Windows PHP vs Unix PHP

smilepak

I am curious, how different would the two php act in their different environment?

I have this piece of code and it is working find in my windows php setup, but doesnt seem to work when i upload it to my domain...

		if(!isset($_GET['images']))
		{
			include('viewcategory.php');

		} elseif($_GET['images'] == "yes" and !isset($_GET['catalog']))
		{
			include("viewimages.php");
		} elseif($_GET['images'] == "yes" and $_GET['catalog'] == "yes")
		{
			include("test.php");
		}

The URL is http://www.smilepak.com/main.php

if you click on image gallery, it no work

but if you go to

http://smilepak.homedns.org:8008/main.php

and click on image gallery, it work...

it seems the "IF" condition is not working for some reason, any idea?

drawmack

are you sure it's not the include that's giving you the problems.

smilepak

Hmm i think i isolate it to my connection string somewhere...

smilepak

Found the problem. Strange problem though. It is in the connection string...

This worked on a Windows PHP/MySQL box

<?php
$hostname_mysqlcon = "localhost";
$database_mysqlcon = "my_database";
$username_mysqlcon = "my_username";
$password_mysqlcon = "my_password";
$mysqlcon = mysql_pconnect($hostname_mysqlcon, $username_mysqlcon, $password_mysqlcon) or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
?>

It no worked on a Unix PHP/MySQL Box. I have to do this for it to work

<?php
$mysqlcon = mysql_pconnect('localhost', 'my_username', 'my_password') or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);
?>

tsinka

Hi,

I had the same problems months ago with an older version of PHP. The solution was:

$hostname_mysqlcon = "localhost"; 
$database_mysqlcon = "my_database"; 
$username_mysqlcon = "my_username"; 
$password_mysqlcon = "my_password"; 
$mysqlcon = mysql_pconnect("$hostname_mysqlcon", "$username_mysqlcon", "$password_mysqlcon") or trigger_error(mysql_error(),E_USER_ERROR);

=> add double quotes

If that doesn't work then try to change the variable names to e.g.
$dbhost,$dbname,$dbuser and $dbpass without underscores.
Shorter variable names are easier to read.

Thomas

MarkR

My recommendation would be to have a look at the PHP error log on the server to see what errors are produced.

If your provider does not allow access to the PHP error log, they are lame, find a new one.

Replace all instances of include() in your app with require() - include() will continue if the file does not exist.

But migrating from Windows to Unix your problem is almost certainly filename case sensitivity.

Mark

smilepak

Thanks for the info. Changing it to require() does really help to see if it fails...

I have to see if the place where i am hosting it have the php log. I know they have access logs, i think.