I'm using simple apache http linux mandriva server. I have created an ajax page to store some data on MySQL database in server. I have also written one server side php file. I'm confused actually where should I put my server side php file (e.g. in root or ..)?
Thanks.
If you want to call it directly with AJAX, then it will need to be web accessible. Exactly where you put it in your site structure is up to you.
I'd suggest a sub directory - res, services, etc - to keep things organized if you have several of these files.
Create your own MVC :)
http://www.phpied.com/ajax-mvc/
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I've been doing research for a few days now, and trying to figure out the best method (security and performance wise) of using php files on a website located on server A for a website on server B.
Sort of like a CDN?
These files are not static files per say, server B will use the php files with a server B database connection (doing updates or inserts, etc.). I will not be using a database connection from server to server.
Can someone help me with this? I'm not sure what I need to do accomplish this.
This isn't something you can do easily without the proper experience to secure and the right server setup to allow the files to be transferred. If you don't need the files to read from the other server, as suggested by the CDN comment, you should just look into hosting the files directly.
If you're worried about someone inspecting where the images came from, you can use .htaccess or something similar to hide the true image path via make Apache Rewrites.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html
Before this question gets closed, I know the setup above is possible. I just want clarification on some things.
I just started learning Aurelia because I want to convert one of my projects into a web app. My project is built with html+css+JavaScript(jQuery)+ PHP(MySql).
I havent used any sort of framework before.
In the guide, they mention a few ways to setup a web server. I used the http server with node. Now this is where I need some help understanding a few things.
I dont want to use node.js. I want to use PHP on the server. Will that work and how?
When using Apache server, I know any PHP page is sent to the interpreter that renders the final html. I use XAMPP and its apache comes bundled with PHP. Does the http server used by node come with PHP? Is this even a sensible question?
Now I know Aurelia is purely front end. If it used to make single page applications, it uses Ajax. So now I made the following assumption:
Using Aurelia, the user accesses the root page of the app that the web server sends. After that, Aurelia makes various Ajax requests to the server which will use my PHP files to do database query stuff.
Is that right or am I missing something. And can I just use xampp(apache) to host my app instead of server from node?
Aurelia is a framework that, after you export it to any server, does not rely on any back-end software at all. This means that with the help of the http- / fetch-client API, you can just call out to your php script.
I have an example in my github:
https://github.com/rjpvroegop/randyvroegop.nl-made-with-aurelia
Here I use the http-client to post data to my php script wich has a very simple email functionality.
You can see the action inside my view-model in src/pages/contact/index.js.
You can see the PHP script in src/assets/components/contactengine.php.
These work the way they should. Note: you have to change your gulp build if you want your PHP served the way I serve mine, from the dist folder after gulp-watch or gulp-export.
Next to that you can use any back-end functionality you would like, as long as it returns the proper data. This PHP script does that. If you would download my distribution to test this you can simply do the following:
gulp export from your terminal in the root folder
copy everything from the export folder to your PHP webserver.
So I'm a bit confused about what crafty users can and can't see on a site.
If I have a file with a bunch of php script, the user cant see it just by clicking "view source." But is there a way they can "download" the entire page including the php?
If permission settings should pages be set to, if there is php script that must execute on load but that I dont want anyone to see?
Thanks
2 steps.
Step 1: So long as your PHP is being processed properly this is nothing to worry about...do that.
Step 2: As an insurance measure move the majority of your PHP code outside of the Web server directory and then just include it from the PHP files that are in the directory. PHP will include on the file system and therefore have access to the files, but the Web server will not. On the off chance that the Web server gets messed up and serves your raw PHP code (happened to Facebook at one point), the user won't see anything but a reference to a file they can't access.
PHP files are processed by the server before being sent to your web browser. That is, the actual PHP code, comments, etc. cannot be seen by the client. For someone to access your php files, they have to hack into your server through FTP or SSH or something similar, and you have bigger problems than just your PHP.
It depends entirely on your web server and its configuration. It's the web server's job to take a url and decide whether to run a script or send back a file. Commonly, the suffix of a filename, file's directory, or the file's permission attributes in the filesystem are used to make this decision.
PHP is a server side scripting language that is executed on server. There is no way it can be accessed client side.
If PHP is enabled, and if the programs are well tagged, none of the PHP code will go past your web server. To make things further secure, disable directory browsing, and put an empty index.php or index.html in all the folders.
Ensure that you adhere to secure coding practices too. There are quite a number of articles in the web. Here is one http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-secure-apps/index.html
I was wondering is there any tutorial out there that can teach you how to push multiple files from desktop to a PHP based web server with use of Python application?
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I am going to be writing this so I am wondering in general what would be the best method to push files from my desktop to web server. As read from some responses about FTP so I will look into that (no sFTP support sadly) so just old plain FTP, or my other option is to push the data and have PHP read the data thats being send to it pretty much like Action Script + Flash file unloader I made which pushes the files to the server and they are then fetched by PHP and it goes on from that point on.
I'm assuming you own the PHP server.
Use FTP. See here and here.
Make a file upload form with PHP, and use python to fill out the form. See this and this.
(Usually a bad idea) Use PHP to write small server that listens for data and then writes it to a file.
I think you're referring to a application made in php running on some website in which case thats just normal HTTP stuff.
So just look at what name the file field has on the html form generated by that php script and then do a normal post. (urllib2 or whatever you use)
I want to create a simple webiste with only html pages. I am now including Header, sidebar, footer in every file, which is redundant. So, while looking for solution, I found <?php include, can help me. But my browser is not parsing php content. How can I make it parse php files in html?
Thank you
Since your goal is to create a simple HTML website, with static pages I don't think PHP is the best way to go.
You have two options:
Run PHP on your local computer to pre-process the files:
If you install PHP-cli (command line client), you can use it to process your PHP static pages. Redirect its output to a file and you have your desired output:
php-cli index.php > index.html
Use nanoc (ruby-based) to build your static website:
If you don't have a webserver with PHP enabled, I assume you do not have PHP as a requirement but rather found about <?php include('file') ?> while studying HTML.
With this in mind, I suggest you check out nanoc. It's a tool what uses ruby to help creating static HTML webpages, by providing ways to define a layout (what you're doing with PHP's include) and many other features.
It's quite simple to use and produces static HTML files that you can upload to any server or open with your browser directly and still enables many powerful features while developing your website.
You need to have PHP installed on the server that is running the website. You need to make sure you are naming your files with a valid php extension, e.g. index.php. Can you give us a link to your website where the issue is occurring?
When you enter www.example.com/test.php in the addressbar,the browser contacts the webserver at www.example.com and requests for the file /test.php. Now depending on how your server is configured, you web server will detect the type of the file (usually using the extension). In this case (since the extension is .php), the webserver will detect that the file is a PHP script and will invoke the PHP interpreter. The PHP interpreter will execute the script and generate HTML which is passed on to the web server. Now the web server will return the HTML to the browser.
PHP is a mainly (Yes, it is possible to run PHP within browser) a server side language
This means PHP is not executed in you browser, but on your server
Therefore, you need to have PHP configured correctly on your server to see the correct output
Even if you manage to configure PHP as client side language on your system, remember there is not even < 1% change of your user's browser supporting it.
You can only have webpages, and not website, without a web server
A website (also spelled Web site) is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of only the domain name (or, in rare cases, the IP address) and the root path ('/') in an Internet Protocol-based network. A web site is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network.
You need to have a web server set up with PHP running on it. PHP is an acronym for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP is processed on the server, rendered into HTML content, then sent out of a web browser to be viewed, but no web browser has the ability to processor PHP on its own.
Here are some resources to get you started:
PHP: What do I need?
Your First PHP-enabled Page
Your browser cannot interpret / parse php files.
If you want to test your site locally, you will need to install a local server like WampServer for windows or apache and php in linux.