Making PHP parse php scripts named .asp as well?

[aalaap]

There's an app that is completely in ASP but i want to rewrite it using PHP but keeping the filenames same .. so there is no change required except for the backend. I tried adding "asp asa" to the list of extensions of the php parser (in addition to "php") but in IE i only get a "page cannot be displayed" and firefox says "no input file specified". For testing the test.asp file contains:

[nquin321]

do this:

http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html

do this also

Enter asp in the Associated extensions, set Automatic Update of the CGI Paths (if available) to Yes, and press OK.

[nquin321]

http://linux1.idg.dk/asp2php/

asp2php converter

[aalaap]

Like I said in my earlier post, I already tried to make PHP handle asp and asa files but it doesnt take them. Technically it shouldn't matter since it doesnt really care about the extension anyway .. the web server does. Adding asp/asa to the extensions list does nothing.

ASP2PHP is not what I need. I've almost finished rewriting the ASP code (with enhancements, bug fixes) into PHP, but its the URLs that are important .. since there are other applications accessing these scripts using the .asp extensions, i have to keep the filenames .asp.

- Aalaap

[TRUSTAbyss]

What is it exactly are you trying to do with
php files named .asp , PHP is for .php and
ASP is for .asp , thats just the way it is !

[aalaap]

If you go to c:\php and run php.exe without any parameters, it says No input file specified, which is the exact same error that Firefox shows me. From what I infer, Abyss is not passing the filename.asp parameter when it runs php after http://localhost/filename.asp is called.

Now that is funny, since it DOES call php (the no input file error is a php.exe error), but wihtout the script filename.

Part one:
URL called: http://localhost/test.php
Abyss takes it, figures out that the file is .php so php.exe should run it, so calls: c:\php\php.exe \htdocs\test.php
php runs the script, spits out the 200 header and the file contents. and everyone lives happily .. till the next try.

Part two:
URL called: http://localhost/test.asp
Abyss takes it, figures out that its an asp and the handler is also php.exe in the settings here so it calls: c:\php\php.exe
thats it .. no script filename .. php runs .. cant find any input file so says "No input file specified" and quits. Notice the absence of the 404 header. IE interprets it as a server error and says "page cannot be displayed" but Firefox .. just takes all the output regardless of the header absence and displays it.

Could this be a bug in Abyss?

- Aalaap

[TRUSTAbyss]

ASP is a whole different language their is really no way to
make this work unless your a very good programmer in
PHP and ASP , I would just forget about it. LateR!

[iNaNimAtE]

Like TRUSTpunk said earlier, why are you trying to do this?
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[aprelium]

aalaap,

PHP is a special case of CGI interpreters since it is better to pass the script name in the environment rather than passing it in the command line. Abyss takes care of this when the extension is php.

To solve the problem, you can use our PHP wrapper (available from http://www.aprelium.com/data/phpwrap.zip).
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[iNaNimAtE]

How many other programs do you have hidden in your data directory?
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[TRUSTAbyss]

I don't think thats any of your business lol :D

[iNaNimAtE]

Yeah, that was meant as sort of a joke. I guess I'll have to start using emoticons so I can "set the mood" on my posts.
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[j_browne]

aren't they clever?
now to find a use for this fix... :?