I looked up Output();
could not find output() function in PHP.
what is the secret code to output?
Ken
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From: "Matthew Loff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Ken Sommers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP DB Mailing List'"
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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
>
> Ken--
>
> There's no "secret code". By "giving" the response, I mean the
> MovieResponder.php outputs that data... This is the most elementary of
> PHP features... See:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print.php
>
> By "giving" the data to your script, I am saying that the
> MovieResponder.php script outputs the data (see above) thinking that a
> -web browser- is at the other end... Your script takes that data, and
> stores it to a variable by calling fread() (which I explained before).
>
> You may want to start from the beginning, and get a good grasp as how
> exactly the PHP language works:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.php
>
> Then experiment! Create a PHP script that reads the data from a URL,
> for example:
>
> <?php
>
> $url = fopen("http://snaps.php.net/";, "r");
> $page = fread($url, 10240);
> fclose($url);
>
> echo $page;
>
> ?>
>
> The $page variable will contain the output of http://snaps.php.net/.
>
> Good luck!
> --Matt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Sommers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:50 PM
> To: Matthew Loff; 'PHP DB Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
>
>
> MR.Loff,
> I see the concept.. but i still don;t see the secret code.
> for this process:
>
> And you created MovieResponder.php to give you this response:
>
> Movie One 1977
> Movie Two 1977
> Movie Three 1977
>
> how does it GIVE????..is there a php function called GIVE()? where does
> the Give() function Give it's data?
>
> does it have to give in here?
>
> <body> <? php Give() ?> </body>
>
> what gives?
>
>
> what is the secret code?
> I looked up Give() in the php manual..no such function.as give().
>
> what is the secret code?
>
> ---
> MovieResponder.php can generate -anything- you want... HTML code, a
> serialize()d array, or anything else...
>
> suppose I Need MovieResponder.php to generate an array..
> how do I "generate" it ?
> what does "generate" mean in PHP?
>
> does it mean an assignment statement? does an assignment statement
> GENERATE an array? or maybe an Echo statement to the <body> GENERATEs an
> array? what is the secret code Generate() is not a valid php function
> either.
>
> what is the secret code,?,and why is it secret?
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Loff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Ken Sommers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP DB Mailing
> List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:34 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
>
>
> >
> > MovieResponder.php can generate -anything- you want... HTML code, a
> > serialize()d array, or anything else...
> >
> > By using fopen() to call http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php
> > and
> > fread() to grab the data to a local variable, you're calling the
> > MovieResponder.php script as if you are simply accessing it through a
> > web browser!
> >
> > Whatever MovieResponder.php outputs-- HTML, etc... Will be saved in
> > your local variable for manipulation!
> >
> >
> > Here's an example... Say your MovieResponder.php file takes the $actor
>
> > and $year variables, and queries MySQL, then returns a list of movies.
> >
> > ... Let's say you called your script through your web browser as
> > http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php?actor=Somebody&year=1977
> > And you created MovieResponder.php to give you this response:
> >
> > Movie One 1977
> > Movie Two 1977
> > Movie Three 1977
> >
> > ... If your local PHP script looks like this:
> >
> > $file = fopen("http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php?actor="; .
> > urlencode($actor) . "&year=" . urlencode($year), "r");
> > $data = fread($file, 10240);
> > fclose($file);
> >
> > ... Then if you called your local script with $actor = Somebody and
> > $year = 1977, when it is called, your $data variable would contain:
> >
> > Movie One 1977
> > Movie Two 1977
> > Movie Three 1977
> >
> > Easy as that! It's a very simple concept.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:04 PM
> > To: Matthew Loff; 'PHP DB Mailing List'
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
> >
> >
> > thanks for response,
> >
> > I am curious, how does the http://www.site.com/MovieResponder.php
> > script get the data in the body?. what is the mechanism involved? is
> > this "body" the <body> </php echo $data;<?> </body>
> >
> > of an html page?
> >
> > is this the "body we are talking about or some other body?
> >
> >
> > what is the secret code involved?
> > thanks again,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthew Loff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Ken Sommers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP DB Mailing
> > List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:53 PM
> > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > The "body" of the response is the data that the
> > > http://www.site.com/MovieResponder.php script would produce.
> > >
> > > The fread() call that I meantioned before would read -all- of this
> > > data into a variable.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:52 AM
> > > To: PHP DB Mailing List
> > > Subject: [PHP-DB] the body of the response
> > >
> > >
> > > PHP manual says:
> > > fopen
> > > fopen -- Opens file or URL
> > > Description
> > > int fopen (string filename, string mode [, int use_include_path])
> > >
> > > If filename begins with "http://"; (not case sensitive), an HTTP 1.0
> > > connection is opened to the specified server, the page is requested
> > > using the HTTP GET method, and a file pointer is returned to the
> > > beginning of the body of the response.
> > > --------
> > > can someone explain the clause:
> > >
> > > "and a file pointer is returned to the beginning of the body of the
> > > response."
> > >
> > > can someone explain and describe what this "body" is?
> > >
> > > can query results be put in this 'body',,if so how?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> > >
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