PHP MySQL - Good learning places

I have a long road of learning ahead of me but now that I am
starting to take on PHP and MySQL w3schools just doesn't say
enough.
Are there any good sites or books that go deep into detail of
what, why, and how when it comes to PHP and MySQL?
Thanks

Honestly, David Powers' "Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and
PHP" is the
best I have seen. Combined with his "PHP Solutions", you
won't be going
wrong.
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"UteFanJason" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have a long road of learning ahead of me but now that I
am starting to
>take
> on PHP and MySQL w3schools just doesn't say enough.
>
> Are there any good sites or books that go deep into
detail of what, why,
> and
> how when it comes to PHP and MySQL?
>
> Thanks
>

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Online resources for learning PHP/MySQL?

I would really appreciate knowing which online resources people really have used and found valuable for learning PHP/MySQL.
And I'm well aware that Google is my friend - I'm looking for personal recommendations. :-)
Thanks very much in advance,
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Well, I got some good websites
www.w3schools.com
www.phpeasystep.com
www.phpfreaks.com
And a lots! Google baby, google.. But as what David says, not all websites is up to date, you have to assure that. Other option, you may refer to PHP books. There's a lot too.

Thinking of learning to build sites with PHP/MySQL

Is it worth it to invest the time and brain power? I've been
using Dreamweaver for years. None of my sites really are so large
that I'm having issues. But, I could see some down the road that
might be too complex and large.
I'm having some problems figuring out where to begin. Any
suggestions on books that specifically deal with Dreamweaver and
database driven sites?

David Powers 'Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8' is what got
me started. I
was able to work through most of it in a weekend. He takes
you step by step
on how to set up your computer to run PHP/MySQL, and then you
build a series
of increasingly complex projects with each new aspect of
PHP/MySQL that he
teaches.
He has some newer books out, too, if you have a more recent
version of DW:
http://foundationphp.com/
...Brenda
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> synterx wrote:
>> Is it worth it to invest the time and brain power?
I've been using
>> Dreamweaver for years. None of my sites really are
so large that I'm
>> having issues. But, I could see some down the road
that might be too
>> complex and large.
>>
>> I'm having some problems figuring out where to
begin. Any suggestions
>> on books that specifically deal with Dreamweaver and
database driven
>> sites?
>
> Anything by David Powers (of this parish) will be an
exceedingly good
> investment..
>
> Pete.
> --
> Peter Connolly
>
http://www.kpdirection.com
> Utah
>

Can't connect PHP/MySQL 404 error

Wow, the learning curve is killing me. Yet another challenge. I'm using Dreamweaver CC and this tutorial http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setup_php.html
I'm at this step:
Open comments.php. You must have a PHP page open in the Document window to create a MySQL connection.
In the Databases panel (choose Window > Databases), click the Plus button on the panel and select MySQL Connection.The MySQL Connection dialog box appears.
Type connTest as the connection name.
For the MySQL Server, type localhost.If you are using the MAMP default ports on a Mac, use localhost:8889.
For the User Name, type phptestuser.
Type the password you chose for the phptestuser account in the Password field.
For the Database, type php_test.Note: You don't need to precede the underscore with a backslash here. It was inserted by phpMyAdmin in the previous section (see Figure 20) only because phpMyAdmin uses a query that permits wildcard characters.
Click Test.Dreamweaver attempts to connect to the database. If the connection fails, do the following:
Double-check the server name, user name, and password.
Check the settings for the folder Dreamweaver uses to process dynamic pages (see Specifying a Testing Server for Dreamweaver).
Verify that the web and MySQL servers are both running.
Temporarily disable any firewall or security program. If the connection works, you need to configure the security program to permit communication between Dreamweaver and MySQL.
Click OK. The new connection appears in the Databases panel.
Expand the connTest connection, and then expand the Tables branch. You'll see the comments table in the database, which you can expand to reveal the details of the table columns (see Figure 23).
As far as I can tell I have followed this tutorial to the letter.
As far as I can tell, XAMPP/php mySQL are all running fine, the files are in the correct place and everything should be working. However when I hit test I get a 404 error. (Same error when I hit the select button.)
The suggested problems on the 404 message are:
1. There is no testing server running on the server machine.
Pretty sure the testing server is running. Is there any way to test this, other than to note that xampp is definitely running right now and that I can log into phpMYadmin no problem?
2. The testing server specified for this site does not map to the http://localhost/php_test/_MMServerScripts/MMHTTPDB.php URL Verify that the URL Prefix maps to the root of the site.
Ummm...I'm pretty sure I put things where I was told to put them in the tutorial, but I'm lost at this point where I should verify what. A clue here? The files are where they are supposed to be, but maybe I entered something wrong? Except...I'm not sure what that could be or where to find it. Whatever IT is.
Everything in local files is looking good.
Thanks for your help!
PS: Extra points to anyone who figures out how to make copy/pasteable error messages! These buggers are the bane of my life!

Bgupta, you rock!
I hope you have copied the "mysql.php" and "MMHTTPDB.php" files from "C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CC\locale\Configuration\Connections\Scripts\PHP_MySQL\_mmDBScripts" to "C:\xampp\htdocs\phptest\_mmServerScripts"
This was EXACTLY the problem. I checked the tutorial and I couldn't even find where the tutorial said to do this. (If I missed it, let me know where in the tutorial it was, please.)
Fixed!

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.)

How to use spry in the dreamweaver with the php/mysql

hello,
Iam new to the spry framework
and i want to know can we use the spry in the dreamweaver
along with php / mysql code
if so please tell how to do this
thanks in advance

swetha123 wrote:
> but when i complie this page it is not showing the
preiew or any thing in the
> browser i saved this page with the extension .php if i
run the same page with
> .html then i can see the design but it is not being
executed
The reason you get nothing when you save the page with a .php
extension
is because you have display_errors turned off, so you can't
see the
error message telling you there's a syntax error. The
semicolon is
missing at the end of this line:
> echo "<font color='white'>Hello
Swetha</font>"
The reason it doesn't work with an .html extension is
probably because
you haven't uploaded SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js. I have
copied your
page and tested it locally with the correct JavaScript file,
and the
tabbed panels work as expected.
There are lots of other mistakes in your page. You can't use
float and
position:absolute on the same element. In at least one place,
you have
used </br> instead of <br />. You have also got
an closing paragraph tag
after the paragraph that contains abc.jpg.
Getting Spry or any other JavaScript library to work
correctly relies on
good, clean code. Your mixture of inline styles and font tags
is going
to make it difficult to incorporate Spry into your pages. I
suggest you
improve your HTML and CSS before bringing Spry into the mix.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Php, mySQL, apache servers and all that malarkey...

Hello
I want to learn how to build databases and use dreamweaver to
build sites to for e-commerce shops or portfolio archives etc...
But at first glance im a bit overwhelmed. I am willing to put the
time and effort in but just need a little point in the right
direction.
What should i be looking at first? Working out mySQL or
learning .php? Ive seen a lot of talk about installing apache
servers and installing php5 but i know absolutely ZERO about this.
If you had to learn it all again where would you start?
Ive got a G5 ,DW8 and a web host that supports mySQL. I have
a bit of experience building websites and am just getting to grips
with CSS. Do i need anything else?

gareth:
You may want to change this -
Whether your new to web design,
to this -
Whether you're new to web design,
and this -
The PHP Login Suite has a comprehensive 82 manual
to this -
The PHP Login Suite has a comprehensive 82 page manual
Meanwhile, I am examining the details of this product
carefully! 8)
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"gareth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I would learn the basics of PHP first, then start looking
at working with
> databases once you`ve got to grips with the basics.
>
> If you want to learn to create E Commerce sites, then
its going to give
> you
> a huge advantage if you learn to hand code rather than
relying solely on
> Dreamweavers server behaviors to do everything for you.
>
> Installing Apache and PHP is a good idea, as it allows
you to test your
> code
> locally. I have some guides at:
>
>
http://www.dreamweavermxsupport.com/index.php?type=article&pid=39
>
> Getting a bit old now, but still relevant :-)
>
> There are a huge number of tutorials on the web to help
with learning PHP,
> the home of PHP www.php.net is an essential bookmark.
There are also a
> large
> number of good books out there that will help you.
>
> Gareth
>
http://www.phploginsuite.co.uk/
> PHP Login Suite V2 - 34 Server Behaviors to build a
complete Login system.
>
>

Problems with recordset in PHP/MySQL setting

We use Dreamweaver CS5 for creating dynamic pages (PHP pages with MySQL database). We test the site locally on a Windows 7 operating system with EasyPHP as WAMP server.
We often have a problem in managing the record set.
The following problem occurs quite often:
We take a PHP page. We create a recordset. We use a dynamic table or a repeated region to show the results of the recordset. So far so good.
Then we want to change something to the recordset for example the filter. When editing the recordset, the advanced mode is shown, it is impossible to swith to the simple mode.
By deleting the recordset the problem is not solved. By deleting and afterwards rebuilding the recordset, syntax errors occur. It seems that the php code for building the recordset didn't dissapear.
The only solutions till now seems to completely restart with a new PHP page.
Anyone has a solution for this or anyone did experience the same problem ?
Thank you very much in advance.
Ilse

You cannot switch to Simple mode in the Recordset dialog box if you have made any changes to the SQL in Advanced mode.
Opening the Recordset dialog box to edit the settings does occasionally result in the code being inserted again instead of being changed. This appears to be an intermittent bug, which I have experienced myself, and know that others have complained about it, too. As far as I know, there is no solution other than to watch carefully the code that Dreamweaver generates.
If you don't understand the code, you would be well advised to learn what it means and does. Relying on Dreamweaver to do everything for you severely limits what you can do with PHP/MySQL. Adobe regards the server behaviors as quick prototyping tools, rather than for developing production websites.

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.
<blunt SPAM>
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/
</SPAM>
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 Error Message

I've posted this before and didn't get the answer that I need, probably because I didn't post all of my codes. I am using PHP/MySql. I created a website that has several forms. When I process three of the forms, I get the error messages below:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'Condition, Length, Color, City, `State`, Email, Photo) VALUES ('29', '4', 'Used'' at line 1.
Below I am posting the codes. Hopefully, this time I posted everything that I should have so that I can get assistance.
FORM
<form action="<?php echo $editFormAction; ?>" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="individual" class="individual" id="individual">
<table width="594" border="0" class="test">
<tr></tr>
<tr>
    <td width="166" class="td">Posting Title</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="sprytextfield1">
      <label>
        <input name="Posting Title" type="text" class="test" id="Posting Title" size="35" />
        </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Price</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="sprytextfield2">
      <label>
        <input name="price" type="text" class="test" id="price" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Invalid format.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Size(s)</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="size" size="1" multiple="multiple" class="test" id="size">
<option>0</option>
        <option>2</option>
        <option>4</option>
        <option>6</option>
        <option>8</option>
        <option>10</option>
        <option>12</option>
        <option>14</option>
        <option>16</option>
        <option>18</option>
        <option>20</option>
        <option>22</option>
        <option>24</option>
        <option>26</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Condition</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="Condition" class="test" id="Condition">
<option>New</option>
        <option>Used</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Length</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="Length" class="test" id="Length">
<option>Long</option>
<option>Short</option>
<option>Mid-Length</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Color</td>
    <td colspan="3" class="td"><span id="sprytextfield5">
      <label>
        <input name="Color" type="text" class="test" id="Color" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">City</td>
    <td class="td"><span id="sprytextfield4">
      <label>
        <input name="City" type="text" class="test" id="City" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
    <td class="td"> </td>
    <td class="td"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">State</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="State" class="test" id="State">
        <option>AL</option>
        <option>AK</option>
        <option>AZ</option>
        <option>AR</option>
        <option>CA</option>
        <option>CO</option>
        <option>CT</option>
        <option>DE</option>
        <option>DC</option>
        <option>FL</option>
        <option>GA</option>
        <option>HI</option>
        <option>ID</option>
        <option>IL</option>
        <option>IN</option>
        <option>IA</option>
        <option>KS</option>
        <option>KY</option>
        <option>LA</option>
        <option>ME</option>
        <option>MD</option>
        <option>MA</option>
        <option>MI</option>
        <option>MN</option>
        <option>MS</option>
        <option>MO</option>
        <option>MT</option>
        <option>NE</option>
        <option>NV</option>
        <option>NH</option>
        <option>NJ</option>
        <option>NM</option>
        <option>NY</option>
        <option>NC</option>
        <option>ND</option>
        <option>OH</option>
        <option>OK</option>
        <option>OR</option>
        <option>PA</option>
        <option>RI</option>
        <option>SC</option>
        <option>SD</option>
        <option>TN</option>
        <option>TX</option>
        <option>UT</option>
        <option>VT</option>
        <option>VA</option>
        <option>WA</option>
        <option>WV</option>
        <option>WI</option>
        <option>WY</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Email</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="sprytextfield3">
      <label>
        <input name="Email" type="text" class="test" id="Email" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Invalid format.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="26" class="td">Confirm Email</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="spryconfirm1">
      <label>
        <input name="Confirm Email2" type="text" class="test" id="Confirm Email2" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="confirmRequiredMsg">Required</span><span class="confirmInvalidMsg">The values don't match.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="26" class="td">Photo(s)</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <input name="Photo" type="file" class="test" id="Photo" size="35" />
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="131" class="td">Additional Details</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <textarea name="Additional Details" cols="40" rows="6" class="test" id="Additional Details"></textarea>
    </label></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
    <label>
      <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="test" id="Submit" value="Post" />
    </label>
</p>
<input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="individual" />
</form>
SERVER BEHAVIOR
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($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "individual")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO donations (postingTitle, `size`, condition, length, color, city, `state`, email, photo) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Posting Title'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['size'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Condition'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Length'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Color'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['City'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['State'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Email'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Photo'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_bridesmaidsrack_db, $bridesmaidsrack_db);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $bridesmaidsrack_db) or die(mysql_error());
$insertGoTo = "donations.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
DATABASE CONNECTION
# FileName="Connection_php_mysql.htm"
# Type="MYSQL"
# HTTP="true"
$hostname_bridesmaidsrack_db = "localhost";
$database_bridesmaidsrack_db = "bridesmaidsrack";
$username_bridesmaidsrack_db = "";
$password_bridesmaidsrack_db = "";
$bridesmaidsrack_db = mysql_pconnect($hostname_bridesmaidsrack_db, $username_bridesmaidsrack_db, $password_bridesmaidsrack_db) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);

Hi David,
I did as you recommended. For good measure, I even changed the case of the letters to make sure that they coincide with exactly what's in the database. I still kept getting the same error message. So I deleted the recordset and attempted to recreate it. When I attempted to recreate the record set, I got the following error message: "RangeError: invalid array length". My codes are listed below:
Form:
<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="individual" class="individual" id="individual">
<table width="594" border="0" class="test">
<tr></tr>
<tr>
    <td width="166" class="td">Posting Title</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="sprytextfield1">
      <label>
        <input name="posting_title" type="text" class="test" id="posting_title" size="35" />
        </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Size(s)</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="size" size="1" multiple="multiple" class="test" id="size">
<option>0</option>
        <option>2</option>
        <option>4</option>
        <option>6</option>
        <option>8</option>
        <option>10</option>
        <option>12</option>
        <option>14</option>
        <option>16</option>
        <option>18</option>
        <option>20</option>
        <option>22</option>
        <option>24</option>
        <option>26</option>
        </select>
      <span class="Text">To select multiple sizes, hold ctrl and select each size.</span></label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Condition</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="condition" class="test" id="condition">
<option>New</option>
        <option>Used</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Length</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="length" class="test" id="length">
<option>Long</option>
<option>Short</option>
<option>Mid-Length</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Color(s)</td>
    <td colspan="3" class="td"><span id="sprytextfield5">
      <label>
        <input name="color" type="text" class="test" id="color" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">City</td>
    <td class="td"><span id="sprytextfield4">
      <label>
        <input name="city" type="text" class="test" id="city" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span></span></td>
    <td class="td"> </td>
    <td class="td"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">State</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <select name="state" class="test" id="state">
        <option>AL</option>
        <option>AK</option>
        <option>AZ</option>
        <option>AR</option>
        <option>CA</option>
        <option>CO</option>
        <option>CT</option>
        <option>DE</option>
        <option>DC</option>
        <option>FL</option>
        <option>GA</option>
        <option>HI</option>
        <option>ID</option>
        <option>IL</option>
        <option>IN</option>
        <option>IA</option>
        <option>KS</option>
        <option>KY</option>
        <option>LA</option>
        <option>ME</option>
        <option>MD</option>
        <option>MA</option>
        <option>MI</option>
        <option>MN</option>
        <option>MS</option>
        <option>MO</option>
        <option>MT</option>
        <option>NE</option>
        <option>NV</option>
        <option>NH</option>
        <option>NJ</option>
        <option>NM</option>
        <option>NY</option>
        <option>NC</option>
        <option>ND</option>
        <option>OH</option>
        <option>OK</option>
        <option>OR</option>
        <option>PA</option>
        <option>RI</option>
        <option>SC</option>
        <option>SD</option>
        <option>TN</option>
        <option>TX</option>
        <option>UT</option>
        <option>VT</option>
        <option>VA</option>
        <option>WA</option>
        <option>WV</option>
        <option>WI</option>
        <option>WY</option>
      </select>
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="td">Email</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="sprytextfield3">
      <label>
        <input name="email" type="text" class="test" id="email" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Required</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Invalid format.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="26" class="td">Confirm Email</td>
    <td colspan="3"><span id="spryconfirm1">
      <label>
        <input name="confirm_email2" type="text" class="test" id="confirm_email2" size="35" />
      </label>
      <span class="confirmRequiredMsg">Required</span><span class="confirmInvalidMsg">The values don't match.</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="26" class="td">Photo(s)</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <input name="Photo" type="file" class="test" id="Photo" size="35" />
    </label></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td height="131" class="td">Additional Details</td>
    <td colspan="3"><label>
      <textarea name="Additional Details" cols="40" rows="6" class="test" id="Additional Details"></textarea>
      <input name="hiddenField" type="hidden" id="hiddenField" value="Date" />
    </label></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>
    <label>
      <input name="Submit" type="submit" class="test" id="Submit" value="Post" />
    </label>
</p>
</form>
Server Behavior
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($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "individual")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO donations (posting_title, `size`, condition, length, color, city, `state`, email, photo) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['posting_title'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['size'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['condition'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['length'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['color'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['city'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['state'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['email'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['Photo'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_bridesmaidsrack_db, $bridesmaidsrack_db);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $bridesmaidsrack_db) or die(mysql_error());
$insertGoTo = "donations.php";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));

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!!!
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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($_POST['index'], "int"));
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if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $updateGoTo .= (strpos($updateGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $updateGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $updateGoTo));
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if (isset($_GET['index'])) {
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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.

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Hello,
I am currently learning PHP/MySql and have setup a test server to develop on and a production server to go live with. I wanted to know what are the best practices for synchronizing the test server with the production. Should I export the database from the test server and import it to the production server each time I make a change or is there better way to incrementally sync the databases. I am using Dreamweaver to design the web site.
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Thanks, but does this mean that after I go live I should make changes on the production database only and not use the development database, if say I need to add a new table or record(s)?
Procedure
1. Take production web site down
2. Export/Save current database
3. Make changes to production database
4. Export/Save new database
5. Bring production web site up
Is this correct?

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I am new to php/MYSQL but I am trying to learn. I built an
insert page using DW8. I was looking back over the code trying to
figure it out. Is it just me or does dreamweaver an a bunch of junk
to there code to do a simple insert from 4 form fields.
Can anyone explain what DW is doing since I am now dumber for
having looked at it.
<?php
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
$theValue = (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ?
addslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
switch ($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")) {
$insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO reviews (review_date,
review_name, review_address1, review_city, review_state) VALUES
(%s, %s, %s, %s, %s)",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['date'], "date"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield2'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield3'], "text"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield4'], "text"));
mysql_select_db($database_siteData, $siteData);
$Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $siteData) or
die(mysql_error());
$insertGoTo = "
http://www.yahoo.com/";
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
$insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
$insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
mysql_select_db($database_siteData, $siteData);
$query_Recordset1 = "SELECT * FROM reviews";
$Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1, $siteData) or
die(mysql_error());
$row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
$totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($Recordset1);
?>

newhorizonhosting.com wrote:
> I am new to php/MYSQL but I am trying to learn. I built
an insert page using
> DW8. I was looking back over the code trying to figure
it out. Is it just me or
> does dreamweaver an a bunch of junk to there code to do
a simple insert from 4
> form fields.
No, it's not a bunch of junk. It's filtering the input to
make sure that
things are inserted correctly into your database.
> Can anyone explain what DW is doing since I am now
dumber for having looked at
> it.
This function filters the form content to prepare it for
insertion in
the database.
> function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "",
> $theNotDefinedValue = "")
This sets the action value of the form tag, including any
query string.
> $editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
> if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
> $editFormAction .= "?" .
htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
> }
This builds the SQL query and inserts the form content into
the database.
> if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) &&
($_POST["MM_insert"] == "form1")) {
> $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO reviews (review_date,
review_name,
> review_address1, review_city, review_state) VALUES (%s,
%s, %s, %s, %s)",
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['date'], "date"),
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield'], "text"),
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield2'], "text"),
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield3'], "text"),
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['textfield4'], "text"));
>
> mysql_select_db($database_siteData, $siteData);
> $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $siteData) or
die(mysql_error());
This redirects the page after the database query has
finished.
> $insertGoTo = "
http://www.yahoo.com/";
> if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
> $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" :
> $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
> }
> header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
> }
This is unrelated to the insert. It's a recordset that
retrieves
everything from the reviews table of your database.
> mysql_select_db($database_siteData, $siteData);
> $query_Recordset1 = "SELECT * FROM reviews";
> $Recordset1 = mysql_query($query_Recordset1, $siteData)
or die(mysql_error());
> $row_Recordset1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($Recordset1);
> $totalRows_Recordset1 = mysql_num_rows($Recordset1);
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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