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Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition

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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:
>>
>>>>>>>     http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?t=10283087
>>
>>>>>>> which discusses how to obtain the current weather for a feed closest
>>>>>>> to you.
>>
>>>>>>> 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).
>>
>>>>>>> My code is:
>>>>>>> <?
>>>>>>> session_register();
>>>>>>> session_start();
>>>>>>> $url = 'http://www.nws.noaa.gov/data/current_obs/KSBA.xml';
>>>>>>> $xml = simplexml_load_file($url);
>>
>>>>>>> echo '<b>Santa Barbara weather:</b><br />';
>>>>>>> echo $xml->weather, '<br />';
>>>>>>> echo $xml->temperature_string, '<br />';
>>>>>>> echo $xml->relative_humidity, '% humidity<br />';
>>>>>>> ?>
>>
>>>>>>> and the impaired results are on a test page at:
>>
>>>>>>>     http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/library/php/weather.php
>>
>>>>>>> Can anybody point me in the right direction?  I'm essentially a
>>>>>>> newbie.
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>
>>>>>> The code works for me.
>>
>>>>> Wow!  What could make this possible if I am using PHP5 and my browser
>>>>> fails but yours doesn't?
>>
>>>> There are several possibilities.  For instance, do you have a firewall
>>>> blocking access?  Is allow_url_fopen() disabled?  Or any of several things.
>>
>>>> You need to do some debugging.  First thing is to ensure they php.ini
>>>> file on your development system has:
>>
>>>> display_errors=on
>>>> error_reporting=E_ALL  // or E_ALL | E_STRICT
>>
>>>> And see what kind of error messages you are getting.
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> It all depends on the security policies of your college and how the
>> server is being used.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> phpinfo() can tell you pretty much everything you need to know.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>
>
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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getting only the temperature & general weather condition Evolution <cryptozoan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-06 15:22 -0700
  Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-06 21:23 -0400
    Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition bill <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-07 06:07 -0400
      Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-07 07:17 -0400
        Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition bill <nobody@spamcop.net> - 2011-05-07 07:28 -0400
          Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-07 07:40 -0400
    Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Evolution <cryptozoan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 03:21 -0700
      Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-07 07:23 -0400
        Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Evolution <cryptozoan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 00:07 -0700
          Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-08 08:11 -0400
            Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Evolution <cryptozoan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-08 16:29 -0700
              Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-05-08 21:53 -0400
  Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition MacRoks <macroks@aim.com> - 2011-05-06 22:24 -0400
    Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition Evolution <cryptozoan@gmail.com> - 2011-05-07 03:17 -0700
      Re: getting only the temperature & general weather condition MacRoks <macroks@aim.com> - 2011-05-07 20:39 -0400

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