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The option 'short_open_tag' can be found in the php.ini file, as explained in the PHP manual at . Tip: make sure you modify the right php.ini file which controls the PHP settings when PHP scripts are used under Apache. Please note that <? is reserved for XML, and that all styles beside the official <?php ... ?> are deprecated. Regards,
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It does not matter if you send messages from Outlook Express running in a workstation in your LAN or from your WAMP server. The ISP is usually worried about you sending heaps of messages directly from your server, in other words, if you are sending SPAM. Your agreement with your ISP probably states how many messages with similar content you can send in a given time period. If you send more, y
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Hi, You do not need to install a mail server in your WAMP box. You can configure the STMP settings of PHP to point to another server in your LAN which runs an SMTP server, or to the SMTP server of your ISP. The SMTP settings are documented at . You can then use the mail() function of PHP, or a class like phpMailer, to send messages. Whichever function you use to send mail, make sure th
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Hi, You can configure the STMP settings of PHP to point to another server in your LAN which runs an SMTP server, or to the SMTP server of your ISP. The SMTP settings are documented at . You can then use the mail() function of PHP, or classes like phpMailer from , to send messages. Whichever function you use to send mail, make sure that if you accept user input as email addresses, your a
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Hi, Yes, you do need to enable the SMTP settings in PHP. More about it in this recent thread: Regards,
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Hi, Have a look at this thread for the settings: Regards,
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Hi, You need to configure the STMP settings of PHP to point to another server in your LAN which runs an SMTP server, or to the SMTP server of your ISP. The SMTP settings are documented at . You can then use the mail() function of PHP, or classes like phpMailer, to send messages. Where exactly you put phpMailer depends on your PHP application. Whichever function you use to send mail,
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Hi, It looks like the DocumentRoot directive in the Apache configuration file httpd.conf or the virtual host configuration file is set to C:/wamp/www instead of C:\wamp\www\romanord-info. The DocumentRoot should point to the root folder of the site. Yes, you can manage several independent sites by setting each one of them up as a virtual host, with its own DocumentRoot. Then your $_SER
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Hi, I noticed that the section about the environmental variable in my instructions refers to a user variable. It should be SYSTEM variable. I have edited the post now, but here is the updated section: OPENSSL_CONF ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE Go to Control Panel – System – Advanced – Environment Variables Add a new system variable OPENSSL_CONF: I hope this helps. I have it working on
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You need to look at the file /home/dalilona/public_html/Indexu 5.3.0/.htaccess where the command 'php_value' appears, according to the error log. That command changes PHP settings for the virtual host in that folder. You need to have the AllowOverride directive with the right options or 'all' in the <Directory> definition of your httpd.conf or the configuration file controlling that p
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Hi, Have you removed the hash sign from the line in httd.conf which points to the vhosts file? It should look similar to this: # virtual hosts Include "conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf" Does your site work if you access it from inside the LAN? Regards,
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Hi, According to the error message, the .htaccess file has an invalid command. Have a look at the contents of the .htaccess file, usually located in the document root or in the document folder of your virtual host. Did it come with the web application you are running, and was it changed before the internal error happened? It is possible to update the .htaccess file on the fly, but syntax er
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Hi, You can set up wamp to serve one or more virtual hosts and you can use dummy domain names by setting them up in the hosts file. Have a look at yfastud's setup guide at Regards,
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Hi, The Access Log format is explained in the Apache documentation at . You can use Webalizer from to produce statistics from your access log files. Webalizer was an add-on for Wamp5, and it is available from . There are other tools, like AWStats, available from Re search problems: after you enter the search argument and hit 'Search', click 'Click here to return to the search screen'
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Hi Rusty, You can set up a system variable OPENSSL_CONF from Control Panel – System – Advanced – Environment Variables : Variable name: OPENSSL_CONF Variable value: - put here the location I am afraid my instructions only apply to Windows XP and wamp5. I had a look at Windows Server 2003 today, did not find openssl.exe and was not particularly keen to try to install it on a producti
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Hi, OpenSSL has not changed, I presume. Yes, you need to generate the certificates. You may be able to adapt the steps from the earlier post to suit the folder structure of WAMP2. Regards,
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Hi, Have you tried implementing your sites using the virtual hosts provided by WAMP? Regards,
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Hi, You can use install the FileZilla FTP server under Windows, which works all right with the FileZilla client, available from You need to set up a username and password on the FileZilla server. Before you can connect, you need to open TCP port 21, possibly also 20, in the Windows firewall, but you should limit the scope to your local subnet. You can also use non-standard ports, and it
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Thanks for the positive comments. Regarding the option to see the Windows file extensions, it is a setting I always turn on in a new profile. In spite of this setting, Windows does not display the extension if it is .cnf. Create a new file, call it test.cnf and the file name is displayed as test :-) Regards,
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Hi, Here is an example of a .htaccess file in a folder that works under Wamp 5 : AuthType Basic AuthName "Your Site Name or Something" AuthUserFile c:/wamp/apache2/conf/passwd Require valid-user You need to add the usernames and passwords into the file passwd by using the htpasswd utility, as described in the Apache documentation at . In Wamp 5 the program is c:\wamp\Apache
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Hi, After you have clicked Search, just click 'Click here to return to search page' and your results will emerge. Don't ask me why :-) Regards,
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Hi, In general, your question has more to do with Joomla than WAMP and in similar situations you should first check for the answers from the forum at joomla.org before coming here. The latest version of Joomla is currently at RC4 or Release Candidate 4 stage. If a software application is a Release Candidate, it is still in public trial mode so that bugs can be ironed out. However, bas
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Hi, The SMTP default settings are in the php.ini file which is in c:\wamp\Apache2\bin for Wamp 5. Look for the line: ; For Win32 only. SMTP = localhost ; For Win32 only. sendmail_from = myemail@example.com Change 'localhost' to the IP address of the SMTP server you want to send the messages
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Hi, A wild guess: if you have the default W2K setup, I believe it has IIS enabled by default. It is best to uninstall it from Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs - Windows Components. You could first check which service if any has port 80 open by running 'netstat -an' or 'netstat -ao' at the command prompt. Regards,
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Hi Derek, I am glad it works. You will be surprised how much easier it is to create professional looking documents by writing PDF than with XHTML and CSS :-) Cheers,
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Hi, Back to the basics then. Have you had a look at ? The article 'Getting Started With MySQL' shows how to use the mysql and other commands from the command line, a skill not to be ignored. You may want to learn how to use phpMyAdmin, or install MySQL Administrator GUI from . It is also among the addons for WAMP. One elegant product worth looking at is SQLyog from . The Community Edi
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Hi, You need enable the php_pdf extension: click the WAMP icon in the System Tray, select PHP Settings - PHP Extensions and click on php_pdf. I have used FPDF with WAMP and that works well. You can download it from . It does not need any other libraries or extensions. All you need to do is to put the FPDF folder with fpdf.php, fpdf.css and the font subfolder somewhere with other includ
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Hi, It would help if you could describe your problem a bit more: was this WAMP installation working before or is it a new installation? You can go to the logs folder in WAMP and check the log files to see what error messages you get. Often they are self explanatory. If not, post the messages here. Regards,
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Hi, As you noticed, the installation of a Content Management System prompts for a username and password so that the installation process can create its tables in a database. After you have created the database, you need create a username and give it a password, then add a host 'localhost' under this user. You will then need to assign the privileges to access the new, empty database to th
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Hi, You do not necessarily need to run an SMTP server under Windows, as long as you forward the mail messages to an SMTP host somewhere, in your LAN/WAN or outside. In your application using mail() or phpmailer, cc the message to your own email address mailbox. Very handy and works all right. Regards,
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