php-general Digest 22 Mar 2008 20:30:32 -0000 Issue 5362
php-general Digest 22 Mar 2008 20:30:32 - Issue 5362
Topics (messages 271964 through 271990):
Re: problem with sessions config.
271964 by: Nilesh Govindrajan
Memory Leaks
271965 by: Nilesh Govindrajan
best method for relative linking in php
271966 by: Sudhakar
271975 by: Brandon Orther
Re: Double click problem [SOLVED]
271967 by: tedd
271968 by: tedd
Re: fwrite/fclose troubles
271969 by: Mark Weaver
271970 by: Mark Weaver
271971 by: Al
271972 by: Mark Weaver
strange list behavior when replying to message on list
271973 by: Mark Weaver
271974 by: Greg Bowser
271976 by: Nilesh Govindrajan
271977 by: Mark Weaver
271979 by: Brandon Orther
271980 by: Nilesh Govindrajan
271981 by: Mark Weaver
271982 by: Mark Weaver
271983 by: Andrew Ballard
271984 by: tedd
271985 by: Mark Weaver
271986 by: Mark Weaver
Comparing file creating dates...
271978 by: Ryan S
271988 by: Jim Lucas
Re: Procmail Recipe to INSERT reply-to header (was: strange list behavior when
replying to message on list)
271987 by: Mark Weaver
271989 by: tedd
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N . Boatswain wrote:
Hello guys; i'm having a problem with session behavior; i'm going straight to
it, but first some considerations:
PHP Version 5.2.5IIF 5.1Running on localhost (XP machine)I start sessions at the top of every page.
A the start of a test page, just as example, i do the assignment: $_SESSION[username]
= aaa;
At the end of the same page i print it's value: echo $_SESSION[username];
And i get the layout: aaa, as expecteed.
Then I redirect to another page. On that one, after initializating the session
(session_start();) print again the $_SESSION[username] content and the
result is empty. If i try the same code on a server (all this is on my local machine), the code
works as expected; so i think it is a configuration problem, here is my php.ini part that
correspond to session configuration, so you can tell my if i'm doing anything wrong, long comments
where removed:
[Session]; Handler used to store/retrieve data.session.save_handler = files;session.save_path =
/tmp BC 13/12/07session.save_path=/tmp; Whether to use
cookies.session.use_cookies = 1;session.cookie_secure = ; This option enables administrators to
make their users invulnerable to; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to
0.session.use_only_cookies = 1; Name of the session (used as cookie name).session.name = PHPSESSID;
Initialize session on request startup.session.auto_start = 1; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if
0, until browser is restarted.session.cookie_lifetime = 0; The path for which the cookie is
valid.session.cookie_path = /; The domain for which the cookie is valid.session.cookie_domain =;
Whether or not to add the httpOnly flag to the cookie, which makes it inaccessible to browser
scripting languages such as JavaScript.session.cookie_httponly = ; Handler used to serialize data.
php is the standard serializer of PHP.session.serialize_ha
ndler = php; Define the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is
started; on every session initialization.; The probability is calculated by
using gc_probability/gc_divisor,; e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that
the GC process starts; on each request.session.gc_probability =
1session.gc_divisor = 1000; After this number of seconds, stored data will
be seen as 'garbage' and; cleaned up by the garbage collection
process.session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440session.bug_compat_42 =
0session.bug_compat_warn = 1; Check HTTP Referer to invalidate externally
stored URLs containing ids.; HTTP_REFERER has to contain this substring for the
session to be; considered as valid.session.referer_check =; How many bytes to
read from the file.session.entropy_length = 0; Specified here to create the
session id.session.entropy_file =;session.entropy_length =
16;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom; Set to {nocache,private,public,} to
determine HTTP caching aspects; or leave this empt
y to avoid sending anti-caching headers.session.cache_limiter = nocache; Document expires after n
minutes.session.cache_expire = 180session.use_trans_sid = 0; Select a hash function; 0: MD5 (128 bits); 1: SHA-1 (160
bits)session.hash_function = 0; Define how many bits are stored in each character when converting; the binary hash data to
something readable.;; 4 bits: 0-9, a-f; 5 bits: 0-9, a-v; 6 bits: 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -,
Re: [PHP] Double click problem [SOLVED]
tedd wrote: Hi gang: This is probably trivial for most of you, but here's my solution to the problem I presented earlier. The problem was, I just wanted to be certain that if a use clicked a button that they could only do it once. Sounds simple enough, huh? Certainly, one can use javascript, but I wanted something that was basic php and html -- here's my solution with code (please provide critical review): I had been tracking an intermittent bug for some considerable time and having finally identified the underlying problem - double click sends the page request twice, but the second request is processed before first has updated things! We have tightened up the server end as much as possible, but not eliminated the problem. The javascript solution is the only reliable one that I've found but some sites do not allow it to be enabled. Since having finally identified the source of the problem, we have improved education and can now 'spot' a double clicker who in many cases does not even know they are doing it! People get so used TO double clicking things on the desktop :( But in some case we suspect that the BROWSER send two requests perhaps because of a noisy keyboard! On one site that we pinned down to a particular counter position, changing the keyboard fixed the problem ( enter was pressing the button ). Just a word of warning that may explain the occasional double order ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL - Contact - http://home.lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://home.lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: problem with sessions config.
N . Boatswain wrote:
Hello guys; i'm having a problem with session behavior; i'm going straight to
it, but first some considerations:
PHP Version 5.2.5IIF 5.1Running on localhost (XP machine)I start sessions at the top of every page.
A the start of a test page, just as example, i do the assignment: $_SESSION[username]
= aaa;
At the end of the same page i print it's value: echo $_SESSION[username];
And i get the layout: aaa, as expecteed.
Then I redirect to another page. On that one, after initializating the session
(session_start();) print again the $_SESSION[username] content and the
result is empty. If i try the same code on a server (all this is on my local machine), the code
works as expected; so i think it is a configuration problem, here is my php.ini part that
correspond to session configuration, so you can tell my if i'm doing anything wrong, long comments
where removed:
[Session]; Handler used to store/retrieve data.session.save_handler = files;session.save_path =
/tmp BC 13/12/07session.save_path=/tmp; Whether to use
cookies.session.use_cookies = 1;session.cookie_secure = ; This option enables administrators to
make their users invulnerable to; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to
0.session.use_only_cookies = 1; Name of the session (used as cookie name).session.name = PHPSESSID;
Initialize session on request startup.session.auto_start = 1; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if
0, until browser is restarted.session.cookie_lifetime = 0; The path for which the cookie is
valid.session.cookie_path = /; The domain for which the cookie is valid.session.cookie_domain =;
Whether or not to add the httpOnly flag to the cookie, which makes it inaccessible to browser
scripting languages such as JavaScript.session.cookie_httponly = ; Handler used to serialize data.
php is the standard serializer of PHP.session.serialize_ha
ndler = php; Define the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is
started; on every session initialization.; The probability is calculated by
using gc_probability/gc_divisor,; e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that
the GC process starts; on each request.session.gc_probability =
1session.gc_divisor = 1000; After this number of seconds, stored data will
be seen as 'garbage' and; cleaned up by the garbage collection
process.session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440session.bug_compat_42 =
0session.bug_compat_warn = 1; Check HTTP Referer to invalidate externally
stored URLs containing ids.; HTTP_REFERER has to contain this substring for the
session to be; considered as valid.session.referer_check =; How many bytes to
read from the file.session.entropy_length = 0; Specified here to create the
session id.session.entropy_file =;session.entropy_length =
16;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom; Set to {nocache,private,public,} to
determine HTTP caching aspects; or leave this empt
y to avoid sending anti-caching headers.session.cache_limiter = nocache; Document expires after n
minutes.session.cache_expire = 180session.use_trans_sid = 0; Select a hash function; 0: MD5 (128 bits); 1: SHA-1 (160
bits)session.hash_function = 0; Define how many bits are stored in each character when converting; the binary hash data to
something readable.;; 4 bits: 0-9, a-f; 5 bits: 0-9, a-v; 6 bits: 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -,
,session.hash_bits_per_character = 5; The URL rewriter will look for URLs in a defined set of HTML tags.;
form/fieldset are special; if you include them here, the rewriter will; add a hidden input field with the info which
is otherwise appended; to URLs. If you want XHTML conformity, remove the form entry.; Note that all valid entries require a
=, even if no value follows.url_rewriter.tags = a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=
Well, thanks and sorry for my english;
Nicolás.
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It works for me; I am using php-5.2.5 with lighttpd and FastCGI.
I called session_start() on both the pages.
and
I have enabled session.use_trans_sid.
You can temporarily override it from the php script by using this -
?
//...other code
ini_set(session.use_trans_sid,1);
//...other code
?
Try and report again.
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[PHP] Memory Leaks
I am having 2 memory leaks while calling phpinfo() via FastCGI (lighttpd) when session.auto_start is 1. Otherwise there is no memory leak. Here are the two memory leaks - [Sat Mar 22 14:07:49 2008] Script: '/var/www/lighttpd/test.php' /root/php-5.2.5/ext/standard/url_scanner_ex.c(305) : Freeing 0x097BD7E0 (79 bytes), script=/var/www/lighttpd/test.php [Sat Mar 22 14:07:50 2008] Script: '/var/www/lighttpd/test.php' /root/php-5.2.5/ext/standard/url_scanner_ex.c(316) : Freeing 0x097BD85C (79 bytes), script=/var/www/lighttpd/test.php Is this a security threat ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] relative linking in php
Oops, I didnt post it to the list, copy is attached. On 22/03/2008, Nitsan Bin-Nun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Sudhakar, There are 2 solutions, You can change the form tag to something like: form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ?*#errorsArea* method=POST id=test2 name=registrationform Then add the following line before the errors: a name=errorsArea/a The main problem here is that in case there are no errors it still go down. If you dont want to get down when there are no errors, you can send it without the #errorsArea call, and in your php, check the errors, if there are errors you can forward to #errosArea otherwise dont forward. HTH Nitsan BTW Personally, I would avoid those things and use AJAX instead. On 22/03/2008, Sudhakar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am using a self submitting for using php form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ? method=POST id=test2 name=registrationform the registration page starts with a lot of terms and other details about the registration and then the form fields for the user to fill the registration page. i have used php to validate the form, presently when a user clicks the submit button and if there are any validateions that need to be displayed to the user, then the user has to scroll from the top of the page all the way till they see the form elements with the validation message ex= Please enter your phone number. my question is, as in html with relative linking ex a href=#link1 click here/a a name=link1 /a Text here the page can be moved to an exact location, can this be done more or less close to this relative linking using php so that the user need not scroll from the top of the page to see the validation message. NOTE = since i am using a self submitting form just before the first form element i have created a blank table row and in this table row the php validation message would appear if the user missed out some information. due to this the user has to scroll from the top of the page to see the php generated validation message. if i use the same php validation at the very top of the page the error message will be at the top and the form fields at the bottom and the user will have to scroll up and down to read the validation message. please advice. thanks.
[PHP] best method for relative linking in php
i have a registration page where a user fills a form and i display an error
message if a validation message needs to be displayed which i have written
in php. everything works fine. the way the form is made presently is there
is a huge amount of information relating to general information about the
form and its terms and conditions which is compulsory. so if i have to
display any validation message the user has to scroll the page from the top
again all the way till they see the validation message.
i have used relative linking as it is done in html, so that the user does
not have to scroll from the top of the page, rather the page stops where i
want it to so the user see the message and does not have to scroll the page.
following are the 2 methods i have used and both of them work fine. however
in method 2 as it is based on javascript and if
javascript is turned off the relative linking will not work and the user
will have to scroll from the top of the page again and i have tested this
myself.
method 1
form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ?#indrel method=POST
id=test2 name=registrationform
a name=indrel/a
if($error)
{
echo $error;
}
method 2
form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ? method=POST id=test2
name=registrationform
a name=indrel/a
if($error)
{
echo (
script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'
window.location.href='http://website.com/filename.php#indrel'
/script
);
echo $error;
}
please comment if method 1 is correct in terms of the syntax of the form tag
if it is correct or not though i know this method is working the way i want
it to, i wanted to confirm before i implement it for my website.
please advice.
thanks.
Re: [PHP] Double click problem [SOLVED]
At 4:23 PM -0700 3/21/08, Jim Lucas wrote: It would require a little JS, but you could use the onUnload feature and pop up a warning that would tell them the problem(s) of leaving this page. Then use the confirm() method from JS to either allow or deny them to leave the current page. I don't know if you can limit this action to only take affect when they press the back button, but it might help in any event. Jim: I tried that. The problem is that you'll get that notice if the user submits the form as well. IOW, no matter what the user does, as soon as they leave that page they get the notice. I might be able to put a hidden input field to cancel the notice, but like everything -- one thing leads to another. Thanks, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Double click problem [SOLVED]
At 7:21 AM + 3/22/08, Lester Caine wrote: tedd wrote: Hi gang: This is probably trivial for most of you, but here's my solution to the problem I presented earlier. The problem was, I just wanted to be certain that if a use clicked a button that they could only do it once. Sounds simple enough, huh? Certainly, one can use javascript, but I wanted something that was basic php and html -- here's my solution with code (please provide critical review): I had been tracking an intermittent bug for some considerable time and having finally identified the underlying problem - double click sends the page request twice, but the second request is processed before first has updated things! We have tightened up the server end as much as possible, but not eliminated the problem. The javascript solution is the only reliable one that I've found but some sites do not allow it to be enabled. Since having finally identified the source of the problem, we have improved education and can now 'spot' a double clicker who in many cases does not even know they are doing it! People get so used TO double clicking things on the desktop :( But in some case we suspect that the BROWSER send two requests perhaps because of a noisy keyboard! On one site that we pinned down to a particular counter position, changing the keyboard fixed the problem ( enter was pressing the button ). Just a word of warning that may explain the occasional double order ;) -- Lester Caine - G8HFL Well that sounds good enough reason to use javascript. I'll add that too. Thanks, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: fwrite/fclose troubles
Dave Goodchild wrote: Why are you writing a logging class? Why not use error_log and enable error logging? two reasons actually, 1. learning OOP for PHP, so the more I practice at it the better I get. 2. the logging that's being done with this class is done primarily for debugging during the development phase of the application itself. That way during run-time I can tail the log file and see where a portion of the app is failing if it fails or simply tell me where it's at and what it's doing. Standard error logging wasn't giving me the feedback that I needed at the time and debug logging is a habit I got into when I learned PERL to help tell me where things were failing. Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: fwrite/fclose troubles
Al wrote: int file_put_contents ( string $filename, mixed $data [, int $flags [, resource $context]] ) This function is identical to calling fopen(), fwrite() and fclose() successively to write data to a file. This native function does it for you Very nice! I wasn't aware of this one. Thank you!! Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: fwrite/fclose troubles
Seems like this does what you are attempting.
if(DEBUG_MODE) // TRUE for debug only
{
ini_set(display_errors, on); //use off if users will see them
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo 'span style=color:redError display and logging on/span ';
}
Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi all,
I've been lurking and reading now for some time, but have decided to
come out of the shadows cause I've got an issue that's gonna drive me
crazy!
I'm developing an application and within this application is a class
that is very simple and only serves a singular purpose - to make log
entries to help with debugging. Problem is, now I'm debugging the damned
logging class that is supposed to be helping me debug the application as
I'm putting it together! sigh I've looked and looked all over the
place, but I don't seem to be able to find an answer to this problem.
The only information that I have found so far deals with permissions and
I don't think that's the problem. At first I was getting an access
denied error but since setting dir perms and log file perms so that both
apache and my user can right to both the directory and the file that one
has gone away.
Log Directory permissions: /mystuff/logs rwx-rwx-rwx (777)
Log file permissions: /mystuff/logs/run.log rwx-rwx-rwx
(777)
At any rate, the following is the information I'm getting in the apache
error_log while working on this particular portion of the application:
PHP Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
in /mystuff/inc/Log.inc on line 22,
PHP Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource
in /mystuff/inc/Log.inc on line 23,
The Log class:
-
class Log{
public $path, $entry, $logfile;
public function Log(){}
public function setLog($path,$file){
$this-path = $path;
$this-logfile = $file;
}
public function writeLog($entry){
// open the file, in this case the log file
$h = $this-path/$this-logfile;
fopen($h, 'a+');
fwrite($h,$entry);
fclose($h);
}
}
Code snippet where attempting to write log entry from program:
$pl_log = new Log;
$pl_log-setLog($logpath,run.log);
$usernanme = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['secret'];
/**
* (debugging) logging incoming values from form:
*/
$pl_log-writeLog(getDateTime(): Incoming values from Login Form:
blah...blah...blah\n);
Any help with this would be most appreciated. (be gentle... I'm a PERL
program learning PHP OOP)
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Re: [PHP] Re: fwrite/fclose troubles
Al wrote:
Seems like this does what you are attempting.
if(DEBUG_MODE) // TRUE for debug only
{
ini_set(display_errors, on); //use off if users will see them
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo 'span style=color:redError display and logging on/span ';
}
If I understand this correctly this if statement directs php to check
the main ini config file and if certain conditions are met then it
displays the information in the browser window. Useful, but it would
seem, at least to me at the moment, that if the script fails before it's
even able to get anything to the screen then nothing gets displayed.
Mark
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[PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. The problem is with the headers. Whereas other lists have a reply-to: mailing list address in the email headers, this list does not. It annoys the hell out of me. On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] best method for relative linking in php
Hello Sudhakar,
I have added #firstError to the end of my script url and then if I have an
error, I add that anchor to the first error on the page. This way I don't
have to use any javascript to leap the person forward to the first error.
I think this is what you are doing with your first method. That should be
Kind Regards,
Brandon Orther
-Original Message-
From: Sudhakar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 4:26 AM
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: [PHP] best method for relative linking in php
i have a registration page where a user fills a form and i display an error
message if a validation message needs to be displayed which i have written
in php. everything works fine. the way the form is made presently is there
is a huge amount of information relating to general information about the
form and its terms and conditions which is compulsory. so if i have to
display any validation message the user has to scroll the page from the top
again all the way till they see the validation message.
i have used relative linking as it is done in html, so that the user does
not have to scroll from the top of the page, rather the page stops where i
want it to so the user see the message and does not have to scroll the page.
following are the 2 methods i have used and both of them work fine. however
in method 2 as it is based on javascript and if
javascript is turned off the relative linking will not work and the user
will have to scroll from the top of the page again and i have tested this
myself.
method 1
form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ?#indrel method=POST
id=test2 name=registrationform
a name=indrel/a
if($error)
{
echo $error;
}
method 2
form action=?php echo $_SERVER[PHP_SELF]; ? method=POST id=test2
name=registrationform
a name=indrel/a
if($error)
{
echo (
script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'
window.location.href='http://website.com/filename.php#indrel'
/script
);
echo $error;
}
please comment if method 1 is correct in terms of the syntax of the form tag
if it is correct or not though i know this method is working the way i want
it to, i wanted to confirm before i implement it for my website.
please advice.
thanks.
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Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. The problem is with the headers. Whereas other lists have a reply-to: mailing list address in the email headers, this list does not. It annoys the hell out of me. On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Doesn't happen with me because I use Newsgroup type subscription system. I.e. I have created a newsgroup account for news.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. The problem is with the headers. Whereas other lists have a reply-to: mailing list address in the email headers, this list does not. It annoys the hell out of me. Why in the bloody hell doesn't the list admin simply add that reply-to header. As far as I know Sendmail adds that auto-magically by default. (I'm assuming they're not using Sendmail as the lists' MTA). It sure would make life easier wouldn't it? How long has it been this way? -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and make a
file with their ip address in a directory called hash-directory, the file
looks like this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the potential
to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every X number of
minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y H:i:s.,
filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)).
.$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
{
if (getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
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RE: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
I just signed back up to the list recently, but it was like this 5 years ago when I was still on it. I have always wondered why they didn't have that. It seems like they are pushing people to submit their solutions to the person with the question. Kind Regards, Brandon Orther -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:57 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. The problem is with the headers. Whereas other lists have a reply-to: mailing list address in the email headers, this list does not. It annoys the hell out of me. Why in the bloody hell doesn't the list admin simply add that reply-to header. As far as I know Sendmail adds that auto-magically by default. (I'm assuming they're not using Sendmail as the lists' MTA). It sure would make life easier wouldn't it? How long has it been this way? -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- 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] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Brandon Orther wrote: I just signed back up to the list recently, but it was like this 5 years ago when I was still on it. I have always wondered why they didn't have that. It seems like they are pushing people to submit their solutions to the person with the question. Kind Regards, Brandon Orther -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:57 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. The problem is with the headers. Whereas other lists have a reply-to: mailing list address in the email headers, this list does not. It annoys the hell out of me. Why in the bloody hell doesn't the list admin simply add that reply-to header. As far as I know Sendmail adds that auto-magically by default. (I'm assuming they're not using Sendmail as the lists' MTA). It sure would make life easier wouldn't it? How long has it been this way? The list admin, if uses a program called ezlm (or something similar), it adds the List-Id or the Newsgroups header which also helps. They must have it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Brandon Orther wrote: I just signed back up to the list recently, but it was like this 5 years ago when I was still on it. I have always wondered why they didn't have that. It seems like they are pushing people to submit their solutions to the person with the question. Kind Regards, Brandon Orther Boy! is this tempting... I've got a sendmail server running with Mailman installed on it that I'm already running lists on it. -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: The list admin, if uses a program called ezlm (or something similar), it adds the List-Id or the Newsgroups header which also helps. They must have it. hmmm... I wonder if Sylpheed for Windows will handle this? I'll have to take a look. -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark It's not specific to Thunderbird or any other mail client. I'm pretty sure it was configured that way on purpose. Have a look at this thread: http://marc.info/?l=php-generalm=105700032521606w=2 Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
At 11:22 AM -0400 3/22/08, Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. I always reply to all and then cut out everything that isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know, there's probably a better way, but that's what I do. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Andrew Ballard wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark It's not specific to Thunderbird or any other mail client. I'm pretty sure it was configured that way on purpose. Have a look at this thread: http://marc.info/?l=php-generalm=105700032521606w=2 Andrew well, obviously since the issue still exists it's clear that this never got resolved. I just don't understand the obstenant behavior of some folks in the presence of clear and plain logic. Especially from a programmer. Makes no sense at all. Guess I'm off to create the necessary recipe for Procmail to do the adult thing and make sense of the non-sense. -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
tedd wrote: At 11:22 AM -0400 3/22/08, Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. I always reply to all and then cut out everything that isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know, there's probably a better way, but that's what I do. Cheers, tedd That's what I've been doing as well until I get procmail setup to do it for me. -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Procmail Recipe to INSERT reply-to header (was: strange list behavior when replying to message on list)
tedd wrote: At 11:22 AM -0400 3/22/08, Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. I always reply to all and then cut out everything that isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know, there's probably a better way, but that's what I do. Cheers, tedd Just in case you Do have access to procmail the recipe below should do the trick for fixing this annoying feature. Just keep telling yourself it's a feature and not a bug. :) - # fixing the MISSING reply-to header on PHP list messages # This adds a Reply-To: header :0 fhw * ^Received:.*from lists.php.net |formail -I Reply-To: php-general@lists.php.net -- Mark If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity. == Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
Ryan S wrote:
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and make a file with
their ip address in a directory called hash-directory, the file looks like
this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the potential
to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every X number of
minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y H:i:s.,
filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)). .$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
{
if (getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
From the manual
This returns a timestamp
int strtotime ( string $time [, int $now ] )
This returns an hash array with all the date/time info in it.
array getdate ([ int $timestamp ] )
You are trying to compare two things that are completely different.
Get rid of the getdate() function. All you need is the filectime()
call, it returns a unix timestamp.
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
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Re: [PHP] Procmail Recipe to INSERT reply-to header (was: strange list behavior when replying to message on list)
At 2:30 PM -0400 3/22/08, Mark Weaver wrote: tedd wrote: At 11:22 AM -0400 3/22/08, Greg Bowser wrote: Yeah. I always forget to reply to all. I always reply to all and then cut out everything that isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know, there's probably a better way, but that's what I do. Cheers, tedd Just in case you Do have access to procmail the recipe below should do the trick for fixing this annoying feature. Just keep telling yourself it's a feature and not a bug. :) - # fixing the MISSING reply-to header on PHP list messages # This adds a Reply-To: header :0 fhw * ^Received:.*from lists.php.net |formail -I Reply-To: php-general@lists.php.net I use Eudora, so I haven't a clue. Cheers, tedd -- --- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
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[PHP] sprintf problem...
Hello, I'm trying to write a invoice script but I have encountered a
slight problem.
Each product needs to be listed without tax, and at the end of the file
I need to show the VAT. In France VAT is 19.6%
So €10.03 without vat = €12.00 with vat.
So I do this :
$totalwithoutvat = 0;
$totalwithoutvat = 0;
$totalvat =0;
while ( $itemwithoutvat) = each( $px ) )
{
$totalwithoutvat += $itemwithoutvat;
$totalwithoutvat += sprintf(%0.2f, $itemwithoutvat * ( 1 + 19.6/100 ));
$totalvat += sprintf(%0.2f,$itemwithoutvat * 19.6/100);
}
print (Total Vat =.sprintf(%0.2f,$totalvat). - Total without vat =
.sprintf(%0.2f,$totalwithoutvat). - Total with vat =
.sprintf(%0.2f,$totalwithvat));
But I'm not sure I am using sprintf correctly, maybe I should use a
different function because :
When I have one item at 10.03, the result is : Total Vat = 1.97 - Total
without vat = 10.03 Total with vat = 12.00
but if I have two items at 10.03 the result is : Total vat = 3.93 -
Total without vat = 20.06 Total with vat = 23.99
but I need it to be : Total vat = 3.94 - Total without vat = 20.06 Total
with vat = 24.00
So from what I can see, sprintf only seems to work for printing and the
actual result is kept in memory, is this correct ? if so what function
should I use instead?
Thanks in advance :)
Richard
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Re: [PHP] sprintf problem... (with simplified code )
Here is a simplifie version of my code :
?php
$total = 0;
$ht = 10.03;
$vat = 19.6;
$total += $ht*($vat/100+1);
print(Total = .sprintf(%0.2f, $total));
$total += $ht*($vat/100+1);
print( - Total 2 = .sprintf(%0.2f, $total));
?
I get 12.00 and 23.99 ... what should I do to get 12.00 and 24.00 ?
Richard a écrit :
Hello, I'm trying to write a invoice script but I have encountered a
slight problem.
Each product needs to be listed without tax, and at the end of the
file I need to show the VAT. In France VAT is 19.6%
So €10.03 without vat = €12.00 with vat.
So I do this :
$totalwithoutvat = 0;
$totalwithoutvat = 0;
$totalvat =0;
while ( $itemwithoutvat) = each( $px ) )
{
$totalwithoutvat += $itemwithoutvat;
$totalwithoutvat += sprintf(%0.2f, $itemwithoutvat * ( 1 + 19.6/100 ));
$totalvat += sprintf(%0.2f,$itemwithoutvat * 19.6/100);
}
print (Total Vat =.sprintf(%0.2f,$totalvat). - Total without vat
= .sprintf(%0.2f,$totalwithoutvat). - Total with vat =
.sprintf(%0.2f,$totalwithvat));
But I'm not sure I am using sprintf correctly, maybe I should use a
different function because :
When I have one item at 10.03, the result is : Total Vat = 1.97 -
Total without vat = 10.03 Total with vat = 12.00
but if I have two items at 10.03 the result is : Total vat = 3.93 -
Total without vat = 20.06 Total with vat = 23.99
but I need it to be : Total vat = 3.94 - Total without vat = 20.06
Total with vat = 24.00
So from what I can see, sprintf only seems to work for printing and
the actual result is kept in memory, is this correct ? if so what
function should I use instead?
Thanks in advance :)
Richard
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Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Mark Weaver wrote: Andrew Ballard wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark It's not specific to Thunderbird or any other mail client. I'm pretty sure it was configured that way on purpose. Have a look at this thread: http://marc.info/?l=php-generalm=105700032521606w=2 Andrew well, obviously since the issue still exists it's clear that this never got resolved. I just don't understand the obstenant behavior of some folks in the presence of clear and plain logic. Especially from a programmer. Makes no sense at all. Guess I'm off to create the necessary recipe for Procmail to do the adult thing and make sense of the non-sense. I use Thunderbird 2.x on Kubuntu and I just hit reply to this mail. I have news.php.net setup as a news account. I do receive and have received frequent timeouts contacting the news server though. Has been a pain for quite awhile. -Shawn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Mark Weaver wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark Thunderbird 2.x on Kubuntu, If I 'reply all' I get: to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: php-general@lists.php.net newsgroup: php.general If I right click and reply to newsgroup I get newsgroup: php.general -Shawn -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
you may need to use filemtime() and not filectime();
Jim Lucas wrote:
Ryan S wrote:
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and
make a file with their ip address in a directory called
hash-directory, the file looks like this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the
potential to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every
X number of minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for
some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y
H:i:s., filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)).
.$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)) {
if
(getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
From the manual
This returns a timestamp
int strtotime ( string $time [, int $now ] )
This returns an hash array with all the date/time info in it.
array getdate ([ int $timestamp ] )
You are trying to compare two things that are completely different.
Get rid of the getdate() function. All you need is the filectime()
call, it returns a unix timestamp.
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before
posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
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Re: [PHP] strange list behavior when replying to message on list
Shawn McKenzie wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Andrew Ballard wrote: On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else happens to be using Mozilla Thunderbird and seeing this behavior, and also if this behavior is a feature or a bug. When I hit the reply button to respond to a message most of the time the actual sender's address is the one the message is being sent to rather than the list itself. This is the first mailing list I've been on that I've seen this behavior; all other lists I'm on when one hits the reply button, or CTRL+R the mailing list's address is inserted as it should be and is expected. I know with some email clients there is a menu item specifically there for responding to the list based on whether or not there is a list-header in the header information but that isn't an available option with Thunderbird. Is anyone else seeing this behavior or is there something I'm missing? Mark It's not specific to Thunderbird or any other mail client. I'm pretty sure it was configured that way on purpose. Have a look at this thread: http://marc.info/?l=php-generalm=105700032521606w=2 Andrew well, obviously since the issue still exists it's clear that this never got resolved. I just don't understand the obstenant behavior of some folks in the presence of clear and plain logic. Especially from a programmer. Makes no sense at all. Guess I'm off to create the necessary recipe for Procmail to do the adult thing and make sense of the non-sense. I use Thunderbird 2.x on Kubuntu and I just hit reply to this mail. I have news.php.net setup as a news account. I do receive and have received frequent timeouts contacting the news server though. Has been a pain for quite awhile. -Shawn That's what I also do. :D I have thunderbird 2.x on Fedora 8. So, it works. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: pulling text from a file
Richard Kurth wrote:
I have a text file that looks like the one below. I need to read the
file into a database.
I was trying the script below but is not working can you help?
$lines = file_get_contents('clientlist1.txt');
$find=Address:;
$f= strstr($f,$find);
$separat=City:;
$ADDRESS = substr($f, 0, strpos($f,$separat));
$ADDRESS=ltrim($ADDRESS,Address:);
$ADDRESS=trim($ADDRESS);
echo $ADDRESS;
echo br;
$find=City:;
$f= strstr($f,$find);
$separat=State:;
$CITY = substr($f, 0, strpos($f,$separat));
$CITY=ltrim($CITY,City:);
$CITY=trim($CITY);
echo $CITY;
echo br;
Text File
Address: 5070 myaddress.
City: mycity State: mystateZip: 97268
County:
Signers
Name: my name
Address: 3925 myaddress.
City: mycity2 State: mystate2 Zip: 97268
County:
Signers
Name: my name2
If the place where you run this script has PHP 5.1 installed, then you
could use SimpleXML for this purpose. If the document MUST be in XML
format. I don't know such methods in PHP 4, etc. On my server, I have
PHP 5.2.5
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[PHP] Re: spider
tedd wrote: Hi gang: How do you spider a remote web site in php? I get the general idea, which is to take the root page, strip out the links and repeat the process on those links. But, what's the code? Does anyone have an example they can share or a direction for me to take? Also, is there a way to spider through a remote web site gathering directory permissions? I know there are applications, such as Site-sucker, that will travel a remote web site looking for anything that it can download and if found, do so. But is there a way to determine what the permissions are for those directories? If not, can one attempt to write a file and record the failures/successes (0777 directories)? What I am trying to do is to develop a way to test if a web site is secure or not. I'm not trying to develop evil code, but if it can be done then I want to know how. Thanks and Cheers, tedd There is a complete search engine called Mihalism Search Engine which uses PHP to spider websites. Its available for free download. You could explore its source code and make your own. :) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: question about customized error
Sudhakar wrote: if a user by mistake types the wrong url directly in the address bar ex= www.website.com/abou.php instead of typing www.website.com/aboutus.php instead of the browser displaying File not found or a 404 error message i would like to display a customized page which will still have the same look and feel of my website in terms of the layout and i would like to a) display a message such as = Page could not be found and b) the url that the user originally typed should remain in the browser = I guess this would be the case anyway but i was wondering if something needs to be done in order to reatin the original address the user typed. Does this have to be done from apache perspective or can it be done using php. please suggest the procedure in either case apache OR php. please advice. thanks. .htaccess: ErrorDocument 404 /404-error.php 404-error.php: ?php soem code ? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: selling gpl software?
Colin Guthrie wrote: Larry Garfield wrote: If the code is work for hire and the initial ownership is with the client/company, then there is no distribution and so you are not required to do anything. That includes if you are a full time employee of the company. OK, that's more or less my understanding. It is my understanding that, by default, contracting law states that any work done under contract is your (the contractor's) copyright (e.g. on a very loose contract that is the default case). Many employers of contractors will typically change this default stance. So in the OP's case, if he takes an existing GPLed project, modifies it in whatever way (including removing mention of the original project), and gives a copy to his client, his only legal obligation is to provide the client with the code under the GPL so that the client can, if he wants, pass the code on to someone else under the GPL. Someone else could be a public FTP server or not. I was half assuming the stance of the employer here was that he did not want the changes shared. So assuming this and the above note about contract law etc., then my original statement is correct. Whether these assumptions are correct in themselves (and this my whole thread of assumption breaks down!), I'll leave for future research and happily live in my bubble of ignorance ;) Col Larry, read the GPL license. It has can be used, distributed, modified under GPL only. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: problem with sessions config.
Thanks for your answers people; but i'm still having the problem, ¿any approach
to the reason?. Remember everything works fine in on-line servers, so it may
not be a problem of the code, but a config. one;cheers,
Nicolas.
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Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:58:15 +0530
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] Re: problem with sessions config.
N . Boatswain wrote:
Hello guys; i'm having a problem with session behavior; i'm going straight
to it, but first some considerations:
PHP Version 5.2.5IIF 5.1Running on localhost (XP machine)I start sessions
at the top of every page.
A the start of a test page, just as example, i do the assignment:
$_SESSION[username] = aaa;
At the end of the same page i print it's value: echo $_SESSION[username];
And i get the layout: aaa, as expecteed.
Then I redirect to another page. On that one, after initializating the
session (session_start();) print again the $_SESSION[username] content
and the result is empty. If i try the same code on a server (all this is on
my local machine), the code works as expected; so i think it is a
configuration problem, here is my php.ini part that correspond to session
configuration, so you can tell my if i'm doing anything wrong, long
comments where removed:
[Session]; Handler used to store/retrieve data.session.save_handler =
files;session.save_path = /tmp BC 13/12/07session.save_path=/tmp;
Whether to use cookies.session.use_cookies = 1;session.cookie_secure = ;
This option enables administrators to make their users invulnerable to;
attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to
0.session.use_only_cookies = 1; Name of the session (used as cookie
name).session.name = PHPSESSID; Initialize session on request
startup.session.auto_start = 1; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0,
until browser is restarted.session.cookie_lifetime = 0; The path for which
the cookie is valid.session.cookie_path = /; The domain for which the
cookie is valid.session.cookie_domain =; Whether or not to add the httpOnly
flag to the cookie, which makes it inaccessible to browser scripting
languages such as JavaScript.session.cookie_httponly = ; Handler used to
serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP.session.serialize_ha
ndler = php; Define the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is
started; on every session initialization.; The probability is calculated by
using gc_probability/gc_divisor,; e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that
the GC process starts; on each request.session.gc_probability =
1session.gc_divisor = 1000; After this number of seconds, stored data
will be seen as 'garbage' and; cleaned up by the garbage collection
process.session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440session.bug_compat_42 =
0session.bug_compat_warn = 1; Check HTTP Referer to invalidate externally
stored URLs containing ids.; HTTP_REFERER has to contain this substring for
the session to be; considered as valid.session.referer_check =; How many
bytes to read from the file.session.entropy_length = 0; Specified here to
create the session id.session.entropy_file =;session.entropy_length =
16;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom; Set to {nocache,private,public,} to
determine HTTP caching aspects; or leave this empt
y to avoid sending anti-caching headers.session.cache_limiter = nocache;
Document expires after n minutes.session.cache_expire =
180session.use_trans_sid = 0; Select a hash function; 0: MD5 (128 bits); 1:
SHA-1 (160 bits)session.hash_function = 0; Define how many bits are stored in
each character when converting; the binary hash data to something readable.;;
4 bits: 0-9, a-f; 5 bits: 0-9, a-v; 6 bits: 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -,
,session.hash_bits_per_character = 5; The URL rewriter will look for URLs
in a defined set of HTML tags.; form/fieldset are special; if you include
them here, the rewriter will; add a hidden input field with the info which
is otherwise appended; to URLs. If you want XHTML conformity, remove the
form entry.; Note that all valid entries require a =, even if no value
follows.url_rewriter.tags =
a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=
Well, thanks and sorry for my english;
Nicolás.
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It works for me; I am using php-5.2.5 with lighttpd and FastCGI.
I called session_start() on both the pages.
and
I have enabled session.use_trans_sid.
You can temporarily override it from the php script by using this -
?
//...other code
ini_set(session.use_trans_sid,1);
//...other code
?
Try and report again.
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