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Having trouble storing dollar amounts in the thousands due to the "," that gets inserted once the number becomes 1, 000.00. Any advise?

Was curious how to validate a phone number input field? Currently I am requiring that the phone # format be (5555555555) so that i can simply say if(is_numeric($phone_num)) so then when i retrieve it from DB i must manipulate the string to format it properly"(555)555-5555" But i was thinking it …

Is there a more efficient way of doing this? I am simply catching and assigning vars to a lot of $POST vars. this seem monotonous to me..lol any advise is greatly appreciated. thanks :) sorry aboout the title..wasn't sure how to title this one. lol [CODE]if(isset($_POST["submit"]) ){ if(isset($_POST["est_num"]) ){$est_num= $_POST["est_num"];} …

I am working on a app at the moment, as practice mostly. But I have like 25 $vars that accumulate over the course of like 2 pages of forms gathering information. On the final page i use all these $vars to put together an estimate. My question is: Is there …

I set my cookie on a previouse page, this page here i call it and set it to a var, then when i echo it it says undefined var. Just curious.. im missing something simple here.. not sure what it is. Cookie is set, i verified that. and if i …

I normally use PHP. However I am interested in learning asp as well. My question is what is a good development environment to use for my personal private development at home? Is there a free environment I can use? I am a total stranger to asp, so please forgive my …

I am spacing out some text in my "footer". What I am wondering is... is there a better/more efficient way to add spaces than using 35" "'s?? seems to me like there has to a better way... haha thanks in advance for your input :)

So we all know it's easy to put text over an image - you just set the image as a background. If you then open it in your browser, do 'select all' and 'copy', it won't copy the background image,just the text. What I would like to be able to …

I am self taught in PHP, css, html, and currently learning javaScript. I am unable to go to school due to financial reasons. I am in the US. I was wondering if anyone knows if its possible to find an opportunity to get into the field professionally with no schooling, …

Just curious as to which is better to use in css ... width % or width in px?? Are there any known browser compatibility issues that might prompt a preference between the two? Thank you in advance for you input. :)

I have taught myself the basics of PHP (with the help of this awesome forum) I have all the basic (most common stuff on the web) stuff down fairly well. Now I am trying to figure out the best thing to learn next for web design and development. I was …

I am self taught in php only. now im starting to learn javascript as well. I have noticed so far that I can dynamically creat my pages, forms, validation etc... with js just like i can with php. (at least that seems true so far from what i am learning). …

i am retrieving a $_GET variable date: $month= date(m, $date), is there a way to retrieve this and make it convert to its equivalent $month= date(F, $date)?? i need the variable info but i need to get the full textural representation of the month not just the number. And im …

im using a simple text input form. and the "value" is a default.. such as saying "title" in the title text feild to let users know this is where you enter your title. How can i make this default text disappear when a user clicks in text box to make …

I have a link from one of my pages to another, been working fine even this morning, then i clicked it again (did not change anything on the page that contains the link.) then suddenly it says "page isn't redirecting properly. server is redirecting in a way that will never …

I have been using fopen, fread, and fwrite to create and add content to txt files. Now i need to be able delete only certain sections of a txt file. the sections are appending "=>" to beginning of entries, I was using it to properly explode() the file for reading …

New to programming. I am using fopen, fwrite fead to read and add content to a flat txt file. I can check to see if file_exists no problem, but if file exists but its empty... not sure how to check for that. Was hoping to at least get pointed in …

i set cookies to expire at session end by just leaving time out. this works fine if i close the entire browser. but if i just close the tab w my script on it it doesn't expire cookies. I really would like for them to expire even in tabbed browser. …

OK, im trying to develope an event calendar. So, far i have used only php. I am new to programming and thats the only language i have learned atm. anyway, when i click the next or prev month buttons it sets cookies for new months etc.. to a cookie.php from …

I am making a php calendar script. I want to to store events on separate text files. Beside my calendar is an iframe which is where it will read the events. I cant figure out how to make php read just the portion that is the event, not the code …

im asking w input() for user to input "spelling words" for a kids homework, and i want it to append or add the words entered into a list. i got it to ask for user input for the words, but not sure how to make it add them into a …

making for practice a temp converter. i got the basic program to convert C to F. heres that part: C = input("what temperature (celius) do you need converted? ") print "%s degrees celsius is equal to %s degrees Farenheit" % (C, 32+(212-32) / 100.0 * C now im trying to …

i am trying to make a password system that will run another one of my programs when answered correctly. not sure how to call my main program in the password prog function. i have played w this over and over, and browsed the library and i am officially stuck. :) …