I have been trying my hand at the PHP implementation of Apache on an Alpha with VMS 8.3. I find the documentation on getting things working very lacking.
Currently I am having trouble determining what allows and disallows certain fuctions, with the latest sticking point being the "glob()" function.
When I try to use "glob" in a php script, I get the "Fatal Error: Call to undefined function glob()" ...
I've been searching all around with google and this is usually solved by going to PHP 4.3.0 - but the VMS implementation of PHP states that it is 4.3.10, so it would seem that it should support this function.
In the end what I wanted to do was implement the free photo sharing software called "Gallery" which is based on mysql and PHP with Apache (at least, in my implementation). This function is the latest hurdle and I've reproduced the error with a simple call to:
foreach (glob("*.txt") as $filename) ...
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
-- jls
P.S. I have put a "php_flag safe_mode off" in my php.ini file, just fyi.
> I have been trying my hand at the PHP implementation of Apache on an > Alpha with VMS 8.3. I find the documentation on getting things > working very lacking.
> Currently I am having trouble determining what allows and disallows > certain fuctions, with the latest sticking point being the "glob()" > function.
> When I try to use "glob" in a php script, I get the "Fatal Error: Call > to undefined function glob()" ...
Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have.
You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 -0700, Craig A. Berry
<craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote: > Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which > didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it > works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was > linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where > there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error > message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() > function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have. > You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that > come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans > to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from > sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you > can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a > decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
>> I have been trying my hand at the PHP implementation of Apache on an >> Alpha with VMS 8.3. I find the documentation on getting things >> working very lacking.
>> Currently I am having trouble determining what allows and disallows >> certain fuctions, with the latest sticking point being the "glob()" >> function.
>> When I try to use "glob" in a php script, I get the "Fatal Error: Call >> to undefined function glob()" ...
>Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which >didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it >works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was >linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where >there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error >message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() >function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have.
>You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that >come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from >sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you >can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a >decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
3 years old? The PHP 1.3 ECO2 kit is from April 2008.
I have no experience porting code from other platforms, so if anyone else has worked on a VMS/PHP port, it'd be nice to see what they have done so far.
>On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 -0700, Craig A. Berry ><craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>> Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which >> didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it >> works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was >> linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where >> there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error >> message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() >> function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have.
>> You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that >> come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from >> sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you >> can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a >> decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
>Why can't he add glob to his version of the crtl?
I'm already running VMS 8.3, which *should* include the glob() function.... so it would seem as though the HP implementation of PHP may not have that function activated.
How active are they working on it? The latest ECO is from April 2008.... is there any chance they'll be working on an update to include this?
Unfortunately, I am just a hobbyist, so don't have a support contract to contact them directly.
none <nobodyh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > "Craig A. Berry" <craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote: >> You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, [...]
> 3 years old? The PHP 1.3 ECO2 kit is from April 2008.
...and the release notes state that it only corrects various errors.
The original CSWS_PHP 1.3 kit was published in November 2005.
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:43 AM, none <nobodyh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:11:21 -0700, "Tom Linden" <t...@kednos.company> > wrote:
>>On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 -0700, Craig A. Berry >><craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote:
>>> Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which >>> didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it >>> works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was >>> linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where >>> there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error >>> message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() >>> function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have.
>>> You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that >>> come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >>> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from >>> sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you >>> can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a >>> decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
>>Why can't he add glob to his version of the crtl?
If you look at the on line PHP manual for the glob() function <http://www.php.net/glob> you will see a number of replacements for the function that people have written (scroll through the user comments). I just tried the one called safe_glob and it worked fine on my VMS machine. OpenVMS 7.3-2 running the lastest PHP.
Martin Vorlaender wrote: > none <nobodyh...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> "Craig A. Berry" <craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote: >>> You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >>> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, [...] >> 3 years old? The PHP 1.3 ECO2 kit is from April 2008.
> ...and the release notes state that it only corrects various errors.
> The original CSWS_PHP 1.3 kit was published in November 2005.
And it is based on PHP 4.3 which was first released in December 2002.
And the PHP team will stop developing security patches for PHP 4 tomorrow (August 8th).
none wrote: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:11:21 -0700, "Tom Linden" <t...@kednos.company> > wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 -0700, Craig A. Berry >> <craigbe...@nospam.mac.com> wrote: >>> Most likely the glob() in PHP depends on the glob() in the CRTL, which >>> didn't come along until OVMS v8.2. The PHP kit for Alpha states that it >>> works on OVMS Alpha v7.3-2 or later, which would typically mean it was >>> linked on v7.3-2 or at least against 7.3-2 run-time libraries, where >>> there would be no glob() function to link to. So most likely the error >>> message you are getting is telling you the truth, i.e., the glob() >>> function really is unimplemented in the PHP kit you have. >>> You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that >>> come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >>> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from >>> sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you >>> can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a >>> decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL. >> Why can't he add glob to his version of the crtl?
> I'm already running VMS 8.3, which *should* include the glob() > function.... so it would seem as though the HP implementation of PHP > may not have that function activated.
Which could be because the code is intended to also run on versions older than 8.2 !
Tom Linden wrote: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:50:52 -0700, Craig A. Berry >> You probably won't like any of your options, but these are the ones that >> come to mind. You can log a call with HP and see if they have any plans >> to update their three-year-old PHP kit, you can build it yourself from >> sources (which various people have reported difficulty doing), or you >> can ditch PHP and use Perl, which implemented its own glob() on VMS a >> decade or more before anyone saw fit to add it to the CRTL.
> Why can't he add glob to his version of the crtl?
He would still need to rebuild PHP with glob enabled.
