Dreamweaver newbie - php & mysql help

hi,
new to dremweaver, have used .net in past with vwd and found it straight forward to drag over grid view etc to view data from sql database.
i want to use php and mysql now and looking at dreameaver cs4 i really want to know what each navigation is. i.e. how do i create my mysql database and drag say a grid view in dreamweaver cs4 over to view?
basically just need to know the basics navigation of what buttons i need for to interact using php and mysql?
any help would be great, and also if anyone can recommend a good book on php/mysql with dreamweaver cs4 as a by the by then would greatly appreciate it.
many thanks
andy

Take a look at this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-Dreamweaver-Ajax-Essentials/dp/1430216107
I didn't read it, but I am currently reading the author's another book (David Powers: PHP Object-Oriented Solutions) and he is good.
David is also a community expert on these forums.

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CS6 Dreamweaver using PHP & MySQL - Delete Record Server Behavior?

When I try to insert the Delete Record server behavior. I get an error message about a DeleteRecord.js file, which seems to be missing or defective. I cannot use the server behavior. I have a file that I developed using CS5, and it does indeed delete the record, but does not proceed to the destination I want. I cannot change that except in the server behavior, so I'm stuck. I have noticed that server behaviors seem to disappear without apparent cause, as it seems to have in this case. I will appreciate any suggestions! Is there any way to embed a call to a target page manually? All is working WITHOUT the server behavior appearing, but I want to go to a confirmation display page that shows the record is indeed deleted, and we just return to the (now blank) delete confirmation page. That'll drive a user bonkers!
Thanks!
Delete Record in CS6 Dreamweaver using PHP & MySQL?

Well, your error message is self-explanatory.
DW stores ServerBehaviors in 'Configuration' folder in installation directory. If one of the behavior JS files is missing/ corrupt, you'll see the error message you just did.
I've uploaded a functional, proper version of DeleteRecord.js onto my site for you to download. Here's the link:
http://www.sudarshan.me/adobeforum/dw/app/behavior-js/DeleteRecord.zip
Download this file, extract it and put DeleteRecord.js file in your installation directory as follows. If prompted, 'replace' your local copy:
Mac: Applications > Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 > Configuration > ServerBehaviors > PHP_MySQL
Windows: C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS6\[language]\Configuration\ServerBehaviors\PHP_MySQL
It should work as expected.
If that still doesn't solve the problem, reset your DW preferences and cache and try doing it. Follow the instructions here to reset cache: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/494811
Let us know how it goes.
-ST

Macromedia Dreamweaver "Unidentified Error" PHP MySQL, help please

Ok,
I've been developing web applications with with PHP/MySQL for some time now, but had been unable to afford dreamweaver to help me out. Thus every website I made came from strait "notepad" style typeing. Everything always worked just fine. Recently though I got my hands on Macromedia Studio MX, but have been having troubles ever since then.
I wrote my own PHP script to connect to my MySQL database on my computer (localhost), and it worked like a charm. Then I went over to dreamweaver, followed all the steps, entered the information, clicked the "test" button and I get the an error "an unidentified error occured".
At this point I checked everything tried again, and then that rendered the same result, I went online and found the same problem at Macromedia's webstie: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_16515
I've tried everything mentioned there to no avail. I was hopeing someone out there would know what is wrong with my connection. Quick summary:
Trying to connect with Dreamweaver to localhost MySQL database, with PHP MySQL settings. I get "an unidentified error occured". But the informaiton has been verified as correct with my own PHP script.

Sorry, but it doesn't help JTANNA.
What is your definition of "more efficiently"? If it's limitation of search results, branded search, and limitation of styling your results then google search is more efficient. Real developers rely on their own developments. For example: how can google search display results from a password-protected site? They can't.
best,
Shocker

Apache2, PHP, MySQL Help

Hi,
Sorry if this is a bit of a newbie thing todo but I am not too good with solaris configuration yet.
Can anyone supply a decent step by step and easy tutorial/how-to on how to set up Apache, PHP, MySQL and PHPmyadmin on a SPARC solaris 10 box please...
Thanks Rob

Can anyone supply a decent step by step and easy
tutorial/how-to on how to set up Apache, PHP, MySQL
and PHPmyadmin on a SPARC solaris 10 box please...Setting up Apache is very easy since all it takes is setting it up. Its installed by default, you can check /etc/apache for an example configuration file. Next to that www.apache.org/docs/ is also a very valuable read.
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You could also consider looking into the Java webserver (formely SunONE). Its currently being made available for free with the Java Enterprise System and compares very well to Apache. If you'll also be doing some Java it would be a better choice (IMO its a better choice than Tomcat) and it can also do PHP.
http://www.sun.com/software/products/web_srvr/home_web_srvr.xml
http://www.zend.com/sun/?article=/sun/index.php&kind=&id=6179&open=1&anc=0&view=1
http://www.php.net/
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As you'll note I included the PHP website because with the above setup you'd also need to manually setup PHP. If you have the companion CD present you can install the PHP module which will end up on /opt/sfw/apache. This directory will also present you a php.ini example which will need to be placed in /etc/apache as well. Setting it up is basicly following the documentation in the ini file, and the Apache documentation on adding an extra module (/opt/sfw/apache/libexec/libphp4.so).
MySQL. Also very easy since its shipped with Solaris as well. Look into /etc/sfw/mysql for a README which covers the most essential steps to set it up. In short you'll need to setup a few directories for MySQL to work and optionally (but recommended) copy the default config file to /etc (/etc/my.cnf) which will define certain basic settings. The readme explains. Next you're likely to need the MySQL guide (if you're new with MySQL) which can be located at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/index.html.
This applies to the version (close enough anyway) which is shipped with Solaris. From personal experience I can say that MySQL 5 will also run very well on Solaris 10.
Finally the PHPMyadmin... That really is an RTFM issue, once you have your environment setup (Apache and the likes) its likely you only need to copy it to your document root and point your browser to it.
Hopes this helps somewhat.

PHP/MySQL Help Needed

I'm a beginner with this PHP/MySQL language, but I'm using
Dreamweaver CS3 to help things along. I've set up my database with
my host (using PHPmyAdmin) and put in a table with some fields.
Then I went into Dreamweaver and set up everything and it saw the
database name perfectly. Then I made a recordset and it saw the
fields just fine. I then made an input page to put the data into
the database and that went off without a hitch. I then made a basic
webpage with nothing but the call to display 2 of the fields in my
database (I did the test in dreamweaver and it saw all the data I
populated my database with perfectly). I then told it to preview in
Firefox and got a blank page... Ok I must have done something
wrong, so I put in some basic text just so I could see if even that
would show up correctly. Then I previewed in Firefox again and not
only did it show up, but the 2 fields showed up as well! Yea! So I
made some changes to the fields I wanted to show and again did a
Preview in Firefox. I was again treated to a blank page. Not even
my basic text was showing up. I went back to Dreamweaver and added
some more text... preview... works perfectly showing everything. I
refresh the page and it's blank. I close Firefox and preview again.
It's a blank page, but for the heck of it I decide to View Source
and lo and behold all the data is there. I close the source and try
reloading the page... blank. I'm at a loss. Any idea why this might
be happening?

jays99 wrote:
> Thanks, David. I have your PHP5-Flash 8 book and egerly
await your newest. I
> installerd MySQL 5.027 for 10.4 intel which but it does
not come up
> automatically and there is no MySQL control on the
Preferences. I read
> somewhere that I have to open a file and change some
lines of code in a config.
> file. Do you have any insight to that? Thanks again, Jay
Sorry, I haven't tested anything on an Intel Mac yet. Testing
everything
on Vista for my new Dreamweaver book has given me enough of a
headache.
However, I'm pretty sure that my editor has an Intel Mac, and
he
followed the instructions in "PHP Solutions" without any
major hiccups.
(They're pretty much the same as in the Flash book.)
Isn't there a MySQL.prefPane icon in the MySQL installation
package? I
have found that MySQL won't start automatically on 10.4 (it
did on
10.3), but as long as you install the prefPane, you should be
able to go
in and start it manually.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

PHP / MySQL help

Hello all,
I've got an update record form on one of my pages (it is a
php / MySQL site). I followed the tutorial in dreamweaver 8, it
works, but it does not work like I want it to work.
I am hoping that when a user logs into the site, and they
want to update their information, they can go to a page that has an
update record form. This form will have all the fields empty. When
the user enters information, only the fields that have been entered
will update the record in the database (and all of the fields that
are left blank will have no effect on the record in the database).
How it is now, when the user goes to that page, all the text
fields are filled with the information contained in the database.
If they make a mistake, and delete any of those fields, that
information will be deleted from the database.
Is this possible to do? If so, is there a tutorial that I
have not found yet that I can learn how to do this?
Thank you

>Is this possible to do?
Sure it's possible, but I don't really think it's necessary.
What if the user wants to completely remove the contents of the
field? And if you don't want to allow that, then you should
validate those fields anyway.
Another workflow would be to have the form retrieve the
database row into static text fields, so at least the user can see
what is stored. Adjacent to the static fields would be normal text
fields that they can enter text into if they want to make changes.
Of course your form processing script would then need to evaluate
each field for contents. It would then dynamically build the update
sql based on the filled in fields. I don't know of a specific
tutorial, but if you know sql and php it should be a piece of
cake.

Error message when I run searches on my website (PHP/MySQL help)

Hey guys, can someone tell me why this is happening in my PHP? I run a search on my website and get this error message ye sI filled the hostname, username and password)
Results for
PHP Error Message
Warning: mysql_num_rows(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/a8295382/public_html/Search Results.php on line 233
Couldn't execute query
Here is my PHP code:
<?php
$hostname_logon = "host" ;
$database_logon = "hostname" ;
$username_logon = username" ;
$password_logon = "password" ;
//open database connection
$connections = mysql_connect($hostname_logon, $username_logon, $password_logon) or die ( "Unabale to connect to the database" );
//select database
mysql_select_db($database_logon) or die ( "Unable to select database!" );
//specify how many results to display per page
$limit = 15;
//get the search variable from URL
$var = mysql_real_escape_string(@$_REQUEST['q']);
//get pagination
$s = mysql_real_escape_string($_REQUEST['s']);
//set keyword character limit
if(strlen($var) < 3){
    $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>Keywords with less then three characters are omitted...</p>" ;
//trim whitespace from the stored variable
$trimmed = trim($var);
$trimmed1 = trim($var);
//separate key-phrases into keywords
$trimmed_array = explode(" ",$trimmed);
$trimmed_array1 = explode(" ",$trimmed1);
// check for an empty string and display a message.
if ($trimmed == "") {
    $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>Please enter a search...</p>" ;
// check for a search parameter
if (!isset($var)){
    $resultmsg = "<p>Search Error</p><p>We don't seem to have a search parameter! </p>" ;
// Build SQL Query for each keyword entered
foreach ($trimmed_array as $trimm){
// EDIT HERE and specify your table and field names for the SQL query
// MySQL "MATCH" is used for full-text searching. Please visit mysql for details.
$query = "SELECT * , MATCH (field1, field2) AGAINST ('".$trimm."') AS score FROM table_name WHERE MATCH (field1, field2) AGAINST ('+".$trimm."') ORDER BY score DESC";
// Execute the query to get number of rows that contain search kewords
$numresults=mysql_query ($query);
$row_num_links_main =mysql_num_rows ($numresults);
//If MATCH query doesn't return any results due to how it works do a search using LIKE
if($row_num_links_main < 1){
    $query = "SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE field1 LIKE '%$trimm%' OR field2 LIKE '%$trimm%' ORDER BY field3 DESC";
    $numresults=mysql_query ($query);
    $row_num_links_main1 =mysql_num_rows ($numresults);
// next determine if 's' has been passed to script, if not use 0.
// 's' is a variable that gets set as we navigate the search result pages.
if (empty($s)) {
     $s=0;
// now let's get results.
$query .= " LIMIT $s,$limit" ;
$numresults = mysql_query ($query) or die ( "Couldn't execute query" );
$row= mysql_fetch_array ($numresults);
//store record id of every item that contains the keyword in the array we need to do this to avoid display of duplicate search result.
do{
      $adid_array[] = $row[ 'field_id' ];
}while( $row= mysql_fetch_array($numresults));
} //end foreach
//Display a message if no results found
if($row_num_links_main == 0 && $row_num_links_main1 == 0){
    $resultmsg = "<p>Search results for: ". $trimmed."</p><p>Sorry, your search returned zero results</p>" ;
//delete duplicate record id's from the array. To do this we will use array_unique function
$tmparr = array_unique($adid_array);
$i=0;
foreach ($tmparr as $v) {
   $newarr[$i] = $v;
   $i++;
//total result
$row_num_links_main = $row_num_links_main + $row_num_links_main1;
// now you can display the results returned. But first we will display the search form on the top of the page
echo '<form action="search.php" method="get">
        <div>
        <input name="q" type="text" value="'.$q.'">
        <input name="search" type="submit" value="Search">
        </div>
</form>';
// display an error or, what the person searched
if( isset ($resultmsg)){
    echo $resultmsg;
}else{
    echo "<p>Search results for: <strong>" . $var."</strong></p>";
    foreach($newarr as $value){
    // EDIT HERE and specify your table and field unique ID for the SQL query
    $query_value = "SELECT * FROM newsight_articles WHERE field_id = '".$value."'";
    $num_value=mysql_query ($query_value);
    $row_linkcat= mysql_fetch_array ($num_value);
    $row_num_links= mysql_num_rows ($num_value);
    //create summary of the long text. For example if the field2 is your full text grab only first 130 characters of it for the result
    $introcontent = strip_tags($row_linkcat[ 'field2']);
    $introcontent = substr($introcontent, 0, 130)."...";
    //now let's make the keywods bold. To do that we will use preg_replace function.
    //Replace field
      $title = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $row_linkcat[ 'field1' ] );
      $desc = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $introcontent);
      $link = preg_replace ( "'($var)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $row_linkcat[ 'field3' ] );
        foreach($trimmed_array as $trimm){
            if($trimm != 'b' ){
                $title = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $title);
                $desc = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $desc);
                $link = preg_replace( "'($trimm)'si" , "<strong>\\1</strong>" , $link);
             }//end highlight
        }//end foreach $trimmed_array
        //format and display search results
            echo '<div class="search-result">';
                echo '<div class="search-title">'.$title.'</div>';
                echo '<div class="search-text">';
                    echo $desc;
                echo '</div>';
                echo '<div class="search-link">';
                echo $link;
                echo '</div>';
            echo '</div>';
    } //end foreach $newarr
    if($row_num_links_main > $limit){
    // next we need to do the links to other search result pages
        if ($s >=1) { // do not display previous link if 's' is '0'
            $prevs=($s-$limit);
            echo '<div class="search_previous"><a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?s='.$prevs.'&q='.$var.'">Previous</a>
            </div>';
    // check to see if last page
        $slimit =$s+$limit;
        if (!($slimit >= $row_num_links_main) && $row_num_links_main!=1) {
            // not last page so display next link
            $n=$s+$limit;
            echo '<div class="search_next"><a href="'.$PHP_SELF.'?s='.$n.'&q='.$var.'">Next</a>
            </div>';
    }//end if $row_num_links_main > $limit
}//end if search result
?>
Anyone got any ideas as to why this is happening?
Also, I have not created any tables in my database... is this why it doesn't display any search results from my website?

Sorry, but it doesn't help JTANNA.
What is your definition of "more efficiently"? If it's limitation of search results, branded search, and limitation of styling your results then google search is more efficient. Real developers rely on their own developments. For example: how can google search display results from a password-protected site? They can't.
best,
Shocker

DataGrid + .PHP + mySQL Help

I have searched all over for information on how to load data
from mySQL in a DataGrid with AS3.
My mySQL database only has three fields; ID, Name, Kind
Thanks in advance for your help.

http://www.flash-db.com/Tutorials/helloAS3/helloAS3.php?page=1
This is a pretty good, start-to-finish, example of how to get
data from MySQL/PHP (as well as working with other forms of data)
to Flash AS3 and how to manipulate it. Now,...I don't think it
covers DataGrid, but you can probably read through it and get a
good idea of what to do. If you still have questions, after you
read it, post back here.

Newb php/mysql quest

Ok, im new to dreamweaver and im trying to learn php.
Im having problems trying to get dreamwaver to connect to a
testing server, it will connect to transmit files fine, but not for
database.. At first I tried to use my host but kept getting 404
errors every time i tried to test..
So i thought maby i would try runing the server on my
machine, so i downloaded and installd "WAMP"
From what I understand it should just give the database
connection a name
then set it as localhost
Username root
no password (wamp defaults)
but still when trying to eather test or select database i
still get a 404 error, can some one help me out?

Admittedly though, that's pretty easy too.
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news:[email protected]..
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:09:15 +0000, David Powers
<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Why? That means converting the data every time it's
displayed. If the
>>data is always required as uppercase, it makes more
sense to convert it
>>once at the time of storage.
>
> For the most part, I agree. However, there is the
possibility down the
> road, that they might want to use the data for something
other than the
> current ticker. In that case, it might display better in
mixed case. It's
> a lot easier to convert to all upper case for the
ticker, than to try to
> convert all upper case to mixed case.
>
> Gary

Creating A Report need PHP MYSQl HElP

I have a table "officers" table two with 4 fields all with
variable char which will end up just being names. However, I need
to create a report that counts each the occurance of each name and
ouputs the name with the count next to it. The names in table
"officers" are concatinated from a first name field and last name
field in a separate table "persons";
I need some help figuring out how to write this using
PHP.

Hi Shashank,
SQL Server Reporting Services provides a full range of ready-to-use tools and services to help us create, deploy, and manage reports for our organization, as well as programming features that enable us to extend and customize our reporting functionality.
With Reporting Services, we can create interactive, tabular, graphical, or free-form reports from relational, multidimensional, or XML-based data sources. To create a basic table report, we can refer to the tutorial as below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/ms167305(v=sql.110).aspx
For more information and tutorials about Reporting Services, please refer to the following documents:
Reporting Services (SSRS)
Reporting Services Tutorials (SSRS)
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

PHP MySQL 2 column list

I am building at site in dreamweaver using PHP/MySQL.
I have a page that will list a bunch of categories. I would
like to have them in a two column list instead of one. It will look
better as far as the design goes. How can I do this. I would like
each column to be an equal amount as possible

On 13 Mar 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev,
newhorizonhosting.com
wrote:
> I have a page that will list a bunch of categories. I
would like to
> have them in a two column list instead of one. It will
look better
> as far as the design goes. How can I do this. I would
like each
> column to be an equal amount as possible
Have a look at Tom Muck's Horizontal Looper extension:
http://www.tom-muck.com/extensions/help/HorizontalLooper/
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/email.php

Database Connection using PHP/MySQL on OS X

I created a database connection originally on my XP machine
using Dreamweaver CS2 and everything worked as it should. I
recently switched to a Mac and CS3 and while I can see the
connection file in the Connections folder, it appears grayed out in
Dreamweaver. I tried to create a new data connection to see if that
would solve this problem, but it won't let me. I typed in all the
information and when I clicked "Test" or to browse for the
appropriate database it pops up an error message saying "An
unidentifiable error has occurred". I'm sure I could work around
this by manually coding everything, but I'm a novice in programming
and need to be able to use this feature. The worst thing about it,
is that anytime I have to make a change to the web page, even if
it's not regarding this section of code, it gets messed up. I have
made backups, but once they are opened on the Mac they are messed
up.
I'm using Dreamweaver CS3, PHP/MySQL on a remote server as I
still can't get my local web server functioning properly under
Leopard. Any help would be appreciated because I haven't been able
to find anything regarding this error online.

bouldersp wrote:
> I typed in all the
> information and when I clicked "Test" or to browse for
the appropriate database
> it pops up an error message saying "An unidentifiable
error has occurred".
That usually means that something is preventing communication
between
Dreamweaver and the testing server. It could be a firewall or
anti-virus
software. In the Testing Server section of the Advanced tab
in Site
definition, Host directory and URL prefix should both point
to the same
place. The first is the physical path to the top level of
your site, the
second is the URL you enter into a browser address bar to get
to the
same location.
> I'm using Dreamweaver CS3, PHP/MySQL on a remote server
as I still can't get
> my local web server functioning properly under Leopard.
You might find this tutorial on my website helps:
http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/php_leopard.php
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

I need help with DW, PHP & MySQL please.

Hello, I am new to website development and am trying to set up a form for collecting data on my website and have a question that I can’t find an answer to anywhere else. I was wandering if someone there would be kind enough to help? I am using Dreamweaver in CS4 and my host already has PHP & MySQL installed on the server that I can use. My question is: Do I need to download XAMP or WAMP on my computer before trying to connect my form to the server? Also, do I need to change the page I am putting the form on to .PHP extension or can I just embed the PHP form into an existing HTML page?
Most of the training tutorials I’ve read don’t start at the most basic beginning but rather expect people to already have a basic knowledge of the topics they are trying to learn. If anyone knows the best place to get answers to the most basic questions like this one or a beginners guide to working with DW, PHP & MySQL I will gladly go there rather than waste your time on questions you’ve probably already answered a bezillion times.
Thank you for the help.

Strictly speaking, you don't need XAMPP or WAMP on your local computer. But if you're serious about getting involved with PHP/MySQL, you should definitely set up a local testing environment with one or the other. It's safer and more efficient. Don't expose all your errors on a live server. You can find instructions on how to set up a testing environment here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setting_up_php.html.
To develop with PHP, you should always use a .php file name extension. Any other choice is very rare.
There's a tutorial on building your first dynamic website with DW here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_dynamic_site_pt1.html.
For more in-depth help, you might want to consider grabbing hold of a copy of "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP". (Yes, I wrote it, so it's a bit of shameless self-promotion, but you'll find it answers many of your questions - and probably a lot you hadn't even thought of.)

PHP/mySQL code help please

Hi all,
Thanks to David Powers fab tutorial I am now well on my way to competeing my first dynamique website using PHP/mySQL, (thanks David ), however I am stuck on one particular area....can anyone please help?
I know that the mySQL database uses the format YYYY/MM/DD for dates, and that is fine. I've sorted out how to display in a more regular format (eg. 1st September 2011) for my application, but I am stuck on how to convert a more regular formatted date entered by the site user into the mySQL format.
Ideally I would like for the users entry or say either 1/9/11 or 1-9-11 (or something along those lines, to be recognised and displayed on the entry form, but to have a backend function that converts the data to mySQL format. I seem to be reading plenty of forum posts which say this can be done, but unfortunately I can't quite seem to fathom how, or where the code should sit. Would someone mind taking a look at my code page to actually identify what I need to insert, and equally as importantly...where!!!
Along these lines...is it possible to have a mini-calendar date picker that could be embedded next to the date entry field to ensure that a valid date is entered and in the correct format? Where could this be sourced?
Thanks in advance of some much needed help
Mark

This is becoming really frustrating for me (so god knows how I am to you!!!!), but I usually pick things up so fast and yet this whole PHP/SQL thing is eluding me!!
I can see (I think) how the code would work, but am struggling to see where it fits into place with my own Dreamweaver 'Update Record' code, as follows. I have spent a couple of days trawling through PHP.net and various other sites and forums before bringing my stupidity to the public domain, but I just can't seem to crack it.
This one last time then i'll leave you in peace??????
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);
switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
return $theValue;
$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
if ((isset($_POST["MM_update"])) && ($_POST["MM_update"] == "form1")) {
    $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE gig_guide SET `date`=%s, town=%s, venue=%s, private_or_public=%s, start_time=%s WHERE `index`=%s",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['date'], "date"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['town'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['venue'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['type'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['start_time'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['index'], "int"));
mysql_select_db($database_online, $online);
$Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $online) or die(mysql_error());
$updateGoTo = "index.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $updateGoTo .= (strpos($updateGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $updateGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $updateGoTo));
$colname_updatePost = "-1";
if (isset($_GET['index'])) {
$colname_updatePost = $_GET['index'];

PHP MySQL sites created by dreamweaver mx 2004 crash on safari

Hello,
The title says it all, but i will elaborate.
I develop PHP, MySQl driven database websites, I use
Dreamweaver MX 2004 and I work on a macintosh, using both safari
version 2 and 3.
i have noticed that whenever I post a database item (add,
edit to table) my safari hangs and I get a page cannot be displayed
error after 1 minute or so, even though the db function went
through.
Now, this only happens with safari and it only happens with
pages I build with dreamweaver, any hand coded websites I build do
not do this.
i have posted this on the apple website with no response, I
am hoping someone here can help me.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:21:50 +0000 (UTC), "MacDaddy333"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
> All of the sites that have this issue are secure, one is
a shopping cart
>
>
http://www.jennywrenpaperie.com
>
> You will need to create a user account and then log in
to see the problem, as
>for the code, well, there is so much code involved, many
pages of includes, so
>i cant post it all
>
> One more thing, this doesn't happen to every Safari
user, only a few, very
>frustrating as you can imagine
And I should give you my email address because...
Seriously, you want people to troubleshoot your site, create
a dummy
account that we can log in with.
Win
Win Day, Wild Rose Websites
http://www.wildrosewebsites.com
[email protected]
Skype winifredday

Dreamweaver newbie - php & mysql help

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