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Awesome! I think this is exactly what I was looking for! I would have never searched for FDF on my own. Thank you very much, Travis

Hi there, I am trying to build some functionality where a user can fill out an editable PDF form and send it to my site. I realize I can just have them save and upload/email it, but if I could pull the fields out of the pdf and insert them into a database, I would really prefer that. I saw some ways to do this, but all were expensive commercial solutions which I can't afford. Important points are storage space, ease of use and security. I really want the forms to be as secure as possible when submitted. I also think having to save and upload the pdf might be too difficult/too much work for some users and I want it to go as easily as possible. Another idea I had was to have a link inside the pdf, which would save the form and send the user to the upload page, with the path already entered into the upload box? not sure how to even begin going about that though. I did some searching on the forum and it seems like it's not as common a problem as I thought. Most php/pdf stuff seems to be just creating pdfs dynamically. Any ideas/help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance, Travis

I have a small project in mind to allow me to open websites that may be blocked in a domain, such as school or work. I was wondering what you think might be the best way to go about this, if it's even possible. My idea is to have a small frame at the top of the page with a text box and submit button. Enter the url into the submit button and it would open the page below, masked by the outside page. Also, it would be very nice if it continued to work as one followed links in the site or went to another site without having to copy and paste links into the bar. Would cURL be a good way to fetch the site this way? Also, if anyone knows of a preexisting solution to this, that would be great too, though I'm looking forward to doing it myself : ) Thanks in advance

Yes, all except for uploading the file and then deleting it, which I'm sure will work. I would really rather be able to attach from a temp location, if that is possible. Thanks Again, Travis

Hi there, I am trying to find a way to have a php contact form attach a file, but without having to upload it to the server first. Is this at all possible? I have been using the 'PHP Mailer' class for attachments, and can send a file that exists on the server no prob. I realize I can't send it from a remote location (The senders' harddrive), but is it possible to send from a temp location using $_FILES? Will I have to actually upload the file and then delete it afterwards? Thanks in advance, Travis

Hi everyone, I am having quite a bit of trouble with a small project of mine. What I am trying to do is take an existing html result page (comes from php, pulls lots of stuff from a database and requires authentication) and turn it into a file I can attach to an e-mail. I would really prefer .pdf, but .doc or .html would be fine. I got it to work with .doc using mime-types and some word xml, but it looks terrible. I also tried .html using curl to open the page and write it to a file, but I couldn't get it to pass the authentication. Any ideas how I can do this? To summarize: I just want to be able to send a member of the site a record of their information. If it would be helpful to know more about my specific problem, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Travis

Those wouldn't work, as the host doesn't allow .htaccess, and the members are allowed to have multiple photos, though it could still be done this way I suppose. Either way, I still need a way to change what's currently there, as there are over 300 members with pictures and going through each and changing it is a complete nightmare. The site is live and I couldn't just go and delete everyone's current pictures. Thanks for the replies, TValdes

Here's teh situation: Members of the site are allowed to post photos, which are stored in randomly named directories. The server the site's on wont allow for much security, so in the case that someone finds the folder name, they will be able to see that members photos even if not a member of the site. To fix that, there is an index file in each directory which throws them back to the site's index. However, it goes to a bad link, actually another site I did the same thing for.. which is bad.

Hi there,   I am trying to change one file in about 300 directories, all of which reside in one main directory. The file is the same in each. Is there a way to copy a new file into each of these directories to overwrite the old one automatically using php? Thanks in advance, TValdes

Thanks for the feedback guys, I have been doing a lot of looking around and the Paypal IPN is what I was looking for. It will send me all sorts of information when they complete their checkout! Thanks again!

Ok, PayPal sounds great. Do you know how I would go about handling memberships with paypal? I would like it to stick a timestamp in a mySQL database, and maybe their subscription length also when they check out. Does the paypal API have anything for that kind of stuff built in? Thanks a lot, TValdes

I have found out that paypal, verisign and 2checkout.com have ways to do the processing and all that fun stuff with the forms inside your own layout, still showing their logos to give the sense of security. To do this using Paypal it's a service they call Website Payments Pro, rather than their standard version. What I'm really looking for is how people have managed memberships, what type of merchant account is best for that, and what kinds of tutorials and existing scripts there are for this kind of thing. Thanks again, TValdes

Hi guys, I realize there are a lot of resources out there, but I would like to know some of your opinions on the best way to go about my problem. I need to process credit card information, but I will only be selling one thing, really just a membership to the site I'm working on. I would really like to keep everything looking professional and uniform with the rest of my site, so I don't like the idea of going with the paypal button and kicking them off my site to login. What is the best way to process the cc info, put a timestamp in a mySQL database, and keep it all looking nice and maintaining security? Thanks in advance, T Valdes