Re: [nyphp-talk] Differing versions of HTML

PaulCheung wrote: I am testing an "add record" routine and am using three different browsers for the test. The routine is filling in a form and it contains three options EXIT, SUBMIT and CLEAR all three functions are self explanatory and all work as expected in "FIREFOX". In "OPERA" the SUBMIT

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Susan Shemin wrote: I'll add another source which I've posted here before that brings up your programming skills. www.devx.com If you join from their Premier Club into Safari Books for a couple of dollars a month, you can get 5 or 10 computer books depending on your mo

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Adrian Noland wrote: I've always found the articles at IBM developerworks to be gems. They are always succinct and at the same time give you just enough of a taste to keep looking for the complete solution. www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-php-read/

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

David Mintz wrote: Well, you could take some self-defense classes in addition to all your PHP studies and carry some weapon such as one of those pepper spray things oops, getting OT. Now that you mention it, my PHP Function Reference could be used as a pretty hefty club should I ever fe

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Tim Gales wrote: There are a number of subscribers to this list who are knowledgeable and have projects. One idea is to join a project which uses some technique you want to learn. Chances are good that the developers will help you -- especially when you consider that they already help people wit

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Ken Robinson wrote: I would join one of the on-line PHP related forums. I joined the PHPFreaks forum 2.5 years ago and found it very helpful. Thanks. I've visited the site before but not the forum--I'll definitely take a look. What about IDEs? Bec

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

David Krings wrote: Unfortunately, I still have a really tough time trying to work out the logic of what I want a script to do, and my code is pretty primitive & verbose because of that (I have to painstakingly step through each little bit of logic in order to wrap my head around anything). W

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Ben Sgro wrote: Hello, Yeah +1 on that. Find some stuff that interests you, and dig in. Keep reading of course and in between projects create a sandbox and experiment with new stuff, with the goal that some of that will be used in your next project. Hi Ben, Reading, yes. I keep a copy of th

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Brian O'Connor wrote: The best way I learned was just to do something that was relevant. Even today when learning new things, if I am just learning the theory and not actually putting it into place I don't grasp it as well. Make yourself a homepage, and put the things you want on there. Like

Re: [nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Jake, those are exactly the sort of tips I was looking for--thanks so much for the advice and for wishing me luck. Bev Jake McGraw wrote: Couple of suggestions: 1. Really read the documentation available at php.net, it is the best resource available online. At the very least, go through the t

[nyphp-talk] Transitioning from Beginner to Intermediate PHP

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to move from being a rank beginner to an intermediate level of programming PHP. While practicing & trying to learn something new every day, I'm also reading up on security (Essential PHP Security by O'Reilly & Pro PHP Security by Apress). Unfortunately, I still have a

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Gary Mort wrote: A bandaid workaround is to use one of the PHP mail packages that supports sending through authenticated external SMTP servers. The same way your PC's mail client sends. I know Swiftmail supports this, I don't know about others. It's slower to send that way, however you gain t

Re: [nyphp-talk] Installing PHP/MySQL on in-house MS server

Daniel Convissor wrote: Installing MySQL on Windows is pretty easy and can be done securely. An important factor is setting it up the MySQL service to run as a non-privileged user. My MySQL Basics tutorial page gives you step by step instructions on how to do that: http://www.analysisandsol

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Jake McGraw wrote: Not to get off the topic of debugging your particular problem, but I've always used SwiftMailer (http://www.swiftmailer.org/), which is all OO and has many tips on correct usage. Thanks, Jake, I'll take a look at it. Bev ___ New Yo

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Hans Kaspersetz wrote: // build additional headers $additionalHeaders = "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $additionalHeaders .= "To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $additionalHeaders .= "Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $additionalHeaders .= "Return-Path: -f [EMAIL PROTECTED]"; $additionalHeaders .= "Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTE

[nyphp-talk] Installing PHP/MySQL on in-house MS server

I have a potential client referred to me by their network guy. The client wants a simple CMS, which I'm comfortable doing. I'm basically subbing as the network guy will handle the paper and mark up my rate by a certain number of percentage points. The client is running Windows Server 2003 in-h

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Hans Kaspersetz wrote: So my guess is that the address the mail is coming from doesn't exist or the headers are malformed. Send us the complete headers for on of your generated emails. It should look like: Subject: foo bar From: blah blah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:09:03 -

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Ken Robinson wrote: Get a SPF record on the DNS Zone for the domain. A PTR record is also good, but the hosting company usually has to do that one. As for the mail() function itself, use the "optional" 5th parameter to set the "Return-path:" header. Set it to "-f [EMAIL PROTECTED]". The usern

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Ben Sgro wrote: Hello, Gosh, who knows. I have a problem like that w/an app that runs PHPMailer; yahoo users never see the emails. It really sucks, and there isn't anything I can do about it. Yahoo just decides to block this particular domain, or whatever. Maybe someone with more email knowl

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

John Campbell wrote: Sending mail from a shared host is always problematic. Do you have your own ip? A shared ip address is a disaster because if there is one spammer on the host, you are SOL and there is nothing you can do about it. If you care about emails going through, get your own ip and

Re: [nyphp-talk] Emails not being received when using mail()

Ben Sgro wrote: Hello, Out the box, PHPMailer works pretty good. I know there is a bug in the install I used where you have to explicitly set the language variable or else it doesn't work. I'd suggest further debugging your current situation before switching to PHPMailer. - Ben Hi Ben,