coljung
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thanks for the fast replies.
now, my specific question is what is :
=$TEXT['[b]cds-head[/b]']
=$TEXT['[b]cds-text1[/b]']
=$TEXT['[b]cds-text2[/b]']
in this case is not relevant if its an array of if the code isn't doing anything useful but im wondering is where is the value of that coming from.
why [i]'cds-head'[/i] shows as [i]CD Collection (Example for PHP+MySQL+PDF Class)[/i] for example
is cds-head part of the database ?
where was the info added into the array ?
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well i'm kinda new to php but not to programming.
i just installed a server package on my pc ( apache, php, mysql, etc.... ) and it comes with some examples, one of them is about retrieving some data from a database, i understand most of whats going on except for a few lines that retrieve some info which i have NO idea where it's coming from.
here is the code from the file:
[code]<html>
<head>
<title>apachefriends.org cd collection</title>
<link href="xampp.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<p>
<h1><?=$TEXT['cds-head']?></h1>
<?=$TEXT['cds-text1']?><p>
<?=$TEXT['cds-text2']?><p>
<?
if(!mysql_connect("localhost","root","######"))
{
echo "<h2>".$TEXT['cds-error']."</h2>";
die();
}
mysql_select_db("cdcol");
?>
<h2><?=$TEXT['cds-head1']?></h2>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr bgcolor=#f87820>
<td><img src=img/blank.gif width=10 height=25></td>
<td class=tabhead><img src=img/blank.gif width=200 height=6><br><b><?=$TEXT['cds-attrib1']?></b></td>
<td class=tabhead><img src=img/blank.gif width=200 height=6><br><b><?=$TEXT['cds-attrib2']?></b></td>
<td class=tabhead><img src=img/blank.gif width=50 height=6><br><b><?=$TEXT['cds-attrib3']?></b></td>
<td class=tabhead><img src=img/blank.gif width=50 height=6><br><b><?=$TEXT['cds-attrib4']?></b></td>
<td><img src=img/blank.gif width=10 height=25></td>
</tr>
[/code]
What is [b]=$TEXT['cds-head']?[/b] doing for example ???
i know that i retrieve the info from the database through [b]mysql_select_db("cdcol");[/b]
but what are all the =$TEXT[ ] mean ?
the page looks like this :
[img]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/3663/questionphpbp6.jpg[/img]
As you can see,
=$TEXT['cds-head'] = CD Collection (Example for PHP+MySQL+PDF Class)
=$TEXT['cds-text1'] = A very simple CD programm.
=$TEXT['cds-text2'] = CD list as PDF document.
my question is, where did this words came from ?
i've been the whole day trying to understand that part of the code but im unable to figure it out.
thanks in advance for the help.
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Code Question.
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[quote]Its not possible from the code you have supplied to say whether the $text variables are either an array or part of the database.
There is no association between $text and data in your database. There would be a couple of lines in there after the database connection and database selection to select data. Something like:-
$somequery = "Select......";
$somequeryresult("$somequery");
$text = mysql_fetch_array($somequeryresult);
to give an indication that the $text variables contain your database records.
Nor is there an association between $text and it being an array containing data. There is no array initialisation. Something like:-
$text = array($variable1, $variable2,.....$variableN)).
Quite frankly it doesnt look like the $text values do anything at all.
What does this code do when you run it? You have included a screen grab of what the page is supposed to look like when viewed in a browser but from the code you've posted I just dont see how the code and output match up.[/quote]
The screen grab is what results from the code.
for example [b]=$TEXT['cds-head'] [/b] shows as [b]CD Collection (Example for PHP+MySQL+PDF Class)[/b]
What I think is that $TEXT is some kind of global array. Going though some of the files, I found several instances of $TEXT[' '], i just haven't been able to find where the array is taking the information from. And i don't think it is the database because i checked it an in this case it has only one table with 4 fields.
It does look as it has been initialized somewhere else, in this case the filename is cds.php and the $TEXT values are ['cds-head'], ['cds-text1']....., and i have another file called biorythim.php which is another example and there's also some $TEXT values like ['bio-head'], ['bio-ok'].
I used to program in ASP and there were session variables, im wondering if $TEXT is something like that .
anyways thanks for the help.