A simple yet efficient tagboard written in PHP with a MySQL back-end.
By : ipx
HTML for tagboard:
<iframe src='view.php' border='0' name='tagboard'></iframe><br>
<form action='post.php' method='post' target='tagboard'>
<input type='text' name='name' value='name'><br>
<input type='text' name='http' value='http://'><br>
<input type='text' name='msg' value='message'><br>
<input type='submit' value='Submit'> <input type='reset' value='Reset'>
</form>
--post.php--
<?php
#change localhost to the sql server, user to the correct username, and pass to the correct password
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass") or die("Unable to establish a connection to the database.");
#change database to the database name
$database = "database";
$db = mysql_select_db("$database") or die("Couldn't select database $database.");
#lets strip some chars and slashes
$name = stripslashes($name);
$name = htmlspecialchars($name);
$http = stripslashes($http);
$http = htmlspecialchars($http);
$msg = stripslashes($msg);
$msg = htmlspecialchars($msg);
$query = "INSERT INTO tagboard(name,http,msg)
VALUES('$name,$http,$msg')";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die("Data couldn't be entered into the database.");
echo "Click <a href='view.php'>here</a>.";
?>
--view.php--
<?php
#change localhost to the sql server, user to the correct username, and pass to the correct password
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass") or die("Unable to establish a connection to the database.");
#change database to the database name
$database = "database";
$db = mysql_select_db("$database") or die("Couldn't select database $database.");
$query = "SELECT id,name,http,msg FROM tagboard ORDER BY id DESC"; selects all the rows from the table tagboard and orders them in descending order
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_row($result))//a loop
{
echo "<a href='$row[http]' target='_blank'>$row[name]</a>: $row[msg]<br>";
}
?>
--admin.php--
<?php
/*$PHP_AUTH_USER != 'user' is the username setting & $PHP_AUTH=PW !='open' is the password setting*/
if ( ( !isset( $PHP_AUTH_USER )) || (!isset($PHP_AUTH_PW))
|| ( $PHP_AUTH_USER != 'user' ) || ( $PHP_AUTH_PW != 'open' ) ) {
//name of the realm or protected area.
header( 'WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Tagboard Administration"' );
header( 'HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized' );
/*when authorization fails*/
echo "Authorization Required.";
exit;
}
else {
/*Function used to connect to sql server and choose database*/
function connect(){
#change localhost to the sql server, user to the correct username, and pass to the correct password
$con = mysql_connect("localhost","user","pass") or die("Unable to establish a connection to the database.");
#change database to the database name
$database = "database";
$db = mysql_select_db("$database") or die("Couldn't select database $database.");
}
echo "Tagboard Administration <br> <a href='admin.php?action=view'>View messages
</a> <a href='admin.php?action=delall'>Delete all messages</a> <a href='admin.php?action=update'><br><br>";
if($action == "view"){
connect();
$query = "SELECT id,name,http,msg FROM tagboard ORDER BY id DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
echo "<a href='$row[http]' target='_blank'>$row[name]</a>: $row[msg] : <a href='admin.php?action=del&id=$row[id]'>Delete</a><br>";
}
}
if($action == "del"){
connect();
$query = "DELETE FROM tagboard WHERE id='$id'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
}
if($action == "delall"){
connect();
$query = "DELETE FROM tagboard";
$result = mysql_query($query);
}
if($action == "update"){
connect();
$query = "SELECT id,name,http,msg FROM tagboard ORDER BY id DESC";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($rows = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
echo "<a href='$row[http]' target='_blank'>$row[name]</a>: $row[msg] : ID#: $row[id]<br>";
}
echo "<br>
<form action='admin.php?action=update&go=yes' method='post'>
<input type='text' name='id' value='ID #'><br>
<input type='text' name='name' value='Name'><br>
<input type='text' name='http' value='http://'><br>
<textarea name='msg'>Message</textarea><br>
<input type='submit' value='Submit'> <input type='reset' value='Reset'>
</form>";
}
if($go == "yes"){
connect();
$id = stripslashes($id);
$id = htmlspecialchars($id);
$name = stripslashes($name);
$name = htmlspecialchars($name);
$http = stripslashes($http);
$http = htmlspecialchars($http);
$msg = stripslashes($msg);
$msg = htmlspecialchars($msg);
$query = "UPDATE tagbard WHERE id='$id' SET name='$name' http='$http' msg='$msg'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
echo "ID # $id has been edited successfully.";
}
}
?>
--sql syntax--
CREATE TABLE tagboard (id TINYINT (4) not null AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR (32), msg VARCHAR (50), http VARCHAR (32) , PRIMARY KEY (id))
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