Re: the body of the response

I looked up Output(); could not find output() function in PHP. what is the secret code to output? Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Loff" <matt@willetts.com> To: "'Ken Sommers'" <mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net>; "'PHP DB Mailing List'" <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 2:05 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > Ken-- > > There's no "secret code". By "giving" the response, I mean the > MovieResponder.php outputs that data... This is the most elementary of > PHP features... See: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.print.php > > By "giving" the data to your script, I am saying that the > MovieResponder.php script outputs the data (see above) thinking that a > -web browser- is at the other end... Your script takes that data, and > stores it to a variable by calling fread() (which I explained before). > > You may want to start from the beginning, and get a good grasp as how > exactly the PHP language works: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/langref.php > > Then experiment! Create a PHP script that reads the data from a URL, > for example: > > <?php > > $url = fopen("http://snaps.php.net/", "r"); > $page = fread($url, 10240); > fclose($url); > > echo $page; > > ?> > > The $page variable will contain the output of > http://snaps.php.net/. > > Good luck! > --Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:50 PM > To: Matthew Loff; 'PHP DB Mailing List' > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > > MR.Loff, > I see the concept.. but i still don;t see the secret code. > for this process: > > And you created MovieResponder.php to give you this response: > > Movie One 1977 > Movie Two 1977 > Movie Three 1977 > > how does it GIVE????..is there a php function called GIVE()? where does > the Give() function Give it's data? > > does it have to give in here? > > <body> <? php Give() ?> </body> > > what gives? > > > what is the secret code? > I looked up Give() in the php manual..no such function.as give(). > > what is the secret code? > > --- > MovieResponder.php can generate -anything- you want... HTML code, a > serialize()d array, or anything else... > > suppose I Need MovieResponder.php to generate an array.. > how do I "generate" it ? > what does "generate" mean in PHP? > > does it mean an assignment statement? does an assignment statement > GENERATE an array? or maybe an Echo statement to the <body> GENERATEs an > array? what is the secret code Generate() is not a valid php function > either. > > what is the secret code,?,and why is it secret? > > Ken > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Loff" <matt@willetts.com> > To: "'Ken Sommers'" <mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net>; "'PHP DB > Mailing > List'" <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 1:34 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > > > > > MovieResponder.php can generate -anything- you want... HTML code, a > > serialize()d array, or anything else... > > > > By using fopen() to call > > http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php > > and > > fread() to grab the data to a local variable, you're calling the > > MovieResponder.php script as if you are simply accessing it through a > > web browser! > > > > Whatever MovieResponder.php outputs-- HTML, etc... Will be saved in > > your local variable for manipulation! > > > > > > Here's an example... Say your MovieResponder.php file takes the $actor > > > and $year variables, and queries MySQL, then returns a list of movies. > > > > ... Let's say you called your script through your web browser as > > > > http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php?actor=Somebody&year=1977 > > And you created MovieResponder.php to give you this response: > > > > Movie One 1977 > > Movie Two 1977 > > Movie Three 1977 > > > > ... If your local PHP script looks like this: > > > > $file = > > fopen("http://www.wherever.com/MovieResponder.php?actor=" > > . > > urlencode($actor) . "&year=" . urlencode($year), "r"); > > $data = fread($file, 10240); > > fclose($file); > > > > ... Then if you called your local script with $actor = Somebody and > > $year = 1977, when it is called, your $data variable would contain: > > > > Movie One 1977 > > Movie Two 1977 > > Movie Three 1977 > > > > Easy as that! It's a very simple concept. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net] > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:04 PM > > To: Matthew Loff; 'PHP DB Mailing List' > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > > > > > thanks for response, > > > > I am curious, how does the > > http://www.site.com/MovieResponder.php > > script get the data in the body?. what is the mechanism involved? is > > this "body" the <body> </php echo $data;<?> </body> > > > > of an html page? > > > > is this the "body we are talking about or some other body? > > > > > > what is the secret code involved? > > thanks again, > > > > Ken > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Matthew Loff" <matt@willetts.com> > > To: "'Ken Sommers'" <mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net>; > > "'PHP DB Mailing > > List'" <php-db@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 12:53 PM > > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > > > > > > > > > > > > The "body" of the response is the data that the > > > http://www.site.com/MovieResponder.php script would > > > produce. > > > > > > The fread() call that I meantioned before would read -all- of this > > > data into a variable. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:mrsql.php@worldnet.att.net] > > > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 11:52 AM > > > To: PHP DB Mailing List > > > Subject: [PHP-DB] the body of the response > > > > > > > > > PHP manual says: > > > fopen > > > fopen -- Opens file or URL > > > Description > > > int fopen (string filename, string mode [, int use_include_path]) > > > > > > If filename begins with "http://" (not case > > > sensitive), an HTTP 1.0 > > > connection is opened to the specified server, the page is requested > > > using the HTTP GET method, and a file pointer is returned to the > > > beginning of the body of the response. > > > -------- > > > can someone explain the clause: > > > > > > "and a file pointer is returned to the beginning of the body of the > > > response." > > > > > > can someone explain and describe what this "body" is? > > > > > > can query results be put in this 'body',,if so how? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For > > > additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net To contact > > > the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >