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Solved! Once I woke up a little I realized that I was making things much too difficult. I ended up going this route. // add media into blog post public function add_media() { $blog_one = explode('[:', $this->blog); if(count($blog_one) > 1) { for($i=0; $i <= count($blog_one); $i++) { $blog_two = explode(':]', $blog_one[$i]); if(count($blog_two) > 1) { $blog_three = explode('|', $blog_two[0]); $media_type = str_replace(' ', '', $blog_three[0]); $media_url = str_replace(' ', '', $blog_three[1]); switch ($media_type) { case "quicktime": $blog_two[0] = ' <object CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" width="320" height="256" CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"> <param name="src" value="/uploads/' . $media_url . '"> <param name="qtsrc" value="/uploads/' . $media_url . '"> <param name="autoplay" value="true"> <param name="loop" value="false"> <param name="controller" value="true"> <embed src="/uploads/' . $media_url . '" qtsrc="/uploads/' . $media_url . '" width="320" height="256" autoplay="true" loop="false" controller="true" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"></embed> </object>'; break; case "windows_video": $blog_two[0] = 'embed code'; break; case "flash": $blog_two[0] = 'embed code'; break; } $blog_one[$i] = join($blog_two); } } $this->blog = join($blog_one); } } this owrks perfect for [: quicktime | whatever.mov :] however many times its inserted between whatever text, etc.

I am working to make a script that will replace a bbcode type tag with the correct embed html for the media type. Here it will make more sense if I just show you. here is the sample string: The idea of all of the possibilities that iValueRich.com will bring the community just blows my mind. I hope everyone is ready for it! [quicktime "991cc705c6e8be7b074aeca3fe0f52e1.mov"] [quicktime "991cc705c6e8be7b074aeca3fe0f52e1.mov"] I was thinking that I could use preg_replace, however two problems I am having a tough time getting it to work at all in my object and even if I do I could use some help with the expression. Here is what I was kind of thinking // add media into blog post public function add_media() { $patterns[0] = 'expression for [quicktime "whatever"]'; $patterns[1] = 'expression for [windows_video "whatever"]'; $patterns[2] = 'expression for [flash "whatever"]'; $replacements[0] = 'proper embed code'; $replacements[1] = 'proper embed code'; $replacements[2] = 'proper embed code'; $this->blog = preg_replace($patterns, $replacements, $this->blog); } I have all of the embed code. Another problem how would I pass the "whatever" to the embed code? Please any help, or otherways to accomplish this, anything.

Jesirose and Barand, Don't mean to bring up a solved topic, but your explanation still left me feeling pretty...confused. If you think you could clear it up any better in my mind, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again.

Barand, Thank you so much, you were a life saver. I read your reasoning behind how this works however am still a bit confused. Don't get me wrong I plugged it in and it works however if you could break down the how a bit more for me I would greatly appreciate it. Just when I feel like I am really starting to get good at this language I feel like a newb all over again. I don't understand how you are calling the function with the quotes around it, or where it is getting $a or $b from. Thanks, again.

I have a procedure that makes an array of a users contacts from one table. For each contact that it finds it sets an object array with all of the information from the members class. Like so... public function set_contacts($member_id) { $sql = ' SELECT * FROM network WHERE member_id = ' . (int)$member_id .' AND contact="Yes"'; if ($rows = $this->Db->get_rows($sql)) { $Member = new Member(); foreach($rows as $row) { $this->contact_list[] = new Member($row['network_member_id']); } } } Pretty simple, but Now I am trying to figure out how to put these contacts into alphabetical order by the $Member->name. Any ideas on how I could accomplish this?

Can anyone help?  Really need to figure this out.

For some reason it wont pass the image variables into the function correctly. The first if statement in the function keeps stopping it. Please let me know what I need to do. Thanks [code]function mkThumb($image, $project, $newname, $forcedwidth, $forcedheight){     $maxwidth = 10000;     $maxheight = 100000;     $max_filesize = 500000;     $max_filesize_kb = ($max_filesize / 1024);     $uploads = 'photos/' . $project . '/'; $types_array = array('image/gif','image/pjpeg','image/x-png','image/jpeg'); if($_FILES[$image]['name'] == ""){     echo "Please select a file to upload!";     exit; } if(!in_array($_FILES[$image]['type'], $types_array)){     echo "That file type is not allowed!";     exit; } if($_FILES[$image]['size'] > $max_filesize){     echo "Your file is too large. <br />Files may be up to ".$max_filesize_kb."kb";     exit; }     $imagesize = getimagesize($_FILES[$image]['tmp_name']);     $imagewidth = $imagesize[0];     $imageheight = $imagesize[1]; if($imagewidth > $maxwidth || $imageheight > $maxheight){     echo "Your file is too large. (".$imagewidth." x ".$imageheight.")<br>The maximum is <b>".$maxwidth." x ".$maxheight."</b> pixels.";     exit; } $ext = explode(".",$_FILES[$image]['name']); $imagename = $newname . '.' . 'jpg'; $thname = $newname . "st" . "." . "jpg"; move_uploaded_file($_FILES[$image]['tmp_name'], $uploads.'/'.$imagename) or die ("Couldn't upload ".$_FILES[$image]['name']."\n"); // Make thumbnail $sourcefile = $uploads . $thname; $forcedwidth = "175"; $forcedheight = "175"; $destfile = 'thumbs/' . $project . '/' . $imagename;     $fw = $forcedwidth;     $fh = $forcedheight;     $is = getimagesize( $sourcefile );     if( $is[0] >= $is[1] )     {         $orientation = 0;     }     else     {         $orientation = 1;         $fw = $forcedheight;         $fh = $forcedwidth;     }     if ( $is[0] > $fw || $is[1] > $fh )     {         if( ( $is[0] - $fw ) >= ( $is[1] - $fh ) )         {             $iw = $fw;             $ih = ( $fw / $is[0] ) * $is[1];         }         else         {             $ih = $fh;             $iw = ( $ih / $is[1] ) * $is[0];         }         $t = 1;     }     else     {         $iw = $is[0];         $ih = $is[1];         $t = 2;     }     if ( $t == 1 )     {         $img_src = imagecreatefromjpeg( $sourcefile );         $img_dst = imagecreatetruecolor( $iw, $ih );         imagecopyresampled( $img_dst, $img_src, 0, 0, 0, 0, $iw, $ih, $is[0], $is[1] );         if( !imagejpeg( $img_dst, $destfile, 90 ) )         {             exit( );         }     }     else if ( $t == 2 )     {         copy( $sourcefile, $destfile );     } } // End of mkThumb function if(isset($_POST['addProject'])){     //add to database   mysql_query("INSERT INTO 'select' ('project','title', 'description') VALUE ('$title', '$description')");   //create and place images and thumbs     if($_FILES['image1'] != ""){     mkThumb($image1, $project, '1', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 1</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image2'] != ""){     mkThumb($image2, $project, '2', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 2</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image3'] != ""){     mkThumb($image3, $project, '3', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 3</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image4'] != ""){     mkThumb($image4, $project, '4', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 4</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image5'] != ""){     mkThumb($image5, $project, '5', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 5</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image6'] != ""){     mkThumb($image6, $project, '6', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 6</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image7'] != ""){     mkThumb($image7, $project, '7', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 7</span>";   }    if($_FILES['image8'] != ""){     mkThumb($image8, $project, '8', '50', '50');     echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added 8</span>";   }   echo "<span style='color: yellow'>Added</span>"; }[/code]

Thank Fyorl! Ok, so I have adding tags and viewing them down. This is how I am adding them. [code] if(isset($_POST['add_tags'])){   $string = $_POST['tags'];   $ex = explode(',', $string);   foreach($ex as $tag){     $tag = trim($tag);     $tag = strtolower($tag);     $sql = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags WHERE tag_name='$tag'");     if(mysql_result($sql, 0) < 1){       mysql_query("INSERT INTO tags SET tag='$tag'");     }     $q_tag_id = "SELECT * FROM tags WHERE tag='$tag'";     $r_tag_id = mysql_query($q_tag_id);     $a_tag_id = mysql_fetch_array($r_tag_id);     $tag_id = $a_tag_id['id'];     mysql_query("INSERT INTO tag_map SET tag_id='$tag_id', map_to='$message_id', user_id='$user_id', type='message'");   } } [/code] And then I am having the tags that pertain to the message displayed in the messages page. And I am having them link to a tag search of sorts, that is basically functional, just needs some cleanup. Here is that code. [code]<? $q_get_tags = "SELECT * FROM tag_map WHERE tag_id='$tag_id'"; $r_get_tags = mysql_query($q_get_tags); $nr_get_tags = mysql_num_rows($r_get_tags); if($nr_get_tags >= 1){   echo "<div class=\"body_text\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px dashed silver; padding: 5px; margin-left: 15px\">";   while($a_get_tags = mysql_fetch_array($r_get_tags)){     $map_to = $a_get_tags['map_to'];     $item_type = $a_get_tags['type'];     if($item_type == "message"){       $q_info = "SELECT * FROM messages WHERE id='$map_to'";       $r_info = mysql_query($q_info);       $a_info = mysql_fetch_array($r_info);       $title = $a_info['subject'];       $message = $a_info['message'];       echo "<a href=\"/userpage/messages/view_message.php?id=".$map_to."\">".$title."</a>         <div style=\"font-size: 0.8em; margin-left: 15px\">".$message."</span>";     }   }   echo "</div><br />"; } ?>[/code] Now this is only for if a tag link gets clicked from another page. A different full search engine will need to be made later. So I was wondering if you of you masterminds, could take a look at the above code and clean it up and simplify it any. So it isn't...bulky.

You're the best you just saved me two hours of digging out all of the functions and coding them ;) I will keep this thread updaed as I encounter and hopefully solve problems. Chris

Thanks for the quick reply. I relize thay my question above was rather generalized, so I went and read as much as I could find on the net. And came to a conclusion much like yours. Here is the plan, so far--stay tuned as I will still need help ;) I have one table for say their messages, we'll call it "messages" that has the normal columns... id, to_user, from_user, title, subject...whatever. Then I have another table called "tag map" which would have the following columns... id, message_id, tag_id and user_id. Then have a final table for the tag itself called "tags", which would have id and tag for columns. So I have most of that figured out, so maybe an easier question now. So say they enter three tags in the text field. Soccer, World Cup, BRAZIL How can I seperate these, make them all lowercase and ditch all the spaces and commas so that I can have each one make it's own entry in the tags table? Wow, hope some others learn from this too. haha

I want to setup a system for letting my members tag their messages and so fourth. But I am really not sure where to start this endeavor. I have gotten most of the basics of php and mysql down and am good at understanding concepts, but I need a point in the right direction on this. I am a little confused as to how I could handle this. So I want my users to be able to tag messages and friends of theirs, and I want other people to be able to see the tags that are given to the friends and also to be able to use the tags to search for content with the same tags and to be able to search content that would be referenced by tags. So any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am trying to give the users on my page the ability to make their own folders for storing messages. Now in each messages row I added a column called "box", so that if my users drag their message to the certain folder then it will just update the box column with whiever folder they want it in. That way it is easy for displaying the messages of each folder, by just using a "index.php?box=$box_result" and then a "WHERE box='$box'". So that is easy. The part I am wondering about is them adding new folders. I could make a table that is just three columns "id", "user_id", "folder". But I have a ton of members and the amount just keeps growing and I am worried that this might get too many entries over time. Is there a better way? should I not worry? How many rows can mysql handle before getting bogged down? thanks for any help. If youhave a completly different better way of doing this let me know. Chris

Crayon violet, you seem to always get the honors of making me feel like an idiot ;) Thanks.

I need a query that will in essence be saying NOT IN ('$id_array') how do I do that?

YES!! it worked and thank you. It sucks when you spend like 2 hours on what you expected to take 3-5 min :P