Hello! First let me tell you what a great project this is and thank you for it!
I really want to play with it but I'm pretty new to PHP and can't seem to find a starting place here. I downloaded the file but I don't see any install, readme or config file so I'm at a bit of a loss. Can you give me a push in the right direction? Are there some docs I missed?
I'm not trying to be lazy, just trying to get a grip on where and how to begin.
Thanks a bunch,
Bunni
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
The easiest way to get into it if your running
a windows based system, is to download PHPTriad
1.4 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/)
and install that... it gets you up and running
with the basics of a PHP environment on Apache
for Win32, but more importantly then that it
sets up PHPLIB with sessions using MySQL (which
it also installs).
BTW, be sure to copy the DLLs in
C:\APACHE\PHP\DLLS into your C:\Windows\System
directory or PHP will whine about not being able
to find them.
You also need to make a change
to your C:\APACHE\PHP\PHP.INI file to correct
an error with the include_path setting from PHPTriad. You have to add ".;" to the beginning of the setting value (this is so files in
the same directory you're scripts are in can be
included with include() statements).
Once you've done all that you D/L phpwidgets_phptriad file release from this
site... This is another Win32 installer...
It will install into a C:\APACHE\HTDOCS\PHPWIDGETS\
Last thing you need is to open the start menu,
and click on the PHPTriad group and start MySQL,
go through the start menu again to PHPTriad
and start Apache.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Anonymous
-
2001-04-04
Ironstorm,
I appreciate the time you spent to provide this answer but I didn't give you the details I should have and I'm sorry.
I'm working on a Unix server (from my Windows PC) that has Php and MySQL installed. That is where I need to start from. I just need to know how to install this on the Unix server.
I'm sorry I didn't make this clear and to have wasted your time. I almost didn't ask again but I really do want to use this.
Thanks again. If I need to ask another question I'll make sure I give you all the details so I don't waste your time.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
When folks don't tell me what they are running, I
end to assume that they don't have any thing
set-up yet. Just a habbit, it's not a problem...
I'm going to put my last reply into the docs
later :)
First things first, do you have PHPLIB sessions
set-up?
and download PHPLIB and set-up sessions
(basically involves running the provided SQL to
create the tables, adding the phplib include
dir to your Php.ini's include_path, and setting
your Php.ini's prepend_file to prepend.php3)
Once that's is done, grab the latest tarball
of preview release (I think that's #1) and
unzip it to a subdirectory in your apache/htdocs
folder (or the doc root of you webserver).
Point your browser to that directory on your
webserver.
It should work 'out of the box' if you've got
your sessions installed properly, since it
uses the sessions class found in the phplib
example.
Don't hesitate to post again if your stuck,
I'm only too happy to help where I can...
-Ironstorm
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
Hello! First let me tell you what a great project this is and thank you for it!
I really want to play with it but I'm pretty new to PHP and can't seem to find a starting place here. I downloaded the file but I don't see any install, readme or config file so I'm at a bit of a loss. Can you give me a push in the right direction? Are there some docs I missed?
I'm not trying to be lazy, just trying to get a grip on where and how to begin.
Thanks a bunch,
Bunni
Hi Bunni,
The easiest way to get into it if your running
a windows based system, is to download PHPTriad
1.4 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/)
and install that... it gets you up and running
with the basics of a PHP environment on Apache
for Win32, but more importantly then that it
sets up PHPLIB with sessions using MySQL (which
it also installs).
BTW, be sure to copy the DLLs in
C:\APACHE\PHP\DLLS into your C:\Windows\System
directory or PHP will whine about not being able
to find them.
You also need to make a change
to your C:\APACHE\PHP\PHP.INI file to correct
an error with the include_path setting from PHPTriad. You have to add ".;" to the beginning of the setting value (this is so files in
the same directory you're scripts are in can be
included with include() statements).
Once you've done all that you D/L phpwidgets_phptriad file release from this
site... This is another Win32 installer...
It will install into a C:\APACHE\HTDOCS\PHPWIDGETS\
Last thing you need is to open the start menu,
and click on the PHPTriad group and start MySQL,
go through the start menu again to PHPTriad
and start Apache.
Point your browser at: http://localhost/phpwidgets/
That will get you up and running the easy way.
When you want to start creating your own widgets
see:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=89269&forum_id=19044
It's a sort of mini-howto on the subject.
Let me know if you get stuck...
-Ironstorm
Ironstorm,
I appreciate the time you spent to provide this answer but I didn't give you the details I should have and I'm sorry.
I'm working on a Unix server (from my Windows PC) that has Php and MySQL installed. That is where I need to start from. I just need to know how to install this on the Unix server.
I'm sorry I didn't make this clear and to have wasted your time. I almost didn't ask again but I really do want to use this.
Thanks again. If I need to ask another question I'll make sure I give you all the details so I don't waste your time.
Bunni,
When folks don't tell me what they are running, I
end to assume that they don't have any thing
set-up yet. Just a habbit, it's not a problem...
I'm going to put my last reply into the docs
later :)
First things first, do you have PHPLIB sessions
set-up?
If you don't you'll need to pop over to
http://phplib.netuse.de/
and download PHPLIB and set-up sessions
(basically involves running the provided SQL to
create the tables, adding the phplib include
dir to your Php.ini's include_path, and setting
your Php.ini's prepend_file to prepend.php3)
Once that's is done, grab the latest tarball
of preview release (I think that's #1) and
unzip it to a subdirectory in your apache/htdocs
folder (or the doc root of you webserver).
Point your browser to that directory on your
webserver.
It should work 'out of the box' if you've got
your sessions installed properly, since it
uses the sessions class found in the phplib
example.
Don't hesitate to post again if your stuck,
I'm only too happy to help where I can...
-Ironstorm