Re: A PHP-driven script to determine if the environment is configured correctly (checklist)

On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 17:55 +1000, Sam wrote: > Здравствуйте, AmirBehzad. > > Вы писали 17 декабря 2009 г., 17:46:59: > > > Dear list, > > e-Greetings, > > > I've developed some PHP-driven web applications. These applications will be > > installed on different > > linux-based servers (typically Debian and Redhat). Usually, after I copy the > > files to the > > server, they DO NOT WORK, so I spend hours to debug the problem. Problems > > are very funny, > > for example, the program is giving strange errors, and it is not working > > because "short_open_tags" are off ! > > > I decided to write a PHP script to check if server's configuration meets my > > requirements. > > - checking whether some php extensions are loaded, eg. MCrypt. > > - checking wheather short_open_tags is ON > > - checking whether mod_rewrite is enabled > > - etc. > > > Here's my question: > > > - How do you check if .htaccess is working, *** via php code *** ? > > It's easy to check if .htaccess exists (@php: file_exists), but how to make > > sure if .htaccess is working?! > > - How do you check if AllowOverride is set to All in apache's configuration? > > > Please let me know what do you think. Thank you in advance. > > -behzad > > Make sure that you did your scripts executable(chmod +x) > You can check .htaccess that way: > create .htaccess if folder with script, override some directive thru > it, like php's max execution time. > then create php script, get php value that you've > changed(max_execution_time), compare to the value you gave in > .htaccess, if values are the same, .htaccess is working! > > > -- > Sam > > I'd advise against using short PHP tags, as they cause all sorts of problems with outputting XML-based code, and as you've seen, it's doesn't make your code very portable. For the sake of a few keystrokes, is it really worth it? Also, I believe they are being phased out as of PHP6, so it might be time to think about updating your code a bit! Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk