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if you hace 'global vars' swiched on, a variable by the in the url strin will be automatically created ! ie: 'show.php?catid=1' in the url will create a variable '$catid' with the value of '1' in the script show.php. if you then want that variable to be available in a function you can pass...

I do not want to capture the output of the program within php. What i do want todo is load "vlc", a mpeg video viewer, with the click of a button, for the moment i have set `xhost` to allow any connection till i figure why it hangs on attempting to add users. So, to put it clearly...

does anyone know how i can execute an X program from my browser using php, the program is on my local computer, here's what i've come up with so far, it starts a process i can see with `ps -A`, but there is no display on the screen??? -------------------------------------------- system('vlc...

maybey you'll have to write your own function ?? php supports sockets. i dont know lotus notes sorry :( skottieb:)

thanx m8, the only thing I didnt do was search the debian site for a package.. :):):) skottieb:)

Im working on linux(i586)/debian woody. apache-MySQL-php4 installed via .deb binaries Where in the documetation does it say howto load moduels ?? skottieb:)

Hi, the mysql_connect() call is as you posted above, the the problem is , if Iput a "mysql_close()" (which I did just for testing) I get the same problem. thus, The problem is not the syntax to the actual call, it is that php does not recognise the "mysql_*()" function...

Hi, when I call mysql_connect() in any of my sripts I get -> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /var/www/php/lanreg/admin/login.php on line 12 ----------------------------------------------------- this hapens to any calls to mysql_*() functions. any ideas on this...

My suggestion is the same as above, get and install apache http://httpd.apache.org/ configure if nescarry(read the documtentation) install php http://www.php.net configure if nescarry(read the documtentation) if you are doing this at school im shure your teacher will be avle to advise you if...

Hi, How is it possible to edit the value of a php variable in script from another. The main problem is the variable is a user's browser after he/she logs in, so far the only way destroy it is to close the browser, refreshing dosent work. this also means the script has run and the variable...

Hi, Okay, here's the problem. the /admin of the site im greating asks for Authentication thats fine, all authenticates, if I refresh I dont get asked to re-authenticate myself, I have also pot a logout submit button on the page im testing witw, when the button calls "logout.php&quot...

If you look at he last bit of the snip you will see the <b><i> UNSUCESSFUL OUTPUT HERE</i></b> <?php print(&quot;<br>$uname<br>$pword&quot;); $fp = fopen(&quot;auth.txt&quot;, &quot;a+&quot;); fputs($fp, &quot;$uname\n$pword\n\n&quot;); } ?> this outpust the supplied username and...

or you could set index.html to redirect to *.php skottieb:)

Hi, Below is the following code with all the debugging code still in there. I enter what I KNOW is the right username/password, however php dosent think so, The unam/pwd is stored in a plaing text &quot;auth.txt&quot;, with the &quot; username newline password newline newline but php...

Well, that was silly, I decalred white as a text AND bg color skottieb:)