On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 08:49 -0600, mike bode wrote: > I understand, but that's not an option. I am not interested in getting into > a Linux vs. Windows fight here, let's just say that I am stuck with Windows. > > Now, somthing's gotta be seriously wrong here. I have tried now 4 or 5 > different scripts for the photo gallery that I am trying to implement and > NONE of them has worked. I have enabled all extensions and loaded all > modules in Apache and php -- still nothing. > > I can't believe that the Apache Society out there simply ignores the 80% or > so that use Windows. Can anybody point me to a group that deals with Apache > (PHP) on Windows? Thanks. > > mike > > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1251290333.27899.27.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 08:27 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > >> I recommend you start by replacing Vista. There are so many problems > >> with it that Microsoft is rushing to ship a replacement as soon as > >> possible. It remains to be seen whether Windows 7 is a real fix or > >> merely more of the same problems. > >> > >> I am not aware of any serious developers writing code specifically for > >> Vista. We only test our products on it enough to decide if we will > >> support each product on that OS. If they don't work out of the box, we > >> don't support them nor recommend our clients install them on Vista. > >> There are no copies of Vista installed in the company outside of the ESX > >> servers used for testing. > >> > >> I would recommend Red Hat as the replacement. > >> > >> Bob McConnell > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: mike bode [mailto:mikebode1@xxxxxxxxxxx] > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:41 PM > >> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: page works on public web site, but not on my computer > >> > >> I just de-installed, then re-installed MySQL, Apache and PHP 5.3. No > >> changes. The script does not work on my computer. > >> > >> Now I get in addition to the error message below this: > >> > >> [Tue Aug 25 21:29:11 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Deprecated: > >> Function eregi() is deprecated in > >> C:\\webdev\\rmv3\\album\\getalbumpics.php > >> on line 11, referer: http://localhost/album.php > >> > >> Don't know if those warnings would stop the execution of the php script. > >> > >> > >> ""mike bode"" <mikebode1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > >> news:99.F2.08117.CCF749A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> >I have posted the question in another thread a bit down, but only > >> buried > >> >within the thread, so please excuse me when I ask again. > >> > > >> > I want to use some PHP code from a web site > >> > (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex4/php-photoalbum.htm), and I > >> am > >> > following their instruction how to implement it. I was not able to get > >> it > >> > to work. Then I uploaded the code to a server, and lo and behold, it > >> does > >> > work on the server. On the public site you see thumbnails of images > >> (never > >> > mind the junk above them), when I run the SAME html and php code on my > >> > >> > omputer, I get a blank white page. > >> > > >> > The error log has several entries, but they are all warnings: > >> > > >> > [Tue Aug 25 18:12:00 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PHP Warning: > >> > date(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You > >> are > >> > *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the > >> > date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those > >> > methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely > >> misspelled > >> > the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Denver' for '-6.0/DST' > >> > instead in C:\\webdev\\rmv3\\album\\getalbumpics.php on line 11, > >> referer: > >> > http://localhost/album.htm > >> > > >> > (this error is repeated for as many images I have in the directory > >> that > >> > the php script is reading). > >> > > >> > Between php.ini, httpd.conf, and Windows Vista, I can't figure out > >> where > >> > to start to diagnose this, and how. Anybody out there who can give me > >> a > >> > pointer on how to roubleshoot this issue? I am almost ready to throw > >> in > >> > the towel and either start from scratch (although this is alrady the > >> > second time that I have uninstalled and re-installed everything), or > >> > simply forget about php altogether. that would be a shame, though... > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > I'll second that. I don't use Windows myself anymore for anything except > > World of Warcraft, but my little time spent using Vista has left me > > wanting to do violence! You can't go too wrong with using a Linux OS as > > your development server, as that is what is in use on the majority of > > the worlds web servers anyway. I've also not yet seen any PHP apps which > > will only work on Windows, and I believe that most of the modules that > > are in mainstream use at the moment are available on Linux (and more > > than likely were available to that platform before Windows) and in a lot > > of cases perform better. > > > > Also, having a good bit of Linux experience under your belt can work > > wonders on your CV! > > > > RedHat is good for this sort of thing, or Fedora if you intend to use it > > as your desktop machine also (as they are pretty much the same, but > > Fedora is where new features, etc are seen first out of the two. Suse > > isn't bad, and has some good Windows network integration (for things > > like Active Directory) if you are using it as a work desktop machine as > > well as a development server. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > It's actually probably a lot closer to 20% who use Windows. You've mentioned that you are new to PHP. Are you able to post the whole script somewhere so we can look at it and figure out what is going wrong? Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
