Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-19 Thread Rolan Yang
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Re[2]: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-18 Thread mikesz
Hello Rolan, Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 9:10:37 AM, you wrote: > Put the timestamp of when the page was first served as a hidden variable > in the form. Then compare it to the time when it was submitted (after > completed). > > ~Rolan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello NYPHP, >> >> Greetings

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-07 Thread David Krings
Brent Baisley wrote: If you put a time stamp in the form, you should also include a "check" to make sure the time was not changed and/or forged (which is very easy to do). I think this is just for test metrics. While it is right that one can do that I doubt it applies in this case. David ___

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-07 Thread tedd
At 9:03 AM +0800 10/7/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello NYPHP, Greetings to All, I need to time how long it takes to fill out a registration form, from when it is called to submission. I am trying to compare the time frame difference between the form being manually filled out versus an autom

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-07 Thread Elijah Insua
store the time in the users session and check it on post/get On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Brent Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you put a time stamp in the form, you should also include a "check" > to make sure the time was not changed and/or forged (which is very > easy to do). > An e

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-07 Thread Brent Baisley
If you put a time stamp in the form, you should also include a "check" to make sure the time was not changed and/or forged (which is very easy to do). An easy way to do this is to include another hidden field that is an md5 hash of the time plus a secret pass phrase that only resides on the server.

RE: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-07 Thread tedd
At 9:43 PM -0400 10/6/08, Hans Zaunere wrote: > > Isn't there one equal sign too many for value? That's the short tag syntax we all love: Count me out of that "love". I hate seeing that in code because I always have to change it to what's correct. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sper

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-06 Thread David Krings
Hans Zaunere wrote: Isn't there one equal sign too many for value? That's the short tag syntax we all love: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.php H Thanks for the hint. Shows that I neither know the shortcuts nor

RE: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-06 Thread Hans Zaunere
> > > > Isn't there one equal sign too many for value? That's the short tag syntax we all love: http://us.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.php H ___ New York PHP Community Talk Mail

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-06 Thread David Krings
Rolan Yang wrote: Isn't there one equal sign too many for value? ___ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York

Re: [nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-06 Thread Rolan Yang
Put the timestamp of when the page was first served as a hidden variable in the form. Then compare it to the time when it was submitted (after completed). ~Rolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello NYPHP, Greetings to All, I need to time how long it takes to fill out a registration form, from

[nyphp-talk] Timing an Input Form Entry

2008-10-06 Thread mikesz
Hello NYPHP, Greetings to All, I need to time how long it takes to fill out a registration form, from when it is called to submission. I am trying to compare the time frame difference between the form being manually filled out versus an automated script. Any ideas or direction about how to do t