http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ Alex's Support Forums Tag: php en Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:19:24 +0000 http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/how-to-upgrade-the-php-mailer-the-one-for-php-5#post-50 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:36:58 +0000 Alex 50@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>To preserve compatibility, simpleContact uses the build of PHPMailer that supports PHP4. As PHP4 is phased out (<a href="http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2008/08/22/php4-will-no-longer-be-available-for-new-domains-starting-082608">Dreamhost</a> for instance are discontinuing support) I will supply the PHP5/6 version.</p> <p>Upgrading your copy of PHPMailer is straightforward. Download the latest build (2.2.1 at the time of writing) from <a href="http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com">Codeworx Technologies</a> and copy the files <strong>class.phpmailer.php</strong> and <strong>class.smtp.php</strong>.</p> <p>In your simpleContact install, find this folder: <em>sc_admin/include/common/phpmailer</em>. Replace the files there.</p> <p>You can now use the upgraded PHPMailer - no other modifications are needed. </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/how-to-upgrade-the-php-mailer-the-one-for-php-5#post-48 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:00:29 +0000 webgirl 48@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>Hi the latest I think is 2.21 and just needing to know what needs to be changed so I can upgrade it.<br /> Thanks for the simple contact by the way.. </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-host-are-you-using#post-35 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:43:39 +0000 papyrusdoc 35@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>I installed SimpleContact on a <a href="http://www.highendhost.com" rel="nofollow">www.highendhost.com</a> windows server administered by h-sphere. I had to turn on SPF in the Mail Manager section, and once I did that, it worked great! </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-host-are-you-using#post-12 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:17:35 +0000 d3creative 12@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>I use <a href="http://www.mediatemple.net" rel="nofollow">www.mediatemple.net</a> for almost all of my websites.</p> <p>MediaTemple keep everything up to date (PHP MySQL etc) and do regular system maintenance.</p> <p>simpleContact has worked perfectly every time I've used it. </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-host-are-you-using#post-10 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:55:08 +0000 herrow 10@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>I use <a href="http://www.zen.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.zen.co.uk</a> another UK company based in Rochdale I pay £3.99 per month.</p> <p>I haven't had too much trouble with my hosting it has been pretty reliable and has most of the features I need including 3 MySQL databases PHP etc. The cPanel management is quite good too as you can install forums, blogs, content management and other things with a single button click, though some of the versions they have available are a little out of date. </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-is-phpmailer#post-7 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:16:36 +0000 Alex 7@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>With the release of simpleContact 1.1 I added a more robust mechanism for sending emails. </p> <p><a href="http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com">PHPMailer</a> is a “full featured email transfer class for PHP” that exposes a much greater range of features than the standard PHP mail() function. I have it used on several projects in the past, and it has proven itself both highly useful and reliable. </p> <p>PHPMailer is produced by Brent R. Matzelle (original author), Andy Prevost (project administrator), Patrice Fournier, Chris Ryan, Cem Hurturk, Tom Klingenberg and Jaime Bozza. </p> <p>The version of PHPMailer that I have supplied is version 1.73, the latest at the time of authoring. </p> <p>PHPMailer is free software. It is distributed in accordance with the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). It is supplied in its entirety and unmodified (see phpmailer-1.73.zip in the application download). There is no warranty or responsibility on the part of the original author. </p> <p>Please note: </p> <ul> <li>I have supplied phpmailer-1.73.zip in complete form to fulfil my obligation under the LGPL</li> <li>You only need to upload the class.phpmailer.php and class.smtp.php files (which are already in place in the simpleContact folder) for simpleContact to use it</li> <li>If for any reason PHPMailer fails in use, simpleContact will revert to the PHP mail() function</li> <li>If you use PHPMailer as part of simpleContact for commercial purposes, please consider making a donation to the PHPMailer project</li> </ul> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-are-simplecontacts-minimum-requirements#post-6 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:57:03 +0000 Alex 6@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>simpleContact's requirements are deliberately modest. You need a web server with PHP support and access to a MySQL database.</p> <p>MySQL 4.1 is strongly recommended because of its support for varying character sets and collations (which aids internationalisation). Although earlier versions may work, version 4.0 is the oldest version that I actively support.</p> <p>A definitive minimum spec for PHP is a work-in-progress. PHP 4 and above are recommended.</p> <p>The built-in update check requires either fopen or cURL.</p> <p>The "remember me" checkbox at login uses a cookie. </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/what-host-are-you-using#post-5 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:34:16 +0000 Alex 5@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>I want to gather a list of hosts that are proven to work with simpleContact.</p> <p>I'm hosting my website with <a href="http://www.34sp.com">34SP</a>. They are a UK company, based in Manchester. Their packages start at £17.95 per year and include PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, cron and .htaccess. Uptime and customer support is excellent.</p> <p>Who do you use? </p> http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/topic/installing-a-local-php-mysql-development-server-on-mac-os-x#post-4 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:32:48 +0000 Alex 4@http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/forums/ <p>I have written a blog post that gives a step-by-step guide to setting up a development server on a mac. This would be especially useful to a web developer with a laptop who wants to work and present while on the move.</p> <p><a href="http://www.alex-hardy.co.uk/2007/12/21/install-php-mysql-mac">Installing a local PHP MySQL development server on Mac OS X</a> </p>