From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 18 21:18:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B55B106566C for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF9E18FC1F for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5ILISWG054297; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:18:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:18:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:18:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Bill Moran Message-ID: <20090618211827.GA50843@thought.org> References: <20090618204957.GA50728@thought.org> <20090618165634.a6227d40.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090618165634.a6227d40.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: radio-buttons and PHP; may be a bit OT. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:33 -0000 On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 04:56:34PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Gary Kline : > > > After a lot of trial and error I have a PHP version of radio buttons > > working in a test.php. It asks the user to rate the article/story > > in standard Lykert (5-way) methodology. 1) Liked ... to 5) Disliked. > > > > The code works; still polishing for errors. I need a way to store the > > results, tho. So, for story baz.php, say, should I save the count of > > times rated, then average [%f] the ratings? Or is there a more swift > > algorithm? > > In my experience, you're best off storing the raw data, then generating > statistics in a separate step. That way, if you decide that you want to > generate different statistics (mean vs. mode, for example) you still have > the raw data to do so. > > If you're storing the results in a flat file, just have have the script > append the new results to the end of the file, then have another process > that comes along and reads the file, and generates a different file with > the statistics. > > Of course, this is even easier if you're using a database. > You're right about saving the raw data. I know how to do that in a flat file, but other than having used mysql for PHPBB, no idea. Shouldn't i only need that name of the file and that rating for mysql? I do know how to create a database in mysql, but no more. Can you show me what is required to grab from i need from the radiobutton data? gary > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php