php-general Digest 3 Nov 2002 08:44:23 -0000 Issue 1682
Topics (messages 122532 through 122546):
Re: Problem with is_dir function
122532 by: Andrew Brampton
122533 by: Roger Lewis
XSLT Sablotron output
122534 by: Daniele Baroncelli
Send $out embedded in a mail in HTML FORMAT
122535 by: Kevin Fradkin
Geographic IP location
122536 by: olinux
122537 by: Jason Reid
122538 by: olinux
ereg (Why, Does sort of work)?
122539 by: David Jackson
Cookies disabled, new session ID each click!
122540 by: Steve Fatula
122545 by: Chris Shiflett
Re: Session Management
122541 by: Robert Samuel White
need help with project
122542 by: Karl James
122543 by: David Jackson
122544 by: David Jackson
Re: PHP 4.2.3 and Apache 2.0.43 on FreeBSD 4.7
122546 by: Peter Black
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what values of $user_dir are you passing to is_dir?
echo them out before the test, you might be sending paths which are most
certainly not directories... for example:
c:\windows
/home/blah
would be valid, but
c:\windows\win.com
/home/blah/myfile
http://somesite/somepath
ftp://someftpserver/incoming
are invalid
Hope this helps
Andrew
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From: "Roger Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Php-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:06 PM
Subject: [PHP] Problem with is_dir function
> I'm having a problem with the is_dir function, or maybe I don't understand
> how it supposed to work. I'm using the following code to check whether or
> not a directory called $user_dir exists. If it exists, I am returned the
> proper message. But if it doesn't exist, I get the following error
message
> that says that it doesn't exist. (I already knew that!)
>
>
> <ERROR Number="8" Description="Error: "stat failed for
> /home/sites/home/users/demodocs/web/userforum/user
> (errno=2 - No such file or directory)" on line 175 of
> /home/sites/home/users/demo/web/user_forum/messages.php."/
>
>
> Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong here, and how to return a
> usable value if the directory doesn't exist.
>
>
> $test = is_dir($user_dir);
> if($test){echo "You have a user directory. It is $user_dir";}
> else{echo "Your user directory doesn't exist";
> return;}
>
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Roger Lewis
>
>
>
>
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I believe the path is of the correct format.
So for example, if
$user_dir = /home/sites/home/users/demodocs/web/userforum/user
and $user_dir exists, then
is_dir($user_dir) should = 1
however, if $user_dir doesn't exist, then
is_dir($user_dir) should = 0
Isn't this the correct logic?
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Brampton [mailto:andrew@;bramp.freeserve.co.uk]
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:24 AM
To: Roger Lewis; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem with is_dir function
what values of $user_dir are you passing to is_dir?
echo them out before the test, you might be sending paths which are most
certainly not directories... for example:
c:\windows
/home/blah
would be valid, but
c:\windows\win.com
/home/blah/myfile
http://somesite/somepath
ftp://someftpserver/incoming
are invalid
Hope this helps
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Php-General" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:06 PM
Subject: [PHP] Problem with is_dir function
> I'm having a problem with the is_dir function, or maybe I don't understand
> how it supposed to work. I'm using the following code to check whether or
> not a directory called $user_dir exists. If it exists, I am returned the
> proper message. But if it doesn't exist, I get the following error
message
> that says that it doesn't exist. (I already knew that!)
>
>
> <ERROR Number="8" Description="Error: "stat failed for
> /home/sites/home/users/demodocs/web/userforum/user
> (errno=2 - No such file or directory)" on line 175 of
> /home/sites/home/users/demo/web/user_forum/messages.php."/
>
>
> Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong here, and how to return a
> usable value if the directory doesn't exist.
>
>
> $test = is_dir($user_dir);
> if($test){echo "You have a user directory. It is $user_dir";}
> else{echo "Your user directory doesn't exist";
> return;}
>
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Roger Lewis
>
>
>
>
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Hi guys,
I have typed a simple script to test the Sablotron module recently
installed.
I found out that the HTML is output all in one line, without newlines, which
is very annoying.
Anyone can tell me if this is a bug of the module, or I have to specify
something somewhere?
Here is the script on the server, where you can watch the result:
http://www.rockit.it/redazione/sixth/prova.php
Below you can find my PHP, XML and XSL files.
Cheers
Daniele
==========
PHP file
----------
<?php
// Allocate a new XSLT processor
$xh = xslt_create();
// call the XSLT processor directly
xslt_process($xh, 'prova.xml', 'prova.xsl', 'prova.html');
// output the result
readfile('prova.html');
xslt_free($xh);
?>
==========
XML file
-----------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<me>
<name>John Doe</name>
<address>94, Main Street, Nowheresville 16463, XY</address>
<tel>738 2838</tel>
<email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email>
<url>http://www.unknown_and_unsung.com/</url>
</me>
===========
XSL file
---------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";>
<xsl:template match="/">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Contact information for <b><xsl:value-of select="me/name" /></b></h1>
<h2>Mailing address:</h2>
<xsl:value-of select="me/address" />
<h2>Phone:</h2>
<xsl:value-of select="me/tel" />
<h2>Email address:</h2>
<xsl:value-of select="me/email" />
<h2>Web site URL:</h2>
<xsl:value-of select="me/url" />
</body>
</html>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
==========
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I read from a template, insert data and save it as a new file with html
code...
i want to send that file that is the same as $out via mail embedded in it...
i do
$fifi = fopen ('/'.$cursada.$cuatrimestre.'/'.$registronro.'.htm', "w");
$fp = $fifi;
fputs ($fifi, $out . "");
fclose ($fifi);
mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "subject",$out , "From: website");
but when i receive that mail.. i get the source of the file with <html>
<body> bla bla bla.... not in HTML FORMAT..
thnx in advance!..
Spooky
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Hi all,
I am looking for a way to determine the geographic
location based on IP address. I understand that 100%
accuracy is impossible.
Does anyone know of a good software or service
provider that provides quality geographic detection to
US state level based on IP of website visitors. I have
tried several and find that they simply use whois
records. This is great but seems highly inaccurate.
Ideally I am looking for a utility that I can feed a
list of IP's to and then use this data to update mysql
records.
These two services look pretty decent.
http://www.geobytes.com
http://www.serviceobjects.com/products/dots_ipgeo.asp
Thanks for any input,
olinux
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http://www.phpclasses.org/netgeoclass
that 'should' work for what you want... someone else suggested it a while
age for another project
Jason Reid
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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AC Host Canada
www.achost.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "olinux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: [PHP] Geographic IP location
> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for a way to determine the geographic
> location based on IP address. I understand that 100%
> accuracy is impossible.
>
> Does anyone know of a good software or service
> provider that provides quality geographic detection to
> US state level based on IP of website visitors. I have
> tried several and find that they simply use whois
> records. This is great but seems highly inaccurate.
>
> Ideally I am looking for a utility that I can feed a
> list of IP's to and then use this data to update mysql
> records.
>
> These two services look pretty decent.
>
> http://www.geobytes.com
>
> http://www.serviceobjects.com/products/dots_ipgeo.asp
>
> Thanks for any input,
> olinux
>
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This is a great class, but NetGeo uses only whois
records, I think that the more accurate solutions also
use some sort of ip domain name analyisis to find city
location.
Thanks,
olinux
--- Jason Reid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.phpclasses.org/netgeoclass
>
> that 'should' work for what you want... someone else
> suggested it a while
> age for another project
>
> Jason Reid
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> www.achost.ca
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "olinux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 5:54 PM
> Subject: [PHP] Geographic IP location
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for a way to determine the geographic
> > location based on IP address. I understand that
> 100%
> > accuracy is impossible.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good software or service
> > provider that provides quality geographic
> detection to
> > US state level based on IP of website visitors. I
> have
> > tried several and find that they simply use whois
> > records. This is great but seems highly
> inaccurate.
> >
> > Ideally I am looking for a utility that I can feed
> a
> > list of IP's to and then use this data to update
> mysql
> > records.
> >
> > These two services look pretty decent.
> >
> > http://www.geobytes.com
> >
> >
>
http://www.serviceobjects.com/products/dots_ipgeo.asp
> >
> > Thanks for any input,
> > olinux
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now
> > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
> >
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> > To unsubscribe, visit:
> http://www.php.net/unsub.php
> >
>
>
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I'm comparing the values of a check box, against another form field, and
it sort of works, but I don't understand why (A better solution? is
listed below it?
TIA,
David Jackson
---------------------------
And part of the HTML Form:
---------------------------
<td><b>Account Type:</b></td>
<td>Asset</td><td><input type="radio" name="transid" value="1000"></td>
<td>Liability</td><td><input type="radio" name="transid" value="2000"></td>
<input type="text" name="coa_acct" size="5" maxlength="5">
----------------------------------
Here's the one that's puzzling me:
----------------------------------
if ( ereg("^1",$_POST['transid'])== ereg("^1",$_POST['coa_acct'])):
echo $_POST['coa_acct'];
else :
echo "Get off you Asset!";
exit;
endif;
---------------------------------------
The "better" solution using substrings?
---------------------------------------
if ( substr($_POST['transid'],0,1)== substr($_POST['coa_acct'],0,1)):
echo $_POST['coa_acct'];
else :
echo "Get off you Asset!";
exit;
endif;
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I posted this but not sure Google works, so using my own account as it
did not show up yet.
I am fairly new to PHP, and am running a shopping cart app written in
PHP. Most people using this cart do not have this issue, but I do!
I have boiled the program down to a few lines, and it doesn't work. When
you click on the link in the code, it gives you a session ID. Then, when
you click again, it goes away. The SID appears to be blank every other time.
Why would that be? I am using PHP 4.2.0 and 4.2.2, BSD and Linux, and
Apache 1.3.20 something. Two different hosts. Same result. Client is
IE5.5 with cookies disabled, running on NT. New session file is
generated even though one already existed. This happens every other
click as SID is blank every other click.
Please help me understand what the issue is.
Steve
<?php
session_name('Steve');
session_start();
?>
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
<title>Test Page</title>
</head>
<body marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" bottommargin="0"
leftmargin="0" rightmargin="0">
<?php echo '<a href="http://linux.office.home/catalog/default_test.php?'
. SID . '">link to me</a>'; ?>
</body>
</html>
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Steve,
Check your php.ini file. PHP uses cookies for maintaining your Web
client's unique ID, and unless you have use_trans_sid set, it will not
attempt to pass the unique ID on the URL for those who have cookies
disabled.
Chris
Steve Fatula wrote:
When you click on the link in the code, it gives you a session ID.
Then, when you click again, it goes away. The SID appears to be blank
every other time.
Why would that be? I am using PHP 4.2.0 and 4.2.2, BSD and Linux, and
Apache 1.3.20 something. Two different hosts. Same result. Client is
IE5.5 with cookies disabled, running on NT.
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These were all the same assumptions I made, thanks. I knew that it was
more of an "HTTP" thing than a "PHP" thing when it came to the "blind
faith" thing... I was just hoping that was something "better out
there." I'm not willing to use session management as blindly as it is
currently implemented. I will find my own solution.
-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@;charter.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:42 AM
To: 'Robert Samuel White'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [PHP] Session Management
> I've created a class for handling session management across an
unlimited
> number of domains (without using cookies) however it has some inherent
> problems. In order to differentiate between users, it is using the IP
> Address. I realize this is completely inefficient, and I was hoping
> that someone could give me some pointers on how exactly PHP handles
> session management from the backend. When not using cookies, PHP
> propagates the Session ID in the URL and a hidden variable in forms.
> However, is this even safe? Or is this completely blind faith that
the
> Session belongs to that person?
It's blind faith, just like every other system. That's the nature of
HTTP. PHP makes a "unique" session id that it passes around to identify
the user and link all of the requests.
> Basically, I want to know if PHP *knows for sure* the right user is
> using the right session. In other words, can it detect hijacked
> sessions? My guess is a resounding no.
No...and neither can any program you write that uses HTTP. The only
thing you can do is make it unique enough so that it can't be hijacked.
> I'm wondering if there is some way to determine the real IP Address of
a
> user, even if that user is behind a proxy farm, etc., and if this is,
in
> fact, what PHP does.
No. The PHP session management isn't related to IP at all, that I know
of. It shouldn't have to be because of the problem with proxies and
people having changing IPs or people sharing IP addresses.
> If not, I'm stuck with figuring out how best to accomplish my goals
> using cookies. The problem: a cookie can only bet set for a single
> domain; therefore, the session will not be carried with the person if
> they browse to another domain which also uses the same eNetwizard
> Content Management Server. A possibility is to always propagate a
State
> Id with the URL and forms, however even this would not prevent the
exact
> same problem: Is this blind faith?
If you want the session to maintain over different domains, your only
option is to pass the unique id in the URL or POST data. It's just as
safe as cookies, but, like you said, you can't pass cookies across
domains.
Put everything behind SSL and that's as secure as you can get.
Hopefully I'm not too confusing. Feel free to ask more questions.
---John Holmes...
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Hello people
Im in need help with creating a system where it will let me
Add/drop players off a web page..basically of a roster with salary cap
control
And I want to do trades as well
This is for a fantasy football page.
And I need to have username and passwords so my owners can login and
there is no cheating..
http://www.ultimatefootballleague.com/index4.shtml
This is my site.
Please email me directly if you are interested in helping.
Thanks
Karl james
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Karl --
Before you go "reinventing the wheel" , you might check
http://freshmeat.net ... of course there is nothing actually wrong with
"reinventing the wheel" *grin*
David Jackson
Karl James wrote:
Hello people
Im in need help with creating a system where it will let me
Add/drop players off a web page..basically of a roster with salary cap
control
And I want to do trades as well
This is for a fantasy football page.
And I need to have username and passwords so my owners can login and
there is no cheating..
http://www.ultimatefootballleague.com/index4.shtml
This is my site.
Please email me directly if you are interested in helping.
Thanks
Karl james
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Karl --
Before you go "reinventing the wheel" , you might check
http://freshmeat.net ... of course there is nothing actually wrong with
"reinventing the wheel" *grin*
David Jackson
Karl James wrote:
Hello people
Im in need help with creating a system where it will let me
Add/drop players off a web page..basically of a roster with salary cap
control
And I want to do trades as well
This is for a fantasy football page.
And I need to have username and passwords so my owners can login and
there is no cheating..
http://www.ultimatefootballleague.com/index4.shtml
This is my site.
Please email me directly if you are interested in helping.
Thanks
Karl james
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Hello,
I have been running into problems getting Apache 2.0.43 to work with PHP
4.2.3 as a module. The following is the error I get ...
"Cannot load /usr/local/APACHE/modules/libphp4.so into server:
/usr/local/APACHE/modules/libphp4.so: Undefined symbol
"pthread_getspecific"
Having said that, I did my research and found that many have come across
the same error and managed to get passed it by installing pthreads. Any
references and/or information on how to get passed this issue would be
greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Peter
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