Salve!

Gareth · 01-05-2008, 10:48 PM

Hello!

My name is Gareth Price; I am 17 years of age and am a freelancer. I have been really inactive recently due to work, however :(

I can code xhtml / css proficiently, and have recently started looking into php / mysql / javascript by coding my own forum, which can be seen at SBB Demo (Powered by SBB).

I love some of your articles here and this is what has made me finally join up and post!

See you around, probably with me asking lots of questions!

Gareth.

Alan @ CIT · 01-06-2008, 10:51 AM

Hi Gareth, welcome to TalkPHP :) I Like SBB, looking good.

Alan

danielneri · 01-06-2008, 01:20 PM

Hey Gareth, welcome!

Great work on the forum, looks quite good.

I'm almost sure I've seen you somewhere else...did you used to own a site or something?

Gareth · 01-06-2008, 02:46 PM

I own ImgBite.com, and I am on TFL as GarethP. There are two Gareths, the other one owns codedfx, pagehole etc.

Thanks for the welcome.

danielneri · 01-06-2008, 02:47 PM

Ohh I recognized the name as in Gareth owner of CodedFX sorry about that

Gareth · 01-06-2008, 03:24 PM

You aren't the first! T'is okay :)

Karl · 01-07-2008, 11:50 AM

Hey Gareth, welcome to TalkPHP

Gareth · 01-08-2008, 06:10 PM

Thank you Karl!

Just an update on Simply-BB, it can now be seen at

Simply-BB.com

RobertK · 01-08-2008, 06:21 PM

Hey Gareth, I'm new too, but hello and welcome to TalkPHP. I had to post because I saw the link to your Simply-BB that you posted, and am quite impressed.

A bit of feedback:
1. As Metz pointed out under feedback, you can use the stripslashes() function when outputting posts without compromising security. But you might have done this already.
2. When you post without all fields filled in, try carrying over the $_POST values that were sent. This way, if I skipped the URL field, I still have my post at hand.

Gareth · 01-08-2008, 06:34 PM

I will look into stripslashes() this evening, and thank you for your feedback!

Would there be an easy way to carry over the $_POST values?

Thanks again :)

RobertK · 01-08-2008, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth

Would there be an easy way to carry over the $_POST values?

Yup.

For each input use something like:

PHP Code:


			
echo  '<input type="text" value="'.(isset($_POST['name']) ? mySafetyFunc($_POST['name']) : '').'" />';

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth

Thanks again :)

No problem, glad to help! If you'd like me to take another look again some time, just send a PM my way.

Gareth · 01-08-2008, 06:49 PM

Ahhh; interesting.. Is this written in "Shorthand" or am I such a "noob" I don't recognise the form?

Salathe · 01-08-2008, 07:03 PM

Gareth, for the (expression) ? if_true : if_false; code, read up on the ternary operator.

RobertK · 01-08-2008, 07:05 PM

Yes and no, that is the ternary operator. It is an ultra-compact if-then-else statement. Like so:

PHP Code:


			
(isset($_POST['name']) // this evaluates to true/false in a strict boolean value

?  // this starts the "ternary" statement based off the preceding boolean var or statement (like an if-statement)

mySafetyFunc($_POST['name'])  // if the value was true, then return this

:  // ELSE

''); // Return the default here.

A ternary statement must have a true and false result, so don't forget the colon. When the whole is wrapped in parenthesis the result of the statement is just a string, which can then be used like a variable. Like above.

For more on ternary operators see Matt83's article on them.

(Rats, beaten by Salathe. And I took time to write this up too.

)

Gareth · 01-08-2008, 07:14 PM

Ahh amazing; haven't seen that before! Thanks guys! I really appreciate it :)

Kalle · 01-08-2008, 11:14 PM

Welcome to TalkPHP Gareth ;)