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  • Justice
    Senior Member
    • May 2000
    • 202
    • 2.0.x

    Mod. to turn php to php3?

    My site is on CIHost, and they support php, but the extension must be .php3 to be recognized. I'm considering vBulletin, but all of the files end with .php, so I know in advance it won't work. I'm sure I could go in the script and change every single "php" to "php3," but that would not only be tedious, it would only be a temporary solution. I'd have to do it all over again for updates, hacks, and additional files.

    I called CIHost and the tech support guy told me to get a module that allows my site to support different file types or whatever. So does anyone know what he might be talking about, where I might get one, or another solution for my problem?

    -Justice
    "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
    - Mark Twain
  • RobRJ
    Member
    • May 2000
    • 31

    #2
    Originally posted by Justice
    My site is on CIHost, and they support php, but the extension must be .php3 to be recognized. I'm considering vBulletin, but all of the files end with .php, so I know in advance it won't work. I'm sure I could go in the script and change every single "php" to "php3," but that would not only be tedious, it would only be a temporary solution. I'd have to do it all over again for updates, hacks, and additional files.

    I called CIHost and the tech support guy told me to get a module that allows my site to support different file types or whatever. So does anyone know what he might be talking about, where I might get one, or another solution for my problem?

    -Justice
    Justice...

    I have hosting from CIHost's provider, which requires PHP3 as the extension. (but my current vBulletin is actually on a local ISPs server)

    I converted all the files in about 15-20 mins, which to me, wasn't very tedious.

    I used Notepad to open up each php file (yeah, there's alot of them), then did a --> Search --> Replace of all the ".php" phrases (changing them to ".php3") in each script. Then renamed all .php files to .php3 and life was still good.

    Should work similarly using UltraEdit and even better with Dreamweaver, but you first must modify Dreamweacer's configuration so that it recognizes php and php3 files to edit.

    It would be a good thing to have different downloads for people running different server setups, but I think I'm much more eager for all the other goodies proposed for the summer release!

    Hope that helps about using the mass replace function...



    [Edited by RobRJ on 05-25-2000 at 09:13 AM]
    RobRJ
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    • Mark Hewitt
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2000
      • 1195
      • 4.1.x

      #3
      Can't you just put

      AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php

      Into your .htaccess file?
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      • Justice
        Senior Member
        • May 2000
        • 202
        • 2.0.x

        #4
        Rob, I appreciate the quick response. two questions

        1) What is Dreamweaver? Is it another text editor? I use Notepad and CuteHTML mostly...I also downloaded a program called "Textpad," recommended by someone else on this board. If Dreamweaver is something totally different, fill me in.

        2) By doing it your way, won't you still have to do that ALL over again when the next version is released? And when hacks come out, you'll have to doublecheck every line for "php," right? There's got to be a better way
        "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
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        • RobRJ
          Member
          • May 2000
          • 31

          #5
          Originally posted by Mark Hewitt
          Can't you just put

          AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php

          Into your .htaccess file?
          I think on some servers it works, and some it doesn't.
          I didn't try that myself, but it might work for you...

          Let me know what happens.
          RobRJ
          www.jazweb.net - a growing concern

          see my vBulletin @ www.wnsp.com/soundoff

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          • Justice
            Senior Member
            • May 2000
            • 202
            • 2.0.x

            #6
            by the way...

            by the way, nice forum. I like your use of headers and footers.
            "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
            - Mark Twain

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            • RobRJ
              Member
              • May 2000
              • 31

              #7
              Originally posted by Justice
              Rob, I appreciate the quick response. two questions

              1) What is Dreamweaver? Is it another text editor? I use Notepad and CuteHTML mostly...I also downloaded a program called "Textpad," recommended by someone else on this board. If Dreamweaver is something totally different, fill me in.


              Dreamweaver is a WYSIWIG HTML-editor from Macromedia.
              You can find it at http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/

              2) By doing it your way, won't you still have to do that ALL over again when the next version is released? And when hacks come out, you'll have to doublecheck every line for "php," right? There's got to be a better way
              Probably
              RobRJ
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              • RobRJ
                Member
                • May 2000
                • 31

                #8
                thanks

                Originally posted by Justice
                by the way, nice forum. I like your use of headers and footers.
                Thanks to Huss from http://www.BigSoccer.com for the help on that!
                RobRJ
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                • Justice
                  Senior Member
                  • May 2000
                  • 202
                  • 2.0.x

                  #9
                  I GOT IT!!

                  i found the solution

                  ftp into your server and open the file called ".htaccess"
                  If they don't have one, create one...but it should be there in your www directory.

                  At the very bottom, add this line:

                  AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php

                  upload it again, and now your server should recognize all files with a regular php extension. If I were you, I'd re-install the vBulletin again with the php extension, so you won't have to make any extra changes when its time to upgrade. Maybe not, though
                  "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
                  - Mark Twain

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                  • Mark Hewitt
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2000
                    • 1195
                    • 4.1.x

                    #10
                    erm

                    Didn't I just say that!
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                    • Justice
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2000
                      • 202
                      • 2.0.x

                      #11
                      LOL

                      haha my bad, i didn't even see your reply. that would have saved me some time.
                      "Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did."
                      - Mark Twain

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                      • Mark Hewitt
                        Senior Member
                        • Apr 2000
                        • 1195
                        • 4.1.x

                        #12
                        Actually along a similar line I'm thinking it would be a good idea when I take my website to PHP only to change all the .php's to .html's that way the search engines will index my forum pages too.
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                        • RobRJ
                          Member
                          • May 2000
                          • 31

                          #13
                          .php to .html

                          Now that's a good idea Mark!
                          RobRJ
                          www.jazweb.net - a growing concern

                          see my vBulletin @ www.wnsp.com/soundoff

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