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Example voting script. Lets people enter suggestions and vote for
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existing ones.
<? if($vote && !$already_voted) SetCookie("already_voted","1");?>
<html><head><title>Name the Baby Computer</title></head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#032F5B" link="#537492" vlink="#000000">
<FONT FACE="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">
<h3>Name the new baby</h3>
I will be getting a cute little <img src="tm.gif">
box to stick on my LAN at home soon. It needs a name.
<b><i>something</i></b>.lerdorf.on.ca<p>
Please give me some suggestions or vote for an existing one.
</font>
<form action="vote.php3" method="POST">
Suggestion: <input type=text name=new_name size=25 maxlength=29><P>
<input type=submit value="Submit suggestion and/or vote">
<input type=reset><P>
<?
mysql_pconnect("localhost","","");
if($new_name) {
if(!mysql_db_query("rasmus","insert into names values
('$new_name',0)")) {
print mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>";
}
}
if($vote && $already_voted) {
print "<font color=#ff0000>Hey, you voted already! Vote
ignored.</font><P>\n";
}
else if($vote) {
if(!mysql_db_query("rasmus","update names set votes=votes+1 where
name='$vote'")) {
print mysql_errno().": ".mysql_error()."<BR>";
}
}
$result=mysql_db_query("rasmus","select sum(votes) as sum from names");
if($result) {
$sum = (int) mysql_result($result,0,"sum");
mysql_free_result($result);
}
$result=mysql_db_query("rasmus","select * from names order by votes DESC");
print "<table border=0><tr><th>Vote</th><th>Suggestion</th><th
colspan=2>Votes</th></tr>\n";
while($row=mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
print "<tr><td align=center><input type=radio name=vote value=\"$row[0]
\"></td><td>";
print $row[0]."</td><td align=right>".$row[1]."</td><td>";
if($sum && (int)$row[1]) {
$per = (int)(100 * $row[1]/$sum);
print "<img src=bline.gif height=12 width=$per> $per %</td>";
}
print "</tr>\n";
}
print "</table>\n";
mysql_free_result($result);
?>
<input type=submit value="Submit suggestion and/or vote">
<input type=reset>
</form>
<a href="http://ca.php.net"><img align=top src="php3/logos/mini-logo1.gif"
border=0></a>
<tt><font size=-1><a href="nameit.phps">View Source</a></font></tt>
</body></html>
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