[Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question
Brent Fraser
bfraser at geoanalytic.com
Tue Jan 5 14:37:30 EST 2010
Could we use OGR via PHP to create .dbf files?
> Yeah, this is a bit of a problem as we need to be able to create DBase
> files but the old module is no longer supported and the new one not
> release.
>
> Have I ever mentioned to this list how much I absolutely love PHP and/or
> it's "mostly free" model?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
>> To: John Callahan <john.callahan at udel.edu>
>> Cc: GeoMOOSE Users List <geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>; Brian
>> Fischer <bfischer at houstoneng.com>
>> Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 1:05:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos
>> question
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >> > 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
>> >>
>> )
>> >> >
>> >> > 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
>> >> ]
>> >> > > *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
>> >> >
>> >> > > *To:* Brent Fraser
>> >> >
>> >> > > *Cc:* Dan Little
>> >> >;
>> >> > > 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
>> >> > >
>> >> >>
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> > > >>
>> >> > > *To:* 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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