[mapserver-users] WEB parameters in mapfile being ignored

[P.Romero]

The parameters I was referring to *are*, in fact, those in my mapfile.
My mapfile contains this:
WEB
 LOG "/data/www/html/dev/mslog"
 IMAGEPATH "/data/www/html/images/mapserver/tmp/"
 IMAGEURL "/images/mapserver/tmp/"
END
(I made sure that permissions for these directories are writable by apache).

But my 'map.php' file is here:
/data/www/html/dev

So, calling '$image->saveWebImage()' causes the resulting .gif file to be
placed in '/data/www/html/dev' instead of the path listed in my mapfile. 

Any idea why this could be happening?

P.R.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lime [mailto:Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us] 
Sent: 2009-04-23 3:39 PM
To: P.Romero; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] WEB parameters in mapfile being ignored

They're ignored for security reasons. It's simply not a good idea to allow
an outside user to change where files are being written. They were only ever
changeable for the sake of convenience when configuring a demo- not a good
reason.

Fix is easy, just edit your mapfile and set IMAGEPATH and IMAGEURL
appropriately in the WEB section.

Steve

>>> On 4/23/2009 at 3:18 PM, in message
<BAY117-DS87A6B2BB872A2FD00E094F9750 at phx.gbl>, "P.Romero"
<romero619 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I just compiled/installed the 5.4.0 versions of mapserver & mapscript.
> 
> Im loading a mapfile from php, drawing & saving the image using 
> '$image->saveWebImage()'.
> 
> However, the WEB parameters for IMAGEPATH & IMAGEURL in my mapfile are 
> being ignored.
> The file is being saved in the same directory as the php file that has 
> the mapscript being called to draw the map.
> Even the LOG parameter is being ignored.
> 
> How can I debug & find out why my WEB parameters are being ignored?
> 
> Please help,
> Thanks,
> P.Romero
> 
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