[mapserver-users] Questions on deploying PHP MapScript, IMAGEPATH, and file locations

[kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com]

Many thanks, Paul. :-) 

-Kresh


--- On Sat, 11/14/09, Pavel Iacovlev <iacovlev.pavel at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Pavel Iacovlev <iacovlev.pavel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Questions on deploying PHP MapScript,  IMAGEPATH, and file locations
> To: "kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com" <kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com>
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 2:31 PM
> 1) Will work well
> 2) Just set a full path
> 3) Just set a full path
> 4) If you installed from rpm it should already be in
> extensions so no
> need to call anything
> 5) Try it out, should work. If not you will need to
> recompile gdal and
> mapserver.
> 6) No need to recompile just add php5-pgsql package
> 
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:27 AM, kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com
> <kreshna_iceheart at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > I have made a web map application using PHP MapScript,
> and now I'm supposed to deploy it on the production server.
> >
> > The production server is using Red Hat Linux
> (2.6.9-22.ELsmp kernel, buildcentos at louisa.home.local,
> gcc version 3.4.4 20050721, Red Hat 3.4.4-2). It already has
> Apache 2.0.52 and PHP 5.1.6. Both the Apache and the PHP
> were installed from RPM, as part of the Red Hat installation
> package.
> >
> > On the other hand, I wrote the web map application
> using MS4W on Windows XP. The MapServer is version 5.0.2,
> and came pre-packaged with Apache 2.2.8 and PHP 5.2.5.
> >
> > The questions are:
> >
> > (1) Would PHPMapScript 5.0.2 work well with Apache
> 2.0.52 and PHP 5.1.6?
> >
> >
> > (2) Please tell me if I'm right or wrong. Based on my
> experience with MS4W, the value of IMAGEPATH parameter
> points to the /temp folder, relative from the location of
> the php.exe.
> >
> > For example, my php.exe is located in
> D:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\, while the /temp folder is located
> in D:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\temp\. Thus, the IMAGEPATH value in
> my mapfile is ../htdocs/temp, traversing from
> D:\ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\ to D:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\temp\.
> >
> > Am I correct with the assumption above? Because in the
> production server, the php.bin is located in /usr/sbin/,
> then I have to change the IMAGEPATH value accordingly, am I
> correct?
> >
> >
> > (3) I think it would be easier if I start from root
> for the IMAGEPATH value (for example,
> /ms4w/Apache/htdocs/temp/ instead of ../htdocs/temp), but
> wouldn't it cause problem if the www user doesn't have
> permission to the / folder?
> >
> >
> > (4) On MS4W, the php_mapscript.dll is located in
> D:\ms4w\Apache\php\ext\. I think the location would be quite
> different in the production server. Does it affect
> anything?
> >
> >
> > (5) On my development PC (MS4W on Windows XP,
> MapServer 5.0.2), MapServer is able to display .TIFF with
> .RRD and .AUX (instead of world file). However, the
> MapServer came with MS4W. If I install MapServer on the
> production server, would it be able to support .RRD and .AUX
> out of the box, or should I install additional libraries?
> >
> >
> > (6) Based on Verbose Linux Installation page, it seems
> I need to recompile PHP, since the one at the production
> server doesn't have --with-pgsql and --enable-dbase
> switches. However, the production server PHP was installed
> from RPM. Can I recompile such RPM-installed PHP?
> >
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > -Kresh
> >
> >
> >
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