brady.k — Tue, 28 May 2002 20:54:48 +0000

i didnt try it out because i dont have PHP support on my server yet...i will very soon, and i want to have things running almost immediately!

zollet — Mon, 27 May 2002 08:14:04 +0000

Still, my point is that you did not try it out to see if it works or not before asking for our help.

Anyways, I didn't/don't want to start an argument.

brady.k — Mon, 27 May 2002 01:22:17 +0000

zollet...i know what environment variables are. i knew that $REMOTE_ADDR gets the IP Address, i was asking if that was the correct format...

Thanks, Mark.

zollet — Sun, 26 May 2002 22:47:50 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by Eskater05
sorry! geez...i was trying to write it myself...i'm a BEGINNER...some of the sites dont make sense to me yet!

The thing is, if you had tried it out yourself first, you would have known that $REMOTE_ADDR contains the visitors IP address. You could have also tried searching on PHP.net for "env" which would have resulted in you finding this page (which explains everything you need to know about env). I don't mind helping people out, but I hate it when people want you to do the job for them (which to me it seemed as what you were doing with your last question).

Mark Hensler — Sun, 26 May 2002 18:44:30 +0000

Kyle, the code you have will work for writting the info into a flat-file database (a simple ASCII file).

brady.k — Sun, 26 May 2002 17:36:53 +0000

sorry! geez...i was trying to write it myself...i'm a BEGINNER...some of the sites dont make sense to me yet!

zollet — Sat, 25 May 2002 00:10:38 +0000

Kyle,

Why don't you try things out first or search php.net's documentation and then if you still have problems, we will help you out. I really hate people that expect you to do the work for them.

brady.k — Fri, 24 May 2002 22:09:23 +0000

ok...thanks

now i have one more question...how could i use php to gather certain env variables and store it in a database...would i use

fp = fopen ("/home/restricted/memberdata.txt", "w");
  fwrite($fp, "IP Address: $REMOTE_ADDR\n");
fclose ($fp);

nike_guy_man — Fri, 24 May 2002 22:04:31 +0000

Here ya go

<?php
function validate_form()
{
           global $fsname, $lname, $email, $month, $date, $year;
         
         $errors=0;
         if (!trim($fsname))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"#FF0000\"><b>First Name</b> is required.\";
            $errors++;
         }
         
         if (!trim($lname))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"#FF0000\"><b>Last Name</b> is required.\";
            $errors++
         }
         
         if (!trim($email))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"FF0000\"><b>Email Address</b> is required.\";
            
         }
         
         if (!trim($month))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"FF0000\"><b>Month</b> is required.\";
         }
         
         if (!trim($date))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"FF0000\"><b>Date</b> is required.\";
         }
         
         if (!trim($year))
         {
              echo \"<br><font color=\"FF0000\"><b>Year</b> is required.\";
         }
         
              switch ($errors)
            {
            case 0:
                 return TRUE;
                 
                 case 1:
                 echo \"<br><br>Please go back and fill in the required fields.\";
                 return FALSE;
                 
                 default:
                 echo \"<br><br>Please go back and fill in the required fields.\";
                 return FALSE;
            }
}

function update_database()
{
          echo \"<br>Thank your for reporting the bug to <i>1Eye Films</i>.\";
$ok = validate_form()
$fp = fopen (\"/home/restricted/reportbug.txt\", \"w\");
  fwrite($fp, \"First Name: $fname\n\");
  fwrite($fp, \"Last Name: $lname\n\");
  fwrite($fp, \"Email: $email\n\");
  fwrite($fp, \"Month: $month\nDate: $date\nYear: $year\n\");
  fwrite($fp, \"Description: $description\n\");
  fclose ($fp);
}
include \"/php-bin/phpinclude.inc\";
if ($ok)
       update_database();


</body>
</html>
?>

See if that works...

brady.k — Fri, 24 May 2002 20:54:21 +0000

well....the phpinclude.inc is a header(my nav bar)...which i am told will go at the top of the page...so...