Re: [PHP] A PHP-driven script to determine if the environment is configured correctly (checklist)
On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 17:55 +1000, Sam wrote: Здравствуйте, AmirBehzad. Вы писали 17 декабря 2009 г., 17:46:59: Dear list, e-Greetings, I've developed some PHP-driven web applications. These applications will be installed on different linux-based servers (typically Debian and Redhat). Usually, after I copy the files to the server, they DO NOT WORK, so I spend hours to debug the problem. Problems are very funny, for example, the program is giving strange errors, and it is not working because short_open_tags are off ! I decided to write a PHP script to check if server's configuration meets my requirements. - checking whether some php extensions are loaded, eg. MCrypt. - checking wheather short_open_tags is ON - checking whether mod_rewrite is enabled - etc. Here's my question: - How do you check if .htaccess is working, *** via php code *** ? It's easy to check if .htaccess exists (@php: file_exists), but how to make sure if .htaccess is working?! - How do you check if AllowOverride is set to All in apache's configuration? Please let me know what do you think. Thank you in advance. -behzad Make sure that you did your scripts executable(chmod +x) You can check .htaccess that way: create .htaccess if folder with script, override some directive thru it, like php's max execution time. thencreatephpscript,getphp value that you've changed(max_execution_time), compare to the value you gave in .htaccess, if values are the same, .htaccess is working! -- Sam I'd advise against using short PHP tags, as they cause all sorts of problems with outputting XML-based code, and as you've seen, it's doesn't make your code very portable. For the sake of a few keystrokes, is it really worth it? Also, I believe they are being phased out as of PHP6, so it might be time to think about updating your code a bit! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
[PHP] A PHP-driven script to determine if the environment is configured correctly (checklist)
Dear list, e-Greetings, I've developed some PHP-driven web applications. These applications will be installed on different linux-based servers (typically Debian and Redhat). Usually, after I copy the files to the server, they DO NOT WORK, so I spend hours to debug the problem. Problems are very funny, for example, the program is giving strange errors, and it is not working because short_open_tags are off ! I decided to write a PHP script to check if server's configuration meets my requirements. - checking whether some php extensions are loaded, eg. MCrypt. - checking wheather short_open_tags is ON - checking whether mod_rewrite is enabled - etc. Here's my question: - How do you check if .htaccess is working, *** via php code *** ? It's easy to check if .htaccess exists (@php: file_exists), but how to make sure if .htaccess is working?! - How do you check if AllowOverride is set to All in apache's configuration? Please let me know what do you think. Thank you in advance. -behzad
Re: [PHP] A PHP-driven script to determine if the environment is configured correctly (checklist)
Здравствуйте, AmirBehzad. Вы писали 17 декабря 2009 г., 17:46:59: Dear list, e-Greetings, I've developed some PHP-driven web applications. These applications will be installed on different linux-based servers (typically Debian and Redhat). Usually, after I copy the files to the server, they DO NOT WORK, so I spend hours to debug the problem. Problems are very funny, for example, the program is giving strange errors, and it is not working because short_open_tags are off ! I decided to write a PHP script to check if server's configuration meets my requirements. - checking whether some php extensions are loaded, eg. MCrypt. - checking wheather short_open_tags is ON - checking whether mod_rewrite is enabled - etc. Here's my question: - How do you check if .htaccess is working, *** via php code *** ? It's easy to check if .htaccess exists (@php: file_exists), but how to make sure if .htaccess is working?! - How do you check if AllowOverride is set to All in apache's configuration? Please let me know what do you think. Thank you in advance. -behzad Make sure that you did your scripts executable(chmod +x) You can check .htaccess that way: create .htaccess if folder with script, override some directive thru it, like php's max execution time. thencreatephpscript,getphp value that you've changed(max_execution_time), compare to the value you gave in .htaccess, if values are the same, .htaccess is working! -- Sam -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
