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Thats a good script to use met0555 so give it a go. IF you wanted to learn how to do it yourself then just ask and Orio or someone else can explain how it works and why it works that way and how you can write script like that yourself. Can i ask what the script is for though, you said its not for hacking but what [i]is[/i] it for?

It seems fine to me, why do you ask? are you getting an error message or just wanted to check the coding? one way of checking the format and coding of the script is to simply run it on a webserver (either locally on a devlopment environment or on a webhost), If there are any real problems with the code php will give out an error message. Unless its something minor that wont affect the code, in which case it normally isn't worth worrying about anyway.

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This might be a silly question but its an easy mistake to make, have you turned on the php proccessor? This is done (at least on windows in every installation Ive seen) by running a batch file or other executable so try any executable you might have with the word "start" in it, it will be in the home folder for the installation like "root/apache/". Ive had this before and it was because i completely forgot to turn apache on ::) Another thing is to make sure that the URL is definitely http://localhost/file.php and make sure it hasn't gone back to root/dir/dir/file.php although as you said the first file worked its likely that apache is on but the script is in the wrong folder. IN my installation i have to go into a few folders until i get to the htdocs folder. I belive on an X server the live directory is var/www  so make sure that the script is in a folder like that or the corresponding folder if its different. If its not in the right place it might not get parsed as php. Thats all i can think of for now. Good luck.

Hi, Ive never had to install GD but i the site where the download of the GD library is http://www.boutell.com/gd/ read the FAQ first just to get some background info. then download the zip or tar file and either extract it then upload all files or upload the archive and extract it when it is on the server, then i assume the installation instructions will be included or be very straightforward. As i said Ive never installed it before so this might not be everything you need to do but it should be good enough to get it running i think.

I havnt got much experience with X servers but ive used GD on windows and found the site where i could download it and find documentation etc... in the FAQ (http://www.boutell.com/gd/faq.html) it says; [quote]How do I install gd on Fedora Linux? Try: yum install gd-devel Note: this might not install the latest, most-cutting edge version of gd, depending on the version of Fedora you are running and how current their gd packages are at the moment. [/quote] I'm not sure if that means download the library first, if you do need to download it it is also on that site, if not then that should give you A version of GD tho as it says not always the latest one but methinks downloading it from that site will help :)

Hi there, Ive made a simple script that will show a text field asking for the number of menus to create then once submitted it will generate that many menus and label them in reverse order, eg the user wants 10 menus they will be created as menu10 menu9 etc... menu1 [code]<? //number will be a variable telling how many times to repeat the code. $number = $_GET['number']; //check to see if the form has been submitted if($number == NULL){ //not subitted so show the form echo "<HTML> <!-- any HTML code the form itself will go here eg... --> <center>Number of menus to create<BR><form action=form.php method=get><input type=text name=number><input type=submit value=Create></form>"; } else { //the form has already been submitted by the user so proccess the info. //first we will set up the top of the HTML page echo "<HTML><head><title>A title!</title><body> <BR> <!-- anything you want to show on the HTML page above the menu section has to go here! -->"; while ($number > 0) { echo " <!-- all html code here for the menus eg <option blah blah name=$number> (name=$number names the fields or other menu with the number it is, eg if the user wants 3 menus they will be called 1, 2 and 3 in REVERSE order.) Only ONE menu here,it will be repeated!--> Menue $number <BR>"; //now take one away from the number variable $number = $number - 1; } //now we end the HTML page here echo "</body></HTML><!-- anything to go at the bottom of the HTML page below the menus goes in this line! -->"; }; ?>[/code] All formatting can be changed, ive called it form.php but that can be changed also to save it as you like but remember to change the action on the form also! Its only basic so use it as you like :)