Profile script help

[TacMaf]

Hey im fairly new to php and i own a rpg site. At the moment im workin on the profiles, but not doin very well. Could you please give me absolutely any help you can to do with profiles, eg. codes and where to put them. That would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks

[LemoNade]

I think you need to provide some more information. What is your current setup, and what have you got so far?

-Will

[TacMaf]

i have got my layout for viewuser.php (profile layout), but i dont know the script which shows which user it is and info about that user. All i know is how to get info about the session user.

[LemoNade]

Are you using a database of some kind? Do you have a table which holds all the user details, and if so - What are the columns you want outputting?

-Will

[TacMaf]

yes i have a db with a users table and im trying to output rank, wealth, online status, quote, etc. i can do that myself it jst i can only do that for the session user. what im tryin to do is output that info for the user of the profile. eg i dont know what $username=...

[TacMaf]

the sie is www.tacticalmafia.com if you register and login you will see what i mean. If you click on a username on the main page for example, look where it takes you.

[LemoNade]

You would probably get all the data from the users table like so:

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM userstable") or die(mysql_error());
echo ("<center>Member Listing</center>");

while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {

echo ("Username: " . $row['username'] . "<br />");
echo ("Rank: " . $row['rank'] . "<br />");
echo ("Wealth: " . $row['wealth'] . "<br />");
echo ("<br /><br />------------------<br />");

} // End WHILE 

...And so on. Try that out (modifying it to suit your script) and see what happens.

-Will

[TacMaf]

ok so i put this in viewuser.php with the layout?

[LemoNade]

Yeah...

[TacMaf]

it works! Its basic but i can definately work with this! Thanks very much this is much appreciated!

[TacMaf]

do you know how i can put this into a table like this one :

<table cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 align=center border=1 width=500 bordercolor=black table bgcolor=#5e5e5e>
<tr><td align=center background=#a9a9a9
coolspan=2><font size=1 face=verdana color=#5e5e5e>
<b><strong>$username Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Username/b> <a href=sendmsg.php?msg=$username><font color=black>$username</a></td>

<td align=center width=45% rowspan=12><img src=nopic.jpg height=255 width=255></td></tr>
<tr><td><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Crew: </b><a href=viewcrew.php?viewcrew=crew><font color=#5e5e5e>
</a> </td>
</tr>
<tr><td><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Rank/b>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Status/b><font face=verdana size=1>
</td>

</tr><tr><td><font size=1 face=verdana><b>Wealth/b>
</td>
</tr>

</table>

[TacMaf]

its ok i got it

[TacMaf]

im stuck again but this time with a different problem. take a look:

$money=$row['money'];
if ("$money" < "5000"){
$wealth="Empty Pockets";
}elseif ("$money" = "5001,50000"){
$wealth="Penny Picker";
}elseif ("$money" = "50001,250000"){
$wealth="Spare Change";
}elseif ("$money" = "250001,1000000"){
$wealth="Enough";
}elseif ("$money" = "1000001,5000000"){
$wealth="Wealthy";
}elseif ("$money" = "5000001,10000000"){
$wealth="Rich";
}elseif ("$money" = "10000001,25000000"){
$wealth="Richer Than Rich";
}elseif ("$money" = "25000001,50000000"){
$wealth="Burning Paper";
}elseif ("$money" = "50000001,100000000"){
$wealth="Famous Rich Icon";
}elseif ("$money" > "100000001"){
$wealth="Legendary Rich";
}

none of the "elseif" work. I am tryin to make it for example "5001 to 50000 = $wealth"

[LemoNade]

You don't put variable names (i.e. $wealth) in speech marks. Try this:

$money=$row['money'];
if ($money < "5000"){
$wealth="Empty Pockets";
}elseif ($money = "5001,50000"){
$wealth="Penny Picker";
}elseif ($money = "50001,250000"){
$wealth="Spare Change";
}elseif ($money = "250001,1000000"){
$wealth="Enough";
}elseif ("$money" = "1000001,5000000"){
$wealth="Wealthy";
}elseif ($money = "5000001,10000000"){
$wealth="Rich";
}elseif ($money = "10000001,25000000"){
$wealth="Richer Than Rich";
}elseif ("$money" = "25000001,50000000"){
$wealth="Burning Paper";
}elseif ($money = "50000001,100000000"){
$wealth="Famous Rich Icon";
}elseif ($money > "100000001"){
$wealth="Legendary Rich";
} 

Alternatively you could use switch/case to replace all the elseif's, but it'd do the same thing.

Hope this helps,

-Will

[mike_mech]

O man, what an inflexible code.

Maybe something like this:

<?php

$intMoney = ( empty( $_GET[ 'money' ] ) ) ? 0 : $_GET[ 'money' ];

$arrTab = array( 'Empty Pockets' => 5000, 
                 'Penny Picker' => 250000, 
                 'Spare Change' => 1000000, 
                 'Enough' => 5000000, 
                 'Wealthy' => 10000000 );

$strResult = 'Empty Pockets';

foreach( $arrTab as $strKey => $intValue )
{
    if( $intMoney <= $intValue )
    {
        break;
    }
    $strResult = $strKey;
}

echo $strResult;

?>

This is more flexible, if you want add some code, you have to only modify $arrTab

[TacMaf]

it works but no matter on how much money there is it displays "Empty Pockets"

[mike_mech]

it works but no matter on how much money there is it displays "Empty Pockets"

Are you sure. I guarantee it works wery well.

Maybe try replace this:

<?php

// ...
$intMoney = ( empty( $_GET[ 'money' ] ) ) ? 0 : $_GET[ 'money' ];
// ...

?>

... with ...

<?php

// ...
$intMoney = 1034008; // or something else
// ...

?>

Can you provide the error(s) ?

[TacMaf]

that isnt the script i used because i can use the GET function. I connect to the db to get the money. The other script works but only the Empty Pockets displays no matter what amount of money the user has.

[TacMaf]

the problem seems to be that the "if" statement works but none of the "elseif" statements work on any of my scripts

[TacMaf]

is there an alternative function to if/elseif?

[LemoNade]

is there an alternative function to if/elseif?

Yeah, you can use switch/case as I suggested. You can read up on it
here.

-Will

[TacMaf]

still no luck ive tried allsorts now and the same result.

<?php
if ($userlevel = "Admin"){
echo "<font color=blue><b>Admin</b></a>";
} elseif ($userlevel = "Moderator") {
echo "<font color=red><b>Mod</b></a>";
}
?>

thats the script im using. the only problem is it displays "admin" whether the user is mod or not.

[mike_mech]

Check the difference between comparison operator and assignment operator

The assignment operator returns always true. That's why your code displays "admin" in all cases.

You should write:

<?php
if ($userlevel == "Admin"){
echo "<font color=blue><b>Admin</b></a>";
} elseif ($userlevel == "Moderator") {
echo "<font color=red><b>Mod</b></a>";
}
?>

Do You see the difference?

[TacMaf]

thats a very good idea, but now nothing displays

[mike_mech]

<?php
if( $userlevel == 'Admin' )
{
    echo '<font color=blue><b>Admin</b></a>';
} 
elseif( $userlevel == 'Moderator' )
{
    echo '<font color=red><b>Mod</b></a>';
}
else
{
     echo '<font color=red><b>User</b></a>';
}
?>