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salathe, Well, I changed the code and tested it and doggonit you are right! While your analogy makes sense NOW, before I was just thinking of them as line breaks in different languages as in "Hi! Hola!" is pretty much the same as "Hola! Hi!" I stand sit corrected. Thanks for clarifying!! Joe

So \n\r is different than \r\n??

I have a php page with a form that, upon submit, generates a text file of the person's choices -- using it as a flat file. I want to start a new line with each entry so I used \n\r as in $line1= $today."^".$_POST['email']."^".$value; foreach ($sector_numbers as $key => $value) { $line = "{$line1}^{$value}\n\r"; $file_write = fwrite($file_handle, $line); } The problem is that my text file shows little boxes instead of new lines (see attachment). Why? How can I fix it? Thanks! Joe [attachment deleted by admin]

Warning: Noob Alert... I am playing around with forms and functions and am getting an error. Here's the form: <form action="functions.php" method="post" > <p>Pick one or more colors:</p> <p><input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="red"> Red | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="orange"> Orange | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="yellow"> Yellow | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="green"> Green | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="blue"> Blue | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="indigo"> Indigo | <input name="colors[]" type="checkbox" value="violet"> Violet</p> <hr align="left" width="560"> <p><input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Clear"> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></p> </form> and here's the php results page: <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background: #E5E5E5; padding:3px 10px;'> <p style='font-weight:bold; text-align:center;'>You are almost done...</p></td> <tr> <td colspan='2' style='background: #E5E5E5; border-bottom: 1px solid #000; padding:3px 10px;'> <input type="submit" value="ENTER" /></td> </tr> </table> </form> <?php echo "<hr width='200px' align='left'>"; echo "<h4>My Function:</h4>"; $colors = $_POST['colors']; function showColors(&$colors) { foreach ($colors as $key => $value) { echo $key." ==> ".$value." "; } } showColors($colors); ?> The first time I get the results page, I get my selected colors displayed no problem. However, if I click Enter on the results page, I get Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\xampp\htdocs\functions.php on line 87 What am I doing wrong? Thanks! Joe

Windows, I believe.

We need to move all of our documents (pdf, doc, wpd, xls, ppt) off of the web server and into a document management system. Groan. I want to start at the top level and search most -- but not all -- the sub-folders and spit out a nice pretty list of all the documents (and folder location). Anyone have something like that? Thanks!!

That works great! I appreciate your help.

I have an intranet page where people can make comments or suggestions. The powers-that-be would like to review the comments before they are posted on the web page. Right now, I have a form that the 'customer' can fill out. When they hit submit, their name, e-mail and comments get posted to a mysql database and the powers-that-be get an e-mail notification. I would like them to be able to go to an approval page and see all (or one at a time) the posts that are pending approval and be given a choice to approve or delete each comment. I would like to keep it all on one page and, each time a comment is approved or deleted, the page is refreshed with the next comment to approve/delete. Is that an option with php? I know I can query one row at at a time with mysql_fetch_array, but I can't seem to get past the first row. On the other hand, if I display all the comments, the page doesn't refresh right. I will continue to see the comments that have already been deleted or F5 will attempt the same query. This is what I am am working with... $query = 'SELECT * FROM `comments` WHERE `approved` = 1'; //1 = new, 2 = approved $result=mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error() ); while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ echo $row['name']. " - ". $row['email']; $id = $row['id']; ?> <form action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post" name="test"> <input name="decision" type="radio" value="approve" /> Approve this comment<br /><input name='id' type='hidden' value='<?php echo $row['id']; ?>' /> <input name="decision" type="radio" value="delete" /> Delete this comment<br /> <input name="Submit" type="submit" /> <input name="Reset" type="reset" value="Reset" /> </form> <?php if ($_POST['decision'] == 'delete') { mysql_query("DELETE FROM comments WHERE id = '$id'"); echo $row['id']."<br />"; } } Any thoughts?

ok... : "hello"; does what I thought it should do to begin with but I don't quite understand what you wrote... Is the problem from the return ($row[4])? Is that why the page is looking for something to be returned?

Ok. Makes a bit of sense... So, why does my page crap out (nothing at all displays) if I change it to return ($row[4]) ? sprintf($html, $row[3], htmlentities( $row[1] ) ) : echo "hello"; Isn't this saying that $row[4] is true then do sprintf($html, $row[3], htmlentities( $row[1] ) ) but if $row[4] is false then echo "hello"? Joe

I am trying to rework a page written by someone else and there is a function function generate_click_box($row) { $html = <<<HTML <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:181px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:185px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:187px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:2px; font-size:2px; width:189px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div id="%1\$s_toggle" style="height:45px; width:191px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; color:#fff; cursor:pointer; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; padding:0; margin:0;"><div style="padding:2px; vertical-align:middle;">%2\$s</div></div> <div style="height:2px; font-size:2px; width:189px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:187px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:185px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:181px; margin:0 auto; background:#036; overflow:hidden;"></div> HTML ; $html_disabled = <<<HTML <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:181px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:185px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:187px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:2px; font-size:2px; width:189px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:45px; width:191px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; color:#036; font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; padding:0; margin:0;"><div style="padding:2px; vertical-align:middle;"> <a href="http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/EconSectorServlet?caller=dataset&sv_name=*&_SectorId=%1\$s&ds_name=EC0700A1&_lang=en&_ts=272288383987" target="_blank" alt="Click for %2\$s data">%2\$s<br />COMPLETED</a><br /></div></div> <div style="height:2px; font-size:2px; width:189px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:187px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:185px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> <div style="height:1px; font-size:1px; width:181px; margin:0 auto; background: #cccccc; overflow:hidden;"></div> HTML ; return ($row[4]) ? sprintf($html, $row[3], htmlentities( $row[1] ) ) : sprintf($html_disabled, htmlentities( $row[5] ), htmlentities( $row[1] ) ); } Can someone translate (put into pseudo code) the following piece return ($row[4]) ? sprintf($html, $row[3], htmlentities( $row[1] ) ) : sprintf($html_disabled, htmlentities( $row[5] ), htmlentities( $row[1] ) ); Thanks! Joe

anyone? Buehler...? Buehler...?

Ok... that was dumb Here's a query of the database: mysql_connect($hostname, $user, $password); @mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database"); $sql = "SELECT * FROM shirts WHERE sex='Unisex'"; //EDIT $result=mysql_query($sql); $num=mysql_num_rows($result); mysql_close(); $i=0; echo "<table border='1' width='75%'>"; while ($i < $num) { $item[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"item"); $title[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"title"); $url[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"url"); $imageUrl[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"imageUrl"); $alt[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"alt"); $sex[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"sex"); $shirtType[$i] = mysql_result($result,$i,"shirtType"); echo "<tr>"; echo "<td>".$i."</td>"; echo "<td>".$imageUrl[$i]."</td>"; echo "<td>".$item[$i]."</td>"; echo "<td>".$title[$i]."</td>"; echo "<td>".$shirtType[$i]."</td>"; echo "</tr>"; $i++; } ?> </table> <p>A total of <?php echo $num ?> rows were found.</p> and I do get 23 items http://funny.teamspirittees.com/testing/shirts/sweats/test.php vs the 19 on http://funny.teamspirittees.com/testing/shirts/sweats/funny_sweats_for_guys_and_girls.php. And here's what's even more curious to me. When I log into phpMyAdmin and query the database (SELECT * FROM shirts WHERE sex='Unisex'), I get all 23 sweatshirts. What could be going on? Thanks, Joe

I have a t-shirt web site that I am redesigning. I have a pagination script and thought things were looking good until I found that I was not showing all of my records. 1. Here is a page on the site: http://funny.teamspirittees.com/testing/shirts/sweats/funny_sweats_for_guys_and_girls.php If you count the sweatshirts, you will find 19. However, there are 23 total. 2. Here is a page that lists and counts them: http://funny.teamspirittees.com/testing/shirts/sweats/test.php I don't know why I am missing 3 sweatshirts... it is happening on my other pages as well and I am hoping that fixing this page will help me fix the others. Here's the pagination code: <?php ################################# ### Begin Pagination Coding ##### ################################# $conn = mysql_connect($hostname, $user, $password) or die(mysql_error()); mysql_select_db($database) or die(mysql_error()); // find out how many rows are in the table $sql = "SELECT COUNT(shirtType) FROM shirts WHERE sex='Unisex'"; // EDIT $result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR); $r = mysql_fetch_row($result); $numrows = $r[0]; $columns= 2; // number of shirts to show per page $rowsperpage = 7; // find out total pages $totalpages = ceil($numrows / $rowsperpage); // get the current page or set a default if (isset($_GET['currentpage']) && is_numeric($_GET['currentpage'])) { // cast var as int $currentpage = (int) $_GET['currentpage']; } else { // default page num $currentpage = 1; } // end if // if current page is greater than total pages... if ($currentpage > $totalpages) { // set current page to last page $currentpage = $totalpages; } // end if // if current page is less than first page... if ($currentpage < 1) { // set current page to first page $currentpage = 1; } // end if // the offset of the list, based on current page $offset = ($currentpage - 1) * $rowsperpage; // get the info from the db $sql = "SELECT * FROM shirts WHERE sex='Unisex' LIMIT $offset, $rowsperpage"; //EDIT $result = mysql_query($sql, $conn) or trigger_error("SQL", E_USER_ERROR); echo "<div class='shirts'>"; $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) or die(mysql_error()); // mysql_fetch_array() returns both an assocative array and a numerically indexed array -- // a combination of the mysql_fetch_row() and the mysql_fetch_assoc() functions // set some basic variables; $tr=0; $flag= 0; $i=0; // run through the all the arrays to break them into individual items that I can reference later while($row = mysql_fetch_object( $result )) { $item[$flag]= $row->item; $title[$flag]= $row->title; $url[$flag]= $row->url; $imageUrl[$flag]= $row->imageUrl; $alt[$flag]= $row->alt; $sex[$flag]= $row->sex; $shirtType[$flag]= $row->shirtType; $flag++; } // find out how many rows we need $totalRows=($flag/2); // begin the table -- 6 rows and 3 columns echo "<table border='0' cellpadding='5' align='center'>"; while ($tr <= $totalRows) { // create the rows $td=1; // each time through, re-start the column counter echo "<tr>"; while ($td <= 2) { //create the columns echo "<td>"; if ($item[$i] == NULL) { break; } echo "<a href='".$url[$i]."'><img src='".strtolower($imageUrl[$i])."' border='0' alt='".$alt[$i]."' /></a>"; // EDIT $i++; echo "</td>\n"; $td++; } echo "</tr>"; $tr++; } echo "</table>"; /****** build the pagination links ******/ // range of num links to show $range = 3; echo "<div align='center'>"; // if not on page 1, don't show back links if ($currentpage > 1) { // show << link to go back to page 1 echo "<br /> <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=1'><<</a> "; // get previous page num $prevpage = $currentpage - 1; // show < link to go back to 1 page echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$prevpage'><</a> "; } // end if // loop to show links to range of pages around current page for ($x = ($currentpage - $range); $x < (($currentpage + $range) + 1); $x++) { // if it's a valid page number... if (($x > 0) && ($x <= $totalpages)) { // if we're on current page... if ($x == $currentpage) { // 'highlight' it but don't make a link echo " [<b>$x</b>] "; // if not current page... } else { // make it a link echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$x'>$x</a> "; } // end else } // end if } // end for // if not on last page, show forward and last page links if ($currentpage != $totalpages) { // get next page $nextpage = $currentpage + 1; // echo forward link for next page echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$nextpage'>></a> "; // echo forward link for lastpage echo " <a href='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?currentpage=$totalpages'>>></a> "; } // end if echo "</div>"; /****** end build pagination links ******/ echo "</div"; echo "</div>"; ############################# ### End Pagination Coding ### ############################# ?> and the code for the test.php page <?php $i = 0; $dir = opendir ("."); while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) { if (strpos($file, '.gif',1)||strpos($file, '.jpg',1) ) { echo $i.":<a href='".$file."'>$file</a><br />"; $i++; } } echo "<br /><br />".$i." total items"; ?> What am I missing? Please and thank you! Joe

I am trying to display the contents of an array and having a problem. I am getting an array of states (and state abbreviations) from a form and throwing this into a SESSION array ($_SESSION['states'] = $_POST['states'] Later, I want to echo these choices back, without the state abbreviations. Let's say the customer gives me Maryland-MD, Virginia-VA and Delaware-DE. If I use foreach($_SESSION['states'] as $key=>$value) { $stateName = explode("-",$_SESSION['states']); echo $stateName[0].' <br />'; } echo "</blockquote>"; . I get Notice: Array to string conversion in /vs/webdev/docs/econ/notifyme/state_entry.php on line 469 Array Notice: Array to string conversion in /vs/webdev/docs/econ/notifyme/state_entry.php on line 469 Array What am I doing wrong? What should I do? Thanks, Joe

I hope this helps... <?php /* Description of stateentry.php * * * * * Last modified: 1:13 PM 4/2/2009 **/ include('includes/naics_constants.php'); include('includes/naics.php'); include('includes/cb_text_captcha.php'); $states = ( isset( $_POST['states'] ) && !empty( $_POST['states'] ) ) ? $_POST['states'] : null; $sectors= ( isset( $_POST['sectors'] ) && !empty( $_POST['sectors'] ) ) ? $_POST['sectors'] : null; $email=( isset( $_POST['email'] ) && !empty( $_POST['email'] ) ) ? $_POST['email'] : null; $sys_errors = array(); // errors we may not want to show the user $usr_errors = array(); // errors we should $captcha_match = false; // did the capcha answer pass? Assume no at start function write_the_results($states,$sectors,$email) { $today = date('m.d.Y'); if (!is_null($states) && !is_null($_POST['sectors']) ) { foreach ($_POST['states'] as $temp) { $abbreviations=explode("-",$temp); $line1= $today."^".$_POST['email']."^".$abbreviations[0]."^"; foreach ($_POST['sectors'] as $temp) { $sectorCodes=explode("-",$temp); $line= $line1.$sectorCodes[0]; $file_test='/vs/www/http_db/notify/TEST'. date('Ymd') . 'bystate.txt'; $file_handle = fopen($file_test,'a'); $file_write = fwrite($file_handle, "\r\n$line"); } } } else { } } function write_for_them() { echo "<b>".date('l jS \of F Y, h:i:s A')."<br />"; $states = $_POST['states']; $sectors = $_POST['sectors']; $email = $_POST['email']; foreach($_POST['states'] as $v) { $stateName=explode("-",$v); echo $stateName[1]."<br>"; } foreach($_POST['sectors'] as $w) { $sectorName=explode("-",$w); echo $sectorName[1]."<br>"; } echo "</b>"; } if( isset($_POST) && !empty( $_POST ) ) { // This section pattern matches the POSTED email. // if it complies, use $email_label to show the email address if(!preg_match(EMAIL_REGEX, $_POST['email'])) { $usr_errors[] = USR_ERR_EMAIL; $email_label = '<label for="email" style="' . LABEL_STYLE . '">Email Address:</label> '; $email_input = '<input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="' . $_POST['email'] . '" />'; } else { $email_label = '<span style="' . LABEL_STYLE . '">Email Address:</span> '; $email_input = htmlentities( $_POST['email'] ) . '<input type="hidden" name="email" value="' . $_POST['email'] . '" />'; } $captcha_match = ( isset($_POST['captcha']) )? php_check_captcha($_POST['captcha']) : false; if( isset( $_SESSION[sESS_TXT_CAPTCHA_ANSWER] ) && !$captcha_match ) $usr_errors[] = USR_ERR_CAPCHA; if( $captcha_match && empty($usr_errors) ) { // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode. // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it. // // 'a+' - Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer // at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt // to create it. if ( ($file_handle = @fopen(NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE, 'a+'))!==false ) { //$file_locked = true; //* // waiting until file will be locked for writing (FILE_LOCK_TIMEOUT milliseconds as timeout) $startTime = microtime(); //echo "<pre>$startTime\n"; do { $file_locked = flock($file_handle, LOCK_EX); // If lock not obtained sleep for 10 - 100 milliseconds, to avoid collision and CPU load //var_dump($file_locked); if(!$file_locked) usleep(round(rand(10, 100)*1000)); } while (!$file_locked && (microtime()-$startTime) < FILE_LOCK_TIMEOUT); /**/ // Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first. // lets also make sure that the user information we checked // so far is valid. if( $file_locked && is_writable( NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE ) ) { foreach($process_order as $key=>$section) { if( isset( $_POST["$key"] ) && !empty( $_POST["$key"] ) ) save_posted_naicscodes($_POST["$key"], $section[0], $section[1], $_POST['email'], $file_handle); } fclose($file_handle); } else $usr_errors[] = 'System is busy.'; } else $sys_errors[] = "The file (" . NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE . ") is not writable"; } } ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <!-- Change date each time you modify the page --> <meta name="DC.date.created" scheme="ISO8601" content="2008-22-04" /> <meta name="DC.date.reviewed" scheme="ISO8601" content="2008-22-04" /> <meta name="DC.language" scheme="DCTERMS.RFC1766" content="EN-US" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .forthem { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: #333366; } .note { font-style: italic; font-weight: bolder; color: #333366; } .notice { color:red; font-size:120%; } --> </style> <title> NotifyMe :: Thank you! ****</title> <!-- Site wide JS --> <script type="text/javascript" src="/main/javascript/ruthsarian_utilities.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- if ( ( typeof( set_min_width ) ).toLowerCase() != 'undefined' ) { set_min_width( 'page-container' , 783 ); } if ( ( typeof( sfHover ) ).toLowerCase() != 'undefined' ) { event_attach( 'onload' , function () { //sfHover( 'leftmenu' ); sfHover( 'middlemenu' ); } ); } //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/main/javascript/unlink.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/main/javascript/jquery.js"></script> <!--End JavaScript Links--> </head> <body> <div id="page-container"> <!-- 44px height --> <!-- newline whitespace removed --> <!-- wordwrap at col 78 --> <noscript> This Javascript highlights what section of the main navigation you are on and unlinks its URL. </noscript> <a name="SKIP2"></a> <div id="outer-column-container"> <div id="inner-column-container"> <div id="source-order-container"> <div id="middle-column"> <div class="inside" style="margin: 1em 2em;"> <h2>NotifyMe :: Confirmation</h2> <? // for each $cat if(!$captcha_match ) { ?> <!-- START NOTIFYME FORM --> <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"> <?php //write_the_results($states,$sectors,$email,$today); This will write the results -- but before the CAPTCHA check etc. NOT GOOD! echo "<br>"; $states_count= count($_POST['states']); $sectors_count= count($_POST['sectors']); $combined_count= ($states_count + $sectors_count); if ( ($states_count == 0) || ($sectors_count == 0) ) { echo "<span class='notice'>Please correct the following:"; echo "<ul>"; if ($states_count == 0 ) { echo "<li>You have not selected any states.</li>"; } if ($sectors_count == 0 ) { echo "<li>You have not selected any sectors.</li>"; } echo "</ul></span>"; } if (is_array($states) && isset($states) ) { if ($states_count > 0) { echo "<b>You have selected the following state(s):</b><br><blockquote>"; foreach($_POST['states'] as $v) { if ( in_array($v, $states, TRUE) ) $stateName=explode("-",$v); echo $stateName[1]."<br>"; } echo "</blockquote>"; } else { } } if (is_array($sectors) && isset($sectors) ) { if ($sectors_count > 0) { echo "<b>You have selected the following sector(s):</b><br><blockquote>"; foreach($_POST['sectors'] as $w) { if( in_array($w, $sectors, TRUE) ) { $sectorName=explode("-",$w); echo $sectorName[1]."<br>"; } } echo "</blockquote>"; } else { } } if($combined_count) { if( !isset($_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once']) ) { ?> <h3>You are almost done...</h3> <p>Please show us that you are a real person and not a web robot by answering the following mathematical question.</p> <p class="note">Please note that your answer must be spelled out (example, 'two' or 'Two') and not numeric (example, '2').</p> <p>Entering the correct answer and clicking Submit Form will complete your registration.</p> <p> </p> <?php $_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once'] = null; // it's existance, not it's value is being tested. } // end if( !isset($_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once']) ) ?> <table style="<?=TABLE_STYLE;?>"> <tr> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW1_STYLE;?>"><?=$email_label;?></td> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW1_STYLE;?>"><?=$email_input;?></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW2_STYLE;?>"><label for="captcha" style="<?=LABEL_STYLE;?>"><?=php_generate_captcha();?></label><br/> <small><?=TXT_CAPTCHA_EXAMPLE;?></small></td> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW2_STYLE;?>"><input type="text" id="captcha" name="captcha" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="<?=ENTRY_SUBMIT_TEXT;?>" /></td> </tr> </table> </form> <!-- END NOTIFYME FORM --> <?php } // end if($naics_code_count) else echo '<input type="button" value="Go Back" onclick="history.go(-1); return true;" />'; write_the_results($states,$sectors,$email); ## SENDS FROM HERE -- BUT BEFORE THE CAPTCHA IS CORRECT (TOO EARLY!) } // else if(!$captcha_match || !empty($usr_errors) || !empty($sys_errors) ) else { echo "<span class='forthem'>"; echo "<p> </p>"; echo COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT; echo "</span>"; // write_the_results($states,$sectors,$email); *** DOES NOT SEND IT FROM HERE & IT SHOULD *** } // end if(!$captcha_match || !empty($usr_errors) || !empty($sys_errors) ) ?> </body> </html>

That helps but it's STILL not being sent (fwrite). I currently call the function after the CAPTCHA is answered correctly. The COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT; is echoed correctly after a successful CAPTCHA but the text file is not appended or created. If I call the function earlier (say, 30 lines up), it works fine. Why???

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Yes.

line 432: echo COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT; which comes from an include: define('COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT',<<<HTML <span class="forthem"> <p> </p> <p>Thank you for using the NotifyMe System.</p> <p>You should receive a confirmation notice by e-mail within 2 business days.</p> <p>You may also print this page for your records by using the button below.</p><br /> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;" /></form> </span> HTML );

For example... function write_the_results($states,$sectors,$email,$today) { $states = ( isset( $_POST['states'] ) && !empty( $_POST['states'] ) ) ? $_POST['states'] : null; $sectors= ( isset( $_POST['sectors'] ) && !empty( $_POST['sectors'] ) ) ? $_POST['sectors'] : null; $email=( isset( $_POST['email'] ) && !empty( $_POST['email'] ) ) ? $_POST['email'] : null; $today = date('m.d.Y'); echo "<b>For testing only: </b><br />"; $line1= $today." ^ ".$states." ^ ".$sectors." ^ ".$email; echo $line1."<br>"; } And later... } elseif( $captcha_match && empty($usr_errors) ) { echo "<br /><b>".$_POST['email']."</b>"; echo "<span class='forthem'>"; echo COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT; echo "</span>"; write_the_results($today, $states, $sectors, $email); } And I get... Notice: Undefined variable: today in /vs/webdev/docs/econ/notifyme/state_entry2.php on line 432 For testing only: 08.03.2009 ^ ^ ^ j@j.org So, I get an error on $today even though it shows up like I wanted, I don't get anything for $states or $sectors and I get the email correctly (matching $_POST['email']). What am I doing wrong? What do I do to fix it? Thanks.

I am new to functions and would appreciate some guidance... I have a page that is getting some values from a form ($_POST['states'], $_POST['sectors'] and $_POST['email'] -- the first two values are arrays. I want to create a function to run the values through a loop, perform some checks and then fwrite the values to a text file on another server. However, I only want to run this function after the user has correctly answered a CAPTCHA. For the life of me, I cannot figure this out. I can do some very simple functions but this one has me running in circles. Can anyone help shed some light? Please and thank you!! Joe

anyone?

You asked for it... <?php /* Description of stateentry.php * * * * * Last modified: 1:13 PM 4/2/2009 **/ include('includes/naics_constants.php'); include('includes/naics.php'); include('includes/cb_text_captcha.php'); $states = ( isset( $_POST['states'] ) && !empty( $_POST['states'] ) ) ? $_POST['states'] : null; $sectors= ( isset( $_POST['sectors'] ) && !empty( $_POST['sectors'] ) ) ? $_POST['sectors'] : null; $email=( isset( $_POST['email'] ) && !empty( $_POST['email'] ) ) ? $_POST['email'] : null; $sys_errors = array(); // errors we may not want to show the user $usr_errors = array(); // errors we should $captcha_match = false; // did the capcha answer pass? Assume no at start function write_the_results() { $today = date('m.d.Y'); $states = ( isset( $_POST['states'] ) && !empty( $_POST['states'] ) ) ? $_POST['states'] : null; $sectors= ( isset( $_POST['sectors'] ) && !empty( $_POST['sectors'] ) ) ? $_POST['sectors'] : null; $email=( isset( $_POST['email'] ) && !empty( $_POST['email'] ) ) ? $_POST['email'] : null; if (!is_null($states) && !is_null($_POST['sectors']) ) { echo "<b>For testing only: </b><br />"; foreach ($_POST['states'] as $temp) { $abbreviations=explode("-",$temp); $line1= $today." ^ ".$_POST['email']." ^ ".$abbreviations[0]." ^ "; foreach ($_POST['sectors'] as $temp) { $sectorCodes=explode("-",$temp); $line= $line1.$sectorCodes[0]; $file_test='/vs/www/http_db/notify/TEST'. date('Ymd') . 'bystate.txt'; $file_handle = fopen($file_test,'a'); $file_write = fwrite($file_handle, "\r\n$line"); echo $line."<br>"; } } } else { } } function write_for_them() { echo "<b>".date('l jS \of F Y, h:i:s A')."<br />"; $states = $_POST['states']; $sectors = $_POST['sectors']; $email = $_POST['email']; foreach($_POST['states'] as $v) { $stateName=explode("-",$v); echo $stateName[1]."<br>"; } foreach($_POST['sectors'] as $w) { $sectorName=explode("-",$w); echo $sectorName[1]."<br>"; } echo "</b>"; } if( isset($_POST) && !empty( $_POST ) ) { // This section pattern matches the POSTED email. // if it complies, use $email_label to show the email address if(!preg_match(EMAIL_REGEX, $_POST['email'])) { $usr_errors[] = USR_ERR_EMAIL; $email_label = '<label for="email" style="' . LABEL_STYLE . '">Email Address:</label> '; $email_input = '<input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="' . $_POST['email'] . '" />'; } else { $email_label = '<span style="' . LABEL_STYLE . '">Email Address:</span> '; $email_input = htmlentities( $_POST['email'] ) . '<input type="hidden" name="email" value="' . $_POST['email'] . '" />'; } $captcha_match = ( isset($_POST['captcha']) )? php_check_captcha($_POST['captcha']) : false; if( isset( $_SESSION[sESS_TXT_CAPTCHA_ANSWER] ) && !$captcha_match ) $usr_errors[] = USR_ERR_CAPCHA; if( $captcha_match && empty($usr_errors) ) { // In our example we're opening $filename in append mode. // The file pointer is at the bottom of the file hence // that's where $somecontent will go when we fwrite() it. // // 'a+' - Open for reading and writing; place the file pointer // at the end of the file. If the file does not exist, attempt // to create it. if ( ($file_handle = @fopen(NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE, 'a+'))!==false ) { //$file_locked = true; //* // waiting until file will be locked for writing (FILE_LOCK_TIMEOUT milliseconds as timeout) $startTime = microtime(); //echo "<pre>$startTime\n"; do { $file_locked = flock($file_handle, LOCK_EX); // If lock not obtained sleep for 10 - 100 milliseconds, to avoid collision and CPU load //var_dump($file_locked); if(!$file_locked) usleep(round(rand(10, 100)*1000)); } while (!$file_locked && (microtime()-$startTime) < FILE_LOCK_TIMEOUT); /**/ // Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first. // lets also make sure that the user information we checked // so far is valid. if( $file_locked && is_writable( NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE ) ) { foreach($process_order as $key=>$section) { if( isset( $_POST["$key"] ) && !empty( $_POST["$key"] ) ) save_posted_naicscodes($_POST["$key"], $section[0], $section[1], $_POST['email'], $file_handle); } fclose($file_handle); } else $usr_errors[] = 'System is busy.'; } else $sys_errors[] = "The file (" . NOTIFY_ME_STORAGE_FILE . ") is not writable"; } } /**/ ?> <html> <head> </head> <body> <h2>NotifyMe :: Confirmation</h2> <?php // for each $cat if(!$captcha_match ) { ?> <!-- START NOTIFYME FORM --> <form action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"> <?php // write_the_results(); This will write the results -- but before the CAPTCHA check etc. NOT GOOD! echo "<br>"; $states_count= count($_POST['states']); $sectors_count= count($_POST['sectors']); $combined_count= ($states_count + $sectors_count); if ( ($states_count == 0) || ($sectors_count == 0) ) { echo "<span class='notice'>Please correct the following:"; echo "<ul>"; if ($states_count == 0 ) { echo "<li>You have not selected any states.</li>"; } if ($sectors_count == 0 ) { echo "<li>You have not selected any sectors.</li>"; } echo "</ul></span>"; } if (is_array($states) && isset($states) ) { if ($states_count > 0) { echo "<b>You have selected the following state(s):</b><br><blockquote>"; foreach($_POST['states'] as $v) { if ( in_array($v, $states, TRUE) ) $stateName=explode("-",$v); echo $stateName[1]."<br>"; } echo "</blockquote>"; } else { } } if (is_array($sectors) && isset($sectors) ) { if ($sectors_count > 0) { echo "<b>You have selected the following sector(s):</b><br><blockquote>"; foreach($_POST['sectors'] as $w) { if( in_array($w, $sectors, TRUE) ) { $sectorName=explode("-",$w); echo $sectorName[1]."<br>"; } } echo "</blockquote>"; } else { } } if($combined_count) { if( !isset($_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once']) ) { ?> <h3>You are almost done...</h3> <p>Please show us that you are a real person and not a web robot by answering the following mathematical question.</p> <p class="note">Please note that your answer must be spelled out (example, 'two' or 'Two') and not numeric (example, '2').</p> <p>Entering the correct answer and clicking Submit Form will complete your registration.</p> <p> </p> <?php $_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once'] = null; // it's existance, not it's value is being tested. } // end if( !isset($_SESSION['seen_captcha_message_once']) ) ?> <table style="<?=TABLE_STYLE;?>"> <tr> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW1_STYLE;?>"><?=$email_label;?></td> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW1_STYLE;?>"><?=$email_input;?></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW2_STYLE;?>"><label for="captcha" style="<?=LABEL_STYLE;?>"><?=php_generate_captcha();?></label><br/> <small><?=TXT_CAPTCHA_EXAMPLE;?></small></td> <td style="<?=TABLE_TDROW2_STYLE;?>"><input type="text" id="captcha" name="captcha" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="<?=ENTRY_SUBMIT_TEXT;?>" /></td> </tr> </table> </form> <!-- END NOTIFYME FORM --> <?php } // end if($naics_code_count) else echo '<input type="button" value="Go Back" onclick="history.go(-1); return true;" />'; } // else if(!$captcha_match || !empty($usr_errors) || !empty($sys_errors) ) else { write_the_results(); // This doesn't seem to write the results at all? echo "<span class='forthem'>"; // write_for_them(); echo "<p> </p>"; echo COMPLETE_RESPONSE_TXT; echo "</span>"; } // end if(!$captcha_match || !empty($usr_errors) || !empty($sys_errors) ) ?> </body> </html>

But why can I call the function pretty much anywhere else on the page and it works but not here?