runnerjp Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 hey hey all...ok i wanna have a shout box where there is a scrolling area like a marquee on the top of my page saying what is happening.... any way i can do this all please please help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SieRobin Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Make a form with a textarea.. post the data and insert it into your database.Then just print the variable of the retrieve from your database onto your page with a marquee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orio Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 That won't work :) Because when the user refreses the page it'll be gone. You need to write it into a file/database. Then, every time read the file/table.Orio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SieRobin Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Why wouldn't that work? I do it all the time Orio. He wants to make a ShoutBox, meaning he basically wants to update the text in the marquee everytime he submits a new piece of information in the textarea. After he hits the button, it posts the data into his database making the variable, $shoutbox visible to everyone, instead of manually going into the database everytime to update the shout out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mewhocorrupts Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I'm confused, as well. It sounds like both of you said the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runnerjp Posted August 11, 2006 Author Share Posted August 11, 2006 yup ok im really really confuzzeldi have made the shout box[code]<style type="text/css"><!--body,td,th { font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF;}body { background-color: #333333;}--></style><b><?php// You just need to configure these 4 variables to match your server.include("config/config.php");// If a user has submitted a post, we want to :// 1. Validate it// 2. Strip unwanted html// 3. Make sure messages and names aren't too long// 4. Add it to our database.if($_POST['submit']) {// 1. Validate it, by checking all the form inputs were filled in if(!$_POST['author']) { echo 'Error ! : No name entered'; die; } if(!$_POST['eml']) { echo 'Error ! : No email entered'; die; } if(!$_POST['message']) { echo 'Error ! : No message entered'; die; }// 2. Strip unwanted HTML// Look up the strip_tags() function at// http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strip-tags.php for more info $message = strip_tags($_POST['message'], ''); $eml = strip_tags($_POST['eml'], ''); $author = strip_tags($_POST['author'], '');// 3. Make sure messages and names aren't too long// We will use the strlen() function to count the length. $message_length = strlen($message); $author_length = strlen($author); if($message_length > 150) { echo "Error ! : Your message was too long, messages must be less than 150 chars"; die; } if($author_length > 150) { echo "Error ! : Your name was too long, names must be less than 150 chars"; die; }// 4. Add it to our database.// If the script hasn't died yet due to an error in the inputted data// we need to add the data to the database// Lets connect to our database. mysql_connect($host,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die(mysql_error());// Select the database. mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error());// Lets define the date format we want to enter to our database// go here for more details// http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php $date = date("h:i A dS M");// This will produce 11:02 25th Aug// Set the query as $query $query = "INSERT INTO shoutbox (message, author, eml, date, ip)VALUES ('$message','$author','$eml','$date','$_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]')"; mysql_query($query); mysql_close(); // Show thanks message and take them back to the main shoutbox echo "Thanks for your post<BR>"; echo "<A HREF='shoutbox.php'>View the shoutbox</A>";// If they haven't submitted a post, we want to :// 1. Show the latest shouts// 2. Show the shout post form} else {// 1. Show the latest shouts// Lets connect to our database. mysql_connect($host,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die(mysql_error());// Select the database. mysql_select_db($dbname) or die(mysql_error());// Set the query as $query, and get the last 10 posts. $query = "SELECT message, author, eml, date, ipFROM shoutbox order by id DESC LIMIT 10"; $result = mysql_query($query); echo "<TABLE>"; while($r=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {// To modify the appearance, edit this : echo "<TR> <TD><font size='1'>Posted $r[date] by <A HREF='mailto:$r[eml]'>$r[author]</A></font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><font size='1'>$r[message]</font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><HR></TD> </TR>"; } echo "</TABLE>";// 2. Show the shout post form?><style type="text/css"><!--body,td,th { font-family: BankGothic Lt BT; font-size: 12px;}a:link { color: #000000;}a:visited { color: #000000;}a:hover { color: #000000;}a:active { color: #000000;}--></style> <FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="shoutbox.php"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD>Name :</TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="author"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Email :</TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="eml"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Message :</TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="message"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> </TD> <TD><INPUT TYPE="submit" name="submit" value="post"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </FORM><?php}?></b>[/code]ok i want to add a marquee on my homepage (index page) just showing some of the new posts...can any one give me code to do this cos wats said above is very confuzzlin haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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