notsophpfreakish

Life saver!! thank you!!

Ah, that explains it. Now that I think back, I had 'text' there and the entire file was put into the table cell. So, if that's the case, what do I use instead? (I'm very new at javascript and jquery! :-( )

The form wants the user to input a display name. The goal is to check via the jquery $.POST function to send back to this page to check to see if the display name is available. This is the table on the registration page. <table border = '1'> <form id = 'register' action = '#' method = 'post'> <tr><td width = '150'>Display: </td><td width = '200'><input id = 'display' type = 'text' name = 'display' maxlength = '35'></td><td id = 'displaycheck' align = 'center' width = '80'> <?php if(isset($_POST['display'])) { $display = htmlspecialchars($_POST['display']); $display = mysql_real_escape_string($display); $result = mysql_query("SELECT display FROM user WHERE display = '$display' "); $count = mysql_num_rows($result); if($count == 1) { echo "<font color = 'red'>Taken.</font>"; } else { echo "<font color = 'green'>Accepted.</font>"; } } ?> </td></tr></table> This is the Jquery Code: $(document).ready( function () { //Display $('#display').focusin( function() { $('#directions').html('For your display name, you can have up to 35 characters which includes letters, numbers, underscores, periods, and spaces.'); }); $('#display').keyup( function() { var display = $(this).val(); $.post('/registration.php', {display: display}, function(data) { $('#displaycheck').html(data); }); }); ); }); What's happening is the ENTIRE table is reprinted in the table CELL 'displaycheck'. I have NO idea why the entire table is being resent. Can someone pelase help?? I haven't got a clue on how to fix this.

I found a simple way to do the game, BUT, I can't seem to get an array to work.. What happens is that I delete letters form the array instead of going through all the fancy crap.. This is what I have so far: <?php if(!(isset($_POST['set']))) { $words = explode(";", file_get_contents('words.list.txt')); shuffle($words); $word = $words[0]; $arraya = ''; $arrayb = ''; $lowletters = array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m', 'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'); $upletters = array('A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M', 'N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z'); $arraya = ".a.,.b.,.c.,.d.,.e.,.f.,.g.,.h.,.i.,.j.,.k.,.l.,.m., .n.,.o.,.p.,.q.,.r.,.s.,.t.,.u.,.v.,.w.,.x.,.y.,.z."; $arrayb = ".A.,.B.,.C.,.D.,.E.,.F.,.G.,.H.,.I.,.J.,.K.,.L.,.M., .N.,.O.,.P.,.Q.,.R.,.S.,.T.,.U.,.V.,.W.,.X.,.Y.,.Z."; } else if(!(empty($_POST['guess']))) { $word = $_POST['word']; $arraya = $_POST['arraya']; $arrayb = $_POST['arrayb']; $guessa = strtolower($_POST['guess']); $guessb = strtoupper($_POST['guess']); $arraya = str_replace('.', ''', $arraya); $arrayb = str_replace('.', '\'', $arrayb); $guessa = ", $guessa, "; $guessb = ", $guessb, "; $arraya = str_replace($guessa, '', $arraya); $arrayb = str_replace($guessb, '', $arrayb); $lowletters = array($arraya); $upletters = array($arrayb); echo $arraya . "<br>" . $arrayb . "<br>"; echo $guessa . "<br>" . $guessb; echo "<br>$lowletters<br>$upletters<br>"; } foreach($lowletters as $stuff) { echo $stuff . "<br>"; } foreach($upletters as $stuff) { echo $stuff . "<br>"; } $broken = explode(' ', $word); $part1 = $broken[0]; $part2 = @$broken[1]; $part3 = @$broken[2]; $part4 = @$broken[3]; $word1 = str_replace($lowletters, ' _ ', $part1); $word1 = str_replace($upletters, ' _ ', $word1); $word2 = str_replace($lowletters, ' _ ', $part2); $word2 = str_replace($upletters, ' _ ', $word2); $word3 = str_replace($lowletters, ' _ ', $part3); $word3 = str_replace($upletters, ' _ ', $word3); $word4 = str_replace($lowletters, ' _ ', $part4); $word4 = str_replace($upletters, ' _ ', $word4); echo $word1 . " " . $word2 . " " . $word3 . " " . $word4; echo "<form action = '1.php' method = 'POST'>"; echo "<input type = 'text' name = 'guess' size = '5'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'word' value = '$word'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'arraya' value = '$arraya'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'arrayb' value = '$arrayb'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'set' value = 'TRUE'>"; echo "<br><input type = 'submit' value = 'Guess!'></form>"; ?> But for some reason, the edited 'array' doesn't work.. the entire string IS the array rather than the pieces within the string are parts of the array.. how do i fix that?

The frustrating thing for me is that I have coded the rest of my site just fine, using MySQL queries. I have a forum on there, messaging, friending, (it's a neopets type website) so I have shops, a number guessing game, pet and user profiles and everything else, and that's all using mysql queries.. but for some reason, when it comes to this, I can't seem to wrap my mind around it..? Maybe my thought process is a little tainted from the downloaded code and I'm trying to figure that one out too much rather than starting from a true fresh start.. I know what needs to happen with all the little details, just not sure of all the functions I need to do as such.. By other details, I literally mean just the capitalization and spacing, which is a very huge issue with the downloaded code.. not sure why that guy didn't code the game allowing the site to use multiple words, at LEAST. :-/

Can someone point me to a layman's tutorial for a simple hangman game? I downloaded one off the internet, but it doesn't do what I want. The one I use doesn't allow capitalized letters or spaces! I can live without the capitlization but MOST of the words will have spaces and therefore, this code will not work. I want to start a brand new code from scratch but I can't seem to figure it out. I am new to coding and have been coding my site using MySQL, and that's fine, but ALL of the coding for hangman is very confusing for me! $letters = array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m', 'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z', ' '); if(empty($_POST)) { $rightcount = '0'; $wrongcount = '0'; $words = explode("\n", file_get_contents('words.list.txt')); $right = array_fill_keys($letters, ' _ '); $wrong = array(); shuffle($words); $word = strtolower($words[0]); $rightstr = serialize($right); $wrongstr = serialize($wrong); $wordletters = str_split($word); $show = ''; foreach($wordletters as $letter) { $show .= $right[$letter]; } } else { $show = $_POST['show']; $word = $_POST['word']; $lettercount = strlen($word); echo $lettercount . "<br>"; $word = htmlspecialchars($word); $word = mysql_real_escape_string($word); $rightcount = $_POST['rightcount']; $wrongcount = $_POST['wrongcount']; $guess = strtolower($_POST['guess']); $guess = ctype_alpha($guess); if($guess == TRUE) { $guess = strtolower($_POST['guess']); } else { echo "<b>Please use only letters.</b><br>"; $guess = ''; } $letterinstance = @substr_count($word, $guess); $right = unserialize($_POST['rightstr']); $wrong = unserialize($_POST['wrongstr']); $wordletters = str_split($word); if(!(empty($guess))) { if(stristr($word, $guess)) { $show = ''; $right[$guess] = $guess; $wordletters = str_split($word); $rightcount = $rightcount + (1*$letterinstance); foreach($wordletters as $letter) { $show .= $right[$letter]; } } else { $show = ''; $wrong[$guess] = $guess; $wrongcount = $wrongcount + 1; if(count($wrong) == 6) { $show = $word; echo "You lost this round of hangman.<br>"; } else { foreach($wordletters as $letter) { $show .= $right[$letter]; } } } } $rightstr = serialize($right); $wrongstr = serialize($wrong); echo "Right: $rightcount<br>Wrong: $wrongcount<br>"; if($rightcount == $lettercount) { echo "You win!<br>"; } } echo "Incorrect Guesses: "; echo implode(', ', $wrong); echo "<br>"; echo $show; echo "<br />"; echo "<form method='post'> <input name='guess'>"; echo "<input type='hidden' name='show' value='$show'> "; echo "<input type='hidden' name='rightcount' value='$rightcount'> "; echo "<input type='hidden' name='wrongcount' value='$wrongcount'> "; echo "<input type='hidden' name='word' value='$word'> "; echo "<input type='hidden' name='rightstr' value='$rightstr'>"; echo "<input type='hidden' name='wrongstr' value='$wrongstr'>"; echo "<input type='submit' value='guess'> "; echo "</form>"; echo "<a href='hangman.php'>Reset</a>"; That is the code I am using now. The connect to the database and rewarding the user when they guess all the letters work fine, but I need for my other details to be in there and I have NO clue how to do that. I've tried a lot of things but everything just screws up. Here's the code I have now that is from scratch, and it's very basic. I really have no freakin' clue where to go from there. <?php $words = explode(";", file_get_contents('words.list.txt')); shuffle($words); $word = $words[0]; $upletters = array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m', 'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'); $lowletters = array('A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M', 'N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z'); echo $word . "<br>"; $word1 = str_replace($upletters, ' _ ', $word); $word1 = str_replace($lowletters, ' _ ', $word1); echo $word1 . "<br><br>"; echo "<form action = '1.php' method = 'POST'>"; echo "<input type = 'text' name = 'guess' size = '10'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'word' value = '$word'>"; echo "<input type = 'hidden' name = 'word1' value = '$word1'>"; echo "<br><input type = 'submit' value = 'Guess!'></form>"; ?> Can someone PLEASE point me in the right direction! Or give me all the functions I need to use to get through this! Thanks in advance.