[How do I get a value from a disabled textbox?]

I'm not enitrely sure of the inner workings, but a quick-fix would be to have javascript handle the submit for you...

 

When the submit button is pressed, trigger a javascript function that re-enables the field then submits the form.

[Updating a password]

I'm no mysql guru, but try escapting all mysql field names. Sometimes you can be using a reserved name without knowing it

 

$query = mysql_query("

 

UPDATE `user` SET `password1` = MD5('" . mysql_escape_string($password1) . "'), `password2` = MD5('" . mysql_escape_string($password2) . "')

WHERE `emailaddress1` = '" . $_SESSION['sessioname'] . "'

 

");

[php countdown timer]

do {

  $randomname = sha1(uniqid(rand(), true)) . $extension;

} while (file_exists($randomname));

 

[php sessions help]

Sessions is the easiest way. You can also dynamically generate hidden form fields to achieve this as well

[All files in a folder are forwarding to install.php?!?!]

Nix or Win server? Is this a pre-built php script, or something you've coded yourself?

[check if true]

That's got me stumped. According to the php manual, the function returns as such

 

Returns TRUE if the mail was successfully accepted for delivery, FALSE otherwise.

[php countdown timer]

That would be javascript, not php.

 

http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/script2/autofresh.shtml

[Calendars]

$cur['day'] = date('j');

$cur['month'] = date('n');

$cur['year'] = date('y');

 

That will fill it with the server's day/month/year at the moment of execution

[check if true]

The ! before the function can pretty much be equated to == FALSE;

 

so

 

if (!function()) is the same as if (function() == FALSE)

 

Be careful though... ! checks for both FALSE and 0.. so if your function returns a numeric value, and there's a chance it might be 0, be sure to use

 

if (function() === FALSE)

[check if true]

double post... delete sorry

[Problems uploading files]

Lost a bit of data with the downfall... as I said before PHP doesn't have permission to create/write the file in the directory your are specifying. Try using an absolute path, and make sure the folder exists.