Re: Rev compress, cgi, php, zip
Maybe the ZIP lib calls would have the right compression. What is the difference between REVZIP calls and compress? There's also the shell, which might certainly call the same kind of routines that PHP does. - Stephen Barncard San Francisco http://houseofcubes.com/disco.irev 2009/12/11 Jim Ault jimaultw...@yahoo.com I am refining my algorithms to connect web hosted servers that do not work with Revolution CGI to On-Rev and other web servers that do run Rev CGI. I have several mechanisms working for moving data and processing logic between domains, and would like to add the compression scheme as follows: server A is OnRev server B is a host that does not do Rev CGI step 1 is to build a variable on server B using php step 2 is to send the variable using POST in php step 3 is to have a Rev script decompress() So far my attempts are not successful. Rev uses try put decompress(varFromServerB) into varUnzipped catch errnum put Error decompressing = errnum into buffer end try PHP uses gzcompress($varFromServerB) -1- does decompress work in Rev CGI using Linux 3.5 version -2- is there a way to make the compressions compatible? Of course I could just make a call to a utility script decompr.php located on the OnRev server that returns the decompressed string, but that would make the processing take slightly longer. When I get this smoothed out, I will post a web page or two showing web pages on different servers running php, Rev scripts, Rev stacks, and irev scripts. These will be interconnected and show different variations. One variation will be a single web page hosted on OnRev that uses all 4 types of scripting to render the page and interact with the visitor. Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev compress, cgi, php, zip
Hi Jim, In order to decompress data in PHP that was compressed using Rev you need to strip a few bytes off the start of the data: $decompressedData = gzinflate( substr( $dataCompressedWithRev , 10 ) ); However I have not been able to figure out how to go the other way, that is, decompressing data with Rev that was compressed with PHP. If you do determine how to do this please let me know. Also, you might find the callPHP library I posted a few weeks ago useful, which allows PHP functions to be called from Rev stacks or, I would imagine, an on-Rev script, although I have not worked with on-Rev. The library is open source so feel free to use it directly or strip it for parts. You can download it from: http://www.rotundasoftware.com/rev/callPHP.html Hope that helps, David Beck Rotunda Software ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev compress, cgi, php, zip
Your library is on my list to study as I journey toward my client's goals. I have a couple new ideas (after reading Stephen Barncard's email) and digging up some of my own work from 2008. I think a couple solutions will blossom and I will let you know. The most valuable part for my project you have answered Rev compress(block) decompress(block) in PHP ... this will allow a remote page to be displayed with code generated by Rev templates and data. Part of the methodology is to generate static page portions from a library/database kept on myaccount.on-rev.com. When these page portions are updated, calls to the remote sites are made to utility scripts that accept/decode/store them locally for display speed. Most updates will be info/pages that are appended to the site rather than requiring interactive queries or ajax. I am far more accomplished with Rev than with PHP. Thanks for the quick reply. On Dec 11, 2009, at 9:38 AM, David Beck wrote: Hi Jim, In order to decompress data in PHP that was compressed using Rev you need to strip a few bytes off the start of the data: $decompressedData = gzinflate( substr( $dataCompressedWithRev , 10 ) ); However I have not been able to figure out how to go the other way, that is, decompressing data with Rev that was compressed with PHP. If you do determine how to do this please let me know. Also, you might find the callPHP library I posted a few weeks ago useful, which allows PHP functions to be called from Rev stacks or, I would imagine, an on-Rev script, although I have not worked with on-Rev. The library is open source so feel free to use it directly or strip it for parts. You can download it from: http://www.rotundasoftware.com/rev/callPHP.html Hope that helps, David Beck Rotunda Software Jim Ault Las Vegas ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI for ecommerce
Yes, you can! :) And, if you're looking for a great explanation of how to use CGI's in Rev, take a look at Jacque's brilliant article at: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html Ro Nagey On Mar 8, 2005, at 10:46 AM, paolo wrote: Can I use Rev in CGI to set an ecommerce web-site? Any of you have set a system like that? Best regards Paolo Mazza ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Ro Nagey ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution - User-Centric Development Tools ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI for ecommerce
You can indeed but there is a limit how much traffic such a cgi can handle. In other words, it may not be suitable for a high-traffic web site. And before delving too deep into programming, make sure that credit card processing works with whoever you use for your money handling. Yes, you can! :) And, if you're looking for a great explanation of how to use CGI's in Rev, take a look at Jacque's brilliant article at: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html Ro Nagey On Mar 8, 2005, at 10:46 AM, paolo wrote: Can I use Rev in CGI to set an ecommerce web-site? Any of you have set a system like that? Best regards Paolo Mazza ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution Ro Nagey ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution - User-Centric Development Tools ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI for ecommerce
Robert , You can indeed but there is a limit how much traffic such a cgi can handle. In other words, it may not be suitable for a high-traffic web site. this topic already arose on this list, and I remember asking the question what is the limit of traffic that Rev cgi can handle, but never got any answer... Any clue ? A couple of years ago I've built a few event websites around Rev cgi (with rather complex dynamic html pages, email processing etc) with about 45,000 visits in 10 days and over 2 millions viewed pages, but never experienced any problem... JB ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI for ecommerce
paolo, Depends on what you mean by ecommerce, but I guess the answer is yes. I'm presently working on such a project (the site will actually sell data online, not goods) and the whole thing is built around Rev cgi and mySQL and my client is delighted... JB Can I use Rev in CGI to set an ecommerce web-site? Any of you have set a system like that? Best regards Paolo Mazza ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
From what I recall of PHP's implementation of session globals it's actually really simple - indeed a Transcript library could be written to do something similar. When a session is initiated, depending on variables that are set, PHP creates a unique session identifier and either passes this as a cookie, a GET variable, or POST variable. Then, on termination of the script, it writes the values of all the session variables to a file keyed by the session identifier. Upon loading of the script, if a session identifier is present in some form as described above, it looks up the session, does a few security checks and then loads the variables from the appropriate file. Obviously, this is quite a terse overview, and some general house- keeping is needed but the idea is simple enough :o) Warmest regards, Mark. On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 06:59 +0100, Terry Vogelaar wrote: In my case, I know several other languages to be used for CGI-alike things. I have done things in ASP, PHP, Perl and some less known languages, but none of them make enough sense to compete with Rev CGIs since I discovered that. About session globals, there are a lot of techniques to workaround this. Cookies can be used, although I have to investigate how. I often use hidden inputs in HTML-forms and encoded parameters in URLs (like: form.cgi?stack=testcmd=todologin=terrypass=secret) Terry Op 27-feb-05 om 20:11 heeft Sivakatirswami het volgende geschreven: Confirmed... we have *only* revolution for *all* CGIs on on all our domains. reason? I don't know any other language. I have yet to find something I can't do... though PHP's session globals would be nice. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
Confirmed... we have *only* revolution for *all* CGIs on on all our domains. reason? I don't know any other language. I have yet to find something I can't do... though PHP's session globals would be nice. Sivakatirswami Himalayan Academy Publications at Kauai's Hindu Monastery [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.HimalayanAcademy.com, www.HinduismToday.com www.Gurudeva.org www.Hindu.org On Feb 19, 2005, at 6:37 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: On 2/19/05 11:42 AM, Stephen Barncard wrote: Jackie - this is incredible. Thanks for the great tutorial. I get it now. Very useful stuff! I bounce between web and app design all the time and this brings it all together. Thanks, I'm glad it helped. It is good to know that writing it wasn't a complete waste of time. ;) I have a number of CGIs on my site, mostly to deal with junk mail and check on mailboxes that I don't regularly read. Rev CGIs seem to be able to do just about anything and they are pretty fast. sqb Op 19-feb-05 om 6:25 heeft Paul Salyers het volgende geschreven: What is needed to tun a Rev program in a CGI folder so anyone can access from the web with a web browser? You should read Jacque's great tutorial on http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
In my case, I know several other languages to be used for CGI-alike things. I have done things in ASP, PHP, Perl and some less known languages, but none of them make enough sense to compete with Rev CGIs since I discovered that. About session globals, there are a lot of techniques to workaround this. Cookies can be used, although I have to investigate how. I often use hidden inputs in HTML-forms and encoded parameters in URLs (like: form.cgi?stack=testcmd=todologin=terrypass=secret) Terry Op 27-feb-05 om 20:11 heeft Sivakatirswami het volgende geschreven: Confirmed... we have *only* revolution for *all* CGIs on on all our domains. reason? I don't know any other language. I have yet to find something I can't do... though PHP's session globals would be nice. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
Op 19-feb-05 om 6:25 heeft Paul Salyers het volgende geschreven: What is needed to tun a Rev program in a CGI folder so anyone can access from the web with a web browser? You should read Jacque's great tutorial on http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html Don't expect that web users will see exactly what the program users will see. It requires a totally different approach because CGI is 'faceless' and you have to give it a new 'face' in HTML. But you may be able to reuse parts of the functionality. Terry ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
Jackie - this is incredible. Thanks for the great tutorial. I get it now. Very useful stuff! I bounce between web and app design all the time and this brings it all together. sqb Op 19-feb-05 om 6:25 heeft Paul Salyers het volgende geschreven: What is needed to tun a Rev program in a CGI folder so anyone can access from the web with a web browser? You should read Jacque's great tutorial on http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
On 2/19/05 11:42 AM, Stephen Barncard wrote: Jackie - this is incredible. Thanks for the great tutorial. I get it now. Very useful stuff! I bounce between web and app design all the time and this brings it all together. Thanks, I'm glad it helped. It is good to know that writing it wasn't a complete waste of time. ;) I have a number of CGIs on my site, mostly to deal with junk mail and check on mailboxes that I don't regularly read. Rev CGIs seem to be able to do just about anything and they are pretty fast. sqb Op 19-feb-05 om 6:25 heeft Paul Salyers het volgende geschreven: What is needed to tun a Rev program in a CGI folder so anyone can access from the web with a web browser? You should read Jacque's great tutorial on http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Rev in CGI
On 2/18/05 11:25 PM, Paul Salyers wrote: What is needed to tun a Rev program in a CGI folder so anyone can access from the web with a web browser? This: http://www.hyperactivesw.com/cgitutorial/index.html -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED] HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
