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Issues with Apache and loading PHP files [ubuntu]
I just installed PHP and Apache2 on my laptop (ubuntu 12.04), but I can't get my PHP files to load. I have followed this tutorial: ...
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Speed up XHR requests [closed]
I have a Yii project (PHP framework) running on Apache2, where I use AngularJS for the front-end. I have some AJAX requests, but they are kind of slow... sometimes it reaches 2.5 sec.
I'd like to ...
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1answer
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Set the “servername” directive globally to suppress this message
I am setting up PHP for the first time and I am getting this error from the Apache server:
Set the "servername" directive globally to suppress this message.
This is the content of my httpd.conf ...
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1answer
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Redirecting previous domain subfolder links
I've recently bought a domain that was unregistered. After looking in Google webmaster tools, Google is trying to crawl random pages that don't exist. Turns out it did have a previous owner.
The ...
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2answers
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Change name of audio file for download
I have some mp3 files which are named "my-audio.mp3" but now the client wants the visitor to be able to download and save these files to their desktop. He doesn't like the name with the hyphen and ...
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How many connection can my website have? [closed]
As the traffic increased my website hangs quite regularly. The page visit is now averaging 50k per day.
The static page loads fine, but when the page has mysql request it takes too much time to ...
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mod_rewrite issue, won't work when links contain “-”
I've been looking into mod_rewrite for my simple PHP CMS for a couple of days now and I found a rule that was supposed to work for me:
RewriteRule ^(\w+)/?$ view_post.php?url=$1
This is supposed to ...
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How to improve overall site performance/security? [closed]
I use PHP and am avid in my development using that language. What means can I use that will improve the performance of my PHP site, and bolster its security?
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1answer
70 views
How to find data usage of a user on my website?
I have a website (project) where users get logged in, do their work and then they log out.
I need to build a report that displays how much each person has used of data. (bandwith, how much was ...
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using .htaccess to redirect .asp to .php?
Ahoy all! I've been racking my brain with this one.
I basically just converted all of my pages from ASP code to PHP code. Kept the same filenames.
So, here is the htaccess code I have so far, but ...
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1answer
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My website directories downloads instead of actually opening up from browser [closed]
I added some screencast to show what I am having issues with
http://screencast.com/t/212t3ANINqk
http://screencast.com/t/bR44U1wkvNZl
http://screencast.com/t/iDS7APYYsa
but the page downloads my ...
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codesniffer command not being recognized after several installs and upgrades
I've tried to install codesniffer using pear but my mac is not recognizing the phpcs command.
pear config
Configuration (channel pear.php.net):
=====================================
Auto-discover ...
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How can I benchmark my servers network speed? [closed]
I´ve rented a server online and i wonder how to check the bandwidth possibilities of my rented server. My problem is that I only own a 16.000 kbit/s internet connection and i want to know if it is ...
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Purchasing web hosting for PHP + PostgreSQL + Apache [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
thought of posting here since I know folks here are much experience in this. I spent my overnight finding some web ...
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3answers
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Use Apache to prevent a PHP script from connecting to a specific domain
Is there a way to prevent apache from connecting to a specific domain e.g. somesite.com?
I have a PHP script that trying to connect to specific host, and I would like to prevent that.
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1answer
118 views
Apache create index for directories without one specified.
Currently, I use a PHP script to list the contents of a directory that does not have an index file, but I don't want to have to copy it to every directory without an index.
Can Apache do it ...
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Configuring PHP Scripts To Accept any User and Group Permissions [closed]
A client I'm doing some PHP work for has a virtual private server set up to host his website. The server admin has made every folder starting from root be non-group-writable and owned by ...
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1answer
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Difficulty enabling caching on inherited site
I have been asked to work on a corporate website a previous employee had created.
The site is on shared GoDaddy hosting. One of the first things I noticed (after the 140KB JPEG on the front page, ...
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2answers
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Is making my PHP files read-only a useful security measure?
Up until now I've been "protecting" my website's PHP files by making them read-only with chmod.
Is this a useful security tactic? Or is it some "old wive's tale" and I'm wasting my time?
I'm ...
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3answers
313 views
Make Apache treat ASPX as html
I've swapped from ASP.NET to .PHP for cost reasons. As such, I want the people to be redirected from .ASPX to its equivalent .PHP. If I create the .aspx with HTML, the file is simply displayed in ...
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3answers
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Subdomain Is Redirected and Causing an Error Because www. is Added
On my site, say example.com, if I try to access test.example.com, Firefox automatically adds www. to test.example.com, making it www.test.example.com, which causes an error. However, if I visit a site ...
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1answer
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SSL on multiple directories
I have a website that is http, but has a port set up for https for a specific directory that is for the shopping cart. Now I'd like to use our SSL on a different directory in the same site as well. ...
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424 views
How to use different php.ini files for different VirtualHosts?
I have my site and it's staging subdomain running on the same CentOS machine running apache. The subdomain is created using a VirtualHost, and I use it to find any bugs before I push to production. I ...
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3answers
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Redirect to same site but add things into the URL
I have a PHP file, index.php, that is set as the index file for my site. If someone wants to pull up a value for a, as an example, then they would type http://www.website.com/?value=a. Is it possible ...
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Best practice for suEXEC on complex sites?
What is best practice for using suEXEC on complex sites?
We've got a site running under a single vhost, and we want to be able to run different PHP web apps eg /forum /wiki /crm as their own UIDs, to ...
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1answer
117 views
Links don't work on new server
I've recently moved from server with php4 to php5. Now I cant open content in my page. Links look like this "page.com/news-it-is-rainy-day-1.html". But when I try to open link I just get the archive ...
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1answer
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Why has Apache begun running a single process as root, and another as root and the wwwdata user?
I am running Apache Worker-MPM, PHP 5.3.2, and FCGID.
Apache runs better than before, but I noticed that there is an apache process running as root and a second process that runs as both root and ...
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3answers
1k views
How to restart Apache without reseting users sessions?
User is logged-in a PHP website > I restart Apache > User needs to log-in again.
How to prevent this? (I don't want user to need to log-in again)
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3answers
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Why isn't my PHP file running?
I recently installed Apache and later installed PHP too.
When I browse to http://localhost/index.html it displays the default Apache page "it works".
But when i try to run ...
1
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1answer
308 views
.htaccess is not working in vps hosting
what is solution to create a .htaccess file in vps.
I have tried most of the .htaccess file.but it doesnt work in vps.
What is the solution?
here is the code of htaccess file.
RewriteEngine on
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1answer
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Most common Apache and PHP configuration for portable Web Applications
I always create web application using PHP but I always distribute and deploy my works to different kinds of server platforms and web server configurations. Thus I always encounter problems in ...
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What are the pros and cons of running PHP as an Apache module or a FastCGI?
My VPS is giving me the option between running PHP as an Apache Module or a FastCGI.
How should one make this decision? Performance? Security? Ease of use? Compatibility?
I'm using PLESK.
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1answer
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How to pass GET parameters to rewritten URL?
I have an .htaccess rewrite rule like this:
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^search/(.*)$ search.php?q=$1
What this does is, if someone visits ...
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2answers
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NginX redirect to PHP file if image does not exist on file server
This is what I am trying to do. I am not familiar with Nginx enough to create custom rewrite rules like you can with Apache. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could help me with the Nginx ...
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2answers
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Blocking path scanning
I'm seeing in my access log a number of request very suspicious:
/i
/im
/imaa
/imag
/image
/images
/images/d
/images/di
/images/dis
They part from a known resource (in the above example ...
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4answers
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Configure PHP and Apache in Windows 7
I installed Apache successfully on a Windows 7, 32bit system. It showed "It works" in the webpage. I also configured <?php phpinfo(); ?>file as info.php.
But when I tried to open ...
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1answer
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Extend depth of .htaccess to all subfolders and their children
I need to be able to use .htaccess in all subfolders for full depth. E.g. I have .htaccess in public_html folder:
\public_html\.htaccess
How I make it to work for the folder small as well?
...
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2answers
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Monitoring load/resource drain of individual scripts on apache
We have a website and for some reason lately its been grinding our server to a halt. It has had a spike of traffic, but even still that spike is only possibly 1k or 2k.
We installed eAccelerator PHP ...
2
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1answer
166 views
Put files outside of directory, so none can access it (Apache, PHP, MySQL)
I have a file structure like this:
public/admin
public/some folder
includes/
I set up a sub-domain page.mysite.com and I pointed the directory to be mysite.com/page/public/admin. I thought that ...
0
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1answer
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lfd on ns3.domain.com: Excessive resource usage: Account (26661)
We lease a dedicated server with the following specs:
Dual Hyperthreaded Quad Core
12GB RAM
750gb RAID1
We recently upgraded from a Dual Core/2GB RAM due to server load issues. We are ...
3
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1answer
2k views
Setting file permissions on linux to allow PHP to write to a directory
I have a website built with Codeigniter and hosted on a Linux box.
I am trying to follow "best practices" when it comes to my file permission settings, but I'm not sure if I completely understand the ...
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0answers
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Magento - Unable to access remote site but able to access a simple index.html file
I'm building a store (magento 1.6.0.0-rc2) and have a home server to host the site.
It is behind a modem/router with redirection of port 80 and 3000 active to server box.
1. I can access the ...
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0answers
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Error 504 with Apache and php [closed]
My web application works fine in development environment, but on production server gives off:
504 Gateway Time-out
The server didn't respond in time.
Edit: I have traced the problem to a ...
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2answers
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Enable gzip compression on Bluehost?
My website is loading large (~3mb) SVG file with jQuery. It takes quite a while therefore I decided to enable gzip compression.
I have a hosting account with Bluehost which supports custom .htaccess ...
3
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1answer
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404 working only with wrong extension
My 404 .htaccess works very well when I put a wrong extension at it in place of .php.
Unfortunately the 404 does not work when I put a wrong name with .php.
This is my .htaccess code:
<Files ~ ...
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1answer
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Prevent script execution as TimThumb exploit workaround
It's been a long time since I've done any web-development, and I never needed to administer a server myself. However, I can read manuals with the best of them, and when someone needed advice regarding ...
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1answer
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can mod_rewrite be used for this problem?
We used to have a URL
http://www.abc.com/index.php?itemID=144
which is moved to
http://www.abc.com/index.php?itemID=1556
we want our users which are hitting the above url(144) to reach to 1556. ...
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1answer
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Apache redirecting: reason unknown
I have a simple php script. The script is not important. It just prints out $_SERVER.
When I request an URL like www.server.com/?ref=bar everything is fine.
However if the request contains something ...
1
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1answer
164 views
Apache Redirect based on directory name
I'm trying to use one install of Kohana to manage two separate sites rather than just duplicate the install. I have directories like this:
applications/
app1/
app2/
The .htaccess I have ...
2
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4answers
879 views
How can i check how many users can visit my website at the same time?
i have my website on a shared webhosting account.
I would like to check how many people can visit my site at the same time without the server slowing down or crashing.
I don't have SSH, if that makes ...
