AbelCam supports the use of PHP.
To use PHP within AbelCam, install the PHP 5.3.3 zip package
from www.php.net
download php-5.3.3-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.zip
5.3.3 is the current release - later versions are expected to work as well.
Install PHP
extract zip file to c:\php
AbelCam expects to find PHP in c:\php
copy c:\Program Files\AbelCam\wwwroot\php\c-php-php.ini to c:\php\php.ini
Changes to the default php.ini are marked with ;ABELCAM
Start AbelCam, the PHP Logo will be shown on the Web page
Once PHP is enabled, you can have a look at the PHP examples in wwwroot\php:
http://localhost:8080/php
A small page counter example is included.
If you selected the PHP Image Gallery during the AbelCam installation,
it will be available here:
http://localhost:8080/gallery
The following environment variables are set for PHP files
| Variable | Meaning,Value |
| ABELDATA | %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Seiz System Engineering\AbelCam
Location of configuration files |
| ACTIVECAMS | active camera numbers, separated by commas |
| CAMFPS | frame rate of the current camera |
| CAMNAME | name of the current camera |
| CAMNAMES | names of active cameras, separated by commas |
| CAMNR | active cam number |
| CAMRESOLUTION | active cam resolution, eg. 320x240 |
| COOKIES | cookies set for AbelCam, eg. cam="0" |
| DOC_ROOT | AbelCam document root |
| HTTP_REFERER | refering page, eg. http://localhost:8080/php/index.php |
| OUTPUTHEIGHT | output height of current camera, eg. 240 |
| OUTPUTWIDTH | output width of current camera, eg. 320 |
| REDIRECT_STATUS | always set to 200 |
| REMOTE_ADDR | ip address of requestor, eg. 127.0.0.1 |
| REQUEST_METHOD | GET |
| SCRIPT_FILENAME | script file name, eg. index.php |
| SCRIPT_NAME | same as above |
| SERVER_CONFDIR | installation folder, eg. C:\ProgramData?\Seiz System Engineering\AbelCam |
| SERVER_NAME | AbelCam server name, eg. localhost |
| SERVER_PORT | AbelCam server port, eg. 8080 |
| SERVER_PROTOCOLL | always HTTP/1.1 |
| SERVER_SOFTWARE | AbelCam version, eg. AbelCam 2.1.1 Pro |
| ORIG_PATH_INFO | script relative to document root, eg. /php/index.php |
other environment variables set by the operating system are available as well.
see http://localhost:8080/php/phpinfo.php
once you have configured PHP
If you are trying to use PHP sessions or doing other things that use cookies, and it's not working for you, here is why. PHP wants the SessionID
? (and other cookies) to be in the superglobal $_COOKIE[] but AbelCam puts cookies in $_ENV["COOKIES"]
?. PHP does not understand.
To solve the problem, put the following code at the beginning of each of your PHP pages. It examines $_ENV["COOKIES"]
? and loads all the cookies it finds into $_COOKIE[] in a way that PHP can understand.
foreach (explode(";", $_ENV["COOKIES"]
?) as $cookie) {
list($key, $val) = explode("=", $cookie);
$_COOKIE[trim($key)]
? = trim($val);
}
session_start();
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If you are trying to use PHP sessions or doing other things that use cookies, and it's not working for you, here is why. PHP wants the SessionID (and other cookies) to be in the superglobal $_COOKIE[] but AbelCam puts cookies in $_ENV["COOKIES"]. PHP does not understand. To solve the problem, put the following code at the beginning of each of your PHP pages. It examines $_ENV["COOKIES"] and loads all the cookies it finds into $_COOKIE[] in a way that PHP can understand.
foreach (explode(";", $_ENV["COOKIES"]) as $cookie)
{
list($key, $val) = explode("=", $cookie);
$_COOKIE[trim($key)] = trim($val);
}
