by Zubair on April 15, 2010
Recently, I started upgrading all my applications to the latest versions or at least upto the version my hosting providers uses – i was using Apache 1.3.x HTTP Server, but I’ve finally upgraded to the latest version which is Apache 2.2.15 & PHP 5.3.2 as of writing this post.
I think it’s a good idea to keep your Apache / PHP and MySQL up-to date with the latest release or at least up-to date to match your Web Hosting Provider.
Anyways, while i was upgrading from Apache 1.3.4 to Apache 2.2.15 i ran into a problem – Apache 2 actually installed pretty smoothly without any complicated issues arising.
After the Apache & PHP Installation i started to setup Apache to use PHP where the real problem begin, Apache couldn’t load the php5apache2.dll Module, it was saying that the module can’t be found (look at the below pic to see the error i was getting).
I was using the PHP Installation Manual (install.txt) all this time that came included with the PHP zip file, i had the below values added as said in that install file:
# For PHP 5 do something like this:
LoadModule php5_module "c:/php/php5apache2.dll"
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir "C:/php"
I then double checked the PHP installation directory to make sure there is a file called php5apache2.dll and sure enough, it was there.
While i was checking for the above file i also noticed that there another file in that directory called php5apache2_2.dll. I tried giving that file a try and change the file name in httpd.conf from php5apache2.dll to php5apache2_2.dll, Which got it working!
It was a really simple fix but very easy to overlook it.
Hope this will save others (who come across this issue) some valuable time.
by Zubair on August 4, 2009
Wateen Connector is one of my projects that got me interested in Visual Studio .NET – some of the team members of CyberPK helped and contributed to this small utility.
I actually made this on a request from a CyberPK’s Loyal and Regular user, i didn’t thought that other users would be experiencing the same problem like him, Until i recently fell into it myself.
It sure is annoying, having to keep logging in to your Wateen WiMAX account – so Wateen Connector was created. Wateen Connector is Exclusively made for Wateen WiMAX users.
About Pakistan’s Wateen Telcom
Wateen Telecom is a Internet Service Provider in Pakistan, its a new venture of Warid Telcom – Wateen Telecom established one of the largest country-wide WiMAX Network in the world.
Wateen Connector lets you log into your Wateen Services as you usually do. The extra features that you get is that Wateen Connector allows you to Monitor your internet connection and if it goes down it will let you know about it, And will ask if you like to keep monitoring it. If you set monitoring on you will be notified as soon as you disconnect or get connected – Wateen Connector also has a Auto-Login feature that logs you into your Wateen Account easily and effort-lessly!.
Wateen Connector now lets you chat with other Wateen users using the chat services implemented on our website. One of the useful features that we added was the ability to view your bandwidth usage from the application.
For complete detail and information visit Wateen Connector’s Homepage.
by Zubair on February 5, 2009
class.upload.php – Free PHP Upload Class
This PHP script uploads files and manipulates images very easily. The perfect script to generate thumbnails or create a photo gallery! It can convert, resize and work on uploaded images in many ways, add labels, watermarks and reflections and other image editing features. You can use it for files uploaded through an HTML form, a Flash uploader, or on local files. It uses the GD library.
This script is released under the GPL Version 2. If your project is not GPL, commercial licenses are available.
Look at the example below:
$foo = new Upload($_FILES['form_field']);
if ($foo->uploaded) {
// save uploaded image with no changes
$foo->Process('/home/user/files/');
if ($foo->processed) {
echo 'original image copied';
} else {
echo 'error : ' . $foo->error;
}
// save uploaded image with a new name
$foo->file_new_name_body = 'foo';
$foo->Process('/home/user/files/');
if ($foo->processed) {
echo 'image renamed "foo" copied';
} else {
echo 'error : ' . $foo->error;
}
// save uploaded image with a new name,
// resized to 100px wide
$foo->file_new_name_body = 'image_resized';
$foo->image_resize = true;
$foo->image_convert = gif;
$foo->image_x = 100;
$foo->image_ratio_y = true;
$foo->Process('/home/user/files/');
if ($foo->processed) {
echo 'image renamed, resized x=100
and converted to GIF';
$foo->Clean();
} else {
echo 'error : ' . $foo->error;
}
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