php5 and Apache2.2 configuration maybe

djrat

I use Fedora Core 5 as my server OS.
I have PHP5 and Apache 2.2 setup and running.

I cant get any code to accept a passed variable.

This code is all that is in the calling script and is generated by another script automatically:

<?php $clientip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; ?>
<?php include('http://sgen.mysite.com/runapps/weblinks/pages2.php?keyword=php-scripts&yourip='.$clientip); ?>

in the CALLED script: pages2.php,

    $_GET('$keyword')

WILL NOT WORK! in any format.

The program when installed on Hostmonter works fine.
On my server it keeps giving me an error:

Warning: include(http://sgen.mysite.com/runapps/weblinks/pages2.php?keyword=php-scripts&yourip=11.11.11.11) [function.include]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable in /var/www/html/sgen/weblinks/php-scripts.php on line 1

Normally I dont give up and I usually find what I look for on the net or in books. This one seems to be unique. All refrences to error 406 are actual pages with error 406.

One thing I did manage to get to work :

<?php $clientip = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?>
<?$keyword="php-scripts"?>
<?php include($clientip.'runapps/pages2.php'); ?>

It passes the correct directory and the keyword.

I added these lines to the template_page:

include("../config/config.inc");
$spword = $keyword; //set up a dummy for de-bug
$keyword_dash = $keyword; // it actually accepts the keyword now

and removed : $keyword_dash = $_GET['keyword'];

I have done so many things in the past 3 weeks to try to fix it that I cant remember all of them.
At this time I am searching for "OUT OF THE BLUE" or " OFF THE WALL" ideas.

One final note, I actually went so far as to set my PHP.INI file to exactly the same as Hostmoster, except that they use Php4 and I have Php5 and some added option I don't know what to do with.

The program was origionally written in PHP4 for use on Apache PRE 2.x.
I am guessing it is a configuration and/or permissions problem.

Anyone with ANY ideas?

I am not a complete newbie but I am by no means an expert as you can probably see by my code.

Weedpacket

djrat wrote:
All refrences to error 406 are actual pages with error 406.

Well, the HTTP protocol is defined in RFC2616:

10.4.7 406 Not Acceptable

The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating
response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable
according to the accept headers sent in the request.

So for some reason, the the content in the response is not of any type that's accepted by the client. Somewhere along the way there would appear to be a mismatch in the content type (say, the client's Accept: header reads
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png;q=0.5 but the server is sending out image/gif; most clients by default have a wildcard / on the end, though). So yeah, it sounds as if there's something wonky with your server's configuration. Can't think what right now, unfortunately.

MarkR

Please don't use include(url)

Don't ever do this - it probably doesn't do what you expect and isn't a very good idea, for reasons I've outlined in http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10330128 previous posts

Mark

djrat

Weedpacket wrote:
Well, the HTTP protocol is defined in RFC2616:
So for some reason, the the content in the response is not of any type that's accepted by the client. Somewhere along the way there would appear to be a mismatch in the content type .

I found that link but couldnt figure the relation to my problem.
If you are interested I can set up a Link on my server to PHP info.
and Apache Config.

I really think it is either an Apache or a Linux problem....
PHP doesnt seem to have that many differences in the INI.

djrat

MarkR wrote:
Please don't use include(url)

Don't ever do this - it probably doesn't do what you expect and isn't a very good idea, for reasons I've outlined in http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10330128 previous posts

Mark

<?php $clientip = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?>
returns the root directory and tags it onto the front of the script.

I understand the security risks of allow url_fopen but have played with this also just to see if it works.
No change.

<?php $clientip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; ?> is generated by the origional script and returns the actual IP address of my server. This did not work, thus I changed it.

I am really thinking that it has to be an Apache problem.
Most hosts are running Apache 1.3.3.
I am using 2.2.
Is it possible there is a handler not loaded or a permission not set for
Apache???