Feb 04, 2006 | 10:57:01
As I sat down to edit “Core Web Application Programming with PHP and MySQL”, I would sometimes find errors in the text so blindingly obvious and stupid that I would question whether or not I was truly qualified to write such a book. And yet, after talking with some other people who write books (and recalling days when I wrote huge amounts of code), it seems that this is all common and with much proof-reading and the hard work of some friendly reviewers, I was able to write a book of extremely high quality.
Of course, that just meant I would be even more devastated when the first technical errors WERE found in the book.
There have been a couple, but they’re not that killer serious.
Chapter 21 Error
In Chapter 21, where the book discusses writing your own output handler, the constant in the $_SESSION array to check is HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING, without the letter ‘S’ on the word accept.
The Accompanying Source Code
There are a couple of errors in the source code, the most glaring of which DID get fixed, but never made it on to the shipping CD ROM (d’oh!). In the SimpleBlog sample, in the file lib/entrymanager.inc, the class DBManager is accidentally misspelled DBMananager. Just fix it and change it back to the correct spelling and the sample will compile fine under PHP 5.0.x (x <= 4).
The other problem with the samples is that some new things have appeared in newer versions of PHP 5.0.y (y >= 5). PHP now defines a class called InvalidArgumentException, which conflicts directly with the class I have defined using the same name. The easy fix for this problem is to simply change the name of the class slightly, to something like MyInvalidArgumentException or some such thing.
To save you the hassle of tracking down and fixing all of these problems, I have put a new copy of the book source code up on the chipmunkninja.com servers. You can download these from here: phpwasrcupdate_2005-12-01.zip.
As always, if you see any other problems or errors in the book, or just want to comment on it, please feel free to drop me some mail.
I remain chagrined, but I’ll get over it.
Small note
Posted By: Charlie Stevenson Feb 04, 2006 15:24:36
Me again... just started diffing the includes. I believe this small fix still applies to errors.inc:
236c235
< class NoEntrySpecified extends Exception
---
> class NoEntrySpecifiedException extends Exception
peace,
core
236c235
< class NoEntrySpecified extends Exception
---
> class NoEntrySpecifiedException extends Exception
peace,
core
MySQL 5 ?
Posted By: Stephen Shaw Mar 11, 2006 04:35:44
Question. I see that you are providing MySQL 4.1 with the book. MySQL 5 is now out. Being new to PHP/MySQL I was wondering if there are compatability issues with the source in the book with MySQL 5?
steve
steve
Oink! Full stop#
Posted By: Lars Jacobsen Apr 08, 2006 01:47:04
Was i glad to see this thread. I have been working hours to find out what i did wrong. So goes when you trust the written word. Newer thought of reading the documentation :(
But anyhow, this is a very good book that takes you from just writing and copying small code snippets to the lot. I would have liked a little more in chapter 29 & 30, but its just a minor thing.
Thank you for a serious good book.
Lars Jacobsen / Denmark
But anyhow, this is a very good book that takes you from just writing and copying small code snippets to the lot. I would have liked a little more in chapter 29 & 30, but its just a minor thing.
Thank you for a serious good book.
Lars Jacobsen / Denmark
Core Application Book
Posted By: suttungr Oct 16, 2006 15:34:54
I tried your Ecommerence code in your book but, received the error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /Library/WebServer/Documents/webapp/showprods.php on line 148
I can not get this program to work. It seems if you remove the echo <<<EOHTML... EOHTML code, the error is not there but you will not see the jpg files and html output.
What give?
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /Library/WebServer/Documents/webapp/showprods.php on line 148
I can not get this program to work. It seems if you remove the echo <<<EOHTML... EOHTML code, the error is not there but you will not see the jpg files and html output.
What give?
Cannot redeclare DateTime class
Posted By: Parka Jan 27, 2007 01:17:39
Almost similar to the InvalidArgumentException problem is the DateTime class that was declared in the datetimehelpers.inc file.
After renaming it the class to MyDateTime, most of the problems went away.
I was using PHP Server version: 5.0.27-community
After renaming it the class to MyDateTime, most of the problems went away.
I was using PHP Server version: 5.0.27-community
Blank screen!
Posted By: Rachel Mar 16, 2007 12:15:24
I'm finding your book really helpful, one of the most clear php guides I've seen. Now for my problem, I am working with the appointment application, and finally got it up and running after sorting out a few niggles (I'm using PHP5). I don't want the description field, so have removed every reference to it from every file, but now whenever I hit submit, I get a totally blank page, no error messages, nothing. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Probably a simple, stupid mistake! I'm pretty sure I haven't removed anything except references to the description field.
Any suggestions appreciated!
Any suggestions appreciated!
blank screen
Posted By: marcwan Mar 17, 2007 07:25:49
the blank screen is almost always the result of an error of some sort. i've noticed that enough has changed in PHP 5 since i wrote the book that there are random compile errors.
The best way to see what the errors are? Open up errors.inc and temporarily comment out the set_exception_handler() and set_error_handler() function calls. Then you'll see the messages right away.
The best way to see what the errors are? Open up errors.inc and temporarily comment out the set_exception_handler() and set_error_handler() function calls. Then you'll see the messages right away.
Ironic
Posted By: Brian Williams Mar 26, 2007 15:16:51
I spent a few hours today working on this, and finally I got to the InvalidArgumentException issue. I figured it was because my version of PHP is not what you developed on... I Google the error message and Lo and Behold, there is a chipmunk ninja link... I should have checked here first!
Blank Index.php page
Posted By: Jim Mar 27, 2007 19:08:44
Great Book, I am learning but have a problem. I have PHP5.2.0.0, Apache 2.0. MYSql 5.0. I installed your updated files as mentioned above. When I open index.php in browser all it shows is the menu bar across the top. No text in the center of the page will show. Any ideas what I should look for?
Error
Posted By: Ganbold Mar 31, 2007 23:17:49
I'm seeing following error. I have php-5.2.x and it is not working.
The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.
Do you have updated code?
thanks,
Ganbold
The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.
Do you have updated code?
thanks,
Ganbold
blank index page
Posted By: Ganbold Mar 31, 2007 23:32:07
I can't seem to get working simpleblog.
I have php-5.2.x and index.php shows nothing.
When I access error.php?err=8 it shows following:
Unexpected Error
We are very sorry, but an unexpected error has occurred in the application. This occurs either because a page was used improperly and visited directly instead of through the web site or because of a system error in the application. The website administrators have been notified and will look into the problem as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience and kindly ask you to try again or try back again in a little while.
Please click here to go back to the main page and continue working with our system.
The error received was:
Unknown Error
What should I do?
thanks,
Ganbold
I have php-5.2.x and index.php shows nothing.
When I access error.php?err=8 it shows following:
Unexpected Error
We are very sorry, but an unexpected error has occurred in the application. This occurs either because a page was used improperly and visited directly instead of through the web site or because of a system error in the application. The website administrators have been notified and will look into the problem as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience and kindly ask you to try again or try back again in a little while.
Please click here to go back to the main page and continue working with our system.
The error received was:
Unknown Error
What should I do?
thanks,
Ganbold
Blank Page
Posted By: marcwan Apr 01, 2007 19:40:19
The blank page usually means some really early on error is happening before we even get to PHP's error handling.
the easiest way to see what the error is is to open lib/errors.inc and comment out the two lines:
set_default_error_handler(....
set default_exception_handler(....
then you'll see what the problem is.
the easiest way to see what the error is is to open lib/errors.inc and comment out the two lines:
set_default_error_handler(....
set default_exception_handler(....
then you'll see what the problem is.
Appointments project - blank page
Posted By: Jim Apr 02, 2007 07:08:20
I commented out the two lines as you suggested but do not get any errors. I had commented out the two lines previously so I could see the errors and fix them. I am using the updated code. I did have to go in and add My to the DateTime code references (as suggested in a previous post) and this got rid of many of the errors I was receiving. But I still get the blank page when I go to index.php. I do get the menu bar across the tops of each page and I do get all the fields on the addnewappt page. When I do fill out the addappts page and try to submit it, I get back a blank white page.
I am trying to figure out why the text on the index.php page does not appear. Could it be caused by something not configured correctly in the PHP and MySQL files on the server. I am using PHP5.2.0.0 Apache 2.0 MySql 5.0
If I remove this line $appts = $am->getPendingappointments($g_userID, 5); then I can get the text to show up on the index.php page.
I am trying to figure out why the text on the index.php page does not appear. Could it be caused by something not configured correctly in the PHP and MySQL files on the server. I am using PHP5.2.0.0 Apache 2.0 MySql 5.0
If I remove this line $appts = $am->getPendingappointments($g_userID, 5); then I can get the text to show up on the index.php page.
Help running sample code
Posted By: Andrew Apr 19, 2007 17:36:42
The sample simpleblog is not simple. I cannot get the code to run. I get a blank screen and commenting out error_handler and exception_handler does not work. Before I was getting could not open steam: can not locate the include files. I am running PHP5.2 Apache 2.0 MySQL5.0
A few tips
Posted By: marcwan Apr 21, 2007 23:42:16
I've found that PHP is a little quirky i how it reports errors for a lot of things. In particular, those that occur as it loads in scripts -- syntax and parsing errors.
Good things to look for:
- check your error settings in php.ini and make sure that it's reporting all errors (I usually set the errors to E_ALL | E_STRICT).
- also set the php.ini file to log errors to a log file. Sometimes, when you can't figure out what's going wrong, the error file will tell you what happened.
- once you've made sure that the set_error_handler and set_exception_handler are commented out, you should have a better time of seeing what's going wrong.
I'm planning on writing a blog article about this, as PHP appears to have two "modes" of error reporting, and getting the full details of all of them can be a bit tricky sometimes ....
Ecommerce
Posted By: Scott D. May 16, 2007 15:27:20
I bought your book and have found it to be the best one on the market. Working with your e-commerce script, on local host; I was able to load the index page with all of the .inc files as well as the pull down.
Then I select any of the options and it goes to showprods.php but the only thing that is on the page is the top banner and this "" in the upper left hand corner of the page. I can view the cart as well as help but won't browse product and I can't see any images.
Please provide any information you can to allow me to move forward with this script.
Regards,
Scott D.
Then I select any of the options and it goes to showprods.php but the only thing that is on the page is the top banner and this "" in the upper left hand corner of the page. I can view the cart as well as help but won't browse product and I can't see any images.
Please provide any information you can to allow me to move forward with this script.
Regards,
Scott D.
Weird Characters
Posted By: marcwan May 19, 2007 00:37:13
Hey Scott!!
Those weird characters () I *think* are the UTF-8 headers. It sounds like the files on your machine have the UTF-8 headers, and the PHP interpreter doesn't like them.
If you're on Windows, you might try loading and resaving (as UTF-8) the files using Notepad.exe, or if you're on a Mac, then you should try using TextEdit.app/, and also use UTF-8. On Linux I'd use Emacs, but there might be something easier.
Ecommerce
Posted By: Scott D. May 19, 2007 07:56:23
The images weren't populating the page because I was running an older version of mysqli.dll. I replaced it and libmysql.dll with a newer version and now it works fine. I am trying your suggestion and my httpd.conf is loading AddCharset UTF-8.
Thanks for all you help.
Scott
Thanks for all you help.
Scott
validUserName problem?
Posted By: Nick May 29, 2007 06:25:43
I've been having trouble with the validUserName function in usermanager.inc. Any user name I enter on the form gets rejected even though its valid. I don't know much about reg expressions but could something be wrong with this?
$pattern = "[[:alnum:] _-]\{$min,$max}";
return ereg($pattern, $in_uname);
I modified the function below and it seems to work:
public static function validUserName($in_uname)
{
$in_uname = trim($in_uname);
$min = UserManager::LEN_UNAME_MIN;
$max = UserManager::LEN_UNAME_MAX;
$un_length=strlen($in_uname);
if ($un_length<$min || $un_length>$max)
return FALSE;
$pattern = "^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$";
return ereg($pattern, $in_uname);
}
$pattern = "[[:alnum:] _-]\{$min,$max}";
return ereg($pattern, $in_uname);
I modified the function below and it seems to work:
public static function validUserName($in_uname)
{
$in_uname = trim($in_uname);
$min = UserManager::LEN_UNAME_MIN;
$max = UserManager::LEN_UNAME_MAX;
$un_length=strlen($in_uname);
if ($un_length<$min || $un_length>$max)
return FALSE;
$pattern = "^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$";
return ereg($pattern, $in_uname);
}
{$min, $max}
Posted By: marcwan May 30, 2007 01:46:51
Hey Nick!
Yah, a guy from England pointed this out a while back, and I ended up writing an article about it.
http://chipmunkninja.com/article/phptrix2
I don't know why this worked in the versions I was using when I wrote the book, but not now .... freaky!
Yah, a guy from England pointed this out a while back, and I ended up writing an article about it.
http://chipmunkninja.com/article/phptrix2
I don't know why this worked in the versions I was using when I wrote the book, but not now .... freaky!
 - weird characters
Posted By: peet Jun 16, 2007 17:04:55
man, i was getting mad on those characters. okay it's late in the night and i can hardly keep my eyes open, but i was including a file in a page and the output got those weird characters before the file content, which did't look that nice in the page. you can try googleing for those characters but you won't find them,lol. thanks a million for opening my eyes in the middle of the night, so now i can go get some sleep ;-)
weird charactesr
Posted By: marcwan Jun 17, 2007 03:12:53
see my above comment on weird characters. probaby UTF-8 headers. you can usually remove them with Notepad.exe or TextEdit.app/ (or Emacs on Un*x).
Fatal error
Posted By: Lord Jul 23, 2007 09:28:36
Hy,
i've been having truble with the example of user authentication chapter. Infact i usually receive this following error:
Fatal error:
Cannot redeclare class InvalidArgumentException in SiteDirectory\errors.inc on line 9
How to solve this problem??
Thanks!!
i've been having truble with the example of user authentication chapter. Infact i usually receive this following error:
Fatal error:
Cannot redeclare class InvalidArgumentException in SiteDirectory\errors.inc on line 9
How to solve this problem??
Thanks!!
Minor problem in error.php / errors.inc
Posted By: ruru24 Oct 10, 2007 06:08:51
Hi,
1st: great book ! Getting interested in OOP now.
I found a problem in error.php /errors.inc. Errors.inc does a
if ($PHP_MAJOR == 5 and $PHP_MINOR < 1)
{
etc.
but $PHP_MAJOR is declared in corincs.inc, which is (rightly so) NOT included in error.php.
The solution is do declare $PHP_MAJOR in error.php as well.
cheers,
Rudolph
1st: great book ! Getting interested in OOP now.
I found a problem in error.php /errors.inc. Errors.inc does a
if ($PHP_MAJOR == 5 and $PHP_MINOR < 1)
{
etc.
but $PHP_MAJOR is declared in corincs.inc, which is (rightly so) NOT included in error.php.
The solution is do declare $PHP_MAJOR in error.php as well.
cheers,
Rudolph
Problems with mega_escape_string function
Posted By: stefano Dec 07, 2007 23:57:02
Hi,
I installed your simple blog example of your book. It seems to work well, but when I try to submit some data containing the three characters ( ‘ % ; ) which are prefixed with a backslash by your mega_escape_string function, there are two problems.
One is if I insert the apostrophe ( ‘ ): when I try to submit the text I see a totally blank page. Even if I go to see, from the browser, the html source, there is no code, zero characters. Furthermore, no data is added to the database.
The second problem occurs if I insert the percentage symbol or the semicolon ( % ; ): now the data is submitted correctly, but when it is showed in the pages, the two characters appears prefixed with the backslash!
This means that in this case mega_escape_string worked well, but what I can do to show the content without the backslashes?
Thanks.
I installed your simple blog example of your book. It seems to work well, but when I try to submit some data containing the three characters ( ‘ % ; ) which are prefixed with a backslash by your mega_escape_string function, there are two problems.
One is if I insert the apostrophe ( ‘ ): when I try to submit the text I see a totally blank page. Even if I go to see, from the browser, the html source, there is no code, zero characters. Furthermore, no data is added to the database.
The second problem occurs if I insert the percentage symbol or the semicolon ( % ; ): now the data is submitted correctly, but when it is showed in the pages, the two characters appears prefixed with the backslash!
This means that in this case mega_escape_string worked well, but what I can do to show the content without the backslashes?
Thanks.
Layout Question
Posted By: Jaqui Dec 16, 2007 00:54:06
In reading the book I noticed that you use tables for the page layouts instead of using the xhtml & css recommended divs. Why use the tables instead of divs?
This isn't the first book on php and mysql apps I have read, it is though much more comprehensive than any other work I have seen. Great Job.
This isn't the first book on php and mysql apps I have read, it is though much more comprehensive than any other work I have seen. Great Job.
Another Thank You
Posted By: Kim Briggs Dec 30, 2007 18:24:25
Marc,
I am only a PHP hobbyist, but I have read a good amount of literature on the subject of web apps. I highly recommend this book for its clear and concise-yet-complete treatment of the subject.
Actually came here to find the source of an error on the accompanying disk... Thanks!
I am only a PHP hobbyist, but I have read a good amount of literature on the subject of web apps. I highly recommend this book for its clear and concise-yet-complete treatment of the subject.
Actually came here to find the source of an error on the accompanying disk... Thanks!
simplebog blank page with php 5.2.3
Posted By: Kim Briggs Dec 30, 2007 20:35:56
Here is one way to get rid of the "blank page" condition for simpleblog. Commenting out the custom error handlers that Marc mentioned in errors.inc (lines 128-9), I got an error message concerning a session error:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'SessionCompromisedException' with message 'We're sorry, but there is a good chance that your connection to this site has been compromised. Please ensure that you have applied the latest security fixes to your web browser, clear your browser cache entirely, and try again.' in .../inc/simpleblog/session.inc:87 Stack trace: #0 .../inc/simpleblog/coreincs.inc(25): require_once() #1 .../public_html/simpleblog/index.php(21): require_once('/home/utree/pub...') #2 {main} thrown in .../inc/simpleblog/session.inc on line 87
Commenting out the last session data test in session.inc (~lines 78-88) allows me to see the page. HTH.
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'SessionCompromisedException' with message 'We're sorry, but there is a good chance that your connection to this site has been compromised. Please ensure that you have applied the latest security fixes to your web browser, clear your browser cache entirely, and try again.' in .../inc/simpleblog/session.inc:87 Stack trace: #0 .../inc/simpleblog/coreincs.inc(25): require_once() #1 .../public_html/simpleblog/index.php(21): require_once('/home/utree/pub...') #2 {main} thrown in .../inc/simpleblog/session.inc on line 87
Commenting out the last session data test in session.inc (~lines 78-88) allows me to see the page. HTH.
DateTime object class already defined by PHP 5.2
Posted By: Philou Feb 11, 2008 07:33:38
Hi Marc,
thanks for a very clear and well written book for the interested newbie like myself.
I have just spent considerable time trying to get the Appointment manager source code up and running.
Finally I have figured out that the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method DateTime::topOfWeek()
Is due to the fact that PHP 5.2 now defines a DateTime object before you do in your script.
This seems to be more or less the same situation you mention above concerning with the "InvalidArgumentException" class.
Whether the best way to get around this is to simply rename your DateTime class everywhere, or if all you do in the script can also be achieved using the DateTime object provided by PHP 5.2, I am not fit to figure out at this time...
Thanks and have a nice day!
P.
thanks for a very clear and well written book for the interested newbie like myself.
I have just spent considerable time trying to get the Appointment manager source code up and running.
Finally I have figured out that the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined method DateTime::topOfWeek()
Is due to the fact that PHP 5.2 now defines a DateTime object before you do in your script.
This seems to be more or less the same situation you mention above concerning with the "InvalidArgumentException" class.
Whether the best way to get around this is to simply rename your DateTime class everywhere, or if all you do in the script can also be achieved using the DateTime object provided by PHP 5.2, I am not fit to figure out at this time...
Thanks and have a nice day!
P.
Problems with ecommerce
Posted By: Lorenzo Feb 18, 2008 14:55:14
Hello.
I am italian, sorry for my english.
First of all thank you for your book, when I will be famous with my internet application I won't forget you ;)
My problem is in the ecommerce example. I solved the problem: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class InvalidArgumentException in D:\WebApplications\www\posterstore\errors.inc on line 148 (I have called the class MyInvalidArgumentException).
I can see the index.php but I can't surf in the site when I try to see the page showprods.php I don't see nothing (except the top banner).
showcart.php and checkout.php are ok.
Which could be the problem?
Please answer me with a simple english.
Best regards.
I am italian, sorry for my english.
First of all thank you for your book, when I will be famous with my internet application I won't forget you ;)
My problem is in the ecommerce example. I solved the problem: Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class InvalidArgumentException in D:\WebApplications\www\posterstore\errors.inc on line 148 (I have called the class MyInvalidArgumentException).
I can see the index.php but I can't surf in the site when I try to see the page showprods.php I don't see nothing (except the top banner).
showcart.php and checkout.php are ok.
Which could be the problem?
Please answer me with a simple english.
Best regards.
Session security
Posted By: Chris Mar 28, 2008 21:00:05
Mark,
this is an excellent book. great work.
I have a question about using the User-Agent for session security (p. 407).
I used this on my site, however I found that when people upgrade their
browser version even if minor (for example, Firefox 2.0.0.12 to 2.0.0.13),
the User-Agent changes and as a result, they may get the alarming error
about a compromised session.
Even if this happens once in a while, this is a serious problem as
people will think the site does not function properly.
Chris
this is an excellent book. great work.
I have a question about using the User-Agent for session security (p. 407).
I used this on my site, however I found that when people upgrade their
browser version even if minor (for example, Firefox 2.0.0.12 to 2.0.0.13),
the User-Agent changes and as a result, they may get the alarming error
about a compromised session.
Even if this happens once in a while, this is a serious problem as
people will think the site does not function properly.
Chris
Session security (correction)
Posted By: Chris Mar 28, 2008 21:12:36
In my previous post I mentioned p.407; it actually suggests the
right solution (prompting for password) in pseudo-code.
My problem came from using code from the CD (simpleblog/libs/session.inc)
which throws the exception instead of prompting for password.
right solution (prompting for password) in pseudo-code.
My problem came from using code from the CD (simpleblog/libs/session.inc)
which throws the exception instead of prompting for password.
User-Agent Changes
Posted By: marcwan Mar 29, 2008 01:52:38
That's a good point, and not a bad suggestion. Firefox seems to upgrade itself on my systems about once every month or so, which might freak users out a lot ... I'll look at changing that code.
Thanks!
marc.
Thanks!
marc.
Accessing files: testing result of @fopen
Posted By: Chris Mar 30, 2008 12:25:05
Mark,
I am following your recommendations for accessing files (chapter 519).
For example if I open a file for writing (as shown on p.521):
$file = @fopen('fname', 'w');
if ($file === NULL)
throw ...
I found that @fopen does not return NULL on error, rather it returns
false and the test for the error does not work for me. Maybe my PHP
version or settings ?
I replaced the '===' by '==' and things work.
Doing '=== false' is ok too. Any comments ?
Thanks, this is a great book, it always remains at hand on my desk.
Chris
I am following your recommendations for accessing files (chapter 519).
For example if I open a file for writing (as shown on p.521):
$file = @fopen('fname', 'w');
if ($file === NULL)
throw ...
I found that @fopen does not return NULL on error, rather it returns
false and the test for the error does not work for me. Maybe my PHP
version or settings ?
I replaced the '===' by '==' and things work.
Doing '=== false' is ok too. Any comments ?
Thanks, this is a great book, it always remains at hand on my desk.
Chris
Page is not redirecting
Posted By: Nathan Jun 01, 2008 20:00:33
I'm seeing following error. I have php-5.2.x and it is not working. I see that someone else has had this error. Is there a fix? It happens when I go from the index/home page on the Appointment Manager to any page on the top tool bar. This only happens the first time the page is accessed. I then go back to the home page and everything works.
The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.
Can someone help me on this one?
Thanks
Nathan
The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.
Can someone help me on this one?
Thanks
Nathan
Access Denied
Posted By: marcwan Jun 12, 2008 04:23:15
that means your application is either using the wrong name or password, or the given user has not been granted permissions in the database.
you can select * FROM mysql.user to see who has permissions from which host, and you should double check that your app uses the right name / password combo.
you can select * FROM mysql.user to see who has permissions from which host, and you should double check that your app uses the right name / password combo.
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Posted By: Patrick Sep 19, 2008 09:45:12
Hi,
I try to install the simpleblog application and I get this error (the error_handlers have been commented)
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'DatabaseErrorException' with message 'We\'re sorry, but an internal database error has occurred. Our system administrators have been notified and we kindly request that you try again in a little while. Thank you for your patience. (Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2))' in /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/dbmanager.inc:49 Stack trace: #0 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/usermanager.inc(470): DBManager::getConnection() #1 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/loginproc.inc(21): UserManager->isUserLoggedIn() #2 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/coreincs.inc(33): require_once('/home/.warfield...') #3 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/geantbrun.com/webapps/simpleblog/webapp/index.php(21): require_once('/home/.warfield...') #4 {main} thrown in /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/dbmanager.inc on line 49
Any hint would be greatly appreciated!
Patrick
I try to install the simpleblog application and I get this error (the error_handlers have been commented)
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'DatabaseErrorException' with message 'We\'re sorry, but an internal database error has occurred. Our system administrators have been notified and we kindly request that you try again in a little while. Thank you for your patience. (Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2))' in /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/dbmanager.inc:49 Stack trace: #0 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/usermanager.inc(470): DBManager::getConnection() #1 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/loginproc.inc(21): UserManager->isUserLoggedIn() #2 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/coreincs.inc(33): require_once('/home/.warfield...') #3 /home/.warfield/geantbrun/geantbrun.com/webapps/simpleblog/webapp/index.php(21): require_once('/home/.warfield...') #4 {main} thrown in /home/.warfield/geantbrun/lib/php/simpleblog/dbmanager.inc on line 49
Any hint would be greatly appreciated!
Patrick
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
Posted By: Patrick Sep 19, 2008 10:00:19
Sorry for the last post guys, I just realized that my mysql server is not localhost on dreamhost. I had to change the parameter DBHOST in the dbconninfo.inc file. Now I get an access denied error that I will try to resolve by myself.
Thank you
Patrick
Thank you
Patrick
Hi I bought your book and enjoyed it.
Posted By: Jeremy Oct 04, 2008 04:57:47
Hey, just thought i would throw some props for your book. I purchased it and I'm a happy customer.
Good read, as somebody who is self taught i wanted to buy a book that had a good explanation of classes and some practical applications for learning.
I was also attracted to the veteran style tips from the experienced PHP web developer.
Good read, When i was having a quick look at the source code i came into the error "MyInvalidArgumentException" class error, and your explaination of the error and update of code was appreciated. These things happen.
PS. Your naming conventions are too good for your own good!!
Warm Regards
Jeremy
Good read, as somebody who is self taught i wanted to buy a book that had a good explanation of classes and some practical applications for learning.
I was also attracted to the veteran style tips from the experienced PHP web developer.
Good read, When i was having a quick look at the source code i came into the error "MyInvalidArgumentException" class error, and your explaination of the error and update of code was appreciated. These things happen.
PS. Your naming conventions are too good for your own good!!
Warm Regards
Jeremy
Chapter 14 - Code Libraries for User Interface Generation
Posted By: Kim Feb 19, 2009 08:28:10
Listing 14-1: An HtmlGenerator Class;
I'm having problems with implementing this, I have checked the code 100x and it just wont work. The error I get when using the code exactly as in the book and using php4 is [Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in htmlgenerator.inc on line 5]. Using php 5 I get this error [Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/nep/public_html/testsite/lib/htmlgenerator.inc on line 100] I have checked many time to make sure all '{}' are included as needed but no matter how I change it by removing one or adding one I constantly get this error. Please help.
I'm having problems with implementing this, I have checked the code 100x and it just wont work. The error I get when using the code exactly as in the book and using php4 is [Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in htmlgenerator.inc on line 5]. Using php 5 I get this error [Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/nep/public_html/testsite/lib/htmlgenerator.inc on line 100] I have checked many time to make sure all '{}' are included as needed but no matter how I change it by removing one or adding one I constantly get this error. Please help.
Ecommerce Site
Posted By: Maureen Moore Mar 18, 2009 17:13:53
I downloaded the corrected version of the ecommerce application and re-installed everything but I can't use any of the code because it doesn't fulfill the most primary function of printing out the right total. When the user goes to checkout with his shopping cart, only the last item he ordered is added to shipping to make the grand total. What can I do with a shopping cart that displays the wrong total. This example is useless for me because it can't even add the total right.
About Session storage (p. 401)
Posted By: Chris Aug 26, 2009 18:03:18
I am using the example code for database session storage (p. 401).
My hosting provider restarts Apache/mySQL services every day and
I have no control over that. I have seen problems in the 'read' and
'write' functions when the DataBaseSessionStorage $s_conn variable
is stale because of the restart.
Would this issue be resolved if I obtain connections through the
getConnection() function of dbmanager.inc (p.664) ?
My hosting provider restarts Apache/mySQL services every day and
I have no control over that. I have seen problems in the 'read' and
'write' functions when the DataBaseSessionStorage $s_conn variable
is stale because of the restart.
Would this issue be resolved if I obtain connections through the
getConnection() function of dbmanager.inc (p.664) ?
Stale Connections
Posted By: marcwan Aug 27, 2009 03:33:05
The sample code in the book makes a new connection to the database every single time you make a new request to the web server, so there should be no "stale" connections.
You should never, ever use the $s_conn variable directly, but instead always use the getConnection() method. This should avoid problems like this.
good luck!
You should never, ever use the $s_conn variable directly, but instead always use the getConnection() method. This should avoid problems like this.
good luck!
SimpleBlog - Can't create new users
Posted By: Tommie Sep 16, 2009 02:24:28
I am currently taking a PHP class that is using your book. I have loaded the files for the SimpleBlog application. For some reason, it does not allow me to add accounts using the application. I keep getting the message "Sorry, but the specified user name is invalid. User names must contain only latin letters and numbers, spaces, underscores, or hyphens, and must be between 8 and 50 characters long." no matter what username I use. I can add accounts directly in MySQL but not from the application. I am using PHP 5.3.0. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for the book! Out of the 5 books I've purchased in a recent binge to muck with AJAX type sites yours is the one I pick up most frequently.
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