From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 11:36:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E08106589A for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:36:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F218FC17 for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EFD72639F21; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:37:17 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yvvqh6CMHjTk; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:37:04 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.0.1.198] (70-89-202-1-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2395E2639F1F; Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:37:04 -0500 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: <20110325053630.GA6722@thought.org> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:36:34 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <20110323164504.GA25317@thought.org> <20110324230049.GB31958@thought.org> <89898D0E-B4A9-41E9-B829-DF7CA8D3FF06@d3photography.com> <20110325053630.GA6722@thought.org> To: Gary Kline X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: Fr?d?ric Perrin , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why does this simple counter fail? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:36:49 -0000 You're using a completely stock php.ini file. Look for short tags. Turn that on. On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 06:25:39PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: >> Gary, you missed the put... fput($fp, $file); means you're dropping = the filename INTO the storage file. >=20 >=20 > okay. [maybe]. i think what the script does is create > ./countdir/$file ; in this case, ./countdir/index where i create > the file named "index\n" and below it the integer count. e.g.: >=20 > in directory countdir, in file index is: >=20 > index > 60311 >=20 > to track the hits for my homepage. in defense of this crude > hack with no error-checking is that i have used the same script > in at least three other virtual thought.org websites. =20 >=20 > i was wrong is saying that the script bombed; it just failed; > the reason was that the initial tag had been " "=20 > gary >=20 >=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Mar 24, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >>=20 >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 07:11:15PM +0100, Fr?d?ric Perrin wrote: >>>> Gary Kline writes: >>>>> Can any of you php hackers tell me why this simple self-hacked >>>>> counter bomb? >>>>=20 >>>> As others said, what does 'this simple counter bomb' means? >>>>=20 >>>>> $fp =3D fopen($directory.$file, "r+"); >>>>> flock($fp, 1); >>>>=20 >>>> You want an exclusive lock (LOCK_EX, which is 2 is you use some = ancient >>>> PHP), not a shared lock. >>>>=20 >>>> When updating the file: >>>> > fputs($fp, $count); >>>> > fputs($fp, "\n"); >>>>> fputs($fp, $file); >>>>=20 >>>> Why do you feel the need to store the filename inside the file = itself? >>>> You don't seem to need it after. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> $file is passed from the calling php file. index.php is by-hand >>> set to >>>=20 >>> $file=3D'index';=20 >>>=20 >>> and so on. =20 >>>=20 >>> Because of my shoulder/typing woes, it was great that I got = clued in >>> above by Brad's thought that perhaos there were mis-matched ">> and "?>" tags. A simply recursive grepping found out that it = some=20 >>> places I had " instead of " . Adding the = "php"=20 >>> fixed everything. =20 >>>=20 >>> Finally, you're right; this really, really is ancient php. >>> Somthing i found pre-2004 and hacked until it worked. The >>> counter is missings lots of features, but I'll fix that pretty >>> soon. >>>=20 >>> thanks to everybody , >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>>=20 >>>> --=20 >>>> Fr=E9d=E9ric Perrin -- http://tar-jx.bz >>>>=20 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>=20 >>> --=20 >>> Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public = Service Unix >>> Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org >>> The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org >>>=20 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > --=20 > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service = Unix > Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org > The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"