heute mal wieder ein kleines aber evtl. fuer dich hilfreiches Script. Dieses mal geht es darum die Nachrichten einer sogenannten Shoutbox, wie sie z.B. auf der Seite meines Jugentreffs benutzt wird per SMS aufs Handy zubekommen. Ich nutze dazu einfach Twitter. Aber seht selbst:

<?php
// Created 2007 by
// Licenced under GPLv2
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE@euro', 'de_DE', 'de', 'ge');

//$path = '/home/user/dir/';
$path = dirname(__FILE__);

function post_to_twitter($username, $password, $message)
{
    // The twitter API address
    $url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml';
    // Alternative JSON version
    // $url = 'http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json';
    // Set up and execute the curl process
    $curl_handle = curl_init();
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "$url");
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "status=$message");
    curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
    $buffer = curl_exec($curl_handle);
    curl_close($curl_handle);
    // check for success or failure
    return !empty($buffer);
}

$url = 'http://1234567.shoutbox.de/';
$twitter_username = 'nutzername';
$twitter_password = 'passwort';

$file = implode('', file($url));
$file = utf8_encode($file);
$file = preg_replace('#&shy;<img[^>]+>#is', '', $file);
$file = preg_replace('#<a[^>]+HREF="./go/\?u=([^"]+)"[^>]+>(?:.+?)</a>#is', '\1', $file);

if ( !preg_match_all('#<table (?:.+?)<font class="SB_shoutbox">([0-9\.]+) ([0-9\.]+)</font></div><b>(.+?)</b>:<br>(.+?)<script>(?:.+?)</table>#is', $file, $regs))
    die('No entry matches!');

$i = count($regs[0])-1;
$latest_time = strtotime($regs[1][$i] . " " . $regs[2][$i]); 

$last_update_time = intval(implode('', file($path.'last_update_time')));

if ( $latest_time > $last_update_time )
{
    $fp = fopen($path.'last_update_time', 'w');
    fwrite($fp, $latest_time);
    fclose($fp);
}
else
{
    exit;
}

for ( $i = 0; $i < count($regs[0]); $i++ )
{
    $item_time = strtotime($regs[1][$i] . " " . $regs[2][$i]);
    if ( $item_time <= $last_update_time )
    {
    continue;
    }

    $item_author = $regs[3][$i];
    $item_message = $regs[4][$i];
    $item_date = date('G:i', $item_time);

    post_to_twitter($twitter_username, $twitter_password, $item_author . ' ' . $item_date . ': ' . $item_message);
}
?>

URL zur Shootbox, Twitter Username und Passwort muessen natuerlich angepasst werden. Ich lasse das Script via Cronjob alle 5 Minuten laufen.

-------------------------------------------------
ego@sofia:~$ vim ~/.vimrc
Error detected while processing /home/ego/.vimrc:
line   10:
E563: stat(./cscope.out) error: 2
Press ENTER or type command to continue
-------------------------------------------------

I use vim for all my development work, and use cscope to find my way through the code. I used kvaneesh's .vimrc script to allow me to seamlessly invoke cscope commands from.
That part of the .vimrc file looked like:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if has("cscope")
        cs add ./cscope.out

        " use both cscope and ctag for 'ctrl-]', ':ta', and 'vim -t'
        set cscopetag
        " check cscope for definition of a symbol before checking ctags: set to 1
        " if you want the reverse search order.
        set csto=0

        set grepprg=cscope\ -R\ -L\ -3

        " The following maps all invoke one of the following cscope search types:
        "
        "   's'   symbol: find all references to the token under cursor
        "   'g'   global: find global definition(s) of the token under cursor
        "   'c'   calls:  find all calls to the function name under cursor
        "   't'   text:   find all instances of the text under cursor
        "   'e'   egrep:  egrep search for the word under cursor
        "   'f'   file:   open the filename under cursor
        "   'i'   includes: find files that include the filename under cursor
        "   'd'   called: find functions that function under cursor calls
        "
        map tl :exe 'cs find g '  .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map ta :exe 'cs find t '  .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map tf :exe 'cs find c '  .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map tg :exe 'tab cs find g '  .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map gr :exe 'cs find c ' .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map tr :exe 'cs find c ' .expand("<cword>")<CR>
        map st :exe 'cs find g '  .tolower(expand("<cword>"))<CR>

endif
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This used to work fine on Ubuntu Edgy Eft and Gutsy Gibbon.

However, this failed on Fedora9 which has Vim 7.1.  So I read up the vimrc help, and found out this function called

filereadable(filename),

which will return true if the file exists and is readable.

So I changed the script to:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if has("cscope")
if filereadable("./cscope.out")
        cs add ./cscope.out
endif
.
.
.
endif
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This one too failed to work, giving another new error message:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ego@sofia:~/git/linux-2.6$ vim kernel/sched.c
Error detected while processing /home/ego/.vimrc:
line   11:
E568: duplicate cscope database not added
Press ENTER or type command to continue
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After poking around a bit, I used one more function,

exists(filename)

and this time my .vimrc looked like:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
if has("cscope")
if exists("./cscope.out")
        cs add ./cscope.out
endif
.
.
.
endif
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This one worked!

However, it fails on the older vim versions, where

filereadable()

seems to work!

Developers! They love change :)

Many of us does not know how to use AJAX and roaming in the Internet for one sample application from which we can start building our knowledge in AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).

I have a small web application whose backend database is in MySQL and the Server side scripting language is PHP (Hypertext Pre Processor).

First we should why we need AJAX in our application. We were pretty happy with our own standard applications where we use POST or GET method to go to database and Fetch data and display it in the Page.

In the earlier cases if we want a small database access then also we need to POST the form with variables and then execute the Database query and then fetch and Display data back in the Browser.

Suppose we want to validate a user name, i.e we want to check if the user name already exists or not before inserting the user details in the database.

In this case we need 2 server accesses.

1. First time send data to server to check the user name from database.
2. GET Data back to the Client with the details such as the name already exists or Name does not exist.
3. Again send the full form in the server with the complete user details to insert the user in the database.

So, if our form is pretty long and contains images and JavaScripts other stuffs then these elements will load again along with the form. This will hamper the performance of the site.

So we can use AJAX here to minimize the load time and Access time.

As we know AJAX is not a new coding language. It is a Methodology. This methodology uses XMLHTTP Request to send data to server and get back the results with JavaScript.

Now we will create a JavaScript document named ServerReq.js, which will contain all the utility functions that we can use through out the application.

In this function we have created an XMLHttpRequest object depending on the type of browser.

Then we have used the OnReadyStateChange event of the Object that will check if the Request has been completed or not.

This event has 4 ready states:

So each time the ready state changes the function receive() will be executed.

But we will look for the ready state 4 as in this state the request is marked as completed. SO whatever request we have sent that is being completed and we can now access the response data now.

Now we will create a Function that will use the above script to send, parse and display data to the webpage from where we have requested it.

Now we will create our background page searchuser.php, which will search the user name from the data we pass to it.

Now this page will search the user name in the background and outputs specified string, which will send back the Client to process as per requirement.

And now we require one more page before we proceed to Test.

This page is the main page of our application from where user creation is done. I have used only one element to demonstrate the AJAX technology; you can use it anywhere you like.

Name of the file: AddUser.html

Here if the users click on the “check user name” link, the function will be called and JavaScript will send the request to the server in the background. In the mean time users can proceed filling the form. This form will be ready.

When the response data comes back from the server it will be displayed in the Div.

Also, Do not forget to add this JavaScripts at the TOP:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/ServerReq.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/SendAjaxRequest.js"></script>

You can note from these above lines that the Scripts are located in the js folder under the root directory.

Important: As ServerReq.js holds the necessary functions to create and use the XMLHTTPRequest object then you always need to include the script ServerReq.js before using the Object.

HappY AjAxing ;)

SELECT dbaspace.tablespace_name "Tablespace Name",
nvl(sum(dbaspace.total_space),0) "Total",
nvl((sum(dbaspace.total_space) - sum(dbaspace.free_space)),0) "Used",
nvl(sum(dbaspace.free_space),0) "Free",
nvl((sum(dbaspace.free_space)/sum(dbaspace.total_space)*100),0) "Free Percentage"
FROM
(
select tablespace_name,0 total_space,sum(bytes/(1024*1024)) free_space
from dba_free_space
group by tablespace_name
union
select tablespace_name,0 total_space,sum(bytes/(1024*1024)) free_space
from dba_temp_files
group by tablespace_name
union
select tablespace_name,sum(bytes/(1024*1024)) total_space,0 from
dba_data_files
group by tablespace_name
union
select tablespace_name,sum(bytes/(1024*1024)) total_space,0 from
dba_temp_files
group by tablespace_name) dbaspace
group by dbaspace.tablespace_name
order by dbaspace.tablespace_name
/

Hola a todos...

Dado que sigo con mi jornada de mantenimiento, me dispondré a organizar los subforos "Scripts" y "tutoriales", básicamente corregiré los titulos, revisaré enlaces rotos (En caso de que sean descargas) y completaré el indice...

Es por eso que durante unas horas podrán acceder a los tutoriales y alos scripts, pero no podrán postear en ellos, ni crear nuevos temas...

Si alguien quiere aportar un script o un tutorial, pudee postearlo en el subforo "Variables", y cuando termine el mantenimiento lo movere al subforo correspondiente...

El mantenimiento durará todo este día (Son las 5: 15 PM Hora colombiana)

Disculpen las molestias...

Suerte

I realize that there are also a lot of other troubles with certain accounts working. Once I can rebuild my script to test, I can figure out which ones are experiencing trouble, and rectify them. The IP address is different, and many of the old scripts I was using are not built with multiple nodes in mind, so until they are modified I'm stuck with the primitive and laggy WHM interface. (Does it really have to load a list of all 1000 accounts just so I can modify ONE?)

So, we have:

• Accounts not working
• Scripts to fix this in need of modification
• Deletion requests piling up without any page to handle them
• Hundreds uninformed the site is back online
• No easy way to make account modifications
• Major inactivity at all levels
• cPanel on IsMyWebsite.com not working at all
• No explanation of current troubles
• New accounts piling up
• Nothing to spend credits on except advertising
• Little motivation to place proper advertising
• But other than this, everything is FINE!

So, as far as a plan for fixing this.

1. Broadcast a PM to explain all damages. Reconstruct the control panel and create all functionality necessary to handle future tasks. (4 days)
2. Use created scripts to assess and repair the situation universally. Email notification to all Advisors to announce this, which they should pass on to their clients. (4 days)
3. Upgrade the interface to include a delete account page. Recreate the script to provide a solution to just about all client-related problems, and improve relations through email. (4 days)
4. Upload e-books and other sales items onto reliable password-protected storage facility. Each will have a different password, and that is how items can be downloaded by purchasers. (4 days)

Any suggestions or further questions about this plan?

Usually form submissions in ASP are written to some sort of database management system. However, if you need your form submission data to be more portable, it can be written to an XML file. This is especially useful when the data you are gathering on your Web site will be sent to applications on non-Windows platforms. Since XML is completely portable across all platforms the data will not need to be converted.

In order to write a form submission to an XML document, it is necessary to create a new XML document using the Microsoft XMLDOM Object. The XMLDOM Object has an extensive object library that can be used to create the elements, attributes, and values that will make up the XML document. I will not cover the entire object model, because it is very extensive and could make up an entire section of this Web site by itself.

After the XMLDOM Object has been instantiated, the structure of the XML must be laid out by creating object references to the elements that make up each layer of the XML document. The following is an example of how the XMLDOM would be instantiated and a reference to the root element created. After the root element is created, it is appended to the XMLDOM Document. Then child elements are created and appended to the root element and then the document is saved.

Instantiating the Microsoft XMLDOM Object:

 
<%
 Dim objDom
 Dim objRoot
 Dim objChild1
 Dim objChild2
 Dim objPI
 
 
 'Instantiate the XMLDOM object using the CreateObject Method of the
 'Server Object.
 Set objDom = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
 
 
 'Create a reference to an IXMLDOMElement (XML Element) Object by
 'calling the createElement Method of the XMLDOM. The createElement
 'Method accepts one paramter, a string representing the name of the
 'element. The return value is passed to the objRoot variable. This
 'element reference will represent the root element of the XML
 'Document.
 Set objRoot = objDom.createElement("rootElement")
 
 
 'Use the appendChild Method of the XMLDOM Object to add the objRoot
 'Element Reference to the XML Document.
 objDom.appendChild objRoot
 
 
 'Now, following the same steps, you will create references to the
 'child elements for the XML Document. The only difference is, when the
 'child elements are appended to the document, you will call the
 'appendChild Method of the IXMLDOMElement Object rather than the
 'appendChild Method of the XMLDOM Object. By using the IXMLDOMElement
 'to append the children, you are differentiating (and applying tiered
 'structure to) the child elements from the root element.
 
Set objChild1 = objDom.createElement("childElement1")
 objRoot.appendChild objChild1
 
 Set objChild2 = objDom.createElement("childElement2")
 objRoot.appendChild objChild2
 
 
 'The final step to take care of before saving this document is to add
 'an XML processing instruction. This is necessary so that XML parsers
 'will recognize this document as an XML document.
 Set objPI = objDom.createProcessingInstruction("xml","version='1.0'")
 
 
 'Call the insertBefore Method of the XMLDOM Object in order to insert
 'the processing instruction before the root element (the zero element
 'in the XMLDOM childNodes Collection).
 objDom.insertBefore objPI, objDom.childNodes(0)
 
 
 'Calling the Save Method of the XMLDOM Object will save this XML
 'document to your disk drive. In this case, the document will be saved
 'to the "c:" drive and will be named "MyXMLDoc.xml". When saving an
 'XML document, if the file does not exist, it will be created. If it
 'does exist, it will be overwritten.
 objDom.Save "c:\MyXMLDoc.xml"
%>

Once the document has been saved, if you open the document it will look like the following code listing.

MyXMLDoc.xml:

 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rootElement>
 <childElement1 />
 <childElement2 />
</rootElement>

In the "MyXMLDoc.xml" document, the childElement1 and childElement2 elements are rendered as empty elements. If they contained values each would have been rendered with opening and closing tags enclosing the value of the element.

Now, lets consider the idea of writing an HTML form submission to an XML document. We saw above how we could create and save an XML document. Writing a form submission to an XML document just becomes a matter of iterating through the Request Object's Form Collection and writing the value of each form field to an XML element value. This can be accomplished with Active Server Pages.

Example: Sending Form Submissions to XML

Below is a normal HTML form that we will be using for this example. This form asks for the user's name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. This information will be written to an XML file for storage.

EnterContact.html:

 
<html>
<head>
 <title>
  Contact Information
 </title>
</head>
<body>
 <form action="processForm.asp" method="post">
  <h3>Enter your contact information</h3>
  First Name: <input type="text" id="firstName" name="firstName"><br>
  Last Name: <input type="text" id="lastName" name="lastName"><br>
  Address #1: <input type="text" id="address1" name="address1"><br>
  Address #2: <input type="text" id="address2" name="address2"><br>
  Phone Number: <input type="text" id="phone" name="phone"><br>
  E-Mail: <input type="text" id="email" name="email"><br>
  <input type="submit" id="btnSub" name="btnSub" value="Submit"><br>
 </form>
</body>
</html>

The action for this HTML form is set to processForm.asp. This is an ASP page that will call a function which iterates through the form fields and writes their values to an XML file.

processForm.asp:

 
<%
 
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
'The "ConvertFormtoXML" Function accepts to parameters.
'strXMLFilePath - The physical path where the XML file will be saved.
'strFileName - The name of the XML file that will be saved.
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Function ConvertFormtoXML(strXMLFilePath, strFileName)
 
 'Declare local variables.
 Dim objDom
 Dim objRoot
 Dim objField
 Dim objFieldValue
 Dim objattID
 Dim objattTabOrder
 Dim objPI
 Dim x
 
 
 'Instantiate the Microsoft XMLDOM.
 Set objDom = server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
 objDom.preserveWhiteSpace = True
 
 
 'Create your root element and append it to the XML document.
 Set objRoot = objDom.createElement("contact")
 objDom.appendChild objRoot
 
 
 'Iterate through the Form Collection of the Request Object.
 For x = 1 To Request.Form.Count
 
  'Check to see if "btn" is in the name of the form element.
  'If it is, then it is a button and we do not want to add it
  'to the XML document.
  If instr(1,Request.Form.Key(x),"btn") = 0 Then
 
   'Create an element, "field".
   Set objField = objDom.createElement("field")
 
   'Create an attribute, "id".
   Set objattID = objDom.createAttribute("id")
 
   'Set the value of the id attribute equal the the name of
   'the current form field.
   objattID.Text = Request.Form.Key(x)
 
   'The setAttributeNode method will append the id attribute
   'to the field element.
   objField.setAttributeNode objattID
 
   'Create another attribute, "taborder". This just orders the
   'elements.
   Set objattTabOrder = objDom.createAttribute("taborder")
 
   'Set the value of the taborder attribute.
   objattTabOrder.Text = x
 
   'Append the taborder attribute to the field element.
   objField.setAttributeNode objattTabOrder
 
   'Create a new element, "field_value".
   Set objFieldValue = objDom.createElement("field_value")
 
   'Set the value of the field_value element equal to
   'the value of the current field in the Form Collection.
   objFieldValue.Text = Request.Form(x)
 
   'Append the field element as a child of the root element.
   objRoot.appendChild objField
 
   'Append the field_value element as a child of the field elemnt.
   objField.appendChild objFieldValue
  End If
 Next 
 
 
 'Create the xml processing instruction.
 Set objPI = objDom.createProcessingInstruction("xml", "version='1.0'")
 
 'Append the processing instruction to the XML document.
 objDom.insertBefore objPI, objDom.childNodes(0)
 
 
 'Save the XML document.
 objDom.save strXMLFilePath & "\" & strFileName
 
 
 'Release all of your object references.
 Set objDom = Nothing
 Set objRoot = Nothing
 Set objField = Nothing
 Set objFieldValue = Nothing
 Set objattID = Nothing
 Set objattTabOrder = Nothing
 Set objPI = Nothing
End Function
 
 
'Do not break on an error.
On Error Resume Next
 
 
'Call the ConvertFormtoXML function, passing in the physical path to
'save the file to and the name that you wish to use for the file.
ConvertFormtoXML "c:","Contact.xml"
 
 
'Test to see if an error occurred, if so, let the user know.
'Otherwise, tell the user that the operation was successful.
If err.number <> 0 then
 Response.write("Errors occurred while saving your form submission.")
Else
 Response.write("Your form submission has been saved.")
End If
%>

If you use this code in your own applications, remember one thing, when the "ConvertFormtoXML" Function runs, if the XML file name specified already exists, it will be overwritten. I suggest dynamically creating random file names before calling the "ConvertFormtoXML" Function. That way you will never risk overwriting any valuable data.

The XML file that would be produced by this example would appear (something similar to) as follows:

Contact.xml

 
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<contact>
 <field id="firstName" taborder="1">
  <field_value>Michael</field_value> 
 </field>
 <field id="lastName" taborder="2">
  <field_value>Qualls</field_value> 
 </field>
 <field id="address1" taborder="3">
  <field_value>2129 NW 27th St.</field_value> 
 </field>
 <field id="address2" taborder="4">
  <field_value /> 
 </field>
 <field id="phone" taborder="5">
  <field_value>4055253988</field_value> 
 </field>
 <field id="email" taborder="6">
  <field_value>michaelq@vertiscope.com</field_value> 
 </field>
</contact>

I would suggest copying the code for EnterContact.htm and processForm.asp to pages of the same name on your Web server and running the example. Make sure that you use a path and file name that work for your server. Examine the XML file when you are done.

If you'd like to play with the form, here's a working demo for you.

The original post can be found here.

First we need a XML file named book.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

- <configuration>

Set objXML = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")

'Set Asynchoronous = false
objXML.async = False

'Load the XML file.
'User Server.MapPath method is the XML is located in your site.
'Else you can use the absolute path.

objXML.Load (Server.MapPath("db/book.xml"))

'If there is any errors pasring the file the notify

If objXML.parseError.errorCode 0 Then

Response.Write "Error Parsing XML"

Response.Write  "Rason :" & objXML.parseError.reason & "Error Line: " & objXML.parseError.line

End If

'Get ALL the Elements by the tag name book

Set books = objXML.getElementsByTagName("book")

'Now Iterate through the List and Display

 For i = 0 to (books.Length-1)
    Response.Write "Name: " & books.item(i).childNodes(0).text  & "<br/>"
    Response.Write "Description: " & books.item(i).childNodes(1).text & "<br/>"
    Response.Write "Author: " & books.item(i).childNodes(2).text & "<br/>"
Next
%>

Bingo ;)

¡Pucha digo! Voy a tener que revisar mi Hardy. Así que, si bien en mi caso la vulnerabilidad podía afectarme poco y nada porque no había usado SSH todavía en esta instalación y tengo bloqueado el puerto del ssh (cosa que hice con un frontend para ipTables llamado Firestarter), no estaba demás comprobarlo.

Fué así que busqué y encontré en Ubuntips un artículo que dice cómo testear la vulnerabilidad (traducido de Ubuntu Tutorials) mediante un script.

Mientras leía el mini howto, veo en el tray de Gnome, el ícono de actualización encendido. Cliqueo y, para mi sorpresa, allí estaba la actualización de la libssl y todo lo que tuviera que ver con ella ¡Que buena tapada de boca para los defensores del soporte pago!

No obstante, hice la prueba luego de la actualización, y no reveló debilidades.

Para descargar el script, se puede ejecutar desde la consola:

wget -c http://security.debian.org/project/extra/dowkd/dowkd.pl.gz

A continuación lo descomprimimos:

gunzip dowkd.pl.gz

Le damos permiso de ejecución:

chmod u+x dowkd.pl

Y ejecutamos los siguientes comandos:

1)./dowkd.pl user

2)./dowkd.pl host hostname

(Así como dice arriba, textual... sin los números, claro.).

Si en alguna línea de la salida aparece el término weak key, significa que nuestra clave ssh se encuentra comprometida. Si no, no hay problemas.

¿Cómo solucionar la vulnerabilidad?

Bueno, es sencillo, asegurate de actualizar los paquetes:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

Luego, en caso de que weak key haya aparecido al ejecutar el primer script, deberías regenerar todas tus claves:

ssh-keygen -t dsa -b 1024

Si apareció la debilidad al ejecutar el segundo script:

sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_{dsa,rsa}_key*

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -plow openssh-server

Una vez hecho esto, corres el script nuevamente. Si todavía ves advertencias como esta:

/home/usuario/.ssh/authorized_hosts:1: weak key

Significa que todavía tenés claves autorizadas que son débiles.

Abrí el archivo /home/usuario/.ssh/authorized_hosts con tu editor favorito y borrá la línea afectada (en el ejemplo, la 1). Y repetí el proceso hasta que no aparezca más el maldito weak key.

Actualización:

Bueno ¿Te gustó el artículo? Ahora imprimilo, hacé un conito y metételo en el culo. Ni bien estoy terminando de escribir esto, me entero por Mundo Libre que la actualización instala un paquete para testear todo en un sólo paso. Simplemente se ejecuta ssh-vulnkey -a. Con eso sabés si existen vulnerabilidades. La solución es la misma que escribí arriba.

¡Si el soporte y las actualizaciones de windows fueran tan efectivas como estas!...

Thanks for everyone’s fabulous feedback on the blog!  Based on  your questions and requests – especially from those of you who are not familiar with my work through personal experience – it has become clear that it’s important for me to take the time to write some pieces describing exactly what CQ™ is and what it isn’t.  

Some of you have been asking for things like “scripts” and presentation outlines to be posted on the blog.  If the CQ™ Approach were just another sales methodology that would, of course, make complete sense.  However, the CQ Approach is not just another way to sell somebody something.  The CQ Approach is an individualized approach to business development that emerges from a deep understanding and discovery of one’s Core Callings™ and inhibitors, a commitment to communicate from a place of contribution, and a willingness and desire to make your unique contribution using a new paradigm that does not include salesy business development techniques.    

So, in future posts, I will start at the beginning and share the foundational principals of CQ, what CQ is and what it isn’t, and how you can go about learning a new, Contribution-Focused ™ way to build your groups.

Enjoy!

Suzanne

Point to Ponder… 

Do you really think they’ll notice?

“Selling” is as obvious as showing up without your pants!

Stop Selling. Start Contributing!

1st create a php file named upload.php

Now put the below content in it and run it in your local server.

Not enctype="multipart/form-data" is mandatory for file uploads in the HTML Form.

<!-- put all in upload.php file -->
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
Browse a File to Upload: <i>file must be 1MB or less. (1048576 bytes)</i><br>
<input type="file" name="filetoupload"><br>
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?echo $size_bytes; ?>">
<br>
<input type="Submit" value="Upload File">
</form>

<?php
/*  Description -----------------------------------------------------
The Super Global Variable $_FILES is used in PHP 4.x.x.
$_FILES['upload']['size'] ==> Get the Size of the File in Bytes.
$_FILES['upload']['tmp_name'] ==> Returns the Temporary Name of the File.
$_FILES['upload']['name'] ==> Returns the Actual Name of the File.
$_FILES['upload']['type'] ==> Returns the Type of the File.

So if I filetoupload the file 'test.doc', the $_FILES['upload']['name']
would be 'phptut.doc' and $_FILES['upload']['type'] would be 'application/msword'.
---------------------------------------------------------------------*/
// this is the upload dir where files will go.
//Don't remove the /
//Chmod it (777)
$upload_dir = "images/";   //change to whatever you want.
// files less than 1MB
$size_bytes = 1048576; //bytes  will be uploaded
//check if the directory exist or not.
if (!is_dir("$upload_dir")) {
die ("The directory <b>($upload_dir)</b> doesn't exist");
}
//check if the directory is writable.
if (!is_writeable("$upload_dir")){
die ("The directory <b>($upload_dir)</b> is NOT writable, Please Chmod (777)");
}

//Check first if a file has been selected
//is_filetoupload_file('filename') returns true if
//a file was filetoupload via HTTP POST. Returns false otherwise.
if (is_uploaded_file($_FILES['filetoupload']['tmp_name']))
{

//Get the Size of the File
$size = $_FILES['filetoupload']['size'];
//Make sure that $size is less than 1MB (1000000 bytes)
if ($size > $size_bytes)
{
echo "File Too Large. Please try again.";
exit();

}
// $filename will hold the value of the file name submetted from the form.
$filename =  $_FILES['filetoupload']['name'];
// Check if file is Already EXISTS.
if(file_exists($upload_dir.$filename)){
echo "Oops! The file named <b>$filename </b>already exists";
exit();
}

//Move the File to the Directory of your choice
//move_filetoupload_file('filename','destination') Moves an filetoupload file to a new location.
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES['filetoupload']['tmp_name'],$upload_dir.$filename)) {

//tell the user that the file has been filetoupload
echo "File (<a href=$upload_dir$filename>$filename</a>) uploaded!";
exit();

}
else
{
//Print error
echo "There was a problem moving your file";
exit();

}
}

I have came around a situation once where I have to user xml parsing in one of my asp file.

I found this script by googling and tought it might help others as well.

Parsing XML

All modern browsers have a build-in XML parser that can be used to read and manipulate XML.

The parser reads XML into memory and converts it into an XML DOM object that can be accesses with JavaScript.

There are some differences between Microsoft's XML parser and the parsers used in other browsers. The Microsoft parser supports loading of both XML files and XML strings (text), while other browsers use separate parsers. However, all parsers contain functions to traverse XML trees, access, insert, and delete nodes.

In this tutorial we will show you how to create scripts that will work in both Internet Explorer and other browsers.

Loading XML with Microsoft's XML Parser

Microsoft's X