[Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question
Dan Little
danlittle at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 5 14:49:13 EST 2010
I haven't used the OGR/PHP bindings, if they are reasonable then yes, but I *thought* OGR only did standard SWIG bindings (perl, python, ruby).
----- Original Message ----
> From: Brent Fraser <bfraser at geoanalytic.com>
> To: Dan Little <danlittle at yahoo.com>
> Cc: GeoMOOSE Users List <geomoose-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 1:37:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question
>
> 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
> >> To: John Callahan
> >> Cc: GeoMOOSE Users List ; Brian
> >> Fischer
> >> 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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