This is a 2 part question:
a. Is it possible to have a .php file as a view in Rails? Need it because at some point some data needs to be signed with a bank provided function -only in PHP-
<?php
$base64 = ".SignData("some data from rails", "private.key.pem")
?>
I tried in Rails something like:
..
render file "/home/myApp/app/view/signData.php.erb"
..
Also tried
..
render file "/home/myApp/app/view/signData.php"
..
But tells me "Template is missing". I know it is not a matter of path because if change .php to .html in path, it finds the file.
b. The other question: how to get back to rails the $base64 info obtained in PHP?
Thanks
Have you thought about having your web server reroute that one specific call to PHP instead of Rails? It might be the cleanest solution. Something like http://weblog.terrellrussell.com/2008/01/running-php-within-rails/.
You could make a separate, small PHP webservice to wrap this SignData method. You can host it on the same platform, which is handy, then call it from your main application with some straight forward Net::HTTP.
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I have a PHP routing script, like this:
include_once('routing-functions.php');
// pathMatches was imported from routing-functions.php
if(pathMatches('/blog/*')){
include_once('actual-script.php');
}
The problem I have is the following: the functions and global variables from routing-functions.php could potentially conflict with the included file. Additionally, I don't want actual-script.php to have access to any of the variables of the router.
I am looking for a way to completely wipe the PHP context, so that the file is included as if it were directly requested, so doing the following is not an option because it changes the context/scope in which actual-script.php is executed:
if(pathMatches('/blog/*')){
function $sandbox(){
include_once('actual-script.php');
};
$sandbox();
}
Additionally, sending a local request to the file (e.g. with cURL) is also not an option, because it has a negative impact on performance and I want it to run as if it were under the /blog/ URL.
The problem is easy to solve with .htaccess, however, I need a dynamic solution that uses a PHP router.
If anyone has had a similar problem before or knows of a good solution it would be greatly appreciated.
I want a piece of code on the index of my Code Igniter's script so I can change the identety or name of my controller from agent69 to agent007_and_supergirl,and also a way to beat any rule that pages might have against using underscore to separate words as an amendment.
In other words I want that all the calls that the processor of my server has inside my code igniter for agent69 be translated to calls to agent007_and_supergirl
Is just a change of identety for the controller without altering the main controler's functionality and without getting my hands dirty with coding.
If you want re route your default controller url, you have to edit routing configuration like this:
in application/config/route.php
$route['agent007_and_supergirl'] = 'agent69';
Now agent69 Controller will be accessible by http://youriste.com/agent69 and http://yoursite.com/agent007_and_supergirl as well
CodeIgniter URI Routing Guide
Working on config/routes.php yelded miserabe results on past,remember that is an identity matter
And I want all the calls of agent69 be sent to agent007_and_supergirl that is its new identity
What was successfull on the past about this mattar was controller and file cloning,it worked masterfully
but this only intercepted few server calls so for me to get all the server calls, I need to clone every
single fie on the script so I feel silly teling you again thats why I didnt want to get my hands dirty with code
because is plenty of code.
Well hope that you can help me master this code that goes on the index of my code igniter script--///The code cant appear here so its below in the comment to lighta thanks 4 readin
Edit: I thought about a possible solution, but I made another question as it is very specific: see AJAX proxy with PHP, is it possible?
A couple of times I've encountered this problem...
I create sites that have a certain degree of modularity. So, it is possible that there are "components" (think of a rough CMS) which carry their own PHP code, CSS, and JavaScript, all dynamically included. Think about a structure like:
{siteroot}/component/datagrid/datagrid.php
{siteroot}/component/datagrid/js/datagrid.js
{siteroot}/component/datagrid/css/datagrid.css
{siteroot}/component/datagrid/ajax/getsomedata.php
Now, the question is: for JavaScript files, and expecially AJAX calls, how do I make them context-aware with the URLs?
For example, if in datagrid.js I want to call siteroot/component/datagrid/ajax/getsomedata.php with AJAX I should write (with JQuery):
$("#ajax").load("siteroot/component/datagrid/ajax/getsomedata.php");
First problem: siteroot changes on different installations. I've managed that by including a general
var codeBase = <? echo json_encode(Config::$siteRoot); ?>
with PHP on every page, from a Config file that can be easily edited for every installation, so I can do with whatever JavaScript something like:
$("#ajax").load(codeBase + "/component/Datagrid/ajax/getsomedata.php");
What do you think of this approach?
Second problem: but I have PHP functions that return to me also the components folder, or the folder of other components. It would be nice to make the whole URL dynamic. This would account also for changes in the structure of the component if I want.
The only solution I've found is to use a .js.php dynamic Javascript. This is very unelegant, and I have to include all the framework in the JavaScript file, like:
<?php
include "../../libs/framework.php"; // get my functions...
$myUrl = Config::$siteRoot . Framework::getComponentAjaxDir("datagrid") . "/getsomedata.php";
?>
$("#ajax").load(<?=json_encode($myUrl)?>);
Another side effect is that I have to know exactly the include the path for framework.php... I don't want this so hard-codedin my ".js.php" file.
Any smart solutions about that?
As nobody answered in a suitable way, I answer to myself to provide a solution I've found out that can be useful.
The key to my solution is simple:
I create an AJAX proxy at a fixed location in my site structure, so I can use codeBase to reference the proxy from JavaScript
I call this proxy with two parameters: plugin and action, which identify a) the plugin folder in which the "real" ajax is and b) the ajax file to use, along with the other params:
$("#...").load( codeBase + "/main/ajax.php?plugin=Datagrid&action=gettable&otherparams"...)
In ajax.php I sanitize the parameters, and use plugin and action to obtain the "real" ajax file:
{serverRoot}/components/{plugin}/ajax/{action}.php
Then i simply include that file in ajax.php
To be honest your problems are realistic options and aren't that bad practice in general quite frankly.
But let's explore this a little further.
What would be the best approach is for you to have 1 main config.php file which you can then specify modules, i.e. your datagrid etc.
You could store all modules in an array variable like so:
$_SITE_PATH = "/var/www/html/";
$_HTTP_PATH = "http://example.com/";
$_MODULES_PATH = $_SITE_PATH."modules/"
$_MODULES = array(
"datagrid"=>$_MODULES_PATH."datagrid/init.php",
"something_else"=>$_MODULES_PATH."something_else/init.php"
);
Each module would have it's own directory with instantiation init.php so that it would load all it required to get going.
This way you could code as you liked and when you needed something (preferably in the header state) do something like this.
global $_MODULES;
require_once($_MODULES["datagrid"]);
Everything will be easily available as and when required without any variable path issues later down the line.
Is it possible to use PHP to create AS2 functions? Like load the php file from the swf file and have it [the php file] send a string like
function test(){
trace("test");
}
and somehow get AS2 to read it as a function. The reason I want to do this is because I don't want anyone seeing 2 of my good functions in my flash file. I know about SWF Encrypters and things, but none of then can truly keep one out. Thanks.
Sorry for bad grammar or anything wrong with this post - it's 4 am here.
I don't think it's possible. I mean you could make calls in POST from flash and get php to send you back some code. But it would return as String so you'd have to code a sort of parser to transform that string in to real code in AS2, and that could be pretty complicated.
Not sure but you could make the server handle external .as files with PHP. Thus, your .as fiel would run as regular PHP and as far as there is no problem with the Action Script code in it it should be handled by Flash as a regular .as with external code... You can do this in the .htaccess file for example, with a statement similar to this, that adds the .as extension to the PHP5 handler:
AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .as
I would like to know how to create a php function that can be installed in php
just like the already built in functions like :
rename
copy
The main point I would like to achieve is a simple php function that can be called from ANY php page on the whole host without needing to have a php function within the php page / needing an include.
so simply I would like to create a function that will work like this :
location();
That without a given input string will output the current location of the file via echo etc
Well, there are a couple of options here. One of them is to actually extend the language by writing an extension. You'd have to muck around with the PHP source code, write it in C, and deal with the Zend Engine internally. You probably wouldn't be able to use this on a shared host and it would be quite time consuming and probably not worth it.
What I would do is put all of your functions into a separate PHP file, say helper_functions.php. Now, go into your php.ini and add the directive: auto_prepend_file = helper_functions.php. This file should be in one of the directories specified in your include_path (that's a php.ini directive too).
What this does is basically automatically put include 'helper_functions.php'; on every script. Each and every request will have these functions included, and you can use them globally.
Read more about auto_append_file.
As others have said, there's probably an easier, better way to do most things. But if you want to write an extension, try these links:
http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/webprog/php/ch14_01.htm
http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp/2/3/0
So you want to extend PHP's core language to create a function called location(), written in C, which could be done in PHP by:
echo __FILE__;
Right. Have fun doing that.