LC Script in PHP File

Tue Nov 25 07:31:55 EST 2014

Thanks for the clarification Andre.

> On 25 Nov 2014, at 19:18, Andre Garzia <andre at andregarzia.com> wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Most PHP installations will not allow file_get_contents() to be run on
> localhost to prevent infinite loops. I've been hurt by that before.
> 
> cheers
> 
> 
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Peter W A Wood <peterwawood at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> You should be able to use file_get_contents in PHP to do what you want.
>> Though it will take longer to get the results from LiveCode than it would
>> from PHP.
>> 
>> Here is an example:
>> 
>> PHP file:
>> <!DOCTYPE html>
>> <html>
>>        <head>
>>                <meta http-equiv="content-type"
>> content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
>>                <title>Testing Getting Results From Website</title>
>>        </head>
>>        <body>
>>                <p>
>>                  <?php
>>                    $livecode_returned = file_get_contents('
>> http://localhost/webtest.lc');
>>                    echo($livecode_returned);
>>                  ?>
>>                </p>
>>        </body>
>> </html>
>> 
>> LiveCode file:
>> <?lc
>>    if $_GET["name"] <> "" then
>>      put "Peter" into tName
>>   else
>>      put "World" into tName
>>   end if
>>    put header "Content-Type: text/html"
>>    put "<html>"
>>    put "<head>"
>>    put "<title>My LiveCode Server Test Page</title>"
>>    put "</head>"
>>    put "<body>"
>>    put "<h1>My LiveCode Server Test Page</h1>"
>>    put "<p>Hello" && tName && "from LiveCode Server</p>"
>>    put "<p>The date is" && the internet date & "</p>"
>>    put "<p>" & the second char of "12345" & "</p>"
>>    put "</body>"
>>    put "</html>"
>> ?>
>> 
>> Results:
>> My LiveCode Server Test Page
>> 
>> Hello World from LiveCode Server
>> 
>> The date is Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:27:24 +0800
>> 
>> 2
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>>> On 23 Nov 2014, at 13:29, Nakia Brewer <Nakia.Brewer at westrac.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am in the process of putting a web app together using the UserFrosting
>> system as a starting point.
>>> I am slowly getting the hang of the framework and am now wishing to
>> start using LC Server to do some backend crunching to render the pages. (Im
>> not picking up PHP as fast as I hoped!)
>>> 
>>> The UserFrosting system bases all of its page contents in PHP Files by
>> design.
>>> 
>>> For example the index file is index.php
>>> 
>>> My question is, am I able to call LC functions from within a PHP file?
>>> 
>>> For example, in the below page (which is a PHP file)
>>> Red content...
>>> 
>>> <?php
>>> /*
>> 
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