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  1. ajclarkson
    You can structure a file so that it works like this: check to see if form has been submitted if yes > PHP form validation if passes > success if fails > show form again if no > show form + html This can all be in the same php file. If you do a google search for php form validation all of the tutorials will show you how to set up a file in this way. Then you can worry about the javascript element later for altering the form depending on peoples answers.
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    I would say from the php validation point of view I agree with the post above about having it in the same file as the HTML but above it. This is a common method. However, with regards to your second question for question impacts. I would take a look at javascript validation and use this alongside your php. This way you can do all of the validation relating to dynamic forms on the client side and the php just has to deal with what is actually submitted
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    I believe neil was referring to the use of filenames such as Procedure%20Manual rather than the actual \\server\share bit. It is ok to do network share filepaths, but you can often get problems where encoded characters come into the string. In your case Procedure Manual is transformed to Procedure%20Manual which has implications on systems using different methods of character encoding. Is it possible at all to rename the folders?
  4. ajclarkson
    why is it that I always forget about the file exists function?! I have written so many work arounds where that would have sufficed. Top advice, ignore my suggestion!
  5. ajclarkson
    The way I would be tempted to do this would be: When the user signs up in your form handler, check that the image upload isn't empty, and save their image path to the database if it isnt. If it is replace their path with a default one. Hope this helps?
  6. ajclarkson
    Hi Guys, Apparently I forgot that <b > tag would turn my last post bold! I have managed to solve the problem with the apostrophe by setting the encoding of the site to utf-8 so that is problem solved as far as that bit is concerned. Thanks to you both for planting the seeds of using strip_tags etc to make sure that I get a more stable publishing environment, in the future I may look into XML but for now this will do. Thanks for your help, once more phpfreaks saves me!
  7. ajclarkson
    Please state your problem. Providing your code and asking for help is not helpful
  8. ajclarkson
    I cannot see issue with your sidebar (Ie7)
  9. ajclarkson
    I believe the idea of removing all tags except basic formatting ones, say <p><b> etc seems like a promising idea. If you think the html from word is bad have you seen the XML it generates!!! hehe that was a nightmare! I will look into filtering and using strip tags to see if I can acheive the desired result, unfortunalty PDF would not allow me to integrate the article enough, I will be offering these as a download option for users.
  10. ajclarkson
    Very valid point, I have missed this out on a login system I am writing at the minute as well! Thanks!
  11. ajclarkson
    Thanks for your response, here is a sample of the MS Word generated HTML file: <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="application%20process%20(2)_files/filelist.xml"> <title>UK medical schools are university-based institutions that generally provide a programme of preclinical and clinical-based study; depending on the school and the option of intercalation, undergraduate medical education can range from four to six years of </title> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>npcsxpuser</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>Adam Clarkson</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>2</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime> <o:Created>2008-08-15T10:33:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2008-08-15T10:33:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>620</o:Words> <o:Characters>3540</o:Characters> <o:Company>University of Durham</o:Company> <o:Lines>29</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>8</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>4152</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.9999</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:SimSun; panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1; mso-font-alt:\5B8B\4F53; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} @font-face {font-family:Verdana; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 0 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\@SimSun"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:134; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1 135135232 16 0 262144 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} p.MsoHeader, li.MsoHeader, div.MsoHeader {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; tab-stops:center 207.65pt right 415.3pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} p.MsoFooter, li.MsoFooter, div.MsoFooter {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; tab-stops:center 207.65pt right 415.3pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;} p.MsoTitle, li.MsoTitle, div.MsoTitle {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} /* Page Definitions */ @page {mso-footnote-separator:url("application%20process%20\(2\)_files/header.htm") fs; mso-footnote-continuation-separator:url("application%20process%20\(2\)_files/header.htm") fcs; mso-endnote-separator:url("application%20process%20\(2\)_files/header.htm") es; mso-endnote-continuation-separator:url("application%20process%20\(2\)_files/header.htm") ecs;} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer:url("application%20process%20\(2\)_files/header.htm") f1; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-GB style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><span style='font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The application process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Christopher Ghazala, Co-founder<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class=MsoTitle style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Received May 2008; published July 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style='font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>UK</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'> medical schools are university-based institutions that generally provide a programme of preclinical and clinical-based study; depending on the school and the option of intercalation, undergraduate medical education can range from four to six years of study. This article will discuss Chris Ghazala's experiences in the medical schools. It's all personal opinion so bear that in mind! <o:p></o:p></span></p> I have cut it short here, as the full article is probably not required, the headers are here etc. With regards to a more stable solution, I would certianly be willing to put the time in. XML is something which would interest me, however my only concern is that the publishers who are uploading the articles may not be comfortable with creating an XML document. If you have any suggestions they would be more than welcome Thanks RE: the bad bad Thanks, the only problem with having the pulbishers writing on the site is that they are supplied with an article which is already in .doc format. So I was trying to think of the easiest method!
  12. ajclarkson
    Im afraid I cannot write the script for this at the minute as I am at work and will not have the time. I would suggest that you do a google search on handling forms with php and look at how you can retrieve information from your HTML forms. It's quite straight forward. Also if you have not got the database aspect sorted, I would recommend looking at a brief php/mysql tutorial. It is all well and good someone giving you the script, but it is better for you to understand it, especially if something goes wrong in the future.
  13. ajclarkson
    Hi, You have done a lot of the groundwork for it as you already are making use of the trim function on all of your input. The logic of what you need to do is check all of your inputs to see if they match your criteria, if they do then you insert the data, if they dont then notify the user. I will show you a quick way around this then you can merge it with your errors array later if you like. After you use the trim functions try something like: if (!strlen($username) == 0) { // all your database code goes here }else{ echo "<p>You must enter data into all fields.</p>"; } Thats a very basic idea, but hopefully it will get you on the right track for how you can check all of them! Hope it has helped ajclarkson
  14. ajclarkson
    How good is your knowledge of handling forms using php? Do you understand the basics of $_POST variables etc?
  15. ajclarkson
    Hi guys, Here is my issue, I hope you can help as this has got me going crazy! I am building an article management system for a website, and I needed an easy way for the publishers to be able to get their article onto the site. All articles which are submitted come through in word 2003 format. I decided that it would be best for me to get the publisher to save it as a HTML file and then upload it. That way all of their formatting remained in tact. Then at the appropriate place I include the code: <?php require_once('./articles/articlename.html'); ?> And it does what I need, it includes the article with all bold text etc in tact. However, it does not handle apostrophes. It simply shows a bunch of characters where the symbol should appear. I cannot seem to find any information on how to avoid this on the internet. Can anyone please tell me where I am going wrong with this, or if there is any sort of parsing method to avoid it? While we are on the subject, you guys are the experts, please tell me if my idea of publishing via html files is stupid? :-\ Thanks Adam And
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