[maplab-users] MapLab under Mapserver 4.8.x with PHP 5.x?

[Zak James]

Larry,

There is no active development on Maplab but we do try to keep it
working with the latest version of Mapserver.

If you can provide information on any php errors generated when using
Maplab with these updated dependencies, that would be helpful in
trying to debug the problem. Please include a note on the exact steps
needed to generate them.

While Maplab is receiving only maintenance updates from DM Solutions,
all of the source is available and users who have a specific need are
welcome to provide enhancements and fixes to the community. We will
work to integrate contributed code in future releases.

zak

On 1/28/06, Larry Shaffer <larry at shafferinteractive.com> wrote:
> Hi MapLab Peoples,
>
> Is there any work on making MapLab compatible with Mapserver 4.8.x and
> PHP 5.x? Also, are there any plans to upgrade MapLab with any Ajax
> happiness for the forms?
>
> I have recently built Mapserver 4.8rc3 and PHP 5.0.5 on my Linux server,
> and I've noticed the following incompatibilities with MapLab:
>
> 1) I couldn't start MapLab without configuring the 'sessions' directory
> in php.ini, which is commented-out. Not a big deal, just needs to be
> part of an install doc.
>
> 2) While all of the green checkmarks are there when checking settings in
> MapLab, MapEdit fails to access any layer info, and thus fails to
> function properly. It will read that there is a layer, but not its name,
> and it is not able to load the layer into the main pane of MapEdit.
>
>
> On a side note... I notice that MapLab needs Freetype 1 support. I think
> that Freetype 1 support has been dropped in PHP 5.x. From ./configure
> results (note last line):
>
> ...
> checking for FreeType 1.x support... /usr/local
> checking for FreeType 2... /usr/local
> checking for T1lib support... /usr/local
> checking whether to enable truetype string function in GD... yes
> checking whether to enable JIS-mapped Japanese font support in GD... no
> checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... yes
> checking for png_write_image in -lpng... yes
> checking for XpmFreeXpmImage in -lXpm... yes
> checking for FreeType 1 support... no - FreeType 2.x is to be used instead
> ...
>
> Maybe something to do with...
>
> <http://www.php.net/~derick/meeting-notes.html#support-for-freetype-1-
> and-gd-1>
>
> Also, with Freetype 1 and 2 installed in /usr/local PHP failed to
> compile because an include directory order mix-up referenced the
> Freetype 1 header files instead of 2.
>
> I fixed this with:
>
> Changed
>         GDLIB_CFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include
> to
>         GDLIB_CFLAGS = -I/usr/local/include/freetype2 -I/usr/local/include
> in Makefile, after 'configure' and before 'make'
>
> (maybe separating the freetype install directories would also work
> before ./configure)
>
> Nonetheless I don't think Freetype 1 support is there anymore.
>
>
> My ./configure line for Mapserver 4.8rc3:
>
> ./configure --enable-force-freetype1 --enable-runpath --with-curl-
> config=/usr/local/bin/curl-config --with-freetype=/usr/local --with-gd=/
> usr/local --with-gdal=/usr/local/bin/gdal-config --with-geos=/usr/local/
> bin/geos-config --with-jpeg=/usr/local --with-libiconv=/usr/local/
> my_iconv --with-ogr --with-pdf=/usr/local --with-php=/usr/local/php5.0.5
> --with-png=/usr/local --with-postgis=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config --
> with-proj=/usr/local --with-wfs --with-wcs --with-wfsclient --with-
> wmsclient --with-xpm=/usr/X11R6 --with-zlib=/usr/local --without-httpd
>
> My ./configure line for PHP 5.0.5:
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php5.0.5 --enable-force-cgi-redirect --
> with-mysql=/usr --enable-calendar --enable-trans-sid --with-zlib-dir=/
> usr/local --with-curl=/usr/local --enable-dbase --enable-exif --with-gd=/
> usr/local --with-jpeg-dir=/usr/local --with-png-dir=/usr/local --with-
> xpm-dir=/usr/X11R6 --with-freetype-dir=/usr/local --with-t1lib=/usr/
> local --with-gettext=/usr/local --with-iconv=/usr/local/my_iconv --
> enable-mbstring --with-mcrypt=/usr/local --with-mhash=/usr/local --with-
> ncurses=/usr/local --with-pdflib=/usr/local --with-tiff-dir=/usr/local --
> with-pgsql=/usr/local/pgsql --with-readline=/usr/local --with-pear --
> with-regex=system --with-ttf=/usr/local --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-
> libxml-dir=/usr/local --enable-soap --enable-sqlite-utf8 --with-libexpat-
> dir=/usr/local --with-xsl=/usr/local --enable-ftp --with-bz2=/usr/local
>
>
> I have a separate Mapserver 4.6.2 and PHP 4.4.1 cgi running an install
> of MapLab, so it's not pressing to upgrade to PHP 5 for me. I just
> thought I'd ask since I am developing a Web mapping app that needs to
> run under PHP 5 (and installed by its users on their servers) and it
> would be very handy for the users to utilize MapLab as well without
> having to load up differing PHP/Mapserver configurations.
>
> Thanks for all your hard work on MapLab.
>
> --
> Larry Shaffer
> Black Hills of South Dakota
> USA (Mountain Time Zone)
>
>
>
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Zak James
Applications and Software Development
DM Solutions Group Inc.
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