Please HElp. Can you teach me : a) How to use smilies with php so that if i want to create a post office or forum , a person who posts with or will get a smiley pic instead of just or . How to divide mysql results into pages ~Thanks!

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For your smilies you can just use a php replace function. You could use preg_replace, but thats kind of a waist because smilies aren't as complex as bbcode so I suggest using str_replace
Here is an example of how you would do this:


or if you find it easier to write it out you could write it like this:



I found the best way to divide sql results into pages is by using limit. Take in a variable lets say "page" through the url via get, and use this code:

You should also add checks to make sure that $_GET['page'] is greater than 0

 

 

 

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Well to start off I would check out this tutorial how up to set up a smilie system for your website, and since the posts is only a few months old it "should" work. Now to get the smilies to work besides using php would be images, what I suggestion is google emoticons, then click on images, then click small images and then download away which ones that work best for you.


Now for your second problem I would check out these tutorials and see which one works the most effectively.

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/73/0.php
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/73/0.php
http://www.interviewmyass.co.uk/tutorials/php/6

I would start with the second tutorial first as it seems less confusing as the others, and the fact its all on one page.

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