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More than likely, the code behind that example you would find confusing. The only thing I can recommend is taking your time. New concepts can't be instantly absorbed by our brains. If you be persistent and take a tutorial step by step, completing every exercise highlighted, you will understand it in time. It will also be a stepping stone allowing you to move on to more complicated programming techniques and concepts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benedizione
Is it possible to tweak a simple mail program to "post" to a page instead of sending in an email?
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/cs...less-form/P50/
Dre
You could, but either way you would want to reference what was already mentioned on how to do it. http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/ is a good place to start for using php to post and retrieve info to/from a MySQL database. The following pages should be looked at for some sample code on how to do both of these. The other option is to avoid a database and simply post to text files using the commands I referenced earlier in this thread.
http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/mysql-insert-php.php
http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/php-mysql-select.php
Hope this helps.
Edit:
Also, the link that you posted above is just a form and there is no server side action to it.
It would certainly be better to avoid the database since it is even more difficult for me. How many pages of php would I need to accomplish this task in just php?
Is this right............I create a php page with php coding which is going to "echo" off of another .txt page which contains the actual html coding of the design and content of the page?
Am I close to what I need to do? Or am I still way off base?
That seems to be the way it worked for my menu and to password protect the page but I have been looking over the php material you all showed me and I am still confused about how to coordinate the coding. I keep goofing around with it to see what it does but would like to know if I am even on the right track or not.
Dre
At this point, you would probably want to hard code the html into the php. Here's a little example. This would all be one file.:
Here's an example using a mysql database:Code:<html>
<head>
<title>Comments</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Comments</h1>
<?php
// read comments from the database, a text file, a xml file, whatever
// loop through comments, and for each one:
echo "<p>".$comment['text']."</p>";
?>
</body>
</html>
I hope that helped you. By the way, reading and writing to a text file isn't all that easy for a beginner. I'd recommend you stick with a database if your host supports it. It's more commonly used, and it's arguably the most simple way to do this.Code:<html>
<head>
<title>Comments</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Comments</h1>
<?php
$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","password");
mysql_select_db("database_name",$conn);
// get all the rows from the table named 'comments' in the database 'database_name'
$getCommentsQuery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM comments");
// this loops through the results from the query
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($getCommentsQuery)) {
// $row will be an associative array of data for a row during each iteration
// print the data that's in the column 'text'
echo "<p>".$row['text']."</p>";
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Thank you, Jack! I will play around with this and see how it goes.
I have a big medical terminology exam tomorrow so I may have to wait until after my exam to get back to my coding.
Dre
here is a script that uses a text file named comments.txt:
an example form:
submit.php (comments.txt must already be created):HTML Code:<form action="submit.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
Comment:<br>
<textarea name="comments"></textarea>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
</form>
read.php:PHP Code:<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit']) && $_POST['name'] != null && $_POST['comments'] != null) {
$file=fopen("comments.txt","r+");
$contents=fread($file,filesize("comments.txt")+1);
$contents=$contents."\n[".$_POST['name']."]".$_POST['comments'];
fwrite($file,$contents);
fclose($file);
}
?>
example page (will display the comments):PHP Code:<?php
$format=Array(
'<table width="100%" align="center" border="0">\n',
'<tr>\n<td><b>',//beginning tags for the name
'</b></td>\n',//ending tags for the name
'<td>',//beginning tags for the comment
'</td></tr>',//ending tags for the comment
'</table>'
);
$contents=file("comments.txt");
$formated_comments=$format[0];
for($a=0;$a<count($contents);$a++) {
$formated_comments.=preg_replace("^/\[(.*?)\](.*?)/$",$format[1].'$1'.$format[2].$format[3].'$2'.$format[4],$contents[$a]);
}
$formated_comments.=$format[0];
?>
Code:<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
include("read.php");
echo $formated_comments;
?>
</body>
</html>
I am getting this error message. What does this mean? If a database is setup then what is keeping it from connecting? It connected with another program I tried.
>>
Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/b/e/n/benedizione/html/test.php on line 29
Warning: mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/content/b/e/n/benedizione/html/test.php on line 30
Warning: mysql_query(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/usr/local/mysql-5.0/data/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/content/b/e/n/benedizione/html/test.php on line 33
Warning: mysql_query(): A link to the server could not be established in /home/content/b/e/n/benedizione/html/test.php on line 33
Warning: mysql_fetch_array(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/content/b/e/n/benedizione/html/test.php on line 36
<<
Dre
Change the highlighted portions of the above line to reflect the details for your own setup.Code:$conn = mysql_connect("localhost","user","password");
mysql_select_db("database_name",$conn);
Also make sure you've created a MySQL table called "comments" (or change the name in the script if you name it something else)
Yea, I already tried that and I am still having problems.
However, I am receiving very rude feedback from the tech support of dynamic drive. I may be forced to leave this forum altogether. Maybe they should send me to prison for having used "a font".
If there is a rule about using "fonts" in this forum then the "font options" need to be removed altogether. This is truly absurd and insulting.
Thank you all for your help if I do not get an opportunity to say another word. I may need to look elsewhere for script help.
Dre