Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] file_exists bug on Linux

[Waitman C. G. <wa...@em...>]

are you running php in cgi mode? check your phpinfo();

near the top it will tell you. 

apache2 module "Server API" Apache 2.0 Filter
apache module "Server API" Apache
cgi "Server API" CGI


The init.inc.php thing sets "BASE" to be "./"
So it would be relative to the current working directory. 

If your current working directory is not the same as the calendar root
then file_exists() won't work.

put this at the top of functions/init.inc.php

<?php
echo getcwd();

then pull your calendar up in your browser, look what it prints at the
top of the page -
and see if it makes sense.

The reason I ask about the CGI mode above, this is the first thing that
I can think of that could cause your current working directory to be
different then the actual script file.

another possibility could have to do with symbolic links.

you might think your pages are located at 
/www/web/html/directory/

but they are really located at 
/x346346/fijaiogjg/home/akwjfkj/html/directory

and php is getting confused.

so try the echo getcwd() command and we will go from there ;-)

best,

Waitman Gobble
EMK Design 
Buena Park California
+1.7145222528
http://emkdesign.com




On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 11:57, Brett O'Connor wrote:
    Hello PHPiCalendar Developers!
    
    I recently installed PHPiCalendar on a Linux 7.3 / PHP 4.2.3 server and 
    had some problems regarding the code below (lines 37-40 in 
    functions/init.inc.php):
    
    if (file_exists($lang_file)) {
    	include($lang_file);
    } else {
    	exit(error('The requested language "'.$language.'" is not a supported 
    language. Please use the configuration file to choose a supported 
    language.'));
    }
    
    It appears that file_exists will be false if the web user running under 
    apache does not have permission to peruse the full directory string (or 
    at least that's what I suspect so far).
    
    I also noticed someone else had this problem in this forum message:
    
    http://phpicalendar.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=92&highlight=
    
    S/he was having this problem on Linux also.
    
    I just commented out the if statement for now and forced the include 
    and things work great, but I thought you would like to know about this 
    bug.  If I am able to come up with a better solution (perhaps a way to 
    check for the file via URL string?) I will let you know.
    
    Brett
    
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