Re: PHP for macos page

From: Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 09:33:53 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP for macos page
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> > One PHP.net visitor reported, that your PHP page is not accessible. I > > have 'investigated' the problem, and found out that you probably deny > > deep linking > > No, absolutely not. You investigated wrong. > > I have a very open policy about all information, I also link to > competing distributions, and I encourage linking (deep or not) in all > forms. I really want the information to be found and to be available. > The only thing I don't like are copies on other servers which are not > translations into other languages. Well, I thought you are denying it without nowing about it, not with direct intention ;) The fact that you are providing PHP for MacOS shows, that you are not the kind of guy, who restricts availability :) > Now about the issue at hand: This machine is running behind a cable > modem connection. I just moved to a new place in the city, and my cable > provider messed up, they lost my notice of address change. This caused > several days without IP connectivity. During the first few days, I had > to put up that notice using the DynDNS offline http redirect feature to > redirect users to a page containing a short explanation. That is what > you saw, and I wonder how you come to the conclusion about deep linking > from that short notice. Well, I have only seen an error message, when directly going to the page, and then I have seen, that when I went to the page from your index, it worked. It was a strange thing... > But anyway, since then, I took the server to work and put it in my > company's data center, and it is now again available for the public... Great! > I also realized in the past few months that a lot of people seem to be > relying on this information Yes, you do a great work, and a lot of people are running PHP on MacOS (latest books on PHP include setup instructions for MacOS too ;). Goba

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