I am having an issue getting a piece of php code to work on a server. It works fine on the local windows machine but when I upload it to a linux server nothing happens.

<?
$mypage = basename(getenv("PATH_INFO"));
echo "$mypage";
?>

I also ttried

<?
$mypage = basename(getenv("PATH_INFO"));
echo ("$mypage");
?>

Can anyone tell me what config var I need to change to get this to work on the server?

Thanks

Is PHP installed on the server?

Yes, php is installed and I have tested it on 2 different servers running RH7.1, PHP and CPanel and neither of them will do anything with the code. All other php code seems to run fine.

Also it is definitally parsing the code since it doesn't apear in the html of the page when viewed through a browser.

I did a line by line check and I can't find any discrepencies between the local php.ini and the server's ones except for the obvious ones dealing with windows/linx paths.

My troubleshoot suggestion:


<?
$howdy = getenv("PATH_INFO");
print("howdy is $howdy");
?>

and see if PATH_INFO is even being 'passed on'. That would be the first step I would take.

I looked in the php.ini and only found settings that would keep you from changing the env. variables, not reading them.

also, the phpinfo(); function displays all the different enviormental variables that are set and their values. Might browse through that to see if you notice anything strange.

Hope that helps any.

-Jarrod

Looks like PATH_INFO doesn't work under mod_php. Oh well.

Originally posted by JeremyL
Looks like PATH_INFO doesn't work under mod_php. Oh well.

So, you are saying that PATH does not appear in the Apache Environment table when you call phpinfo()?

Then check whether apache is running with mod_env. If not, maybe you need to load mod_env into apache.

Not being a PHP expert, but could it be that the machine you are tryig it on have PHP configured so that you have to use

<?PHP as the script identifier? Just a thought, once again I am not a huge PHP expert.


<EDIT> Sorry, looks like you found a possible answer to the problem above </EDIT>


Good Luck