[PHP] Re: Newbie Variable Question
Jackson Linux wrote: ... php include_once /path/to/cv.$r.include.php; ? asks for cv.'1'.include.php ... And I need it to ask for cv.1.include.php How can I make a variable to fetch the literal number from the field cv.category? Not 100% certain that it will work, but try casting the variable $r to an integer: ?php include_once /path/to/cv. . (int) $r . .include.php; ? Thanks in advance! Jack -- Teach a man to fish... NEW? | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html STFA | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-generalw=2 STFM | http://php.net/manual/en/index.php STFW | http://www.google.com/search?q=php LAZY | http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=PHPsubmitform=Find+search+plugins signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [PHP] Re: Newbie Variable Question
On 9 Mar 2005, at 11:15, Jason Barnett wrote: Jackson Linux wrote: ... php include_once /path/to/cv.$r.include.php; ? asks for cv.'1'.include.php ... And I need it to ask for cv.1.include.php How can I make a variable to fetch the literal number from the field cv.category? Not 100% certain that it will work, but try casting the variable $r to an integer: ?php include_once /path/to/cv. . (int) $r . .include.php; ? H. If only. . .This returns, regardless of input and the value of $r cv.0.include.php' For chuckles, I did check and the column is set in the table as INT. If that matters. ...? Jack -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Newbie Variable Question
Jackson Linux wrote: On 9 Mar 2005, at 11:15, Jason Barnett wrote: Jackson Linux wrote: ... php include_once /path/to/cv.$r.include.php; ? asks for cv.'1'.include.php ... And I need it to ask for cv.1.include.php How can I make a variable to fetch the literal number from the field cv.category? Not 100% certain that it will work, but try casting the variable $r to an integer: ?php include_once /path/to/cv. . (int) $r . .include.php; ? H. If only. . .This returns, regardless of input and the value of $r cv.0.include.php' For chuckles, I did check and the column is set in the table as INT. If that matters. not really - what matters is that you understand typecasting in php. a string when cast to an integer will always be zero unless the string begins with numeric chars, in which case php will take all the numeric chars it finds until it comes across a char that is not numeric and return those chars (I don't know exactly how it handles decimal points and minus signs in such as case) echo (int) 1string; echo (int) string1; ...? Jack -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: Newbie Variable Question
Jochem and everyone, Thanks, this solved the problem. Regarding someone's much appreciated comment: snip[this]...allows any user to simply change the value of r to something more to their liking. given the reset of the code that you included in your first message, who knows what nice holes they'll find in your code when they do that. depending on where you go with this, they could end up with information for/about another user, a nice sql injection on your database, the ability to hack your system, or something else equally amusing./snip I agree, and actually had thought of it. I appreciate your reminding me. Because I am new enough that I still find a magical thrill every time I pull *anything* from the database, I have been approaching this from this point of view: 1. Make db 2. Try to get page to connect 3. Try to print what I want by setting the variable $r so I can point to it 4. Fix it so that if someone asks for anything other than an existent ?r=x it kicks back a webpage which just shows links to existing pages. Which brings me to the next question, which I'll post in a second! Thanks again everyone! --Jack On 9 Mar 2005, at 11:43, Jochem Maas wrote: Jackson Linux wrote: On 9 Mar 2005, at 11:15, Jason Barnett wrote: Jackson Linux wrote: ... php include_once /path/to/cv.$r.include.php; ? asks for cv.'1'.include.php ... And I need it to ask for cv.1.include.php How can I make a variable to fetch the literal number from the field cv.category? Not 100% certain that it will work, but try casting the variable $r to an integer: ?php include_once /path/to/cv. . (int) $r . .include.php; ? H. If only. . .This returns, regardless of input and the value of $r cv.0.include.php' For chuckles, I did check and the column is set in the table as INT. If that matters. not really - what matters is that you understand typecasting in php. a string when cast to an integer will always be zero unless the string begins with numeric chars, in which case php will take all the numeric chars it finds until it comes across a char that is not numeric and return those chars (I don't know exactly how it handles decimal points and minus signs in such as case) echo (int) 1string; echo (int) string1; ...? Jack -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
