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Running multiple php versions on a single iis 7 (diff web apps)

wahooka — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:48:43 GMT

hi all

i am trying to run two different versions of php on my windows 2008 r2 server with iis7. phew. haha

my primary one is already setup as 5.3.0 but i also need to run 5.2.x for some legacy app we need.

i installed two directories of php one c:\php\ and c:\php 5.2\ and setup the handler for .php files in IIS to point to the right php-cgi.exe file.

it seems to work (like phpinfo works and shows the correct version) but when i open a command prompt at c:\php 5.2\ and type php -v i get lots of problems with the extensions and mysql for example isn't loading the modules.

for some reason php 5.2 is wrongly loading the php.ini file for 5.3.0. where is this set? how can i get it to use the php.ini file that is located in c:\php 5.2.x\php.ini file?

Code:

Loaded Configuration File C:\PHP\php.ini

thanks for any help!

facebook?

lukeurtnowski — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:46:13 GMT

I can't figure out why my facebook link (Become a member)
http://offthevinesd.com/contact.php
works fine on any page which uses lightbox
http://offthevinesd.com/gallery2.php

I want to create a site like "Texts from Last Night"

Rescu3 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:26:18 GMT

I want to create a site similar to textsfromlastnight[dotcom] where a post that can be commented, but also voted up or voted down with a funny saying next to the thumbs. I would also really like the ability to create a best and worst posts without having to manually create those pages, I want it to be automatically updated based on those votes.

Basically same concept of those voting sites like "Texts From Last Night" or "My Drunk Texts", but applying a different idea. Is this something wordpress can be configured to do, or do I need something like drupal?

Should you host a client's site

filmoreha — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:06:12 GMT

When working with client's that have no web host, are designers/developers responsible for hosting or finding a host for said client?

What are the pros and cons of having a client find their own host (or recommending one) vs say a reseller program where you would handle the hosting?

I appreciate any input you can share.
Thanks!

Browser Test Mac Issues

KariMitchell — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:02:58 GMT

hey there - I'm having issues with (of all things) my MAC (Safari) rendering a website differently from everything else. It's usually Internet Explorer that gives me pains, but this time it's Safari that's throwing things off a bit.

It appears to be the search bar, top right - pushing things out of whack here:
Clickety

I have tried various things and retested, and no workie properly in Safari. I know it's something small that I have missed, but I can't look at it any longer!

If anyone has any ideas - I am all ears!!

Many thanks,
Kari

Good auto-text generator

sdnsoft — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:10 GMT

Hi,

Please post if you know any good software for generating human-like text for websites.

Technics for domain catching

sdnsoft — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:54:08 GMT

Hello,

Anybody knows good technics for domains catching?

eXdomain Team

sdnsoft — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:10 GMT

Hello,

We are software development company for SEO professionals we are happy to join your forum. If you have any ideas or needs about software feel free to contact us. Please look forward for post about our new software.

Kind Regards,
eXdomain

Oracle, date

asmar — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:53 GMT

Hello all,

I've got an insert like:
insert into tablename values ('1', '2', '3', to_date('2/2/2009','MM/DD/YYYY'));

and then a select like:

select to_char(datefield,'dd/mm/yyyy') as reg_day from "tablename";

and getting a result of date like 02/02/2009 instead of 2/2/2009. Don't ask me why, I just need the result to be 2/2/2009 or ideally the initial insert to somehow store the data in 2/2/2009 format and not in 02/02/2009.

Is there a way to insert a date field in d/m/yyyy instead of dd/mm/yyyy?

Thanks

PHP Pages Won't Load

stu567blue — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:55 GMT

Hi All

I'm trying to connect to pages using the data inside a database, I've created the table, connections and all of that works fine the only problem I'm having is it won't load the pages when I click on the links, I've chosen a page I want it to go to, but how do I get it to show the new page.

Here is the code below:

PHP Code:


		
			
            

        $connect = require_once('connections/config.php'); 

        

    

    //Connect to mysql server

    $link = mysql_connect($hostname_ilikeyours, $username_ilikeyours, $password_ilikeyours);

    if(!$link) {

        die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error());

    }

    

    //Select database

    $db = mysql_select_db($database_ilikeyours);

    if(!$db) {

        die("Unable to select database");

    }

            

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM co_pages");



while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))

  {

  echo '';

  echo '. $row['page_id'] .'>' . $row['page_title'] .  "
";

  echo '
';

  }

curious phishing email from my own site

dbr — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:05:28 GMT

I received an email supposedly from my websites technical support stating:
We are informing you that because of the security upgrade of the mailing service your mailbox (my email address was here) settings were changed. In order to apply the new set of settings click on the following link:

The link to click was from my site with a query string similar to this:

http://mysite.com/bogusDirectory/anotherBogusDirectory/settings.php?email=myEmail.com&from=mySite.com&fromname=me

I checked and the bogus directories don't exist. I also talked to my host's tech support and didn't get much useful info.

It was from an email account called alert@mysite.com which doesn't exist to an email account I use regularly.

Has anyone seen anything like this happen on any sites they manage? I didn't click the link. Anything else to be aware of? It seems like it won't be easy to get to the bottom of the matter.

Thanks,

Dave

How accurate is webmaster tools

pgrantuk — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:48:30 GMT

Hi

Can anyone tell me how accurate webmaster tools is, it is showing my site as ranking number 19 for the keyword i'm targetting however my site is not even in the top 300 results for the keyword, is this normal?

Thanks

problems embedding audio MP3 files...

BG Design — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:42:03 GMT

I'm trying to determine the most effective, cross browser method to present 10 audio tracks of my wife's harp playing on her website.

The problem is that I've tried embedding them individually on a single page - this causes slow download and also does NOT display correctly on IE 8, and all 10 tracks play at once in Google Chrome. I just need to find out if it's a simple .html fix, or if I should go through the trouble to attempt to build a Flash music player, etc.

Here's some of the code:

Code:

 1. Bach�s Prelude in C  

    


      

      

      - 2. Bailey�s Fancy

Just Hello,

Antoineti — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:37 GMT

Hi all you all,

I'd like to use Antoine as username but was already chosen, so Antoineti. Not very young, 44, but really beggining in web design. A long time doing sites very poorly, and now I'm trying to do my best with a couple of domains I registered to fill them with my personal interests, basically history stuff. I redirected my efforts to joomla, php, css and things like that and discovered quickly that I have a lot to learn. I come from MS-DOS times and when I try to construct a site I see something I don't like. Mainly it's a feeling..and a fact. The first glance tells me that the thing is not very profesional. I would like to change that, so I have been walking over the net a long time and I think SitePoint can help me a lot. My original language it's not English, but hope to be able to get what I need and beg leniency for my sure future mistakes using the Shakespeare's language. Having this said, I live in a piece of the Spain country-side with two mastiffs several cats, not sure how many, and 8 chickens. I like cross-country running, squash, and some others sports, and reading books, whether in Spanish whether in English, mainly novels, historical essays and everything about computers. I think internet is a very wonderful thing really useful to guys like me. Well, I cut here. Thanks for reading the post and thanks too for this site and its team for let me registering.

Antoineti

Im thinking about making a blog on about how to dominate google whos interested?

HydroJohn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:16:30 GMT

Hi Guys

I'm thinking about making a day by day blog about how to get to the top of google,

Ive had good results in getting to the top of google and I have lots of experience. Im taking a break from the SERP's business but before I do I want to pass on my knowledge.

I have a 30 day calendar when optimising my sites. I have a standard calendar which I apply to each and every project. Every day has something I need to go to require me to get to the top of google.

I would make the blog so it has a post a day for 1 month so it would be my guide to dominating google,

The methods have worked for me with keywords of less than 1 million competing.

Would anyone be interested in seeing a blog like this? If there is enough demand then I would make this blog.

Please post your thoughts comments below.