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[nygorn]

I've found a shoutbox tutorial that i followed and got it to work after a while. Only problem is that the forms are on the top of the messages, i want it under. The last 2 days i've tried to change the code but no sucess, can anyone that got a tiny bit of more experience help me out ?

<?php

// calling session_start() the function which starts our authentication session
session_start();

// connecting to mysql server
$l = mysql_connect  ( "localhost" , "username" , "password" ) or die("Error connecting:<BR><BR>".mysql_error());
mysql_select_db( "DBNAME" ) or die("Error getting db:<BR><BR>".mysql_error());

// defining getShouts() which is our function that gets all of our shouts
function getShouts()
{

	echo '<div align="center">
		<table width="150" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
		  <tr>
			<td>
	';	
	
	$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM shouts ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 10") or die(mysql_error());
	while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query) )
	{
		
		$name = stripslashes($row['Name']);
		$contact = stripslashes($row['Contact']);
		$shout = stripslashes($row['Shout']);
		
		if(empty($contact))
		{
		
			echo '<p><span class="author">'.$name.'</span> - <span class="shout">'.$shout.'</span></p>';
			
		} else {
		
			echo '<p><span class="author"><a href="'.$contact.'" target="_blank">'.$name.'</a></span> - <span class="shout">'.$shout.'</span></p>';

		} // if empty contact
				
	} // while row mysqlfetcharray query
	
	echo '<br><br>';
	
	echo '
			</td>
		  </tr>
		  <tr>
			<td height="10">&nbsp;</td>
			<form name="shout" method="post" action="shout.php">
			  <div align="center">
				<input name="name" type="text" id="name" value="Name" size="25" maxlength="10"><br>
				<input name="contact" type="text" id="contact" value="http://" size="25"><br>
				<input name="message" type="text" id="message" value="Message" size="25"><br>
				<input name="shout" type="submit" id="shout" value="Shout!">
			  </div>
			</form>
			</td>
		  </tr>
		  </table>
		  </div>
		';	

} // function getshouts


// our processing if control statement
if ( isset ( $_POST['shout'] ) )
{
	
	$name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
	$contact = addslashes($_POST['contact']);
	$message =  $_POST['message'];
	
	if ( ( isset($name) ) && ( isset($message) ) )
	{
		
		// getting smilie list
		$smilies = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM smilies") or die(mysql_error());
		while($get = mysql_fetch_array ($smilies))
		{
			
			$alt = $get['Alt'];
			$smilie = $get['URL'];
			
			$message = str_replace( $get['Symbol'] , '<img src="smilies/'.$smilie.'" border="0" width="15" height="15" alt="'.$alt.'">' , $message);
			$themessage = addslashes($message);
			
			// replacing all smilies
					
		}
	
		mysql_query("INSERT INTO shouts (Name, Contact, Shout) VALUES ( '$name' , '$contact' , '$message' )") or die(mysql_error());
		$_SESSION['has_posted'] = 'yes';
		header("Location: shout.php");
		
		// if required fields aren't empty, process into database
		
	} else {
	
		echo '<script>alert("Some fields were not filled out!");</script>';
		header("Location: shout.php");
		
		// if required fields were left empty, show an error dialog
		
	}

}/* else {

	echo '<script>alert("Please follow the form to this page.");</script>';
	header("Location: shout.php");
	
	// if they weren't even referred from the form, show error dialog and redirect

} // if isset post shout

/* STARTING THE MAIN SCRIPT NOW */

// starting the table

//displaying the shouts
getShouts();


mysql_close($l);


?>

[BigDog]

From the looks of the code, the textarea (form) is under it :-\

[nygorn]

Well, nevermind! I solved it. The mess of Div and Table tags messed it up!
But now the smileys wont work ;S the mysql is right, the url to smileys is right, but when i do the command for example it gets : huh : without the spaces

Edited by nygorn, 09 April 2008 - 04:50 AM.