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    Thank you for your reply and honesty, diafol. At this point this code is still in a build mode, hence, no MySQLi or many of the other aspects you have …
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    There are so many things that should be updated in this code. 1) Use PDO or mysqli - mysql is deprecated 2) Never place raw input into SQL without sanitizing …
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    Hello, I posted a similar issue earlier - I fixed that issue that was throwing error messages and now my data from a form is being dumped to my table, …
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    Hello, I posted a similar issue earlier - I fixed that issue that was throwing error messages and now my data from a form is being dumped to my table, …
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    Hello, I posted a similar issue earlier - I fixed that issue that was throwing error messages and now my data from a form is being dumped to my table, …
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    Hello, I posted a similar issue earlier - I fixed that issue that was throwing error messages and now my data from a form is being dumped to my table, …
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    Thank you for your reply, Mike. I am no longer getting that error message, thankfully, and most data from the registration form is being dumped into the table. Most. I …
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    Marked Solved Status for "You have an error in your SQL syntax"

    Hello: Before I post code I will say that last year I hired a programmer to build one feature for my project. Today upon further inspection of the database/tables I …
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    **<Bump>** I need help with this, please.
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    Hello. I am attempting to implement a Captcha in my form using PHP. This, at first, seemed pretty direct; Yet upon viewing the form, no Captcha is displayed, only code. …
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    Hello. I am attempting to implement a Captcha in my form using PHP. This, at first, seemed pretty direct; Yet upon viewing the form, no Captcha is displayed, only code. …
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    My email vaildation is working correctly now. But, I would like to alter the message color from black to red by styling it somehow. I have attempted such things as: …
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    Hi Matthew, I'd suggest that you search on "javascript email validation" to find examples of how best to do this. Most of the solutions you find will rely on regular …
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    Gave Reputation to JorgeM in Validating Email - Will not recognize "com", "uk", etc

    Hello Matthew, I found this regex string a while back. unfortunately, i dont have the source to provide you with so you can go back and take a first hand …
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    Created Validating Email - Will not recognize "com", "uk", etc

    Hello. I am finally figuring out some basic validation. My main interest at this point is validating email. The script I got online contains the following, but does not check …
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    Thank you, GliderPilot.
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    Never assume you know what the user will input. Check user input before doing anything with it to make sure it is what you expect it to be (I use …
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    I am about to begin protecting a yet to be launched site againt injection attacks.(And other possible attacks) I am making use of a large database and must fortify this …
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    Hello. Having some trouble figuring out a CSS footer issue. The footer should fill the page fully, not extend a horizontal scrollbar **and importantly**, not have a 3-5 pixel left …
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    All fixed. Thank you, JorgeM. Matthew
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    Hi Matthew, its a good idea to apply a "CSS Reset" so that you user agent's default styles dont apply. This will give you a more consistent display across different …
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    Created CSS Footer Issue

    Hello. Having some trouble figuring out a CSS footer issue. The footer should fill the page fully, not extend a horizontal scrollbar **and importantly**, not have a 3-5 pixel left …
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    Marked Solved Status for Email Validation Broken; Accepts .cop as Valid

    I am working with a form validation script; I am testing it first and all seems to work fine except for the email validation. This is a snippet of the …
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    I am working with a form validation script; I am testing it first and all seems to work fine except for the email validation. This is a snippet of the …
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    Yes, webpage size- Standard sizes? Dynamic? I don't know! I have been building websites since 2000 and the one area I have never, ever been able to fully understand is …
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    Replied To a Post in *Webpage Size? I Have Been Confused About This for Ages!

    Yes, I'm confused as well, Dani. But, thank you. 1024 it is :)
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    Created *Webpage Size? I Have Been Confused About This for Ages!

    Yes, webpage size- Standard sizes? Dynamic? I don't know! I have been building websites since 2000 and the one area I have never, ever been able to fully understand is …
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    Thank you, JorgeM. This really further explains the situation to me. You are **always** *so* helpful. Thank you, Matthew
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    [This is theoretical at this point - No code is written for this] On the project I am building (A forum of sorts) I will be the Admin: I will …
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    Created Making Myself Admin of a Forum

    [This is theoretical at this point - No code is written for this] On the project I am building (A forum of sorts) I will be the Admin: I will …
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    I downoaded http://jqueryvalidation.org/ - One problem I'm concerned with this is: It is jam-packed with folders/files and I am not exactly sure what is needed and what I'll require. Some …
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    Replied To a Post in Form Validation

    diafol: I mean *a flat alert message by the field*. No, not an ugly, intrusive, popup window. Flat. This site is being designed as super-flat. Thanks for your help!
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    JorgeM I believe I shall try http://jqueryvalidation.org/ I have actually already looked into that one already but gave up out of impatience and frustration. Honestly, for now, I do not …
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    So, at this point you'd either have to create your own solution or you can integrate a jQuery validation plug-in (there are a few of them out there). Which do …
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    Hello. I have been doing research for about a week on form validation (JS, jQuery, CSS). I already have a nice form, but I need to add the validation elements. …
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    Hello. I am having a bit of trouble with being able to submit/record the data from a selected dropdown field to my DB. Here is what I know so far: …
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    Replied To a Post in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    After all this time struggling with this issue, a simple mistake. I neglected to inspect my dbConnect.php file. Duh. It lacked any form of info related to the countries. I …
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    Yes, Sir, I will try all your suggestion(s). Thank you for all you time and assistance. Matthew
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    Gave Reputation to JorgeM in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    >The Demo link works the sample code i provided above should work for you too. >I created a new page on my server with your PHP- That did not work …
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    Yes, the demo echos the country code-ID. In my version on my server, it does not. I am using phpMyAdmin - Not sure where to check the logs using this. …
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    I tried it: 1. The Demo link works 2. I created a new page on my server with your PHP- That did not work - No data displayed on submission, …
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    Replied To a Post in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    Trying this now... Will reply with results soon.
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    Replied To a Post in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    Nothing I am trying is working. **Really** lost on this one. (And, I know *it's something simple*)
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    Gave Reputation to JorgeM in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    I'll try to replicate this on my end. Will get back to you.
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    JorgeM: Hi. I made the changes as you suggested, above. It is still not dumping any country information into the DB. I am re-reading all my code and looking for …
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    Gave Reputation to JorgeM in No Dropdown Data Saved to Database

    So the problem i see is that in line 6 of your code above, you are trying to recover the posted value for county. `$country = $_POST['country'];` However, in your …
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    I've gotten myself a bit mixed up, I fear. I started off thinking I was working in JS, then said, "No, it's HTML." **Some more code (Showing other fields in …
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