php-windows Digest 23 Jan 2001 21:00:32 -0000 Issue 411
Topics (messages 5149 through 5176):
Re: createing a php script with reloadable modules.
5149 by: phobo
5152 by: kill-9
5164 by: Larry Forrister
5167 by: John McCreesh
5168 by: Gonzalo Vera
Re: Automating web data input and extraction
5150 by: Michael Rudel
Re: No More Crashes!
5151 by: Arve Bersvendsen
5156 by: Gonzalo Vera
PHP error accessing ORA 8i
5153 by: Leon Santos Filho
True Type Fonts
5154 by: Mariusz Buk
Re: Random Code
5155 by: Asendorf, John
5165 by: Larry Forrister
5166 by: Asendorf, John
5170 by: Svensson, B.A.T.
5171 by: Svensson, B.A.T.
5173 by: Svensson, B.A.T.
5174 by: phobo
5175 by: Sigurd Magnusson
5176 by: Asendorf, John
Re: PHP4 / WinNT 4 / Oracle 7.3 via ODBC
5157 by: Carlos Correa Goncalves
5162 by: Svensson, B.A.T.
Page names as variables?
5158 by: Ed Meyer
5161 by: Robert Collins
5163 by: Boget, Chris
5172 by: Ed Meyer
WinNT 4.0 wrkst / Oracle 8.1.6 - succeed
5159 by: Andris Jancevskis
5160 by: Andris Jancevskis
PDF Problem
5169 by: Conover, Ryan
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I can't see why PHP would crash? When it runs a PHP file, it would open the
entire file and cache the whole thing surely ? In the .05ms that it takes to
overwrite a file, it would be apache not PHP i would say, that would cause
problems ... ?
Siggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> Ok feelings are also welcome :)
>
> yes the script will be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I need the
> script to pick up the changes I make. I assumed that php would cashe the
> script it was curtly running and there for not pick up any changes I made
> while I was running it. which is what I need it to do.
>
> kill-9
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
>
>
> > My feeling ...
> >
> > Your script wont be running for 24hours, so you can just edit the PHP
file
> > directly, can't you? Make a copy of your main PHP file, make the changes
> you
> > need, and copy/overwrite the existing one. I assume the PHP engine
doesn't
> > read the file a line at a time but instead caches the whole script, so
you
> > wont have any problems of the php script failing because it was changes
> > 'half way through'
> >
> > Siggy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:26 PM
> > Subject: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> >
> >
> > Ok guys I need your help I'm banging my head against the wall on this
one.
> >
> > I need to do something like modules in a script. The main script runs
24/7
> I
> > want to be able to change the modules run time. have some kind of flag
> set
> > to have it update/reload the module. I cant do something like an
include
> > with the modules because they wont be refreshed that and you cant
> > re-included a function that has already been include once and
include_once
> > wont work either because that wont refresh the module.
> >
> > here are my thoughts.
> >
> > if I use system or pass thru to set off the modules. but the question
is
> I
> > need to pass the module a file pointer. and so far I have been unable
to
> > pass a file pointer to another script.
> >
> > another option would be to use fopen to buffer the module and using exec
> to
> > execute this new module. I could reload the module by re reading the
> file.
> > would this work?
> >
> > all comments ,opinions , ideas , and wild guesses are welcome. I'm
stuck
> > and need some new ideas on how to do this.
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > kill-9
> > www.kill-9.dk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
yes but. when does it cashe the file. at the beginning right when the
script first starts running. isn't there a way to make it hmm refresh the
cashed file reload its self to pick up the changes? what if I add a new
module while it is running. how do I get it to pick up this new module.
what if I make a change in the module how do I get it to pick up the change
in the module with out shutting down the core script. shutting down the
core script is the last thing I want to do it has to remain running.
currently I am looking at running each module as a separate script the core
script kicks off each of the modules one at a time. but this just seams to
be the wrong way to go about it. but at least that way any changes in the
modules would be picked up next time they where run by the core script.
btw thanks for all your feelings. having someone to hash this out with is
helping.
kill-9
----- Original Message -----
From: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> I can't see why PHP would crash? When it runs a PHP file, it would open
the
> entire file and cache the whole thing surely ? In the .05ms that it takes
to
> overwrite a file, it would be apache not PHP i would say, that would cause
> problems ... ?
>
> Siggy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
>
>
> > Ok feelings are also welcome :)
> >
> > yes the script will be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I need the
> > script to pick up the changes I make. I assumed that php would cashe the
> > script it was curtly running and there for not pick up any changes I
made
> > while I was running it. which is what I need it to do.
> >
> > kill-9
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:24 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> >
> >
> > > My feeling ...
> > >
> > > Your script wont be running for 24hours, so you can just edit the PHP
> file
> > > directly, can't you? Make a copy of your main PHP file, make the
changes
> > you
> > > need, and copy/overwrite the existing one. I assume the PHP engine
> doesn't
> > > read the file a line at a time but instead caches the whole script, so
> you
> > > wont have any problems of the php script failing because it was
changes
> > > 'half way through'
> > >
> > > Siggy
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:26 PM
> > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ok guys I need your help I'm banging my head against the wall on this
> one.
> > >
> > > I need to do something like modules in a script. The main script runs
> 24/7
> > I
> > > want to be able to change the modules run time. have some kind of
flag
> > set
> > > to have it update/reload the module. I cant do something like an
> include
> > > with the modules because they wont be refreshed that and you cant
> > > re-included a function that has already been include once and
> include_once
> > > wont work either because that wont refresh the module.
> > >
> > > here are my thoughts.
> > >
> > > if I use system or pass thru to set off the modules. but the
question
> is
> > I
> > > need to pass the module a file pointer. and so far I have been unable
> to
> > > pass a file pointer to another script.
> > >
> > > another option would be to use fopen to buffer the module and using
exec
> > to
> > > execute this new module. I could reload the module by re reading the
> > file.
> > > would this work?
> > >
> > > all comments ,opinions , ideas , and wild guesses are welcome. I'm
> stuck
> > > and need some new ideas on how to do this.
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > kill-9
> > > www.kill-9.dk
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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Is this running under a web server? How is it running 24/7?
~~LF
kill-9 wrote:
> yes but. when does it cashe the file. at the beginning right when the
> script first starts running. isn't there a way to make it hmm refresh the
> cashed file reload its self to pick up the changes? what if I add a new
> module while it is running. how do I get it to pick up this new module.
> what if I make a change in the module how do I get it to pick up the change
> in the module with out shutting down the core script. shutting down the
> core script is the last thing I want to do it has to remain running.
>
> currently I am looking at running each module as a separate script the core
> script kicks off each of the modules one at a time. but this just seams to
> be the wrong way to go about it. but at least that way any changes in the
> modules would be picked up next time they where run by the core script.
>
> btw thanks for all your feelings. having someone to hash this out with is
> helping.
>
> kill-9
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
>
> > I can't see why PHP would crash? When it runs a PHP file, it would open
> the
> > entire file and cache the whole thing surely ? In the .05ms that it takes
> to
> > overwrite a file, it would be apache not PHP i would say, that would cause
> > problems ... ?
> >
> > Siggy
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:11 PM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> >
> >
> > > Ok feelings are also welcome :)
> > >
> > > yes the script will be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week. I need the
> > > script to pick up the changes I make. I assumed that php would cashe the
> > > script it was curtly running and there for not pick up any changes I
> made
> > > while I was running it. which is what I need it to do.
> > >
> > > kill-9
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "phobo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> > >
> > >
> > > > My feeling ...
> > > >
> > > > Your script wont be running for 24hours, so you can just edit the PHP
> > file
> > > > directly, can't you? Make a copy of your main PHP file, make the
> changes
> > > you
> > > > need, and copy/overwrite the existing one. I assume the PHP engine
> > doesn't
> > > > read the file a line at a time but instead caches the whole script, so
> > you
> > > > wont have any problems of the php script failing because it was
> changes
> > > > 'half way through'
> > > >
> > > > Siggy
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "kill-9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 9:26 PM
> > > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] createing a php script with reloadable modules.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ok guys I need your help I'm banging my head against the wall on this
> > one.
> > > >
> > > > I need to do something like modules in a script. The main script runs
> > 24/7
> > > I
> > > > want to be able to change the modules run time. have some kind of
> flag
> > > set
> > > > to have it update/reload the module. I cant do something like an
> > include
> > > > with the modules because they wont be refreshed that and you cant
> > > > re-included a function that has already been include once and
> > include_once
> > > > wont work either because that wont refresh the module.
> > > >
> > > > here are my thoughts.
> > > >
> > > > if I use system or pass thru to set off the modules. but the
> question
> > is
> > > I
> > > > need to pass the module a file pointer. and so far I have been unable
> > to
> > > > pass a file pointer to another script.
> > > >
> > > > another option would be to use fopen to buffer the module and using
> exec
> > > to
> > > > execute this new module. I could reload the module by re reading the
> > > file.
> > > > would this work?
> > > >
> > > > all comments ,opinions , ideas , and wild guesses are welcome. I'm
> > stuck
> > > > and need some new ideas on how to do this.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > kill-9
> > > > www.kill-9.dk
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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In article <003e01c0852c$b4236e50$064af2d4@kill9>, kill-9 <kill-9@kill-
9.dk> writes
>btw thanks for all your feelings. having someone to hash this out with is
>helping.
If someone has a cached copy of your page in their browser / their proxy
server cache / their ISP's proxy server cache / etc, I don't know of any
*guaranteed* way of flushing it out from the server (with some browsers,
you can't even guarantee that using the 'reload' button will flush
everything out...).
Having said that, I develop on a single machine running Apache, PHP, and
browser. Any time I change any bit of source code, all I need to do is
press the 'reload' button on the browser and I always pick up the latest
version of all the modules.
Anything more than that ... you're in the hands of the gods.
Good luck - John
I wonder at what kind of script you have, that needs to be run
absolutely nonstop 24/7, but I'll share some "wild guesses":
1. It is not run by a web server, otherwise it would timeout the
server (which doesn't mean that it doesn't have relation with your web
pages). Your 24/7 script is being command-line launched with no direct
relation with the web server. Is that so?
2. Either you're using the set_time_limit to an unbelievably high
value or your script is being executed on a loop, once and again, but
running fresh new once in a while. Otherwise, how do you manage PHP
not timing out on your 24/7 script?
3. Is your script so critical that it absolutely can't be stopped for
a fraction of a second, just te be launched again, and so, refreshing
your modules.
Maybe having at least some idea of what you're trying to accomplish
would lead to better suggestions (instead of just feelings or wild
guesses ;) ).
Gonzalo.
> In article <003e01c0852c$b4236e50$064af2d4@kill9>, kill-9 <kill-9@kill-
9.dk>> writes
>>btw thanks for all your feelings. having someone to hash this out with is
>>helping.
> If someone has a cached copy of your page in their browser / their proxy
> server cache / their ISP's proxy server cache / etc, I don't know of any
> *guaranteed* way of flushing it out from the server (with some browsers,
> you can't even guarantee that using the 'reload' button will flush
> everything out...).
> Having said that, I develop on a single machine running Apache, PHP, and
> browser. Any time I change any bit of source code, all I need to do is
> press the 'reload' button on the browser and I always pick up the latest
> version of all the modules.
> Anything more than that ... you're in the hands of the gods.
> Good luck - John
Hi Emmanuel,
I think a possible way is to create a JavaScript that opens the
site. You can now enter the values in the Form-fields (JavaScript).
Then you Post it. Now you have your result page. Do with it what
you want (e.g. parse it ...).
Hope this helps.
Greetinx,
Mike
(Germany)
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Emore, Emmanuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Januar 2001 05:54
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: [PHP-WIN] Automating web data input and extraction
I am looking for a way to automatically enter data into a web form and
extract the result of the search to a mysql database. The information I am
trying to retrieve resides on a separate server/site that I have no control
over. The only access is through the web pages/forms.
I am running PHP 4.0.4/Apache/MySQL on WinNT.
Thanks
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On 22.01.01 at 11:47 Gonzalo Vera wrote:
> 1. With PHP running as an apache module, launching applications from
> context menus freezes explorer, messing up the display by having to
> kill the application and having Win run it again (thus, losing all
> tray icons).
>
> 2. With PHP as module, several second delay (freezing windows) when
> launching applications using Windows' hot-keys. (Related to n. 1 ?)
>
> 3. Again, when running as module, there's a conflict with some
> applications (my best example is Eudora lite 3.0.6): it freezes upon
> launching, unfreezes when I stop apache, and works ok from then on
> when I re-start apache.
I can confirm all of these, although with an entirely different set of
applications; Servant Salamander, EditPlus, Mozilla 0.7. Context menus
simply won't work.
Gonzalo; will you file a bug report on www.php.net?
Yes, I'll file a bug report. Thanx!
Gonzalo.
> On 22.01.01 at 11:47 Gonzalo Vera wrote:
>> 1. With PHP running as an apache module, launching applications from
>> context menus freezes explorer, messing up the display by having to
>> kill the application and having Win run it again (thus, losing all
>> tray icons).
>>
>> 2. With PHP as module, several second delay (freezing windows) when
>> launching applications using Windows' hot-keys. (Related to n. 1 ?)
>>
>> 3. Again, when running as module, there's a conflict with some
>> applications (my best example is Eudora lite 3.0.6): it freezes upon
>> launching, unfreezes when I stop apache, and works ok from then on
>> when I re-start apache.
> I can confirm all of these, although with an entirely different set of
> applications; Servant Salamander, EditPlus, Mozilla 0.7. Context menus
> simply won't work.
> Gonzalo; will you file a bug report on www.php.net?
Hello! I'm a beginner in PHP and I try to access an Oracle 8i database through OCI and
ORACLE extensions, but it always generate an Access Violation Error in module
ORANLS8.DLL.
PHP is running in following configuration :
PIII - 800Mhz w/ 64 mb ram
Win98 SE w/ PWS
client Ora8i
PHP code using Oracle extension(I get from PHP tutorial):
<html>
<head>
<title>Accessing Oracle Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
PutEnv("ORACLE_HOME=ORA81");
$connection = Ora_Logon ("scott", "tiger");
if ($connection == false){
echo Ora_ErrorCode($connection).": ".Ora_Error($connection)."<BR>";
exit;
}
Ora_Logoff ($connection);
?>
</body>
</html>
OCI causes the same problem.
The error message details (in portuguese, sorry):
PHP causou uma falha de página inválida no
módulo ORANLS8.DLL em 016f:60801ecf.
Registros:
EAX=00000000 CS=016f EIP=60801ecf EFLGS=00010246
EBX=007acd0c SS=0177 ESP=0063baf0 EBP=0063bcfc
ECX=00000000 DS=0177 ESI=007ad69c FS=486f
EDX=00670214 ES=0177 EDI=007ad670 GS=0000
Bytes em CS:EIP:
66 8b 48 10 8b 04 8a 8b 4d 24 89 86 b0 00 00 00
Esvaziamento da pilha:
007ad69c 007ad670 007ad670 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Thank's.
Leon
.
I'm using PHP4 on WinNT with latest Apache... in documentation is written I
should use freetype library to be able to use ttf functions... i can't get
this library, becouse www.freetype.org has some troubles with it's web page.
Could somebody help me with this?
Thx
Mariusz
My guess is that you would need to create the random number and then check
that number against a database of saved "random" numbers, to insure
uniqueness. If someone would like to critique it, please do
I wrote this just for you because I was curious...
<?php
//holder for the final random thingy
$final_rand = "";
//gotta seed the random number generator, although I have no idea what this
does
srand ((double) microtime() * 10000000);
//a little alpha-num array
$alpha = array ("A" , "B" , "C" , "D" , "E" , "F" , "G" , "H" , "I" , "J" ,
"K" , "L" , "M" , "N" , "O" , "P" , "Q" , "R" , "S" , "T" , "U" , "V" , "X"
, "Y" , "Z" , "1" , "2" , "3" , "4" , "5" , "6" , "7" , "8" , "9" , "0" );
//get 8 keys for the array
$rand_keys = array_rand ($alpha, 8);
//cycle through the random keys and build the thingy
for ( $i = 0 ; $i <= 7 ; $i++ ) {
$final_rand .= $alpha[$rand_keys[$i]];
//throw a dash in there
if ( $i == 3 ) {
$final_rand .= "-";
}
}
echo $final_rand;
//now you need to check the final value against a database or a comma
delimited text file or something where you can check to see if the item has
ever been used before and if not, added to the end of the database
?>
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Web Applications Developer
http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY!
Licking County, Ohio, USA
740-349-3631
The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal Reserve notes with
$1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to estimates of the
General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sigurd Magnusson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
> Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code
> in the format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can
> be alphanumerc; 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4
> number, converting to to base '36', and repeating the
> process. What's a good way to ensure the code is not repeated, though?
>
> Siggy
>
Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
(2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
With what frequency do the values need to be generated? Once every few
seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
~~LF
Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
> Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
> format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be alphanumerc;
> 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number, converting to to
> base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way to ensure the
> code is not repeated, though?
>
> Siggy
Oh, I didn't think of transaction time... this is a very good question.
And a very good project for someone else to look in to....
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John Asendorf - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Applications Developer
http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY!
Licking County, Ohio, USA
740-349-3631
The benefit to the government of replacing all $1 Federal Reserve notes with
$1 coins would be $522.2 million per year, according to estimates of the
General Accouting Office released on April 7, 2000.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Forrister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 1:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
> Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
> (2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
>
> A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
> guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
> pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
>
> With what frequency do the values need to be generated? Once
> every few
> seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
> ~~LF
>
>
> Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
>
> > Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
> > format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be
> alphanumerc;
> > 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number,
> converting to to
> > base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way to
> ensure the
> > code is not repeated, though?
> >
> > Siggy
>
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Indeed a very interesting question you put forward (and probably OOT too :-)
In programming there does not exist "The Best Way". "Best" always depends on
what you consider to be important and less important - that's why
programmers most often writes same piece of code in different ways, and
that's why one should be considerate about to think an extra time before one
classifies some other programmers code as "crap shit". :)
(For ex there might be a reasons like "The Best Way" why M$ made there OS
code as they did - though it hard for use normal mortal none-devine
programmers to perceive it... :)
There exists a class of 1-1 functions that behaves "randomly", you can uses
one of these. They are well know from analytic math. In principle they work
like this: in the beginning (x close to zero) the curve f(x) behave
relatively nice like any other curve, but as one progress further away from
zero (towards +oo) f(x) starts to get a shape that reminds of a truly random
distributed curve, but f(x) is of course still functional dependent - that
is, "FOR-EVERY(a) : IF f(a)=Y1 AND f(a)=Y2 THEN Y1=Y2", read: for each time
you execute the function with an input, it will yield the same output as the
previous calculation with the very same input. In other words, the function
result is determent in advance (that is not randomly generated) - but still:
it is bloody hard to predict its output in without actually having done the
calculation in advance. ;)
The "only" thing you then have to do is two things:
1) create a mapping function for the output, for ex: 1 == 'AAAA-0000', 2 ==
'AAAA-0001', etc, etc, or what ever way you like it to be.
2) keep track of "used" numbers.
One simple, but naive, approach to 2) would be to simply starting at a
specific predetermined number (x-value), and then just increment x with a
fixed factor, for ex 0,1 (= 0.1, in U.S. notation), or Pi, or
whatever-you-feel-for, whenever you need to produce a new number However,
this does not guarantee uniqueness, which means that you need to check the
current output value against all previous output values. This is made simple
by a brute force algorithm which, obviously, scans the previous number
whether an output of this value has been or not has been produced before.
This is the "best" way if you want to write a simple algorithm, but it is
not the best way considering CPU load on the system. For this, there exist
hashing techniques to keep track of large number of values, this might be
fast finders of used numbers. This could be considered "best" from an
CPU-minimization approach, but the programming gets a little bit more
tricky.
But happily enough, as this forum implicitly is about databases, one can
"cheat" and store the numbers in the database(!), index the table that
stores the values, and then get rid of the problem to have to write the
hashing algorithms - since it already done in the DBMS.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sigurd Magnusson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:59 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
>Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in
>the format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be
>alphanumerc; 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4
>number, converting to to base '36', and repeating the process.
>What's a good way to ensure the code is not repeated, though?
>
>Siggy
>
If one need to create multiple numbers per second (that is cal;culation time
is critical), then I would suggest, in accordance to my previous letter,
that one should pick a functions that is guaranteed to be constantly
growing, that is that the property "x1>x2 -> f(x1)>f(x2)" always will hold
true for the function f. If this is the case, then the f will be able to
produce input values for a mapping function that can be guaranteed to
produce unique numbers.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Forrister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:26 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
>Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
>(2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
>
>A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
>guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
>pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
>
>With what frequency do the values need to be generated? Once every few
>seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
>~~LF
>
>
>Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
>
>> Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
>> format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be alphanumerc;
>> 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number, converting to to
>> base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way to ensure the
>> code is not repeated, though?
>>
>> Siggy
>
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Just realized a serious problem with this approach: it will, due to its
nature, run very quickly towards +oo ... hence it is not proper to implement
as a computer program.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Svensson, B.A.T. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:10 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
>If one need to create multiple numbers per second (that is
>cal;culation time
>is critical), then I would suggest, in accordance to my
>previous letter,
>that one should pick a functions that is guaranteed to be constantly
>growing, that is that the property "x1>x2 -> f(x1)>f(x2)"
>always will hold
>true for the function f. If this is the case, then the f will
>be able to
>produce input values for a mapping function that can be guaranteed to
>produce unique numbers.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Larry Forrister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:26 PM
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>>
>>
>>Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
>>(2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
>>
>>A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
>>guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
>>pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
>>
>>With what frequency do the values need to be generated? Once
>every few
>>seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
>>~~LF
>>
>>
>>Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
>>
>>> Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
>>> format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be
>alphanumerc;
>>> 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number,
>converting to to
>>> base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way to
>ensure the
>>> code is not repeated, though?
>>>
>>> Siggy
>>
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Oops, 36^8 :)
This value would only have to generated perhaps a few times an hour, but
should't take more than a second to compute. These values ARE being stored
in a database; however, once this database gets to a million or so rows, it
would take a very long time to check it doesn't overlap, wont it?
I also thought about getting the current date/time stamp and representing it
as this value. This code is an online-order reference number, so it could be
something like seconds since midnight:
36^4 = 1,679,616
Seconds in a day (60.60.24) = 86400
A really effective way would be to get a subsecond count for the day; so
that 0000 is midnight, and ZZZZ is the end of the that day. This means there
are about 19 increments a second, which rules out any possibility of
duplicates, because:
1. two other characters could be the id of the user (a numeric value). 36.36
is 33696, which is much higher than the intended number of users on the
system (we invisage no more than a few hundred - by the time the userbase
gets to 33000, I'll be a millionairre and this can be someone else's job
hehe)
2. the two remaining characters could be a day/year thing. perhaps the days
since the start of the year 2000. 33696/365 is 92; this system will not be
used for 92 years!
Does that sound like quite a good algorythm, or do you have a much easier,
simpler way?
Siggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Forrister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
> Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
> (2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
>
> A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
> guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
> pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
>
> With what frequency do the values need to be generated? Once every few
> seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
> ~~LF
>
>
> Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
>
> > Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
> > format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be alphanumerc;
> > 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number, converting to to
> > base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way to ensure the
> > code is not repeated, though?
> >
> > Siggy
>
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I used to generate apparent 'random' by having a function like
x = (x + static-largishprimenumber) mod maxrange
(eg x = (129123 + 12391) mod 1,000,000,000
That always seemed to work for me, and it would take 1000,000 tries to reuse
the values, wouldnt it??
I'd prefer to not go AAAA0000 AAAA0001; the other way to go around this, is
to IN FACT increment one step at a tme, but the "numbersystem" is not
0-9,A-Z, but J0Z31AQC5NUWSL7DBKRFOEXVTI294MGYPO68H. Of course, only one
digit will change a time...
Siggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Svensson, B.A.T. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sigurd Magnusson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
> Indeed a very interesting question you put forward (and probably OOT too
:-)
>
> In programming there does not exist "The Best Way". "Best" always depends
on
> what you consider to be important and less important - that's why
> programmers most often writes same piece of code in different ways, and
> that's why one should be considerate about to think an extra time before
one
> classifies some other programmers code as "crap shit". :)
> (For ex there might be a reasons like "The Best Way" why M$ made there OS
> code as they did - though it hard for use normal mortal none-devine
> programmers to perceive it... :)
>
> There exists a class of 1-1 functions that behaves "randomly", you can
uses
> one of these. They are well know from analytic math. In principle they
work
> like this: in the beginning (x close to zero) the curve f(x) behave
> relatively nice like any other curve, but as one progress further away
from
> zero (towards +oo) f(x) starts to get a shape that reminds of a truly
random
> distributed curve, but f(x) is of course still functional dependent - that
> is, "FOR-EVERY(a) : IF f(a)=Y1 AND f(a)=Y2 THEN Y1=Y2", read: for each
time
> you execute the function with an input, it will yield the same output as
the
> previous calculation with the very same input. In other words, the
function
> result is determent in advance (that is not randomly generated) - but
still:
> it is bloody hard to predict its output in without actually having done
the
> calculation in advance. ;)
>
> The "only" thing you then have to do is two things:
>
> 1) create a mapping function for the output, for ex: 1 == 'AAAA-0000', 2
==
> 'AAAA-0001', etc, etc, or what ever way you like it to be.
>
> 2) keep track of "used" numbers.
>
>
> One simple, but naive, approach to 2) would be to simply starting at a
> specific predetermined number (x-value), and then just increment x with a
> fixed factor, for ex 0,1 (= 0.1, in U.S. notation), or Pi, or
> whatever-you-feel-for, whenever you need to produce a new number However,
> this does not guarantee uniqueness, which means that you need to check the
> current output value against all previous output values. This is made
simple
> by a brute force algorithm which, obviously, scans the previous number
> whether an output of this value has been or not has been produced before.
>
> This is the "best" way if you want to write a simple algorithm, but it is
> not the best way considering CPU load on the system. For this, there exist
> hashing techniques to keep track of large number of values, this might be
> fast finders of used numbers. This could be considered "best" from an
> CPU-minimization approach, but the programming gets a little bit more
> tricky.
>
> But happily enough, as this forum implicitly is about databases, one can
> "cheat" and store the numbers in the database(!), index the table that
> stores the values, and then get rid of the problem to have to write the
> hashing algorithms - since it already done in the DBMS.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Sigurd Magnusson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:59 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
> >
> >
> >Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in
> >the format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be
> >alphanumerc; 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4
> >number, converting to to base '36', and repeating the process.
> >What's a good way to ensure the code is not repeated, though?
> >
> >Siggy
> >
>
"These values ARE being stored
in a database; however, once this database gets to a million or so rows, it
would take a very long time to check it doesn't overlap, wont it?"
Well, you **could** make a database of ALL possibilities and delete each
possibility as it is used :) Then the program would run faster and faster
and you could tell people you've been tweaking the code while it's actually
running faster all on its own :)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: phobo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
> Oops, 36^8 :)
>
> This value would only have to generated perhaps a few times
> an hour, but
> should't take more than a second to compute. These values ARE
> being stored
> in a database; however, once this database gets to a million
> or so rows, it
> would take a very long time to check it doesn't overlap, wont it?
>
> I also thought about getting the current date/time stamp and
> representing it
> as this value. This code is an online-order reference number,
> so it could be
> something like seconds since midnight:
>
> 36^4 = 1,679,616
> Seconds in a day (60.60.24) = 86400
>
> A really effective way would be to get a subsecond count for
> the day; so
> that 0000 is midnight, and ZZZZ is the end of the that day.
> This means there
> are about 19 increments a second, which rules out any possibility of
> duplicates, because:
>
> 1. two other characters could be the id of the user (a
> numeric value). 36.36
> is 33696, which is much higher than the intended number of
> users on the
> system (we invisage no more than a few hundred - by the time
> the userbase
> gets to 33000, I'll be a millionairre and this can be someone
> else's job
> hehe)
>
> 2. the two remaining characters could be a day/year thing.
> perhaps the days
> since the start of the year 2000. 33696/365 is 92; this
> system will not be
> used for 92 years!
>
> Does that sound like quite a good algorythm, or do you have a
> much easier,
> simpler way?
>
> Siggy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Forrister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 7:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Random Code
>
>
> > Do you mean W3E4-22ER would be valid? If so there would be 36^8
> > (2,821,109,907,456) possible values.
> >
> > A truly random generator algorithm cannot guarantee uniqueness. I'm
> > guessing what you want is to generate each possible value once in a
> > pseudo-random order. Would just apparent randomness suffice?
> >
> > With what frequency do the values need to be generated?
> Once every few
> > seconds/minutes or multiple times per second?
> > ~~LF
> >
> >
> > Sigurd Magnusson wrote:
> >
> > > Whats the best way to make a completely random, unique code in the
> > > format "ABCD-1234" where each of the 8 characters can be
> alphanumerc;
> > > 0-9,A-Z... I thought about generating a 36^4 number,
> converting to to
> > > base '36', and repeating the process. What's a good way
> to ensure the
> > > code is not repeated, though?
> > >
> > > Siggy
> >
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Hi all,
Thanks a lot for the help!! I´ve reinstalled Oracle Cliente (version
8.1.5.0.0) and PHP 4.0.4pl1 and tried Jean-Christophe suggestion, with
success:
----------
<?php
putenv("ORACLE_SID=badm");
putenv("ORACLE_HOME=D:\ORANT");
$tns = "(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST =(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST =
bhz_oracle_1)(PORT = 1521))) (CONNECT_DATA = (SID = badm) ) )";
$connect=OCIPLogon("user","password",$tns) or die("It's not possible to
connect");
$sql = "select * from CentrosCusto";
$result = OCIParse($connect,$sql);
OCIExecute($result) or die("It's not possible to query");
echo("<TABLE>");
while(OCIFetch($result)) {
$CC = OCIResult($result,1);
$CCNome = OCIResult($result,2);
echo('<TR><TD>' . $CC . '</TD><TD>' . $CCNome . '</TD></TR>');
}
echo("</TABLE>");
?>
-------------
Then let's start the real job... I am in the game!
Bye
> ----- Mensagem original -----
> De: Carlos Correa Goncalves
> Enviada em: Sexta-feira, 19 de Janeiro de 2001 13:53
> Para: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Assunto: PHP4 / WinNT 4 / Oracle 7.3 via ODBC
>
> Hi,
>
> I´m using PHP 4.0.4pl1 with extension php_oracle.dll, Oracle client 7.3
> with the following products installed:
> -------------------------
> Call Interface 7.3.4.0.0
> Objects for OLE 2.2.1.0.0
> 32 bit ODBC 2.5.3.1.0B
> Support files 7.3.4.0.0
> SQL*Net Client 2.3.4.0.0
> ... and others
> ------------------------------
>
> I´m trying to connect to an Oracle 7.3 database with ODBC functions or
> direct connection. Those are the code:
>
> ---------------
> putenv("ORACLE_SID=badm");
> putenv("ORACLE_HOME=C:\ORANT");
> putenv("TNS_ADMIN=C:\ORANT\NETWORK\ADMIN");
>
> $connect = ora_logon("usercons@badm","sylkds");
> ----------------
> putenv("ORACLE_SID=badm");
> putenv("ORACLE_HOME=C:\ORANT");
> putenv("TNS_ADMIN=C:\ORANT\NETWORK\ADMIN");
>
> $connect = odbc_connect("badm" ,"consulta","consulta");
> ---------------
>
> Both are returning the following message from PHP:
> Warning: Oracle: Connection Failed: ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve
> service name in oracle.php on line xxx
> Any suggestion?
>
>
>
>
First an ignorant remark/question (which really have nothing to do with your
current problem):
The subject line says "... Oracle 7.3 ...", and you are trying to
communicate with this server via a DLL for Oracle version 8.x(?). Is this
DLL backwards compatible with Oracle version 7.x?
About your problem:
1) Does it really refers to slashes ('/') in the file name? Should it not be
back slashes ('\')?
2) If the path is syntactical correct, does the DLL file exist in that
directory?
3) If the DLL exists, does it have proper access rights? Is the file
corrupted somehow? Etc, etc...
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Carlos Correa Goncalves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:00 PM
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RES: [PHP-WIN] PHP4 / WinNT 4 / Oracle 7.3 via ODBC
>
>
>Hi Jean-Christophe,
>
>Thanks for your help! I´ve tried your suggestion. When I add
>"extention=php_oci8.dll" to the php.ini and restart the www
>service, I get
>the message:
>------
>PHP Warning: Unable to load dynamic library 'd:/php4/php_oci8.dll' - The
>specified module could not be found. in Unknown on line 0
>----
>
>The library is in the correct folder. May it be a problem with version of
>php_oci8.dll? But it´s been unzipped from the same file as the php.exe
>which is running.
>
>Bye
>
>> ----- Mensagem original -----
>> De: Jean-Christophe Le Brun
>> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Enviada em: Segunda-feira, 22 de Janeiro de 2001 05:40
>> Para: Carlos Correa Goncalves;
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Assunto: Re: [PHP-WIN] PHP4 / WinNT 4 / Oracle
>7.3 via ODBC
>>
>> Hi Carlos,
>>
>> I had the same problem with a configuration near yours.
>> PHP4.04
>> WinNT4
>> IIS4
>> Oracle client 8.0
>>
>> I've used OCI fonctions, because they work with Oracle
>client 8.0 (my data
>> base is in Oracle 7.3.4.00 but it works well)
>>
>> Here is my PHP code :
>>
>> // You can find the connection string in the file
>tnsnames.ora, this is
>> the
>> only solution i've find to connect to my distant database
>> $Connection="(DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = ...)(HOST
>= ...)(PORT =
>> ...))(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = ...)))";
>> // under Windows NT this file is under [Oracle
>> Client]\Net80\Admin\Tnsnames.ora
>>
>> // This is a permanent connection
>> $Oracle=OCIPLogon(user, passowrd, $Connection);
>>
>> // sample of query
>> $Requete=OCIParse($Oracle, "select ALTI from POSTE order by
>COMMUNE");
>>
>> // the ALTI field is store in the $Alti variable
>> OCIDefineByName($Requete,"ALTI",&$Alti);
>>
>> // execute the query
>> OCIExecute($Requete);
>>
>> // read all the rows
>> while (OCIFetch($Requete))
>> {
>> echo $Alti
>> }
>>
>> Don't forget the line
>> extention=php_oci8.dll in your PHP.ini if you work under
>Windows NT, with
>> LINUX you must make your PHP with the OCI8 librairie i think...
>>
>> Maybe you can try to yse $Connection with
>> Oracle = Oracle_Logon($User, $Password, $Connection);
>>
>> I've tried to use odbc_connect (ODBC was ok), but it doesn't
>work, i don't
>> know why...
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Jean-Christophe Le Brun
>> Météo-France
>> CMIRNE/DET
>> 03-88-40-42-46
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
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Is there an easy way to grab the page name or the referring page from
another page? I have a logon script which checks if they are logged in and
dumps them to a logon page if they aren't and I'd like to have a way for
them to get back to where they came from (ie. they walked away from their
desk and the session times out).
I've been working on a way where each page knows its name and sets that as a
variable but that seems rather clunky.
Thanks!
Ed Meyer
Smarts Broadcast Systems
Try the $HTTP_REFERER
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Subject: [PHP-WIN] Page names as variables?
Is there an easy way to grab the page name or the referring page from
another page? I have a logon script which checks if they are logged in and
dumps them to a logon page if they aren't and I'd like to have a way for
them to get back to where they came from (ie. they walked away from their
desk and the session times out).
I've been working on a way where each page knows its name and sets that as a
variable but that seems rather clunky.
Thanks!
Ed Meyer
Smarts Broadcast Systems
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> Is there an easy way to grab the page name or the referring page from
> another page? I have a logon script which checks if they are
> logged in and dumps them to a logon page if they aren't and I'd like to
> have a way for them to get back to where they came from (ie. they walked
> away from their desk and the session times out).
> Try the $HTTP_REFERER
Actually, for something like this, you are going to want to use:
$REQUEST_URI
as the former does not include any GET variables whereas the latter will.
I do something very similar to what you are looking to do above and I
found that $HTTP_REFERER just wasn't doing it for me...
Chris
RE: [PHP-WIN] Page names as variables?That's perfect... Now I can get everyone off my
back :-)
Thanks!
Ed Meyer
Smarts Broadcast Systems
Actually, for something like this, you are going to want to use:
$REQUEST_URI
as the former does not include any GET variables whereas the latter will.
I do something very similar to what you are looking to do above and I
found that $HTTP_REFERER just wasn't doing it for me...
Chris
Hi,
It may interested someone:
I have succesfully connected to Oracle:
use
ORACLE 6i runtime
connect to Oracle 8.1.6 from winnt4.0 workstation SP6
Code I use:
<?
dl("d:\\www\\php\\extensions\\php_oci8.dll");
$tns_name="sun";
$usr="scott";
$pwd="tiger";
putenv("ORACLE_HOME=D:\ora_6run");
$lnk=OCIPLogon($usr,$pwd,$tns_name);
?>
full server description:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.0.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
CORE 8.1.6.0.0 Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 3.4.0.0.0 - Production
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Andris
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Sorry for second mail:
I use PHP v.4.0.3 cgi version on iis4.0
Hi,
It may interested someone:
I have succesfully connected to Oracle:
use
ORACLE 6i runtime
connect to Oracle 8.1.6 from winnt4.0 workstation SP6
Code I use:
<?
dl("d:\\www\\php\\extensions\\php_oci8.dll");
$tns_name="sun";
$usr="scott";
$pwd="tiger";
putenv("ORACLE_HOME=D:\ora_6run");
$lnk=OCIPLogon($usr,$pwd,$tns_name);
?>
full server description:
Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.0.0 - 64bit Production
PL/SQL Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
CORE 8.1.6.0.0 Production
TNS for Solaris: Version 8.1.6.0.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 3.4.0.0.0 - Production
--
Andris
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I keep getting the following error on a line of the funciton below
function marketingoutput($top, $pdf){
$z=0;
$currentline=$top-$this->standardboxheight;
while ($z<$this->zarrayofboxes){
$tempbox2=$this->arrayofboxes[$z];
$tempbox=unserialize($tempbox2);
pdf_set_font($pdf, "Arial", 10, "host");
/////////////////////THIS IS WHERE I KEEP GETTIN THE ERROR AT
pdf_set_value($pdf, "textrendering", 1);
pdf_show_boxed($pdf, $tempbox->title.":", 36,
$currentline, 100, $this->standardboxheight, "justify");
pdf_set_font($pdf, "Arial", 8, "host");
pdf_set_value($pdf, "textrendering", 1);
pdf_show_boxed($pdf, $tempbox->info, 136,
$currentline, 404, $this->standardboxheight, "justify");
$z++;
$currentline=$currentline-$this->standardboxheight;
}
}
Fatal error: Internal pdflib error: Resource configuration file 'pdflib.upr'
not found in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot/test/marketing/Printing.php on line 88
Anyone have any ideas what to fix on this. This function is just to print
out a portion of a report.
Ryan
