LC Script in PHP File

Tue Nov 25 06:18:55 EST 2014

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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