php-general Digest 25 Aug 2003 06:56:24 -0000 Issue 2257
Topics (messages 160599 through 160644):
Probably has already been asked... Remote commands
160599 by: Richard D. Marriner II
Re: Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP
160600 by: Travis Kroh
160603 by: David Otton
160609 by: Giz
160614 by: Curt Zirzow
160615 by: Paul Fitzpatrick
160617 by: jabber.raditha.com
160618 by: jabber.raditha.com
160619 by: Curt Zirzow
160620 by: Curt Zirzow
160622 by: Weston Cann
Re: In need of a script
160601 by: Wouter van Vliet
script not terminating on user abort
160602 by: Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
160606 by: Curt Zirzow
php NEWBIE Question
160604 by: Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de
160607 by: Curt Zirzow
160610 by: Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de
160611 by: Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de
mail() question
160605 by: Matthias Wulkow
160608 by: Curt Zirzow
160613 by: Matthias Wulkow
160616 by: Stevie D Peele
160621 by: Alister
160625 by: Curt Zirzow
Re: Using PHP on an .html file
160612 by: Mike Migurski
160623 by: Curt Zirzow
Re: How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
160624 by: Cody Phanekham
160636 by: murugesan
160638 by: Cody Phanekham
160642 by: murugesan
mysql_connect error
160626 by: Mjec
160627 by: John W. Holmes
160628 by: Mjec
160632 by: murugesan
php & qmail
160629 by: Kris Reid
160630 by: Manuel Lemos
160633 by: Kris Reid
160635 by: Manuel Lemos
160640 by: Curt Zirzow
Passing values from one page to another
160631 by: murugesan
160634 by: Chris Shiflett
Re: 2 questions
160637 by: Binay Agarwal
(Drupal function) getting error : "notice : Undefined index ?"
160639 by: fatih olcer
160641 by: Curt Zirzow
Unable to get the values in next page
160643 by: murugesan
160644 by: Cody Phanekham
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I'm sure this has been asked but I need clearification. I would like to
create a script that can run remote programs and edit remote files on Linux
(both hosts are linux). The reason is I would like to make a web hosting
control panel using PHP that I can have my mail & dns server on one machine
and web on the other. Is there any way possible to do this with PHP?
I searched the arhives and found something about ssh_agent but couldn't find
a lot of information from google. Any help would be appreciated. I have
php experience just not very much...
Anything would be appreciated!
Thank You
Richard Marriner II
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This is a widespread problem. One which we faced, and eventually solved by
deciding to just write the application in .NET instead.
Some links that may be helpful...
This link deals with problems trying to use PHP's built-in function
"odbc_connect" on a Linux box:
http://forums.devshed.com/t37357/s.html
These links mention using database functions within this PHP include
library (adodb.inc.php) and skipping ODBC altogether:
http://www.devshed.com/Server_Side/PHP/ADODB
http://php.weblogs.com/ADODB
The basic problem is trying to get something on a nix box to play nice with
Jet. We never found an elegant way of doing it. (Some brief thought was
given to writing a VB app to live on the windows box, conveniently leaving a
port open to listen for requests from our PHP script and return results.
Humorous, yet ever-so-brief thought. :)
Good luck.
-trav
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 1:55 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP
>
>
>I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to
>use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site
>by FTP'ing
>Access files he edits on his machine up to the web host.
>
>The web host is unix-based (FreeBSD, slightly hacked by Verio, I
>believe), so
>this means COM functions aren't available. ODBC was my next
>thought, but I've
>never used it, and there are a few things I don't understand. Setting up a
>DSN is one of them -- apparently this isn't as simple as
>constructing a string,
>and all the tutorials I can find seem to involve going into a
>Windows control
>panel and making a setting. This of course will not be possible,
>since there
>are no windows control panels on FreeBSD.
>
>In short: can anyone offer any quick tips on how to use the odbc
>database functions or PEAR::DB to query data from an MS Access
>file sitting on a UNIX box?
>
>Thanks,
> Weston
>
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:54:41 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to
>use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site by FTP'ing
>Access files he edits on his machine up to the web host.
>
>The web host is unix-based (FreeBSD, slightly hacked by Verio, I believe), so
>this means COM functions aren't available. ODBC was my next thought, but I've
>never used it, and there are a few things I don't understand. Setting up a
>DSN is one of them -- apparently this isn't as simple as constructing a string,
>and all the tutorials I can find seem to involve going into a Windows control
>panel and making a setting. This of course will not be possible, since there
>are no windows control panels on FreeBSD.
Suggestion: go backwards. Set up the data in, say, MySQL with an ODBC
driver, and use Access as a front-end onto that data (Access makes a good
front-end for manipulating other databases). I've done this with SQL Server,
but it should be possible with anything that can talk ODBC.
He gets the interface he's used to, you get a database that can run under
BSD. Of course, changes will be reflected in the site in real-time, which
may be a good thing or a bad thing.
Either that or export the data from Access in a readable format, and import
it at the other end.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=connect+access+mysql
4th link looks useful.
>In short: can anyone offer any quick tips on how to use the odbc database functions
>or PEAR::DB to query data from an MS Access file sitting on a UNIX box?
That's not what ODBC does. It's a protocol for talking to a database server,
not a program for parsing a file.
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Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist on
beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every day.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:55 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Reading an MS Access Database file on *NIX platform using PHP
I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to
use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site by
FTP'ing
Access files he edits on his machine up to the web host.
The web host is unix-based (FreeBSD, slightly hacked by Verio, I believe),
so
this means COM functions aren't available. ODBC was my next thought, but
I've
never used it, and there are a few things I don't understand. Setting up a
DSN is one of them -- apparently this isn't as simple as constructing a
string,
and all the tutorials I can find seem to involve going into a Windows
control
panel and making a setting. This of course will not be possible, since there
are no windows control panels on FreeBSD.
In short: can anyone offer any quick tips on how to use the odbc database
functions or PEAR::DB to query data from an MS Access file sitting on a UNIX
box?
Thanks,
Weston
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* Thus wrote Giz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist on
> beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
> Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
> relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
> insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
> databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every day.
First off, Access has nothing to do with a pc, it is the
communication layer that causes the problem. And the only drivers
available for this layer are for MS Windows.
PC != MS Windows
Second, Not every solution can be solved by plopping a
mysql/postregsql database server somewhere and use it. There are
multiple reasons why people choose one database over the other,
like costs, familiarity, and quickness of results.
MS Access is used on thousands of websites every day too.
Curt
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* Thus wrote Giz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist
on
> beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
> Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
> relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
> insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
> databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every
day.
Programmers often get their heads banged against a wall 'by' clients.
I recently had to go through the whole issue of trying to use a client's
favorite Access DB on a Linux server with no success. I tried
convincing him to switch to MySQL etc. but of course he wanted to stay
with what he knew.
Maybe try for some MSSQL capable hosting with this job, PEAR and ADODB
are great for ODBC, the only issue is setting up an ACCESS DSN, which
can't be done on a Unix box at this time. I have heard of tricky
windows/linux bridging techniques though, but what ISP is going to set
up an extra windows box for one Access db?
Cheers,
Paul
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Hi,
The simplest way i know of to use access from linux is to use mdbtools
(a free download at sourceforge). Haven't tried to invoke this from PHP
but it would not be all that difficult to create a MDB module.
Curt Zirzow wrote:
* Thus wrote Giz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist on
beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every day.
First off, Access has nothing to do with a pc, it is the
communication layer that causes the problem. And the only drivers
available for this layer are for MS Windows.
PC != MS Windows
Second, Not every solution can be solved by plopping a
mysql/postregsql database server somewhere and use it. There are
multiple reasons why people choose one database over the other,
like costs, familiarity, and quickness of results.
MS Access is used on thousands of websites every day too.
Curt
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A progress bar for PHP file uploads.
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Hi,
One of these ' tricky' windows linux bridging techniques is with JDBC.
But that only works for sql server and not for access. This works like a
dream if you are on J2EE. can be used with php as well if you don't mind
mixing java and php classed. I have also had success with 'ODBC socket
server' they renamed themselves and i am not sure of the new name though.
It wouldn't matter so much if people wanted to use ms SQL server instead
they alsays insist on access :-((
Paul Fitzpatrick wrote:
* Thus wrote Giz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist
on
beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every
day.
Programmers often get their heads banged against a wall 'by' clients.
I recently had to go through the whole issue of trying to use a client's
favorite Access DB on a Linux server with no success. I tried
convincing him to switch to MySQL etc. but of course he wanted to stay
with what he knew.
Maybe try for some MSSQL capable hosting with this job, PEAR and ADODB
are great for ODBC, the only issue is setting up an ACCESS DSN, which
can't be done on a Unix box at this time. I have heard of tricky
windows/linux bridging techniques though, but what ISP is going to set
up an extra windows box for one Access db?
Cheers,
Paul
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A progress bar for PHP file uploads.
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* Thus wrote David Otton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:54:41 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>
> >I'm building a small web application for a friend using PHP. He'd like to
> >use MS Access to keep the data in, and update the data on the site by FTP'ing
>
> Suggestion: go backwards. Set up the data in, say, MySQL with an ODBC
> driver, and use Access as a front-end onto that data (Access makes a good
> front-end for manipulating other databases). I've done this with SQL Server,
> but it should be possible with anything that can talk ODBC.
I would also suggest this. Basically you create a MS Access on his
computer and link (with odbc) mysql tables into the MS Access.
The only problem I forsee is granting remote access to the server.
Seeing that this is on a verio machine, I doubt they'll allow
access remotely. Perhaps there is a chance if your friend has a
static ip.
> Either that or export the data from Access in a readable format, and import
> it at the other end.
Yep, and this would be my alternative :) Using CSV files of
course!
Curt
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* Thus wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
>
> The simplest way i know of to use access from linux is to use mdbtools
> (a free download at sourceforge). Haven't tried to invoke this from PHP
> but it would not be all that difficult to create a MDB module.
>
yeah, I saw a reference to that with some google searches. Also
some references of using 'wine' but that seemed to be a little
overkill just to communicate with ms access.
Curt
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On Sunday, August 24, 2003, at 05:31 PM, Giz wrote:
Access is a pc database. It doesn't run on unix. Why people insist on
beating their heads against the wall in this manner I will never know.
Ignorance I suppose. The alternative is to have your friend use a
relational database and have a few simple forms that will allow him to
insert/update/delete. Best of both worlds, and the open source/free
databases mysql/postgresql are used on thousands of websites every day.
I share a low regard for Access, and I've got a set of standard
forms/code I use to set up a nice interface to MySQL, and I showed it to
my friend. He likes that, but there's a problem:
He wants to be able to make changes offline, and then sync up.
This isn't an uncommon desire... I've run into people wanting to do this
before (with Excel spreadsheets, no less). And in fact, it's probably
the most convenient way of doing things, as long as they're warned about
certain dangers (overwrites from competing unsynced database files).
There's a certain cumbersome nature about web forms and the time delay
involved in HTTP transactions.
So anyway, that's the motivation for using Access here.
David Otton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Suggestion: go backwards. Set up the data in, say, MySQL with an ODBC
driver, and use Access as a front-end onto that data (Access makes a
good
front-end for manipulating other databases). I've done this with SQL
Server,
but it should be possible with anything that can talk ODBC.
He gets the interface he's used to, you get a database that can run
under
BSD. Of course, changes will be reflected in the site in real-time,
which
may be a good thing or a bad thing.
Either that or export the data from Access in a readable format, and
import
it at the other end.
These ideas might work better; especially the latter. If COM doesn't
work under UNIX and ODBC can only talk to FoxPro, Access, and other
document (rather than server) oriented databases with the help of some
special Win32 control panel/dll, then it would seem that the only way to
do offline updates that are then synced would be exporting from Access
in some standard format.
But it seems somewhat odd to me that there aren't any UNIXy (PHP, Perl,
something....) for parsing Access files. I know there's a few CPAN
modules for Excel, but it's interesting that there's apparently nothing
for Access.
~ == ~
http://weston.canncentral.org/
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Though no parse error, it can result in an notice about 'undefined index' ..
I'd prefer
<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE['pagename'])) {
header('Location: /newpage.php');
die;
};
?>
Taking care of three things:
- No undifined index notice
- the cookie can also have a value that evaluates to false
- the 'die;' makes sure the script really ends .. sometimes, somehow for
some
undefined reason it does not stop after a header..
Wouter
-> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
-> Van: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-> Verzonden: zondag 24 augustus 2003 20:22
-> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-> Onderwerp: Re: [PHP] In need of a script
->
->
-> * Thus wrote Stevie D Peele ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
-> > Heres what I wrote --
-> >
-> > <?php
-> > if ($_COOKIE['pagename'])
-> > {
-> > header('Location: http://www.net-riches.com/800x600.html');
-> > }
-> > ?>
-> >
-> > and I got a parse error on line 4, but I do not see what is
-> wrong on line
-> > 4!
->
-> There is no parse error in that code.
->
-> Curt
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Hi!
The connection_* function don't seem to work for me and I can no longer
determine when the user has aborted the script. When I close the browser
window the script just keeps running. (see bug #23163)
The body of the script essentially looks like this:
while( !$done ) {
$con->sendMessage("x"); # Send msg to Jabber server
sleep(1);
}
I made an interesting and somewhat weird observation though:
If I use the print or echo command in the while-loop once (!) then the
script will terminate after the loop has run *exactly* three times after
the abort.
If I put more than one print/echo in the loop (2->inf) then the script
will terminate after *exactly* 2 (!) iterations of the loop after the
script has aborted.
The length of the string used in the print/echo statement doesn't seem
to matter.
I hope this helps as this bug is currently a showstopper for the stuff
I'm developing (a PHP Jabber client).
I'm running Red Hat 7.3 with the standard apache-1.3.27-2 package and a
self-compiled php-4.3.3rc4 (php-4.3.2 didn't work either).
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* Thus wrote Dennis Jacobfeuerborn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi!
> The connection_* function don't seem to work for me and I can no longer
> determine when the user has aborted the script. When I close the browser
> window the script just keeps running. (see bug #23163)
>
> The body of the script essentially looks like this:
>
> while( !$done ) {
> $con->sendMessage("x"); # Send msg to Jabber server
> sleep(1);
> }
>
> I made an interesting and somewhat weird observation though:
> If I use the print or echo command in the while-loop once (!) then the
> script will terminate after the loop has run *exactly* three times after
> the abort.
>
> If I put more than one print/echo in the loop (2->inf) then the script
> will terminate after *exactly* 2 (!) iterations of the loop after the
> script has aborted.
how is it your knowing the number of times it is going through the
loop when the conneciton is aborted? If you know that the
connection is aborted why isn't it breaking out of the loop? Do you
have some code that can show this?
Curt
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Hi,
can you tell me how is it possible to connect to a linux shell via PHP?
Greetz
Dennis
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* Thus wrote Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
> can you tell me how is it possible to connect to a linux shell via PHP?
Ok, i suppose I should reply to this before you ask the same
question with less details, again.
Please be a little more specific in your question, like what you
are trying to achieve. Otherwise we will be just trying to guess
at what you want to do, and most likley guess wrong.
Curt
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Iam currently writing some Scripts in PHP for a Webappliance.
And now I have the problem that I have to connect with
a PHP Script to a Shell that is located on another Server.
But I don't know how to do this... :-/
Perhaps you can help me with an example or a Page with a Tutorial.
Greetz
Dennis
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Von: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 25. August 2003 01:22
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: [PHP] php NEWBIE Question
* Thus wrote Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
> can you tell me how is it possible to connect to a linux shell via PHP?
Ok, i suppose I should reply to this before you ask the same
question with less details, again.
Please be a little more specific in your question, like what you
are trying to achieve. Otherwise we will be just trying to guess
at what you want to do, and most likley guess wrong.
Curt
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Ok thank you very much
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Von: Chris Kay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 25. August 2003 01:37
An: 'Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de'
Betreff: RE: [PHP] php NEWBIE Question
Try http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php
If your looking for a tutorial, goto google and search for "telnet with
php"
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From: Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 9:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AW: [PHP] php NEWBIE Question
Iam currently writing some Scripts in PHP for a Webappliance.
And now I have the problem that I have to connect with
a PHP Script to a Shell that is located on another Server.
But I don't know how to do this... :-/
Perhaps you can help me with an example or a Page with a Tutorial.
Greetz
Dennis
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Von: Curt Zirzow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gesendet: Montag, 25. August 2003 01:22
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: [PHP] php NEWBIE Question
* Thus wrote Dennis Dujan - Partycult.de ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi,
> can you tell me how is it possible to connect to a linux shell via
PHP?
Ok, i suppose I should reply to this before you ask the same
question with less details, again.
Please be a little more specific in your question, like what you
are trying to achieve. Otherwise we will be just trying to guess
at what you want to do, and most likley guess wrong.
Curt
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Hi php-general,
I have followig error reported:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in /usr/local/www/login.php on line 235
What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have the
sendmail binary at the right place.
Thx for help
SvT
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* Thus wrote Matthias Wulkow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> Hi php-general,
>
> I have followig error reported:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in /usr/local/www/login.php on line
> 235
>
> What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
> delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
mail() wasn't compiled into php.
>
> I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have the
> sendmail binary at the right place.
You'll have to recompile php. the first time you compiled it php it
couldnt find sendmail, so it left it out in the binary.
Curt
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Hallo Curt,
am Montag, 25. August 2003 um 01:35 hast Du Folgendes gekritzelt:
>> I have followig error reported:
>>
>> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in /usr/local/www/login.php on line
>> 235
>>
>> What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
>> delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
CZ> mail() wasn't compiled into php.
>>
>> I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have the
>> sendmail binary at the right place.
CZ> You'll have to recompile php. the first time you compiled it php it
CZ> couldnt find sendmail, so it left it out in the binary.
Well, that makes sense to me. But I just recompiled the same way I did
it first time (config.nice), but I still get the same error reported.
I looked in ./configure --help to see if there are specific arguments
I need to add, but couldn't find any... and this time sendmail is
there (/usr/sbin/sendmail).
What's wrong?
Thx
SvT
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What is on line 235?? That would help us -
SDP
On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:09:29 +0200 Matthias Wulkow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>
> Hi php-general,
>
> I have followig error reported:
>
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
> /usr/local/www/login.php on line 235
>
> What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
> delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
>
> I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have
> the
> sendmail binary at the right place.
>
> Thx for help
>
> SvT
>
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> On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 01:09:29 +0200 Matthias Wulkow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> >
> > Hi php-general,
> > I have followig error reported:
> >
> > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
> > /usr/local/www/login.php on line 235
> > What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
> > delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
> > I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have
> > the
> > sendmail binary at the right place.
Did you install postfix _after_ PHP? Did you have a sendmail binary in
place before you configured PHP? If it's not there are configure time,
it won't even compile the 'mail' function.
I've had the same problem before - now that PHP can recognise it's got a
way to send email, re-running ./configure / make / make install should
work. It did for me.
Alister
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* Thus wrote Matthias Wulkow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hallo Curt,
>
> am Montag, 25. August 2003 um 01:35 hast Du Folgendes gekritzelt:
>
> >> I have followig error reported:
> >>
> >> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in /usr/local/www/login.php on
> >> line 235
> >>
> >> What is the trouble here? If I would have trouble because of
> >> delivery, normally mail would return false. But here...
>
> CZ> mail() wasn't compiled into php.
>
> >>
> >> I have php4.3.1 running on linux. I just installed postfix to have the
> >> sendmail binary at the right place.
>
> CZ> You'll have to recompile php. the first time you compiled it php it
> CZ> couldnt find sendmail, so it left it out in the binary.
>
> Well, that makes sense to me. But I just recompiled the same way I did
> it first time (config.nice), but I still get the same error reported.
> I looked in ./configure --help to see if there are specific arguments
> I need to add, but couldn't find any... and this time sendmail is
> there (/usr/sbin/sendmail).
>
> What's wrong?
When you configure PHP it uses your $PATH envirmonment (plus som
e standard paths.)
To get more detailed on the situation There is a file in your surce
tree:
main/php_config.h:
there should be a line (around line #972) that says something like:
#define HAVE_SENDMAIL 1
If it says 'undef HAVE_SENDMAIL', that generaly means that your
configure script can't find it.
If this is the case I would strongly encourge a search/report at
bugs.php.net to find out how to resolve this.
As long as your sendmail is in a common place you shouldn't have
any problems.
Curt
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>> Better to do this in an .htaccess file, so you don't incur PHP
>> processing overhead on the entire server (if there are others using
>> it).
>
>Apache suggests not using .htaccess files at all because they require a
>recursive traversing of directories looking for .htaccess files, because
>some supersede others or something like that.
The only way to eliminate the overhead of searching for .htaccess files is
to set the Allowoverride directive to 'None' in your httpd.conf file -
otherwise, they will be checked for on every request whether they exist or
not. The question is: does the additional benefit of using per-directory
configuration and selective .html-as-.php handling outweigh the speed gain
of not looking for .htaccess files? This depends on the server, how it's
used, and how important raw performance is vs. ease of use.
Just to quickly return to the original question, I would not use either
method - instead I would turn multiviews on, and not use file extensions
in URL's at all.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/content-negotiation.html
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* Thus wrote Mike Migurski ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >> Better to do this in an .htaccess file, so you don't incur PHP
> >> processing overhead on the entire server (if there are others using
> >> it).
> >
> >Apache suggests not using .htaccess files at all because they require a
> >recursive traversing of directories looking for .htaccess files, because
> >some supersede others or something like that.
>
> The only way to eliminate the overhead of searching for .htaccess files is
> to set the Allowoverride directive to 'None' in your httpd.conf file -
> otherwise, they will be checked for on every request whether they exist or
> not. The question is: does the additional benefit of using per-directory
> configuration and selective .html-as-.php handling outweigh the speed gain
> of not looking for .htaccess files? This depends on the server, how it's
> used, and how important raw performance is vs. ease of use.
I believe the only time it become a perfomance issue is when you
have a complex sub directory structure:
http://host/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4
apache will look at each directory (dirX) and apply .htaccess rules
overriding each dir from from document root.
>
> Just to quickly return to the original question, I would not use either
> method - instead I would turn multiviews on, and not use file extensions
> in URL's at all.
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/content-negotiation.html
This is very interesting and I'm surprized I've overlooked this
option. Unfortantly, apache doesn't provide a good example of what
this actaully does. A Quick google search didn't result in too good
of results. Do you have any other references on how this
'multiview' option work?
Thanks,
Curt
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Murugesan,
Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can access other parts of your
site.
index.php:
<?
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
session_register("s_authed");
$s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
{
// display login form
...
}
else
{
// retrieve database username and password here
...
// check if they match
if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
{
$s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
// redirect to real page
echo "
<script>
window.location='main.php'
</script>";
}
}
?>
main.php:
<?
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
if (!$s_authed) // check access
{
// user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
echo "
<script>
window.location='index.php'
</script>";
}
else
{
// display page
...
}
?>
if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging in they will be redirected
to index.php
checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for more information
> -----Original Message-----
> From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 20:04
> To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
>
>
> Thanks for the message.
> Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
>
> -murugesan
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Thanks for the information.
In the code you provided
----if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
{
.....
Actually I have implemented this in a separate page.
That is upon sign up of the <form> in the index page
I call a new page auth.php
In that file
I have done this authentication and called the function
header ("Location: /main.php?empid=$empid&pwd=$pwd");
Actually when passing this URL the password appears in the address bar.
How to over come this? It will be very much usefull if I get the answer.
Thanks in advance
-Murugesan
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can access other parts
of your site.
index.php:
<?
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
session_register("s_authed");
$s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
{
// display login form
...
}
else
{
// retrieve database username and password here
...
// check if they match
if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
{
$s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
// redirect to real page
echo "
<script>
window.location='main.php'
</script>";
}
}
?>
main.php:
<?
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
if (!$s_authed) // check access
{
// user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
echo "
<script>
window.location='index.php'
</script>";
}
else
{
// display page
...
}
?>
if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging in they will be
redirected to index.php
checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for more information
>
>
> Thanks for the message.
> Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
>
> -murugesan
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Murugesan,
I'll assume your redirecting the user to main.php because (s)he has passed the
authentication routine... in that case just store the username and password as a
session variable that way you wont need to pass the username and password via the url.
auth.php, [just before the call to header()]:
<?
session_register('empid');
session_register('pwd');
header ("Location: /main.php");
?>
then in main.php you need to start your session to access the session variables
<?
session_name("yoursessionname");
session_start();
// you now have access to $empid and $pwd
echo "<br>your employee id = $empid and the password you typed was $pwd";
?>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 15:18
> To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
>
>
> Thanks for the information.
> In the code you provided
>
> ----if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> {
> .....
>
> Actually I have implemented this in a separate page.
>
> That is upon sign up of the <form> in the index page
> I call a new page auth.php
> In that file
> I have done this authentication and called the function
> header ("Location: /main.php?empid=$empid&pwd=$pwd");
>
> Actually when passing this URL the password appears in the
> address bar.
> How to over come this? It will be very much usefull if I get
> the answer.
>
> Thanks in advance
> -Murugesan
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> -
> Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can
> access other parts
> of your site.
>
> index.php:
> <?
> session_name("mysessionname");
> session_start();
> session_register("s_authed");
> $s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
>
> if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> {
> // display login form
> ...
> }
> else
> {
> // retrieve database username and password here
> ...
> // check if they match
> if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
> {
> $s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
> // redirect to real page
> echo "
> <script>
> window.location='main.php'
> </script>";
> }
> }
> ?>
>
> main.php:
> <?
> session_name("mysessionname");
> session_start();
> if (!$s_authed) // check access
> {
> // user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
> echo "
> <script>
> window.location='index.php'
> </script>";
> }
> else
> {
> // display page
> ...
> }
> ?>
>
>
> if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging
> in they will be
> redirected to index.php
>
> checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for
> more information
>
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the message.
> > Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
> >
> > -murugesan
>
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Really thanks for the support. It worked well.
-regards,
Murugesan
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From: "Cody Phanekham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
Murugesan,
I'll assume your redirecting the user to main.php because (s)he has passed
the authentication routine... in that case just store the username and
password as a session variable that way you wont need to pass the username
and password via the url.
auth.php, [just before the call to header()]:
<?
session_register('empid');
session_register('pwd');
header ("Location: /main.php");
?>
then in main.php you need to start your session to access the session
variables
<?
session_name("yoursessionname");
session_start();
// you now have access to $empid and $pwd
echo "<br>your employee id = $empid and the password you typed was $pwd";
?>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 15:18
> To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
>
>
> Thanks for the information.
> In the code you provided
>
> ----if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> {
> .....
>
> Actually I have implemented this in a separate page.
>
> That is upon sign up of the <form> in the index page
> I call a new page auth.php
> In that file
> I have done this authentication and called the function
> header ("Location: /main.php?empid=$empid&pwd=$pwd");
>
> Actually when passing this URL the password appears in the
> address bar.
> How to over come this? It will be very much usefull if I get
> the answer.
>
> Thanks in advance
> -Murugesan
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> --------------
> -
> Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can
> access other parts
> of your site.
>
> index.php:
> <?
> session_name("mysessionname");
> session_start();
> session_register("s_authed");
> $s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
>
> if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> {
> // display login form
> ...
> }
> else
> {
> // retrieve database username and password here
> ...
> // check if they match
> if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
> {
> $s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
> // redirect to real page
> echo "
> <script>
> window.location='main.php'
> </script>";
> }
> }
> ?>
>
> main.php:
> <?
> session_name("mysessionname");
> session_start();
> if (!$s_authed) // check access
> {
> // user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
> echo "
> <script>
> window.location='index.php'
> </script>";
> }
> else
> {
> // display page
> ...
> }
> ?>
>
>
> if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging
> in they will be
> redirected to index.php
>
> checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for
> more information
>
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the message.
> > Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
> >
> > -murugesan
>
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Hi,
again this line is causing problems:
$h =
mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
;
Aparantly a parse error. Idaes?
Thanks,
Mjec
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Mjec wrote:
Hi,
again this line is causing problems:
$h =
mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
;
Aparantly a parse error. Idaes?
Is there a reason you're using constant()??
Try: $h = mysql_connect('localhost', mysql_user, mysql_password);
One thing to note about parse errors. If PHP says you have a parse error
on line 8 (for example), that means there is an error somewhere before
OR on line 8. The line PHP gives is just the point where it realized
something was wrong, but the cause could be on a previous line.
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on 25/08/2003 12:11 PM, John W. Holmes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mjec wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> again this line is causing problems:
>>
>> $h =
>> mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
>> ;
>>
>> Aparantly a parse error. Idaes?
>
> Is there a reason you're using constant()??
>
> Try: $h = mysql_connect('localhost', mysql_user, mysql_password);
>
> One thing to note about parse errors. If PHP says you have a parse error
> on line 8 (for example), that means there is an error somewhere before
> OR on line 8. The line PHP gives is just the point where it realized
> something was wrong, but the cause could be on a previous line.
Error line 43 (or 42 if 43 commented out and 42 uncommented)
38: define("mysql_password", "did you think");
39: define("mysql_user", 'i would say this');
40:
41: // Initialize MySQL database
42: // $h =
mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
;
43: $h = mysql_connect('localhost',mysql_user,mysql_password);
44: mysql_select_db('mjec_mjecnet', $h);
ideas?
--mjec
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This is working for me.
---------------------------
define('db_host','localhost');
define('db_name','mydb') ;
define('db_user','use1') ;
define('db_pass','pwd1') ;
$h = @mysql_pconnect(db_host,db_user,db_pass);
if($h)
mysql_select_db (db_name) or die ("could not select db");;
---------------------------
-murugesan
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From: "Mjec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] mysql_connect error
on 25/08/2003 12:11 PM, John W. Holmes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Mjec wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> again this line is causing problems:
>>
>> $h =
>>
mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
>> ;
>>
>> Aparantly a parse error. Idaes?
>
> Is there a reason you're using constant()??
>
> Try: $h = mysql_connect('localhost', mysql_user, mysql_password);
>
> One thing to note about parse errors. If PHP says you have a parse error
> on line 8 (for example), that means there is an error somewhere before
> OR on line 8. The line PHP gives is just the point where it realized
> something was wrong, but the cause could be on a previous line.
Error line 43 (or 42 if 43 commented out and 42 uncommented)
38: define("mysql_password", "did you think");
39: define("mysql_user", 'i would say this');
40:
41: // Initialize MySQL database
42: // $h =
mysql_connect('localhost',constant("mysql_user"),constant("mysql_password"))
;
43: $h = mysql_connect('localhost',mysql_user,mysql_password);
44: mysql_select_db('mjec_mjecnet', $h);
ideas?
--mjec
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Hi
I'm trying to build a program using PHP to increase the performance of Qmail.
I'm trying to use PHP to send an email qmail-remote which connects directly to the
recipients mail server.
If this fails it will then add it to the queue normally so it can retry later.
Here is what I have so far (Note this runs on the command line)
function sendMail($host, $to, $from, $message) {
$prog = "/var/qmail/bin/qmail-remote $host $from $to";
echo "Program = $prog \r\n";
$handle = popen ($prog, "w");
// fwrite($handle, $message) ;
pclose($handle);
}
The problem I have is I don't know how to write the message.
When you manually run qmail-remote $host $from $to
You then have to type the message then press control + D
Just like the standard mail function in UNIX
How can I type "Message control + D" into the program ?
Thanks
Kris
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Hello,
On 08/25/2003 12:43 AM, Kris Reid wrote:
I'm trying to build a program using PHP to increase the performance of Qmail.
I'm trying to use PHP to send an email qmail-remote which connects directly to the
recipients mail server.
If this fails it will then add it to the queue normally so it can retry later.
Here is what I have so far (Note this runs on the command line)
function sendMail($host, $to, $from, $message) {
$prog = "/var/qmail/bin/qmail-remote $host $from $to";
echo "Program = $prog \r\n";
$handle = popen ($prog, "w");
// fwrite($handle, $message) ;
pclose($handle);
}
The problem I have is I don't know how to write the message.
When you manually run qmail-remote $host $from $to
You then have to type the message then press control + D
Just like the standard mail function in UNIX
How can I type "Message control + D" into the program ?
If you want to send a message directly to recipient SMTP server, you may
want to try this SMTP class enabling the direct delivery mode.
http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass
To actually compose the message you want to send, you would better use
that in class in conjunction with this other class for composing and
sending e-mail messages. It comes with a sub-class specialized in
deliverying via SMTP that using the class above.
http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
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Manuel
Thanks for the advice however I want to use qmail-remote as I believe it
will suit my needs better.
I have been reading a great deal about tweaking qmail. I run a newsletter
and the fastest way is to try remote deliveries and only add them to the
queue if this fails.
The function that I wrote works I just don't know how to insert the message
content.
Thanks
Kris
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Hello,
On 08/25/2003 01:34 AM, Kris Reid wrote:
Thanks for the advice however I want to use qmail-remote as I believe it
will suit my needs better.
I have been reading a great deal about tweaking qmail. I run a newsletter
and the fastest way is to try remote deliveries and only add them to the
queue if this fails.
Maybe I was not clear but my SMTP class does remote deliveries when you
enable the direct delivery mode, so it acts exactly as qmail-remote. If
you doubt it, just try it. Here is the address again in case you missed it:
http://www.phpclasses.org/smtpclass
The function that I wrote works I just don't know how to insert the message
content.
That is what the MIME message composing and sending class does. It
composes the message headers and body and calls functions to send messages.
It comes with specialized sub-classes for deliverying the messages
through various methods. It supports delivery the mail(), sendmail
program, SMTP either relaying to an intermedite or delivering direcly to
the recipient SMTP server, or even qmail via qmail-queue.
I use this class for sending newsletters for tens of thousands of users
every day. The direct delivery mode, I only use for urgent messages,
like messages to let the users choose their initial passwords.
I could add support to deliver alternatively via qmail-remote but I
would have to see a good reason to do that instead of using the SMTP
class in direct delivery mode.
For newsletters I only use the sub class to deliver via qmail-queue
because those messages are not urgent. The advantage of using
qmail-queue is that it can run many tens of simultaneous deliveries
calling qmail-remote. I could run qmail-remote directly from PHP, but I
doubt it would be as efficient as qmail-queue.
Here it is the MIME composing and sending class address in case you want
to try it yourself, as you need.
http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
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Regards,
Manuel Lemos
Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/
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* Thus wrote Kris Reid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to build a program using PHP to increase the performance of Qmail.
>
> I'm trying to use PHP to send an email qmail-remote which connects directly to the
> recipients mail server.
> If this fails it will then add it to the queue normally so it can retry later.
>
> Here is what I have so far (Note this runs on the command line)
>
> function sendMail($host, $to, $from, $message) {
>
> $prog = "/var/qmail/bin/qmail-remote $host $from $to";
> echo "Program = $prog \r\n";
>
> $handle = popen ($prog, "w");
> // fwrite($handle, $message) ;
> pclose($handle);
> }
>
> The problem I have is I don't know how to write the message.
> When you manually run qmail-remote $host $from $to
> You then have to type the message then press control + D
> Just like the standard mail function in UNIX
Actually the mail function usually uses '.' on a line by iteself to
terminate a message.
>
> How can I type "Message control + D" into the program ?
the '^D' character is the end of file marker on unix. it has the
ordinal value of 0x04 so you can append to your mail message
something like:
$mailmessage .= chr(4);
Curt
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--- Begin Message ---
Hello all,
[snip]
--------------------------------------------
//Page0.php
<a href="page1.php?empid=1">Enter</a>
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
//page1.php
<script language="javascript">
function submitform()
{
//Check for empty values in text box
}
</script>
<form onsubmit='return submitform()' method=POST action='page2.php'>
<input type=text name=uname >
<input type=hidden name=empid value=<?php echo $empid;?>>
</form>
<?php
echo $empid;
?>
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
//page2.php
<?php
echo $empid;
?>
--------------------------------------------
In page 1 I am able to get the value 1 of empid.
But in page 2 I am not able to get it.
Any solutions
-murugesan
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--- Begin Message ---
--- murugesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <a href="page1.php?empid=1">Enter</a>
...
> <input type=hidden name=empid value=<?php echo $empid;?>>
http://www.php.net/register_globals
Chris
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http://httphandbook.org/
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--- Begin Message ---
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Hochstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 12:54 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP] 2 questions
> The register globals is on with the live server, and off at home (my
version
> is 4.3.2, the other is 4.1.2). does that matter?
yes, it does matter .. Show me the snippet where u regestering/getting the
session variables if possible.
> Thanks for the other tip, shall try that ...
>
> Thomas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Hochstetter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 5:33 PM
> Subject: [PHP] 2 questions
>
>
> > Hi guys.
> >
> > I have two questions for you today:
> >
> > 1. Weired login problem
> > I am developinig a site for a conference where i have a login page for
> > members. This page is called index.php and includes different types of
> modules,
> > according to the type of user logged on. The problem is now following:
> > i have a login function hidden in a class, this function registers a
bunch
> > of variables. After the user has submited the details, index.php (which
> calls
> > the session_start()) calls the login function. Then i check whether a
> session
> > variable is present ($_SESSION['name']). If yes, we include the members
> > area, otherwise we include the login table again. Now: on my test server
> > (XP/Apache/php4.3.2) all is well. However, on the real server
> (Linux/Apache/php4.0.x)
> > it just includes the login table anyway, even if the login was
successful.
> I
> > then have to click on the menu link again to include the member script.
> > Why is that?
>
> Check your register_globals setting in both ur test server and real server
> and let me know.
>
> >
> > 2. Save a large amount of text to a file
> > On the same page i have some type of cms going. The admin users can
change
> > txt files which relate to text on some of the general pages. I have now
> found
> > that it is only transmits a certain amount of text via GET to the
function
> > that writs to the files. Is there a restriction on passing text via url?
> If yes
> > (which will be the case), how could i do this otherwise?
>
> Use POST instead of GET method... POST method allows u to even extend the
> size of data being posted.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> >
> > Thanks so long...
> >
> > Thomas
> > P.S: this list still rocks
> >
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--- Begin Message ---
hi,
i have installed drupal 4.2.0 without any problems. but when i try to
connect to
my local webserver i get errors: "notice : Undefined index"
i couldnt get any reply to my messages from drupal.com.
i think i have a configuration problem. but i couldn't find any
solution. i can run the same code without any problems on win98 (phpdev5
installed)
i have changed some php.ini settings like display_errors = off ........
but still getting errors.
- what causes "Undefined index" error?
- what is the problem on "function node_page()" (see below) ?
i'm php newbie. thanks for help.
op. system : RH9 (with apache,php on it)
drupal version : 4.2.0
thanks .
Fatih Olcer.
// here is a sample code to generate the error:
function node_page() {
global $id, $user, $or, $and;
$op = $_POST["op"]; //error line error line error line error line error
line
$edit = $_POST["edit"];
if (user_access("access content")) {
if (empty($op)) {
$op = arg(1);
}
if ($op == "feed") {
node_feed();
return;
}
if ($op == "view") {
$node = node_load(array("nid" => arg(2), "status" => 1),
$_GET["revision"]);
}
theme("header", $node->title);
$name = module_invoke(arg(2), "node", "name");
switch ($op) {
case "add":
theme("box", t("Submit $name"), node_add(arg(2)));
break;
case "edit":
theme("box", t("Edit $name"), node_edit(arg(2)));
break;
case "view":
print node_show($node, arg(3));
break;
case t("Preview"):
$edit = node_validate($edit, $error);
theme("box", t("Preview $name"), node_preview($edit, $error));
break;
case t("Submit"):
theme("box", t("Submit $name"), node_submit($edit));
break;
case t("Delete"):
theme("box", t("Delete $name"), node_delete($edit));
break;
default:
$result = pager_query("SELECT nid, type FROM {node} WHERE
promote = '1' AND status = '1' ORDER BY static DESC, created DESC",
variable_get("default_nodes_main", 10));
while ($node = db_fetch_object($result)) {
node_view(node_load(array("nid" => $node->nid, "type" =>
$node->type)), 1);
}
print pager_display(NULL, variable_get("default_nodes_main",
10));
}
theme("footer");
}
else {
theme("header");
theme("box", t("Access denied"), message_access());
theme("footer");
}
}
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--- Begin Message ---
* Thus wrote fatih olcer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> hi,
>
>
> i think i have a configuration problem. but i couldn't find any
> solution. i can run the same code without any problems on win98 (phpdev5
> installed)
> i have changed some php.ini settings like display_errors = off ........
> but still getting errors.
IMO, turning errors of is a bad thing, a program should run
smoothly without errors. Although with 3rd party packages
sometimes this is hard to avoid.
>
>
> - what causes "Undefined index" error?
An undefined index error is caused when accessing an index that
doesnt exist, so if you have an array as follows:
$var = array('index1' => 'value');
And you try to access:
echo $var['index2'];
The error will get displayed.
> - what is the problem on "function node_page()" (see below) ?
Sorry unable to help you with this.
Curt
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"I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
I did as what you said. But the problem now is that I am not able to get the
values in the next page.
index.php
--------------
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
--------------->
auth.php
-----------------
$failed="yes";
session_register('failed');
header ("Location: /main.php");
----------------->
main.php
-----------------
echo $failed;// this is null here
----------------->
What might be the problem ?
Thanks in advance,
Murugesan.
> Murugesan,
>
> I'll assume your redirecting the user to main.php because (s)he has passed
> the authentication routine... in that case just store the username and
> password as a session variable that way you wont need to pass the username
> and password via the url.
>
> auth.php, [just before the call to header()]:
> <?
> session_register('empid');
> session_register('pwd');
> header ("Location: /main.php");
> ?>
>
> then in main.php you need to start your session to access the session
> variables
> <?
> session_name("yoursessionname");
> session_start();
> // you now have access to $empid and $pwd
> echo "<br>your employee id = $empid and the password you typed was
$pwd";
> ?>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 15:18
> > To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the information.
> > In the code you provided
> >
> > ----if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> > {
> > .....
> >
> > Actually I have implemented this in a separate page.
> >
> > That is upon sign up of the <form> in the index page
> > I call a new page auth.php
> > In that file
> > I have done this authentication and called the function
> > header ("Location: /main.php?empid=$empid&pwd=$pwd");
> >
> > Actually when passing this URL the password appears in the
> > address bar.
> > How to over come this? It will be very much usefull if I get
> > the answer.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > -Murugesan
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------
> > -
> > Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can
> > access other parts
> > of your site.
> >
> > index.php:
> > <?
> > session_name("mysessionname");
> > session_start();
> > session_register("s_authed");
> > $s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
> >
> > if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> > {
> > // display login form
> > ...
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > // retrieve database username and password here
> > ...
> > // check if they match
> > if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
> > {
> > $s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
> > // redirect to real page
> > echo "
> > <script>
> > window.location='main.php'
> > </script>";
> > }
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> > main.php:
> > <?
> > session_name("mysessionname");
> > session_start();
> > if (!$s_authed) // check access
> > {
> > // user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
> > echo "
> > <script>
> > window.location='index.php'
> > </script>";
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > // display page
> > ...
> > }
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging
> > in they will be
> > redirected to index.php
> >
> > checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for
> > more information
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the message.
> > > Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
> > >
> > > -murugesan
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--- Begin Message ---
> main.php
> -----------------
> echo $failed;// this is null here
> ----------------->
did you start the session in main.php before "echo $failed;"? eg
<?
session_name("mysessionname");
session_start();
?>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 16:46
> To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Unable to get the values in next page
>
>
> I did as what you said. But the problem now is that I am not
> able to get the
> values in the next page.
>
> index.php
> --------------
> session_name("mysessionname");
> session_start();
> --------------->
>
> auth.php
> -----------------
> $failed="yes";
> session_register('failed');
> header ("Location: /main.php");
> ----------------->
>
> main.php
> -----------------
> echo $failed;// this is null here
> ----------------->
>
> What might be the problem ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Murugesan.
>
>
>
> > Murugesan,
> >
> > I'll assume your redirecting the user to main.php because
> (s)he has passed
> > the authentication routine... in that case just store the
> username and
> > password as a session variable that way you wont need to
> pass the username
> > and password via the url.
> >
> > auth.php, [just before the call to header()]:
> > <?
> > session_register('empid');
> > session_register('pwd');
> > header ("Location: /main.php");
> > ?>
> >
> > then in main.php you need to start your session to access
> the session
> > variables
> > <?
> > session_name("yoursessionname");
> > session_start();
> > // you now have access to $empid and $pwd
> > echo "<br>your employee id = $empid and the password you typed was
> $pwd";
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: murugesan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Monday, 25 August 2003 15:18
> > > To: Cody Phanekham; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] How to open random Flash page with hyperlink?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the information.
> > > In the code you provided
> > >
> > > ----if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> > > {
> > > .....
> > >
> > > Actually I have implemented this in a separate page.
> > >
> > > That is upon sign up of the <form> in the index page
> > > I call a new page auth.php
> > > In that file
> > > I have done this authentication and called the function
> > > header ("Location: /main.php?empid=$empid&pwd=$pwd");
> > >
> > > Actually when passing this URL the password appears in the
> > > address bar.
> > > How to over come this? It will be very much usefull if I get
> > > the answer.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > > -Murugesan
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > --------------
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > > --------------
> > > -
> > > Ok lets say you want every user to login before they can
> > > access other parts
> > > of your site.
> > >
> > > index.php:
> > > <?
> > > session_name("mysessionname");
> > > session_start();
> > > session_register("s_authed");
> > > $s_authed = 0; // initialize session flag
> > >
> > > if ((!$passwd) || (!$username)) // user hasnt logged in
> > > {
> > > // display login form
> > > ...
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > // retrieve database username and password here
> > > ...
> > > // check if they match
> > > if (($db_passwd == $passwd) && ($db_username == $username))
> > > {
> > > $s_authed = 1; // user has been authorised
> > > // redirect to real page
> > > echo "
> > > <script>
> > > window.location='main.php'
> > > </script>";
> > > }
> > > }
> > > ?>
> > >
> > > main.php:
> > > <?
> > > session_name("mysessionname");
> > > session_start();
> > > if (!$s_authed) // check access
> > > {
> > > // user hasnt been authorised, therefore redirect to login page
> > > echo "
> > > <script>
> > > window.location='index.php'
> > > </script>";
> > > }
> > > else
> > > {
> > > // display page
> > > ...
> > > }
> > > ?>
> > >
> > >
> > > if a user tries to access main.php directly without logging
> > > in they will be
> > > redirected to index.php
> > >
> > > checkout http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php for
> > > more information
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the message.
> > > > Can you please tell me how to do session authentication?.
> > > >
> > > > -murugesan
>
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