Recent content by Actorial

Ok will do. Thanks! If you think of anything else, let me know.

Hi There, I'm a self taught programmer whose been using LAMP for 6-7 years for build simple web applications. More recently I've gotten into developing more complex applications, but I think I've fallen behind the times. My code is linear PHP and I would like to teach myself OOP and start using...

I had this php page running fine, and all of a sudden after months of good service, I get this mysql error, maybe you can help? Error, query failed. The SELECT would examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows; check your WHERE and use SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 or SET SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=# if the SELECT is...

cool they look pretty good. were you on a shared, virtual, pro, or managed server level?

I've had numerous problems with the speed of my apps on a shared hosting server. I optimized the living crap out my queries, but still performance gain was minimal. I wanna switch to a better host. Anyone have any recommendations for lightning fast mysql servers?

Hi There, I implemented a javascript slideshow, it uses the blendTrans method, In Firefox there is no problem but in IE 7 (and 6 I think too) the orange title text disappears when the slideshow loads. Check it out: http://resales.premiumcondohotels.com/resales-listings/96 Any ideas? I messed...

Thanks for the help!

Cool thx. Since there aren't any other replies, does anyone know a good place to check out where features of different CMS's are compared???

Hi There, I'm looking into using a CMS for a new website I'm about to build. I've been designing and programming with PHP/mySQL for a good while now. I've done considerable Wordpress alterations and customizations with PHP code, but for this upcoming project I want to use something a little...

Wow - thanks for the tip with firebug, so much easier to debug now.

Hi, I have a php page which is calling a javascript function that checks a hotel reservation database to see if the property is available. The reserved dates are provided as a string (php array imploded with a space between values) to the js function, and the js function create an array out of...

I thought it might not be possible, I have a list of cities in a drop-down form field, but I want to allow them to fill in their own if the city they live in is not in the list. Can you explain this custom dropdown on a regular text input box idea? Or direct me to an example? Thanks!

Is it possible to have a drop-down menu that allows the user to fill in text if the option they want isn't in the menu list?

Hmm I thought about passing a get variable to the system with the outer frame url, only problem is I would have to track that url value throughout the entire site, which is a bear. What about if I set URL variable using a cookie, would that work?

Hi, I've designed a piece of php/mySQL software on one website that I want implement across a number of other websites. I do not want to transfer this software to each site, I just want to use it in a frame on all the other websites. Each individual client wants to have their own banner at the...