[Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question

Dan Little danlittle at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 8 12:50:34 EST 2010


php_dbase.dll is needed by the selection tool.


----- 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 12:44:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] getting started, running the demos question
> 
> 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
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