Re: [PHP] RANT: Why doesn't PHP have built-in support for dynamicimage generation?
Anybody interested in working on a PEAR module to interface PHP with something like ImageMagick directly? I would love to see it. Maybe if I am unemployed long enough soon I can work on it myself. Not that I really want that to happen... I think that might be the best solution for PHP's lack of image functionality though... Wes > Hi Erica, > > I feel your pain - I've been dealing with the same thing this week. I > finally got the compile to complete and the system up and running, but it > was painful. It seemed like everything was finished, but I've noticed high > server loads (.8), trouble accessing web pages (I tested using wget and it > had to try 6 times to get the page and kept reporting EOF in headers), and > my MySQL server keeps reporting errors communicating with the web server, > and dropped connections to the MySQL server. Safe to say, something didn't > work and I need to start over and pray for the best. > > Have you gotten it to work properly? If so, what files did you use and > what steps did you take in the install? > > -Ed > > > At 11:24 PM 2/2/2002 -0800, Erica Douglass wrote: >> Forgive my grumpiness, but I've spent the last several hours trying to >> install GD, etc. >> >> Let's be honest. PHP needs built-in support for creating dynamic images. JSP >> already has this. Heck, you could even make it a configure option. As it >> stands now, you have to do the following: >> >> -- Install GD >> -- Install all of GD's numerous dependencies >> -- Install zlib >> -- Install freetype >> -- Install libttf >> >> THEN you have to compile PHP with all of the requisite options to enable GD >> here and Freetype there, and PHP often won't compile without specifying >> /path/to/various/options, so you have to dig around your system to find out >> where everything was installed. This results in a long and unwieldy >> configure statement which often does not work. >> >> PHP needs to have a simple configure option called --enable-dynamic-images >> or something similar. This should use built-in libraries that are downloaded >> with the PHP source to create PNG images. Images can then be created with >> standard PHP functions. This would be much more useful than relying on >> several third-party solutions which do not easily work with each other. This >> would also have the benefit of being more portable -- as I plan to release >> my code to several different people running different types of servers, I >> would like to minimize compatibility issues. >> >> If anyone has a better solution, feel free to email me. As it stands, I am >> very frustrated with this, and I haven't yet seen the light at the end of >> the tunnel. >> >> Thanks, >> Erica >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] argh!
Is it an array, or a single variable? Wes > Ok this is getting frustrating! I am serializing a variable and passing it > through the url, in the url and when I echo it on the next page it shows > s:608:, and when I unserialize it and echo it, it doesnt show anything! How > can I pull that data out in the next page? > > Rick > > "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought > without accepting it." - Aristotle > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP 5?
Are there rumblings of what to look for in the next major release of PHP yet? Is there a different, better place to ask? I'm just curious... Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Read and Escape file
Hey all,
I am looking to build a bit of a weird templating system for a project I am
working on. Currently, I am looking at building these templates in separate
text files, and allowing certain elements to be replaced within those files.
I'm thinking then of reading these text files into php through filesystem
functions, turning the template into a string assigned to a php variable. Is
there anyway I can do this and escape any elements in the file that might
terminate the string? So if the file contains a quote (") that it does not
kill the string?
Or would this not be an issue if I just used fread to assign the data to the
var?
Thanks,
Wes
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Re: [PHP] POST form File Upload Progress Bar?
My cheap trick around this is to have an onClick event on the form submit button that brings up a small window with a progress note in it, and an animated gif of a prgress bar. As the page does not unLoad until the upload is finished, I use the unLoad event of the body tag to close that progress window. Generally works really well for me. I can show you an example if you like. Wes > I have a POST form with a file upload field. Users will be uploading > pictures. What would be the most professional way to tell them their > file is > uploading and to please wait? Since the action page won't execute until > after the image is done uploading, is there a way to have an > intermediary > page load telling them to please wait, and that page will take the image > and > upload it? Or should I just put a note in the upload form warning them > about > the long upload times and gray out the submit button with javascript > after > it's clicked? > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] POST form File Upload Progress Bar?
Let me isolate it out of the project tonight, and I'll try to post a simple example for everyone. Wes > could you give us some samples im also searching for that. thanks. > > Regards, > mike > >> >> My cheap trick around this is to have an onClick event on the form submit >> button that brings up a small window with a progress note in it, and an >> animated gif of a prgress bar. >> >> As the page does not unLoad until the upload is finished, I use the unLoad >> event of the body tag to close that progress window. >> >> Generally works really well for me. I can show you an example if you like. >> >> Wes >> >> >> >>> I have a POST form with a file upload field. Users will be uploading >>> pictures. What would be the most professional way to tell them their >>> file is >>> uploading and to please wait? Since the action page won't execute until >>> after the image is done uploading, is there a way to have an >>> intermediary >>> page load telling them to please wait, and that page will take the image >>> and >>> upload it? Or should I just put a note in the upload form warning them >>> about >>> the long upload times and gray out the submit button with javascript >>> after >>> it's clicked? >>> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Not A PHP question but I need help in a big way...
Check out ChiliSoft: http://www.chilisoft.com/ Wes > Hi, > > I just got finish will a meeting from HELL, I need to ask can some one tell > me is there an Apache Mailing List like this. I have to ask if I can do ASP > page on Apache, I know I know please don't flame me, I kept trying to get > them to switch to PHP, but I been told to shut my mouth and just find out > this information. So I am sorry that I am asking but I not sure where to > start. > > Chuck Payne > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP 4.2x changes
All, I've recently upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2.0. And of course my script has stopped working. I know a lot with the globals has changed, but to be honest, I am not sure how or why. Can anyone give me an initial lead as to what I should look for first? I know I use the following elements: $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] $PHP_SELF I can't believe it is $PHP_SELF. What should I be wary of when using PHP Environment vars like: $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] Thanks! Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP 4.2x changes
Ok, makes sense based on previous threads I have gleaned over. Can you point me to any reading material that fills in the details on all of this though? Would like to know more about why I am doing this, and if I should change my coding based on how PHP is progressing. Thanks! Wes > Turn on register_globals in your php.ini file and things should start > working again. > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Weston Houghton wrote: > >> >> All, >> >> I've recently upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2.0. And of course my script has >> stopped working. I know a lot with the globals has changed, but to be >> honest, I am not sure how or why. Can anyone give me an initial lead as to >> what I should look for first? >> >> I know I use the following elements: >> >> $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] >> $PHP_SELF >> >> I can't believe it is $PHP_SELF. What should I be wary of when using PHP >> Environment vars like: $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] >> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] PHP 4.2x changes
Thanks for the link. Everything there makes sense, and I'm not sure if I need to turn register_globals on to make this work. Is there a way to get either: $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] Or $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] (perhaps??) Without turning register_globals on? Oh, and I am doing this from within a class. I'm guessing I could do it outside of the class and pass it into the constructor, but I'd prefer to just get it inside the constructor if possible... Essentially I am just trying to find out from whereon the filesystem the script is being called initially. Thanks for the patience and help. Wes > http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.registerglobals.php > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Weston Houghton wrote: > >> >> Ok, makes sense based on previous threads I have gleaned over. Can you point >> me to any reading material that fills in the details on all of this though? >> Would like to know more about why I am doing this, and if I should change my >> coding based on how PHP is progressing. >> >> Thanks! >> Wes >> >> >>> Turn on register_globals in your php.ini file and things should start >>> working again. >>> >>> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Weston Houghton wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> I've recently upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2.0. And of course my script has >>>> stopped working. I know a lot with the globals has changed, but to be >>>> honest, I am not sure how or why. Can anyone give me an initial lead as to >>>> what I should look for first? >>>> >>>> I know I use the following elements: >>>> >>>> $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] >>>> $PHP_SELF >>>> >>>> I can't believe it is $PHP_SELF. What should I be wary of when using PHP >>>> Environment vars like: $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] >>>> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Missing functions??
Hello again all, I'm using the Mac OS X binary of PHP 4.2.1 provided by Mark Liyanage (http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/), and I am starting to notice some oddities, I was wondering if anyone else had seen these errors in other ports. I'm getting some base php functions that seem to be missing, such as: bindtextdomain textdomain And it doesn't seem to like the _() references in array declarations. I would appreciate any guidance on these... Thanks, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Apache query error affecting PHP?
Hello... I'm wondering if I have found an oddity in httpd. I'm currently writing a PHP directory listing system. I am pretty sure that this is not a php issue, but I have not been able to test it on a httpd install sans php, but it can be seen when requesting an image file, which should not invoke the PHP parser. So here it is, if you try hitting the URL: http://www.anapraxis.com/assets/global/en_solutions.gif?element=../../../ Or if you would like to see it on the httpd site: http://httpd.apache.org/images/httpd_logo_wide.gif?element=../../ Apache will actually return the directory listing of the assets/ directory (assuming you have directory listing enabled, otherwise it returns the standard forbidden error). It does not seem to matter what the actual variable name following the "?" is. However, shouldn't apache ignore anything following the "?" as it should really just be a part of the query string variables? This really seems to be buggering my attempt at passing directories in variables, but it seems that a lot of scripts must do this, am I just doing something stupid? Thanks, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Apache query error affecting PHP?
How silly of me not to think of this problem in the first place. It is not an error in the server, but in the browser. I didn't bother testing it in any other browser initially. So this problem only occurs in MSIE 5.1.4 under MacOS X. Ugh, thank you for showing I am somewhat silly in this one (but not fully crazy). Now I have to try to convince Microsoft that they have a bug... ooh fun. Thanks for the reply here, it seems my mail from the apache list is not coming through, so I hadn't seen the response there. Cheers, Wes > Weston Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Apache will actually return the directory listing of the assets/ >> directory (assuming you have directory listing enabled, otherwise it >> returns the standard forbidden error). It does not seem to matter >> what the actual variable name following the "?" is. However, > > Both URLs display the images as expected from here. > >> shouldn't apache ignore anything following the "?" as it should >> really just be a part of the query string variables? > > If you are requesting a static resource (e.g. an image file) Apache will > ignore the query string. > >> This really seems to be buggering my attempt at passing directories in >> variables, but it seems that a lot of scripts must do this, am I just >> doing something stupid? > > I gave the same answer when you asked on the httpd mailing list. Have I > misunderstood your problem? > > -- > Stuart > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] _() ???
Oddly, I get the following error on the page when trying to view it though:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: _() in
/Library/WebServer/Documents/admin/horde/config/prefs.php on line 5
Here's the exact offending code:
$prefGroups['language'] = array(
'column' => _("Your Information"),
'label' => _("Language"),
'desc' => _("Set your preferred display language."),
'members' => array('language'));
Where the "'column' =>" line is line #5, so the parser seems to think it is
a function?
Thanks for the help,
Wes
>> What exactly does the underscore in _("Select your preferred
> language:")
>> mean?
>
> It doesn't do anything. It's just a naming convention the author chose
> to use. Usually when you name a function like that, it's meant to be
> "private" or shouldn't be called directly. Other functions will use it,
> but you shouldn't use it directly in your code. Of course, nothing is
> stopping you from doing that though...
>
> ---John Holmes...
>
>
>
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Re: [PHP] _() ???
Of course this had to come in after I sent my email.
Thanks again Rasmus, you seem to always be there with the answer.
Wes
> No, the _() function is the standard gettext() alias. See
> http://php.net/gettext
>
> -Rasmus
>
> On Tue, 28 May 2002, John Holmes wrote:
>
>>> What exactly does the underscore in _("Select your preferred
>> language:")
>>> mean?
>>
>> It doesn't do anything. It's just a naming convention the author chose
>> to use. Usually when you name a function like that, it's meant to be
>> "private" or shouldn't be called directly. Other functions will use it,
>> but you shouldn't use it directly in your code. Of course, nothing is
>> stopping you from doing that though...
>>
>> ---John Holmes...
>>
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[PHP] Beginner's CURL
Ok, So I'm an admitted newbie to using CURL, and idea why this doesn't work? curl -O http://www.php.net/do_download.php?download_file=php-4.1.0.tar.gz curl: No match. Thanks, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] PHP 4.1.0 Compiling on OS X
Hey all, So I'm experimenting trying to get PHP 4.1 running under MacOS 10.1.1, running the following for configure: ./configure --with-apxs2=/Volumes/ego/apache2/bin/apxs --enable-calendar --enable-ftp --with-gd --enable-mailparse --with-mysql --enable-trans-sid Getting through configure ok, but getting this on the make: /bin/sh /Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/libtool --silent --mode=compile cc -I. -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/standard -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/main -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0 -I/Volumes/ego/apache2/include -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/Zend -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/mysql/libmysql -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/xml/expat -traditional-cpp -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/TSRM -DTHREAD=1 -g -O2 -DZTS -prefer-pic -c dl.c dl.c:212: conflicting types for `php_dl' dl.h:26: previous declaration of `php_dl' make[3]: *** [dl.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Anyone have ANY thoughts? I'm a bit lost now... Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] PHP 4.1.0 Compiling on OS X
P.S. From my checking all php_dl functions are declared as returning voids... Wes > > Hey all, > > So I'm experimenting trying to get PHP 4.1 running under MacOS 10.1.1, > running the following for configure: > > ./configure --with-apxs2=/Volumes/ego/apache2/bin/apxs --enable-calendar > --enable-ftp --with-gd --enable-mailparse --with-mysql --enable-trans-sid > > Getting through configure ok, but getting this on the make: > > /bin/sh /Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/libtool --silent > --mode=compile cc -I. -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/standard > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/main > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0 -I/Volumes/ego/apache2/include > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/Zend > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/mysql/libmysql > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/ext/xml/expat -traditional-cpp > -I/Users/whoughto/Desktop/src/php-4.1.0/TSRM -DTHREAD=1 -g -O2 -DZTS > -prefer-pic -c dl.c > dl.c:212: conflicting types for `php_dl' > dl.h:26: previous declaration of `php_dl' > make[3]: *** [dl.lo] Error 1 > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > > Anyone have ANY thoughts? I'm a bit lost now... > > Wes > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Browscap.ini
So... I cannot for the life of me get browscap.ini to work. Also the browserhawk version of the browscap.ini is sadly out of date. Anyone have any leads for me on getting this to work? I consistently get an empty array returned. Thanks, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] PHP & Imagemagick
Does anyone know if there are PHP specific bindings for ImageMagick out there? If not, anyone want to work on them... :) Thanks, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] PHP & Imagemagick
Yup, a native PHP module for ImageMagick that accesses their API. This would allow one to actually pass parameters a bit easier and test for success or failure more consistently, at least, I think it would... Wes > How do you mean bindings? > > I've used PHP and Imagemagick.. but only from the point of view of exec > > Do you mean building them into PHP functions? > > - Original Message - > From: "Weston Houghton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:05 PM > Subject: [PHP] PHP & Imagemagick > > >> >> Does anyone know if there are PHP specific bindings for ImageMagick out >> there? If not, anyone want to work on them... >> >> :) >> >> Thanks, >> Wes >> >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Large File Uploads, max file sizes and timeouts
Hey all, Two related questions. If I remember correctly this has been beaten to death before on the list, but here I am having issues with it, and ending up at somewhat of a loss still. I've built a media management system for a video company. It is built to handle large data assets, such as extended full size video files. As such, I've set the max upload file size in the php.ini file to around 3GB. I'm running into a bug where the system seems to think that the file upload is done at about 140MB on a 300MB file. Everything seems to close out fine within the system, acting like the file was originally 140MB and it uploaded just fine in the system. But it really is a 300MB file, I promise. Does this ring any bells with anyone? This is all over a local network, so I'm not inclined to believe that it is network lag triggering the connection to close... Second, can anyone point me in the right direction within the documentation to tell how to override the php.ini fiole on a particular page to allow a larger file upload size and a longer session timeout? Thanks all, Wes -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Help! Large File Uploads, max file sizes and timeouts
Does no one have a clue on this one? I'm really in need of leads here. Thanks, Wes > > Hey all, > > Two related questions. If I remember correctly this has been beaten to death > before on the list, but here I am having issues with it, and ending up at > somewhat of a loss still. > > I've built a media management system for a video company. It is built to > handle large data assets, such as extended full size video files. As such, > I've set the max upload file size in the php.ini file to around 3GB. > > I'm running into a bug where the system seems to think that the file upload > is done at about 140MB on a 300MB file. Everything seems to close out fine > within the system, acting like the file was originally 140MB and it uploaded > just fine in the system. But it really is a 300MB file, I promise. Does this > ring any bells with anyone? This is all over a local network, so I'm not > inclined to believe that it is network lag triggering the connection to > close... > > Second, can anyone point me in the right direction within the documentation > to tell how to override the php.ini fiole on a particular page to allow a > larger file upload size and a longer session timeout? > > Thanks all, > Wes > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
