Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP

Jimmanuel18-Jun-09 4:59

Jimmanuel

18-Jun-09 4:59

Bugzilla has very robust documentation : http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/3.2/en/html/[^]

Asking the manufacturers is generally the best way to get help installing a specific product.

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matjame18-Jun-09 22:01

matjame

18-Jun-09 22:01

yeah, thanx. I tried. The first command worked. Updated and installed, but it didnt ask me for any passwords.

apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client(I am using Red Hat Linux so mine is yum install mysql)

And then the second part below cudnt find most of the packages but is installing the other ones.

apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils libexpat1 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-common php5-gd php5-idn php-pear php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-sqlite php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-curl

Thank you for the assistance...
Shouldn't I be able to see MySql under my applications after this installation??

kagiso

Jimmanuel19-Jun-09 1:09

Jimmanuel

19-Jun-09 1:09

matjame wrote:
Shouldn't I be able to see MySql under my applications after this installation??

I'm an Ubuntu user not Red Hat so I'm really not sure on that one.

Fahad Sadah3-Jul-09 8:16

Fahad Sadah

3-Jul-09 8:16

Server applications like MySQL will not show with applications.

Also, please be aware that package names differ between distros.

Sebastian Schneider6-Aug-09 0:28

Sebastian Schneider

6-Aug-09 0:28

I have no idea why you got voted down for that.

Pushed a 5 ur way to counter that a little.

Cheers,
Sebastian

--
"If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

Fahad Sadah3-Jul-09 8:19

Fahad Sadah

3-Jul-09 8:19

.tar.gz files compressed archives.

To open it, do:

tar zxvf bugzilla-3.2.3.tar.gz

The z means unZip, the x means eXtract, the v means Verbose, and the f means File.

A new folder will be created, cd into it, see what's in there.

AJAX and FLEX

Gjm16-Jun-09 14:21

Gjm

16-Jun-09 14:21

What is the difference between AJAX and FLEX?

Re: AJAX and FLEX

Marc Firth17-Jun-09 0:23

17-Jun-09 0:23

AJAX is Asynchronous Javascript and XML. The term is often used to refer to the ability to update part of a web page without refreshing the whole page.

Flex is a technology developed by Adobe and is based on the language Actionscript (which is also part of adobe Flash - which you probably know). Flex is more application, form and programmer oriented than Flash is - however, the two use the same language, so there are many areas in which the two applications are similar and can perform the same tasks.

Things needed to create a webmail system

xiaomahe15-Jun-09 10:46

xiaomahe

15-Jun-09 10:46

Hi, i am new to this site, and i love it..

I would like to ask few questions to guide me to finish my project. I want to create a PHP based webmail system, but i am not sure if it is just enough to code the webmail using php itself.

I am wondering, do i need to install another program such as Postfix and Dovecot?? Coz 2 of them are email servers rite? and webmail need an email server to access to..

I want to create prototype webmail, hence this system will not really be online, maybe could be used in just local area network..

So, conclusion for all the questions:
1. DO i need to install the email server?
2. Can i just create an webmail system using PHP itself without installing Postfix and Dovecot?

Thanks if you could help me. I'll be very happy

Marc Firth15-Jun-09 22:11

15-Jun-09 22:11

I don't so much have a solution as I am interested in what you are doing. I'd like to know how you get on with creating it (as I've thought about making one in future).

From my knowledge of php:

I don't think you can create an email system with php alone. I might be wrong (I hope). But still there's no point reinventing the wheel so I do strongly suggest investigating using dovecot/postfix. you should be able to use functions such as phps exec to run commands within postfix/dovecot etc

Are you going to be building it open source?

xiaomahe16-Jun-09 7:06

xiaomahe

16-Jun-09 7:06

Hi Marc.. I was planning to do a simple webmail system for my project. It should works like normal webmail such as hotmail or yahoo, but it will be in the simplest design.

I would like to implement encryption to that system, so it can only send an encrypted email. What i am wondering about is, do i need to install the mail server?? or can i just save all the email information (including email messages, user id, email, etc) into sql databases.. Because when user had login the webmail, all the emails information is downloaded from the mail server? correct me if i am wrong.. Hence, i guess mail server might be needed.. But as this is just a small project, i am not going to make an online system.. So it will be in local host.. So is it possible just to download all the emails information of an user from sql database? without had to download from the mail server..

I am doing this for my Final Year Project for my degree, so if anyone could help with the settings on how to build a webmail system using php? I would be very appreciate..

Marc Firth17-Jun-09 0:09

17-Jun-09 0:09

I did a bit of research.

You dont need to install the webserver.

Useful links:

Take-AJAX-to-Your-Email-Inbox-Developing-a-Webbased-POP-3-Client/[^]

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/ref.imap.php[^]

http://uk.php.net/imap[^]

Syed M Hussain17-Jun-09 5:23

Syed M Hussain

17-Jun-09 5:23

Hi Guys

I'm assuming your all trying to develop an interface to a mailbox which has already be setup. Php provides the imap dll for windows which you can use to establish a connection to a mailbox. Alternatively if you know the raw commands for either imap or pop3 and you don't mind getting dirty then you can code it your self.

www.cy2online.net

xiaomahe20-Jun-09 5:01

xiaomahe

20-Jun-09 5:01

Yeah, for my project is similar to something like you mentioned, it works just like hotmail or any other webmail application, where people used the webmail to access to the mail server(which has been setup)

I just want to make an offline mail server for my project, and i only want my LAN network to access the network. Strictly not for outsider..

And thanks Marc for the links..

Marc Firth25-Jun-09 2:40

25-Jun-09 2:40

No problem. Let me know how you get on.

I am posting data to another site but it doesnot work...

Khawar Abbas115-Jun-09 0:33

Khawar Abbas1

15-Jun-09 0:33

I am posting data to another site using header in php. it works fine from my local machine but when i deploy the application to the international server, it does not work. Any suggestion.....................

Do good and have good.

Re: I am posting data to another site but it doesnot work...

Marc Firth15-Jun-09 3:36

15-Jun-09 3:36

- Walk through the code step by step to debug it. add echos to check things are being sent.
- make sure the database details are correct
- make sure the folder you are writing to has write permissions enabled
- check you are not using a local Server_name such as localhost
- check that you are not using functionality that requires changes to made to php.ini
or
- provide us with more information and sample code so we can help you further

PayPals Add To Cart Button for one off items

Member 373991012-Jun-09 21:35

Member 3739910

12-Jun-09 21:35

I can create a PayPal Add to Cart Button outside of Paypal but if one has only one item to sell. It is possible for two or more people to buy the same item.

A button could be created within PayPal that has inventory control and would prevent additional sale of the one item. That requires constant logging in to Paypal.
My programming skills is limited to some basic Basic.

What I am after is a way to remove the button or deactivate it from the page after it is pressed once. IE When a person is taken to the cart view. What I am also looking at is using the unlink function to remove the page perhaps. I would manually reset the button if the sale fell through after that.

All I can do is send a potential customer to PayPals checkout I cannot control externally that someone else is also sent there before I have had time to remove the item for sale.

My ultimate purpose is to set up an online garage sale to sell my unwanted goods accumulated over the years. I am trying Ebay but sometimes an item has to be listed many times for a sale and it becomes uneconomical. I have a site and reasonably good in HTML but not a good in programming.

I am thinking that when a person returns from a transaction to a page that has an onload the sending page can be insrtucted to be deleted or the link made inactive.

I have asked PayPal and it has been accepted as a feature request but that may never eventuate.

I thank anyone in advance for some ideas on this.
Terry

Terry

Re: PayPals Add To Cart Button for one off items

Member 373991013-Jun-09 19:43

Member 3739910

13-Jun-09 19:43

I am tryingto use the unlink function but calling it to delete a test file does not work.
I used this simple example

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><br />
<html><br />
<head><br />
	<title>Untitled</title><br />
</head><br />
<br />
<br />
<html><br />
<body><br />
<br />
<?php<br />
echo "Loaded";<br />
$myFile = "T1.txt";<br />
unlink($myFile);<br />
?><br />
<br />
</body><br />
</html>

My thinking now is after a successful transaction, where the customer is directed to. I use an onload command that deletes the page that has the add to cart button.

Before I can follow this tact I need to prove the function and so far it does not remove the file. I have tried the full URL of the file I am trying to delete as well.
I haven't done error trapping so that I guess is next. I would not like a customer to see an error message however.

Terry

Re: PayPals Add To Cart Button for one off items

Marc Firth14-Jun-09 21:54

14-Jun-09 21:54

<?php if(file_exists($myFile)){ ?>
Html button code here
<?php
unlink($myFile); }?>