justin7410

Hey guys, i was trying to add google recaptcha to my login register system, for a spam defense and just to give it a more professional feel. i already have my own conditional in my own system to make sure an email is not already used or to make sure a password is a certain length, etc.... i now want to add the existing code from google and add an additional conditional to make it flow as one. my issue so i followed the directions from goodle developers and when implementing the code by itself on a test page, i encounter no problems. i get the proper pass and fail, depending on what security code is entered. when i move that same logic into my already created system i then get a consistent failure with no pass. i am utterly confused as to why this is happening, if you guys can give me any suggestions that would be great. my code TEST PAGE .. WORKS FINE <?php include('include/init.php'); include('include/header.php'); require_once 'recaptchalib.php'; $privatekey = "6Lf5AeASAAAAAO5DJ1GcIAiwd8kkNbVBgrDrandom"; $resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey, $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"], $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"], $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]); if (!$resp->is_valid) { echo 'FAILURE'; } else { echo 'SUCCESS'; // Your code here to handle a successful verification } ?> <tr> <form method='post' action='test.php' id='test'> <td class="register_td_left2"><span class="">Security Code:</span></td> <td valign="middle" style="padding-left:2px"> <?php require_once 'recaptchalib.php'; $publickey = "6Lf5AeASAAAAAPue6LLdUDttmPDc-NbRHcnrandom"; // you got this from the signup page echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey); ?></td> <input type='submit' value='Submit'></input> </form> </tr> Register page i try to implement the same logic require_once 'recaptchalib.php'; $privatekey = "6Lf5AeASAAAAAO5DJ1GcIAiwd8kkNbVBgrandom"; $resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($privatekey, $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"], $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"], $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]); if (empty($_POST) === false) { $required_fields = array('register_email','register_username','password','confirm_pass','gender','month','date','year','country'); foreach($_POST as $key => $value){ if (empty($value) && in_array($key, $required_fields) === true) { $errors[] = '* All fields are required!'; break 1; } } if (empty($errors) === true) { if (user_exists($_POST['register_username']) === true) { $errors[] = 'Sorry, the username \'' . $_POST['register_username'] . '\' has already been taken. Please choose another username.'; } if (preg_match("/\\s/", $_POST['register_username']) == true) { $errors[] = 'Sorry your username must not contain any spaces!'; } if (strlen($_POST['password']) < 6 ){ $errors[] = 'Your Password must be a minimal 6 characters long'; } if ($_POST['password'] !== $_POST['confirm_pass']) { $errors[] = 'Your Passwords do not match, please make sure both passwords are the same!'; } if (filter_var($_POST['register_email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) { $errors[] = 'A valid email adress is required'; } if(email_exists($_POST['register_email']) === true){ $errors[] = 'The email you provided is already in use. If you are having trouble remembering your user info click <a href="#">here</a>'; } if (!$resp->is_valid) { $errors[] = 'You need to enter a valid security code'; } } } <form name="register" action="register.php" method="post"> <tr> <td class="register_td_left2"><span class="">Security Code:</span></td> <td valign="middle" style="padding-left:2px"> <?php require_once 'recaptchalib.php'; $publickey = "6Lf5AeASAAAAAPue6LLdUDttmPDc-NbRandom"; // you got this from the signup page echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey); ?></td> </tr> </form> i left out most of the form , just to save some reading time for you guys. figure its of no importance. again i am puzzled as to why this doesnt work for me on this page, yet on the test page it works fine. please i have been stuck on this for far to long for such a simple thing. thanks.

Hey guys, i am trying to create some pagination within my page to allow a user to go through my entire catalog or data from my database. i have everything working correctly ( kinda ) , but for some reason when i then click on a link to get me around the pages, i get some problems. VARIABLES TO CREATE PAGINATION $per_page = 25; $page = (isset($_GET['page'])) ? (int) $_GET['page'] : 1; $start = ($page - 1 ) * $per_page; CONDITIONAL TO SEE WHERE THE USER IS AND WHAT TYPE OF INFO THEY WANT if(in_array($person_type,$all_links) === true) { // genre matches array of genres $query = "SELECT * FROM `content` WHERE `person_type` LIKE '%$type%' AND `is_type`=0 AND is_rating AND isdb_votes >10000 ORDER BY isdb_join_date DESC LIMIT $start , $per_page "; <--- this is where variables are being presented to track the position. //echo $query; } if (in_array($letter, $all_links) === true){ $query = "SELECT * FROM `content` WHERE `imdb_title` LIKE '$letter%' AND `is_type`=0 AND is_rating AND isdb_votes >10000 ORDER BY isdb_join_date DESC LIMIT $start , $per_page "; <--- this is where variables are being presented to track the position. //echo $query; } if (in_array($year, $all_links) === true) { $query = "SELECT * FROM `content` WHERE `imdb_release_date` LIKE '%$year%' AND `is_type`=0 AND is_rating AND isdb_votes >10000 ORDER BY isdb_join_date DESC LIMIT $start , $per_page "; <--- this is where variables are being presented to track the position.//echo $query; } THIS THEN QUERIES THE QUERY FROM WHICHEVER CONDITIONAL IS PASSED $links = mysql_query($query); DIV WHERE PAGINATION IS <div> <? $pages = ceil(mysql_result($links, 0) / $per_page); if ($pages >= 1) { for ($x = 1; $x<=$pages; $x++ ) { if (isset($_GET['genre']) === true) { echo '<a href = "browse.php?type='.$type.'&page='.$x.'">'.$x.' '; } else if (isset($_GET['letter']) === true) { echo '<a href = "browse.php?type='.$type.'&letter='.$letter.'&page='.$x.'">'.$x.' '; } else if (isset($_GET['year']) === true) { echo '<a href = "browse.php?type='.$type.'&year='.$year.'&page='.$x.'">'.$x.' '; } } } ?> </div> THE ISSUE: i get the links to show up and they all direct me to the correct query and connection to the Database. the first couple pages will work correctly, and there are no issues with the pagination. if you see above there is a variables called $pages = which spits out the number of pages total needed depending on how many items i want to be outputted. ( i.e 25 ). so one category would have 100 pages , one would have 300, and some even with say 10 pages. Now when i click on say page 10 of 100 that is being echoed the query fails. not only does the query fail , but the amount of pages numbers being outputted changes for the same directory. so category 1 with 100 pages then becomes category 1 with 67 pages. this makes no sense to me as to why this is happening. i also cant seem to understand also why i keep getting an error of to my understanding the query is no longer returning true , and now there are zero rows returning, yet if there was no more data to be given , why is there a page number being outputted in the first place ? any suggestions to this problem ? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Such a simple yet helpful answer . Thank you Jessica, i just did not think this quite through enough for the answer was simply: while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($links)) { extract($row); $user_traits // data from field `user_traits` FROM `database` $traits = explode( ',' , $user_traits ); echo $user_traits; print_r($traits); foreach ($traits as $trait){ echo '<a href="#">' .$trait .'</a>'; }

Hey guys, so i am retrieving data from my database and have called on a certain variable.. this variable is called $personality_traits and is containing a string with all the tags (honest,go getter,lazy,humble,etc..) each persons profile is showing these traits as to what is being stored per their own ID. so one individual profile would show profile 1 Traits : Happy, Organized, Honest. Brave profile 2 Traits : Quiet, Conservative, Shy, Smart profile 3 Traits : Honest, Smart, Go getter, Now my issue: i am now trying to break this variables string into parts , so that i can echo the tags individually , and create hrefs from them accordingly. When i use the explode() this works for me and separates each tag into an index inside an array while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($links)) { extract($row); $user_traits // data from field `user_traits` FROM `database` $traits = explode( ',' , $user_traits ); echo $user_traits; print_r($traits); Which results in; ( for 1 profile example) positive,warm,fun Array ( [0] => positive [1] => warm [2] => fun ) My Question; How can i now list all the indices in this array for each user , as if i were inputting $user_traits ? i cant just type echo $traits[0]; echo $traits[1]; echo $traits[2]; since each profile has a different amount of variables to be defined, some have only 2 traits, while others might have 4,5 or even 6. I am assuming there is a way to do this using a mysql command , but is there anyway PHP wise to solve this problem ? any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated, this is a feature i definitely want to have showing for my users.

yes but i guess i figured out the way to do this , i was simply over complicating things worrying about the query, but the query is already set when i extract anyway . thanks for the input tho good sir. much appreciated. just for answer purposes function load_content_images($id) { $id = md5($id); return 'http://s3.amazonaws.com/fast-network/photos/' .$id .'.jpg'; }

the part i guess i am not quite clear on is as to where what variables need to be stored. function load_content_images($id) { $id = md5($id); } i think i am on the right track , but i am not sure if the $id that is being inputted will be the same $id that is being sent from the extract() on my page listing all members.

hey guys, since i am so new to php and programming , i am having extreme difficulty creating a function from scratch. i understand functions if i am reading one or if watching a tutorial , but trying to create one based one what i need is proving to be a bit confusing for me. PURPOSE the purpose of the function is to grab an id from my user database , and convert that ID to an md5. i already have a while loop that is grabbing all the content from my database and then extracting it to the page. i then want to display the image id in a loops surrounded by <img> tags to show each individual persons image with the correct id from the DB. so the link would be looking like this if you were to inspect the element if you were to look in text editor it would be like <?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($content)) { extract($row); echo '<li>'; echo '<div class="profile_pic"><a href="profile.php?member=' .$member_title . '&memberid=' .$id .'"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/fast-network/photos/c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b.jpg" width="101" height="150"></a></div>'; echo '<div class="member_about">'; echo '<div class="member_about_text">'; echo '<h1><a href="profile.php?member=' .$imdb_title . '&memberid=' .$id .'">' . $member_title . ' (2013)</a></h1>'; echo '<div class="c">Class: ' .$class_year . '</div>'; echo 'Courses:' . $_courses_taken . '<br>'; echo 'Views: <span>194526</span> (<span>176</span> votes)<br>'; echo 'Votes:' .$votes .' <br>'; echo '</div>'; echo '<div class="about_rete">'; echo '<div class="vote">'; echo '<div id="Mark">'; echo '<div id="Maro">Rating: $rating . ' </span></div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</li>'; } ?> HERE IS WHERE I WANT TO ADD THE FUNCTION echo '<div class="profile_pic"><a href="profile.php?member=' .$member_title . '&memberid=' .$id .'"><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/fast-network/photos/c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b.jpg" width="101" height="150"></a></div>'; INSTEAD IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS echo '<div class="profile_pic"><a href="profile.php?member=' .$member_title . '&memberid=' .$id .'"><img src=" http://s3.amazonaws.com/fast-network/photos/display_member_image($id).jpg " width="101" height="150"></a></div>'; ultimately i would like some feedback as to how to best approach creating this function to what i need it to do .. i will be using this function anywhere i want the image to be shown.

Yes thank you Barand, this was a helpful tip , and i tried it , but before i close this thread an answered if there is any other tips or solutions not having to use Mysql and strickly php function.

Hey guys, So i have a small yet very simple question more so than an issue. I am trying to call a variable that is a field from a mysql database. i am using an extract() function so any field title just returns as a variable. i have a member page where i then list the member and want to have on the side of their name the year they are born. for ex. <h1> Name ( year ) </h1> So in my data field the year the person is born is given as a full string of text 1984-14-09 Y/dd/m. All i want is the year from this data and to remove the day/month. So i did some research , and i came up with the solution of using an explode(), creating an array, and then simple echoing the index of that data i want. Problem is that the array is then leaving the entire string as one index in the array, basically not doing what i wanted it to do, which was to split the string into parts, allowing me to then echo whatever part i wanted. my code: <h1><a href="#link"><? echo $member_name; ?> (<? $arr = explode(' ',trim($member_birth_date)); print_r($arr); ?>)</a></h1> end result: any suggestions as to how to get the result i am looking for ? would really appreciate any ideas or solutions thanks guys

Hey mac_gyver, thanks for the extremely helpful post. sorry for the late reply, it took me awhile to study your code and implement into what i was trying to do. but i greatly appreciate this help, it made a world of difference , it not just helping me with the issue , but to better study what i was trying to do and apply a better technique. thanks again man!

Hey guys ! I am working on a browse page that will allow an end user to browse any name category they want , simply by going to one dynamic php page labeled as browse.php This browse page will then check to see what is set after browse.php? and will then grab the appropriate data from the database and display this to the user. This is my first attempt at doing such a task, and figured i was doing just fine, until the actual part of displaying new data per request. my code is as follows: $names_0_9= $_GET['names_0_9']; $names_a = $_GET['names_a']; $names_b = $_GET['names_b']; $names_c = $_GET['names_c']; $names_d = $_GET['names_d']; $names_e = $_GET['names_e']; $names_f = $_GET['names_f']; $names_g = $_GET['names_g']; $names_h = $_GET['names_h']; $names_i = $_GET['names_i']; $names_j = $_GET['names_j']; $names_k = $_GET['names_k']; $names_l = $_GET['names_l']; $names_m = $_GET['names_m']; $names_n = $_GET['names_n']; $names_o = $_GET['names_o']; $names_p = $_GET['names_p']; $names_q = $_GET['names_q']; $names_r = $_GET['names_r']; $names_s = $_GET['names_s']; $names_t = $_GET['names_t']; $names_u = $_GET['names_u']; $names_v = $_GET['names_v']; $names_w = $_GET['names_w']; $names_x = $_GET['names_x']; $names_y = $_GET['names_y']; $names_z = $_GET['names_z']; if (isset($names_0_9) === true ) { echo 'names 0-9'; } else if (isset($names_a) === true ) { echo 'names a'; } else if (isset($names_ === true ) { echo 'names b'; } else if (isset($names_c) === true ) { echo 'names c'; } else if (isset($names_d) === true ) { echo 'names d'; } else if (isset($names_e) === true ) { echo 'names e '; } else if (isset($names_f) === true ) { echo 'names f'; } else if (isset($names_g) === true ) { echo 'names g'; } else if (isset($names_h) === true ) { echo 'names h'; } else if (isset($names_i) === true ) { echo 'names i'; } else if (isset($names_j) === true ) { echo 'names j'; }else if (isset($names_k) === true ) { echo 'names k'; } else if (isset($names_l) === true ) { echo 'names l'; } else if (isset($names_m) === true ) { echo 'names m'; } else if (isset($names_n) === true ) { echo 'names n'; } else if (isset($names_o) === true ) { echo 'names o'; } else if (isset($names_p) === true ) { echo 'names p'; } else if (isset($names_q) === true ) { echo 'names q'; } else if (isset($names_r) === true ) { echo 'names r'; } else if (isset($names_s) === true ) { echo 'shows s'; } else if (isset($names_t) === true ) { echo 'names t'; } else if (isset($names_u) === true ) { echo 'names u'; } else if (isset($names_v) === true ) { echo 'names v'; } else if (isset($names_w) === true ) { echo 'names w'; } else if (isset($names_x) === true ) { echo 'names x'; } else if (isset($names_y) === true ) { echo 'names y'; } else if (isset($names_z) === true ) { echo 'names z'; } else { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); All the links work correctly. Meaning, when i click on my link of a or link of b, i get sent to the browse.php?a or browse.php?b with the correct message. So i think to myself perfect, now i need to add the query for each letter and set the output for it to show to the user. What i then did was tried to create a very general query that i knew would return with data from mysql for the letter A. $query = "SELECT * FROM `content` WHERE `title` LIKE 'a%' LIMIT 0 , 30" Now this is where my novice php skills are being tested, and i lose course here to be able to correctly do what i want. I place this query inside the if statement ( or a similar query in the if else ) so that if this $_GET variable of 'a' is set that this query will be the main query to use. end of my code becomes else if (isset($names_a) === true ) { $query = "SELECT * FROM `content` WHERE `title` LIKE 'a%' LIMIT 0 , 30" } else if (isset($names_y) === true ) { echo 'names y'; } else if (isset($names_z) === true ) { echo 'names z'; } else { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); ?> <div class="left"> <div class="left_page_top"> <h1><a href="index.html">Home</a> > Featured Movies</h1> </div> <div class="left_body"> <div class="movie_table"> <ul> <?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) { extract($row); echo '<li>'; echo '<div class="profile_pic"><a href="profile.php?user=' .$profie_title . '&userid=' .$id .'"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/Epdwv1t.jpg" width="101" height="150"></a></div>'; echo '<div class="user_about">'; echo '<div class="user_about_text">'; echo '<h1><a href="profile.php?user=' .$profile_title . '&userid=' .$id .'">' . $profile_title . ' (2013)</a></h1>'; echo '<div class="c">Class: ' .$class . '</div>'; echo 'Join Date:' . $join_date . '<br>'; echo 'Views: <span>194526</span> (<span>176</span> votes)<br>'; echo 'Votes:' .$votes .' <br>'; echo '</div>'; echo '<div class="user_about_">'; echo '<div class="vote">'; echo '<div id="Mark">'; echo '<div id="Maro">Rating: <span id="Rate_36387"> ' . $user_rating . ' </span></div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</div>'; echo '</li>'; } ?> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> So what i thought i wanted to do since i am essentially outputting the members in a 2x 25 list that is scroll able depending on how much data is returned from the database. now for some reason when i click on the letter a. nothing is outputted. i really cant figure out where i went wrong or if i am even on the right track at this point. any suggestions or any ideas ? any help is much appreciated, i have been stuck on this for a couple days now.

Hey guys, i have already created a log-in / register system for my website, and i am currently trying to integrate a web forum from phpBB3. i have installed the forum correctly and it is up and running just fine. what i am having an issue with is merging the register systems of both and matching the queries of each databases username and password.and am somewhat lost in watching a tutorial. i have my login logic: <?include('include/init.php'); // DB CONNECTION AND SESSION START .. etc // Redirects user if already logged in logged_in_redirect(); if (empty($_POST) === false) { $username = $_POST['loginname']; $password = $_POST['loginpass']; if (empty($username) === true || empty($password) === true) { $errors[] = 'You need to enter a valid Username & Password'; } else if (user_exists($username) === false ) { $errors[] = ' We could not find this user info in our userbase.'; } else if (user_active($username) === false ) { $errors[] = 'This account still needs to be activated or is no longer active'; } else { $login = login($username, $password); if ($login === false) { $errors[] = ' The Username / Password combination you entered is incorrect.'; } else { $_SESSION['user_id'] = $login; header("Location: index.php"); exit(); } } }else { $errors[] = 'No Data Retrieved'; } if (empty($errors) === false) { ?> <div style=" width: auto; height: 300px; margin: auto; padding: none; text-align: center; position: relative; top: 300px;"> <h5> We tried our best to log you in, but.. <? echo output_errors($errors); }?> Click <a href="redirect.php">Here</a> to go back to the login. </h5> </div> and my sessions logic in the INIT.php: ob_start(); if(!isset($_SESSION)) { session_start(); } error_reporting(E_ALL| E_STRICT); ini_set('display_errors', 1); require_once ('core/database/dbconnect.php'); require_once ('core/functions/general.php'); require_once ('core/functions/users.php'); require_once 'core/queries/dbqueries.php'; require_once ('forums/phpBB3/includes/functions.php'); $current_file = explode('/', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); $current_file = end($current_file); if (logged_in() === true) { $session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id']; $user_data = user_data($session_user_id, 'user_id', 'username', 'password', 'email', 'gender', 'country', 'month' ,'date' , 'year', 'pass_recover', 'type'); if (user_active($user_data['username']) === false){ session_destroy(); header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } if($current_file !== 'change_password.php' && $current_file !== 'logout.php' && $user_data['pass_recover'] == 1 ){ header('Location: change_password.php?force'); exit(); } } $errors = array(); ?> now i have uploaded my phpbb3 file and set them into a directory called forums and in this directory come a bunch of predefined functions. so i wanted to start to add the conditionals to check to see if it was finding the other forums register info i added this: } else { $login = login($username, $password); if ($login === false) { $errors[] = ' The Username / Password combination you entered is incorrect.'; } else {$find = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM phpbb_users WHERE username = '$username' "); ----| if(mysql_num_rows($find)==0) { | echo "ERROR"; | } else { | while ($find_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($find)){ | // THIS WHOLE SNIPPET HAS BEEN ADDED $password_hash = $find_row['user_password']; | } | echo $password_hash; | } ----| $_SESSION['user_id'] = $login; header("Location: index.php"); exit(); } } i had to go into the main functions of the and comment out this line of code so my page would show /*if (!defined('IN_PHPBB')) { exit; } */ nothing seems to output when i add these conditionals, and i at this point i am just lost as to how to get this task done. i can still login with a user who registered using the site / but typing in the username of a user who has registered via forum is not outputting anything. any suggestion or ideas ? i really would appreciate any help on this

you ms jessica are the queen ! thanks for that simple yet verry helpful answer i should of guessed it was something like that ! but regardless much rep for u

Hey there guys ! so i have finally finished my register log-in page , and with that i have created a couple functions pages , as i am sure you can assume all the functions for logic will be called from these pages. now i have one called users , i.e for login , registration , check if active, etc.. and i have one for more general functions page called general , i.e for redirects, and input sanitation. anyway my register login page works flawless ( well i guess more 90 % done 90 % left to go ). and now when im on the index page or my main page essentially i now see a fatal error: now i see that it is telling me exactly where the error is , yet i dont understand as to why i am seeing this . im not quite sure as to how the function is being declared already , when the function is only being called once or twice on the register page. just to show you guys what im talking about my code: general.php ( FUNCTIONS ARE STORED) function email($to, $subject, $body){mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: [email protected]'); } function email_to_activate($to, $subject, $body){ mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: [email protected]'); } function email_user_for_recovery($to, $subject, $body){ mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: [email protected]'); } function logged_in_redirect(){ if (logged_in() === true ) header("Location: index.php"); } function protect_page() { // redirects if user is not logged in .. user gets no access page if (logged_in() === false ) { header('Location: no_permission.php'); exit(); } } function admin_access() { global $user_data; if (has_access($user_data['user_id'], 1) === false) { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } } function page_redirect() { // if user not logged in redirect goes to index page if (logged_in() === false ) { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } } function redirect(){ // redirects regardless of logged in or not header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } function array_sanitize(&$item){ $items = strip_tags(htmlentities(mysql_real_escape_string($item))); } function sanitize($data) { return strip_tags(htmlentities(mysql_real_escape_string($data))); } function output_errors($errors){ $output = array(); foreach($errors as $error){ $output[] = $error ; } return '<ul>' . implode($output) . '</ul>'; } and index.php // CORE FUNCTIONS - DATABASE CONNECT - SESSIONS & COOKIES include('include/init.php'); // HEADER INFO - META TAGS - LINKS - SCRIPTS include('include/header.php'); // LOG USER IN if (logged_in() === true){ include ('include/widgets/loggedin.php'); } else { include('include/widgets/login.php'); } // WEBSITE LOGO include('include/logo_head.php'); // NAVIGATION BAR include('include/navbar.php'); // MAIN PAGE include('include/topbanner.php'); include('include/topbanner2.php'); <----- Error shows up here and cuts off the rest of the page. include('include/mainbody.php'); // FOOTER include('include/footer.php'); as i mention in the code above, the page spits about half the output then cuts off and displays that error message. This confuses me a bit more actually. any suggestions as to why this is happening ? EDIT : to add init.php ( CORE FILE ) if(!isset($_SESSION)) { session_start(); } error_reporting(E_ALL| E_STRICT); ini_set('display_errors', 1); require ('core/database/dbconnect.php'); require ('core/functions/general.php'); require ('core/functions/users.php'); require 'core/queries/dbqueries.php'; $current_file = explode('/', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); $current_file = end($current_file); if (logged_in() === true) { $session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id']; $user_data = user_data($session_user_id, 'user_id', 'username', 'password', 'email', 'gender', 'country', 'month' ,'date' , 'year', 'pass_recover', 'type'); if (user_active($user_data['username']) === false){ session_destroy(); header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } if($current_file !== 'change_password.php' && $current_file !== 'logout.php' && $user_data['pass_recover'] == 1 ){ header('Location: change_password.php?force'); exit(); } } $errors = array();

ok if i cant convert the font , does OTF.file work in the imagettftext() function ? my guess is no ? but it seems that most supported fonts are in OTF form. you guys know of any good sites to get free fonts with TFF ext ? regardless of the font file being improper, i still know that it has not even reached that point, due to the fatal error of the imagettftext() not even being able to be called.

Gd was already installed and enabled by default, i never had to do anything, i am assuming that FreeType is not installed or enabled , simply because i can not find it in phpinfo. i dont want to ruin my server , any suggestions as to best install this ? i tried looking into my cpanel x to see if i can find the option: was told to go into the WHM > which i cant seem to find anywhere. no the captcha comes as a missing image box on the form one thing i am wondering is also , i took a random font from my fonts folder. the font is an OTF file not TTF , i then changed the font file name from whatever it was to "font.ttf" and saved this into my web directory. i then refer to this file when i call the function imagettftext() , this should not be a problem right ? i still am very certain due to the fatal error i am getting, the library is not enabled correctly.

hey Q, i am confused as to what you mean exactly, the code is on its own page, the page is then converted in to a different content type using the header function are you saying that the oen single line of code has to be on its own separate file ?

Thanks Jessica, i did as you suggested , so what i have figured out so far is that i was getting a fatal error of : This made me think , hmmm maybe the GD function is not properly installed on my server and is not registering the image. i then went to my phpinfo() to see if GD was enabled as you can see it is installed and enabled. i then am wondering do i need to have FreeType library also installed and enabled ? i cant seem to find that in my phpinfo(). but im guessing this is the issue right here. any suggestions

Hey guys, im trying to create a 'captcha' image for registration security for my site. currently i have 2 separate pages working together, my captcha.php file & my register.php now, what i am doing is trying to get a generate code that will be random and create an image with this string. this image will then be linked in the registration form where the user will have to match that random string image. sounds simple except , for some reason the code i have supplied from the tutorial is not outputting the image in the form. i have GD's installed on my server, and i have the font file saved also in the directory/ my code is : captcha.php <?session_start(); header('Content-type: image/jpeg'); $text = $_SESSION['secure']; $font_size = 30; $image_height = 200; $image_width = 40; $image = imagecreate($image_width, $image_height); imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255); // white $text_color = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0); //black imagettftext($image, $font_size, 0, 15, 30, $text_color, 'font.ttf', $text); imagejpeg($image); ?> so in this i have created the image captcha.php should now be a jpeg.. i then go to my register.php declare the $_SESSION and input the src="captcha.php'' register.php <?php include('include/init.php'); $_SESSION['secure'] = rand(1000,9999); ?> and the form : <tr> <td class="register_td_left2"><span class="">Security Code:</span></td> <td valign="middle" style="padding-left:2px"><input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" maxlength="4" size="5"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle"><img src="generate.php" alt="Your Security Code"></td> </tr> this is my first time adding a captcha and going through this process. the only thing i can think that would not be allowing it output the image, would be the 'font.tff' not properly working, or for some odd reason i dont have the GD functions installed correctly. any suggestions ? or ideas ?

yea that makes alot more sense, no it gave me an error that my email function was not matching the row being indexed i realized what my problem was and continues to be with anything relating my $email variable i have a space in the database field, when data is being inputted, its not being trimmed and leaving a space. i had to just add a space to in front of the variable and the $user_data array is print_r properly . i tried to add the trim() function in front of the variable i thought was sending the data into the field, but the problem still persists anyway, thanks again man i really appreciate your helpful posts B)

No sir, but maybe it is due to me failing to mention that my functions are all directed to a page called recover.php the function recover() is then used if the user has passed a bunch of conditionals : <?php ob_start(); include('include/init.php'); logged_in_redirect(); include('include/header.php'); if (isset($_GET['success']) === true && empty($_GET['success']) === true) { echo '<h1> RECOVERY <span style="color:green;">COMPLETE</span>, AND AN EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT WITH YOUR INFO</h1>'; } else { ?> <div style="height: 500px; width: 700px; padding: 50px 50px; margin: auto;"> <div class="back-btn"> <h3><a href= "take_me_back" onclick="history.go(-1); return false;">← Back</a></h3><br><br> </div> <h1><span>Forgot your username / password ? </span></h1> <p>In just a couple easy steps, we can recover your info and get you back on your way in no time !</p> <? $mode_allowed = array('username','password'); if(isset($_GET['mode']) === true && in_array($_GET['mode'], $mode_allowed) === true) { if(isset($_POST['forgot_email']) === true && empty($_POST['forgot_email']) === false ){ if(email_exists($_POST['forgot_email']) === true) { recover($_GET['mode'], $_POST['forgot_email']); header('Location: recover.php?success'); exit(); } else { echo '<p><span style="color: red; font-weight: bolder; font-size: 12px;">We could not find this email in our database ! Are you sure you have the right email ?</span></p>'; } } ?> <div class="recover_user_info"> <div id="change_password" style="float:left;"> <table style="margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"> <form name="forgot_data" action="" method="post"> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Please enter your email here:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="email" name="forgot_email" size="60" maxlength="60" value=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td> <td class="extra_data" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input class="register-button" type="submit" name="forgot_userdata_button" value="Recover my info"></td></tr> </tbody></table></form> </div> </div> </div> <? } else { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } } im assuming this call for the output with printf is not outputing since a user is being redirected to recover.php?success with a success message as you see above.

Hey David, thanks for the great feedback as always. i tried doing as you suggested : <? function recover($mode, $email) { $mode = sanitize($mode); $email = sanitize($email); $user_data = user_data(user_id_from_email($email),'username'); printf('<PRE>%s</PRE>',htmlspecialchars(print_r($user_data,true))); // <-- HERE I PLACED THE EXTRA CODE SNIPPET . if ( $mode == 'username') { email_user_for_recovery($email, 'Your username info', " Hello, This email has been sent from http://j.motionempire.com/recover.php You have received this email because this email address" .$user_data['email'] . ", was used during the registration process of our website. There has been a request for your forgotten username, If you did not request this information plese disregard this email. You do not need to unsubscribe or take any further action. Your sign-in username is: " .$user_data['username'] . "Thank you for using j.m.com, we hope to make your experience as easy and seamless as can be. Cheers, - team j.m.com "); } else if ( $mode == 'password' ) { // recover password } } Do i need to die then add the code snippet or an exit() ? i simply do not see the output, unless of course i am just not doing what you meant.. when i submit the code nothing seems to have changed , in terms of error output or message output . and about the failed index on 'email' .. yes i had tried to remove all other values, since i was following a tutorial. I figured maybe adding my own data or fields might of thrown a monkey wrench in the code, and simply was to lazy to edit that part out. but thanks for the heads up regardless any other suggestions or input would be much appreciated guys

Hey David , sadly i had my sql error conditionals set for most of my functions , i felt that the code was looking so sloppy that after i knew the codes were all firing and returning correct. i just deleted those conditionals just to make my functions page look a lot more compact. looking back this was probably a rookie mistake that might come back to haunt me, but we shall see. the query is returning properly that was the last thing i thought was gonna be the issue.

sorry my OP was not specific enough in the issue, i have 4 functions here function user_data($user_id){ $data = array(); $user_id = (int)$user_id; $func_num_args = func_num_args(); $func_get_args = func_get_args(); if ($func_num_args > 1) { unset($func_get_args[0]); $fields = '`' . implode('`, `', $func_get_args) . '`' ; $query = ("SELECT $fields FROM `users` WHERE `user_id` = $user_id"); $data = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query($query)); return $data; } } function recover($mode, $email) { $mode = sanitize($mode); $email = sanitize($email); $user_data = user_data(user_id_from_email($email),'username'); if ( $mode == 'username') { email_user_for_recovery($email, 'Your username info', " Hello, This email has been sent from http://j.me.com/recover.php You have received this email because this email address" .$user_data["email"] . ", was used during the registration process of our website. There has been a request for your forgotten username, If you did not request this information plese disregard this email. You do not need to unsubscribe or take any further action. Your sign-in username is: " .$user_data["username"] . "Thank you for using j.m.com, we hope to make your experience as easy and seamless as can be. Cheers, - team j.m.com "); } else if ( $mode == 'password' ) { // recover password } } function user_id_from_email($email){ $email = sanitize($email); $query = (" SELECT `user_id` FROM `users` WHERE `email`= '$email' "); $results = mysql_query($query); return (mysql_result($results, 0 , 'user_id')); } function email_user_for_recovery($to, $subject, $body){mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: [email protected]');} and within the function of recover() when sending the email back to the user (which works fine and i receive) the most important aspect of that email is missing. the $user_data variable is not being stored properly since when i input it in the email to be sent, the outputted email does not have it and instead the end user gets. so as you can see .. my variable of $user_data is not outputting correctly .. thanks guys, all help is appreciated

Hello my beautiful freaks, i have an issue trying to create my forgot username code. i am trying to send my end user an email with their loggin info ( more specifically the username ) <? function recover($mode, $email) { $mode = sanitize($mode); $email = sanitize($email); $user_data = user_data(user_id_from_email($email),'username'); if ( $mode == 'username') { email_user_for_recovery($email, 'Your username info', " Hello, This email has been sent from http://j.justin7410.com/recover.php You have received this email because this email address" .$user_data['email'] . ", was used during the registration process of our website. There has been a request for your forgotten username, If you did not request this information plese disregard this email. You do not need to unsubscribe or take any further action. Your sign-in username is: " .$user_data['username'] . // <--- THIS VARIABLE IS NOT BEING INDEXED CORRECTLY "Thank you for using j.justin7410.com, we hope to make your experience as easy and seamless as can be. Cheers, - team j.motionempire.com "); in general the $user_data variable is not returning the values i need. i was wondering if you guys had any good way of debugging this issue ? the variables are passing fine in other instances, but when passed through it wont echo the things i need the email received is just sending everything but the data needed/ thanks guys