On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 15:18, George B wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:19, George B wrote: > > > >>Robert Cummings wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 00:10, George B wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Ok, I am doing a sort of a project right now... It is like a php chat > >>>>room that records every message into a database. Now, on the first post > >>>>I want it to like set the name, so on first post it would say Name: and > >>>>you set your name, then on every other message you post it just says > >>>>Posted by and remembers your name from the last entry. Is this anyhow > >>>>possible? > >>> > >>> > >>>Check session... if no name, display name prompt, otherwise don't > >>>display name prompt. > >>> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Rob. > >> > >>which would I choose. > >>http://us2.php.net/manual-lookup.php?pattern=sessions > > > > > > > > In brief: > > > > if( isset( $_POST['userName'] ) && !empty( trim( $_POST['userName'] ) ) > > ) > > { > > // > > // Save userName to session. > > // > > $_SESSION['userName'] = trim( $_POST['userName'] ); > > } > > > > if( isset( $_POST['message'] ) && !empty( trim( $_POST['message'] ) ) > > && > > isset( $_SESSION['userName'] ) ) > > { > > // > > // Handle submission of message. > > // > > } > > > > if( !isset( $_SESSION['userName'] ) ) > > { > > // > > // Display user name prompt. > > // > > } > > > > > If I do that then i get this error > > Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context in > myfilename line 2 > > What does that mean. I don't know. I don't think it comes form the snippet I sent you... which wasn't meant to be a functional snippet, more of a overview of the process. > And one more thing, on the code where it says > if( !isset( $_SESSION['userName'] ) ) > Does that mean that in this code > > <form name="form1" method="" action=""> > the method is session? No, it would be "post". It sounds like you don't have a clue what you're doing. You might want to read up on forms and sessions using PHP. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
