RE: [PHP-DOC] http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pfpro.php

Hi Nuno, You know, I went and searched the lists immediately *after* I posted, and saw what was going on :( Sorry about not doing that sooner, but thanks for taking care of this; I really appreciate it! Cheers, -- Justin M Technical Support VeriSign Payment Services vps-support@verisign.com 888-883-9770 Be careful in handling your account information! Please note that VeriSign will never ask for your personal information via email or a pop-up window. For technical and product information, please visit our updated Payment Services Support site at: http://www.verisign.com/support/payflow/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Nuno Lopes [mailto:nlopess@php.net] > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 3:58 AM > To: Meyer, Justin; PHPdoc > Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pfpro.php > > > Hello Justin, > > The notes system is currently down. > > I've added your note to the manual. It should be on-line in a > week or so. > > Thanks, > Nuno > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meyer, Justin" <jmeyer@verisign.com> > To: <phpdoc@lists.php.net> > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 5:33 PM > Subject: [PHP-DOC] http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pfpro.php > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > The information/documentation at the above URL is missing a > small but > > critical bit of information that may cause a lot of folks > to be unable > > to use this extension. I've been attempting to add a note > there, and > > an internal error is reported each time. > > > > If I cannot add the note at this time, would it be possible > for you to > > either revise the docs, or add the note for me? Below is what I had > written: > > > > "Hi All, > > > > One thing the updated config notes don't cover is that you almost > certainly > > need to configure/build this extension as a shared extension -- > > Payflow > Pro > > is statically linked to an older version of OpenSSL, and if > you try to > > compile this extension statically into PHP, and then use it with > > ModSSL or the OpenSSL extension, you'll run into segfaults > and other > > interesting problems. So: > > > > ./configure --with-pfpro=shared,/usr/local > > > > I repeat: If you do not build this extension as a shared extension, > > you > will > > almost certainly have problems! > > > > Once PHP is built and installed, you'll then need to modify your > > php.ini > in > > two places: > > > > One, set extension_dir to the directory in which you find > 'pfpro.so', > > so that PHP knows where to find the extension. > > > > Two, add a line to php.ini that reads 'extension=pfpro.so' > (minus the > > quotes!), so that PHP will always load the extension. Otherwise, > > you'll > have > > to call <?php dl('pfpro.so'); ?> at the beginning of any script you > > want > to > > use with Payflow Pro." > > > > Perhaps that's more information than necessary, but it > covers the bulk > > of the difficulties that people run into using this > extension. If this > > information could be incorporated into the PHP docs for this > > extension, I would be most grateful :) > > > > In any case, thanks for all your hard work on making PHP's docs the > > most accessible of any I've seen. Keep kicking ass :) > > > > -- > > Justin M > > Technical Support > > VeriSign Payment Services > > vps-support@verisign.com > > 888-883-9770 >