[PHP] works in 4.4.2 - breaks in 5.2.1
I'm familiar with actionscript, but pretty new to php . . .I have a guestbook script that worked fine until my host upgraded to php 5.2.1 - can anyone tell me what part of my if statement or variable is breaking in 5.2.1? I send the new data with Flash using xml.sendAndLoad, to the xml file via standalone php file shown below. tia, jimbo
Re: [PHP] works in 4.4.2 - breaks in 5.2.1
Thanks, sorry to expose my extreme ignorance. Glad I could provide some comic
relief, though :-)
I appreciate the advice, will study php interfacing with mysql and set it up
better. Will also study on pr0n spam and race conditions so I don't contribute
to more bad code. You are probably right about the HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA being at
the source of it. My studies on php.net found http_post_data, but not
http_raw_post_data.
I'll keep studying.
jimbo
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On 6/5/2007 at 7:52 PM Jochem Maas wrote:
>Jim Berkey wrote:
>> I'm familiar with actionscript, but pretty new to php . . .I have a
>guestbook script that worked fine until my host upgraded to php 5.2.1 -
>can anyone tell me what part of my if statement or variable is breaking in
>5.2.1? I send the new data with Flash using xml.sendAndLoad, to the xml
>file via standalone php file shown below.
>> tia,
>> jimbo
>
>aside from the fact that this script has a big fat race condition waiting
>to happen,
>and you should probably be using a database for storage, and that it seems
>to be possible
>to inject just about *anything* into the guestbook.xml file (pr0n spam
>anyone?) ...
>what exactly is going wrong?
>
>at a guess $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA is not set so nothing is being written, you
>should use something like the following to get the data instead
>(the comment is optional ;-):
>
> // $xmlString is completely unvalidated/unsantized and could contain all
>sorts of crap!
> $xmlString = file_get_contents('php://input');
>
>also STFW, there is plenty out there regarding your problem, (including
>stuff
>related specifically to flash), e.g.:
>
>http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10304087
>
>>
>> > $file = fopen("guestbook.xml", "w+") or die("Can't open XML file");
>> $xmlString = $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA;
>> if(!fwrite($file, $xmlString)){
>> print "Error writing to XML-file";
>> }
>> print $xmlString."\n\n";
>> fclose($file);
>>
>> exit;
>> ?>
>>
>>
>
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Re: [PHP] works in 4.4.2 - breaks in 5.2.1
You are probably right. An attempted new post writes a totally empty file. I
was hoping it was just a syntax change in v5, but I discover that the code I
was using isn't terribly good, so I'm spending some time on php.net and will
try to create a new guestbook model using a mysql table, and hopefully some
better formatted php to communicate with it. I'm really glad that the syntax is
remarkably similar to the newest actionscript language, it makes it much easier
for me to understand and learn it. This is my first venture into learning php
the right way, instead of just jiggering with 'found' code, and I'm kinda
excited that I got pushed into it. I'm looking forward to it.
Thanks,
jimbo
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On 6/5/2007 at 5:50 PM Richard Lynch wrote:
>Does the xmlString print out?
>
>Cuz my first guess is they turned off RAW_POST_DATA in the upgrade, so
>it's just blank...
>
>On Tue, June 5, 2007 11:34 am, Jim Berkey wrote:
>> I'm familiar with actionscript, but pretty new to php . . .I have a
>> guestbook script that worked fine until my host upgraded to php 5.2.1
>> - can anyone tell me what part of my if statement or variable is
>> breaking in 5.2.1? I send the new data with Flash using
>> xml.sendAndLoad, to the xml file via standalone php file shown below.
>> tia,
>> jimbo
>>
>> > $file = fopen("guestbook.xml", "w+") or die("Can't open XML file");
>> $xmlString = $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA;
>> if(!fwrite($file, $xmlString)){
>> print "Error writing to XML-file";
>> }
>> print $xmlString."\n\n";
>> fclose($file);
>>
>> exit;
>> ?>
>>
>>
>
>
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