Re: Q's for Jason or Daniel

[Jason Pincin <chardros@linuxkb.org>]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2000 at 09:37:01AM -0500, Jason Pincin wrote:
> 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...

What I meant was... when you compile PHP you can opt not to compile it as
an Apache module... and if you do so, it will compile as a cgi.  Don't
know if this will help or not though...


> 
> 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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> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> Jason
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