Re[4]: [Xitami] Not seeing FORM POST fields

[Neville Franks]

Hello Thomas,

Sunday, August 19, 2001, 3:25:47 PM, you wrote:

TJH> At 08:33 AM 8/19/01 +1000, Neville Franks writeth:
>>Hello Thomas,
>>
>>Sunday, August 19, 2001, 7:48:26 AM, you wrote:
>>The PHP code I'm try to get working is w-agora www.w-agora.net and it
>>uses the if ($MyVariable == "MyValue")syntax. As you probably know
>>this is controlled by: register_globals=On in php.ini
>>
>>There was an earlier post to the mail list by "Richard Blazek"
>><rwb@altavista.net> who indicated he had this problem on W2K, but W98
>>worked fine. I've not tried W98 yet.

TJH> This would possibly suggest something is not quite right with stdin (where
TJH> POST variables are placed) under W2K (Ewen...any known issues here?).  Have
TJH> you tried phpinfo() to see if PHP is receiving anything at all from the
TJH> Xitami webserver?

phpinfo() reports lots of usefull info including server info. If there
is something in particular you suggest I check let me know.

TJH> Also, are you running PHP3 or PHP4?  There are significant differences
TJH> between the two that might be causing the problem under Xitami.  Try the
TJH> latest 4.0.6 release build if you are running any version other than that.

I'm running 4.0.6 - just downloaded.

>>I am an absolute newbie at PHP however, but I'm reasonably sure I have
>>everything setup correctly.
>>
>>> Apache is horribly unstable under Windows with PHP (especially with
>>> mod-ssl).  I wasted an entire week re-building that piece of junk from
>>> scratch using every option possible (I personally would write my own web
>>> server if I had a choice between that and Apache - it's a good thing Xitami
>>> exists).  Just thought you would like a heads-up.
>>
>>I'm only using this on a PC for development. If its a little flaky I
>>can cope. The real thing runs on my Web server which is a Unix box
>>running Apache. 

TJH> As long as you don't run mod-ssl, you will be fine (maybe one or two Apache
TJH> child process crashes a day).  If you run mod-ssl, watch out, mod-ssl,
TJH> mod-php (or even PHP in CGI mode), and Apache don't mix well (they crash
TJH> about once every 10 page requests).

>>>>On another note why haven't the Archived Mailing lists been updated
>>>>for many months?
>>
>>TJH> Check the headers of this post for links to the new archives.
>>
>>Can't work out what you mean here?

TJH> The headers of every e-mail to the Xitami mailing list contain:

TJH> List-Help: <mailto:xitami-request@lists.xitami.org?subject=help>
TJH> List-Post: <mailto:xitami@lists.xitami.org>
TJH> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.xitami.org/mailman/listinfo/xitami>,
TJH>         <mailto:xitami-request@lists.xitami.org?subject=subscribe>
TJH> List-Id: Xitami Users General Discussion <xitami.lists.xitami.org>
TJH> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.xitami.org/mailman/listinfo/xitami>,
TJH>         <mailto:xitami-request@lists.xitami.org?subject=unsubscribe>
TJH> List-Archive: <http://lists.xitami.org/pipermail/xitami/>

TJH> You want the "List-Archive" link.  If you can't read the headers in "The
TJH> Bat!" (Your mail client), then it is probably time to get something else.
TJH> I highly recommend Eudora Light v3.0.6 (I can't stand the interface on
TJH> anything newer from Qualcomm and all the other freeware clients can't do
TJH> everything Eudora can with the ease of Eudora - and 3.0.6 is about the only
TJH> non-HTML mail client out there anymore).

I didn't realize you meant check the full headers. The Bat! does show
all this and lots more.

I've been using Calypso as my email client happily for many years, but
they've shut up shop recently. I evaluated the current crop and
settled on The Bat! which apart from a few UI quirks is very good and
has excellent customization capabilites. I looked at the latest Eudora
and apart from it being very buggy I didn't like it much at all. The
Bat is at www.ritlabs.com if you're interested.

TJH>            Thomas J. Hruska -- shinelight@crosswinds.net
TJH> Shining Light Productions -- "Meeting the needs of fellow programmers"
TJH>                   http://www.shininglightpro.com/

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