[Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question
Brent Fraser
bfraser at geoanalytic.com
Tue Jan 5 14:05:37 EST 2010
And of some interest, http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=49222, says:
"dbase is unmaintained and moved to PECL though its yet to have a release there."
So until a PHP 5.3 compatible version of php_dbase.dll shows up there, it looks
like some of GM v2.2 PHP functions (select, mailing labels) will not work with
MS4w 3.0.
Brent Fraser wrote:
> I didn't edit the config.php. All of the GM required PHP dlls are loaded via
> the php.ini file, except for php_dbase.dll. And since I don't have that one on
> my test system, I'm confused why the print.php didn't crash and burn. I only
> tested the print.php which doesn't actually use php_dbase.dll; perhaps the dl()
> function is tolerant of files not being available (until a function is used).
>
> Brent
>
> John Callahan wrote:
>> That's good to hear. Thanks Brent. Did you also edit the config.php
>> to get rid of the dl() calls? or the php_dbase.dll dependence (which I
>> couldn't find in the ms4w 3.0 beta distribution)?
>>
>> - John
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com>> wrote:
>>
>> GM 2.2 (from SVN) running on MS4W 3.0 beta works ok after I edited the
>> mapbook.xml (for things we need to change anyway for the 2.2 Beta
>> release).
>> Creation of PDF,HTML, and jpg documents for Printing using PHP seems
>> to work ok too.
>>
>> Brent
>>
>>
>> Brent Fraser wrote:
>> > I just installed MS4W on a clean XP virtual machine. Apache would
>> not start; I
>> > had to install the VC++ 2008 redist package
>> >
>> (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF&displaylang=en>)
>> >
>> > Then it started and PHP reported:
>> >
>> > MapScript
>> > MapServer Version MapServer version 5.4.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG
>> OUTPUT=JPEG
>> > OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ
>> SUPPORTS=AGG
>> > SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=FRIBIDI SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER
>> > SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT
>> SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER
>> > SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER SUPPORTS=FASTCGI SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS=GEOS
>> > SUPPORTS=RGBA_PNG INPUT=JPEG INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL
>> INPUT=SHAPEFILE
>> >
>> > PHP MapScript Version ($Revision: 9099 $ $Date: 2009-06-09
>> 00:39:18 -0300 (Tue,
>> > 09 Jun 2009) $)
>> >
>> > so I'm encouraged. I'll try GM next...
>> >
>> > Brent
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Brian Fischer wrote:
>> > > I really haven’t tested MS4W 3.0 beta 7 with GM yet. I tried when it
>> > > was in beta 2 and ran into some of these same problems.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I would suggest if there are specific things we need added to MS4W to
>> > > make things work with GM 2.2 we submit a bug. Kind of like the
>> > > Mapbender project did in this bug
>> > > http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2086. Then if it is
>> not to
>> > > hard for them to add they will do it.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Is the dbase .dll the only thing? I think when GM 2.2 comes out
>> we need
>> > > to explain the quirks of the dl() function.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > *Brian Fischer,* CFM GIS Project Manager
>> > > *Houston Engineering, Inc.*
>> > > Phone: W: 763.493.4522 / M: 763.229.2734
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Dan Little [mailto:danlittle at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:danlittle at yahoo.com>]
>> > > *Sent:* Monday, January 04, 2010 10:05 AM
>> > > *To:* John Callahan
>> > > *Cc:* GeoMOOSE Users List
>> > > *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the
>> demos question
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > We will probably not delay 2.2 in order to be PHP 5.3 ready. I would
>> > > expect that if we're going to focus on PHP 5.3/MS4W 3.0 then
>> we're going
>> > > to need to rollout a 2.2.(1/2/5) that subsumes it as a "bug fix."
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > *From:* John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu
>> <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu>>
>> > > *To:* Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com
>> <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com>>
>> > > *Cc:* Dan Little <danlittle at yahoo.com
>> <mailto:danlittle at yahoo.com>>;
>> > > geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> <mailto:geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> > > *Sent:* Mon, January 4, 2010 10:01:07 AM
>> > > *Subject:* Re: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the
>> demos
>> > > question
>> > >
>> > > Thanks Dan/Brent.
>> > >
>> > > Would you say that GeoMoose 2.2 would be tested/modified to work
>> > > with MapServer 5.4.x and PHP 5.3 (and therefore MS4W 3.0 from a
>> > > Windows perspective)? Actually, GM 2.2 could probably work
>> for all
>> > > MapServer 5.x versions....
>> > >
>> > > And that GeoMoose 2.0.x works with MapServer 5.2.x and PHP
>> 5.2 (and
>> > > therefore MS4W 2.3.x)?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I wouldn't mind using GM 2.2 with PHP 5.2 (at least
>> temporarily) if
>> > > I can find a php_mapscript dll based on PHP 5.2 that works with
>> > > MapServer 5.4.2.
>> > >
>> > > - John
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Brent Fraser
>> > > <bfraser at geoanalytic.com <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
>> <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com <mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com>>>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Dan, John,
>> > >
>> > > I agree; we need to test GM 2.2 with MS4W 3.0. I'll have a
>> look at
>> > > the beta.
>> > >
>> > > I see that PHP's dl() is deprecated (due to security and
>> threading
>> > > issues), but the doc doesn't say what the replacement is (use the
>> > > PHP.ini?). I think our plan would be to modify config.php to
>> test
>> > > if a module is loaded (as it does now) and just give a
>> message if it
>> > > isn't:
>> > >
>> > > if(!extension_loaded('gd') && !extension_loaded('gd2')) {
>> > > printf( 'Please ensure the following extension is loaded
>> > > using php.ini:'.'php_gd2.'.PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX);
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > > Unless there's a better way?
>> > >
>> > > As for the php.dbase.dll, we could ask the MS4W people to
>> include it...
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > > Brent Fraser
>> > >
>> > > Dan Little wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I think we simply need to do more testing on the more
>> bleeding edge
>> > > software. In some regard, we have enough issues keeping up with
>> > > browser changes. Moving past developer excuses, I'm running
>> OS/X
>> > > 10.5.something and a few variants of debian and I believe
>> they all
>> > > have PHP 5.2, which is why there is probably some quirks when
>> moving
>> > > t o PHP 5.3.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Brian/Len/Brent, any help on your versions? I just really
>> don't use
>> > > Windows for anything but running IE...
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > *From:* John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu
>> <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu>
>> > > <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu <mailto:john.callahan at udel.edu>>>
>> > > *To:* geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> <mailto:geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> > > <mailto:geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> <mailto:geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>>
>> > > *Sent:* Sun, January 3, 2010 8:31:42 AM
>> > >
>> > > < b>Subject: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the
>> demos
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > question
>> > >
>> > > I'm trying to setup GeoMoose but ran into a problem that
>> I'm not
>> > > sure how to fix. After several hours of modifying my
>> environment,
>> > > here's where I'm at now:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Windows OS
>> > >
>> > > Apache 2.2.11
>> > >
>> > > PHP 5.3.1 (VC6 x86 Thread Safe (2009-Nov-19 10:20:08) from
>> > > http://windows.php.net/download/)
>> > >
>> > > MapServer 5.4.2 with PHP_MapScript from ms4w_3.0_beta7
>> 2009-09-01
>> > >
>> > >
>> (http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=README_INSTALL_3.0.html)
>> > >
>> > > GeoMoose from moose2-trunk as downloaded from the tarball
>> as of Jan
>> > > 1. ( I choose this over the 2.0.1 release because I liked
>> some of
>> > > the changes in 2.2.)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Apparently, the php dl() function is now deprecated as of PHP
>> > > 5.3. Even with the enable_dl set to 'On' in php.ini, it still
>> > > throws an
>> > > error when trying to run the demo. GeoMoose uses this
>> function.
>> > > How can I get around that?
>> > >
>> > > Also, I see GeoMoose uses php_dbase extension. That dll
>> is not in
>> > > the PHP or MS4W distributions I downloaded. I did see a
>> php_ogr dll
>> > > in MW4W though. How can I get around this?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Lastly, I tried using php 5.2.8 and I WAS able to get the
>> GeoMoose
>> > > demo mostly working. However, some problems were
>> occurring, likely
>> > > because I didn't have php_mapscript, or maybe a wrong
>> version. I
>> > > switched to php 5.3 because I couldn't find a
>> php_mapscript for
>> > >
>> > > MapServer 5.4.2 for p hp 5.2.x and because it was what MS4W
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > currently supports.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for any help or thoughts.
>> > >
>> > > - John
>> > >
>> > > **************************************************
>> > > John Callahan, Geospatial Application Developer
>> > > Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware
>> > > URL: http://www.dgs.udel.edu
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>> > >
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