[PHP] Re: php-general Digest 5 May 2011 21:55:09 -0000 Issue 7299

2011-05-05 Thread e-letter
Readers, Looking through the mail lists archives, only the following message seems to advise about the possibility to use gnuplot: http://marc.info/?l=php-general&m=96248542218029&w=2 Is it possible to start gnuplot using php, to plot a graph from postgresql data. For example, a table is created

[PHP] Re: postgresql database access failure

2011-05-02 Thread e-letter
> >Here's the URL of the relevant manual page: >http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.pg-fetch-result.php > The manual page did not explain the purpose of the text 'die', so was ignored (;)). Anyway, the php code was amended as follows: The result is a web page which shows: list of fil

Re: [PHP] postgresql database access failure

2011-05-02 Thread e-letter
The query was: $query = 'SELECT * FROM databasetablename'; So, database access seems to be the problem. Using the superuser account 'postgres', a user 'httpd' was created and all privileges were granted to the target database using the postgresql 'grant' command. However the user 'httpd' is not t

Re: [PHP] postgresql database access failure

2011-05-01 Thread e-letter
The file was changed: ... $value=pg_fetch_result($query,1,1); echo 'all files' . var_dump($value); ... The resultant web page produces: bool(false) all files The php file was changed again: ... $value=pg_fetch_result($query); echo 'all fi

Re: [PHP] postgresql database access failure

2011-05-01 Thread e-letter
On 30/04/2011, Daniel Brown wrote: > Readers? Sounds like you spend too much time writing newsletters > (to the wrong address, since php-general-digest-h...@lists.php.net is > a self-help command list for digest-form subscriptions). ;-P > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 04:41,

[PHP] postgresql database access failure

2011-04-30 Thread e-letter
Readers, A postgresql database (local disk installation) is successfully accessed as a normal user: psql -U username databasename However, creating a php file to access the database has not been successful. why does this fail? The followin

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-26 Thread e-letter
On 20/08/2010, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > You don't have to reinstall the entire OS, that's a very Windows > approach to the problem. I played around a bit last night with urpmi and > you should be able to just list the packages you need with urpmq --fuzzy > package_name, and then install the ones l

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-20 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > No, because Apache doesn't need to process HTML in the same way it needs > to process PHP. The tag browser as HTML (view the source on the page you're browsing to) and > interpreted as a tag by your browser, hence what appears to be partially > processed ou

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, HallMarc Websites wrote: > I agree with the earlier take on this situation; you need to start at the > beginning and learn the basics regarding the technologies BEFORE you try and > manage them. You're trying to drive a car when you don't even know what or > car is and how to operat

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > As Colin suggested on another email, check to see if apache-mod_php was > installed too. It seems likely that it wasn't for some reason. How to verify please? Also, the instruction to use task-lamp; it seems this is for mysql but the database to be used is

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > I think it's fairly clear that for whatever reason, PHP isn't properly > configured with Apache. You've mentioned you're using Mandriva, which, > coincidentally, is what i've just recently installed on my home machine. > It has a very good graphical package

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, David McGlone wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 23:08 +0100, e-letter wrote: >> On 18/08/2010, David McGlone wrote: >> > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 21:54 +0100, e-letter wrote: >> >> On 18/08/2010, David McGlone wrote: >> >> > >> >

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-19 Thread e-letter
On 19/08/2010, David McGlone wrote: > Yes it is. But your computer needs the correct software to view that php > file in a web browser as if it was a web page. If you do not have this > software installed, then the web browser will ask you if you want to > download the file instead. > The web bro

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: e-letter > >> On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:10 AM, e-letter wrote: >>> >>>> On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: >>>> > What are the actual file permissions when you r

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 12:10 +0100, e-letter wrote: > >> On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: >> > What are the actual file permissions when you run ls -o? >> > >> root >> > >> > Do you know if PHP is instal

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:10 AM, e-letter wrote: > >> On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: >> > What are the actual file permissions when you run ls -o? >> > >> root >> > > What's the entire output of ls -o? > [r

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: > What are the actual file permissions when you run ls -o? > root > > Do you know if PHP is installed as an apache mod or cgi? Also you might > check what user apache is running as. > No. How to verify? > possibly... > $ vi /etc/apache2/envvars > No apache2 on my com

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, Peter Lind wrote: > On 18 August 2010 12:47, e-letter wrote: >> On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: >>> php is not processing the file. There's a few reasons for this, but the >>> first thing I would check is the permissions of the file. From the &g

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
On 18/08/2010, chris h wrote: > php is not processing the file. There's a few reasons for this, but the > first thing I would check is the permissions of the file. From the > directory try > > $ ls -oa > The file permission was confirmed as root, since it was copied (as root) from a normal user

Re: [PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
I changed the code as follows: php test Hi, I am a PHP script"; ?> this is a test The result (http://localhost/test.php): Hi,

[PHP] tutorial failure

2010-08-18 Thread e-letter
Readers, Copy below of message sent 15 August to php install digest list, but to date not including in mail archive? The tutorial example: php test Hi, I am a PHP script'; ?> this is a test