[Resolved] Select All selects too much Problem

halojoy

<body>
<table align=center cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 width="95%">
		<tr><td colspan="3" height="4"></td></tr>
		<tr><!-- start code -->
			<td colspan=3 bgcolor="FFFFFF"><code>
<font color="#3F6DAE">&lt;?php<br /></font>
<font color="#FFAD1D">// page2.php<br />// hasto start SESSION<br /></font>
<font color="#3F6DAE">session_start</font><font color="#47A35E">();<br /><br /></font>
</code>
			</td><!-- end code --></tr>
		<tr><td colspan="3" height="4"></td></tr>		
		<tr>
			<td height="24" width="33%">
			<a class="anorm" href="/sources/index.php">Back to menu</a></td>
			<td align="center" width="33%">
			<a class="anorm" href="/sources/page2.php">Run this script</a>
			<small>if possible</small></td>
			<td align="right" width="33%"></td></tr>			
		<tr><td colspan="3" height="4"></td></tr>
</table>
</body>

I have made this PHP Source code viewer
It lists all .php .inc .phps pages in a directory,
and when I click at any php file in directory list, I can View php source code.

Problem is when I make a 'Select All' in my browser, to copy and paste this php code,
I get also the links in bottom 'Back to menu' and 'Run this script if possible'.

Is there any way in HTML you can restrict 'Select All' to only one area??
In this case only to the php code.

Click the IMG link!
I show you also the HTML source of my page.

Thanks!
😕

planetsim

There is no HTML way to do it but there is a Javascript way, take a look at Dynamic Drive bound to have a sample script.

dyntryx

Why don't you just load the source code into a textarea or something? Or maybe if you kept those bottom links in a separate frame it might work. Those seem the easiest solutions.

Drakla

Originally posted by dyntryx
Why don't you just load the source code into a textarea or something? Or maybe if you kept those bottom links in a separate frame it might work. Those seem the easiest solutions.

That's exactly what I thought - but he's got source highlighting on it that's hidden in the picture. Reckon you could be right with an iframe or something - pass the script in the url string so that any data in the main page stays related to the document.

I'd do it myself by enclosing them in a div and then using javascript to grab the div innerHTML, but Halojoy doesn't believe in javascript, mysql, the [man]sleep[/man] function or the tooth fairy, so I can't wait to see how this one turns out.

halojoy

🙂

thanks for your replies, ev'rybody
I am satisfied and know some options I can choose
I will change my script accordingly to what I find best

Will mark this 'as resolved'

Regards
/halojoy

halojoy

🙁

my only solution was this ( as I dont use mySQL and avoid Javascript and does not sleep )

SQL - another language, for database use, complicated syntax fpr normal users
Java - another language ( nowadays losing ground heavily to PHP )
CGI - another language ( not very popular, but was PHP before PHP came )
ASP - still used, but mostly on Microsoft and commersial websites

PHP - a modern language Can do it all what the others do, til 99.5%
still under development - misses a good database class

🙂 Wanted: phpBASE - with functions to go with it 🙂

( eventhough have optional dBase functions http://php.net/dbase )

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my solution was using a 'target=_blank'
to open ONLY PHP souce in a new window
so is possible to 'Select All' and copy / paste code

Thanks again
halojoy
🆒