phpLD 2.1.2 Released March 26, 2007

[David]

Though phpLD version 2 is a free version, that does not mean we don't try to improve it and update it!

Here is a short list of improvements and fixes we have made:
1. People were sometime getting false positives about "link already exists", and a fix has been applied to stop this from happening falsely.
2. An improvement was made to the payment system to prevent a possible spoofing attack.
3. Additional checks were added to prevent remote submissions (spam). In constants.php you can check to allow empty user agents or not. We advise "not".
4. Fix for alphabetical sorting
5. There has been an improvement to pagerank checking, and you will find it works on many more servers now!

files changed
submit.php
index.php
payment.php
init.php
/include/constants.php
/include/functions.php
/include/pagerank.php
Files added
/include/check_post_rules.php
/include/client_info.php

To update a modded version of phpLD use a program like winmerge to compare and copy over changes to the files listed as changed

if using a non moded directory simply upload all files except for /include/config.php

No need for install to be ran again as there are no database changes on this update.

Link to Download 2.1.2

[regg]

Thanks David for this.

[proprod]

I still get this upon trying to submit a link w/ 2.1.2:

The URL could not be validated. Either the page does not exist or the server cound not be contacted.

URL already exists in the directory.

[James]

then it probably already exists. The fix was for the false positives .... have an example?

[proprod]

Content visible to registered users only.

Yes, will PM you the link, I tried submitting several sites... that are NOT in the directory, hehe... no sites are right now.

[James]

Ok am pmming you my test site it is a default 2.1.2 install.
Nothing is taking in yours maybe make sure you uploaded all files except the config once more.

[ciuly]

one un-important problem:
E:\phpLD-2.1.2.zip\phpLD-2.1.1\ (notice the 1.1 in the zip instead of 1.2
same goes for version.php
will be merging and testing soon

[SharatJaswal]

This sounds good. 2.1.2
David, Is it officially launched or do we still consider it as a beta?

[ciuly]

I'm just merging and noticed that pagerank.php is from 3.2. The comment with license notice is also different

Content visible to registered users only.

copyright notice is only until 2006 :P

and of cours ethe whole pagerank functions are different (which I believe it was intended ). however the comment at begining belongs to 3.2 so I think it should have been changed to match 2.x which is free. anyway, jsut thought to mention this.

also, Bobys fix, http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/foru...ad.php?t=11218 (post #2) was not preserved. I know its not a big deal having a double slash in the path but still, maybe some OSes don't support that (just guessing here)

another fix that was lost is one suggested by me in http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/foru...ad.php?t=11286, post #1 : the message when adding a symbolic category is incorrectly displayed as "cateogry saved" instead of "symbolic category saved". not a big thing, but it doesn't hurt putting it in.

reported bug: http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/foru...ad.php?t=11338 still open.

another reported isue: http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/foru...ad.php?t=11536 I think this ne whould have been an easy fix (all it needs is the percent character to be allowed in teh title url, however, I don't know where that modification needs to be done, and that's why I didn't suggest a fix)

pagerank.php has an error. top line is <? should be <?php
this will boom at link submission if pagerank needs to be get.

[David]

Excellent point ciuly.
Thank you for taking the time to write this info.
We will take a look and likely follow with one more release in a week or so.

[James]

pagerank.php has an error. top line is <? should be <?php
this will boom at link submission if pagerank needs to be get

that is a short tag code your right that we should consider that all servers are not set up in a decent manner but it will not boom on all installs at submit in fact it would create a problem on a few I can think of one server in the last year without short tags enabled
The other fixes well I missed some and decided that some were more enhancements for misconfigured servers something we can't add for a general release due to the fact it may create more problems than fix.
Adjustments for one install on a particular server to make it work does not equate a bug or a patch release.

[ciuly]

well, the way I found the tag as beeing an issue was that I submited a link and it boomed on my server the rest.. well, you know better, I just report, the rest is up to you maybe documenting these enhancements is an alternative? just an idea.

[James]

I read what you report and some I take to be an issue and some is a server configuration issue. I am shocked at any server not allowing short tags I truely am. I will create a new zip this week.

[ciuly]

well my setup is minimalistic and basic and ... well, jsut as a php-noob would do it so it the support for short tags needs to explicitly be specified when building from source or in teh configuraiton file, I didn't do it on the other hand, if it's the default behaviour, then there is an issue with my setup because I didn't disable it anyway, it's working, we know the workaround in case anybody else has the same problem, so I think we're ok till the next release. I know I am

[James]

its in the php.ini



I will have a new zip for you to download in about 30 minutes.

[James]

This % sign problem you have is it in an admin or user submission?

[ciuly]

found it, enabled it.

thanks

[James]

the % sign problem you are experieincing is it in the admin link submission or the user link submission or what exactly?

[ciuly]

sorry, didn't notice your comment initially.
(just a "funny" note: this was the first time I used the admin link submission )
from admin, it works ok, from user, it doesn't.
( link I tested with: http://www.dmoz.org/World/Espa%c3%b1ol )

[James]

Ok submit a couple of them here:

http://www.mwdhosting.com/demos/phpLD2/submit.php

I just submitted that one from the user end and it worked fine