php displays on local testing server, but not when I upload it to the "real" server!

[thorpe]

Is this who hosts your server?

Also... what directive were you told to change to enable php 5? As far as Im aware there is none. You can change a directive in apache's configuration but thats a whole different ballgame.

[Tifosi2k2]

thorpe wrote:

Is this who hosts your server?

No, I have GoDaddy.com for now....

Here are their thoughts on the subject:

adding a php.ini file....

[thorpe]

Have you read this?

There is nothing you can put in a php.ini to make it run php 5.

[Houdini]

Try a phpinfo() function. If this does not work them regardless of the version of PHP the server is not supporting it. You might find that they don't support PHP at all, or not the version you expect.
Just type into your browser http://yoursite/test.php and name the below file test.php. Then you will see either one of two things nothing of value about your server or a table with all sorts of information about the PHP install on that server. Give that a try first and if it fails then find another host for your stuff.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

[Tifosi2k2]

thorpe wrote:

Have you read this?

There is nothing you can put in a php.ini to make it run php 5.

Yep I tried that already, still didn't work right. I'll try it again and see what happens.... :bemused:

[Tifosi2k2]

Houdini wrote:

Try a phpinfo() function. If this does not work them regardless of the version of PHP the server is not supporting it. You might find that they don't support PHP at all, or not the version you expect.
Just type into your browser http://yoursite/test.php and name the below file test.php. Then you will see either one of two things nothing of value about your server or a table with all sorts of information about the PHP install on that server. Give that a try first and if it fails then find another host for your stuff.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Okay I did that, and it worked, but it showed up as PHP 4.3.11.

So, I'll try the .htaccess file again then run the test again and see if its php5, if it is then there must be something wrong on my end with the actual page code 😕

I just don't understand how it works perfectly with the local testing server, but not on the remote server?

Update: I just uploaded the .htaccess file to the remote server (again) and it said it can take upto an hour to take effect, so I'll check back later

Thanks guys for all the help... 🙂

[Tifosi2k2]

Update:

Uploaded the .htaccess file and did the test.php and voila' PHP5.1.4!

But I'm still getting an error. "this is not a valid XML document, blah, blah, blah" :xbones:

Which is good and bad. Now I have to figure out what is wrong with my page :mad:

I guess I'll go hang out on the Dreamweaver boards :bemused:

Thanks for all of the help

🙂

[thorpe]

I guess I'll go hang out on the Dreamweaver boards

Why? This is a great php board! Post your code.

[Tifosi2k2]

thorpe wrote:

Why? This is a great php board! Post your code.

Well, I just tried too, but apparently it's too long.

Here is the URL of the site thats currently up, which is causing me so much grief:

The Motorsport Report

Eventually want it to be a kind of "Drudge Report" for racing news, but as you can see, it's not working very well..... :evilgrin:

[Tifosi2k2]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you all know my problem is fixed and the web host wasn't the problem afterall! Oops. :o

Apparently there is a bug either in PHP or in Dreamweaver that displays the RSS feeds raw while throwing an MM_XSLTransform Error.

All I had to do was locate the

MM_XSLTransform.class.php 

file in the "includes" folder. And use the "Find and Replace" feature in Dreamweaver to find

$old_error_handler

and replace it with

// $old_error_handler

, save it, and upload it to the server. And Boom! it works!!

So, Thanks everyone for all of your help! This is really a cool forum and as I progress and try to learn more about this stuff, I'll try to contribute when I can.

Thanks again! 🙂

[fluidmediums_gm]

You solved a problem for me, and I can't believe you are new to all this, you must be a genius!
I had the same error, but not the wits to find out how to fix it. How did you find out about the bug in the dreamweaver 8 code? I really want to know,

thank you your a doll !

LBARRY🙂