[Info-vax] Extended file spec support on CSWS & PHP7

[Mark Berryman]

On 8/27/20 5:31 AM, issinoho wrote:
> On Tuesday, 25 August 2020 at 13:58:31 UTC+1, issinoho wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone tell me how to enable extended file support in CSWS and PHP7 (berrymans build) ?
>>
>> This is specifically to allow PHP to find files with e.g. double dots in the name.
>>
>> In the old days it used to involve logicals being defined in PHP_SETUP.COM but that doesn't exist now (by the looks of it).
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> VSI AXPVMS VMS V8.4-2L1
>> VSI AXPVMS SSL111 V1.1-1GB
>> VSI AXPVMS CSWS V2.4-38D
>> PHP 7.2.29
> 
> Update...
> 
> Firstly, I was using an older version of unzip so the filenames were not being created correctly. Solved by grabbing latest unzip (6.00) from VSI.
> 
> Secondly, I've re-created the old php_setup.com and tied it into apache$setup.com -- which doesn't seem to have made a difference.
> 
> Next, I tried accessing a multi-dotted filename directly with CSWS and that works fine, so CSWS is not the problem here.
> 
> So, conclusion, it's the PHP parser which is not honoring extended parsing of ODS-5 files. Any thoughts? Is there a way to contact Mark Berryman for queries like this beyond posting here?

It is not PHP.  A specific example of a failure to access to the file 
would be very helpful.  The way I read your current message, you can 
access the file via a web browser when it is served up by your web 
server but you can't access it via PHP directly, which I assume to mean 
interactively.  If that is the case, have you verified that SET 
PROCESS/PARSE_STYLE=EXTENDED has been set?  If it is something else, 
please provide an example.

Mark Berryman