I wanna put my PHP/MySQL knowledge to some use

[ndee]

Originally posted by: rh71
^ that's as automagic as it is gonna get if you want it somewhat controlled... cause people will start entering names like santa clause on christmas day otherwise. You don't have to validate with the member... who wants to lie about their own birthday... it's not like there will be years involved... just month and day. Just validate there's not any mickey mouse bullsh!t going on. If you don't want that validating process, you can assign the procedure to someone else who doesn't mind...

Actually true, no one will just make 1000 entries in that calendar. If I have to program something, I always look at it from the worst-case point of view

 

[CaseTragedy]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: jjones
How about an app for LAN parties so we can get all of those stickied links out of here. It would be nice if there was an app that somone could schedule a LAN party and then AT members could sign up to attend. Have a little news bulletin for each LAN party so whoever is hosting it can update, etc. and attendees can give some feedback.

hm, that sounds kinda interesting and also useful. Karsten is our Resident LAN Party organizer, right? Gonna PM and ask him what kinda "features" he needs Thanks for the suggestion

I vote for this one also. Makes LANs easier to organize and removes some clutter from ATOT.

 

[Sid59]

i really have an idea that i'd like to implement.

check your PM

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

Idea for validation: make the user validate their login/addition by email address. Make them enter their AT user number as well -- and use preg_match to check if the email address listed in their profile is the same that they entered on the form.

I could help implement that, I think. Still thinking it over.

Rob

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

Idea for validation: make the user validate their login/addition by email address. Make them enter their AT user number as well -- and use preg_match to check if the email address listed in their profile is the same that they entered on the form.

I could help implement that, I think. Still thinking it over.

Rob

What if they don't have the email enabled in the profile? And if the address is in the profile, anyone else could also look it up.

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

Idea for validation: make the user validate their login/addition by email address. Make them enter their AT user number as well -- and use preg_match to check if the email address listed in their profile is the same that they entered on the form.

I could help implement that, I think. Still thinking it over.

Rob

What if they don't have the email enabled in the profile? And if the address is in the profile, anyone else could also look it up.

#1 would be a problem -- no way I can think of around that.

Anyone could look it up, but you'd send an email with a validation link (easy to do) to that email address before the addition is added. Until then it's just stored in a temporary/pending table, like Craigslist.

Rob

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: Entity

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

Idea for validation: make the user validate their login/addition by email address. Make them enter their AT user number as well -- and use preg_match to check if the email address listed in their profile is the same that they entered on the form.

I could help implement that, I think. Still thinking it over.

Rob

What if they don't have the email enabled in the profile? And if the address is in the profile, anyone else could also look it up.

#1 would be a problem -- no way I can think of around that.

Anyone could look it up, but you'd send an email with a validation link (easy to do) to that email address before the addition is added. Until then it's just stored in a temporary/pending table, like Craigslist.

Rob

Ah ok. Yeah, with sending an e-mail, that would be no problem

 

[RossMAN]

n00b question

What is preg_match?

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
n00b question

What is preg_match?

regular expressions for PHP IIRC after a little search on php.net

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
n00b question

What is preg_match?

same thing as an Error Proof Test.

 

[jonmullen]

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

I'll write a PHP API to access the anandtech DB, and get to user profiles...I have been meaning to do this for a while

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: jonmullen

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: ndee

Originally posted by: rh71
why don't you write the ATOT birthdays app for us ... ?

What's that app about? Who will administrate it? Link? Explanation?

Do a search for the ATOT birthdays thread. There used to be a web-pseudo calendar in the monthly view listing all the days and the ATOTers name within the day for their birthdays. Beside each day in the view should be an "add" button. Just create an app that will allow us to add our own ATOT names (with admin approval/review of course). I don't know why the previous one went down...

ok, gonna look into that. But how would I do the validation with the user? I don't have any access to the AT DB. Hhhmmmmmm.

I'll write a PHP API to access the anandtech DB, and get to user profiles...I have been meaning to do this for a while

How could you access the Anandtech DB? I thought more of a way that they would use the same password, etc.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Does this mean that I don't get my "kill an Australian remotely" program??

 

[kmac1914]

well, you could always help me with my website....
I need a way to create a login for members when i assign them a login/pass, and when they log in to the secure section, they get like a personalized page with a to-do list specific to them. I tried looking on hotscripts for something, but i have only the slightest experience with php.

 

[jonmullen]

I finished the first version of the API, here is my thread about it.