PHP :: Help With Posting Conditional If Statement

MySQL Conditional Statement
What I am trying to do is kind of like an advanced search. Basically, I have three dropdowns, for this I am going to use the example books: Three dropdowns, which are

1) Author
2) Language
3) Type (Hardback or Paperback)

Typical search: I want to get a list of all books written by STEPHEN KING, that are written in ENGLISH and that are HARDBACK ok fine, but what if I just want to search for ALL books by STEPHEN KING regardless of the language or the type of book?? Heres the SQL i would use for all 3 "search parameters": PHP Code:

Writing Conditional Statement
I'm trying write a conditional statement that updates the database in 1 of 2 ways depending on the values given. I'm only 2 weeks into learning PHP/MySQL so I realize the way I've written it out is probably sloppy and more inefficient than what it could be. I've just been winging it from examples and trial and error and have gotten everything working except for this. I'm not sure if I have my logic or syntax wrong.

Application-specific details:
This is a simple invoicing application. Every invoice is in either 1 of 3 states:

- pending (default state when a new invoice is entered)
- paid (state when invoice is paid in full)
- partial (state when only partial payments have been made on the invoice)

What I'm trying to do is this:

1. If a partial payment is made on an invoice, the status is set to 'partial' (this is working)
2. If the payment posted was the full amount of the invoice or the final amount needed to pay it in full, the status is set to 'paid' (this is not working)

My processing logic works like this:
1. There is a total invoice amount stored in the invoice table represented by $total variable (working)
2. When payments have been made to that invoice (stored in the payments table), I show the remaining balance on their invoice by calculating the sum of those payments and subtracting them from the total (this is represented by the $diff variable and is working)
3. The part not working: When the remaining balance ($diff) minus the payment amount posted ($_POST['amount']) is equal to 0, the status is set to paid. PHP Code:

Simplifying A Basic If Statement Conditional
Is there a more efficient way to write this:
if($var=1 || $var=4 || $var=27 || $var=28 || $var=30 || $var=37||
$var=38){echo "true";}

Conditional Statement For Default Case
I'm trying to create a conditional statement for my menu that will check to see if the page is on the default case. Code:

Syntax Issue With Form And Conditional Statement
Is it possible for a <form ... action="program.php"> to contain a conditional statement for the action? For example, I want to call one PHP program if variable $a="screen" and another program if variable $a="download". I have been struggling with this for some time and cannot seem to get it to work.

Conditional Loop
I have one table, "players" that has player info including start season (year). I then have a table for each season with player stats, i.e. games played etc called stats200X where X is the year obviously.

I have no problem with extracting data from the current year, but what I would like to do is get data from previous years too. I was thinking about doing something like:

(year) - (startyear), which for example could be 3.

I don't know where to begin, but I want to be able to loop though previous years so that, if tables exist of course, I could do

select * from stats{Y -1}
display
select * from stats{Y -2}
etc

Would I need to hard code this or is there a way of doing this though a conditional loop?

Conditional Login..
I have a form with a username & password field along with 3 radio buttons.

What I basically want to achieve is if radio button A is checked it will post the username & pass to a.php, If button B is checked it will post the username & pass to b.php and so on for button C.

Checkboxes,conditional
Basically I have what seems to be a very small problem but I am driving ny self mad trying to figure out what the problem is. Here is what I have: I have a form with two checkboxes:

<input type="checkbox" name="medicalcheck" >
<input type="checkbox" name="dentalcheck" >

the form is posting the a php file, decision.php, that simple checks to see if the boxes have been checked and performs an operation in either case. Here is the code:

Once Conditional Causes Error, The Other Doesn't...why?
There are 2 if statements at the beginning of this code snippet. The one that is currently commented out works while the one that is not commented out yields this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in C:xampphtdocsench2index4.php on line 106

I am just not seeing why. Code:

Conditional Structures
I am wondering about conditional structures and the depth of nesting allowed, if at all. For example I know I can do this: Code:

Conditional Form
I want to condtionally display an HTML form. I havnt got a clue how it can be done, I suppose its the same way as putting html tables in php, but I cant get it to work. Here is the condtion:

<?php
if (!empty($pk))
{

And here is the form:

<form action="google.php" method="GET" name="deleteForm" >
<input type="hidden" name="pk" value="<? echo $pk;?>">
<input type="submit" value="Delete">
</form>

Conditional Third Expression In For Loop
Is it possible to make expr3 $i++ under one condition and $i-- under another? Instead of having the condition outside the loop and having two loops. Or I could just use a while loop, I guess.

Sessions + Conditional Include
I am having a little problem in trying to figure out why my session state is not expiring after I close the browser window. Having been used to the ASP way of doing things I am trying to get my head around this slightly different method of handling sessions in PHP....

What happens is that I log on to the site, do various things and then close it when I am finished. I return the next day to find that the 'logged in' menu is displayed first which shouldnt happen until you have logged in again.

I assumed that the session was been stored as a cookie but wasnt been released after the session terminates by default, but found I was wrong when I deleted all my internet files and went back to the site.

My code for the first page is as follows..

Conditional PHP Cookies; If Cookie = 1 Do This...
I've figured out cookies ... now I'm trying to combine them with if conditions.

For cookie 'bandwidth1' I want to echo that it is set to 1 by the cookie to confirm this in the brower through regular html.

My if/else statements don't seem to be working though...heres the code I have now.

<?php
setcookie("bandwidth1","0",time()+2592000,"/");
setcookie("bandwidth2","1",time()+2592000,"/");
setcookie("bandwidth3","2",time()+2592000,"/");
?>

<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["bandwidth1"])=="1")
echo "Bandwidth is 1!";
else
echo "Bandwidth is unknown";
elsif
echo "Cookie was not set?";
?>

Conditional Statements And Loops
Not long ago I was asked to give PHP lections to some private IT
school. I'm on second lection now, and will be teaching my :) students
conditional statements (if..else and switch) and loops (while and for).
That was my story, now the question.

Can you give me an advise on some geeky use of those statements to stir
up some enthusiasm in students.

Mutlipart And/or Conditional Form
I have a form that needs to have conditional statements, and I am not sure how to "fix" this. The existing form is split in two parts - the form, and the processor. I would think that I will need to combine them, but..

Anyways - what I need is somewhat simple - if a certain option (from a <select>) is chosen, force another field to be completed. I also have 2 other fields that if the radio button is set to YES, require new fields. Ideally, the optional fields would only be shown to the user IF they are required.

Conditional Select From Mysql
I have a mysql database which stores race data that I want to open up to users for viewing. I want the user to be able to select various subsets of the data according to the parameters: race, gender, age, and type (and maybe sometime, by name as well). This is BOTH a mysql question and a php one, as I ask for a more efficient solution (see bottom this post).

Here is a snippet of how I am implementing the mysql statements to select only the exact subset of data. PHP Code:

Conditional Preg Match
The following bit of code does a preg match and does something if true
(sets $browser to ppcie)

Without using if then and else's how do I code it so it does not equal
what it is testing for? So if it does not find ppc in the $agent then
it does something else/sets it to something else?

$agent = getenv("HTTP_USER_AGENT");
if (preg_match("/PPC/i", "$agent")) {
$browser = 'PPCIE'
}

Question On Conditional Statements
I'm a perl programmer and am trying to learn PHP.

So far I have figured out most of the differences, but have not been able to
find out how to do the following:

When running through a loop, how can you test two separate conditions
against the same $element of an array. For example, this is how I thought it
would be done (similar to Perl), but it did not work:

if (eregi("apple", $line) and (eregi("orange", $line) {

do whatever;

}

Basically testing each line of an array to see if both the words "apple" and
"orange" are present.

Also, is there any equivalent to the following from Perl while running
through a loop:

next if (whatever conditions);
last if (whatever conditions);

Conditional List Boxes
I am attempting to create a list box that is dynamically populated based on the selection of another list box. I am in way over my head..only way to learn I guess. The code below has a year listbox and then based on the year selection, the page should either show another listbox (show industry selection when year <> 2005) or it should render the main form (when year=2005). I cannot get the main form to appear. Code:

If Statement Construction Within An Echo Statement
I have a form that is being used to "update" user info and I need the information to be pulled from the users table. In order to get the variables into the form, I am echoing it in and using an mysql array to place them into the form.

at the t-shirt size part of the form the code is as follows ....

Conditional Email Text To Hyperlink
I am trying to write a content management section for a web site.

I have managed so far to use htmlarea to give users a basic, but user
friendly interface by which to edit the page content.

The user can add emails by symply typing john@example.com - IE automatically
converts this to a hyperlink. The trouble is sometimes the users use plain
text. I have been using the following line to convert plain text to a
hyperlink:

$pagetext=ereg_replace('[A-Za-z0-9_]([-._]?[A-Za-z0-9])*@[A-Za-z0-9]([-.]?[A-Za-z0-9])*.[A-Za-z]+',
'<a href="mailto:?subject=Email%20from%20web%20site"></a> ',
$pagetext);

This works well - BUT it completely screws up any existing hyperlinks. Is
there a way to convert the plain text email address in to a hyperlink only
if it is NOT part of a hyperlink.

Basically I need some way of checking
* If it's plain text > convert to a hyperlink
* If it's already an email hyperlink leave it alone.

I have tried looking up and testing everything I can think of - but am
finally asking around before I go mad.

Avoiding Endless Conditional Statements
Here is my problem. I want to make a webapp that will basically take
the work out of finding what tool works for what situation. There are
5 factors that go into tool selection. 1)Material Group, 2)Insert
Radius, 3)Insert Type and Size, and 2 others that I can't remember
off-hand. There are probably about 1000 different scenarios that I
have to code for..(there are several blank table cells and it's not
setup as you might imagine, there is a lot of overlapping), and I
desperately want to avoid making a gigantic conditional statement. I'm
afraid that I really have to provide a picture of what I'm doing here,
so I will do that. Here is the link.
You only see 3 of the 5
factors on this page, and the other 2 have to do with whether this
table or one of many other tables (not pictured) will be used.

So, now that I've confused everyone. That's my table. What's a good
way to go about programming that sucker in so that people don't have to
do all the "work" involved to figure out what tools they need. They
should just be able to choose selections from 5 dropdown boxes and get
one tool back. A tool is something like "10.655.600".

Cascade Dropdown Or Conditional List
I would like to create a conditional cascade form. based on the selection, it can display or not display an input form for the user to enter an string of text. then at the bottom of the page (or when a user submit) connect all the sections including the input field all together (it's like a story maker?)

PHP Conditional Setting Of Radio Button Default
I'm working on an edit inventory form, and I'm pulling a field from my database that's going to be a 'Y' or 'N'. Based upon this, I want to default the 'customizable' radio button to either checked="Y" or checked="N". Code:

Make Function Equal To String In Conditional
I can usually figure something out, but I CANNOT figure this one out: This is a classified word ad script to count the words in a text area ($wrdad) and multiply it by the rate for how many times the ad will run in the newspaper. I know my code is messy and ameture, don't be too critical, but it works - everythign except one part. We have a 15 word minimum. I have this area commented out as //Problem Area/// in the code below.

In a nutshell, I want function wordcount($wordad) to be equal to 15 if there are fewer than 15 words in the $wordad textarea. It just seems to ignore the wordcount($wordad) == 15; in my conditional. Code:

URL Posting
I just need some direction as to a function that can help with this particular situation:
I would like to create a script that acts like a browser and simply goes to a specific web (ie: http://www.whatever.com) address on a regular schedule (ie: 100 times a day).
Any functions that emulate a web browser?

Posting With &
Our database stores the & symbol as & I have a select menu that
queries the database based on the selection. A sample selection:

<option value="Cats & Dogs">Cats & Dogs</option>

After I click on Submit, the value gets posted as "Cats & Dogs." How
can I keep it just "Cats & Dogs"

IP Posting
Is there a convenient variable for the server's IP? I was thinking of trying to have my wget crontab also post up a page that displays the server's (dynamic) IP, so I could access the box from school.

Posting Raw XML To PHP?
I want to post a XML file to a PHP program. I have seen programs using
the following curl format to send the XML:

curl =H"POST / HTTP/1.0 Content-Type:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-Length: 12 " -d"<top></top>"

However, I am not sure what to code on the PHP end to accept the XML.
I checked $_POST and it is empty. I know you can send the data by
posting to a var, like ( -d"xml="<top></top>"").

Posting To Another URL
I can cut and paste the following into my browser URL address and have
the script execute no problem:

http://subdomain.domain.com/log?amo...;orderid=123456

the domain is another site. How can I run a php script on my server
that will essentially post the above, but within my php script?

VB Posting?
I am trying to make something to post a response to the user's new thread automatically. Code:

Posting
I am trying to have a form submit to another source depending on a certain variable. Only problem is that the variable is not defined untill after you submit the form. Basically if a certain text field in the form is left blank i want it to be posting to a different place.

Posting To DB
When I post comments in a text area, an entry of "<img src="abc.jpg">" appears in the DB as "<img src="">" and when the DB results are displayed, it shows this "<img src="abc.jpg">" instead of the image. I'd like to display the image, what do I need to do?

Posting XML Using HTTPS
I need to post an xml string to another server using HTTPS (secure Socket Layer) protocol. On another server i need to get this data and extract it from binary to a string again. does anybody knows where i can find some information (articles) on this topic?

Posting With Fsockopen ?
I am trying post article using fsockopen. Even though i can connect to the server, i am keep getting this error message when ever i try to post something.

Warning: Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in
/user/php/send.php on line 19

Blog Posting With PHP
If anyone here can point me in the right direction regarding the following, that would be a huge help...

I'm looking to automate posting to a Blogspot blog via PHP.

I've taken a look at their documentation and they have the blogger.newPost command as part of their API. I believe that by using this I can submit posts using XML.

However, I'm confused about how to specifically use this - particularly how to automate this with PHP.

Basically, I'm looking to create my own script that posts my pre-written content to a Blogspot blog from time to time.

Posting Data
I've got form with few submit buttons and one select field.
I need to post data to another file or to the same document.
Is it possible?

Posting Variables
I have created a MySQL database for storing info on a line of products. In this database is a number of fields that store text about the product's features - like bullet points, etc.

I would like to display a logo (image) in line with the text string.Currently I defined a variable: $logo = "<img src=thelogo.gif>" Then I go to my form that writes to the database and enter text into a field: this is some really interesting text about this product called <?=$logo?>

The database reads the php part of the string as a text string and ignores the php code. But, when the program retrieves this info from the database it is displayed in the browser as hidden. Meaning you can't see it unless you view source code. Can any of you gurus tell me how I can easily have the PHP code extract a variable ($logo) from a text string in a database?

Form Posting
1. How can I now the url that posting the form? ex: I make a php page name poster.php. There is a form that has action to recipient.php. Then I need check that the form is surely posted from poster.php.

2. Can I post a form from to the other site that has different host? How it could be?

Form Posting
i have a form that points to a document on my local site, like:

<form action="test.php" method="post">
<input type=hidden name=value1 value="something">
<input type=submit value=submit>
</form>

now, i would like to post the form data to the test.php file, from
another php file (let's say test2.php)! how to do that?

i cannot call http://localhost/test.php?value1=value1 because the method
is POST (it doesn't work)?

POSTing To My Own Scripts
I've got some scripts that back-end multiple HTML forms, accepting data via
POST. What I'd like to do is have some automated processing take place via
cron, using those same scripts to do the back-end processing. I'm looking for
a way to invoke those scripts from a script *not* executed via a browser
session.

I've found one way via streams (http://www.php.net/stream), by creating a
pretend browser session.

1. Is there an easy-to-use class that encapsulates this? That is, something
that I pass an array of field names and values along with the target URL?

2. Is there a better way?

Modifying And Posting Uri
How can I take a uri passed to a interface script(a script that is called
for every page request) modify it, do whatever, and then change the uri that
the user see's to be whatever?

Essentially I have a rewrite rule

RewriteRule ^(.*)[/]?$ /Index.php

That calls index.php

I can do $_Server['REQUEST_URI'] to get the uri but how can I modify the
browser's uri that the user see's but also redirect the uri to something
different.

Basically I sorta want to write a rewrite handler of my own because I'm
having a few issues with it. I'd rather use php to deal with it if possible.

POSTing Through Frames
I have what is perhaps a stupid problem. I have a form where users enter
values (call this page1.php), and these then need to be POSTed to a page
(page2.php) (code at bottom of this posting), that calls up a page with two
frames (page3a.php and page3b.php) BUT, I need the values that the user
entered in page1.php to be visible to page3a.php and page3b.php.

When I submit from page1.php (running apache btw) I get "Method Not
Allowed -- The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /page2.php."

Can anyone please tell me how to get this values posted from page1.php. to
the targets where I need those values in page3a.php and page3b.php? Thanks,
Ike

This is page2.php:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>VIOS Demonstration</TITLE>

</HEAD>
<frameset rows="360,*">
<frame src="page3a.php" name="top" scrolling="no"
noresize FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0" marginwidth="1"
marginheight="1">
<frame src="page3b.php" name="bottom" marginwidth="1"
scrolling="no" noresize FRAMEBORDER="0" BORDER="0" FRAMESPACING="0"
marginheight="1">

<noframes>
<body>
<p>
<p>This web page uses frames, but your
browser doesn't support them.</p>
</body>
</noframes>
</frameset>
</HTML>

Posting Forms
I am kind of new to PHP so this might be a stupid question, but here it
is anyway. If there is a form, let's say somewhere on the web with a
couple of input fields and a submit button. Can I pull that .html (or
whatever extension it is) in a PHP object and then post it with the
input fields filled with what I want? And then show the result to the
user? How would that be done?

Posting Message
im making a forum system and i was wondering if i could have a post delay (flood control). e.g. say if user1 posted a message and then wanted to post again straight after, and then got a custom flood control message.

can i ask how would i make it so i could select how long you had to wait before posting another message and how would i make it so i can select a custom flood control message. i would like the flood control custom message and time limit (in seconds) to be stored in a mysql table.

Posting To A Database.
I'm currently developing a website that includes an online registration form using PHP. I'm having trouble getting the script to post the value of a check box to the database. I have succesfully managed to post the values of the text boxes to the database but can't figure out how to post the value of the check boxes.

Posting Data
Having some problems with a form that inserts data into a database. It works great.. on all but one machine i've tried it on. Usually, until now, if it has worked on one machine it will work on them all. Anyone know what the cause of this could be? The form is just inserting text into a database, why would this work on some pcs and not another??

Posting Within A Script
Within my script I have:

$whatever = $_POST['whatever'];
$whatever2 = $_POST['whatever2'];

These were from a form that the user filled out.

Alot of stuff happens to $whatever and $whatever2 within my script, but at the end of the script I need $whatever and $whatever2 to get passed as $_POST data to http://www.someotherscript.com/script.php. This data can not be $_GET data in the URL. It must be passed as $_POST data.

I know how to use standard HTML forms, but I don't know how to do this.