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Old December 4th, 2002, 01:06 AM
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Portal System
Hello,

I have a project that I am working on. A portal system. So far eveything seems to work fine on my website but if I have someone else install the poral we get errors.

I know some of the errors are becaue I have made certain lines concreat insted of flexable.

I fixed these lines but am still having problems with the root directory.

If someone uploads my stuff to this web address.

www.yoursite.com/portal/

my include paths are absolute and I need to change this. So I gather the location they install the primary file on. In this case www.yoursite.com/portal/

No my functions are inside this folder www.yoursite.com/portal/includes/functions/

how do I set up my includes and reguire paths correctly?

Here is a link to the setup.php file Setup file.

I took the submit button out. Now after submitting it goes to this file.

PHP Code:
<?

    global $board_url; 
    global $sql_host;
    global $sql_database;
    global $sql_user;
    global $sql_pass;
    global $adminname;
    global $adminpassword;
    global $adminpassword2;
    global $email;
    global $HTTP_POST_VARS;
    global $forums;
    global $yes;
    global $no;
    global $squad_tag;
    global $squad_desc;
    global $squadname;
    
    
    // Check for blank info in the entries.
    $root = "./";
        $phpversion = phpversion();
    
        if ($phpversion < '4.0.0') 
            {
                echo "You cannot install Squad Portal. Squad Portal requires PHP Version 4.0.0 or better.";
                exit;
            }


        if ($board_url == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($sql_host == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($sql_database == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($sql_user == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($sql_pass == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($adminname == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($adminpassword == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($adminpassword2 == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($email == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($forums == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($yes == "1" && $no == "1" )
            {
                echo "You can not choose Yes and No.  You must choose Yes or No.  Please try again.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($yes == "0" && $no == "0" )
            {
                echo "You must choose Yes or No for application options.  Please try again.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($yes == "" && $no == "" )
            {
                echo "You must choose Yes or No for application options.  Please try again.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($squad_tag == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($squad_desc == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        if ($squadname == "")
            {
                echo "You did not enter all the required information all fields must be filled in.";
                exit;
            }
        
        
    //You get to here all the information was entered.  Entered correctly is a differnt story.
    
    //Do the passwords match for the admin?
    
    if ($adminpassword != $adminpassword2)
    {
        echo "Your admin passwords did not match.";
        exit;
    }
    
    //Did they enter the correct database information?  Test the connection
    
    if ( ! $dbconnect = mysql_connect($sql_host, $sql_user,$sql_pass))
    {
        echo ("Could not create a mySQL connection, please check the SQL values entered");
        exit;
    }
    
        
    if ( ! mysql_select_db($sql_database, $dbconnect))
    {
        echo ("mySQL could not locate a database called '$sql_database' ' please check the name you entered and try again.");
        exit;
    }
    
    //Check to see if they uploaded cong_global.php
    $isfilethere = $root."conf_global.php";
    
    if ( ! file_exists($isfilethere) )
    {
        echo ("Could not locate '$isfilethere'.");
    }
    
$start = time();
    //Can I write the data to the conf_global.php
$thisdata = "
\$conf['adminpassword']            =    '$adminpassword';
\$conf['adminname']                =    '$adminname';    
\$conf['ban_ip']                =    '';
\$conf['ban_email']                =    '';
\$conf['ban_names']                =    '';
\$conf['Squad_start']            =    $start;
\$conf['admin_group']            =    '4';
\$conf['auth_group']            =    '1';
\$conf['member_group']            =    '3';
\$conf['guest_group']            =    '2';
\$conf['squadname']                =    'Squad Portal';
\$conf['squad_desc']            =    'Squad Portal System';
\$conf['squad_tag']                =    '$squad_tag';
\$conf['squad_url']                =    '';
\$conf['clock_long']            =    'M j Y, h:i A';
\$conf['clock_short']            =    'jS F Y - h:i A';
\$conf['clock_joined']            =    'j-F y';
\$conf['email']                    =    '$email';
\$conf['email_header']            =    'This email generated via Squad Portal';
\$conf['show_active']            =    '1';
\$cong['forums']                =    '$forums';
\$conf['sql_driver']            =    'mySQL';
\$conf['sql_host']                =    '$sql_host';
\$conf['sql_database']            =    '$sql_database';
\$conf['sql_pass']                =    '$sql_pass';
\$conf['sql_user']                =    '$sql_user';
\$conf['home_name']                =    '$board_url';
\$conf['home_url']                =    '$board_url';
\$conf['html_dir']                =    '$root';
\$conf['base_dir']                =    '$root';
\$conf['html_url']                =    '$board_url';
\$conf['upload_dir']            =   '$board_url/uploads/';
\$conf['upload_url']            =    '$board_url/uploads/';
\$conf['session_expiration']    =    '3600';
?>";

// Let's make sure the file exists and is writable first.
if (is_writable($isfilethere)) {

    if (!$fp = fopen($isfilethere, 'a')) {
         print "Cannot open file ($isfilethere)";
         exit;
    }

    // Write $thisdata to our opened file.
    if (!fwrite($fp, $thisdata)) {
        print "Cannot write to file ($isfilethere)";
        exit;
    }
       
    fclose($fp);
                    
} else {
    print "The file $isfilethere is not writable";
}

//
// Import $conf, now!
//

require $root_path."conf_global.php";

//after this all it does is table creation.  Was too long for this forum.


So once again how do I make my path (relative) dynamic? So it is not absolute?

I added both the setup.php setup1.php and all the include files and the function dbconnect () if someone could please help.

Thanks so much,
Attila


P.S. Can someone refresh me on how to do the Nocaching thing with PHP for my header?
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Old December 4th, 2002, 04:13 AM
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Hi,
it should work when you work with the absolute path of your html root, for example:
$conf['rootDir'] = "/home/youruser/www/";
$conf['portalDir'] = $conf['rootDir']."portal/";

require $conf['portalDir] = $conf['portalDir'];
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Old December 4th, 2002, 05:10 PM
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Thank you.....I am working on that right now.

Would it be safe for me to assume that web host seem to make their root directory connection strings like this.

www.devarticles.com
would be
/home/devartic/www/

and

www.oscommerce.com
would be
/home/oscommer/www/

and

www.msn.com
would be
/home/msn/www/

and
www.yahoo.com
would be
/home/yahoo/www/


No I am not looking for this information to hack....Wouldn;t know were to start. Just this way I can cover a lot of the pitfalls before I release my portal system.

Thanks again,
Attila
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Old December 4th, 2002, 05:26 PM
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If I think what you mean, you can declare any , dir or folder as dynamic so long as it is under your root you have set.

For example - my root is C:\\FoxServ\www

anything inside www can be declared as dynamic - take a look below. Hope this helps!

PHP Code:
//Put your ip address or domain name in here for actual use - if testing on a localhost use
//the absolute path shown below (or where files are stored on your server) 
//**************************************************  ***************************************
//$filePath = "http://***.***.***.***:80\\lectures\\".$_FILES['yourFile']['name'];
$filePath = "C:\\FoxServ\\www\\lectures\\".$_FILES['yourFile']['name']; 
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from a different angle
I develop on a windows platform, but I think the same logic should still apply. Does Apache use the IIS equivelant of "Virtual Directories"? (you essentially mount a directory from elsewhere on the system e.g. home/shared/, and it appears to be hanging directly off your site, that it is within the same dir structure: home/clientname/wwwroot/virtual,)

If so, for your portal system, don't put your uploaded files, functions, or any other stuff that you want to share in a client specific directory e.g. home/clientname/ dir - put them in a shared directory.

For example in IIS, above my wwwroot, I have a scripts dir. eg.

inetpub/wwwroot/clientname
inetpub/scripts
inetpub/scripts/clientname

File that are sitting in the scripts directory are accessiable for my other sites.

Bottomline - I think you may be going about this the wrong way. I.e. - doing a lot of hard work in your code. If you are setting up a portal, let your webserver handle the tricky stuff!

Or maybe I've missed the point entirely???!!!



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Ok

LMAO.....You probably are telling me what to do and explaining it perfectly although I am not understanding.

I gave a copy of what I have done and let a friend try to install it on his website. His site
You can see the error he is getting.

I have MSN messinger and someone can add me with attilagna@hotmail.com I will be on for several hours. I will send you my website portal system so you can try it and see if you see what I am talking about....I think I understand you so I am goig to try and fix it.
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You're writing a portal system with an actual install routine? Hmm, in that case, for each install you'll probabaly run something like:

http://someserver/setup.php ?

In that case, couldn't you use something like the $_PHP_SELF variable to make the server tell the script where it is installing to and set the variable from that?

Basically:

PHP Code:
 $temp=$_PHP_SELF;
$serverurl=substr($temp, params); 

That would allow you to strip off the amount of characters required to get back to the server base address.
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Originally posted by azzameen
Hi,
it should work when you work with the absolute path of your html root, for example:
$conf['rootDir'] = "/home/youruser/www/";
$conf['portalDir'] = $conf['rootDir']."portal/";

require $conf['portalDir] = $conf['portalDir'];


Thank you....What you sugested didn't get all of it the way I did it but pushed me in the correct direction. This iw what I got.

PHP Code:
include ($conf['rootdir']."includes/functions/dbconnect.php"); 


This is data that I get from the person installing the script. I give them an example of this
Quote:
Absolute address
This is the root directory for your website so files will get installed appropriately. (Ex: /usr/local/lib/) If your website is www.squadportal.com then this would be /home/squadpor/public_html/
If you installed into a sub folder like portal then it would be. /home/squadpor/public_html/portal/ You must end what ever you type in here with a "/" not counting the quotes.


Well this data is written to a Configfile in the root directory that they installed the program in. Now the weird part is I thought I would have to do a
PHP Code:
require $root_path."conf_global.php"; 
on each page but I do not have too. I have cleared my browser cache nd deleted the history. Somehow it is working without the above line. Not that I am complaining it is working.

It will be up and down as I manipulate the setup script but if any of you want to see it you can go here Portal


More questions I am sure to come!! Going into sessions after Iget things cleaned up!

Thanks everyone for all your help..

A special thanks to Stumpy for catching me on MSN and helping me with this. He tought me a lot in a few minutes.

Thanks,
Attila
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