| Re: getting a php capability on ubuntu was Re: using scripting languages to automate a browser [message #180465 is a reply to message #180461] |
Tue, 19 February 2013 10:43   |
Arno Welzel
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Cal Dershowitz, 2013-02-19 10:19:
> On 02/16/2013 11:48 PM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>> M. Strobel, 2013-02-12 15:29:
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>>> It really helps to work within the same OS family.
>>
>> In *this* case - yes, for you.
>>
>> But "PHP development" does not necessarily involve "helper scripts",
>> "piping via ssh to remote servers", "automate remote server setup and
>> management" etc. This is just a use case - and even a rare one compared
>> to the number of existing PHP installations and what they are used for.
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>> There are a lot of PHP based applications which only need PHP itself and
>> probably a database like MySQL - and run fine on a Windows based system
>> as well.
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> Arno,
>
> I'd like to stop you right here and ask you a question. It goes to
> overall architecture.
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> I notice that the facebook I spend way too much time on is written in
> php. Am I correct to think that the images and vids we see on fb are
> accessed through being in that database?
Maybe - but this is pure speculation, since i don't know how Facebook
implemented the image storage. It may also be, that images are stored as
files in a directory which is not accessible to the public and
develivered using scripts which fetch the files.
> I ask, because with my current toolchain for uploading images to the
> net, I have to create a new, unique directory every time or risk that
> the content simply be there for the hacking.
>
> What I want to do is use my web domain to show photos and vids just like
> any other site can. Heck even the nra can do it. This is how I promote
> the projects I'm working on.
And what exactly is your problem? What do you mean by "risk that the
content simply be there for the hacking"?
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Arno Welzel
http://arnowelzel.de
http://de-rec-fahrrad.de
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