PHP/MySQL hotfix, PCRE & session extensions

The book I'm reading now has a link to a hotfix for DW 8.0.2
on the errata page. My version identifies itself as v8.0. Do I need
to install this. I have magic quotes off in PHP(v5.2.4). The book
says I require the xsl extension (which the hot fix mentions). I've
already had to make 4 stabs at this install to get to what I
think is correct. I don't like adding stuff that might cause
more problems. The Adobe literature/link is listed below:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=b6c2ae2a&sliceId=2
I also want to know... The book says that I need the pcre
extension enabled. I looked in the ini file and found:
[Pcre]
;PCRE library backtracking limit.
;pcre.backtrack_limit=100000
;PCRE library recursion limit.
;Please note that if you set this value to a high number you
may consume all
;the available process stack and eventually crash PHP (due to
reaching the
;stack size limit imposed by the Operating System).
;pcre.recursion_limit=100000
I uncommented the pcre.recursion_limit line and dropped the #
to 10000 (due to the ini note on "high values"--whatever is
considered high?). I also uncommented the backtrack_limit line and
left that # as is. I restarted Apache (v2.2.4) but didn't see the
extension listed with all the others listed in the book. I found
them in the ini file to:
; Local Variables:
; tab-width: 4
; End:
[PHP_GD2]
extension=php_gd2.dll
[PHP_MBSTRING]
extension=php_mbstring.dll
[PHP_MYSQL]
extension=php_mysql.dll
[PHP_MYSQLI]
extension=php_mysqli.dll
[PHP_PDO]
extension=php_pdo.dll
[PHP_PDO_MYSQL]
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
[PHP_XSL]
extension=php_xsl.dll
The book says that these extensions plus "session" &
"pcre" need to be enabled to work through the book.
Also, I used the installer for PHP & Apache. Edited the
config file for Apache by hand and am hoping I can do the same for
the PHP.ini file.
Any help with these two(3?) questions/problems is greatly
appreciated.
Thanks much!

Chaos7703 wrote:
> The book I'm reading now has a link to a hotfix for DW
8.0.2 on the errata
> page. My version identifies itself as v8.0. Do I need to
install this.
You need to install the Dreamweaver 8.0.2 updater before
using the 8.0.2
PHP hotfix.
> I also want to know... The book says that I need the
pcre extension enabled.
> I looked in the ini file
PCRE is enabled by default. You don't need to make any
changes in php.ini.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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<[email protected]> wrote:
> what I need to do is to display a field based on the
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rjjacob wrote:
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I have mainly used DW server behaviors in my development projects that's why I am curious about what others are doing to make the change. I'm surprised there haven't been more posts; perhaps I'm the last one to be taking action about this, or maybe no one is too worried about it yet.
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rjjacob wrote:
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rjjacob wrote:
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Hi,
I'm a PHP/mySQL noob who's using some of Dreamweaver's 8
(8.2) out-of-box Update server behaviors to update a database of
results for a poll. I know there's a lot of free polling apps out
there but I need to have the poll show up in another page as
opposed to being refreshed/displayed in the same page/content area.
I've successfully built the backend in phpMyAdmin and I'm
able to list the database contents and do basic updates to the poll
questions and answers. However, I've been unable to pass an
incremented result value via a Dreamweaver radio button group
(which is the normal poll format) without previous unselected
results being overwritten.
When an answer is selected the result is indeed incremented
and is displayed in the Result Listing but unfortunately it also
overwrites any preexisting data for that poll and replaces it with
zero. For example:
Question:
Answer a) 0
Answer b) 0
Answer c) 1 (this would be the value that was selected)
Answer d) 0
If c is selected again the value is stored and incremented
and the value is now 2. However, if that value is not selected,
then another value is incremented and c would be wiped. I've even
resorted to trying to use javascript to maintain the original state
but to no avail I was just previously incrementing the inline php
radio button value and/or assigning different names to each of the
radio buttons. This, of course, allows people to select multiple
values which runs contrary to the whole idea behind radio buttons,
but I thought I'd see if that worked . Anyway, when the radio group
is assigned the same value it merely increments everything.
example:
http://www.dailydatum.com/funFacts/funFactsListingSingleUpdate15.php
As you can see, i'm up to version 15 and gritting me teeth,
lol. Any help would be mighty appreciated.
Mario

hi ,
you can always try the macromedia devnet sites , they have
ongoing tutorials and discussions on all areas, including php with
dreamweaver8.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/topics/php.html
be aware though that some of the tutorials require the use of
third party php extensions, like interakt products, which is a
shame because most of them are expensive to buy. But they are still
worth a read.
hope this is some help.
ted.

PHP/MySQL hotfix, PCRE & session extensions

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