Here's a good book to learn how to use Ruby: http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/ruby/0.3/

The send method, when used on any object, can have an indefinite number of arguments passed to it.

Just because it's deprecated doesn't mean it can't be used anymore. We'll have to wait another 10 years for that to happen ;)

Try using controller.env['QUERY_STRING'], where controller is the name of the controller where you are using this.

Here's (http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/rubyscript2exe/index.html) a good place to start.

I would prefer seeing this forum renamed Ruby on Rails because Rails is really what gave Ruby a huge boost in familiarity among most people.

The JavaScript forum (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum117.html) would better serve your question :)

I give another vote to http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ :)

Also, I think that the Wikipedia article for RoR is not really a good resource for learning how to write Ruby.

env["QUERY_STRING"] should work.

I give another vote to http://poignantguide.net/ruby/ :)

Use www.php.net/preg_match to match the particular contents that you want from the page.

There isn't much that you need besides www.php.net/file and www.php.net/file_get_contents

Those should get you started.

<?php

if ($_GET['dlurl'])
{
header('Content-type: application/pdf');
header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="downloaded.pdf"');
readfile('original.pdf');
}

?> as an example.

Which version of PHP do you have? I would have thought MediaWiki supports all the way to PHP 4.

So $message = "The following was submitted:\n\n";
foreach($fields as $f => $v)
{
if ($v)
$message .= sprintf("%20s: %s\n",$v,$_REQUEST[$f]);
}?

I know Ruby on Rails, but there aren't enough posts right now on DaniWeb about RoR to justify a new forum for it. It is becoming more and more popular each day, but that doesn't mean that every...

Use <input type="checkbox" name="checkbox[]" value="your value" />
Keep using that for your checkboxes, but just change value="". It will put all your checkbox values into the $_REQUEST[checkbox][]...

I use SnagIt too. I like the company's products in general, such as Camtasia Studio, for making videos of your desktop.

Yeah, a Java applet is better, or a Flash file, than PHP for video chat.

I'm sure you can, although I don't know the specifics.

If you read my post carefully, you will see that I said As you can see, I said the subforums IN that forum. There are 3, last time I checked. (At least for me. Certain users can see more or less,...

I'm sure there are more students than professionals on these forums :)

The subforums are poorly laid out. Take the subforums in DaniWeb News and Feedback (http://forum26.html) as an example.

Show the subforums on the forum index so we can see what subforums exist. With the way it is now, people don't even know that most of the subforums exist. I wasn't even aware that this forum (DaniWeb...

You don't have to get really advanced to get the time :) There is already a built-in function for that that can do all of that in one line.


if (date('A') == 'AM')
{
// it is AM
}
else
{
...

http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.asort.php

http://statcounter.com/ is another good service for this. I suggest using whatever control panel you have available to you and using that instead, though, since those are often more powerful. I'm...

The MySQL server also needs to be running before using it. It is not like PHP, since PHP only runs when it needs to. Start -> Run -> "services.msc" -> Enter. Then select the MySQL service and hit...

I don't think these are what he wants. He wants something like: http://www.php.net/quickref.php

Just download WAMP for Windows or LAMP for Linux. I'm unsure if those complete packages still exist, but give it a try. It downloads the entire set for you and you can install it as a bundle... I...

You'll need to explain your problem more clearly. I have a hard time understanding what you are trying to accomplish.

Probably about 7 hours for me on a typical weekday?

I like it, it's attractive.

Yep, congratulations on the job well done from me too, Dani.

Also, on a side note sarahk, that is precisely how I operate every morning as well (or late at night), since those emails are typically...

I think the space between the last post of the thread and the Quick Reply box is too far. There are the ads, and then the Similar Threads. I suggest making the Google ad a leaderboard instead, so...

Nice job, Dani!

But, where's vBulletin 3.5 (Ajax)? Different colors for each category? And please increase depth of forums shown on forum index. This new layout has a bit of a learning curve for...

I still think that this suggestion of mine should be implemented.

I'm certain that there is an AppleScript for this.

Directory: http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php

Code: http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&q=Fibonacci+number+C%2B%2B&btnG=Search

They all do the same thing. So I'm sure you can just pick one and use that. Or, compare it with yours to...

I use this to make executable files from PHP files. I mean, you run the code in something such as DOS, but at least it works. I use it when I don't have a PHP server in hand.