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PHP: Create a HTML drop down/select box from a database

Deano — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:22:52 +0000

Here is a function I use all of the time. It takes the contents of a mySQL table and creates an HTML select box (I call them drop downs) from it.


 
# $table: The mySQL table to use.
# $column: The column in $table to display
# $name: The HTML name of the drop down
# $selected: The value that the drop down defaults to.
# $show_any: If you have a row in the table where the $column equals
                    00_Any it will be displayed.
#                  This is useful for having an Any or All value.
# $distinct: Only show DISTINCT() $column
function dropdown_db($table, $column, $name, $selected,
                              $show_any = 1, $distinct = 0) { 
 
  $dropdown = "

 
\n"; 
 
  return($dropdown);
}

OpenSwan to Cisco 7XXX Config

Deano — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:37:12 +0000

Oh hey, there! What's up? This was a week long project that should have been twenty minutes at most.

I hate VPNs. Call me odd, but I think the protocols should have the encryption built in. If you need it use it, if not, don't.

net-to-net.conf:

conn net-to-net
        type=           tunnel
        authby=         secret
        left=           MY PUBLIC IP
        leftnexthop=    MY DEFAULT GATEWAY
        leftsubnet=     MY PUBLIC IP/32
        right=          REMOTE PUBLIC IP
        rightsubnet=    REMOTE PRIVATE IP/32
        keyexchange=    ike
        pfs=            no
        auto=           start
        ike=3des-md5-modp1024,3des-md5-modp1536
        esp=3des-md5

net-to-net.secrets:

MY PUBLIC IP REMOTE PUBLIC IP: PSK "password"

My Garage is Complete!

Deano — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:49:19 +0000

At least close enough that I'm calling it!

Cat Cam!

Deano — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:36:46 +0000

Cat + Camera = Cat Cam!

The camera is on a timer, taking photos every minute. Most turn out terrible, some turn out to be interesting. My cat digs birds and garden hoses.

My House

A newly planted rose of sharon

A Swallow

Approaching my garden pond

whiskers and scenery

Nice bike broham

Tiburon and Solstice tires

Scenery!

The camera being low to the ground and unable to compensate for movement produces some surreal shots on occasion.

A newly planted Weeping Willow

Some dude

She hung out around the hose for a good while.

This shot turned out squished.

A bird feeder

Under the bird feeder

In the house...

stealin' your Wii

and your fishies

Watchin' the Hammer

Another Garage? Oh Yes.

Deano — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:44:48 +0000

I'm adding a 12'x20' garage for my bikes and lawnmower as I have the highbrow problem of not being able to fit everything I own into the existing two car garage. Two cars, two bikes and a lawnmower. The mower is under a tarp in the backyard, and I am only able to get two vehicles in and out without moving the third or the forth.

I'm putting the addition it in the middle of the house as I don't have room on the side and my heat pump is also in the way. I plan on having a nice path that connects to my driveway so I can just ride around. It's going to be awesome.

This coupled with all of the trees I planted this year furthers my goal of being able to walk around in my underwear without the neighbors calling the rozzers.

Viva La Arkansas

Deano — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:51:01 +0000

Found this chap eating cat food off of my back porch.

Backyard Wildlife 03-09

Deano — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:25:30 +0000

It's almost spring in the Ozarks, lots of brown, but a touch of green here and there.

Meadow Lark

Dark-Eyed Junco

Cow Birds

Dark-Eyed Junco

Box Cat

Meadow Larks

Camo

Rusty Capped Sparrow

Bradford Pear

White Crowned Sparrow

Female Northern Cardinal

Dark-Eyed Junco

Keeping Busy…

Deano — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:37:04 +0000

Not my thigh, but it is my handy work.

PHP Image/Ad Rotator

Deano — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:49:45 +0000

Simply reads a directory of images and rotates through them randomly. What makes it cool is the script is called from and HTML IMG tag. Neato.

Download Source!

Once downloaded, open the file and change $ad_dir to the path (not url) of your images. Then upload it to your web host. Call the script from an IMG tag:

PlayOn – XBMC

Deano — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:28:11 +0000

I've been trying out the beta of PlayOn on my Xbox for the last few weeks. I like it.

PlayOn is a UPnP server that you install on your PC. It scrapes RSS feeds and then performs some magic so you can watch videos from those feeds on DLNA capable devices. So far it supports YouTube, Netflix, CBS, CNN, ESPN and Hulu.

It works well on my Xbox running XBMC. It's really nice to watch videos from those sites on my TV, so nice that I paid the $30 for the registered version of PlayOn.

It is a beta, and the only problem I have found is a strange one. My first attempt to play a video never works, the second one always does. This means I click play, wait five seconds for it to fail, then click play again. It's hardly even annoying.