[H-GEN] re php contact forms with attachments and Captcha

[David Harrison]

I would be inclined to suggest reading a couple of decent books rather than
cherry picking a few functions if it's something you're interested in
getting into seriously.

Two that I have seen recommended several times by PHP developers:

O'Reilly's Essential PHP Security:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/059600656X/ref=nosim/chrisshiflett-20

PHP and MySQL Web Development:
http://www.amazon.com/PHP-MySQL-Development-Developers-Library/dp/0672329166/ref=pd_sim_b_11

I have only glanced through the second one but it looked like a good
introduction to PHP development w/ MySQL.

As far as CAPTCHAs go, I would recommend http://recaptcha.net/ ; this
appears to have one of the best reputations. We switched to using it a while
ago with some success (it seems to stop most automated spambot things).

--
david / mammoth media / ausgamers

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Russell Mathews
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> gain some assistance so I CAN make some simple php code run on one of my
> websites.  I have 19 websites, 23 Bulletin boards and 30 domain names.  [I
> have come a long way since thinking of installing my own apache.]  I spend
> about 100 hours per week online, because I realise how effectively the
> 'Internet' can achieve so much that is worthwhile.  I do very little email,
> and NO spamming.  I detest spam and gmail is so very effective at separating
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> viewers/visitors.  I am not making any money yet, but hope to one day.  I
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> I expect that I will be doing more php programming in the future.  Can any
> members refer me to an authoritative site of the predominate basic php
> functions fully explained?
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> phpBB and the lastest version of 3.0.4 with 10 different language packs
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> understand html well enough to modify html code to produce the results I
> require.   I have quite a few phpContact forms installed on my sites.  With
> the experience I have had with logical programing from fortran in 1976
> through later fortran, basic and matlab, I have been able to modify the php
> send program.  I have also installed a few data validation subroutines.  I
> am having problems with Captcha and 'Contact form with attachment', using
> PEAR. *
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