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php4ever · 21-08-2007, 10:49 PM

How do we use php to write to a file now? Back in the good 'ole days at f2s we'd just create a php source file like a perl script and give it a .cgi suffix. I created a few files like that which simply write data to another file. None of those scripts are working now. Anyone have any debugging hints or help?
I'd greatly appreciate it.

Many thanks.

php4ever

p.s. Note: I previously asked if the new platform was going to use fastcgi and was told no way here. However, I checked my phpinfo output and sure enough f2s is using fastcgi. So, do I have to do s.thing extra or different to make sure my php/cgi scripts run?

richard_f2s · 22-08-2007, 09:20 AM

How are you ascertaining that it's fastcgi? As far as the platform team are concerned it's using straightforward cgi.

More detail required on running your PHP - how are you invoking the script?

richard_f2s · 22-08-2007, 09:36 AM

Further clarification - although phpinfo does indeed report enable-fastcgi it's implemented on the platform.

php4ever · 22-08-2007, 06:23 PM

Why won't this work anymore:

#!/usr/bin/php

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

$id = "poll032502"; // poll i.d.
// check to ensure that the form has been submitted
if ( isset( $_POST['poll_taker'] ) ) {
if (!$_POST['submit'] || !isset($_POST['poll_ans'])) {
?>
<html>
<head><title>Error Page</title>
<basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css">
</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto">

<div align="center">
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<font size="+1"><i><span style="color:red">Error!</span> Please <a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?goback=okay'; ?>">try again</a></i></font>
</div>
<?php
exit();
}
// check the cookie to ensure that user has not voted already
else if ($_COOKIE['lastpoll'] && $_COOKIE['lastpoll'] == $id) {
?>
<html>
<head><title>Already Voted Page</title>

<basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css">
<script language="JavaScript">

</script>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffe0">

<?php
$whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt";
$fp=0;

$fp = @fopen($whichfile,'r');
if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for reading."); }

$contents = fread($fp, filesize($whichfile));
fclose($fp);

list($votes1,$votes2,$votes3,$votes4,$votes5) = explode("\n",$contents);

// count the total votes
$total = $votes1 + $votes2 + $votes3 + $votes4 + $votes5;

// calculate each as a percentage of the total, round to two decimals
$perc_votes1 = round(($votes1/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes2 = round(($votes2/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes3 = round(($votes3/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes4 = round(($votes4/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes5 = round(($votes5/$total)*100,2);

// print it all in a neat table

echo "<div align='center'>\n";
echo "<table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='6'>\n";
echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<th colspan=3><font color='midnightblue'>Are Workers Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</font></th>\n";
echo "</tr>\n";

// also display an image graph
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Strongly Agree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes1  ( $perc_votes1% )</font></td>";
echo "<td rowspan=5><img src='exp_graph.php?votes1=$votes1&votes2=$votes2&v otes3=$votes3&votes4=$votes4&votes5=$votes5' width='200px' height='140px' border='0'>
</td>\n</tr>\n";
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Strongly Disagree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes2  ( $perc_votes2% )</font></td>\n</tr>\n";
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Unsure</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes3  ( $perc_votes3% )</font></td>\n</tr>\n";
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Don't Want to Know</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes4  ( $perc_votes4% ) </font></td>\n</tr>\n";
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes5  ( $perc_votes5% ) </font></td>\n</tr>\n";
echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td align='right'><font size=-2>TOTAL</font></td><td align='left'><font size=-2> $total votes</font></td></tr>";
echo "\n</table>\n</div>";

?>
<font size="-2"><i>You have already voted once. Come back in a few days for another poll,
or <a href="#">you will soon be able to click here</a> to view previous polls</i></font>
<?php
}
// all is well - refresh the cookie (or set a new one) and process the vote
else
{
setCookie("lastpoll", $id, time()+(60 * 60 * 24));
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Workers Rights Poll: Responses</title>
<basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto">

<?php
include("Lockfile.inc"); // wrapper functions to lock and unlock file

// corresponding to which choice user makes.
$votes1=0;
$votes2=0;
$votes3=0;
$votes4=0;
$votes5=0;

$whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt";
$fp=0;

$fp = @fopen($whichfile,'r');
if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for reading."); }

$contents = fread($fp, filesize($whichfile));
fclose($fp);

list($votes1,$votes2,$votes3,$votes4,$votes5) = explode("\n",$contents);

$answer = ($_POST['poll_ans'] > -1 && $_POST['poll_ans'] < 5)? $_POST['poll_ans'] : -1;
if ($answer == -1) die("bad data");

// can I replace w/case construct in php or an associate array?
{
if ($answer == 0) $votes1++;
else
if ($answer == 1) $votes2++;
else
if ($answer == 2) $votes3++;
else
if ($answer == 3) $votes4++;
else
if ($answer == 4) $votes5++;
}

// count the total votes
$total = $votes1 + $votes2 + $votes3 + $votes4 + $votes5;

// calculate each as a percentage of the total, round to two decimals
$perc_votes1 = round(($votes1/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes2 = round(($votes2/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes3 = round(($votes3/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes4 = round(($votes4/$total)*100,2);
$perc_votes5 = round(($votes5/$total)*100,2);

print <<<END
<div align="center">
<table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='6'>
<tr>
<th colspan=3><font color='midnightblue'>Are Workers Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</font></th>
</tr>

<tr valign='top'>
<td><font size=-2>Strongly Agree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes1  ( $perc_votes1% )</font></td>
<td rowspan=5><img src="exp_graph.php?votes1=$votes1&votes2=$votes2&v otes3=$votes3&votes4=$votes4&votes5=$votes5" width='200px' height='140px' border='0'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign='top'>
<td><font size=-2>Strongly Disagree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes2  ( $perc_votes2% )</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign='top'>
<td><font size=-2>Unsure</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes3  ( $perc_votes3% )</font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign='top'>
<td><font size=-2>Don't Want to Know</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes4  ( $perc_votes4% ) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign='top'>
<td><font size=-2>Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes5  ( $perc_votes5% ) </font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign='top'>
<td align='right'><font size=-2>TOTAL</font></td><td align='left'><font size=-2> $total votes</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
END;
// save the votes
$a = array();
$a[0] = $votes1;
$a[1] = $votes2;
$a[2] = $votes3;
$a[3] = $votes4;
$a[4] = $votes5;

$contents = implode("\n",$a);

$fp = fopen($whichfile, "w");
if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for writing."); }

// lock file so no other processes can access it at same time
lock($fp);

fputs($fp,$contents);

unlock($fp);

@fclose($fp);
} // end process the vote code

} else { // if form not submitted, then display form
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Workers Rights Poll: Choices</title>
<basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css">

<script>
var radbut_clicked=false;

function Valid(){
if (radbut_clicked) return true;
else {
alert("You need to make a selection and then you may vote.");
return false;
}
}
function Lightup(but){
but.className="pushbut_on";
}
function LightPink(but) {
but.className="pushbut_pink";
}

function Norm(but){
but.className="pushbut";

}
function ChoiceMade(form){
radbut_clicked=true;
form.submit.focus()
}
</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto">

<div align="center"><font color="midnightblue" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"><b>Are Workers' Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</b></font>

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_URL']; ?>" method="post" name="myform" onsubmit="return Valid();">
<table border=0 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2>
<tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=0></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Strongly Agree</font></font></td></tr>
<tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=1></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Strongly Disagree</font></font></td></tr>
<tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=2></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Unsure</font></font></td></tr>
<tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=3></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Don't Want to Know</font></font></td></tr>
<tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=4></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type=hidden name="poll_taker" value=1>
<br><INPUT TYPE="submit" name="submit" class="pushbut" onmouseover="Lightup(this)" onmouseout="Norm(this)" VALUE=" Vote "> 
<input type=reset class="pushbut" onmouseover="LightPink(this)" onmouseout="Norm(this)" onclick="radbut_clicked=false;" value=" Clear ">
</form>
</div>
<?php
} // end display form
?>
</body>
</html>

elrandom3 · 22-08-2007, 07:58 PM

Without looking into it too much, i might suggest looking at the line:

$whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt";

Think i saw somewhere that register_globals was now off, in which case you'll get to use the superglobal for the docroot.

php4ever · 23-08-2007, 08:40 PM

I think elrandom3's comment above is excellent and I will check into it and see if that solves things.

Two things to keep in mind if a site doesn't work rt now is whether or not it's a php4 vs php5 issue or whether it's really the new platform. I discovered that another one of my scripts had issues of both types. The main php issue was that the fake GETS were not working b/c PHP5 has the filter extension turned on by default. Once I treated the query string I had affixed to a url in code as a query string then the php behaved and cranked out the expected html.

Yep, I saw the html which turned out to be precisely the next problem. I saw the html instead of seeing the browser's interpretation of it. Grr! In the 'ole days at f2s you couldn't write to a file using php unless your script had a .cgi extension. Now with the new platform that .cgi extension is a problem. Once I renamed the script with a .php extension the script worked like a charm.

Another happy thought to keep in mind is if you see a 500 error you may have an error in your code or it could be a permissions error.

I think it would have been far better had the powers that be over at f2s introduced the 2 major changes sequentially. Many users may become frustrated and upset having to figure out what and which type of problem(s) their sites may be having and then having to figure out how to fix these.

21-08-2007, 10:49 PM	#1
php4ever Tiscali User Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	new platform and php cgi files How do we use php to write to a file now? Back in the good 'ole days at f2s we'd just create a php source file like a perl script and give it a .cgi suffix. I created a few files like that which simply write data to another file. None of those scripts are working now. Anyone have any debugging hints or help? I'd greatly appreciate it. Many thanks. php4ever p.s. Note: I previously asked if the new platform was going to use fastcgi and was told no way here. However, I checked my phpinfo output and sure enough f2s is using fastcgi. So, do I have to do s.thing extra or different to make sure my php/cgi scripts run?

22-08-2007, 07:58 PM	#5
elrandom3 Tiscali User Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 388 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Without looking into it too much, i might suggest looking at the line: $whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt"; Think i saw somewhere that register_globals was now off, in which case you'll get to use the superglobal for the docroot. __________________ ex-f2s - Now on Be Unlimited Sync: 7779kbps (859KB/s throughput) / 1295kbps (137KB/s throughput) View my ADSL Statistics - *See my gripe with Webfusion*

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22-08-2007, 09:20 AM	#2
richard_f2s Former Freedom2Surf Staff Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How are you ascertaining that it's fastcgi? As far as the platform team are concerned it's using straightforward cgi. More detail required on running your PHP - how are you invoking the script?

22-08-2007, 09:36 AM	#3
richard_f2s Former Freedom2Surf Staff Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 272 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Further clarification - although phpinfo does indeed report enable-fastcgi it's implemented on the platform.

22-08-2007, 06:23 PM	#4
php4ever Tiscali User Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why won't this work anymore: #!/usr/bin/php <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); $id = "poll032502"; // poll i.d. // check to ensure that the form has been submitted if ( isset( $_POST['poll_taker'] ) ) { if (!$_POST['submit'] \|\| !isset($_POST['poll_ans'])) { ?> <html> <head><title>Error Page</title> <basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto"> <!-- ERROR PAGE --> <div align="center"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <font size="+1"><i><span style="color:red">Error!</span> Please <a href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?goback=okay'; ?>">try again</a></i></font> </div> <?php exit(); } // check the cookie to ensure that user has not voted already else if ($_COOKIE['lastpoll'] && $_COOKIE['lastpoll'] == $id) { ?> <html> <head><title>Already Voted Page</title> <!-- ALREADY VOTED --> <basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- prevent user from coming back, unless returning fr error page. // comment out below js to disable. if (location.href == '<?php echo $_SERVER["SCRIPT_URI"] ?>' ) window.history.forward(1); //--> </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffe0"> <?php $whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt"; $fp=0; $fp = @fopen($whichfile,'r'); if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for reading."); } $contents = fread($fp, filesize($whichfile)); fclose($fp); list($votes1,$votes2,$votes3,$votes4,$votes5) = explode("\n",$contents); // count the total votes $total = $votes1 + $votes2 + $votes3 + $votes4 + $votes5; // calculate each as a percentage of the total, round to two decimals $perc_votes1 = round(($votes1/$total)100,2); $perc_votes2 = round(($votes2/$total)100,2); $perc_votes3 = round(($votes3/$total)100,2); $perc_votes4 = round(($votes4/$total)100,2); $perc_votes5 = round(($votes5/$total)100,2); // print it all in a neat table echo "<div align='center'>\n"; echo "<table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='6'>\n"; echo "<tr>\n"; echo "<th colspan=3><font color='midnightblue'>Are Workers Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</font></th>\n"; echo "</tr>\n"; // also display an image graph echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Strongly Agree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes1  ( $perc_votes1% )</font></td>"; echo "<td rowspan=5><img src='exp_graph.php?votes1=$votes1&votes2=$votes2&v otes3=$votes3&votes4=$votes4&votes5=$votes5' width='200px' height='140px' border='0'> </td>\n</tr>\n"; echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Strongly Disagree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes2  ( $perc_votes2% )</font></td>\n</tr>\n"; echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Unsure</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes3  ( $perc_votes3% )</font></td>\n</tr>\n"; echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Don't Want to Know</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes4  ( $perc_votes4% ) </font></td>\n</tr>\n"; echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td><font size=-2>Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes5  ( $perc_votes5% ) </font></td>\n</tr>\n"; echo "<tr valign='top'>\n<td align='right'><font size=-2>TOTAL</font></td><td align='left'><font size=-2> $total votes</font></td></tr>"; echo "\n</table>\n</div>"; ?> <font size="-2"><i>You have already voted once. Come back in a few days for another poll, or <a href="#">you will soon be able to click here</a> to view previous polls</i></font> <?php } // all is well - refresh the cookie (or set a new one) and process the vote else { setCookie("lastpoll", $id, time()+(60 60 * 24)); ?> <html> <head> <title>Workers Rights Poll: Responses</title> <basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto"> <!-- RESPONSES --> <?php include("Lockfile.inc"); // wrapper functions to lock and unlock file // corresponding to which choice user makes. $votes1=0; $votes2=0; $votes3=0; $votes4=0; $votes5=0; $whichfile="$DOCUMENT_ROOT_REAL/wrts_poll.txt"; $fp=0; $fp = @fopen($whichfile,'r'); if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for reading."); } $contents = fread($fp, filesize($whichfile)); fclose($fp); list($votes1,$votes2,$votes3,$votes4,$votes5) = explode("\n",$contents); $answer = ($_POST['poll_ans'] > -1 && $_POST['poll_ans'] < 5)? $_POST['poll_ans'] : -1; if ($answer == -1) die("bad data"); // can I replace w/case construct in php or an associate array? { if ($answer == 0) $votes1++; else if ($answer == 1) $votes2++; else if ($answer == 2) $votes3++; else if ($answer == 3) $votes4++; else if ($answer == 4) $votes5++; } // count the total votes $total = $votes1 + $votes2 + $votes3 + $votes4 + $votes5; // calculate each as a percentage of the total, round to two decimals $perc_votes1 = round(($votes1/$total)100,2); $perc_votes2 = round(($votes2/$total)100,2); $perc_votes3 = round(($votes3/$total)100,2); $perc_votes4 = round(($votes4/$total)100,2); $perc_votes5 = round(($votes5/$total)*100,2); print <<<END <div align="center"> <table border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='6'> <tr> <th colspan=3><font color='midnightblue'>Are Workers Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</font></th> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><font size=-2>Strongly Agree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes1  ( $perc_votes1% )</font></td> <td rowspan=5><img src="exp_graph.php?votes1=$votes1&votes2=$votes2&v otes3=$votes3&votes4=$votes4&votes5=$votes5" width='200px' height='140px' border='0'> </td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><font size=-2>Strongly Disagree</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes2  ( $perc_votes2% )</font></td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><font size=-2>Unsure</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes3  ( $perc_votes3% )</font></td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><font size=-2>Don't Want to Know</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes4  ( $perc_votes4% ) </font></td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td><font size=-2>Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></td><td><font size=-2> $votes5  ( $perc_votes5% ) </font></td> </tr> <tr valign='top'> <td align='right'><font size=-2>TOTAL</font></td><td align='left'><font size=-2> $total votes</font></td> </tr> </table> </div> END; // save the votes $a = array(); $a[0] = $votes1; $a[1] = $votes2; $a[2] = $votes3; $a[3] = $votes4; $a[4] = $votes5; $contents = implode("\n",$a); $fp = fopen($whichfile, "w"); if (!$fp) { die("unable to open $whichfile for writing."); } // lock file so no other processes can access it at same time lock($fp); fputs($fp,$contents); unlock($fp); @fclose($fp); } // end process the vote code } else { // if form not submitted, then display form ?> <html> <head> <title>Workers Rights Poll: Choices</title> <basefont face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"> <LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="poll_style.css"> <script> var radbut_clicked=false; function Valid(){ if (radbut_clicked) return true; else { alert("You need to make a selection and then you may vote."); return false; } } function Lightup(but){ but.className="pushbut_on"; } function LightPink(but) { but.className="pushbut_pink"; } function Norm(but){ but.className="pushbut"; } function ChoiceMade(form){ radbut_clicked=true; form.submit.focus() } </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffe0" scroll="auto"> <!-- CHOICES --> <div align="center"><font color="midnightblue" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva"><b>Are Workers' Rights the Foundation of Democracy?</b></font> <!--form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="myform" onsubmit="return Valid();"--> <form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_URL']; ?>" method="post" name="myform" onsubmit="return Valid();"> <table border=0 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2> <tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=0></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Strongly Agree</font></font></td></tr> <tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=1></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Strongly Disagree</font></font></td></tr> <tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=2></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Unsure</font></font></td></tr> <tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=3></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Don't Want to Know</font></font></td></tr> <tr valign=middle><td><input type=radio name="poll_ans" onclick="ChoiceMade(this.form)" value=4></td><td> <font face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva><font size="-1">Stop! My Brain Hurts!</font></font></td> </tr> </table> <input type=hidden name="poll_taker" value=1> <br><INPUT TYPE="submit" name="submit" class="pushbut" onmouseover="Lightup(this)" onmouseout="Norm(this)" VALUE=" Vote ">  <input type=reset class="pushbut" onmouseover="LightPink(this)" onmouseout="Norm(this)" onclick="radbut_clicked=false;" value=" Clear "> </form> </div> <?php } // end display form ?> </body> </html>

23-08-2007, 08:40 PM	#6
php4ever Tiscali User Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think elrandom3's comment above is excellent and I will check into it and see if that solves things. Two things to keep in mind if a site doesn't work rt now is whether or not it's a php4 vs php5 issue or whether it's really the new platform. I discovered that another one of my scripts had issues of both types. The main php issue was that the fake GETS were not working b/c PHP5 has the filter extension turned on by default. Once I treated the query string I had affixed to a url in code as a query string then the php behaved and cranked out the expected html. Yep, I saw the html which turned out to be precisely the next problem. I saw the html instead of seeing the browser's interpretation of it. Grr! In the 'ole days at f2s you couldn't write to a file using php unless your script had a .cgi extension. Now with the new platform that .cgi extension is a problem. Once I renamed the script with a .php extension the script worked like a charm. Another happy thought to keep in mind is if you see a 500 error you may have an error in your code or it could be a permissions error. I think it would have been far better had the powers that be over at f2s introduced the 2 major changes sequentially. Many users may become frustrated and upset having to figure out what and which type of problem(s) their sites may be having and then having to figure out how to fix these.

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