Yet again with (probably) php/mysql issues

Hello, everyone. I think I am setting a record for asking the most questions about basically the same thing, but here goes:
Okay, I am trying to install a message board on one of my sites. I downloaded mysql 5 and made it possible for php to access it per the instructions found here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301457. The message board is already on my server, but when I go to the install.php page, it will not let me go beyond the first page. When I try to access the forums directly on the web at mydomain.com/forum, I get the following error:
Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
Unable to connect to DB server localhost at port 3306
I have been having a couple of dns issues, so I tried changing localhost to my server's name and my hostname, only to get the following errors:
Host '70.90.83.165' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server
Unable to connect to DB server artsmiths.local at port 3306
Unknown MySQL server host '70-90-83-165-BusName-md.dc.hfc.comcastbusiness.net' (1)
Unable to connect to DB server 70-90-83-165-BusName-md.dc.hfc.comcastbusiness.net at port 3306
(because of the dns issue I was having, apple tech support recently had me change my hostname to that crazy comcast one using my static ip. This was done after I had downloaded the message boards, so I don't know if that matters).
Another thing that could be an issue is that for the site I wanted the forums on, the index.php file was deleted when I installed the boards. I was wondering if simply reinstalling now that I have replaced it would help.
The only other thing I could think of that could be creating the problem is a permissions issue, which is what the tech support person for the boards seems to think. However, I have done repair permissions and manually changed the affected files, and all to no avail.
Since this board is always more helpful than tech support, I thought I'd come on here and see if anyone has any suggestions. I'm sorry this is such a long post; I am just trying to be thorough. Thanks in advance for any help.

It is php 4.4.1. I have attempted to find it in my php.ini, but I swear it's not there (unless I'm truly losing my mind). I've pasted below the contents of the data handling section to see if anyone can tell where I'm missing something. I think I am going to have to put it in the .htaccess file because I can't figure out what else to do. Does it matter where I put it in the .htaccess file, or can I just put it at the end? Thank you again.
; Data Handling ;
; Note - track_vars is ALWAYS enabled as of PHP 4.0.3
; The separator used in PHP generated URLs to separate arguments.
; Default is "&".
;arg_separator.output = "&"
; List of separator(s) used by PHP to parse input URLs into variables.
; Default is "&".
; NOTE: Every character in this directive is considered as separator!
;arg_separator.input = ";&"
; This directive describes the order in which PHP registers GET, POST, Cookie,
; Environment and Built-in variables (G, P, C, E & S respectively, often
; referred to as EGPCS or GPC). Registration is done from left to right, newer
; values override older values.
variables_order = "EGPCS"
; Whether or not to register the EGPCS variables as global variables. You may
; want to turn this off if you don't want to clutter your scripts' global scope
; with user data. This makes most sense when coupled with track_vars - in which
; case you can access all of the GPC variables through the $HTTP*VARS[],
; variables.
; You should do your best to write your scripts so that they do not require
; register_globals to be on; Using form variables as globals can easily lead
; to possible security problems, if the code is not very well thought of.
register_globals = Off
; This directive tells PHP whether to declare the argv&argc variables (that
; would contain the GET information). If you don't use these variables, you
; should turn it off for increased performance.
registerargcargv = On
; Maximum size of POST data that PHP will accept.
postmaxsize = 8M
; This directive is deprecated. Use variables_order instead.
gpc_order = "GPC"
; Magic quotes
; Magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie data.
magicquotesgpc = On
; Magic quotes for runtime-generated data, e.g. data from SQL, from exec(), etc.
magicquotesruntime = Off
; Use Sybase-style magic quotes (escape ' with '' instead of \').
magicquotessybase = Off
; Automatically add files before or after any PHP document.
autoprependfile =
autoappendfile =
; As of 4.0b4, PHP always outputs a character encoding by default in
; the Content-type: header. To disable sending of the charset, simply
; set it to be empty.
; PHP's built-in default is text/html
default_mimetype = "text/html"
;default_charset = "iso-8859-1"
; Always populate the $HTTPRAW_POSTDATA variable.
;alwayspopulate_raw_postdata = On

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I need help with DW, PHP & MySQL please.

Hello, I am new to website development and am trying to set up a form for collecting data on my website and have a question that I can’t find an answer to anywhere else. I was wandering if someone there would be kind enough to help? I am using Dreamweaver in CS4 and my host already has PHP & MySQL installed on the server that I can use. My question is: Do I need to download XAMP or WAMP on my computer before trying to connect my form to the server? Also, do I need to change the page I am putting the form on to .PHP extension or can I just embed the PHP form into an existing HTML page?
Most of the training tutorials I’ve read don’t start at the most basic beginning but rather expect people to already have a basic knowledge of the topics they are trying to learn. If anyone knows the best place to get answers to the most basic questions like this one or a beginners guide to working with DW, PHP & MySQL I will gladly go there rather than waste your time on questions you’ve probably already answered a bezillion times.
Thank you for the help.

Strictly speaking, you don't need XAMPP or WAMP on your local computer. But if you're serious about getting involved with PHP/MySQL, you should definitely set up a local testing environment with one or the other. It's safer and more efficient. Don't expose all your errors on a live server. You can find instructions on how to set up a testing environment here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/setting_up_php.html.
To develop with PHP, you should always use a .php file name extension. Any other choice is very rare.
There's a tutorial on building your first dynamic website with DW here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_dynamic_site_pt1.html.
For more in-depth help, you might want to consider grabbing hold of a copy of "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP". (Yes, I wrote it, so it's a bit of shameless self-promotion, but you'll find it answers many of your questions - and probably a lot you hadn't even thought of.)

PHP/MySQL issue after security update 2010-005

Hello,
I run Apache/PHP/MySQL on my MBP for testing Web sites.
After the 2010-005 security update I can't connect to my databases anymore.
I don't know how to fix this, I even don't know where to start looking.
Ideas, anyone?

coloma wrote:
etresoft, thanks for sharing this ... I decided to go with the TriangleJuice suggestion instead for two reasons ... first is that I wasn't sure where to find this launchd file.
There is nothing wrong with TriangleJuice's suggestion. My only issue with creating a php.ini file is that now I have to worry about all those other settings in the ini file. If something else in PHP breaks, I have to figure out if I am the one who broke it.
Apple ships MySQL with MacOS X Server. They probably adjusted the PHP settings to match how they have MySQL setup in MacOS X Server.
For MySQL's, no, Sun's - drat! no, Oracle's part, they still haven't acknowledged the fact that Apple has shipped MacOS X 10.4. MySQL still ships with a Startup Item. If you don't know where the launchd file is, it is because you don't have one. You probably have a MySQL entry in /Library/StartupItems or maybe /System/Library/StartupItems. Startup Items were deprecated in 10.4. Oracle should be creating a file named com.mysql.mysqld.plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons.
Here is what mine looks like now:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.mysql.mysqld</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld</string>
<string>--socket=/var/mysql/mysql.sock</string>
<string>--basedir=/usr/local/mysql</string>
<string>--datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data</string>
<string>--user=mysql</string>
<string>--log-error=/usr/local/mysql/data/Pele.local.err</string>
<string>--pid-file=/usr/local/mysql/data/Pele.local.pid</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
I also don't have a /var/mysql directory and wasn't sure whether I should just create one or if this meant my configuration was different. If you feel like explaining any of this, I'd be curious to know.
You have to create one. Such a directory probably already exists on MacOS X Server. Just make sure it is owned by mysql.
sudo mkdir /var/mysql
sudo chown _mysql:staff /var/mysql
sudo chmod 0755 /var/mysql
[jdaniel@Pele:516] /var $ ls -al /private/var | grep mysql
drwxr-xr-x 3 _mysql staff 102 Aug 26 20:03 mysql
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How to use spry in the dreamweaver with the php/mysql

hello,
Iam new to the spry framework
and i want to know can we use the spry in the dreamweaver
along with php / mysql code
if so please tell how to do this
thanks in advance

swetha123 wrote:
> but when i complie this page it is not showing the
preiew or any thing in the
> browser i saved this page with the extension .php if i
run the same page with
> .html then i can see the design but it is not being
executed
The reason you get nothing when you save the page with a .php
extension
is because you have display_errors turned off, so you can't
see the
error message telling you there's a syntax error. The
semicolon is
missing at the end of this line:
> echo "<font color='white'>Hello
Swetha</font>"
The reason it doesn't work with an .html extension is
probably because
you haven't uploaded SpryAssets/SpryTabbedPanels.js. I have
copied your
page and tested it locally with the correct JavaScript file,
and the
tabbed panels work as expected.
There are lots of other mistakes in your page. You can't use
float and
position:absolute on the same element. In at least one place,
you have
used </br> instead of <br />. You have also got
an closing paragraph tag
after the paragraph that contains abc.jpg.
Getting Spry or any other JavaScript library to work
correctly relies on
good, clean code. Your mixture of inline styles and font tags
is going
to make it difficult to incorporate Spry into your pages. I
suggest you
improve your HTML and CSS before bringing Spry into the mix.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3" (friends of
ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Problems with Apache PHP Mysql

I tried doing an upgrade from Tiger to Leopard server but was having lots of issues while working with the virtual sites I have hosted. I tried a clean install and I was still unable to get Apache php and mysql to work together. Each service was starting fine but when I would try to run a php file it would only display a white page. Under the upgrade instead of displaying the page it was downloading any page I tried to load.
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I use Dreamweaver CS3 to create my sites on a Windows/Apache
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I'm new to Dreamweaver CS3 and as I was reading the "first
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Asp Javascript
Asp VbScript
Asp.net#
Asp.net Vb
Cold Fusion
JSP
Php MySql.
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additional charge.
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results e-mailed to me, auto-responder, Paypal link and whatever
else I can discover from Dreamweaver.
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I haven't even begun designing my site because I do not know
what weather I should select the Yes option and select one of the
formats mentioned above (if so which one) - or select the No
option. If I do select the No option at the very beginning, will I
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Any reason why a .exe projector would not communicate with a php/mysql

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I have a .dcr in a directory, that when runs from a browser does everything as expected: calls php/mysql, etc;
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Flash PHP MySQL issue

can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong:
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var db_out:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
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db_out.where = "`state`='OR'";
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i figured it out. no idea why this is an issue, but it seems to be.
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so here's the fix:
use some unused symbol in place of the single quotes (IE ^) in Flash, and have PHP use str_replace to swap them for single quotes.
i dont know why PHP has to be the one to implement the single quotes, but it seems to
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$where = str_replace('^', "'", $_POST['where']);
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Back again with the frustrating email issue

After having my BB reset again today by my it guys I brought it home to install a few programs (BES mailbox, and a couple of games). When I plugged the unit into my computer after starting dm (version 4.2) I was encouraged because it didnt do any of the sync things that it had done in the past. I installed the software and voila I get the lovely email telling me I am no longer connected to the BES. I tried removing the battery for a minute or so, but no joy. Exploring further I noticed that under options>advanced options> enterprise activation that my email address is missing. I have had this thing reset every day this week, I cannot figure out what I could be doing wrong. Any ideas?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

just uninstall dtm from add /remove programs and then re-install it from the cd that came with BB, and during the setup choose BIS as a install option.
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Secure a folder with sessions - PHP/MySQL

I have a member site that I hav erecently developed a download library for. All the downloads (Word docs or PDFs) are stored in one directory and the user must be logged in using a session based system to gain access to the download page (in the directiry above) which contains all the links to the documents.
So non members can't access the downloads page but I'm guesssing that pretty soon each of the PDFs and Word docs will be picked up by google and non-members will be able to open or download them directly.
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My iPhone 5 crackles and pops loudly during calls (with and without speaker phone.) I'm experiencing this same same issue on my third iPhone. Is this a common problem? Short of getting the phone replaced (yet again!) is there a solution?

My iPhone 5 frequently crackles and pops loudly during calls (while using speaker phone, as well as not using speaker phone.) After being inspected by techs at the Genius Bar, my phone has been replaced twice; thus, I am currently on my third iPhone 5. Incredibly, I am, yet again, experiencing the exact same issue. Short of getting my fourth iPhone, is anyone aware of a solution?

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Where to go next with Dreamweaver and server-side (php/mysql) applications?

This question is mainly directed at David Powers but I appreciate any input from anyone with the same concern or question.
I've been using DW since the change from Macromedia and have developed a number of applications using built in server behaviors and sb extensions from ADDT, WebAssist, etc. I've learned to customize these behaviors to fit my needs always keeping within the "canned" code. In this way I've "learned" php.
I own most of David's books and in fact, it was because of these that I have any idea about what I'm doing and went in this direction in my "developer" career (building php/mysql applications using Dreamweaver.)
With the decision to remove server behaviors (and the other "developer" panels) from DW and with the deprecation of the mysql extension from the php landscape, I'm wondering where to go next? I fully understand this has to happen.
I'm aware of some alternatives:
Zend or some other framework - to me, this seems extremely complex
Keep several versions of DW installed
Stick to Joomla/WordPress/Drupal - let others who know what they're doing build the architecture
Actually LEARN php - wish I had time; too much work to do (I know how illogical that sounds but it's a very real situation)
I know I'm going to have to switch out all that deprecated code or better yet, rebuild the many applications which used the DW (and other) server behaviors. I'm just not sure which way to turn.

rjjacob wrote:
Since I wrote this post I concluded that there is no substitute for understanding and have started my re-education by delving further into the issue with updated PHP/MySQL books and tutorials so I can prepare for a Dreamweaver without this functionality.
Yes, I too have concluded that is the way to go as well. There really is no substitute for learning as much as you can. Whilst the DW Server Behaviours were very convenient they have not kept pace, Adobe prefering to spent their time on less important updates in my opinion. The Server Behaviours are what makes Dreamweaver the tool of choice for database integration for those who lack the knowledge. I feel the Adobe team will regret not coming up with an alternative. Anything that detracts from making the program what it is is a step in the wrong direction and for sure this is a big step in the wrong direction.
rjjacob wrote:
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.
I think a lot have changed their working practice but many more are burying their heads in the sand. sql_ support is a way off from being completely dropped yet.
rjjacob wrote:
Anyway, your assessment of how terrible the server behaviors are is correct. I'm finding that true after barely breaking the binding on a few books about the greater subject and looking into mysqli and PDO.
Yes, because I relied heavily on them I did not know how bad they were until I forced myself to look further afield. What you can do in a couple of lines of code the DW Server Behaviors produced quadruple or more to achieve the same.
rjjacob wrote:
But they sure were convenient!
Yes, I agree. Maybe some extention developer will come up with a set of new improved behaviours. I tell you if they do they will make a shed load of money.

Php mysql integration with workgroup manager

Hello,
I run a non-profit arts organization. We have active and inactive members that are tracked with a php mysql web app that I wrote. I was wondering how I could query the workgroup manager from php to make the inactive members not be able to login to our computers. Also, it would be great if we could just add new members into the php web app and then send that new member's info to the workgroup manager.
Is this possible?
Thanks
Alex

Yes, I have an OS X 10.4.3 server - which is also integrated in the AD. If i log on locally on the server with an account from the AD, then the workgroup manager works perfectly.
Guess my main problem is that i don't know where in the process things goes wrong.
- Is it on the client, that it is not able to sent the right requests
- Is it on the OS X Server, where something is misconfigured
- Is it security settings in the AD that prevents the server and client from getting the right information
I have the possibility on both the server and client to do ldap requests through the address book - this tells me that i do have some sort of connection. And that is also verified by actually being able to login with AD accounts.
Is there any logs i should pay special attention to? All the logs i can see through server admin doesn't contain usefull information. The logs on the client located in /var/log only tells me about some minor issues with mcxd (something about the uid being 1325883267 - which confuses me a bit - i thought uid's on unix was between 1 and 65535 :/ )
/Martin

PHP/MySQL Help Needed

I'm a beginner with this PHP/MySQL language, but I'm using
Dreamweaver CS3 to help things along. I've set up my database with
my host (using PHPmyAdmin) and put in a table with some fields.
Then I went into Dreamweaver and set up everything and it saw the
database name perfectly. Then I made a recordset and it saw the
fields just fine. I then made an input page to put the data into
the database and that went off without a hitch. I then made a basic
webpage with nothing but the call to display 2 of the fields in my
database (I did the test in dreamweaver and it saw all the data I
populated my database with perfectly). I then told it to preview in
Firefox and got a blank page... Ok I must have done something
wrong, so I put in some basic text just so I could see if even that
would show up correctly. Then I previewed in Firefox again and not
only did it show up, but the 2 fields showed up as well! Yea! So I
made some changes to the fields I wanted to show and again did a
Preview in Firefox. I was again treated to a blank page. Not even
my basic text was showing up. I went back to Dreamweaver and added
some more text... preview... works perfectly showing everything. I
refresh the page and it's blank. I close Firefox and preview again.
It's a blank page, but for the heck of it I decide to View Source
and lo and behold all the data is there. I close the source and try
reloading the page... blank. I'm at a loss. Any idea why this might
be happening?

jays99 wrote:
> Thanks, David. I have your PHP5-Flash 8 book and egerly
await your newest. I
> installerd MySQL 5.027 for 10.4 intel which but it does
not come up
> automatically and there is no MySQL control on the
Preferences. I read
> somewhere that I have to open a file and change some
lines of code in a config.
> file. Do you have any insight to that? Thanks again, Jay
Sorry, I haven't tested anything on an Intel Mac yet. Testing
everything
on Vista for my new Dreamweaver book has given me enough of a
headache.
However, I'm pretty sure that my editor has an Intel Mac, and
he
followed the instructions in "PHP Solutions" without any
major hiccups.
(They're pretty much the same as in the Flash book.)
Isn't there a MySQL.prefPane icon in the MySQL installation
package? I
have found that MySQL won't start automatically on 10.4 (it
did on
10.3), but as long as you install the prefPane, you should be
able to go
in and start it manually.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Where to file a complaint with Apple support for issues?

I've been havintg ALOT of issues as of late with my Macbook Pro. Let me start at the beginnig:
I took my Macbook in to the Apple store around December of last year, I was having an issue with the screen. When it was pushed back a bit too far, it would fizzle and fuzz like a tv out of focus, push it back more and the screen would go out. Harmless, simple problem to fix. Right? okay so fast forward about a day, I started having wireless issues, I thought nothing of it, and took it in. They looked at it, ran a couple tests on it, said that it was fine and that they couldn' t reproduce the problem, and they also stated that there may in fact be something wrong with the internet in my home. I thought okay maybe. Seeing as my husband and I actually work for the cable company so its next to no problem getting the modem replaced. Well about three modems and a complete rewiring of our house later, and I am still having the intermittent problems. Even once allowing for them to wipe my hard drive and reset the computer. I got it home and was having the same issues, so I'd gone ahead and upgraded to Mountain Lion. Last weekend, I was on the phone yet again with an Apple rep, and they are telling me the same old thing, they keep telling me that it had to be a wireless issue on my part, I'd made a point to let them know that was not the case.
After I got off of the call, something weird happened, my mouse pointer on the screen began to move accross the screen and select things and programs began to open on their own. The screen flipped to the Hub, where the clock, calender, notepad and Movie Ticker are, and opened up the reset and dictionary in Safari while also zooming in on the window, forcing me to hard reset the computer pretty much every 20 minutes or so. When I do this, the Silverlight preferences bar, pops up on the top of a blank screen. I was even at the Apple store when it happened.
All of the people that I have spoken to, have basically treated me like an idiot, and its getting pretty old, I spent almost 4 hours on the phone last night, after my call was escalated, I was on the phone so long that my cell phone died, and then my husbands phone died. I'd had the call escalated ALL the way to a superviser in Customer Relations. After dealing with this issue for three months, I finally lost my patience with it and asked them to replace it, to which the supervisor replied "If it is a software issue, replacing the computer will not fix the problem" Really? Because if I have a different computer I can safely assume that this issue will no longer exist for me, and I can get on with my education.
I am a student recieving veterans benefits to go to school, I have missed ALOT of school because of this issue, what should I do about it? After having my computer for three days, they sent it out to the national repair center for about another week. I informed them that as a student, I don't have a lot of time to fight this thing, I'm already on academic probation because this issue has not been fixed, and I am facing termination from my program as well as having to reimburse the VA for the money they have paid the school. I'm about to start losing money, as well as my education and I don't know what to do at this point. I feel like I have exasperated all of my resources at this time. I cannot afford to replace the computer myself, and this is becoming a ver frustrating situation.
Is there ANYONE else I can speak to about this issue as time is of the essence and I can't wait any longer.
Thanks in advanced.

As I read it you have several issues:
1. screen problem. What was done about it? Was it reproducible at an Apple store or AASP?
2. wireless issue. Please elaborate on that problem.
3. mouse pointer doing weird things. "The screen flipped to the Hub, where the clock, calender, notepad and Movie Ticker are," Please elaborate. I don't know the Hub, clock, calender, notepad and Movie Ticker. What are these?
4. what OS were you running prior to upgrading to Mountain Lion? Why upgrade with all these issues?

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