Web Dev Questions That Don't Need Their Own Thread v4

[Maqtiah]

[QUOTE=NoFaTe;42987292]If you need to process the selection server-side I would do something like that.

<form name="weirdForm" action="someEndpoint" method="POST">
	<label>Hvilken something Moofy</label><br/>
	<input type="radio" name="selection1" value="option1" checked/>Mit har er turist<br/>
	<input type="radio" name="selection1" value="option2"/>What language is this?<br/>
	<input type="radio" name="selection1" value="option3"/>Danish?<br/>
	<hr>
	<label>Er dit blah bananas</label><br/>
	<input type="radio" name="selection2" value="option1" checked/>Ja<br/>
	<input type="radio" name="selection2" value="option2"/>Neg<br/>
    <hr/>
    <input type="submit" name="submit"/>
</form>

And then check the contents of the selection1/2 POST variables to determine what to output.

In PHP for instance:

$_POST['selection1']; // Will be either option1, option2 or option3
$_POST['selection2']; // Will be either option1 or option2

If you want to do it client-side, you can use the same code without the submit button, and then listen for the "change" event using JavaScript.[/QUOTE]

Well I need the submit button with no JavaScript at all, it has to be pure PHP for that selection. - So still not sure how to tackle it with this solution since you recommend the JavaScript bit with no submit button.

And yes, its Danish. :v:

[editline]27th November 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=xianlee;42990207]Never mind seem to of got it working.. (for now).

EDIT:

I do have a new question..

On my website, I want to create a like 'ticker' that presents random facts about me after x amount of seconds / minutes.. what would be the best language to learn and program this? would it be easy?[/QUOTE]

I don't know about timing that process, but for random try and look at [URL="http://php.net/rand"]PHP rand();[/URL]

[inaba]

[QUOTE=xianlee;42990207]Never mind seem to of got it working.. (for now).

EDIT:

I do have a new question..

On my website, I want to create a like 'ticker' that presents random facts about me after x amount of seconds / minutes.. what would be the best language to learn and program this? would it be easy?[/QUOTE]

Javascript would be the best one.
Have an array filled with the facts, and then present a random one of them.
(You could also do this sererside and call it with AJAX)

// By some cool person at http://phpjs.org because I didn't want to bother with the default random number generator

function rand(e,t){var n=arguments.length;if(n===0){e=0;t=2147483647}else if(n===1){throw new Error("Warning: rand() expects exactly 2 parameters, 1 given")}return Math.floor(Math.random()*(t-e+1))+e}

var arr = new Array("I love ponies","I love long walks","I love sunshine");

var max = arr.length - 1;

var randomNumber;
var str;

setInterval(function(){
    randomNumber = rand(0, max);
    str = arr[randomNumber];
},1000);

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Moofy;42995543]I don't know about timing that process, but for random try and look at [URL="http://php.net/rand"]PHP rand();[/URL][/QUOTE]

Ehh, I wouldn't call PHP a good thing to do this in, unless you want to call it with AJAX...

[Coment]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;42997750]Ehh, I would say call PHP a good thing to do this in, unless you want to call it with AJAX...[/QUOTE]

Meh, it's for a fact box, I don't think it's super important to get the latest tips the second after they're added to a list.
I'd say adding them with javascript (the one previously posted) should work. If you add/remove tips, it's going to be noticed by the browser anyways (on the next page reload).

[Richy13]

Having only really used C# with ServiceStack for dynamic web pages I was looking to learn some other tools of the trade, I have an idea for a neat project and was thinking of using Java/Scala for it but I hve no idea what framework to use for the actual server side stuff, I have heard of Grails and Play before but dontreally know which has the better features/is more robust.
Ideally I would want to look into one that is used more in the real world as the main point of this exccersice is to learn about industry used frameworks.
Any suggestions?

[russelg]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;42997750]Ehh, I would say call PHP a good thing to do this in, unless you want to call it with AJAX...[/QUOTE]

why would php be a good thing to do this in? javascript is much easier to run, and much easier to test.

[Cronos]

does anyone recommend anywhere cheaper than godaddy for buying domain names? $10/year is okay but if I get less that would be cool

[editline]27th November 2013[/editline]

Also: Any clue why it seems that the rest of the code on my site after an inserted, centered iframe is ignored? I put a highly customized iframe on a sandboxed version my site and it worked before but now everything after the iframe in the markup won't show

[B]it entirely ends the page so much that my website's background-image even starts repeating at the end of the iframe[/B]

Lastly: How to remove vertical scrolling bar of iframe while still allowing scrolling?

overflow: hidden does not work and scrolling=no works but prevents scrolling

[inaba]

[QUOTE=RusselG;43002280]why would php be a good thing to do this in? javascript is much easier to run, and much easier to test.[/QUOTE]

Whoops, let me just fix that.
I meant wouldn't :/

[inaba]

In PHP what would be the best way of replacing a lot of keywords with other words based on the values in an associative array?
Or is a foreach and regular expression a good idea?

[eternalflamez]

The [URL="http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php"]str_replace [/URL]function will probably do just fine.

[CBastard]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;43007198]In PHP what would be the best way of replacing a lot of keywords with other words based on the values in an associative array?
Or is a foreach and regular expression a good idea?[/QUOTE]

Untested:

 <?php
 function filterText($text){
 
	 $filters = array(
		'boobs' => 'Lady bumps',
		'dongs' => 'gentlemen sausage',
		'poowizard' => 'kevin',
	 );
	 
	foreach ($filters as $filter => $replacement) {
		$text = preg_replace('/\b'.$filter.'\b/', $replacement, $text);
	}
	return $text;
}
?>

Using preg_replace means you can use boundaries (\b) which means the filter won't replace words within words which leads to lots of false positives.

[xianlee]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;42997038]Javascript would be the best one.
Have an array filled with the facts, and then present a random one of them.
(You could also do this sererside and call it with AJAX)

// By some cool person at http://phpjs.org because I didn't want to bother with the default random number generator

function rand(e,t){var n=arguments.length;if(n===0){e=0;t=2147483647}else if(n===1){throw new Error("Warning: rand() expects exactly 2 parameters, 1 given")}return Math.floor(Math.random()*(t-e+1))+e}

var arr = new Array("I love ponies","I love long walks","I love sunshine");

var max = arr.length - 1;

var randomNumber;
var str;

setInterval(function(){
    randomNumber = rand(0, max);
    str = arr[randomNumber];
},1000);

[/QUOTE]

Thanks

[inaba]

[QUOTE=CBastard;43007601]Untested:

 <?php
 function filterText($text){
 
	 $filters = array(
		'boobs' => 'Lady bumps',
		'dongs' => 'gentlemen sausage',
		'poowizard' => 'kevin',
		 'u' => 'you',
		 'ur' => 'you\'re',
		 'fag' => 'homosexual'
	 );
	 
	foreach ($filters as $filter => $replacement) {
		$text = preg_replace('/\b'.$filter.'\b/', $replacement, $text);
	}
	return $text;
}

$str = "ur a fag, i bet u like dongs u poowizard";

$result = filterText($str);

var_dump($result);
?>

Using preg_replace means you can use boundaries (\b) which means the filter won't replace words within words which leads to lots of false positives.[/QUOTE]

Tested, added three keywords, and it returns

string 'you're a homosexual, i bet you like gentlemen sausage you kevin' (length=63)

Thank you so much :v:

[Cronos]

is <iframe seamless> deprecated

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Cronos Dage;43010587]is <iframe seamless> deprecated[/QUOTE]

As far as I know, it isn't, it's new.
But it is only supported in Chrome.
(Don't hold me to it)

[asantos3]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;43015183]As far as I know, it isn't, it's new.
But it is only supported in Chrome.
(Don't hold me to it)[/QUOTE]

If I recall correctly it's only supported on webkit and now blink, so... opera, safari and chrome? Don't know why mozilla doesn't support it...
Edit: [url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#Browser_compatibility]Yup...[/url]

[Rofl my Waff]

If I join a column from one table to another in a mysql database does that physically alter the original table to have a new column?

[Stonecycle]

Stumped on doing a silly web calculator. A JavaScript function's not being called.

[url=http://pastebin.com/hP3EJ6qD][i]index.html[/i][/url]
[url=http://pastebin.com/zhMj77W8][i]logic.js[/i][/url]
(Don't nag at me for using tables or eval(), this is just a quick homework assignment I got down pat.)

More specifically...

<TD COLSPAN="2"><BUTTON NAME="clear" ONCLICK="clear()">C</BUTTON></TD>

function clear()	{
	var entry = document.getElementById("entry");
	entry.value = null; // Doesn't work on null, blank string, or anything. Doesn't matter since clear()'s not being called.
	console.log("Clear! Bzzzzt!"); // Console reminder clear()'s being called, but this is not showing up, indicating clear()'s not being called.
}	//	End CLEAR

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Rofl my Waff;43022752]If I join a column from one table to another in a mysql database does that physically alter the original table to have a new column?[/QUOTE]

If you mean you call a right/inner/left join, then not really.

[McDunkinY]

snip, wrong thread.

[asantos3]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43023510]Stumped on doing a silly web calculator. A JavaScript function's not being called.

[url=http://pastebin.com/hP3EJ6qD][i]index.html[/i][/url]
[url=http://pastebin.com/zhMj77W8][i]logic.js[/i][/url]
(Don't nag at me for using tables or eval(), this is just a quick homework assignment I got down pat.)

More specifically...

<TD COLSPAN="2"><BUTTON NAME="clear" ONCLICK="clear()">C</BUTTON></TD>

function clear()	{
	var entry = document.getElementById("entry");
	entry.value = null; // Doesn't work on null, blank string, or anything. Doesn't matter since clear()'s not being called.
	console.log("Clear! Bzzzzt!"); // Console reminder clear()'s being called, but this is not showing up, indicating clear()'s not being called.
}	//	End CLEAR

[/QUOTE]

Don't have time to check it out but:
- Don't use caps, please.
-Put it on jsfiddle or something similar.
-I built one recently [url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5169714/Dev/calculadora/index.html]if you want to look at it[/url]. (comments in portuguese)

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=asantos3;43026161]
-Put it on jsfiddle or something similar.[/QUOTE]

Doesn't run properly on JSFiddle (Buttons aren't firing).

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43027057]Doesn't run properly on JSFiddle (Buttons aren't firing).[/QUOTE]

You most likely have some other problems in the code then.

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=gokiyono;43027063]You most likely have some other problems in the code then.[/QUOTE]

Never mind, the problem was stupidly simple in retrospect. Apparently clear() is a native JS function.

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;43027103]Never mind, the problem was stupidly simple in retrospect. Apparently clear() is a native JS function.[/QUOTE]

That's why it's a good idea to prefix custom functions :v:

[efecanefe]

Anybody know where I can learn php ? do you guys have any good source?

[inaba]

[QUOTE=efecanefe;43029989]Anybody know where I can learn php ? do you guys have any good source?[/QUOTE]

The only I know are [URL="http://www.php.net/manual/en/"]php.net/manual/en/[/URL] and [URL="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/php"]codecademy.com[/URL]

[Datzy]

[QUOTE=efecanefe;43029989]Anybody know where I can learn php ? do you guys have any good source?[/QUOTE]

[url]https://compilr.com/[/url]

[manolis]

I want to make a website that has lots of my cool little Javascript powered stuff on it. So basically, you get to a homepage and you select which one you want to look at and it shows you.
I don't want to hard code it, I want it to be run through a database.

What's the best way to do this? Do I put all the code for everything into a database and run it like that, Or do I just store the links to the files in the database? I want it to be very clean. I don't want to edit 500 files every time I add a site.

[Coment]

[QUOTE=Coffeee;43037801]I want to make a website that has lots of my cool little Javascript powered stuff on it. So basically, you get to a homepage and you select which one you want to look at and it shows you.
I don't want to hard code it, I want it to be run through a database.

What's the best way to do this? Do I put all the code for everything into a database and run it like that, Or do I just store the links to the files in the database?[/QUOTE]

IMO I'd store all the code on a db (and would show something else on the page), so it's not possible to just grab the link to the file and hotlink it (stealing your server resources).