PHP code has stopped calculating Local Noon overnight

[RayProudfoot]

Last October I switched from Steve's hosting to HostPresto and since then they've been absolutely fine. I have a small piece of PHP code supplied by a Cumulus member that calculates local noon and inserts the time into the relevant place with Sunrise and Sunset times. www.cheadlehulmeweather.co.uk

I have contacted HostPresto and they confirm PHP 5.6 is still running which that code requires. Can anyone offer a clue as to why this code has stopped running overnight please? I have rebooted the netbook running Cumulus but the problem remains.

I'm attaching the htaccess file from the server.

[RayProudfoot]

HostPresto suggested performing a restore. I restored just the public_html folder from Saturday and that has fixed the problem.

The betel phpsummary page is blank but I assume that will be fixed when the daily update is performed just after midnight. Phew!

[RayProudfoot]

I can't understand why my datasummary pages aren't displaying. Looking back to August last year when I set them up I didn't have to wait until midnight for the pages to show.

Although I've performed a restore on my public_html files I can't see why the datasummary page isn't loading. Can anyone assist please?

[freddie]

If you look in your server error log you might find some clues there.

[freddie]

Just tried looking at the PHP source code and got this:

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Tough ! - I changed the password !!!

[RayProudfoot]

Thanks Freddie. I’m sure I haven’t changed the password. I’ll check the error log, thanks.

[RayProudfoot]

Just tried looking at the PHP source code and got this:

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Tough ! - I changed the password !!!

Hi Freddie,

Looking at the error log there is only one entry which I'm guessing might be your attempted access...

[Mon Feb 25 12:42:27.147951 2019] [access_compat:error] [pid 1650739:tid 47337252718336] [client 40.117.171.139:54493] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/cheadleh/public_html/xmlrpc.php

[freddie]

Mon Feb 25 12:42:27.147951 2019] [access_compat:error] [pid 1650739:tid 47337252718336] [client 40.117.171.139:54493] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: /home/cheadleh/public_html/xmlrpc.php

Can you list that file? Looks like a potential permissions problem. Going by the name of the file, it probably calls another URL (possibly to pick up data) and your server's config is stopping that happening.

[RayProudfoot]

Can you list that file? Looks like a potential permissions problem. Going by the name of the file, it probably calls another URL (possibly to pick up data) and your server's config is stopping that happening.

I looked in that location but couldn't find a file with that name - /home/cheadleh/public_html/xmlrpc.php

I've raised a ticket so let's see what they say. Very odd when nothing has changed except data uploads. Appreciate your help Freddie.

[Mapantz]

You might need to go in to the PHP settings, click 'switch to PHP options' and make sure 'allow_url_fopen' is set to on.

[RayProudfoot]

I checked but I can't see that option. HostPresto are going to restore as everything seemed okay yesterday.

These are the options available to me.

PHP_Settings.png

[RayProudfoot]

Problem has been resolved by HP restoring betel_datasummary.php from the backup. I thought that would have been done when I did the restore but clearly there's a right way and wrong way and I did it the wrong way. Appreciate the help.

[RayProudfoot]

The Local Noon problem has resurfaced again this afternoon. HostPresto have restored index.htm but despite trying various versions of PHP have been unable to resolve the problem.

This code was kindly given to me by a user here on Cumulus but I've forgotten his name. It's pretty simple really. Take the sunrise and sunset times and find the mid-point. That is stored in a variable called $suntransit which is then put into indexT.htm on my installation of Cumulus from where it is processed and the resultant file uploaded to the webhost.

Host Presto have asked for it to be checked and ask what version of PHP it is compatible with. Here is the code in indexT.htm

// Calculate Noon from Cumulus SR & SS */
error_reporting(0);
date_default_timezone_set("Europe/London");
$sr = "<#sunrise>";
$ss = "<#sunset>";
$sr = strtotime($sr);
$ss = strtotime($ss);
$dl = (($ss - $sr)/2 + $sr);
$suntransit = date("H:i", $dl);
?>

and this is where it is stored for display purposes...

<tr>
<td class="labels">Dusk:</td>
<td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"><#dusk></td>
<td class="labels">Local Noon:</td>
<td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;"> <?php echo $suntransit; ?></td>
</tr>

Can anyone see any reason why that would not run with PHP v5.1 or later?

[RayProudfoot]

I've finally got to the bottom of this problem and have asked HostPresto to help fix it.

I have two .htaccess files in public_html but with slightly different names.

.htaccess and .htaccess_

One is required for the DataSummary pages to be displayed. The other is required for Local Noon to be calculated. The one with the _ has to have that character removed to run.

Hopefully they can be merged into a single file to ensure both actions can be performed.

I don't know enough about PHP to do the edit myself. Best left to those who know what they're doing.

[Mapantz]

Change error_reporting(0); to error_reporting(1); and see if any errors pop up.

What is the actual problem Ray?