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Ive just installed php5 on a new development machine. Apache and MySQL are working and a test of php with a simple phpinfo() works ok. I have transferred my php4 code to the new machine (I didnt expect it to work straight away, but I also didnt expect this error: Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:wwwphpSitemodulesuser.php on line 128 It happens on each and every php file with the line number indicated not actually e

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Ive just installed php5 on a new development machine. Apache and MySQL are working and a test of php with a simple phpinfo() works ok. I have transferred my php4 code to the new machine (I didnt expect it to work straight away, but I also didnt expect this error: Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:wwwphpSitemodulesuser.php on line 128 It happens on each and every php file with the line number indicated not actually e

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I have written a flex application that sends XML to a php script which will then be inserted into a databse. The php script works fine when I am loading the XML from a static file but when I try and load the XML from the post variables it stops working. I have written the post data to a text file and it is coming through. My php file is as follows PHP Code: <?php //Connect to the database $link = mysql_connect(localhost, root,

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I have written a flex application that sends XML to a php script which will then be inserted into a databse. The php script works fine when I am loading the XML from a static file but when I try and load the XML from the post variables it stops working. I have written the post data to a text file and it is coming through. My php file is as follows PHP Code: <?php //Connect to the database $link = mysql_connect(l

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Im working on some PHP for a Wordpress site im working on. I built some sidebar content that Id like to hide on certain pages. I would need to specify the page ids in an IF statement of some kind. Im sure I could build it with a bunch of || (or) declarations but is there a way to do it nice in an array of some kind? I would put the ids in the array and then create an IF statement that cycled through the array to discover whether the current

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I am receiving an error when I call my php file, from an external application: I think that there is some kind of limit in the amount of data that can fit into the header. is there perhaps a header setting or better way, preferably I do not want the data to be returned via the content. Google does not seem to have answers either. <?php session_start(); header("SQL_RESULTS: SQL_RESULTS=$alist"); ?> Thankin

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[RESOLVED] Using a variable in a $row-> call from sql is breaking the code

Hello, In PHP and mysql I am creating a script that adds a new event on the command of the administartor. Everything in the script works fine apart from the create table script. No table is created. I added a die to the end of the query to show the mysql error and to check the table name is correct and this is what I get: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right

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I am trying to display the image from the link in the database. None of my attempts work (remmed out). I can click to view the image by my hyper link but I am not able to display the image.. Can anyone help out and tell me what syntax I should be using? The link will display like this -> file:///m:/Cop100/25836/109402.cpc PHP Code: <?php $server_choice = $_GET[word]; $username=; $password=; $databa

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I am working on loggin into an internal site automatically and performing a search. currently we do this with a perl script so I know it is possible. in order to do this correctly on the system I am working with I need to do the following 1. login to site 2. receive and set a cookie from the system 3. perform search I have logged into the site but when I do I receive the following response. Code: HttpMessage Object

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Hey, I cant figure out why this aint working...I am just trying to pass a php variable (string) into an onchange event...if i replace the variable with just a normal string, it works fine... heres some code: PHP Code: $str = $node->getData(); //(this is the variable that doesnt work) $toReturn = <div style=display:none; id=$nodeID>$space <img src=images/plus.gif onclick=showHide($nodeChild); /> <l

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I use a conf.inc.php to define some Global variables since I roll out several copies of the same code over and over and need an easy place to edit some basic string variables. My question is if someone knows how to reference a local variable (local to where the Global is called) in the Global variable. simplified example of what works: conf.inc.php file: $GLOBALS[favcolor] = "My favorite color is %s."; Some other php file

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I am editing some old code from another programmer and keep getting data from $GLOBALS[argv]. I have no idea what this is and cant seem to find any info on it other than people are using it. Can anyone tell me where this is set at or what causes a $GLOBALS[argv] variable to be set? Where should I look to find the source? Thanks!

[RESOLVED] Got a problem with file_exists...

Im new to PHP and need help understanding what could possibly be the problem with my code. At first, Im just trying to send an email to myself to see that the email function works. But every time the mail() function returns FALSE and echos the failed message. I know the email address is good (Ive replaced my real email here with "myemail@gmail.com"). What can I do to debug this more? Or is there some kind of setup I need to do with

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I have written a flex application that sends XML to a php script which will then be inserted into a databse. The php script works fine when I am loading the XML from a static file but when I try and load the XML from the post variables it stops working. I have written the post data to a text file and it is coming through. My php file is as follows PHP Code: <?php //Connect to the database $link = mysql_conn

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Ive just installed php5 on a new development machine. Apache and MySQL are working and a test of php with a simple phpinfo() works ok. I have transferred my php4 code to the new machine (I didnt expect it to work straight away, but I also didnt expect this error: Parse Error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:wwwphpSitemodulesuser.php on line 128 It happens on each and every php file with the line number indicated not actually

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