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by LonelyProgrammer
Sat Dec 20, 2003 9:19 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Security Issues and the GET header
Replies: 3
Views: 453

1.) Sorry, not that I know of. The easiest way would just to have every user have an account and use SESSIONS in order to keep track of where they can and can't go. Sessions Tutorial php.net/session_start Already using sessions for user authentication. Anyway, for sending links via POST method, how...
by LonelyProgrammer
Sat Dec 20, 2003 8:46 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Security Issues and the GET header
Replies: 3
Views: 453

Security Issues and the GET header

Hi all, I am currently involve in developing an e-learning site, where the users have to pay a certain amount of credit for accessing each lesson. One of the problem I am facing now is the security issues pertaining to using the GET header to transmit information between page. For example, let say t...
by LonelyProgrammer
Mon Nov 17, 2003 5:42 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: References in PHP vs. pointers in C?
Replies: 2
Views: 393

References in PHP vs. pointers in C?

What are the differences, and similiarites, in terms of usage and theory, between PHP's references and C's pointers?

Many thanks in advance!
by LonelyProgrammer
Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:38 am
Forum: Databases
Topic: ORDER BY question
Replies: 1
Views: 501

ORDER BY question

Hi all... Currently I am doing a quiz database. The questions labelling range from simple (like "1", "2") to rather complex ("1a", "1.1.a" and etc.) so in order to sort the question, I use VARCHAR type as the question number, so that when I use "ORDER BY ...
by LonelyProgrammer
Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:18 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Redirection and Sessions...
Replies: 11
Views: 1818

Well..that explains a lot...thanks again, Kriek...

Stupid question...

What is a meta-refresh?

So the solution for me is to the user verification in welcome.php...
by LonelyProgrammer
Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:24 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Redirection and Sessions...
Replies: 11
Views: 1818

Thanks Kriek, and everyone else, for trying to help... Kriek, I tried "session_write_close" but still it doesn't work. I suspect the problem is not PHP not storing the session data correctly, but somehow not resuming the created session and starting another one in the redirected page. I do...
by LonelyProgrammer
Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:02 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Redirection and Sessions...
Replies: 11
Views: 1818

Output buffering is turned on; that why I could use header to redirect the pages. I tried header("location: ....") it still doesn't work. The problem is not with the page not re-directing. The problem is after the page is re-directed, when PHP comes across "session_start()" in we...
by LonelyProgrammer
Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:01 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Redirection and Sessions...
Replies: 11
Views: 1818

Redirection and Sessions...

I have been tearing out my hair out over this. I have this login code in one page, login_loginuser.php : (start_session is called way at the beginning...) if ($b_isLoginSuccess) { // Extract all the needed information from the database $query_data = mysql_fetch_array($result); $username = $...
by LonelyProgrammer
Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:28 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Persistent objects in PHP?
Replies: 4
Views: 492

Persistent objects in PHP?

Hi,

Just wondering about the OOP aspect of PHP. Say I create an object from a class in one PHP page - can I pass it to another PHP page through POST or GET, or do I have to recreate the object from the class again?

Thanks in advance!
by LonelyProgrammer
Sat Oct 18, 2003 8:28 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Getting move_uploaded_file to work
Replies: 4
Views: 853

Sorry for not being specific...

I am using Windows 98 as my developing platform and using Personal Web Manager. Do I have to add the upload directory as a virtual directory?
by LonelyProgrammer
Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:07 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Getting move_uploaded_file to work
Replies: 4
Views: 853

Getting move_uploaded_file to work

Hi all... Whenever I try to use move_uploaded_file to move an uploaded file to a directory, it gives me this error: Moving file to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\eknowledge\quizmedia\quiz10.... Warning: move_uploaded_file(C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\eknowledge\quizmedia\quiz10): failed to open stream: Permission denied ...
by LonelyProgrammer
Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:51 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: PHP and frames
Replies: 3
Views: 683

PHP and frames

Hi all, How does one go about writing frames with PHP? Say I have a frameset which consists of two pages -index.php and mainframe.php, and the frameset document itself (frameset.php). Say I have a form on index.php, or an url there, when click, will affect mainframe.php. How do I go about achieving ...
by LonelyProgrammer
Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:29 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: sessions and output buffering...
Replies: 0
Views: 267

sessions and output buffering...

Hi all... I have problem with PHP pages that uses ob_start() and start_session() on the same page. The session is created okay (I checked the session directy), but when I move over to another page, start_session() will create a new session instead of resuming the one created earlier. (When I access ...
by LonelyProgrammer
Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:52 am
Forum: Databases
Topic: Reality of PHP projects...
Replies: 2
Views: 922

Reality of PHP projects...

Hi all, I am generally new to PHP and web-based programming on the practical scale. Let me explain where I am coming from. In school about three years before I learnt ASP, and finally coming over to PHP now because I find it, well, more C-like. One thing that has been bothering me is the scope of re...
by LonelyProgrammer
Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:42 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Error reporting function?
Replies: 5
Views: 515

The problem with those functions is I could never seem to get them to work in the event of a SQL syntax error.