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June 30th, 2004, 09:18 PM

SeanFromIT

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PHP Include Bug?

Server Info:
Windows 2000 Server Edition
Microsoft IIS 5
PHP 4.3.7

Everything works fine for several hours and then I go to reload a .php page and the browser (IE or Mozilla) will redirect to one of the PHP include files called by that page. If I restart the IIS service it still does it, but if I reboot the entire system (thus resetting the PHP service?) everything goes back to normal.

Any ideas on why this is so? Yes, I know IIS sucks and I should switch to Apache but I would like to see if there's a fix for this problem :-)

June 30th, 2004, 10:26 PM

Blindeddie

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RE: PHP Include Bug?

Never heard or seen this before, how do you have PHP set up as CGI or ISAPI. Give me as much info as possible, as this seems like a strange occurrence. Also post the code of one of the pages that this is happening too.

June 30th, 2004, 10:53 PM

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RE: PHP Include Bug?

I have it set up as CGI.

Here's the code on one of the pages that it has happened to:

php Code:

Original - php Code

<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/globalpaths.inc") ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
	"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<head>

<title>|+:>Holmes Online<:+|</title>
	<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/newsstyle.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
	<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/header.inc") ?>
	<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/leftnav.inc") ?>
				</td>
				<td id="content">
					The Holmes Campus Bookstore
					 
					More Than Just a Bookstore
					
						By Sean Feeney, HHS Website Staff Reporter (August 8th, 2002)
					
					
						<img alt="Stuffed Animals" class="rightalignpicpad" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/dawgpound.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
						Located on the second floor of the connector between the Jr. High and
						Administration buildings, the HHS bookstore sells just about everything you
						could ever need to lead a successful high school career. But this reporter found
						that not everything is as it seems in a recent interview with Patty Holland, the HHS
						Bookstore administrator.
					
					
						What secrets does the bookstore hide? Aside from selling pens, paper, stuffed animals
						and even uniforms, the bookstore handles a number of tasks as per guidelines handed down
						by the Covington Board of Education. Accounting seems to be the main operation performed
						by the bookstore, they track all funds owned by and are in charge of all fundraising activities
						for all school-related organizations, from the student councils dances to band candy bar sales.
					
					
						<img alt="Book Scanning" class="leftalignpicpad" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/bookscan.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
						Textbooks: you check them out every year, but do you know why they scan your ID cards barcode? The HHS
						bookstore's computer system keeps track of where each text book is by registering who checked it out last.
						They house this massive collection of [mostly outdated] textbooks in the basement of the connector, which is
						typically where you pick up your new book each semester.
					
					
						Last but by no means the least, is incoming and outgoing mail. The loading dock is located not even ten feet
						<img alt="Loading Dock" class="rightalignpicpad" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/receiving.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
						feet from the back door of the bookstore and was packed to full capacity at the time of my visit. The bookstore
						receives all incoming packages to Holmes, opens them, and tears out the original packing slip in order to stamp
						received and copy it; the paper trail never ends. The same goes for outgoing USPS and UPS packages, a mail card
						must be completed and signed to be approved and from there the bookstore takes care of the shipping. Mail is received
						by the bookstore on a daily basis and delivered to the appropriate office.
					
					
						<img alt="Cash Register" class="leftalignpicpad" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/register.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
						What does one need to do to start a fundraiser? According to the Holmes Campus Activities Funds Administrative
						Procedures, a fund raising application form and purchase requisition should be completed and authorized by the Student
						Activities Office before starting a fundraiser. The limit is two fundraisers per year. See the athletic office for these forms.
					
					
						For more information contact Patty Holland in the bookstore at
						<a title="E-mail Patty Holland" href="mailto:pholland2@covington.k12.ky.us">pholland2@covington.k12.ky.us</a>.
					
				</td>
				<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/rightnav.inc") ?>
	<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/footer.inc") ?>

 
<? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/globalpaths.inc") ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
 
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
 
<head>
 
    <title>|+:>Holmes Online<:+|</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/newsstyle.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
    <? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/header.inc") ?>
    <? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/leftnav.inc") ?>
                </td>
                <td id="content">
                    <span class="title">The Holmes Campus Bookstore</span>
                    <br />
                    <span class="subtitle">More Than Just a Bookstore</span>
                    <p class="credit">
                        By Sean Feeney, HHS Website Staff Reporter (August 8th, 2002)
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        <img alt="Stuffed Animals" class="rightalignpicpad" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/dawgpound.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
                        Located on the second floor of the connector between the Jr. High and
                        Administration buildings, the HHS bookstore sells just about everything you
                        could ever need to lead a successful high school career. But this reporter found
                        that not everything is as it seems in a recent interview with Patty Holland, the HHS
                        Bookstore administrator.
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        What secrets does the bookstore hide? Aside from selling pens, paper, stuffed animals
                        and even uniforms, the bookstore handles a number of tasks as per guidelines handed down
                        by the Covington Board of Education. Accounting seems to be the main operation performed
                        by the bookstore, they track all funds owned by and are in charge of all fundraising activities
                        for all school-related organizations, from the student councils dances to band candy bar sales.
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        <img alt="Book Scanning" class="leftalignpicpad" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/bookscan.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
                        Textbooks: you check them out every year, but do you know why they scan your ID cards barcode? The HHS
                        bookstore's computer system keeps track of where each text book is by registering who checked it out last.
                        They house this massive collection of [mostly outdated] textbooks in the basement of the connector, which is
                        typically where you pick up your new book each semester.
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        Last but by no means the least, is incoming and outgoing mail. The loading dock is located not even ten feet
                        <img alt="Loading Dock" class="rightalignpicpad" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/receiving.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
                        feet from the back door of the bookstore and was packed to full capacity at the time of my visit. The bookstore
                        receives all incoming packages to Holmes, opens them, and tears out the original packing slip in order to stamp
                        received and copy it; the paper trail never ends. The same goes for outgoing USPS and UPS packages, a mail card
                        must be completed and signed to be approved and from there the bookstore takes care of the shipping. Mail is received
                        by the bookstore on a daily basis and delivered to the appropriate office.
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        <img alt="Cash Register" class="leftalignpicpad" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/images/newsarticles/bookstore/register.jpg" width="320px" height="240px" />
                        What does one need to do to start a fundraiser? According to the Holmes Campus Activities Funds Administrative
                        Procedures, a fund raising application form and purchase requisition should be completed and authorized by the Student
                        Activities Office before starting a fundraiser. The limit is two fundraisers per year. See the athletic office for these forms.
                    </p>
                    <p class="articletext">
                        For more information contact Patty Holland in the bookstore at
                        <a title="E-mail Patty Holland" href="mailto:pholland2@covington.k12.ky.us">pholland2@covington.k12.ky.us</a>.
                    </p>
                </td>
                <? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/rightnav.inc") ?>
    <? include("http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/footer.inc") ?>

July 1st, 2004, 12:40 AM

Blindeddie

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RE: PHP Include Bug?

If the include files are on the same server as the page code you posted, do not use fully qualified urls. What php does is interprets the include files as being on a remote server and opens the files in a seperate process. This may be causing your problem. Try one of the following things to see how the server reacts.

#1 change the .inc extensions to .php, but note that php will run those scripts in a seperate process, thus using more server resources.

or

#2

use reletive urls in the include statement for example

includes/header.inc instead of http://www.holmeshigh.com/alpha/test/includes/header.inc

although the files may reside on the same server, using a fully qualified url make php think that the script is on another server and a new procees is started to handle those scripts. Hope that helps.

July 2nd, 2004, 02:26 PM

SeanFromIT

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RE: PHP Include Bug?

That could be it! The problem didn't start until I changed everything to exact URLs. I can't use relative URLs tho - the includes are for header/footer/nav across the entire site. I'll use server paths instead. Thanks!

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