PHP Settings General Options

| Add shell call |
(For Unix-based server only) If you put the PHP parser binary somewhere
outside of the web tree of files, for example, in /usr/local/bin,
you will have to put a line similar to: #!/usr/local/bin/php as the
first line of any file containing PHP tags. (You will also need to
make the file executable.) |
| Set locale |
Set locale information. PHPMaker uses localeconv() which returns data based upon the current locale as set by setlocale().
Locale names can be found in RFC 1766 and ISO 639. Different systems have different naming schemes for locales. |
| No Cache |
Whether caching is required on browser |
| Use mysqli extension |
Use mysqli extension instead of MySQL functions.
Notes:
- The mysqli extension is designed to work with PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1.3 or above,
- Both mysql and mysqli extension are NOT installed by PHP 5 by default. (See Introduction to PHP and MySQL)
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| Default Date Format |
yyyy/mm/dd, mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy,
yyyy-mm-dd, mm-dd-yyyy, dd-mm-yyyy,
yyyy.mm.dd, mm.dd.yyyy, dd.mm.yyyy |
| Multi-Language |
Enable multi-language project. If enabled, a combobox will appear on the top of the generated scripts for user to select langauge. See Tools for selecting languages for the multi-language project.
Important Notes:
- Multi-Language project must use utf-8 encoding. The charset of the project must be "utf-8".
- The data in your database must be stored in unicode, otherwise your data will not be displayed properly.
- If you have customized the template and put unicode characters in the template directly instead of using language files, enable the Advanced Setting UTF-8 output files (see Customizing Template and Tools).
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| Default Language |
Default language of the project. It must be compatible with Charset (see HTML Settings). Default is English.
There is always one default language for a project. Only the English langauge file (english.xml) is shipped with PHPMaker. If your project is single language but you use another language, create a language file for your language (see Customizing Template), put it in the "languages" subfolder under the installation folder and then select your default language using this combobox.
If you enable Multi-Language, you must select one of the selected languages as the default language.
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| File Upload |

Upload folder - The global folder where the uploaded files resides. If you do not enter a specific folder for a file upload field in the Edit Tag panel of the Field Setup page, all the uploaded files will be put in this folder.
Important note:
- Unlike the field specific upload folder setting (which is a VBScript expression), this field specific setting must be a constant string (without double quotes). If you want dynamic upload folders for different fields, use the field specific upload folder setting instead.
- Make sure that the Web server user have read/write access to the folder. You can right-click the folder in Windows Explorer and add read/write access for IUSR_<MachineName> on the Security tab.
- The path is relative to application root. Use slashes "/" as path delimiter, no leading slash. e.g. If the application root of your website is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo and you enter "uploads/" in this textbox, the folder for the uploaded files will be C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\uploads. If you are not sure which folder is application root, please read Application Root.
Max File Size - Maximum file upload size in bytes. If <= 0, there is no checking on file size.
Note: File upload also depends on your PHP, web server and database configuration:
1. PHP
Check your php.ini, related configurations are file_uploads, upload_max_filesize, upload_tmp_dir, post_max_size and max_input_time, memory_limit, max_execution_time directives in php.ini
2. Apache
If you use Apache web server, check LimitRequestBody directive.
3. MySQL
Check the max_allowed_packet setting in your MySQL configuration.
Allowed file type - The allowed file extensions of the uploaded files. Separate the file extensions (without ".") by comma, e.g. gif,png,png)
Note: If blank, all file types are allowed.
Delete file on update/delete - Option to delete the uploaded file when the field value is replaced, removed or if the record is deleted. |
| Audit Trail |
You can choose to log activities in a log file or in a database table.
Log file folder - The folder where the audit trail log file resides.
Important note:
- Make sure that the Web server user have read/write access to the folder. You can right-click the folder and add read/write access for IUSR_<MachineName> on the Security tab.
- The path is relative to application root. Use slashes "/" as path delimiter, no leading slash. e.g. If the application root of your website is C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo and you enter "uploads/" in this textbox, the folder for the log file will be C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\demo\uploads. If you are not sure which folder is application root, please read Application Root.
Use database table - Log the activities in the specified table instead of log file. The table must have the following fields: (actual data types depend on database type)
- DateTime (DateTime)
- Script (VarChar)
- User (VarChar)
- Action (VarChar)
- Table (VarChar)
- Field (VarChar)
- KeyValue (Long VarChar)
- OldValue (Long VarChar)
- NewValue (Long VarChar)
You can create the database yourselves and select the table in the combobox, then click the [...] button to select the fields in your table. Alternatively, if you have not created the table yet, you can click [Create Table] and let PHPMaker creates the table and setup the settings for you.
Track login/logout activities - If security feature is enabled, login/logout activities will also be logged. |
| Validation |

Server-side - Enable server-side form validation.
Client-side (JavaScript) - Enable client-side form validation.
Note: If the available validation format in the Edit Tag panel (see Field Setup) does not fulfil your requiements, you can use your own server-side and/or client-side validation code using Sever Event and Client Scripts.
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List/View Page Options (Global)
The following list/view page options are global for all tables. If you want different settings for a particular table, you can use table-specific options available in the Table Setup page.

| Records per page |
Number of records to be displayed on the list page of all tables.
If blank or 0, default setting of 20 will be used. |
| Selectable page sizes |
Number of records to be selected by user. Comma separated values,
e.g. 10,20,50,ALL. Note: "ALL" (without
quotes) is supported, other values must be integers. |
| Paging section style |
"NumericPages" or "NextPrev" |
| Sort type |
None, Single column or Multiple
column. If Multiple column is selected,
the generated list page supports multi-column sorting by Ctrl-clicking
the table header. |
| Multiple column |
Show multiple records per row. Default is 0. This feature will
only take effect if the value is > 0. |
| Paging section at top |
Show the paging section at top (also applies to View page) |
| Paging section at bottom |
Show the paging section at bottom (also applies to View page) |
| Enable paging section in View page |
Show paging section in View also |
| Multiple delete |
Show checkboxes in the list page for selecting multiple records
to delete |
| Inline delete |
Delete records directly without showing delete confirm page |
| Links on left side |
Show the links on the left instead of right |
| Export |
Print/CSV/HTML/Excel/Word/XML/Email - Records can be exported to Print (printer-friendly), CSV, HTML, Excel, Word, XML format or sent as HTML email content.
Note: Export-to-XML requires DOM XML (PHP 4 >= 4.2.0) or DOM (part of PHP 5 core).
Note that the fields in printer friendly version are same as in List/View page, while the fields in other format are determined by the Export setting of the field in Field Setup page.
Export type - Determines which records to export. The follows are supported:
- All Pages - Records in all pages are exported
- Current Page - All records in current page are exported
- Selected Record - If selected, a checkbox will be displayed in each row for selection. Only selected records in the current page are exported. (Selecting records in different pages is not allowed.) To select records primary key is required, Current Page export type will be used for tables without primary key.
Note: If Email, the user can select sending the records as URL or HTML. If sending URL only, note that the recipient will need to click the URL and go to your site to view the records. All security settings will apply, the recipient may need to login. If the recipient is not an user of your website and your page is protected, you should send by HTML only.
Enable export in View page - allow export in View pages also
Known Internet Explorer issue:
For known MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types such
as Microsoft Word ("application/ms-word"), the default behavior
of some older versions of Internet Explorer is to open the document
in the browser. Also, to allow user saving the file with a proper
file extension (otherwise the file extension will be .php), PHPMaker
uses content-disposition header to override this behavior by default.
For example:
header("content-disposition: attachment; filename=fname.ext");
When
Internet Explorer receives the header, it raises a File Download
dialog box. However, if user clicks [Open], Internet Explorer
may fail to open the file. Therefore, you may want to instruct
user to save the file directly to the user's disk without opening
it in the browser.
Notes:
- Binary data (BLOB fields) cannot be exported.
- Export to HTML/CSV/XML are not applicable to reports.
- Images cannot be exported to Word/Excel/CSV/XML.
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Email Settings
PHPMaker supports many features that can send emails. If you use these features, you'll need to specify a SMTP server.

| SMTP server |
The host name or IP of the SMTP server.
Note: Some servers do not support "localhost" as SMTP server, in such case you need to specify a valid SMTP server in the network.
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| SMTP server port |
Port number of SMTP server. Default is 25. |
| SMTP server username |
User name for SMTP server authentication. If your SMTP server does not require authentication, leave it blank. |
| SMTP server password |
Password for SMTP server authentication. If your SMTP server does not require authentication, leave it blank. |
| Sender (Email address) |
Email address of the sender of all emails |
| Recipient (Email address) |
Email address of the recipient(s) for notification emails when a record is added/edited/deleted (if enabled). If there are multiple recipients, separate them by comma. |
| Email Component |
The email components to be used by PHP to send emails.
By default the emails will be sent by PHP mail() function which is a built-in function of PHP. If SMTP authentication is required, you can choose PHPMailer.
Note: PHPMailer is third-party components and is not part of PHPMaker. No technical support will be provided. (See Third-party Tools.) |
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