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where can i find information for creating web based unix administration pages through php?

Jul 19th, 2004 23:22
Alder Rus, Matt Gregory, Dave Garth, http://www.directoryonclick.com , http://www.singapore-yellow-pages.com

PHP is not commonly used to administrate servers.
The reason for this is because most servers do not put administrative 
scripts on an internet/intranet because of security related issues.  
There are, however, many script resources available on the web ( 
http://www.listproc.net/scripts/ , 
http://wundt.kfunigraz.ac.at/rath/documentation/node44.html )
PHP specifically is not used often for system administration because 
that was not what it was designed for.  PHP is intended to quickly 
parse and return web pages.  It does not have the fastest file i/o and 
system communication routines in the scripting language category.
With that said, now that you are in the areana do you mind starting a 
site and posting any scripts you create?  :)
PS: members of www.phpwebhosting.com (like myself) have access to many 
php administrative scripts, but they are proprietary.  You might want 
to look at currently available pearl, c++ cgi, and other web admin 
tools to get ideas before pounding something out in php.