Re: Compatiabilty issues

Ashley Sheridan wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 12:17 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: > >> Sorry about the reply to all. the htaccess files worked correctly on a wamp >> setup I had. All this happened once I did the big move to apache. >> >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Ashley Sheridan >> <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk>wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 12:10 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: >>> >>> I setup apache myself. That I'm sure of. I had a look at the php info and >>> saw that mod_write in enabled. I checked the conf file and made sure that >>> the AllowOverride is set to All. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:55 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: >>> >>> is this the issue. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Julian Muscat Doublesin < >>> opensourcekb@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am runnning both IIS and Apache. The php webites are hosted on Apacahe. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 11:42 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: >>> >>> Yes - running IIS 7. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 10:27 +0100, Julian Muscat Doublesin wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> I am having trouble with the mod_rewrite. This is not working on windows >>> 64bit. I am also having trouble with the directory password protection. >>> However thse bot work perfectly on my UNIX Mac. >>> >>> >From my experince I can see that this is due to file system compatibility. >>> Can anyone confirm this. You would be of greate help as I am going through >>> HELL right now. Can any suggest the best Unix or Linx OS for hosting phph >>> websites and MySQL. >>> >>> Thank you very much in advanace. >>> >>> >>> >>> By any chance, are you using IIS on your Windows machine? >>> >>> Pretty much most hosting companies offer Linux web-hosting. My advice would >>> be to try and use a company based in the same country as you are, because >>> it's nice to be able to contact them during your hours when something goes >>> wrong. And be ready to accept that things may go wrong at some point. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> That is why mod_rewrite isn't working! IIS doesn't support that. It has >>> something else instead, by a name I forget just now. Afaik, you have to >>> purchase the support for this other bit as an extra module though. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Are you sure the PHP ones are running under Apache? Just to check, see >>> what you get in the $_SERVER array. Also, have you checked to see if >>> mod_rewrite is enabled in the httpd.conf file? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> OK, what does your .htaccess file look like? Also, have you named it >>> correctly? It starts with a period (.) character, which Windows might >>> sometimes complain about. >>> >>> PS, don't forget to hit reply to all, as the last few messages I keep >>> having to copy the list back in! >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ash >>> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk >>> >>> >>> > > > Erm, Wamp is Apache! > > Well, have you done other things in the .htaccess that are failing, > causing the whole thing to fail? > Or maybe not installed/enabled mod_rewrite? -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com