An all-purpose PHP-based tool ("custom")

[AndMetal]

I was thinking of doing that, although I'd have to do some learning (according to the Wiki, it uses Perl). A definite positive is that it would be able to interface with both the database data AND the dynamic data in the worldserver. In theory, it would work great for spells.

Although, if someone wants to take what I have already put together to create a better interface for the World HTTP Server, I won't be upset As of right now, I'm fairly comfortable with PHP (with what I would consider to be intermediate experience), so I might just stick with it for now.

[cubber]

This is a great utility! I am having a bit of an issue with anything that has to do with spells though. I did not see a readme in the file with installation instructions but I did find a file in the includes folder called constants.php that I put my database info into which allowed me to view the site but not spell data.

Did I need to do anything else to get the spell functionality working? I saw a file in the spells folder called add_spells.php, i copied my spells_* files from my client and put them in that folder then edited the add_spells.php file to point to "." to look for them. I then tried running add_spells.php in a browser but it failed. To me it looks like it is supposed to create a table in the eqem database called spells_new that the site is supposed to read from for its spell data?

Any information would be helpful, and thanks for your hard work on this very promising tool!

[cubber]

I looked over both of the files a bit more and noticed that they both contain the statement:

include "../includes/db_login.inc";

but there is not file called db_login.inc in the includes folder...

[cubber]

It looks like the add_spells file takes the info from the spells_* file and adds it to the table spells_new, but where is the file that creates the table spells_new in the eqemu database?

[AndMetal]

Sorry I didn't reply back sooner (haven't been on the forums as much recently).

The main reason I haven't put together a readme file yet is because this is still in the alpha stages. Once I complete some of the functionality and streamline some of the files into others, I'll be able to focus on a more user-friendly approach. In the meantime, you can just post here if you have any questions or concerns.

The idea behind the spell folder was for a few things (eventually): importing the spells_us.txt file into the database, viewing spells, editing spells in the database, and exporting a new spells_us.txt file from the database (for easy distribution to others via a web page). Thus far, only the first has been semi-implemented.

The spells folder, right now, contains scripts to import the spells_us.txt file into a new table, which currently is spells_new. "spells" is used by other utilities, which don't use the same schema.

The insert_columns.php file was meant to be run after creating the table spells_new (which is currently done manually via command line or a GUI front-end, but could be incorporated into the script relatively easy), to create a base schema. Eventually, it will contain an array of all the column names instead of just creating field{$y}, which I'm still working on.

The add_spells.php file was meant to be run next, which actually imports the text file into the database. Luckily, there isn't anything really special about this, except it uses a ton of memory (more than 128MB, but less than 256MB). If your PHP server is set to run in safe mode, it might not complete correctly because of the ini_set() functions at the top.

In reference to "../includes/db_login.inc", that was an old file that I used to use if a file needed to access the database. Because everything needs access to the database plus several constants (race info, class info, etc), I incorporated it into the the constants.php file (1 less line per script). Just before I started sharing the files, I removed the file for good, but apparently forgot to change some of the references. I'll make sure I update it for future releases (thank you for catching that, by the way )

[Bishop4351]

The tool looks to be a nice start. I would recommend that you tighten up on the permissions or distribute the files in a tar or something that knows that everything isn't 777.

It's a great start can't wait for the the release.

[AndMetal]

I was able to get a Sourceforge site for the project, so the releases will be moved here.