PHP as CGI??

bdl · 05-06-2003, 11:42 AM

Anyone familiar with using PHP as CGI? I've just about completed a good sized project for work, all the PHP is formatted to run pretty universally across versions of PHP4 and up, although I am using superglobals, all the code is usable with register_globals off. Everything has been developed and tested under Linux with PHP 4.1 and running as an Apache module. The server they want to move the scripts to is running Linux, PHP as CGI and it's V4.0.6. Any thoughts on problem areas? Obviously superglobals won't work with that version but are there any 'gotchas' about working in CGI mode vs Apache mod?

sde · 05-06-2003, 02:45 PM

i could be wrong, .. but i believe i developed on a cgi install on windows... it's been a while, but i don't think that it runs much different.

Admin · 05-07-2003, 06:48 AM

you need to escape ' & " in your variables, other than that i havent run into any problems

bdl · 05-07-2003, 05:28 PM

Thanks for the replies, guys. I'm pretty dissapointed and pissed at this point because half of my scripts fail for some reason or other on the CGI server, gonna have to spend some quality time troubleshooting, and here I thought I was almost done!

One bizarre problem I have yet to figure out (of course I havent really looked into it or Googled it yet) is the fact that my includes are failing. I have one 'master' include file called 'all_func.php' that has three entries of other included files within. When I include that file, it works fine, but the includes within it fail. Example:

PHP Code:


			
<?

// somescript.php

include("./inc/all_func.php"); // works, but in itself fails and issues an error

include("./inc/header.php"); // works

echo 'somescript';

include("./inc/footer.php"); // works

?>

PHP Code:


			
<?

// all_func.php - 'master  include'

include("db_func.php"); // fails

include("misc_func.php"); // fails

?>

Other weirdness includes the fact that I'm getting index errors pertaining to $HTTP_POST_VARS['somevalue'], which never happened until I changed over to this old version. They do have register_globals on so I can't see where I'm losing any vars that way...

sde · 05-07-2003, 06:10 PM

what is your error reporting set to in your php.ini .. try this if it isn't setup:

Code:

error_reporting  =  E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

it might just be reporting notices.

bdl · 05-07-2003, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sde
what is your error reporting set to in your php.ini .. try this if it isn't setup:

Code:

error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE

it might just be reporting notices.

Actually, that's exactly what it's set to. Aside from that, I've put

PHP Code:


			
error_reporting(E_ALL);

at the top of my scripts.

sde · 05-07-2003, 08:30 PM

why do you put that at the top of yoru scripts .. notice the

~E_NOTICE

if you put "error_reporting(E_ALL);" at the top of every page ..then that cancels out the "~E_NOTICE" which means "dont' report notices .. just all other errors "

try to either take that errro_reporting() function off of the top of each page .. or add the ~E_NOTICE to it as well.

bdl · 05-08-2003, 07:56 AM

Ok, well so far, aside from removing error_reporting() from my scripts (thought it might be helpful in troubleshooting, apparently not), looks like most of it is working alright on the new server. I've got some issues with my SESSION code, but that can wait for now..

sde · 05-08-2003, 08:29 AM

the NOTICE messages are a pain in the ass. you must declare every variable before you use them to avoid notices. in a lot of the php installs, notices are enabled to report.. but older installs did not.

glad you got things working.