[pmwiki-users] Re: still can't get my farm working

[V.Krishn]

On Tuesday 15 March 2005 03:57, pmwiki-users-request at pmichaud.com wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 04:14:36PM -0500, Neil Herber wrote:
> > At 2005-03-14  11:24 AM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud is rumored to have said:
> > >> 3. In pmwiki, renamed pmwiki.php as index.php (thanks for that
> > >> suggestion, Neil!)
> > >
> > >It's okay to rename pmwiki.php as index.php, but admins often forget
> > >this when they upgrade.  Better is to create a symlink or shortcut
> > >from index.php to pmwiki.php.
> >
> > Please note that my original suggestion was related to fields in wiki
> > farms, viz:
> > [...]
> >
> > The field-based index.php file(s) has(have) the following contents:
> >
> > <?php
> >   include('X:/file/path/to/pmwiki/pmwiki.php');
> > ?>
> >
> > This means that upgrades are just a drop in.
>
> Good point!  And it's worth pointing out that this trick also
> works in the farm directory as well as the field directories,
> and therefore ought to become a (or perhaps *the*) standard
> mechanism for admins who would otherwise rename pmwiki.php to index.php.
>
> Pm
Yes please, it took me some time to come up with a generic mechanism for all 
my fields.
Here's what I prefer in all fields (applicable to farm too):
In my field's root I create a file "channel.php" and put this single line.
          include('file/path/to/pmwiki/pmwiki.php');
Then in same dir I create another file "index.php" and inserted the following:
         header("Location: http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . 
                     dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) . "/" . "channel.php");
(though I sometimes use relative path in header( ) but the man pages says to 
use full URI) : ie.
         header("./channel.php");

I prefer channel.php over index.php to be the root script file because, I 
remember reading some comment by pm of SearchEngines dropping text after 
index.php, i.e "?n=...." would be dropped. Secondly, about some mishandling 
if you use webalizer. ....... :-) honestly speaking i did not understand much 
of it then... and still trying to understand much of it now.

But then I have come of this universal solution for my farming purposes.

V.Krishn