Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
No. That would be to access the code. Include grabs an entire file. Perhaps you should look into Ajax techniques. -Micah On 04/02/2007 04:06 PM, ioannes wrote: I have a particular business application so just returning html is OK, the output is the useful bit in this case. I understand from the discussion that I can still run my code on my server in response to a remote server requesting the result of a function in that file and that result gets back to that server. So you can use include() to access the result of a function on another server, sounds like. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
I'm not totally clear on what you're asking, so here's two options: If you use the include() function, you're pulling the code from the external server and running on the local server. If you're running an HTTP call, say via an Ajax routine for example, the code runs on the external server. The difference is if you're grabbing the source from the external server and running it on the local php interpreter, or if you're using the external php setup. This seems to be what you're asking, the answer in this case is, either one could happen, it depends on your implementation. If you provide details on the exact implementation then I can give a more exact answer. HTH, -Micah On 04/02/2007 06:53 AM, ioannes wrote: I ask this as I do not have two web sites on different servers to test at the moment. Does it work to use an include function in the php code on one site that calls a function on the other site? If you include a file on a remote server that runs a function, where does the function run - on the server where the function is originally written or on the calling server? I am thinking that if I write code, it is one way to make the functionality available without actually disposing of the source code itself. So the included functions might be variable values. Eg you could pass back a whole calendar to the calling server, which then just prints on the calling web site just by printing the returned variable. (I know that in terms of getting data to mark up the calendar the database would need to be fully referenced: user, password, server, and the calling (shared) host for instance will ask for the remote IP address to add to a white list.) John -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
wouldn't that be very dangerous if someone could grab my code and run it on their server? i'm an intermediate php guy at best. for many reasons i would not want someone including my files and running them on another server!!! i hope there's no easy way to do that! btw if files are outside of the route directory then that means only the local files can all them and execute them, right?? thanks tony My email address has changed. It is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit my website - Original Message - From: Micah Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 4:20 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers I'm not totally clear on what you're asking, so here's two options: If you use the include() function, you're pulling the code from the external server and running on the local server. If you're running an HTTP call, say via an Ajax routine for example, the code runs on the external server. The difference is if you're grabbing the source from the external server and running it on the local php interpreter, or if you're using the external php setup. This seems to be what you're asking, the answer in this case is, either one could happen, it depends on your implementation. If you provide details on the exact implementation then I can give a more exact answer. HTH, -Micah On 04/02/2007 06:53 AM, ioannes wrote: I ask this as I do not have two web sites on different servers to test at the moment. Does it work to use an include function in the php code on one site that calls a function on the other site? If you include a file on a remote server that runs a function, where does the function run - on the server where the function is originally written or on the calling server? I am thinking that if I write code, it is one way to make the functionality available without actually disposing of the source code itself. So the included functions might be variable values. Eg you could pass back a whole calendar to the calling server, which then just prints on the calling web site just by printing the returned variable. (I know that in terms of getting data to mark up the calendar the database would need to be fully referenced: user, password, server, and the calling (shared) host for instance will ask for the remote IP address to add to a white list.) John -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
Tony Miceli wrote: wouldn't that be very dangerous if someone could grab my code and run it on their server? Yeh, pretty dangerous. That's how c99shell and a bunch of other scripts work. i'm an intermediate php guy at best. for many reasons i would not want someone including my files and running them on another server!!! i hope there's no easy way to do that! If they are named with an extension that isn't parsed by php (eg .txt), then they will be executed on another server. If they are parsed by php (ie .php) then including them remotely won't work - it will include whatever your php script spits out (eg html). btw if files are outside of the route directory then that means only the local files can all them and execute them, right?? Right. -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
thanks for your reply. that's what i figured using common sense, but that's not always the case with software. cu tony My email address has changed. It is now [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit my website - Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tony Miceli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers Tony Miceli wrote: wouldn't that be very dangerous if someone could grab my code and run it on their server? Yeh, pretty dangerous. That's how c99shell and a bunch of other scripts work. i'm an intermediate php guy at best. for many reasons i would not want someone including my files and running them on another server!!! i hope there's no easy way to do that! If they are named with an extension that isn't parsed by php (eg .txt), then they will be executed on another server. If they are parsed by php (ie .php) then including them remotely won't work - it will include whatever your php script spits out (eg html). btw if files are outside of the route directory then that means only the local files can all them and execute them, right?? Right. -- Postgresql php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
I have a particular business application so just returning html is OK, the output is the useful bit in this case. I understand from the discussion that I can still run my code on my server in response to a remote server requesting the result of a function in that file and that result gets back to that server. So you can use include() to access the result of a function on another server, sounds like. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
use cURL to execute the remote code Bastien From: ioannes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:06:25 +0100 I have a particular business application so just returning html is OK, the output is the useful bit in this case. I understand from the discussion that I can still run my code on my server in response to a remote server requesting the result of a function in that file and that result gets back to that server. So you can use include() to access the result of a function on another server, sounds like. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php _ RealLiveMoms: Share your experience with Real Live Moms just like you http://www.reallivemoms.ca/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include function across servers
ioannes wrote:
I have a particular business application so just returning html is OK,
the output is the useful bit in this case. I understand from the
discussion that I can still run my code on my server in response to a
remote server requesting the result of a function in that file and that
result gets back to that server. So you can use include() to access the
result of a function on another server, sounds like.
You can include code, but you can't run a function from another server.
That code could include a function but that doesn't mean you'll get the
right results from it.
For example:
?php
mysql_connect();
function get_categories()
{
$return = array();
$query = select * from categories;
$result = mysql_query($query) or die(problem: . mysql_error());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$return[] = $row;
}
return $return;
}
?
including that from a remote server will query your local database - it
will not query your remote database.
So I really suggest finding another way to do whatever you are trying to
do...
1) for security reasons (you don't want anyone else to be able to access
your database or anything else because if you can do it, so can I - plus
a lot of other things to get into your server)
2) for practicality reasons (eg the above)
3) for usability reasons (eg the remote server crashes, your
website/whatever is inaccessible because functionality can't be retrieved)
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Re: [PHP-DB] include function
Ok, I figured it out. I am using jpgraph and I need to place the include statement next to the start of PHP. ? included statement __ Craig Hoffman - eClimb Media v: (847) 644 - 8914 f: (847) 866 - 1946 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.eclimb.net _ On Apr 6, 2004, at 10:24 PM, Craig Hoffman wrote: Someone tell me why this isn't working? I keep getting a parser error on line 36 (the last include). I'm running PHP 4.3.5 if that helps. include (include/dbadmin.php); include (jpgraph/src/jpgraph.php); include (jpgraph/src/jpgraph_bar.php); Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_INCLUDE in /Users/choffman/Sites/www/cyclistsedge/top_performace.php on line 36 __ Craig Hoffman - eClimb Media v: (847) 644 - 8914 f: (847) 866 - 1946 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.eclimb.net _ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include function
did you make sure the previous line had a ; at the end? Check that first. - Original message - From: Craig Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 22:24:27 -0500 Subject: [PHP-DB] include function Someone tell me why this isn't working? I keep getting a parser error on line 36 (the last include). I'm running PHP 4.3.5 if that helps. include (include/dbadmin.php); include (jpgraph/src/jpgraph.php); include (jpgraph/src/jpgraph_bar.php); Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_INCLUDE in /Users/choffman/Sites/www/cyclistsedge/top_performace.php on line 36 __ Craig Hoffman - eClimb Media v: (847) 644 - 8914 f: (847) 866 - 1946 e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.eclimb.net _ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Marcjon -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that is limited to your account. So, when you try to include /includes/dblib.inc it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory called includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it. If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should only have to say: include(dblib.inc); However, if you have this layout: /your/account/dir/main/page.php /your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc /your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc Then page.php would have to say: include(../includes/dblib.inc); Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory, and then it could find dblib.inc I would definitely add: error_reporting(2039); ...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors. Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company if you're not sure). I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something. - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Thanks Jonathan, I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In /main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't work, I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went and changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it to work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within /main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am restarting apache each time I change php.ini. So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql database. Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called userlib.inc that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't worked at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include files can't be found. It's all crazy to me. Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines like: include(dblib.inc); include(userlib.inc); They are both located in /main/ along side page.php which is calling them. They both seem to work this way, but as soon as I place them in /includes/ and try to call them using: include(includes/dblib.inc); include(includes/userlib.inc); I get errors saying that the functions can't be found, however, no errors saying it can't find the include files?? Lastly, even with both include files in /main/ I still have some strange problem with my userlib.inc file because the single function that is in there won't work unless the function is pasted directly into /main/page.php. I think I've made this message way too long but I appreciate your help. I've got the page working reliably with the functions all pasted into page.php but not while including those functions. I just can't think of what could be making it difference. The functions are all the same, just running from an include file is a problem. Thanks again, just writing this up has helped to make more sense to me. I think the crux of the whole thing is the path. I'm using to including files in ASP and those can be relative so something like ../includes/dblib.inc works great. ...Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
I have found the best way for me is always include with the fullpath ie, include(/usr/httpd/mysite/include.inc); or: include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']/include.inc); Then you can include files that are elswhere: include(/usr/httpd/virtual-domain-includes/multi-user-include.inc); these will work no matter what dir or sub dir the page calling the include is in... (I haven't Followed This entire thread.. so sorry if I missed something) JD -Original Message- From: Jonathan Hilgeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 10:10 AM To: 'Brad Melendy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that is limited to your account. So, when you try to include /includes/dblib.inc it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory called includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it. If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should only have to say: include(dblib.inc); However, if you have this layout: /your/account/dir/main/page.php /your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc /your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc Then page.php would have to say: include(../includes/dblib.inc); Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory, and then it could find dblib.inc I would definitely add: error_reporting(2039); ...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors. Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company if you're not sure). I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something. - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Thanks Jonathan, I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In /main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't work, I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went and changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it to work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within /main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am restarting apache each time I change php.ini. So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql database. Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called userlib.inc that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't worked at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include files can't be found. It's all crazy to me. Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines like: include(dblib.inc); include(userlib.inc); They are both located in /main/ along side page.php which is calling them. They both seem to work this way, but as soon as I place them in /includes/ and try to call them using: include(includes/dblib.inc); include(includes/userlib.inc); I get errors saying that the functions can't be found, however, no errors saying it can't find the include files?? Lastly, even with both include files in /main/ I still have some strange problem with my userlib.inc file because the single function that is in there won't work unless the function is pasted directly into /main/page.php. I think I've made this message way too long but I appreciate your help. I've got the page working reliably with the functions all pasted into page.php but not while including those functions. I just can't think of what could be making it difference. The functions are all the same, just running from an include file is a problem. Thanks again, just writing this up has helped to make more sense to me. I think the crux of the whole thing is the path. I'm using to including files in ASP and those can be relative so something like ../includes/dblib.inc works great. ...Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include /includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql
database.
Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called
userlib.inc
that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't
worked
at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc
directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work
fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown
functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include
files
can't be found. It's all crazy to me.
Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines
like:
include(dblib.inc);
include(userlib.inc);
They are both located in /main/ along side page.php which is calling them.
They both seem to work this way, but as soon as I place them in /includes/
and try to call them using:
include(includes/dblib.inc);
include(includes/userlib.inc);
I get errors saying that the functio
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
This might be your problem:
php?
Try:
?php
:)
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include /includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql
database.
Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called
userlib.inc
that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't
worked
at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc
directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work
fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown
functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include
files
can't be found. It's all crazy to me.
Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines
like:
include(dblib.inc);
include(userlib.inc);
They are both located in /main/ al
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
You should also put quotes around your keys in your arrays if they're
non-numeric. For instance:
$session[logged_in] instead of $session[logged_in]
It's good coding habit, and it sometimes will save you from some constant
headaches (pun intended for everyone who has run into this problem before).
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include /includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql
database.
Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called
userlib.inc
that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't
worked
at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc
directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work
fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown
functions being referenced
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Man, this means I have to walk around the block with a sign on my back
saying, I'm a %*$-ASS for letting that one get by. ;-) Thanks a ton
Jonathan. It of course, works now. I think it will be a while before I
make that mistake again.
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
This might be your problem:
php?
Try:
?php
:)
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error
logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried
giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include
/includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any
errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the
problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or
httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever
have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php.
In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that
didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini
file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from
within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change
in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql
database.
Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called
userlib.inc
that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't
worked
at all no matter wh
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
No problem. I wonder if there's a web-based syntax checker for PHP...
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Man, this means I have to walk around the block with a sign on my back
saying, I'm a %*$-ASS for letting that one get by. ;-) Thanks a ton
Jonathan. It of course, works now. I think it will be a while before I
make that mistake again.
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
This might be your problem:
php?
Try:
?php
:)
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error
logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried
giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include
/includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any
errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the
problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or
httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever
have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php.
In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that
didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini
file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from
within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change
in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.in
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
I'll do that Jonathan. I want to thank you again, and everyone else that
gave me suggestions. I think I finally understand all the 'rules' about the
include statement AND that I've got to keep a close eye on my typos. Thanks
once again!
...Brad :-)
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
You should also put quotes around your keys in your arrays if they're
non-numeric. For instance:
$session[logged_in] instead of $session[logged_in]
It's good coding habit, and it sometimes will save you from some
constant
headaches (pun intended for everyone who has run into this problem
before).
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error
logging.
Here is where I'm at now:
Files in use:
/include/dblib.inc
/include/userlib.inc
/main/page.php
My include statements in /main/page.php:
include(../include/dblib.inc);
include(../include/userlib.inc);
All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a
single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get
is:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession()
Here is the file userlib.inc:
php?
session_start();
session_register( session );
function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass )
{
global $session;
$session[id] = $id;
$session[login] = $login;
$session[password] = $pass;
$session[logged_in] = true;
}
?
Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the
session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried
giving
the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've
tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my
browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages,
yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY
userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule
out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error.
I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have.
I think I am almost out of Include Statement Hell. ;-)
...Brad
Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
Probably not. PHP can see the whole filesystem, not just the area that
is
limited to your account. So, when you try to include
/includes/dblib.inc
it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory
called
includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it.
If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should
only
have to say:
include(dblib.inc);
However, if you have this layout:
/your/account/dir/main/page.php
/your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc
/your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc
Then page.php would have to say:
include(../includes/dblib.inc);
Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory,
and
then it could find dblib.inc
I would definitely add:
error_reporting(2039);
...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any
errors.
Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company
if
you're not sure).
I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the
problem
with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or
httpd.conf
file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever
have
to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something.
- Jonathan
-Original Message-
From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan,
I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php.
In
/main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't
work,
I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that
didn't
work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini
file
for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went
and
changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it
to
work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from
within
/main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change
in
the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am
restarting apache each time I change php.ini.
So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from
/main/page.php
by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc?
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
#1. You may want to double-check the path where you're calling it from in case you're working with subdirectories. Let's saying you access a page at www.domain.com/page.php which calls www.domain.com/includes/header.inc. Then, header.inc includes the dblib.inc file at www.domain.com/includes/dblib.inc. However, the include's base directory will still be in page.php - the directory won't change to includes, so for header.inc to include dblib.inc, it has to say: include(includes/dblib.inc); NOT include(dblib.inc); Otherwise, it will be trying to include www.domain.com/dblib.inc because the page that started the whole chain reaction of includes is located at www.domain.com/page.php #2. If you have error reporting turned off, and there is a parsing error in your files, the page may just die without giving a reason. Try turning off any error reporting and also access those include files like userlib.inc directly in your web browser to see if PHP reports any errors. You may need to change the extension to something like userlib.inc.php for the web server to recognize the request correctly. #3. Please give us a little more detail on the errors you're getting (any specific messages would be nice). - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:42 PM To: 'Brad Melendy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Hi Rick, Yes, this is the first thing I checked. Thanks for your suggestion. ...Brad Rick Emery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Thanks Jonathan, I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In /main/page.php I use include(includes/dblib.inc);. When that didn't work, I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went and changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it to work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within /main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am restarting apache each time I change php.ini. So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql database. Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called userlib.inc that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't worked at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include files can't be found. It's all crazy to me. Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines like: include(dblib.inc); include(userlib.inc); They are both located in /main/ along side page.php which is calling them. They both seem to work this way, but as soon as I place them in /includes/ and try to call them using: include(includes/dblib.inc); include(includes/userlib.inc); I get errors saying that the functions can't be found, however, no errors saying it can't find the include files?? Lastly, even with both include files in /main/ I still have some strange problem with my userlib.inc file because the single function that is in there won't work unless the function is pasted directly into /main/page.php. I think I've made this message way too long but I appreciate your help. I've got the page working reliably with the functions all pasted into page.php but not while including those functions. I just can't think of what could be making it difference. The functions are all the same, just running from an include file is a problem. Thanks again, just writing this up has helped to make more sense to me. I think the crux of the whole thing is the path. I'm using to including files in ASP and those can be relative so something like ../includes/dblib.inc works great. ...Brad Jonathan Hilgeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... #1. You may want to double-check the path where you're calling it from in case you're working with subdirectories. Let's saying you access a page at www.domain.com/page.php which calls www.domain.com/includes/header.inc. Then, header.inc includes the dblib.inc file at www.domain.com/includes/dblib.inc. However, the include's base directory will still be in page.php - the directory won't change to includes, so for header.inc to include dblib.inc, it has to say: include(includes/dblib.inc); NOT include(dblib.inc); Otherwise, it will be trying to include www.domain.com/dblib.inc because the page that started the whole chain reaction of includes is located at www.domain.com/page.php #2. If you have error reporting turned off, and there is a parsing error in your files, the page may just die without giving a reason. Try turning off any error reporting and also access those include files like userlib.inc directly in your web browser to see if PHP reports any errors. You may need to change the extension to something like userlib.inc.php for the web server to recognize the request correctly. #3. Please give us a little more detail on the errors you're getting (any specific messages would be nice). - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:42 PM To: 'Brad Melendy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everythi
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
Has anybody told him to check his PHP.INI??? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! #1. You may want to double-check the path where you're calling it from in case you're working with subdirectories. Let's saying you access a page at www.domain.com/page.php which calls www.domain.com/includes/header.inc. Then, header.inc includes the dblib.inc file at www.domain.com/includes/dblib.inc. However, the include's base directory will still be in page.php - the directory won't change to includes, so for header.inc to include dblib.inc, it has to say: include(includes/dblib.inc); NOT include(dblib.inc); Otherwise, it will be trying to include www.domain.com/dblib.inc because the page that started the whole chain reaction of includes is located at www.domain.com/page.php #2. If you have error reporting turned off, and there is a parsing error in your files, the page may just die without giving a reason. Try turning off any error reporting and also access those include files like userlib.inc directly in your web browser to see if PHP reports any errors. You may need to change the extension to something like userlib.inc.php for the web server to recognize the request correctly. #3. Please give us a little more detail on the errors you're getting (any specific messages would be nice). - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:42 PM To: 'Brad Melendy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
At 22:41 3/27/2002 -0600, Dan Brunner wrote: Has anybody told him to check his PHP.INI??? How about adding the following to httpd.conf: php_value include_path .:/usr/share/php:/path/to/webpages --Photocon Conrad Hunziker III www.nightskyent.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
The thing that sucks about having to rely upon the php.ini file is that the you must use a particular folder for all your include files, even if you are using files for several different sites. It makes much more sense to be able to put your include files for a particular site in that site. It's easier for backups, moving the site and for shared hosting. I've gotten it to work partially using the folder defined in the php.ini file, but I want to be able to specifiy a folder from within the calling php file, which is how you should be able to do it. ...Brad Dan Brunner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 01c1d612$e94f0570$b3f7a718@doggy">news:01c1d612$e94f0570$b3f7a718@doggy... Has anybody told him to check his PHP.INI??? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! #1. You may want to double-check the path where you're calling it from in case you're working with subdirectories. Let's saying you access a page at www.domain.com/page.php which calls www.domain.com/includes/header.inc. Then, header.inc includes the dblib.inc file at www.domain.com/includes/dblib.inc. However, the include's base directory will still be in page.php - the directory won't change to includes, so for header.inc to include dblib.inc, it has to say: include(includes/dblib.inc); NOT include(dblib.inc); Otherwise, it will be trying to include www.domain.com/dblib.inc because the page that started the whole chain reaction of includes is located at www.domain.com/page.php #2. If you have error reporting turned off, and there is a parsing error in your files, the page may just die without giving a reason. Try turning off any error reporting and also access those include files like userlib.inc directly in your web browser to see if PHP reports any errors. You may need to change the extension to something like userlib.inc.php for the web server to recognize the request correctly. #3. Please give us a little more detail on the errors you're getting (any specific messages would be nice). - Jonathan -Original Message- From: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:42 PM To: 'Brad Melendy'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! did you start each include file with: ?php ? If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text -Original Message- From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: include (dblib.inc); However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on the next line: include (userlib.inc); And that doesn't work. Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( Thanks for any tips or suggestions. Brad -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell!
On Thursday 28 March 2002 14:58, Brad Melendy wrote: How is this different than using the php.ini file? Photocon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... At 22:41 3/27/2002 -0600, Dan Brunner wrote: Has anybody told him to check his PHP.INI??? How about adding the following to httpd.conf: php_value include_path .:/usr/share/php:/path/to/webpages Because you can have per-site settings which are different from those of php.ini. Also you can have per-file settings by using the ini_set() function. If you're not able to change the httpd.conf file then just use ini_set() at the beginning of all your php files to specify an include path. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Support wildlife -- vote for an orgy. */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Include
Yes that is correct. On a security point of view therer is something extra you can do.. when using require you can require files that are outside the web tree...by this I mean are not accessible thru the internet. So if you site was in /home/web then you could setup a directory, say /home/web_vars and in this put these kind of files. In the require statement you just then simple put in the full path, eg require(/home/web_vars/vars.php); The advantage of doing this is security When the file with such sensitive information is included in the web tree then there are (admittedly limited) possible scenarios in which this could be compramised. It is generally accepted that it is sensible to avoid putting such information in the web tree. Hope I've been clear, let me know if you need any more advice. so in var.php i will put something like this $db=mydatabse; $username=myusername; $password=mypassword; and so on? -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! Seb Frost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... chuck all the common variables in var.php then just put ?php require(var.php); ? - seb -Original Message- From: CrossWalkCentral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 August 2001 03:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Include OK here is one for you folks that know what you are doing. I am making a script and I have about 5 php files in it. That have alot of the same system variables can I create one file with these settings in it and if so any one want to give me some hints on this thanks again. -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Include
Thank you I got it working good deal -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! Tom Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 001201c12888$bb8a9790$0a00a8c0@bjorn">news:001201c12888$bb8a9790$0a00a8c0@bjorn... Yes that is correct. On a security point of view therer is something extra you can do.. when using require you can require files that are outside the web tree...by this I mean are not accessible thru the internet. So if you site was in /home/web then you could setup a directory, say /home/web_vars and in this put these kind of files. In the require statement you just then simple put in the full path, eg require(/home/web_vars/vars.php); The advantage of doing this is security When the file with such sensitive information is included in the web tree then there are (admittedly limited) possible scenarios in which this could be compramised. It is generally accepted that it is sensible to avoid putting such information in the web tree. Hope I've been clear, let me know if you need any more advice. so in var.php i will put something like this $db=mydatabse; $username=myusername; $password=mypassword; and so on? -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! Seb Frost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... chuck all the common variables in var.php then just put ?php require(var.php); ? - seb -Original Message- From: CrossWalkCentral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 August 2001 03:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Include OK here is one for you folks that know what you are doing. I am making a script and I have about 5 php files in it. That have alot of the same system variables can I create one file with these settings in it and if so any one want to give me some hints on this thanks again. -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP-DB] Include
chuck all the common variables in var.php then just put ?php require(var.php); ? - seb -Original Message- From: CrossWalkCentral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 August 2001 03:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Include OK here is one for you folks that know what you are doing. I am making a script and I have about 5 php files in it. That have alot of the same system variables can I create one file with these settings in it and if so any one want to give me some hints on this thanks again. -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Include
so in var.php i will put something like this $db=mydatabse; $username=myusername; $password=mypassword; and so on? -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! Seb Frost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... chuck all the common variables in var.php then just put ?php require(var.php); ? - seb -Original Message- From: CrossWalkCentral [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 August 2001 03:18 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Include OK here is one for you folks that know what you are doing. I am making a script and I have about 5 php files in it. That have alot of the same system variables can I create one file with these settings in it and if so any one want to give me some hints on this thanks again. -- Cross Walk Central www.crosswalkcentral.net Support Center Your Web Hosting Community! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Include File Syntax
Hi Format of included files is the same as original .php file.:) When you include .php file it is the same as you copy that file in your main .php file in that place. This is my first time programming with PHP. I have seen include files in the beginning of a php block and wonder is there a specific syntax used in these files and how secure this is vs code in my .php page? Can someone show me a small example of what the include file might look like that would contain variables for $mysql server, $username $password and $db_name. Any comments you may have about security involving files containing these variables and where to store them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks In Advance. Kat -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP-DB] Include File Syntax
hi kat, the include files are simply a way for repetitive code (like a connection to a db) to be inserted into your pages. the syntax for the files is the same as any php script and it is added to the page at the point that you include it. the format is include (page_name.php); the pages that are included are as secure as your scripts. Steve -Original Message- From: James McLaughlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 April 2001 08:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] Include File Syntax This is my first time programming with PHP. I have seen include files in the beginning of a php block and wonder is there a specific syntax used in these files and how secure this is vs code in my .php page? Can someone show me a small example of what the include file might look like that would contain variables for $mysql server, $username $password and $db_name. Any comments you may have about security involving files containing these variables and where to store them would be greatly appreciated. Thanks In Advance. Kat -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
