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  1. $message_parser->message = '[quote="@' . $post_data['quote_username']
  2. http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-e-commerce-change-currency-symbols/
  3. Unlike contractors, cosmetologists, and clerical staff, and more, the web development field requires no certain certifications to land a job. There are no OSCEA rules to conform to, no health inspections, no drug tests, only experience is required. If you can prove yourself to be a capable, competent, and confident web developer, then college is unnecessary. If, however, you are aiming to earn some type of certification/degree for your own self-confidence, self-worth, etcetera,... I would recommend community college/technical college. I earned my Associate's degrees in Web Technologies and CIS and during that time I had the opportunity to dabble in several different languages (from HTML to Visual Basic, XML, XSL, PowerBASIC, VisualBasic, .NET, and more... Having taken such courses does not in any way make me anything close to an expert in those languages but I can say that I have used them before to create basic to intermediate quality applications... most basic. The question to ask yourself is "Do you want to expand what you know by being a student or a worker?" Being a student has its advantages in that you are not under the pressure of losing a job, disappointing an employer, nor are you flat out humiliating yourself by not knowing what to do. With an instructor you can ask, ask, ask, research, ask, repeat. The disadvantage is the motivation factor. Being a student, however, does not allow you to experience the world of creating something valuable from nothing. Unless you are the top student in the class, your work will mainly be just good enough to get a passing grade. Being a worker has its advantages in that you are pressed to create under a deadline. Even though homework does indeed have due dates, the homework only benefits you whereas a deadline in the work environment is vital to the success of the business; all or most or a sizeable portion of the expected output lies on your shoulders. If you enter the work environment without enough knowledge of programming, system design, planning, time budgeting, etc.. you will be pressed with the only option of staying and improving or leaving (being fired) In Short, a great portfolio is all you need.
  4. Please don't resurrect year and a half old threads, especially ones in which the question has obviously already been solved.
  5. Yeah, most people get here from google searches. It's really worth it though to stick with a community (particularly this one) where you can ask very specific questions.
  6. Oh my mistake, it's overriding the $selected variable Try this while($rowStandards = mysqli_fetch_array($standards)) { echo "<select name='organization'>"; $selected = $rowStandards['organization_id']; while ($rowOrganizations = mysqli_fetch_array($organizations)) { $sel = ($selected == $rowOrganizations['organization_id']) ? "selected='selected'" : null; echo "<option {$sel} value=" . $rowOrganizations["organization_id"] . ">" . $rowOrganizations["organization"] . "</option>"; } echo "</select>"; }
  7. $row = (I forgot the next codes :\) $rownum = mysql_num_rows($result);
  8. while($rowStandards = mysqli_fetch_array($standards)) { echo ""; $selected = $rowStandards['organization_id']; while ($rowOrganizations = mysqli_fetch_array($organizations)) { $selected = ($selected == $rowOrganizations['organization_id']) ? "selected='selected'" : null; echo "" . $rowOrganizations["organization"] . ""; } echo ""; }
  9. I have been using Centos for the past few months and I really like it.
  10. I don't know about getting the money earned, but to get the sum, you just GROUP BY soldby and make sure you are using an aggregate function like SUM(*) in your SELECT statement
  11. Well the first step is to figure out how to output such data i.e the coordinates? If you already know how to retrieve them, then how do they look? To what kind of format do the coordinates output? I tried googling for it, but I gave up when I found a v3 demo http://nettique.free.fr/gmap/toolbar.html Still, the author does not allow you to grab the coordinates. Example answers could be JSON, CSV, etc... Posting the coordinates (actual or modified) would be more preferred though. EDIT Looking at your other thread, I see that you have the coordinates in an array http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281402-google-maps-add-click-listener-to-each-polygon/ A quick and dirty way to store an array in a database is to serialize it and then base64_encode it, then insert it. Storing it this way will keep you from being able to query the database using geospatial algorithms in the select; doing so would allow you to perform unthought of queries like, list all cities within 100 miles of a certain polygon's specific coordinate.
  12. //Page load echo "Page loaded in "; echo microtime() . " ms "; //Perform stress on the server for($i=0; $i echo "Loop finished in "; echo microtime() . "ms"; ?>
  13. The only convenience and iPad will give you for web development testing is the fact that it has Safari on it. If you get a regular Android tablet, you have several options for browsers to use, including Safari. Then again, you can do the same with an iPad.. download chrome, firefox, whatever. The one thing that you will not get with an iPad is the ability to use Internet Explorer. IMO, and android tablet is the most economical choice as well as the most versatile. If you didn't know by now, Apple prides itself in proprietary software and hardware, so unless you plan to cater to Apple only visitors, go with the Samsung.
  14. Zane

    Newbie Q

    I suppose I shouldn't have been so aggressive in my response. There are a lot of people who ask the same types of questions every day, but yours grabbed my attention because you actually had a logical order of things you wanted to happen. If no budget means that you are excluding books on this subject then I would turn to Google. You have already been answered as far as what kind of web-based technologies can accomplish your described goal. IPN. IPN (Instant Payment Notification) would be the right direction. You can google those three letters alone and get more than enough helpful results, not to mention the very first one, that is not an advertisement, brings you directly to Paypals IPN information page. You're also seeking tutelage on that technology, so append tutorial to IPN. IPN is the only way you will achieve such things. As jcbones pointed out, Paypal allows you to have data sent to three different scripts (or pages as jcbones put it). There lies your answer. Then of course is the handicap of "complete newb." That is a tough handicap to deal with when it comes to answering your questions effectively or with any integrity whatsoever. My advice is to take those three letters and dive head first into tutorials on the matter. Hello World examples and a lot of copying a pasting will get you started. I suggest you read this so you can wrap you head more around the idea. http://www.geekality.net/2011/05/28/php-tutorial-paypal-instant-payment-notification-ipn/ I've never been called lofty until now. If that is the case, I didn't intend to come off as lofty. A small blue rectangle doesn't make me any different or special in any way. In my opinion it just expresses that I have been here for quite a while and have seen my fair share of questioning patterns all the while. Dig into all the IPN tutorials and examples you can find. Do not expect Paypal themselves to help you at all. It is not their job to do so and I doubt that any Paypal personnel that you do manage to communicate with will even know about development and logic. Paypal has their own personal IT team and they are not going to share it. P.S. Frontpage was also my weapon of choice back in the day. I was a table making maniac.
  15. Zane

    Newbie Q

    I remember doing that exact thing (listing out processes) before I ever learned PHP. I had just reached a firm enough grasp on HTML, but still relied on WYSIWYGs. What I am getting at is that even though you claim Just as an aside, I'm not a developer and... doesn't mean you cannot learn it. Visualizing the processes like you have done in your OP is a good indicator that you have an analytic and systematic mindset Nevertheless, you still admit to not knowing anything about PHP nor programming nor HTML but rather only Dreamweaver. Listing out a set of processes like that... ?? Imagine you were an engineer and someone randomly came to you because they noticed you were not busy and asked you "How would I construct a machine that wakes me up in the morning, brushes my teeth, wipes my ass, and drives me to work?" I'll be honest, it's hard to "be gentle" with you about such a question. If you're looking for a kick in the right direction then just say so. Don't be that person that uses someone as a paintbrush for their ideas and doesn't pay the person. My only answer to you is to either create a post in the Freelancing section or buy a decent book on PHP and follow along with it, asking questions along the way as you need to. I recommend any PHP book by Julie Meloni, but then again, that's only PHP book I ever had...if you don't count this community/forum
  16. Were you going for a time record when you wrote this question? I suggest you devote more time than just 30 seconds to describing your problem. Effective questions yield effective answers.
  17. Try GROUP BY Venue.VenueName WITH ROLLUP
  18. Hell yeah.. I'll take two Guiness right now... fo free'
  19. [ignorant response removed ] Nevermind, I read that wrong kicken has the answer. ^^^^
  20. The guru badge has found you, jazzman1. Welcome aboard.
  21. We welcome to the guru club, jcbones!
  22. You know, spacing is everything when you want people to pay attention. I have taken the time here to indent your mess and make it easier for someone to look at. EDIT: I searched using Google for Strict Standards: Declaration of should be compatible with and low and behold , this came up right away http://stackoverflow.com/a/3115398/401299
  23. I took the post away seeing as it did have nothing to do with anything. What strikes me as more odd than post #4's existence is the fact that you felt the need to quote it as if to reminisce its irrelevance??
  24. Congratulations to our newly promoted guru, mac_gyver! Welcome aboard
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