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Re: part 2 - file exists not working [message #182898 is a reply to message #182894]

Tue, 24 September 2013 19:10

Denis McMahon
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:17:23 -0400, richard wrote:

> I will change when my host changes.
> As the host is responsible for maintaining the server side, I can't do a
> damn thing until they do.

Have you tested to see if mysqli is available on your host?

If it is, why are you not using it? mysqli is not something that your
hosting server will expect to announce the roll out of, indeed it's quite
possible that it's been on the server for several years already.

mysql is the internal php name for the old deprecated set of interface
functions to the mysql database.
mysqli is the internal php name for a similar but better set of interface
functions to the mysql database.

It is quite possible for both these sets of interface functions to be
installed in the same php build. Certainly this is the case in eg PHP
Version 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8 on my server.

If you wait until your hosting provider upgrades to a php version that
obsoletes mysql, then all your php files that use mysql_* functions will
stop working until you rewrite them to use mysqli.

If you check now and discover that yes, your server does in fact also
support mysqli_* functions already, then you can start migrating your
code from mysql_* functions to mysqli_* functions now so that you won't
get caught out in a future upgrade.

Note that checking doesn't mean you look to see if the database has
changed from mysql to mysqli, because that's not what happens. Checking
means creating a page called something like sysinfo.php that contains the
following code:

<?php
phpinfo();

and then putting that page in your website, and then going to the url:

http://your_website_name_here/sysinfo.php

Then scroll down the output until you come to the mysqli section. The
presence of this section means that the mysqli interface modules are
installed in the servers php code.

Hostgator support PHP 5, so their PHP build includes mysqli_* functions.
The only thing stopping you using mysqli_* functions instead of mysql_*
functions is *YOU*!

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Denis McMahon, denismfmcmahon(at)gmail(dot)com

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		part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Mon, 23 September 2013 14:04
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Tim Streater on Mon, 23 September 2013 14:17
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Mon, 23 September 2013 14:35
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Paul Herber on Mon, 23 September 2013 14:33
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: David Robley on Tue, 24 September 2013 00:46
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Lew Pitcher on Tue, 24 September 2013 02:07
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Tue, 24 September 2013 05:57
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: David Robley on Tue, 24 September 2013 07:49
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Tue, 24 September 2013 08:10
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Tue, 24 September 2013 08:32
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Doug Miller on Tue, 24 September 2013 23:23
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: David Robley on Wed, 25 September 2013 00:18
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Lew Pitcher on Tue, 24 September 2013 13:45
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Tue, 24 September 2013 14:34
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Lew Pitcher on Tue, 24 September 2013 14:41
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Tue, 24 September 2013 16:17
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Tue, 24 September 2013 16:29
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Tue, 24 September 2013 22:51
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Denis McMahon on Tue, 24 September 2013 19:10
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Tue, 24 September 2013 23:08
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Wed, 25 September 2013 01:39
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Peter H. Coffin on Wed, 25 September 2013 03:17
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Thu, 26 September 2013 21:20
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Thu, 26 September 2013 22:43
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Jerry Stuckle on Thu, 26 September 2013 23:43
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Scott Johnson on Wed, 25 September 2013 01:54
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Thu, 26 September 2013 21:39
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Thu, 26 September 2013 22:47
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Sat, 28 September 2013 17:58
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Sat, 28 September 2013 18:45
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Tim Streater on Wed, 25 September 2013 08:01
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Tue, 24 September 2013 16:54
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Tim Streater on Tue, 24 September 2013 17:30
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Scott Johnson on Tue, 24 September 2013 22:40
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Tue, 24 September 2013 23:14
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Wed, 25 September 2013 01:43
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Thu, 26 September 2013 21:42
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Tue, 24 September 2013 22:50
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Scott Johnson on Wed, 25 September 2013 01:56
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Curtis Dyer on Thu, 26 September 2013 06:01
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Thu, 26 September 2013 22:04
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Curtis Dyer on Fri, 27 September 2013 01:47
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 27 September 2013 02:56
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Fri, 27 September 2013 03:11
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Jerry Stuckle on Fri, 27 September 2013 03:41
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Curtis Dyer on Fri, 27 September 2013 06:04
		OT Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: bill on Sat, 28 September 2013 18:33
		Re: OT Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Fiver on Sat, 28 September 2013 21:12
		Re: OT Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 29 September 2013 05:50
		Re: OT Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Peter H. Coffin on Sun, 29 September 2013 15:39
		Re: OT Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 29 September 2013 18:49
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Doug Miller on Tue, 24 September 2013 23:20
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Wed, 25 September 2013 01:46
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: richard on Wed, 25 September 2013 02:27
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 25 September 2013 05:21
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: David Robley on Wed, 25 September 2013 05:50
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Doug Miller on Thu, 26 September 2013 20:30
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Denis McMahon on Wed, 25 September 2013 07:42
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 25 September 2013 08:07
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: Richard Yates on Wed, 25 September 2013 13:29
		Re: part 2 - file exists not working By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 25 September 2013 14:09

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