GFX Complex

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• John
• Nov 3, 2009, 21:29
I’m not using PHP 5.3, but what is the issue?
I did a quick search of the amfphp email list and found this about deprecated alert.
http://old.nabble.com/Tweaked-AMFPHP-for-PHP-5.3-%28eregi_replace-issue%29-td25278864.html#a25278864
Not my fix, but here is the content of the email:
Hello All,
Just wanted to share that I just changed a couple lines in the
core/shared/util/MethodTable.php
I was getting a php “Depreciated” alert for the eregi_replace function used
there. so I modified it.. however I am not entirely sure that what I did is
correct as I have very little experience with reg expressions.
I does work for me so that is why I am sharing it here:
I changed (around lines number 508-510):
$comment = eregi_replace(“\n[ \t]+”, “\n”, trim($comment));
To:
$comment = preg_replace(“\n[ \t]i”, “\n”, trim($comment));
it seems to work fine.
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• John
• Nov 3, 2009, 21:38
BTW – I agree with you.. I’m a bit disappointed since Patrick left the project, however, AMFPHP still works — minus PHP 5.3 which I’m not running and haven’t tested. I’ll also state that even if AMFPHP never gets another update, Zend AMF is not that much different. If someone wasn’t that good with PHP and figured out AMFPHP, then they should be able to get Zend working with no more or less trouble than they had with AMFPHP.
The one thing I miss from Zend is the Service browser, but, you get the same functionality in FlashBuilder so I can live with that and in some ways, its better.
Not sure if you’ve seen it or not, but Lee Brimelow has a ZendAMF/Flash CS4 video tutorial on his website: http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play?id=90
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• John
• Nov 3, 2009, 23:18
Just additional info on AMFPHP fixes for PHP 5.3 from Hasan at AlmerBlank in LA. AB uses AMFPHP extensively, so I would assume these fixes below are all you need to keep get AMFPHP & PHP 5.3 happy again.
http://www.almerblanklabs.com/2009/10/amfphp-fatal-errors-after-php-5-3-upgrade-part-1/
http://www.almerblanklabs.com/2009/10/amfphp-fatal-errors-after-php-5-3-upgrade-part-2/
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• marteinn
• Nov 4, 2009, 0:08
You should have a look into the sabreamf project (http://code.google.com/p/sabreamf/), its updated on a regular basis and its small, compare that to lifting in the whole zend framework just to enable the amf server
History of sabreamf
—————
1 October 2009
24 September 2009
23 September 2009
22 September 2009
10 September 2009
8 September 2009
etc..
/ M
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• Brendan
• Nov 4, 2009, 1:25
Use the fix above and you are good to go, using it now and still works like a bomb
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• Nuno Mira
• Nov 4, 2009, 4:01
Current versions of ZendAMF not working is a real pain in the ass. It hasn’t worked since around version 1.8.x or so, and no one notices or fixes it?!?!
And new versions keep being released… Nobody cares to test them? WTF!
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• eric
• Nov 4, 2009, 5:29
“…I don’t want amfphp to die, however, and with Wade in command, I am certain this won’t happen. Long live amfphp!”
Patrick Minault
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• Russ
• Nov 4, 2009, 6:06
I am running AMFPHP on php 5.3 with no problems. I did run into the error mentioned above, but made the same change, and it works fine.
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 6:19
I’m not sure what the problem is still, I have corrected the regular expressions (“by the way there are two out dated methods in that class. not just one”), yet I’m still having problems with my services working even when just doing a simple hello world.
Even with all that said, has everyone forgot this is still that same “beta” that is over 2 years old? I don’t think we will see that current management make any improvements to it any time soon.
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 6:31
fyi the fix for “Function eregi_replace() is deprecated” is
change line 505:
from: $comment = eregi_replace(“\n[ \t]+”, “\n”, trim($comment));
to: $comment = preg_replace(“\n[ \t]i”, “\n”, trim($comment));
also change on line 507:
from: $comment = eregi_replace(“[\t ]+”, ” “, trim($comment));
to: $comment = preg_replace(“[\t ]i”, ” “, trim($comment));
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 6:50
This is what I get after I fix the regX problem.
This with with a media temple gs hosting with php5
Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘VerboseException’ with message ‘Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /****/***/**/***/****/domains/gfxcomplex.com/html/amfphp/services/HelloWorld.php:1)’ in /****/***/**/***/****/gfxcomplex.com/html/amfphp/core/amf/app/Gateway.php:191
Stack trace:
#0 /****/***/**/***/****/gfxcomplex.com/html/amfphp/core/amf/app/Gateway.php(191): amfErrorHandler(2, ‘Cannot modify h…’, ‘ /****/***/**/***/….’, 191, Array)
#1 /****/***/**/***/****/gfxcomplex.com/html/amfphp/gateway.php(152): Gateway->service(‘Content-type: a…’)
#2 {main}
thrown in /****/***/**/***/****/gfxcomplex.com/html/amfphp/core/amf/app/Gateway.php on line 191
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 7:00
I have found this, but did not help. http://www.almerblanklabs.com/2009/10/amfphp-fatal-errors-after-php-5-3-upgrade-part-1/
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 7:17
Ok this is crazy, I’m on windows 7, I think this is due to the way the file is written, I had modified the DiscoveryService.php and it works just fine, but if I even copy/paste the file it stops working
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• John
• Nov 4, 2009, 7:45
FYI – I asked Wade via twitter if we could move AMFPHP to either Google Code or GitHub. Hopefully if it gets moved, others can get involved and keep it updated.
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• John
• Nov 4, 2009, 9:16
As a follow-up, I did check the SVN repo on AMFPHP at http://sourceforge.net/projects/amfphp/ and it has seen some updates, including an update for the deprecated eregi_replace. While that doesn’t help people who download via the “normal” download link, the fixes are there.
SVN link: https://amfphp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amfphp
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• John
• Nov 4, 2009, 9:38
As a follow-up, I downloaded the latest AMFPHP from the SVN, run it under XAMPP which uses PHP5.3 and everything seemed to work just fine. I didn’t do any extensive tests, but ran through my test classes in the AMFPHP browser and no errors.
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• John
• Nov 4, 2009, 13:58
Feel like I’m here on the hour…
Another AMF solution for PHP is Midnight Coders WebOrb for PHP
http://www.themidnightcoders.com/products/weborb-for-php/overview.html
The PHP version is free, has a nice browser like AMFPHP does, lots of built-in examples, and can also stub out code for you too. and much more. I have to be honest, i’ve used AMFPHP because I’m used to it, but really should look at WebOrb more because it does so much more.
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• admin
• Nov 4, 2009, 16:01
found my problem. Flash develop was to blame. Every time I used it to make a php file amfphp would not load that service. if I made it Dreamweaver it would fix the problem.
Who knew?
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• ariel sommeria
• Nov 5, 2009, 5:05
Hi,
I drew the same conclusion and decided to do something about it. I have more motivation than most because I am one of the main contributors to silex(http://silex-ria.org) which happens to use AMFPHP, so we have an interest in getting AMFPHP back on its feet. So I dropped Wade a line and I’m now a project admin for AMFPHP on sourceforge. I commited that fix for the MethodTable so that’s why the latest from the trunk is working nicely. If you have some feature requests or just want to show that you still care, it’s still possible to get the project going again. In the meantime I’m working on revamping the browser.
bye
Ariel
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• Porthos
• Nov 13, 2009, 0:18
The `AlmerBlank` link hits 500 internal error. Can anyone give me a brief description of that fix. Thanks!
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• eric
• Dec 7, 2009, 21:27
@admin:
Check the way your editor encode your php file.
AMFPHP doesn’t like FlashDevelop 8bit-encoding; set it to UTF-8 instead.
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• eric
• Dec 7, 2009, 21:35
…or the other way around !

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• eric
• Dec 8, 2009, 10:48
“…and please no dirty names for someone that’s just trying to give you some free code. Go get Live Cycle DS dude!”
Wade Arnold
Sounds strategy is clear…
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• noponies
• Dec 12, 2009, 11:53
Great to hear that AMFPHP is seeing some love! I had given up on it, for all the reasons you’ve outlined here.
To find that Ariel is now committing changes to it, is excellent.
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• admin
• Dec 12, 2009, 12:02
I just wish I had time to learn php good enough to support amfphp, because I would.
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• noponies
• Dec 15, 2009, 3:04
Yeah same, it’s a useful library!
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• mark
• Jan 28, 2010, 16:00
In response to the two lines (505 & 507) in the MethodTable.php file. I tried the change listed by admin above:
admin
Nov 4, 2009, 6:31
fyi the fix for “Function eregi_replace() is deprecated” is
change line 505:
from: $comment = eregi_replace(“\n[ \t]+”, “\n”, trim($comment));
to: $comment = preg_replace(“\n[ \t]i”, “\n”, trim($comment));
also change on line 507:
from: $comment = eregi_replace(“[\t ]+”, ” “, trim($comment));
to: $comment = preg_replace(“[\t ]i”, ” “, trim($comment));
/////////////////
and it does not work for me. But if I just comment these two line out everything works like a charm.
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• noponies
• Mar 8, 2010, 2:00
Looks like AMFPHP has come back from the dead. Version 1.9 has come out of beta and is working well with PHP 5.3 here for me. It also includes a re-skinned services browser etc. Seems the project admins are also now working on version 2.