[OO help!]

Yup, they really have brought that language back from dead. Its fantastic for beginners and is pretty powerful too.

[UPDATE using a pre-populated form]

Your gonna put the name like this...

 

<input maxlength="5" name="rankClass[]" size="2" type="text" />

 

Now when PHP recieves that data it will be in an array.

 

so it will be like this

$_POST["rankClass"][0];
$_POST["rankClass"][1];
...
$_POST["rankClass"][49];

[concateant question]

You mean like this?

 

echo "<td>2";
while ($row=mysql_fetch_row($resultMonday))
                   { $start = $row[0]; $endTime = $row[1]; $dance = $row[2];
                      echo $start ."-".$end ." " $dance \n";
                      } 
                      $reset=mysql_data_seek ($resultMonday,0);</td>\n";

[OO help!]

I totally agree with you in this case phpSensei but since he is learning OOP I think its good for him to start small and work his way up. Im guessing this is his first language he is learning and C++ on your own is pretty rough if you don't have a back ground in something else. I tried C++ first on my own and failed miserably so I switched to Python and picked up OOP much better there. Everyone is different though.

[super simple, if( $v_name == "" || $v_msg == "" ) into a switch?]

No a switch statement is to compare 1 variable... So like lets say we had variables $x,$y,$z

 

the code would go as follows:

switch($x){
case "":
//if $x == "" then do this:
echo 'Its blank';
break;

case "1":
//if $x == "1" then do this:
echo "It says 1";
break;

case "2":
//If $x == "2" then do this:
echo "ITs says 2";
break;
}

 

A switch only allows us to compare variable $x to what ever is in our cases.... So you would need to make 3 different switch statements and then do an If statement anyway to see if they matched what you needed.

[Please help with reCaptcha data insertion]

Vinny first and foremost you need to put in some validation into that script. Please google PHP sql injection security and PHP XSS security and PHP input validation. Right now as your script stands I could take over your server,get every single bit of information out of your MySQL server, write what ever I wanted to your SQL server and redirect all your site visitors to any website of my choosing. Once you get that taken care of if you read that whole page from google its very detailed in what you need to do. Just as a hint you will want to put this part of the code right before you input all the info into MYSQL

 

if (!$resp->is_valid) {
    // What happens when the CAPTCHA was entered incorrectly
    die ("The reCAPTCHA wasn't entered correctly. Go back and try it again." .
         "(reCAPTCHA said: " . $resp->error . ")");
  } else {


// This is where your would input everything into MYSQL
}

[set a CSS class for highest number, second highest in MySQL field]

When you make your SQL statement use the ORDER BY statement which will allow you to return the data in numeric order and then write a little script to apply what you need to the first 2 pieces of data.

[Session with cURL]

Just a note with sessions... I have notice with PHP sessions cant go between sub domains... So like lets say you login to http://www.mysite.com/home.php and lets say the person who made the site made their home link to http://mysite.com/home.php the session will be lost. So maybe you logged into www.mysite.com but are trying to connect in cURL to mysite.com, I could see the session being lost like that.

[PHP Forms]

Someone correct me if im wrong but im pretty sure most frameworks have that kind of stuff... Look into Symphony or CakePHP framework.

[Prioritize Data Posted]

You can make another row to define your priority. So like if the time stamps match then you can sort by their priority number.

[OO help!]

As someone pointed out before my example is just a very basic database connection script but you only need to call that once. Once you make the connection it stays open till your entire PHP script is finished running. It then closes all by it self which is a feature built into PHP. It is good practice to close the connection by code though.

[Using Foreach to loop data in array todisplay it on a table with 4 or so columns]

My pleasure

[PHP Session Duplication]

Honestly without looking at the code its literally just guessing... you need to write some functions to debug your code. Like start building functions that make you an error log.

[Chat feature]

Your gonna need to combine AJAX and PHP to do it... there are plenty of free open source solutions out there you can use.

[Using Foreach to loop data in array todisplay it on a table with 4 or so columns]

Your gonna want to create a loop which counts to 4 and when it hits 4, put in a </tr><tr><td>.$key.</td>

<?php
  $file = "widget.csv";
@$fp = fopen($file, "r") or die("Could not open file for reading");
$outputArray = array();
$count = 0;

while(($shop = fgetcsv($fp, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE)
{
    $outputArray[array_shift($shop)] =  array_filter($shop);
}
print_r($outputArray);
echo "\n<br />";
//display
echo "<table>";
foreach ($outputArray as $alphabetical=>$value){
    echo "<th><b>" . $alphabetical ."</b></th>";
    echo "<tr>";
foreach ($value as $key){
    if ($count == 4){
    echo '</tr><tr><td>'.$key.'</td>';
    $count = 0;
    }Else{
    echo "<td>" . $key . "</td>";
    }
$count++;    
}
    echo "</tr>";
$count = 0;
}
    echo "</table>";

    echo "\n<br />";

?>

 

That should do what you need but I haven't tested it.

[OO help!]

Nightslyr is giving you some good advice... You will never be able to think out an OOP problem with out learning the theory behind it... I tried to teach my self OOP through example and I just never really got it. I picked up a few books on it and it was just like a light went off and I understood it.

[accessing resource]

you need to use:

 

$row = mysql_fetch_array($result);

echo $row['Your_Column_name_here'];

 

[New virtual host, now with problems]

What i think is happening is that image gets stored in a temp directory and then is processed into the PDF. The script will fail if it cant get to the temp directory. Trying giving you entire web directory full permissions for anyone. Of course just do this temporarily till you can see if it works. If it works then you need to hunt down the temp directory and give it the correct permissions... If not then I am not sure. Dont forget to change your permissions back after testing.

[Php installation / Script downloaded instead of interpreted]

Looks like your missing an AddHandler Type in one of your config files.

[using a variable in a class]

Ok, makes more sense now... Now why do you need a variable to the results page when it seems the results page is whats executing this class?

[Database access by table prefix]

I don't get what you mean... Nothing needs to change as far as connecting if its the same database. If your connecting to different databases then you would need to change the database name.

[OO help!]

Statement:

Your not way way off like this guy just said

has been retracted.

 

After fully reading his code Nightslyr is 100% correct.

[Ajax windows not show up on onclick="submit]

This seems like an AJAX issue not PHP. Try posting this question on a AJAX forum.

[using a variable in a class]

Im guessing you didn't write this your self? Not taking a shot at you but I need a bit more knowledge of how this class works and what its supposed to do so I can try to help you. Can you give us as much info about it as possible?

[Onblur to MySQL dynamic validation]

AJAX isnt easy... There are a bunch of frameworks for PHP and AJAX, if you cant grasp it quickly then look into using a framework. It will ease the learning curve a little.