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Re: Q's for Jason or Daniel
You know... there is a CGI version of PHP... I've never used it before...
and I know it's designed to run through the web still but I wonder if it
can be called externally? Dan - have you ever muddled with the cgi
version? I've only ever used the apache module... but...
On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 09:51:39PM -0800, Aaron Turner wrote:
>
> 1) How do I indicate/test for a local vs. remote external link? It looks
> like the info is stored in the "flags" field in "KBObjects" table. But
> what is the flag? A "1"? ObjectProperties doesn't make any sense to me.
>
> 2) Does move_object() update the KBObject record or does it recreate it?
> More specifically, can I depend on ObjectID not changing overtime for a
> record? If I can't depend on it, how does one recommend I do record
> matching for articles between the DB and an external file? If the
> ObjectID changes, it will require manual intervention to fix.
>
> 3) Does anyone know of a way to run PHP code outside of Apache like a
> regular program? If so, is there a way we can get some functions like
> move_object(), and the insertion routines in such a program?
>
> 4) Failing that, can someone write a simple PHP script that
> allows me to use things like create_object(), fetch_object(),
> move_object(), via a CGI URL interface- ie not a form?. Kinda like:
>
> command.php?action=create_object&location=1.2.10&name=aturner&type=8 etc...
>
> The idea is that I can utilize the PHP Object code via Perl by talking to
> Apache. The PHP should return intelligent error codes. I've decided that
> writing my own set of objects for Perl is too much right now to go live by
> Feb 1st and this should do nicely.
>
> Basically for #3 and #4 I'd need everything one would need to manage the
> KBObjects/ExternalLinks tables for documents (internal pages and things
> mirrored locally/remotely). I might give it a go myself, but I need to
> learn the PHP objects which I'm a bit rusty at and someone else would
> probably do it about 10x faster.
>
> Thanks
>
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