| 00:04.07 | jsmith | Man, how do I not have postgresql installed on my desktop box? |
| 01:33.19 | *** join/#uphpu spiderbiter (~spiderbit@38.119.177.194) |
| 01:37.13 | jsmith | quick question -- any of you have a good "refer-a-friend-to-this-website" script I could steal? |
| 01:39.07 | wps | sure... |
| 01:41.12 | jsmith | Preferrably one that checks to see if the destination email seems valid (i.e. the newest post on the website) |
| 01:42.02 | jsmith | I figure... why re-invent the wheel, right? |
| 01:42.51 | wps | true many times, but many times not |
| 01:43.54 | wps | I have found that most scripts are exceedingly bloated so that they can cover numerable situations... and therefore usually choose to write my own (lean and mean and just a few lines of code) |
| 01:44.27 | jsmith | wps: Me too... in this case, however, I'd rather not take the time. |
| 01:46.02 | jsmith | I can't believe how many poorly-written scripts Google finds... |
| 01:46.26 | jsmith | Most of them are insecure, too... yuck... |
| 01:47.23 | wps | <?php mail($_POST['friends_email'], 'check out this website!' . 'Hey, I thought that you might be interested in seeing this cool site I found. It's: domain.com.\n\nSincerely,\n\n' . $_POST['senders_name'], "From: $_POST['senders_email']"); ?> |
| 01:48.01 | wps | I don't have one that checks to see if the TO address is valid |
| 01:48.29 | wps | we just had a member publish an article on the site containing a script that does just that though, that you could incorporate into whatever you are doing |
| 01:48.44 | wps | http://uphpu.org/article.php?story=20050106152516690 |
| 01:52.50 | jsmith | Yes, I just mentioned that... |
| 01:53.34 | wps | ah... that's what you were saying |
| 01:53.41 | wps | didn't understand what you meant by that |
| 02:04.12 | bigdog_ut | welcome jsmith |
| 02:04.19 | jsmith | bigdog_ut: Thanks... |
| 02:08.33 | bigdog_ut | also to point out that that type of script can allow people to use your site as a kinda relay |
| 02:10.52 | jsmith | Yes, I realize that... |
| 02:12.24 | jsmith | I was just trying to decide on a good anti-spam method... refferer check, enter-the-numbers-you-see-in-this-image, etc. |
| 02:12.52 | jsmith | Hence, the reason I asked if anyone else had already written a good one :-) |
| 02:15.20 | bigdog_ut | phpclasses might have a good one or pear |
| 02:33.04 | jsmith | Hmmmn... haven't found anything in phpclasses yet |
| 02:33.19 | bigdog_ut | anything @ pear |
| 02:37.12 | jsmith | Nope... |
| 02:37.26 | bigdog_ut | then i would create one |
| 02:37.32 | bigdog_ut | macnewbold, might have one |
| 02:44.23 | jsmith | Alright... I'll ask him... |
| 02:44.33 | jsmith | At this point, it's probably more productive to write one. |
| 02:44.42 | bigdog_ut | yeah |