Php beginners help
G'Day, I have only used dreamweaver for making static pages
so far, but now want to create a dynamic php page. I have installed
and running IIS on XP. At this stage all I want to do is
create/experiment and make a simple page to list my 45's collection
for my jukebox. Do I need to actually install a PHP application or
will Dreamweaver allow me to create and test in its own
environment?.. P.S. I have looked at the tutorials and purchased a
book (The missing manual) but am still a little confused as to the
foundations required to start this new PHP adventure.
Thanks
Ben
Hi Ben:
You need the PHP application server running in order for PHP
code to
process. It's the same with any server model . Cold Fusion to
run that ..
ASP to run that (but you don't notice cause it's built into
IIS). There is
a version of PHP that runs on IIS and it's downloaded at
http://www.php.net.
If you are going to host PHP sites on a Unix server however,
you are better
off to download and install Apache (
http://www.apache.org) and
install that
version of PHP. It's up to you .. I would advise matching the
production
environment as closely as possible.
Nancy Gill
Adobe Community Expert
Author: Dreamweaver 8 e-book for the DMX Zone
Co-Author: Dreamweaver MX: Instant Troubleshooter (August,
2003)
Technical Editor: DMX 2004: The Complete Reference, DMX 2004:
A Beginner''s
Guide, Mastering Macromedia Contribute
Technical Reviewer: Dynamic Dreamweaver MX/DMX: Advanced PHP
Web Development
"ben here" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:ekkv1a$kq6$[email protected]..
> G'Day, I have only used dreamweaver for making static
pages so far, but
> now
> want to create a dynamic php page. I have installed and
running IIS on XP.
> At
> this stage all I want to do is create/experiment and
make a simple page to
> list
> my 45's collection for my jukebox. Do I need to actually
install a PHP
> application or will Dreamweaver allow me to create and
test in its own
> environment?.. P.S. I have looked at the tutorials and
purchased a book
> (The
> missing manual) but am still a little confused as to the
foundations
> required
> to start this new PHP adventure.
>
> Thanks
> Ben
>
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and a
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> On 16 Apr 2008 in macromedia.dreamweaver, eclipsme
wrote:
>
>> The first column of the repeating field is a date
field, which is
>> stored as a date type in mysql, and shows up in my
table as
>> 2008-03-12 (which is how it was entered into the
table). I would
>> like to change the display to March 12, 2008. I have
tried using the
>> date function, but without success. The text that
php is putting in
>> the cell is "2008-03-12", which I am guessing is not
a valid
>> timestamp. I am also guessing that this is why I get
a date in 1969
>> when I try this...
>
> Use DATE_FORMAT in your SQL statement, thus:
>
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> FROM myTable
>
>
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_date-format
>
> Another option is to convert the date from ISO format to
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>
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> ?>
>
>
http://www.php.net/strtotime
>
http://www.php.net/date
>
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function died($error) {
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$comments = $_POST['comments']; // required
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$string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
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$error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
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$error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';
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$email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
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Thanks RobCan anyone supply a decent step by step and easy
tutorial/how-to on how to set up Apache, PHP, MySQL
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<blunt SPAM>
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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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I just developed a simple php form (my first time). I am
trying to enable the information that is typed in the form by
visitors, to be emailed directly to me. So far I can only get the
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http://www.newnie.com/handle_form.phpOn 18 Oct 2007 in macromedia.dreamweaver.appdev, CellaMarr
wrote:
> When I fill out the form and press send the only
information that I
> receive is the "First Name", "Email Address", and
"Project Details".
> All the other info does not show up. Why will it only
send some of
> the information and not all of it? ("Phone Number",
"Profession",
> "Budget", "Hosting", and "Domain")
Because you're not telling it to send them to you. Consider:
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This line is correct and sends the email as it should. You're
telling
it that you want $detail as the body of the message. However,
when you
load variables:
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$email = $_POST['email'];
$number = $_POST['number'];
$detail = $_POST['detail'];
$profession = $_POST['profession'];
$entertainer = $_POST['entertainer'];
$domain = $_POST['domain'];
$hosting = $_POST['hosting'];
$subject = 'Message from newnie.com'; // this is the subject
line. you
can make this say whatever you want
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$headers .= "Reply-To: $name <$email>\n";
$to = '[email protected]'; //change this to your email
you're only putting the contents of the 'detail' form field
into
$detail. You need to do something more like:
$body = 'Name: ' . $_POST['name'] . "\n";
$body .= 'EMail: ' . $_POST['email'] . "\n";
$body .= 'Number: " . $_POST['number'] "\n";
// etc
$subject = 'Message from newnie.com'; // this is the subject
line. you
can make this say whatever you want
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Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email:
http://makowiec.net/contact.php -
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/ -
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When my form gets clicked, the following gets triggered:
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if (success) {
this.tf_showAlertMsg.text = "Thank you for sending us an
email";
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send_lv.Name = tName;
send_lv.FromEmail = tEmail;
send_lv.Subject = tSubject;
send_lv.Comments = tMsg;
send_lv.Newsletter = tCheckBox;
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//if($debug)
echo "mes1 $ToEmailType $ToEmail $Subject $Message From:
$Name $FromEmail\n ";
and
echo "&Status=Your quote request has been sent.";
What do I have to do, so Flash receives the echo and I can
tell the user that the info has been received.
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sent though, so I am not sure why that is happening. I am assuming,
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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.
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basically just need to know the basics navigation of what buttons i need for to interact using php and mysql?
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many thanks
andyTake a look at this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Guide-Dreamweaver-Ajax-Essentials/dp/1430216107
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from mySQL in a DataGrid with AS3.
My mySQL database only has three fields; ID, Name, Kind
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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
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Some info here......
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Tricks/Forms.html
.... and a couple of suggestions for alternatives if you publish to MobileMe near the bottom of the page.
There's a lot of stuff about HTML around......
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
A search of this form should reveal a lot if stuff about iFrames and embedding music, movies etc.
Here's an example of a flash banner in an iWeb page....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Tricks/PhotoMediaSatellite.html
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Embedded Flash in PHP - Need help!
Hello everyone!
We're having problems embedding Flash-files into our .php-files, so I thought the best place to ask for help would be the official Flash-forums :-) First of all, I'll let you know what exactly we're doing....
We have a few flash-files which you should only be allowed to view once you're logged in and authenticated to our "portal". You can only view those files over some sort of JavaScript-Popup-Flashplayer thing (personally not too much into JS). The JS-Player requires the flash-files to be available over an exisiting URL (such as http://page.domain/flash/file.swf) - And this is where the whole problem begins...
After hours of research and conversing with my collegues and the project-management, we decided to use the following technique to still keep those URLs for the JS-Player while preventing the user from simply accessing our "top secret flash movies" by typing in the URL in their browser...
We move the Flash-folder to a location outside of our document root -> Flash-files can't be randomly accessed or downloaded via the URL.
We use an Apache-plugin called "mod_rewrite" to rewrite/redirect URLs that look similar to http://page.domain/flash/*.swf to a PHP-file -> We can work with REQUEST_URI to see which flash-file the user wanted to view. Now, inside that PHP file we check wether the user is authenticated or not and either embed the flash-file into the PHP-file or redirect him to an error-page. In theory, the user could still view the flash-file over the URL (without even noticing PHP, since the URL stays http://page.domain/flash/file.swf, hence a perfect fake, no? ;-) ) and everything actually works exactly the way we wanted..........IN FIREFOX!
Now we went live with our application and we had to realise that one of the only things we haven't tested in other browsers (this being one of them) don't work the way we want and instead of viewing/playing the film, we get to see a white window in the JS-Player, while it's trying to download a file called "filename_swf" (underscore instead of dot?) when you access the movie over the URL (http://page.domain/flash/file.swf).
How we embed Flash into PHP:
Headers + outputting the flash-files content....
header('Content-Type: application/x-shockwave-flash');
header('Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT, -1');
header('Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate');
header('Pragma: no-cache');
echo file_get_contents($request);
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Thanks!Thank you for your help.
I have uploaded the skin to the same directory as the video.
It's now showing. Do I have to reference it on the code?
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I've worked through the Adobe tutorial, "Developing a web
application with
Dreamweaver"
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/develop_web_application.html).
Everything works fine until I get to the final step of
testing the Record
Insert form be submitting data. When I click the Insert
record button
instead of going to the View page I get these errors for each
form field:
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]:
Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password:
NO) in
F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPh4f4n13a5b.php on line 8
Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A
link to the server could not be established in
F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPh4f4n13a5b.php on line 8
The warnings appear on the form page above the page itself.
When I connected the database to the site the test worked.
Here are the first 8 lines of code:
<?php require_once('Connections/connTownsend.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "",
$theNotDefinedValue = "")
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue)
: $theValue;
$theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ?
mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) :
mysql_escape_string($theValue);
Any suggestions?
WaltFirst, thanks for helping.
2nd, sorry to be so thick, this is all still Greek to me, but
I have no idea
where to insert
with a die($rsInsert_query):
Here is all the PHP code above the DOCTYPE:
<?php require_once('Connections/connTownsend.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "",
$theNotDefinedValue = "")
$theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($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($_POST["MM_insert"])) &&
($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO comments (FIRST_NAME,
LAST_NAME) VALUES
(%s, %s)",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['FIRST_NAME'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['LAST_NAME'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_connTownsend, $connTownsend);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $connTownsend) or
die(mysql_error());
?>
Walt
"Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:[email protected]...
> Walt - this is a good puzzle.
>
> All of your observations suggest that you have adequate
permissions, yet,
> this error says you don't -
>
>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]:
>> A link to the server could not be established in
>> F:\Webs\GoFreeFuel\TMP4r8sq1dpfl.php on line 8
>
> Let's take a look at your insert command - can you trap
the insert process
> with a die($rsInsert_query) command, right before the
actually execution?
>
> --
> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
> Adobe Community Expert
> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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>
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>
> "Walt F. Schaefer" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Murray,
>>
>> Here's an Update/Summary:
>>
>> 1. I have a MySQL database (localhost) I can see and
manipulate via
>> Navicat
>> 2. In my site (in DW) I created a connection to that
database. It tested
>> successfully.
>> 3. I created a recordset using that database. It
tested successfully.
>> 4. On a new page Insert > Application Objects
> Insert Record > Record
>> Insertion Form Wizard.
>> 5. Save page and preview locally in IE6.
>> 6. Input info in form and click Insert record.
>> 7. Record IS added to table but every field is Null.
>> 8. Errors for each form field:
>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]:
>> Access denied for user 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using
password: NO) in
>> F:\Webs\GoFreeFuel\TMP4r8sq1dpfl.php on line 8
>>
>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
[function.mysql-real-escape-string]:
>> A link to the server could not be established in
>> F:\Webs\GoFreeFuel\TMP4r8sq1dpfl.php on line 8
>>
>> As I can read from the database/table and the Insert
record form DOES ADD
>> a record it would seem I am connected to the db just
unable to add data.
>>
>> What have I done wrong?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> --
>>
>> Walt
>>
>>
>> "Murray *ACE*"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> OK - I think we will have to solve your database
connectivity issues
>>> first. What does your Connections file look
like?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>>> Adobe Community Expert
>>> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do
so!)
>>> ==================
>>>
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- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
>>>
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
>>> ==================
>>>
>>>
>>> "Walt F. Schaefer" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> LOL - you are interpreting my code MUCH
too literally. Change this -
>>>> It's only because I don't have a clue. Hence
the need to use this
>>>> beginner's tutorial.
>>>>
>>>> I replaced to code as instructed. No
improvement. Error messages:
>>>>
>>>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
>>>> [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access
denied for user
>>>> 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in
>>>> F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPgayzl14jqr.php on line 8
>>>>
>>>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
>>>> [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link
to the server could not be
>>>> established in
F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPgayzl14jqr.php on line 8
>>>>
>>>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
>>>> [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: Access
denied for user
>>>> 'ODBC'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in
>>>> F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPgayzl14jqr.php on line 8
>>>>
>>>> Warning: mysql_real_escape_string()
>>>> [function.mysql-real-escape-string]: A link
to the server could not be
>>>> established in
F:\Webs\cafe_php\TMPgayzl14jqr.php on line 8
>>>> INSERT INTO comments (FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME)
VALUES (NULL, NULL)
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Walt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Murray *ACE*"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> LOL - you are interpreting my code MUCH
too literally. Change this -
>>>>>
>>>>> $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO
comments (FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME)
>>>>> VALUES
>>>>> (%s, %s)",
>>>>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['FIRST_NAME'],
"text"),
>>>>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['LAST_NAME'],
"text"));
>>>>> $insert_rsEmails = sprintf("INSERT INTO
tblcontactdata SET emailValue
>>>>> =
>>>>> %s", GetSQLValueString($filter_rsEmails,
"text"));
>>>>> die($insert_rsEmails);
>>>>> $rsEmails =
mysql_query($insert_rsEmails, $selectData) or
>>>>> die(mysql_error()); // insert this email
into the database
>>>>>
>>>>> mysql_select_db($database_connTownsend,
$connTownsend);
>>>>>
>>>>> to this -
>>>>>
>>>>> $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO
comments (FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME)
>>>>> VALUES
>>>>> (%s, %s)",
>>>>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['FIRST_NAME'],
"text"),
>>>>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['LAST_NAME'],
"text"));
>>>>> die($insertSQL);
>>>>>
>>>>> mysql_select_db($database_connTownsend,
$connTownsend);
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>>>>> Adobe Community Expert
>>>>> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH
when you do so!)
>>>>> ==================
>>>>>
http://www.projectseven.com/go
- DW FAQs, Tutorials & Resources
>>>>>
http://www.dwfaq.com - DW FAQs,
Tutorials & Resources
>>>>> ==================
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Walt F. Schaefer"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>
news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> Murray,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's all the PHP code that
precedes the DOCTYPE *after* inserting
>>>>>> the code you provided:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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