| Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition [message #173844 is a reply to message #173842] |
Sun, 08 May 2011 23:29   |
Evolution
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On May 8, 5:11 am, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 5/8/2011 3:07 AM, Evolution wrote:
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>> On May 7, 4:23 am, Jerry Stuckle<jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>> On 5/7/2011 6:21 AM, Evolution wrote:
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>>>> On May 6, 6:23 pm, Jerry Stuckle<jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> > On 5/6/2011 6:22 PM, Evolution wrote:
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>>>> >> On phpbuilder.com, I found the following:
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>>>> >> http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10283087
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>>>> >> which discusses how to obtain the current weather for a feed closest
>>>> >> to you.
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>>>> >> I modified the code to my site but didn't get the same results as
>>>> >> shown by Kudose (a poster at the bottom of that same page).
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>>>> >> My code is:
>>>> >> <?
>>>> >> session_register();
>>>> >> session_start();
>>>> >> $url = 'http://www.nws.noaa.gov/data/current_obs/KSBA.xml';
>>>> >> $xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
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>>>> >> echo '<b>Santa Barbara weather:</b><br />';
>>>> >> echo $xml->weather, '<br />';
>>>> >> echo $xml->temperature_string, '<br />';
>>>> >> echo $xml->relative_humidity, '% humidity<br />';
>>>> >> ?>
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>>>> >> and the impaired results are on a test page at:
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>>>> >> http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/library/php/weather.php
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>>>> >> Can anybody point me in the right direction? I'm essentially a
>>>> >> newbie.
>>>> >> Thanks!
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>>>> > The code works for me.
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>>>> Wow! What could make this possible if I am using PHP5 and my browser
>>>> fails but yours doesn't?
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>>> There are several possibilities. For instance, do you have a firewall
>>> blocking access? Is allow_url_fopen() disabled? Or any of several things.
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>>> You need to do some debugging. First thing is to ensure they php.ini
>>> file on your development system has:
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>>> display_errors=on
>>> error_reporting=E_ALL // or E_ALL | E_STRICT
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>>> And see what kind of error messages you are getting.
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>> According to phpinfo(), allow_url_fopen is off. Although I maintain
>> websites in my department as a network admin, I do not manage this
>> particular site because, due to lack of staff, the Department gave the
>> responsibility of it to the college several years back. Is there some
>> security risk that would make them keep it off?
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> It all depends on the security policies of your college and how the
> server is being used.
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>> Also, as you can imagine, I have no shell access to this system
>> (except indirectly by mounting the directory tree via smb) and,
>> according to phpinfo(), the php.ini file is located in the /etc/php/
>> apache2-php5/ directory. Thus, I am unable to even view the php.ini
>> file.
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> phpinfo() can tell you pretty much everything you need to know.
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>> I still cannot fathom though why a remote client (yours) would be able
>> to view the results but not a local client (mine). Why would the
>> server say no to me but not to you which, inherently, is less secure?
>> It's not that I doubt you -- I'm just trying to understand what's
>> happening here.
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> Because I'm running the code from my own server, not yours. And I have
> allow_url_fopen() enabled.
I guess I should have realized that. I just thought you were clicking
on the URL I posted. :) Thanks a bunch for your help. Any idea as to
why they would have "allow_url_fopen()" off?
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> Jerry Stuckle
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> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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