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at the time the person who was helping us, said they would do it for free, is we purchase their server, or choose them as the hosting company.

yea we realize that, one of the hosting companies said they will handle the advertising, Register.com, got any advice from them? or about them?

well just like craigslist, he has it to where on certain posting categories u need to pay. plus, if possible, ads i find them annoying but oh well.

I have read XHTML/HTML/CSS 8 books-in-one from the For Dummies, as well as PHP & MySQL from the For Dummies, i also have the libraries (from what i have seen) only book from Larry Ullman "PHP and MySQL For Dynamic Web Sites - Second Edition". Even the main library doesnt have a lot of Computer books. But yes i am trying to build a Classifieds website (like craigslist or backpage or eclassifieds) for a source of income, I need to get it up and running Before it gets colder. Living in a house that is usually ten degrees colder than the outside is not an easy task, and we are running out of gasoline money. I also have a few other books, 2 of which are php in a nutshell, and php phrase guidebook or something, and the last two are just for dummies books talking about how to make your own website. But i have tried a library "loan book"? she said it was where they check all the libraries in this country and loan it out to a certain library for a certain customer. BUT she said that i had to be customer of their county in order to do that, and since im not.....well there goes that idea. Is there a way to read the book online? instead of just getting the codes?

Since I can't afford the book right now (4th edition) , is it possible to use the "Forum" codes like a classifieds form? For example: There is a "Posting Form", someone fills it out (including pics), then they can preview it, then "Submit" or "Launch" it, then see it within a "Post List"? And is it possible to see some of these lists from a week to a month prior to the current date?

okie dokie i think i got it finally. found the same words needed. ty for your help, and srry for taking a long time to find this.

but i was previously using AT&T

At the moment I am using the Library's internet

well, I'm not sure really, as far as browsers go i use internet explorer mainly, and as far as email goes i use yahoo. Service provider? like who lets me have access to internet, example: AT&T?

ok how do i find out what my, "the smtp server name of your ISP" is?

yeeeaaa i remember, i have a problem with locatiing that file i keep hearing about that, "php.ini" do i have to create it? or is it already put somewhere? if so, then where? I have looked for it before, but couldn't find it...maybe i was searching in the wrong areas .

When i was testing out the "Forgot Password" part, after i entered the email, i got an error message saying, "An error occurred in script 'C:\xampp\htdocs\forgot_password.php' on line 44: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()". I don't know what to do to fix this problem. I need to know what it means and how to fix it.

I am wondering, which of the books goes with which versions of the PHP and MySQL? For example, which book would go best with Version 5.1 for MySQL? and Version 5.3.1 of PHP? I am hoping to get a list of each book and which versions it applies to. I need to know which book I will need, before I go further with more questions. Thank You in advance.

AHA! SUCCESS! lol ty so much for the help on that problem. oh and btw, one thing i have noticed in a lot of PHP/MySQL books is that they don't really mention at least not use the example needed directly to get it to where if the website is a "Classifieds" website, how do i make it possible to allow people to fill in the Posting Form, add photos if needed, preview it and then see it on a post listing page?

ok ty for that. the error now reads "An error occurred in script 'C:\xampp\htdocs\register.php' on line 70: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set()" and i have no idea what those files are, let alone where they are. i have heard of them before but never could understand them, in what they do, or how to make them(if they aren't made already).

ok i got rid of it from the query, but if i DO want to have my users "activate" their account how do i set up that field in the table? i know the field name is "active", but what is the 'type' varchar? int?

ok after checking it, there was a couple of errors that i saw, one was the 'pass', in the db it was set as 'password' and i changed that, then it said "MySQL Error: Unknown column 'active' in 'field list'" now i dont have the book here in my hands (the library didnt have it there) so i dont know how the database is supposed to look. that may be another problem. how is the database supposed to look like? the table columns

ok i changed it but the message is still there.

is there any other places i need to change it?

ok let me change it real quik and i'll let you now what happens

thats ok I didn't get enough sleep last night so i may be a little slow in understanding some things, forewarning you lol.

<?php $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbuser = 'admin'; $dbpass = ''; $dbname = 'memberdirectory'; $dbc = mysql_connect ($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $dbname) or die ("Couldn't connect to database."); ?>

thats the config.inc.php , appearently i have another just config.php, but thats just simple database information, like the variable names and the actual connection code.

<?php # Script 16.3 - config.inc.php /* This script: * - define constants and settings * - dictates how errors are handled * - defines useful functions */ // Document who created this site, when, why, etc. // ********************************** // // ************ SETTINGS ************ // // Flag variable for site status: define('LIVE', FALSE); // Admin contact address: define('EMAIL', 'InsertRealAddressHere'); // Site URL (base for all redirections): define ('BASE_URL', 'http://www.example.com/'); // Location of the MySQL connection script: define ('MYSQL', '/path/to/mysqli_connect.php'); // Adjust the time zone for PHP 5.1 and greater: date_default_timezone_set ('US/Eastern'); // ************ SETTINGS ************ // // ********************************** // // ****************************************** // // ************ ERROR MANAGEMENT ************ // // Create the error handler: function my_error_handler ($e_number, $e_message, $e_file, $e_line, $e_vars) { // Build the error message. $message = "<p>An error occurred in script '$e_file' on line $e_line: $e_message\n<br />"; // Add the date and time: $message .= "Date/Time: " . date('n-j-Y H:i:s') . "\n<br />"; // Append $e_vars to the $message: $message .= "<pre>" . print_r ($e_vars, 1) . "</pre>\n</p>"; if (!LIVE) { // Development (print the error). echo '<div class="error">' . $message . '</div><br />'; } else { // Don't show the error: // Send an email to the admin: mail(EMAIL, 'Site Error!', $message, 'From: email@example.com'); // Only print an error message if the error isn't a notice: if ($e_number != E_NOTICE) { echo '<div class="error">A system error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience.</div><br />'; } } // End of !LIVE IF. } // End of my_error_handler() definition. // Use my error handler. set_error_handler ('my_error_handler'); // ************ ERROR MANAGEMENT ************ // // ****************************************** // ?>

i hope this is the code you were talking about