PHP is a widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.
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Vim, context-sensitive comment/uncomment behavior
I edit a lot of PHP code with Vim, and I've run into a snag with some macros in my .vimrc.
I currently use these two macros to comment/uncomment in C-style
"c-style (//) comment (press the [.] key)
...
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votes
2answers
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Strip // Comments From Files
What's the best way to strip all code comments in a given directory? I'd like to strip out all // ... EOL comments, and /* blah \*/ (or /** ... \*/) comments as well.
This is a PHP project, and I'd ...
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votes
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How do I install a PHP CLI with a usable interactive prompt on Debian Wheezy?
When I install php5-cli on Debian Wheezy (currently testing), the interactive prompt is very unusable due to missing readline support (bug 341868). What's the easiest way to install a version linked ...
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votes
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Can I install PHP on a Chumby One?
I'm enjoying hacking my Chumby One. However, I'd prefer if I could run PHP on it. I have perl and python installed.
Does anyone know if I can compile PHP for it or if there is a ready made distro for ...
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votes
1answer
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Opening port 80 but remain secure
I have a standard installation of Ubuntu 10.04, and have installed the LAMP stack so I can do some web development locally. On my router I have opened port 80 so I can develop with external services ...
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votes
4answers
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Case-insensitive file system for production server?
The initial situation looks like this:
The corporate software is PHP-based.
It is delivered by Apache 2 on a Windows 2003 Server.
It is big.
It is a legacy of rather unprofessional developers who ...
5
votes
1answer
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Vim syntax highlight certain lines
I have php files well any file type in general that I would like vim to highlight here docs sections using a different syntax highlighting.
<?php
echo <<<HTMLDOC
<h1> I am ...
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votes
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Who cuts off first symbol of process substituted file and for what reason?
$ type 1.sh
#!/bin/bash -eu
php <(echo 12)
$ ./1.sh
2
$ type 2.sh
#!/bin/bash -eu
cat <(echo 12)
$ ./2.sh
12
$ type 3.sh
#!/bin/bash -eu
echo 12 | php
$ ./3.sh
12
$ type 4.sh
#!/bin/bash -eu
...
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votes
2answers
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apache and php Segmentation fault [closed]
I have recently migrated to Archlinux. I installed Apache, php and mysql according to the Arch Linux LAMP wiki page.
Now I have setup a virtual host for my new Symfony project.
For every request I ...
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votes
2answers
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What user should apache and PHP be running as? What permissions should /var/www files have?
I just spun up an Ubuntu 11.10 box and then ran apt-get install apache2 php5 to install apache2 and PHP 5 on the box. Now it is functioning as a "web server" and it loads the "It Works!" page. Now I'm ...
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votes
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PHP interface to manage linux user accounts
I have a linux web & samba server. I need to give administrators access to manage minor accounts & groups. Is there a secure php web interface that can do this? I don't want to give them shell ...
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votes
2answers
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Execute shell script from php, as root user?
Need to execute the following line from PHP:
$res = shell_exec('sudo sh /home/nicklas/cronjobs/make_account.sh
username password');
The problem is nothing happens on execution. If i try to ...
3
votes
1answer
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Where to securely place files needed by PHP in Linux filesystem (according to FHS)
I have a PHP script running on my LAMP server that requires certain files in order to produce HTML content. The script is publicly accessible (i.e. http://example.com/script.php) but the files ...
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votes
2answers
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Unable to install the php-posix package on CentOS 5.6
I have the following PHP packages installed on my CentOS 5.6 host and I am trying to install php-posix. When I run yum install php-posix I receive an error saying that php53-common conflicts with ...
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votes
2answers
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How to set secure permissions for multiple users and multiple websites?
On a Gentoo 3.2.12 server with apache2+php, there are several websites running:
/www
/website1
/website2
...etc
The apache user should have read-only access to all the websites. There ...
3
votes
2answers
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Installing php-cgi under Ubuntu for Cherokee web server
I have set up Cherokee web server on my server, and want to enable PHP and MySQL support for applications like Wordpress and phpBB.
I have tried running these commands:
sudo apt-get install php5 ...
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votes
1answer
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Why am I getting a Non-existent class error in PHP on Fedora?
I've set up an Nginx/PHP (both installed from Yum) environment on my Fedora 15 install, but I've run into a strange issue.
I have some projects that use Codeigniter (1.6), but they keep getting the ...
2
votes
2answers
188 views
Turn a bash and php script into a distributable rpm
I'm semi unix knowledgeable and I want to be able to call down an rpm from my server, run it with something like rpm -i , and have access to the script anywhere.
The script is a combination awk and ...
2
votes
1answer
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PHP phantom cron job
I disabled all my cron jobs by putting a # in front of them. Except for one:
@reboot echo "Hi I rebooted"
The rest are:
#0 2,14 * * * /home/backup1/mysql-backup.sh
#0 * * * * mono ...
2
votes
2answers
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What should I teach in my Linux class? [closed]
I'm teaching a basic Unix class using Ubuntu. We've already covered basic Unix stuff such as:
bash shell scripting
file and directory permissions
filesystem hierarchy
common commands
I would like ...
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votes
2answers
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How do I change emails from: address on FreeBSD?
Emails are now sent from www@hostname, but I want them to be sent from webmaster@my-domain.com
My developer said it should be in php.ini but I figured out this is true only for Win32 systems.
How do ...
2
votes
1answer
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PHP Bash error suppresion
I'm using a PHP script from cli, the script calls exec() a few times. There are some minor errors sometimes, which are handled by the PHP script. I'm suppressing the errors by appending 2>/dev/null ...
2
votes
1answer
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Running MPlayer through a PHP script
I'm trying to open an MPlayer instance on my server from a PHP script (using PHP's system() function). I've looked into making mplayer a slave ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt ) but when ...
2
votes
1answer
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Debian lenny 5 install php-dev
I'm trying to install apt-get install php5-dev
but when I run the command
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be ...
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votes
3answers
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installing ffmpeg-php on centos
With the help of this guide, I am trying to install ffmpeg using these commands:
# cd ffmpeg-php/branches/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.6.1/
# replace 'PIX_FMT_RGBA32' 'PIX_FMT_RGB32' -- *
# phpize
# ...
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votes
2answers
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Fatal error: Class 'HttpRequest' not found
Whilst trying to make this request I have this error.
I have tried to run "sudo pecl install pecl_http" but always fails.
Could not find curl/curl.h
After I have tired(yum instead of apt-get ...
2
votes
2answers
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How can I install php5-curl on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64)
I have a working server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64), including apache and php. Now I want to add curl support for php by running this:
apt-get install php5-curl
...
2
votes
3answers
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Trying to update php on CentOS 5.7
Apologies in advance - I'm not a good Linux user by any stretch of the imagination.
I have a CentOS 5.7 dedicated server on which I host a few websites.
I currently have php 5.2.10 installed, but ...
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votes
2answers
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Update phpmyadmin manually when installed as an package
Is it possible to manually update phpMyAdmin when I installed it as a package?
The current version in Ubuntus package list is 3.4.5deb1 but I want to upgrade to 3.4.8
2
votes
1answer
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How can I monitor the load of a php script on a server?
We've got a website on our dedicated server which seems to be causing problems.
Recently it has been crashing our dedicated server - it's very annoying. It will crash at random times. The tech ...
2
votes
1answer
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Install php_http on Arch Linux
First I installed the curl extension for PHP:
$ sudo pacman -S php-curl
and
$ grep curl /etc/php/php.ini
extension=curl.so
Then I installed the PHP PEAR
$ sudo pacman -S php-pear
Having now ...
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votes
2answers
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Executing a shell command from PHP with shell_exec
Included in my thesis is to create an administration interface, in which an
administrator can approve users whom have asked for access to use
OpenNebula.
Upon approval the users should be added to ...
2
votes
2answers
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I can not remove folder from server
Accidentall I created the folder on remotely server (Server OS is Linux) using php: mkdir("folder_name",0);
Now I can not delete this folder from server. I think this is from permission, because 0 is ...
2
votes
3answers
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Cannot Access Webpage from Outside LAN
I have a CentOS 6.0 web server running httpd, mysql, php, and Joomla 2.5. It has a static, public IP address. I can access the webpage (which is the Joomla management console) by IP address perfectly ...
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votes
0answers
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proper permissions under HTTP root with Apache2 + FastCGI + Suexec
I currently have a setup which runs Apache2 + FastCGI PHP + Suexec.
As an example, I'm using /mnt/data/www/vhosts/inflex.co.uk/htdocs as a DocRoot for one of my virtual hosts.
I have a script ...
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votes
0answers
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MySQL socket and PHP (and other languages)
Background info
I'm currently running CentOS (or Red Hat?).
uname -a gives (I edited out my domain name)
Linux XXXXXXXXX.com 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 ...
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votes
1answer
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Getting PHP fatal errors in vTiger while logging from a normal users [closed]
I am getting the error below and notices in Apache logs when I am trying to login with any normal user on vTiger although admin user is working fine and able to see everything as expected.
Below are ...
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vote
2answers
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CentOS, PHP file is running from browser, not from cron daemon
I am working on CentOS.
I have created a PHP file which run from browser
http://mydomain.com/backupfile/dobackup.php
I have added the script from crontab and made the file executable, but it is ...
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vote
2answers
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How to recover a utility. (Accidentally Deleted /usr/bin/php file)
New Linux user. I accidentally overwrote my /usr/bin/php file. The php command no longer works.
What's the best way to recover that file?
Using bash and Linux Mint distro.
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vote
1answer
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Email sent from web server using PHP does not arrive
I am trying to send email via my web server using PHP but for some reason the email never arrives. According to PHP the email was sucessfully sent but I never receive the email. I know its not a spam ...
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vote
3answers
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Why does Crontab give me an error with my PHP script when running it from the terminal does not?
I'm having some problems with running the Crontab with PHP files.
I have this same php scripts running in the Crontab for more than 6 months but some days ago mysteriously they stopped to execute the ...
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vote
2answers
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Dotdeb says PHP 5.3.18 is the latest
I'm using Debian 6 . Now I don't understand why it says PHP 5.3.18 is the latest when 5.3.2 has been around for 2 years? I need at least PHP 5.3.2 for my symfony project. Thanks.
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SSH tunnel to MySQL for PHP scripts
I need to establish an SSH tunnel so that my local PHP script can connect to a MySQL server on a remote server.
Remote machine: MySQL (127.0.0.1:3306) on Linux (SSH port 44422)
Local machine: Linux ...
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2answers
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How to install PHP 5.3 on RHEL5
I'm working with a RHEL5.1 box that has PHP 5.1.6 installed by default. I need to upgrade PHP to PHP 5.3.x. I've tried several tutorials and have had no luck. Can anyone help me out with this?
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Start/stop program from website
I have some users on my machine that I allow to run small Mumble voice servers. I would like for them to be able to start/stop their voice server from a website (being ran by Apache). With the current ...
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2answers
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Arch Linux: I get 500 error when trying to open PHP file
I get the HTTP Error 500 (Internal Server Error) error with Chrome when trying to open a simple PHP file.
I have installed Apache and PHP correctly as instructed in this article. Including the PHP ...
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vote
2answers
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Apache 2 and PHP 5 not working
I have a test.php file in the web server directory with php phpinfo(); content. When I try to execute php test.php at a shell then it executes correctly. But when I try to open the web page in a ...
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1answer
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Execute file in its native directory with shell script
I'm executing a php file from the php-cli with a shell script. One of the php files creates a file named available_data during the course of its execution. The problem is that the php file needs to ...
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Curl not found (Glype)
I'm trying to install proxy software called Glype on my server. It continues to tell me that "Glype requires cURL/libcurl". I have the latest version of curl installed. Why might this be happening? ...
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vote
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How can I get crontab to use a different PHP installation location?
I have a MAMP setup which runs PHP 5.3.5 on my Mac OS X 10.5 computer. I am trying to install a crontab that executes a PHP script, which is located on my MAMP server. I can only get the crontab to ...
