Author Topic: PHPBB / FF8NV23.11 (Read 8334 times)

Ged · « **on:** 2002-03-17 18:07:00 »

1) Can't get PHPBB Forum to work. Keeps giving me the PHP script.

2) Completely messed up graphics in FFVIII when using NVidia drivers 23.11. When using other OpenGL sucks everywhere else. Help?

Darkness · « **Reply #1 on:** 2002-03-17 20:25:00 »

do you have php installed? if so, is your server correctly configured to execute php instead of reading it?

the error is definitely not within phpbb. try adding an .htaccess file to that folder.

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #2 on:** 2002-03-17 22:10:00 »

Dark: You have step-by-step instructions for installing it on your local machine? I need to start doing PHP script and I'd like to test it directly from my HD, but I haven't been able to get it to work. I haven't been able to find any info for setting it up so I can read it off my HD either... (I don't want to setup up a i-net server, I just want to do this on my localhost settings only.)

Thanks in advance!

Sephiroth 3D

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Darkness · « **Reply #3 on:** 2002-03-17 22:53:00 »

im assuming your server is apache..... (thats the only way i know how to do it)

1) Download PHP
2) go into httpd.conf and take away the "#" marks where the php declarations are. set the path, and i believe that the executable is php4.exe

it should work.... i havent done anything in a while though. ill install apache on this comp and tell you if i missed anything.

PurpleSmurf · « **Reply #4 on:** 2002-03-18 02:21:00 »

you need perl and MySql too

Goku7 · « **Reply #5 on:** 2002-03-18 02:49:00 »

As for Ged's second question:

Some guy at the NGEmu Forums is claiming that the 14.10 drivers from Asus will work with FF8 perfectly. He said, "just install asus' driver 14.10 and enjoy the game."

Here's the link to that thread in particular:
http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthread.php?s=9710dbd78792ec0897a05b5906f61d92&threadid=14533

Does anyone mind investigating this claim?

Darkness · « **Reply #6 on:** 2002-03-18 03:22:00 »

you dont need perl

1) Download the PHP installer
2) Download MySQL
3) Configure httpd.conf (Search on google for "PHP APACHE HOWTO"

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #7 on:** 2002-03-18 04:34:00 »

*sigh* let me put it this way: I have no intentions of running a server at all. I just want to run PHP on my machine so when I look at the HTML files I'm working on, the PHP I code into them will work. I just want to be able to open Netscape, load the HTML file, and see the PHP code in action.

I have no knowledge of how to set this up. I have no server installed on my system, nor do I know HOW to set anything like that up. This is why I need STEP-BY-STEP instructions. (Win2k Pro if that helps you.)

I appreciate your previous help in the direction, but in terms of getting a server running at any level, I am clueless. Thanks again!

Sephiroth 3D

"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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mirex · « **Reply #8 on:** 2002-03-18 11:15:00 »

Seph: server aint anything scary, it is just a little program. Download apache, modify config file (downloading some help text for that is a good idea, i needed it too) and run apache.exe. Then your machine will act as server. Run Netscape or whatever (on the same machine !) and type http://localhost, and you'll see your page with active php script.

ficedula · « **Reply #9 on:** 2002-03-18 18:49:00 »

Apache is good ... in some ways ... but perhaps overkill for such a simple task

Badblue, which I use, is *very* simple to set up. Install it (comes with an installer) add PHP support (they show you exactly how to do that on their website), and bingo; just run the EXE and you've got a local webserver with PHP up to test on.

Darkness · « **Reply #10 on:** 2002-03-19 01:05:00 »

apache isnt really overkill. i configured apache, mysql, perl, and php in about 5 minutes on my new system.

Ged · « **Reply #11 on:** 2002-03-19 14:24:00 »

Please be nice and tell me how to do it..
Cause everything scrambles here...

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #12 on:** 2002-03-20 09:22:00 »

Thank you Fice! I got it running and I'm almost done workin on my new webcomic setup. However, I've got 3 questions I'd like answered:

1) Can I force PHP to read "0003" as "0003" instead of "3", while keeping it a variable I can add and subract from? If so, how?

2) How do you setup the code for text things like your news? I don't have a clue on how to do that, and I would like to be able to do that. Also, I need another version that shows up according to the number I'm using, such as "0003". "0003" would one 2 certian lines of text, while "0004" or "0005" would show 2 different lines of text.

3rd and Final question: Is there a way, in PHP, to find a file with the latest numerical name? Basicly I need it to find the highest numbered JPG file (IE: "0008.jpg") and turn that into a variable of "0008" or, if you can't find an answer for question 1, "8".

I know those may not be easy questions, but my research into PHP has been exausting, and I can't seem to find out how to do it from the manual. Thanks in advance!

Sephiroth 3D

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Ged · « **Reply #13 on:** 2002-03-20 12:44:00 »

Oh sketi..
Until I get myself a stable connection I think
I won't be able to do anything.
Finally decrypted the whole stuff.
Now to get everything up and running.
Link to the correct drivers for FF8 please.. [...]

ficedula · « **Reply #14 on:** 2002-03-20 21:34:00 »

Seph3d:

1) No - once it's an integer, that's it, it's an integer; it loses the string formatting. All you can do is keep it as an integer, but convert it back into a formatted string each time you need to print it out.

2) Heh. Could take a while. I can email you my news script if you want.

3) Just increment a variable one by one, looking for a file of that name (check under "File functions" in the help for the function you need to search for a file) 'till you don't find a file; the number before that would be the last one.

Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #15 on:** 2002-03-20 21:58:00 »

1) Thanks again Fice. I already have a way around it. I was just wondering cause I wouldn't have to do the code I currently have. Oh well.

2) Yeah, email me the script. I'll see what I can learn from it.

3) I figured i'd have to so something like that. No easy way, huh? Do you have a recommendation for that code? (I'm wondering how to set something like that up...)

Sephiroth 3D

"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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Sephiroth 3D · « **Reply #16 on:** 2002-03-22 01:53:00 »

Thanks to Saint, all I need now is the news script, and hopefully what I'll learn from it.

Sephiroth 3D

"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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Darkness · « **Reply #17 on:** 2002-03-22 03:27:00 »

just get coranto (newspro)