let's see how I did: echo $Phil->firstName.' '.$Phil->lastName.' drove up in a '.$Phil->carColor.' '.$Phil->carMake.' and had '.$Phil->cups.' cups of soda and '.$Phil->bags.' bags of chips!'; // That would show on screen: // Phil IsCool drove up in a green Mini and had 3 cups of soda and 5 bags of chips. ?> Maybe that will make more sense?

An API is an application programming interface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API

I call fake. I doubt somebody like tigerdirect or godaddy would really be dumb enough to do that