Re: It works ok on local host but buggy on remote host!

H.T wrote: > Hi coders, > > I wrote this piece of code to use for Google searching using daterange > directive. it works ok on local host running IIS and PHP 5.1.2 but when i > test it on my host running php 4.4.4 on linux, $julian_days_from and don't develop php4 code on php5, it's like trying to juggle in the dark. create a development env that matches your production system. jmho. > $julian_days_to variables don't get assigned any values and therefor they > remain empty! php4 is compiled with the --enable-calendar configure option? what is actual the value of $_POST['form'], $form, $julian_days_from, etc? [hint: use var_dump()] does the following code snippet work on the php4 box?: $jd = gregoriantojd(10, 11, 1970); $gr = jdtogregorian($jd); var_dump($jd,$gr); (It worked on both php4.3.10 and php5.1.2 on a linux box for me) > > What is wrong with this code? the perennial question ;-) > > Here is the code: > ... nobody is interesting in trying to decypher stuff like what's below: > switch($_POST['search_in']){ > case ('web'): > > $query='http://www.google.com/search?hl='.$_POST['language'].'&q='.$search_term.'+'.'daterange:'.$julian_days_from.'-'.$julian_days_to.'&lr=lang_'.$_POST['language'];break;case > ('images'): > $query='http://images.google.com/images?hl='.$_POST['language'].'&q='.$search_term.'+'.'daterange:'.$julian_days_from.'-'.$julian_days_to.'&lr=lang_'.$_POST['language'];break;case > ('video'): > $query='http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl='.$_POST['language'].'&q='.$search_term.'+'.'daterange:'.$julian_days_from.'-'.$julian_days_to.'&lr=lang_'.$_POST['language'];break;case > ('book'): $query='.� > ���=�mn���Ehttp://books.google.com/books?hl='.$_POST['language'].'&q='.$search_term.'+'.'daterange:'.$julian_days_from.'-'.$julian_days_to.'&lr=lang_'.$_POST['language'];break;default:}L�P �O�B > q*�� //header("Location:".$query);}}?><html><head><meta > http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"><title>Google Assistance > - Date Rage Search</title><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" > content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ke ywo > rds" content="google,assistance,search,daterange,seo,linkchecker,meta tag > generator,online metric converter,mail search,weblogsearch, search in weblogs,google page > rank,pagerank,google hack,google sitemap,site map generator,online tools,seo > tools,webmasters"><meta name="description" content="This website helps you > use Google betterand faster. 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<div > align="center"> <table border="0" width="90%" > id="table2"> <tr> <td > colspan="6"><b><font size="2" > face="Verdana">DateRange</font></b><hr></td> > </tr> <tr> <td width="9%"><font > size="2" face="Verdana">&nbsp;From:</font></td> > <td width="17%"><font face="Arial"> <input > type="text" name="from" size="20" style="height: > 20"readonly="readonly"></font></td> <td > width="9%"><font face="Verdana"> <a > href="#"> <img border="0" > src="images/DatePicker.gif" width="21"height="17" > onclick="javascript:show_calendar('document.simple.from',document.getElementsByName('from').value);"></a></font></td> > <td width="6%"><font size="2" fac > e="Verdana">To :</font></td> <td > width="23%"><font face="Arial"> <input > type="text" name="to" size="20" style="height: > 20"readonly="readonly"></font></td> <td > width="31%"><font face="Verdana"> <a > href="#"> <img border="0" > src="images/DatePicker.gif" width="21"height="17" > onclick="javascript:show_calendar('document.simple.to',document.getElementsByName('to').value);"></a></font></td> > </tr> <tr> <td width="96%" > colspan="6"><b> <font face="Tahoma" > size="2" color="#FF0000"> <?php if > (isset($error)){ foreach($error as $error_val){ echo > $error_val.'<br>'; } } ?> > </font></b></td> </tr> <tr> > <td width="98%" colspan="6"><b><font > size="2"face="Verdana"> Search > in</font></b><hr></td> > </tr> <tr> <td width="98%" > colspan="6"><font face="Verdana"> <span > style="font-size: 9pt"> <input type="radio" > value="web" checkedname="search_in"></span></font><font > face="Verdana" style="font-size:9pt">Web&nbsp;&nbsp; > </font><font face="Verdana"> <span style="font-size: > 9pt"> <input type="radio" > name="search_in"value="images"></span></font><font > face="Verdana" style="font-size:9pt">Images&nbsp; > </font><span style="font-size: 9pt"><font > size="2"face="Verdana"> <input type="radio" > name="search_in"value="video"></font></span><font > face="Verdana" style="font-size:9pt">Videos&nbsp; > </font><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <span > style="font-size: 9pt"> <input type="radio" > name="search_in"value="book"></span><font face="Verdana" > style="font-size:9pt">Books</font></font></td> </tr> > > <tr> <td width="98%" > colspan="6"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"> > Language</font></b><hr></td> </tr> > <tr> <td width="98%" colspan="6" > align="center"> <p align="left">&nbsp;<select > size="1" name="language"style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; height: > 20"> <option selected value="en">English</option> > <option value="fa">Farsi</option> <option > value="it">Italian</option> <option > value="es">Spanish</option> <option > value="fr">French</option> <option > value="de">Deustch</option> <option > value="ar">Arabic</option> </select></td> > </tr> <tr> <td width="98%" colspan="6" > align="center"> <input type="reset" value="Reset" > name="B3" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; width: 76; height: > 22"></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> > <td valign="top " a > lign="left" colspan="3" > height="272"background="images/index_C14_R11.jpg"> <div > align="center"> <table border="0" width="96%" > id="table3"> <tr> <td> <p > align="center"><b> <font size="2" > face="Verdana" color="#000080">Search a particular date > range</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> > <td> <p align="left" style="margin: 10px > 15px"><fontface="Verdana"> <span style="font-size: > 8pt">An undocumented but powerful feature of Google's search is the > ability to search within a particular date range. 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