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Hey everyone, I'm looking for a free tool to administer MySQL databases. I currently use PHPMyAdmin, which is great, but I'm looking for the same functionality in a desktop software. I've actually found quite a few, but wondered if you any of you could recommend one for me. My only …

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I need to create a very simple script with php. There is a form with only one input field, for the user's email address. They click submit, and the script sends an email to that address, while attaching a pdf file that I specify in the script. I've found many …

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Hey, I'm trying to use a simple select menu, and I would like to set one of the values to be the default, and it works great in IE, but not in firefox. Here is a sample: [CODE] <select name="test"> <option value="Test 1">Test 1</option> <option value="Test 2">Test 2</option> <option value="Test …

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I don't understand what happened, I hadn't made any changes to this script, and all of the sudden, it's giving this error: [QUOTE]Notice: Use of undefined constant ID_my_site - assumed 'ID_my_site' in /path/to/my/script/changed/forsafety.com/login.php on line 90[/QUOTE] As you can tell from this error, I am trying to run a login …

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Hey, I've got a simple little table that has only 3 fields. ID (primary key, auto-increment), cat_name, and cat_num. I need to know how to get my php script to go into that table, and increase the value in cat_num by one on every row. So for instance, here is …

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Hey, I have a script that sends a user an html-formatted email. Usually once per email, there is an exclamation point popping up in the middle of the email. I've read somewhere about this happening because of some limit at 1000 character limit, and it could be around that point, …

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Hey, I'm running a mysql query, and would like to run a script if the query returns no results. But what do I use to test for no results? Something like: [PHP] if (!$query) { do this } [/PHP] But just not sure how to implement it. Little help?

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I was curious if there is a good way to come about with an approximate value for a domain name on my own without having to pay for a service. Reason being, is there is a domain name that I would like to register, that is not currently registered, that …

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Hey, I've got a littl batch script that backs up some files for me, and the last line opens up Outlook with the CALL command: [CODE]CALL "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"[/CODE] The Problem is, the batch script wants to wait till OUTLOOK.EXE has finished executing before it runs the rest of the …

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I have looked everywhere, I've figured out how to add x amount of days to the current date, or take away x amount of days from the current date. But let's say I have a date stored in my database as "0000-00-00", that is not the current date. How can …

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Very simple code, I even echo the variables to make sure they are comming through: [PHP]<? include 'config.php'; $recordid = $_POST['recordid']; $im=$_POST['im']; $bm=$_POST['bm']; $peachtree=$_POST['peachtree']; $canapprove=$_POST['canapprove']; $cancomment=$_POST['cancomment']; $canclose=$_POST['canclose']; $administrator=$_POST['administrator']; echo $im; echo $bm; echo $peachtree; echo $canapprove; echo $cancommnet; echo $canclose; echo $administrator; echo "<p>"; $result = mysql_query("UPDATE employees SET im='$im', …

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Hey, I need help getting that ugly yyyy-mm-dd format to change to something prettier. I would prefer being able to output it in the form like January 01, 2007. Something easy to read for the average user. I can leave it stored in yyyy-mm-dd in my database, but in my …

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Hey, I need to write a little .bat script that will place a predetermined string of characters into the clipboard, ready for immediate pasting. Is there any way to do such a thing? For instance, in my script, I would like to set the "mystring" variable to say "#$ERdfcv34/l" , …

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Hey everyone. I have an interesting perl idea, and am wondering if it's been done. I would like to have a page on my website, where someone could go in and chat with me. I wouldl like it so that, a person (that I have given a user name and …

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I'm only writing this in the php section, because php is really all I know. My wife purchased a big package of downloads from a site, and now she has to go and download them all, because she only has 7 days to download them. So she has to click …

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This is partly PHP, partly javascript, so I wasn't sure where to stick it, but I'll stick it here. I'm sorry if this is a bit confusing, but I hope I can explain myself well. The below code queries a table in my database, and prints out a table with …

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Wasn't sure whether to put this in java or php, so I'm putting it here. I have a bit of java that opens a php page in a popup window, using this code: [CODE=java]<a href="javascript: void(0) "onclick="window.open ('my_form.php','linkname','height=465, width=400, left=550, top=150, scrollbars=no')">Click Here</a>[/CODE] So that code opens up "my_form.php" in …

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Hey, I've got some values that don't seem to be calculating correctly. I've got two numbers, subtracting one from another, and instead of the answer being an exact number, like .06, it's coming out as like .0599999999. For some background, I'm working with monetary values, and since I'm so new …

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Anybody know if there's a way to pull gas prices from any of those gas price websites, so I can display them on my own page? I didn't know if there's a way to tap in to their source or if they provide some sort of way to do that. …

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Hey everyone, I'm using php to delete a row from a table in a database in mysql, but it's not working. I'm not even trying to do anything fancy, just delete one row. Here's the code: [PHP]<? include 'config.php'; $recordid = $_POST['recordid']; echo $recordid; mysql_query("DELETE FROM employees WHERE recordid='$recordid'") or …

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Quick question here. I wanted a way to quickly change the URL of an image that is place on my page, so I came up with the following little script: [code=php] <?php echo "Status: $status"; if ($status == 'Online'){ rename('status.bmp', 'offline.bmp'); rename('online.bmp', 'status.bmp'); } elseif ($status == 'Offline'){ rename('status.bmp', 'online.bmp'); …

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Alright, this one has me stuck. I know it's possible, because I've seen an example in another thread, but mine is slightly different, and I can't figure it out. Ok, I have one script that pulls all the rows from a database, and displays the data using a while loop. …

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Hey, not sure if this is possible with PHP, but I thought I'd ask anyway. Is it possible to update values on an html page based on values being typed into an input box? For example. My table has three columns. Column 1 has an integer in it. Column two …

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Hey, I'm using a while loop to display all the rows of a table in my database, and wondered if anyone knows how I can make it so the background color of each row alternates between two different colors. I'm using php to call the information, so I can stick …

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Hey, I've been searching around, having a hard time finding something. Are there any simple scripts out there or something that I can use to generate graphs from information in mysql database tables?

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Hey, this is kind of a dumb problem, but I'm stumped by it. I wrote a little script to track my morning bike rides, and I have a time field to put in the time that I rode. Mind you, this is not the time of the day that I …

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Hey, I just need a little advice. I currently host 3 different sites with Globat.com. I've been with them for about 5 years, and have really liked them. Uptime is good, support is ok, and the value is unbeatable. More space and bandwidth than I know what to do with. …

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Hey, I built a phpBB forum for a friend of mine, and it's actually prospering quite well! But a couple weeks ago, he started getting messages in the admin email box basically that were forwarded to him because they couldn't reach their original destination. Some bot or something has been …

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Hey, I need to know the command for adding secondary groups for a user. The only catch is that I have to assume that they are already members of some secondary groups. And if I use modprpw -G [group], then it erases any secondary groups they were previously in, and …

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Hey, I'm running an HP-UX box, trying to create a little script that will compare the /etc/passwd file with another file I have created. Each line in this file, let's call it /etc/myusers, has a pin that the user has chosen (not necessarily unique), then their userid, then the comments …

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I originally posted this in the wrong forum, so I hope I don't get ripped apart for a double post. As part of my new job, I'm learning a little shell scripting, working on an HP-UX system. I'm trying to automate a user account creation process, and I need to …

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Hey, I didn't see a forum for shell scripting, so I hope this is the place to put it. As part of my new job, I'm learning a little shell scripting, working on an HP-UX system. I'm trying to automate a user account creation process, and I need to access …

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Hey, I'm a complete noob to batch commands. I just found that they might be somewhat useful for some stuff I'm doing, so I thought I'd try them out. Anyway, I've got a batch file that calls a program called Poweroff to turn on a pc on my network via …

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I have a script sending out an email to some users, and I was going to try to use CSS to format it, until I found out it's nearly impossible. So I have 2 questions. 1. Is it possible to use CSS in email, and ensure everyone can read it? …

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I was trying to write some stuff in batch files, and was told it would be easier to do what I was trying to do with vb. So I looked into that, and I can understand it enough, but in my search for tutorials to get more into it, they …

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I have found a great little utility to perform actions to other pc's on my network. I mainly use it for the wake-on-lan capability. It is called Poweroff 3.0, and you can get it [URL="http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html"]here[/URL]. Anyway, it does everything great, but there's just one little glitch, and I just wanted …

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I want your opinion on masking domains. I've got a fairly small site that I set up, and don't want to purchase a new hosting plan for it, so I'm just forwarding the domain to a folder within one of my other domains, and I'm masking it so it looks …

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Hey everyone. I'm working with a logo for a little business I'm doing a website for and all they gave me was a .bmp image. I need to make it smaller, and I'm using Adobe Photoshop. I'm constraining the proportions and everything, but when I resize it, it always ends …

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Hey everyone, I need some advice. I have a simple user form. Name, email, comments, blah blah blah. Currently for error checking, in my code, if the user inputs something invalid or doesn't fill out a required field, I redirect them to another page that tells them the error, then …

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I never know if I'm putting these in the right place. Anyway, I have been having trouble ftp'ing larger files or larger groups of small files to my ftp server lately. I'm hosting with globat.com, and they say there are no problems. I'm using SmartFTP. My ISP is Qwest. After …

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Hey, I hope I'm posting this in the right forum. I'm compressing a bunch of files to tar.gz, then uploading them to my webhosts ftp server, and then trying to uncompress them on my server using a php script that enables me to run some shell commands (since we don't …

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Hey everyone, I'm using the php function [URL="http://us2.php.net/nl2br"][COLOR="Blue"]nl2br[/COLOR][COLOR="SeaGreen"]()[/COLOR][/URL] to display some characters on a page from a textarea. I'm storing the text into the database exactly as it is entered, and then only using the [URL="http://us2.php.net/nl2br"][COLOR="blue"]nl2br[/COLOR][COLOR="seagreen"]()[/COLOR][/URL] when displaying it on a page. Should I do it the other way around? …

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Hey, just need a little help on this one. I have a script allows a user to choose from a list of files in a directory for a form. When they submit the form, it adds the files name and url to a couple fields in the database for that …

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Hey, I created a little form for my sister to use to create her eBay pages on the fly. Basically she inputs the background colors, text colors, description, pictures, all that jazz, and the form generates the html with the information she provided. I want to make it easy for …

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Hey everyone, I hope this is in the right forum, I'm not sure where to place it. I'm just looking for a free app to backup my website to my local hard drive. I do alot of work on it, and there are times I wish I had previous versions …

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Hey everyone, am having problem with some php code in a plugin I'm using on my Wordpress site. The problem is that there is an option box that lets you select from among a list of files in a certain directory on my site, and you can't see the options. …

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Hey, say I have a table that spits out the information from a mysql table. Say it gives you the names of users, and certain information about each user, say address, phone number, whatever. Doesn't matter. What I want to do is make each of the persons' name a hyperlink …

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Hey, I'm doing a simple INSERT command, can you tell me what's wrong with it? I won't bother you with the php right now, cause I'm simply trying to get it work in the MySQL command line. Here is the exact command: [CODE] INSERT INTO Birthdays(ID, firstname, lastname, birthday, group) …

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Hey everyone, I wasn't sure if this should go in the php section or this one, so hopefully this is right, if not, move it for me. I have a form that a user fills out, it posts the information to a MySQL database, and then spits out the information …

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