| Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition [message #173845 is a reply to message #173844] |
Mon, 09 May 2011 01:53   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/8/2011 7:29 PM, Evolution wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>>> > 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.
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> 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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No, I can't see the code if it's on your server, and I have no control
over your environment. So it really does no good for me to try to test
the code on your server; besides, I'll only get the same result you do.
As for why - you'll have to ask the people running your server.
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