.josh

use single quotes instead of backticks.

str_replace needs to have the \n wrapped in double quotes not single. Alternatively, you can use trim

Dude seriously, stop pulling numbers out your ass. $600 for an apartment? Maybe an efficiency in a really bad side of town in some areas of the country. $150 for food. Yeah, you can swing that, eating beans and rice, ramen, etc.. $50 for water and electricity? ROFLMAO. Dude where do you live I'm totally moving there. My electricity and water runs a minimum of $300 a month, and that's during the 'off' seasons, when they aren't jacking up the prices extra high because it's summer and people are using more air conditioning, or winter and people are using more heater. My bill has been as high as $700. Sure, turning on the a/c isn't necessary, but you just try going through the winter without the heat. Esp when you live in an area where it get below 0 and stay that way for weeks on end. $15 for bike insurance? Yes, because everybody drives motorcycles and gets the same rate as you. You may be able to live w/out a car, depending on where you live, but you'll probably just make up for it in other transportation costs, like bus, taxi, train, whatever. But you probably will have to have a car of some kind, and insurance is higher. Oh and you're numbers are also assuming you are living by yourself. What about if you have a family? Efficiency won't cut it. Motorcycle won't cut it. Bills go up, esp food. I spend $150 a week on food and trust me, it ain't no steak and potatoes. Utilities go up. Dude you obviously don't know what you're talking about. Living sheltered or else you're too young, haven't been out there yet. p.s.- the min. wage only recently went up to $7.25. It was at $5.15 and only got bumped up recently.

uh, no they can't. Maybe if you apply for all kinds of govt. assistance or have like 100 roommates. I've spent most my life in that bracket, I know. There's a reason why govt. turns around and gives out handouts. Because min. wage is not enough. And no I'm not talkin' about not getting to dine out and shit. I'm talking about eating beans and rice, ramen shit 24/7.

Americans don't care if you are not an American (or 'native' american). We're actually pretty big on equality, regardless of race, religion, nationality, blahblah. I suspect mostly because we are sue-happy, but whatever. 2 biggest caveats are: 1) "Less than perfect" communication skills. Strong communication skills are always a necessity, no matter what profession you are in, but it becomes even more essential when you are doing "distance" jobs. Body language is a significant part of communication. With that out of the picture, it becomes a lot more important to be able to convey meaning solely through words (and understand, as well). If people have a hard time understanding you and visa versa, then yes, you are going to have a hard time getting work or working efficiently. 2) Working for a fraction of the price as everybody else. We don't hate you because you're <insert some nationality here>, we hate you because you're undercutting us! If you are living in America you will quickly realize that you will not be able to live off that extremely low rate. It simply costs a lot more to live here. Working for like $2.15/hr won't cut it. Hell, even working for the U.S. federal minimum wage won't cut it around here. But it's nothing personal. We don't think foreigners are *evil* for doing that. But that don't make it any better on our end. On that note, you will actually find it harder (relatively speaking) to get this kind of work in America, because you are in America. You will have to become more of a salesman to sell yourself, instead of relying on being able to charge less. You will have to focus on building a reputation, word-of-mouth, etc.. In other words, you will have to excel at that first point: communication.

well it looks like you're putting all of the html into a single variable anyways, so instead of using that fopen and fread in a loop, just use file_get_contents

did you actually read your error? It tells you what the problem is. fopen expects 2 parameters and you are only giving it one. Pretty self-explanatory. The other 2 errors are being caused because of fopen failing.

Okay so I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you wanting to know how your script would save the info and then use it to connect to the db later? You would have your install script generate a config script/file with the info in it, saved to wherever (outside of the public dir). Then your script would have the config file included when it needs it.

last time I checked, wordpress does not set db info in the install. You have to set that up yourself and provide wordpress with the info...

curl

<?php There you go. That's where you start.

haha yeah...I worked in a produce warehouse for a while. I've seen some pretty spectacular shit happen before, forklifts dropping shit from top shelves, pallet trucks rammed into each other (lots of ice and water on floors of produce warehouse). Whole racks toppling over. All kinds of crazy cool shit. Seen lots of people get hurt (myself included...) but no deaths.

I had a ps3. It broke. I waffled about whether to get a 360 or ps3 and ultimately I decided on ps3 because they have a tendency to pump out more rpgs, and also the whole blue-ray thing seemed kinda cool at the time. I then got a wii. I was very disappointed. I mean, there are some games on it that are okay. But..meh. Although I admit I am excited about the new mario game coming out in a couple weeks.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial/php-basic-database-handling

"level system" is pretty ambiguous... care to be more specific?

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorial/php-add-text-to-image

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I believe thorpe is working on something like that right now. Don't have an ETA or anything.

How about a captcha tutorial? Lots of them around, but we're supposed to be a resource, right? I may do it myself, if someone else doesn't volunteer.

Honestly I don't really see anybody writing a tutorial like that on a technical level (actual code). Maybe on some kind of abstract level, like conveying general principles and program flow and good design, advice and pitfalls, etc.. but most tutorials that involve actual code are for teaching how to make building blocks. Things like forums and blogs and cms' are more like actual buildings, not building blocks. If you sit down and break down for instance all the things in a forum, you will quite easily find tutorials for just about all of those 'building blocks.' I suggest you either do that, or maybe find an open source version of one of those things and jump into it, instead.

Basic Database Handling

okay I thought I'd make a new post instead of editing the last one, since it's on a new page. Okay, It's all about.. Bride of Franky! <?php $relatives = array('mother', 'father', 'sister', 'brother','uncle', 'auntie'); $verbs = array('dislikes', 'sits on', 'licks', 'sucks', 'looks like', 'does', 'discusses the pros and cons of Web 2.0', 'loves', 'caresses', 'slides onto', 'hates', 'kisses', 'learns PHP with', 'has an AJAX interface with'); $animals = array('dogs', 'cats', 'horses', 'birds', 'giraffes', 'elephants', 'hippos', 'hamsters', 'gerbils', 'monkeys'); $adjectives = array('abhorrent','abject','abnormal','abrasive','absorbed','absurd', 'abusive','acrid','agonizing','ambiguous','ancient','apathetic', 'average','bad','barbarous','bawdy','belligerent','berserk', 'bizarre','black','boorish','brash','brawny','burly', 'callous','cold','colossal','combative','crabby','craven', 'crazy','creepy','crooked','cynical','demonic','deranged', 'devilish','direful','dirty','disagreeable','draconian','drunk', 'dysfunctional','erratic','evasive','evil','filthy','flippant', 'gaudy','giant','gigantic','greedy','grotesque','grouchy', 'gruesome','grumpy','guiltless','hellish','horrible','huge', 'hulking','icky','immense','irate','jaded','jittery', 'macho','maddening','malicious','mammoth','maniacal','massive', 'mighty','mindless','moaning','moldy','murky','mysterious', 'nasty','nauseating','noxious','oafish','obscene','psychotic', 'rabid','ruthless','sassy','scary','smelly','snobbish', 'snotty','spooky','threatening','tightfisted','tough','towering', 'trashy','ugly','unbecoming','unsightly','vagabond','vengeful', 'venomous','vulgar','wicked','wrathful','wretched'); function insult($secondary_person) { global $relatives; global $verbs; global $animals; $r_size = sizeof($relatives) - 1; $v_size = sizeof($verbs) - 1; $a_size = sizeof($animals) - 1; $r_rand = rand(0, $r_size); $v_rand1 = rand(0, $v_size); $v_rand2 = rand(0, $v_size); $a_rand = rand(0, $a_size); $insult = "Your {$relatives[$r_rand]} {$verbs[$v_rand1]} $secondary_person and {$verbs[$v_rand1]} {$animals[$a_rand]}"; return $insult; } class Greeting { function Greeting() { echo "Hello World!"; } } interface Singleton { public static function getInstance(); } interface Actor { public function speak(); public function meet($person); public function eat($animalArr); } abstract class Intestant_Abstract { abstract public function input($input); abstract public function output(); } class Stomach extends Intestant_Abstract implements Singleton { private static $instance; public static function getInstance() { if (!isset(self::$instance)) { self::$instance = new self; } return self::$instance; } private function __construct(){ } public $kilosOfFood; public function input($input){ $this->kilosOfFood += strlen($input); echo 'Franky liky to eats '.$input.'..<br />'; if($this->kilosOfFood > (strlen(implode('',$GLOBALS['animals']))/1.5)){ $this->output(); } } public function output(){ echo '<br />Bhaarf..<br />'; } } class Guts implements ArrayAccess, Singleton { private static $instance; public static function getInstance() { if (!isset(self::$instance)) { self::$instance = new self; } return self::$instance; } private function __construct(){ } private $intestants; public function add($name){ $this->intestants[$name] = call_user_func(array($name, 'getInstance')); } public function remove($key) { unset($this->intestants[$key]); } public function offsetExists($offset) { return isset($this->intestants[$offset]); } public function offsetGet($offset) { return $this->intestants[$offset]; } public function offsetSet($name, $value) { $this->add($name); } public function offsetUnset($offset) { unset($this->intestants[$offset]); } } class Franky implements Actor { private $person; public function meet($person){ $this->person = $person; } function eat($animals){ shuffle($animals); $guts = Guts::getInstance(); $guts->add('Stomach'); $guts['Stomach']->input(next($animals)); } public function speak($insult_them = false){ if($this->person == null){ $greet = new Greeting(); echo '<br />'; } else { echo 'Hello '.$this->person.'!<br />'; if ($insult_them) { echo insult($this->person) . '<br />'; } } } } if (isset($_POST['relativeName'])) { $relativeName = $_POST['relativeName']; $relativeType = $_POST['relativeType']; $h = new Franky; $h->speak(); $h->meet($relativeName); $h->speak(true); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $h->eat($animals); $monstername = $adjectives[array_rand($adjectives)]; echo "<br/>Franky wants to marry your $relativeType.<br/>"; echo "$relativeName will join the monster family and<br/>"; echo "$relativeName's monster name will be $relativeName the $monstername.<br/>"; } else { $person = $relatives[array_rand($relatives)]; echo <<<FORMINT What's your $person's name?<br/> <form action = '{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}' method = 'post'> <input type = 'text' name = 'relativeName' size = '10'> <input type = 'hidden' name = 'relativeType' value = '$person'> <input type = 'submit' value = 'submit'> </form> FORMINT; } ?>

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Yeah I meant no php5 on account of some people maybe people unable to test it if they don't have it installed, yes. But who cares. Cheating? Bah! I don't consider that cheating. In fact, I'm surprised the original "hello world" is still there. Why? Because I can put "Jesus" into the input field and it will in essence be do the same thing as before. p.s. - rewriting code to run more efficiently or "better" is okay too. I'm certainly not the most php saavy person here; for instance you guys' OOP skills are much better than mine. So if you feel like "Franky" is somehow being crippled because of his internals, rewriting/reorganizing is okay - to an extent. We don't want complete rewrites every single post, I guess. But, well..well for instance, exactly how redbull turned the simple "hello world" into a method inside a class. LoL, I ran the code and this is what I got:

crap. i meant to say no php5 as well. oh well. i can do that. i guess if someone can't do php5 then tough titties. okay do you guys' posts ^ mean to serve as placeholders or what? nevermind, i will decide for you. unless your thread specificially states "placeholder/whatever" then it doesn't count as a placeholder. okay i just added something quick cuz i have to go soon: <?php $relatives = array('mother', 'father', 'sister', 'brother','uncle', 'auntie'); $verbs = array('dislikes', 'sits on', 'licks', 'sucks', 'looks like', 'does', 'discusses the pros and cons of Web 2.0', 'loves', 'caresses', 'slides onto', 'hates', 'kisses', 'learns PHP with', 'has an AJAX interface with'); $animals = array('dogs', 'cats', 'horses', 'birds', 'giraffes', 'elephants', 'hippos', 'hamsters', 'gerbils', 'monkeys'); function insult($secondary_person) { global $relatives; global $verbs; global $animals; $r_size = sizeof($relatives) - 1; $v_size = sizeof($verbs) - 1; $a_size = sizeof($animals) - 1; $r_rand = rand(0, $r_size); $v_rand1 = rand(0, $v_size); $v_rand2 = rand(0, $v_size); $a_rand = rand(0, $a_size); $insult = "Your {$relatives[$r_rand]} {$verbs[$v_rand1]} $secondary_person and {$verbs[$v_rand1]} {$animals[$a_rand]}"; return $insult; } class Greeting { function Greeting() { echo "Hello World!"; } } interface Actor { public function speak(); public function meet($person); } class Franky implements Actor { private $person; public function meet($person){ $this->person = $person; } public function speak($insult_them = false){ if($this->person == null){ $greet = new Greeting(); echo '<br />'; } else { echo 'Hello '.$this->person.'!<br />'; if ($insult_them) { echo insult($this->person) . '<br />'; } } } } if ($_POST['name']) { $h = new Franky; $h->speak(); $h->meet($_POST['name']); $h->speak(true); } else { echo <<<FORMINT What's your best friend's name?<br/> <form action = '{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}' method = 'post'> <input type = 'text' name = 'name' size = '10'> <input type = 'submit' value = 'submit'> </form> FORMINT; } ?>