[SOLVED] Call to undefined Function - Mac and Windows

[respecttheplayer]

http://www.thegreatestsave.org/area/dma_retrieve.php?state=DC&city=Washington+DC-Hagerstown

 

This is the error im receiving. I am really baffeled because I simply just made a text change on my mac and then uploaded thru a mac ftp and i started getting the error.

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: phpob_start() in /home/thegr29/public_html/area/dma_retrieve.php on line 1

 

I have been noticing when using my mac for php programming my uploads tend to work funny sometimes. I had the same exact back up file and i uploaded it and it still does not work. Is there something special i should do when using dreamweaver and uploading on a mac.

 

By the way here is the code for the first few lines to give you an idea of what it is referencing.

<?php
ob_start();
$state = $_GET['state'];
$city = $_GET['city'];
$station = $_GET['station'];

 

JFYI the original script was done on dreamweaver with in Windows and just recently edited it on a mac...so wierd....

 

 

[respecttheplayer]

Got it to work....ok so it must be my ftp client, i am using a version of filezilla.  I ended up manually uploading it through the control panel for my domain and it works just fine.

 

 

THis leads me to my next question....what might be causing this to happen????

[DarkWater]

The web server isn't reading the newlines from your text editor properly because you have a Linux server?

[respecttheplayer]

Thank You, I will look into this and possibly use a more stable FTP environment. I will not waste anyones valuable time that could be helping a PHP related question now that I know that it is not my code.

 

Thank you again!

[DarkWater]

Wait, do you have a Linux server?  The standard line ending on *nix machines is \n.  Since Windows and Mac love being different, they use \r\n and \r, respectively.  Check your IDE or editor for some sort of line endings setting.

 

EDIT: Transferring your files in ASCII mode in your FTP can also fix this most likely.  You were probably transferring in binary mode.  Check all of your settings.

[respecttheplayer]

Under Default Transfer Type (on the FTP Program called FILEZILLA for Mac OSX 10.4.11 which is non Leopard) the type is set to auto. I will have to check my logs but it seems you are most likely right that it is indeed choosing binary and not ascii. I will click on ascii and upload to see if this indeed is the issue, very helpful, i would not have thought of this.

 

Yes it is a linux server!

 

Thanks!!