PHPDNS, the Purplepixie.org open source direct DNS query API for PHP, now has its development source code hosted on github.com.
Packaged releases (and release source code versions) will continue to be distributed directly from the PHPDNS web site.
The source code management (SCM) repository for development code can be found at: https://github.com/purplepixie/phpdns
All Purplepixie projects hosted on github can be found at: https://github.com/purplepixie
The latest update of PHPDNS version 1.01 is now available for download.
This update is a bugfix for version 1 in that serials and TTLs are now correctly read. Regards to Kim A who submitted the bug and solution.
PHPDNS: http://www.purplepixie.org/phpdns/
A long time ago when I still had (some) hair and hadn’t bitten the PHP bullet I played around with C++ CGIs. Owing to a lack of then available HOW-TO docs I went on to write a (badly written and error-filled) CGI in C/C++ HOW-TO and also a CGI Variable Wrapper. The HOW-TO did what it said on the tin and the wrapper provided an easy API to read/write GET and POST variables as well as cookies.
Surprisingly both the HOW-TO and the wrapper are still in use and I get contacted form time to time with queries. The most common query regards file upload which the wrapper doesn’t support. To illustrate a simple file upload I cobbled together a quick and dirty C example which I’ve provided via email ever since.
So here, for general reference, is my demonstration C code. Please note this is very untested and unrobust, even dodgier than my usual fare. I keep meddling with the idea of finding time to do a proper job either of a standalone file upload API or integrating support into the CGI wrapper. All of this is really just for kicks though as there are better solutions available.
/** Very rough-and-ready CGI file upload in C/C++
This is demonstration code only really and, of course,
no liability accepted for anything!
David Cutting
http://www.purplepixie.org/dave/
http://blog.purplepixie.org/
dcutting [at] purplepixie [dot] org
Code Copyright DMC 22/05/2011
**/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
int main(void)
{
FILE *out;
char *rawdata; // pointer for rawdata
char *data; // will be an offset of rawdata after the two newlines
unsigned long length; // length of data to be read used for malloc
unsigned long writelength; // use for the length of the write
char *pos; // used in the loop
printf("Content-type: text/html\n\n<HTML><PRE>"); // for debug output
// Various bits of debug output are included - comment out for live
// and replace with whatever output you'd like to send to the client
out=fopen("/var/www/test.jpg","wb+"); // open the output file
length=atol(getenv("CONTENT_LENGTH"));
writelength=length;
printf("Content Length: %u\n",length);
rawdata=malloc(length+1); // malloc required buffer
fread(rawdata, length, 1, stdin); // read into buffer
// now comes the loop, there are better ways but not that I can find quickly enough
for (pos=rawdata; pos<(rawdata+length-4); pos++)
{
writelength--; // decrement the write length
printf("%c %d\n",pos[0],pos[0]); // used for debug output (comment out for live)
if ( (pos[0]==13) && (pos[1]==10) && (pos[2]==13) && (pos[3]==10) && ( (pos[4]<32)||(pos[4]>127) ) ) // pattern to find two double-newlines
{
data=pos+4; // move data pointer forward 4 to start of actual data
pos=rawdata+length+2; // break loop
printf("Found\n"); // another debug line - comment out for live
writelength-=3; // decrement writelength by three (done one already above for this loop)
}
}
printf("Writelength: %u\n",writelength); // yet another debug
// write the data to the file
fwrite(data, 1, writelength, out);
// close the file
fclose(out);
free(rawdata); // free memory
printf("Upload Complete"); // debug - comment out for live
return 0; // exit
}
A while back I was forced to disable registrations to the Purplepixie Support Forum thanks to a massive quantity of spam, most of which was of a very unseemly nature (very very unseemly).
Following an update to the Purplepixie Forum phpBB and enabling of reCAPTCHA I’ve now re-enabled user registration.
Apologies to anyone who’s had difficulty getting support and had to end up emailing me directly, but I hope the new changes will allow the forum to operate from now on.