Slight roadblock in "DW 8 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP: Training from the Source"

I'm working my way through Dreamweaver 8 with ASP,
ColdFusion, and PHP:
Training from the Source. I've come to the middle of Lesson 6
and have hit
my first obstacle in learning PHP. I'm following the
instructions to format
the output of the tour price calculator, but my issue is with
where to place
the following PHP code: <?php setlocale(LC_MONETARY,
'en_US'); echo
money_format('%i', $tourPrice); ?>
I placed it before the DOCTYPE and when that didn't work, I
tried inserting
right before the code that retrieves the tour price (in the
body of the
page). That didn't work either.
I also tried changing money_format to number_format and
manually inserting
the $, but when I tested everything, the output printed as
follows:
The estimated cost of your tour is
$0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000500.
I'm not quite sure where I've gone wrong.
Thanks for any help,
Heather

Coach Bob wrote:
> David,
>
> I would like to understand better your comment about the
money_format. The
> ability to use it is dependent on the host system's
support of the C library
> function strfmon(), correct? So if a user were
developing on a windows box with
> a local WAMP install it would not work while it may work
on their *nix-based
> Web host?
Check the PHP documentation - it tells you all you need to
know:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php
> I will see to it that it gets corrected in the next
version of the book!
I've no idea what relationship you have with "Training from
the Source",
but I find it interesting - to say the least - that you need
to the ask
the author of a rival book.
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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I don't have a copy of that book. I wrote my own instead. ;-)
> Notice: Undefined index: first_name in
> C:\htdocs\newland\test_form_processor.php on line 9.
Line nine is - Thank
> you, <?php echo $_GET['first_name']; ?> <?php
echo $_GET['last_name']; ?>, for
> filling out my form..
It means that the first_name variable isn't being passed from
the form.
PHP is case-sensitive. Your form needs to look something like
this:
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="get"
action="test_form_processor.php">
First name: <input type="text" name="first_name"
id="first_name" />
Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name"
id="last_name" />
<input type="submit" name="submit1" id="submit1"
value="Send" />
</form>
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Web Services with ColdFusion and PHP mixed

Hi,
We need to used web services provided by remote server. The
problem is the
remote server is on PHP and our server is on ColdFusion. Is
there a way to
use the web services on PHP server with our ColdFusion
server?
I understand ColdFusion automatically generate the WSDL by
adding ?wsdl
after the CFC, but I can't do the same thing because the
remote server is
not on ColdFusion. They have given us the wsdl web address,
but it seems
using the wsdl address directly without CFC is not working.
Is that right?
Please let me know.
YC

From the coldfusion side of things, it all seems okay what
you are doing. It
is an issue with the php/wsdl side of things. I can access
the wsdl ok, but
got the same error as PaulH just then when I tried to use web
service in
cf..
"YC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> OK, I learned a good thing. I tired the Dreamweaver +
icon with a
> ColdFusion CFC file and it works fine. Now I learned I
don't have to code
> the <cfinvoke> tag, but just drag and drop. But
when I tried the WSDL
file:
>
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/ws/resources.wsdl,
and "ColdFusion MX" as the
> proxy generator, I had an error. Do I need any other
option to choose
from?
> It seems "Edit Proxy Generator list" doesn't provide a
sufficient answer.
>
> I know the URL of the WSDL file is correct because I
used it to create a
web
> service in PHP locally on my laptop, and it works. From
the previous
> answers of you and PaulH, it seems if the WSDL works
with PHP, it should
> also work with any other language, right?
>
> Have you tried yourself? Did it work?
>
> YC
>
> "Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> >
> > An easy way to do this is to use the dreaweaver
'components' palette.
> > Select
> > 'web services' from the drop down list and then
click the '+' icon to
> > create
> > the call to the web service. (this uses the
cfinvoke tag)
> >
> >
> > "YC" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >> I feel very sorry to keep asking this
apparently very basic question,
but
> >> please be patient with me.
> >>
> >> Yes, it is right that I just need to consume
the pre-existing web
> >> service.
> >> This is the WSDL page:
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/ws/resources.wsdl
and
> >> this is the web service page on the server
using it:
> >>
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/ws/getresources-client.php,
provided as an
> >> example.
> >>
> >> So in order to have the page run in ColdFusion,
at least the following
> >> tag
> >> below should come up without an error?
> >> <cfset
> >>
> >
ws=createObject("webservice","
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/ws/getresources-c
> > lient.php")>
> >>
> >> Sorry, but I still get an error message.
> >> I need to provide "getResourcesByCatid" as the
method and "catid" as
the
> >> parameter, but it should work only if the
previous tag works without an
> >> error, right?
> >>
> >> YC
> >>
> >>
> >> "Eric" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> >>>We need to used web services
provided by remote server.
> >> >
> >> > Right, so the web service already exists -
you just want to consume
it?
> >> >
> >> >>Is there a
> >> >> >> way to use the web services
on PHP server with our ColdFusion
> > server?
> >> >
> >> > Yes - thats the whole point of web
services, you can create them in
one
> >> > language/platform and consume them in
another.
> >> >
> >> >> Whey you say "create a web service,"
do you mean I need to create a
> >> >> <cfcomponent> tag in CFC format?
Creating a CFC is not a problem,
but
> >> >> how
> >> >> can I place it on the remote server
because it is running with PHP,
> >> >> not
> >> > with
> >> >> ColdFusion?
> >> >
> >> > Sorry if I am not understanding the
question clearly, but it seems to
> >> > me
> >> > that you want to make use of an existing
php based web service. Why
do
> > you
> >> > you need to place a CFC on the php server?
You just need to execute
the
> >> > web
> >> > service from the coldfusion server using
cfml. As Paulh says:
> >> >
> >> > <cfset
ws=createObject("webservice","url to the php based web service
> >> > here")>
> >> >
> >> > The variable 'ws' being your hook into the
php web service from
within
> >> > your
> >> > cfml code.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "YC" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
> >> > news:[email protected]...
> >> >> Eric,
> >> >> Whey you say "create a web service,"
do you mean I need to create a
> >> >> <cfcomponent> tag in CFC format?
Creating a CFC is not a problem,
but
> >> >> how
> >> >> can I place it on the remote server
because it is running with PHP,
> >> >> not
> >> > with
> >> >> ColdFusion?
> >> >>
> >> >> YC
> >> >>
> >> >> "Eric" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> >> >>
news:[email protected]...
> >> >> > >We need to used web services
provided by remote server. The
> >> >> > >problem
> >> >> > >is
> >> >> > >the
> >> >> > remote server is on PHP and our
server is on ColdFusion.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thats one of the main nenefits of
web services - this does not
> > matter.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >>> I understand ColdFusion
automatically generate the WSDL by
adding
> >> > ?wsdl
> >> >> >> after the CFC, but I can't do
the same thing because the remote
> > server
> >> > is
> >> >> >> not on ColdFusion.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sounds like you want to consume a
web service, not create one. You
> > can
> >> >> > create the call in Dreamweaver,
just look up help on calling a web
> >> >> > service. Also see Adobe site
using search for 'using web services
in
> >> >> > coldfusion'
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "YC" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> >> >> >
news:[email protected]...
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >> We need to used web services
provided by remote server. The
> >> >> >> problem
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> the remote server is on PHP
and our server is on ColdFusion. Is
> > there
> >> > a
> >> >> >> way to use the web services
on PHP server with our ColdFusion
> > server?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I understand ColdFusion
automatically generate the WSDL by adding
> >> >> >> ?wsdl
> >> >> >> after the CFC, but I can't do
the same thing because the remote
> > server
> >> > is
> >> >> >> not on ColdFusion. They have
given us the wsdl web address, but
it
> >> > seems
> >> >> >> using the wsdl address
directly without CFC is not working. Is
> >> >> >> that
> >> >> >> right?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Please let me know.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> YC
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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