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If any limit is to be imposed, I'd prefer it to be 30 seconds. Not more than that. Here's why: as some people already mentioned, some times we need to test scripts and so we need the ability to send/receive several e-mails in just a minute or less. And another thing, that I don't think anyone mentioned: what if I need to send an urgent e-mail and get blocked by the server? What about receiving an urgent e-mail? It happened to me before: I needed to receive an e-mail with some important stuff and I was already late for class (the stuff I needed was for the class). I didn't manage to get the e-mail, got pissed at my friend who sent the files because I thought he didn't send them but later I found out that my ISP was limiting the checking of e-mails to once every 15 minutes...... no need to say that in that very same day I changed ISP So if you are indeed going to impose those limits, please think really carefully about what you do so you don't hurt your customers.

Well, I'm one of those guys who gets every information he needs from the internet What I mean is that if you look for some tutorials, you'll find loads of them. I've been working with PHP since the beginings of version 3.0 (some years ago) and I've learned a lot by myself, by reading tutorials, reading code from other people... But don't get me wrong - I don't think an online tutorial can replace a book! But in some cases, people don't have the money to buy technical books, which are very expensive (at least here in Portugal). In those cases, online tutorials can do the trick just as well. PS - For those of you who haven't been paying attention, the keyword here is goolge...

OK, first of all, IPB (Invision Power Board) doesn't need any special priviledges besides the regular create table, drop table, insert, select, modify, etc... As for the password, you always have to provide it somewhere in your scripts, or else they won't be able to access the database. The way I like doing it is having a config.inc file somewhere, which is included in every scipt that needs to access the DB. That way you don't have to put it in every script nor in a session variable nor even give it to your users. As for the reason why we can't set those permissions, yes, that's because we don't have access to the "mysql" database, which is where all that information is stored and fetched when needed. Raul

Nice piece of code, erik. Thanks for sharing it Just a little question: is the format you use compatible with Apache's format? I'm asking this because if it is, it's great, since you can use the same log processing tools used to process Apache's logs

When I said "your user" I meant you, as in "your username", or "your entity inside the webserver" Anyway, what you say makes sense, I guess. I don't know that much about MySQL administration, though, but from what I know, for you to be able to do that, you'd have to have access to the "mysql" database, where all the important information (usernames, passwords, permissions, etc) is kept, so it also makes sense that you can't change that info, because if you could change it, it would mean that you could change other users' info too. Raul

I agree with Paul - it's just a link, so CPanel shouldn't care for what you get from that link.. as far as it's concerned, it could even be a I AM A SPAMMER site. It should be no different to the Cpanel software. At least that's how I see it and IMHO it would be the best way to structure CPanel, because of issues just like this one - upgrading one of the third party tools it uses. Raul

Those errors are all because your user doesn't have permissions to perform those operations. For isntance, to create a new database you have to do it through CPanel's MySQL manager. Raul

I completely agree with you, beth. I just pointed out those options because that's what section31 was asking about. But I also hate not being able to see the address of the webpage I'm browsing... Raul

I don't think TCH has mod_perl installed. I grabed the perl script in the help section of the site - http://help.totalchoicehosting.com/toolspage.htm - and loaded it into my server. Here's the part about the modules: Perl libraries installed Library CGI v2.752 installed The library mod_perl is not installed Library www-perl v5.69 installed Library DBI v1.34 installed Library DBD::mysql v2.1022 installed Library URI v1.23 installed The library Apache is not installed Library Digest::MD5 v2.23 installed Library Crypt::SSLeay v0.49 installed Hope this clears it up for you.

I meant sending an HTTP header from the server, not having a domain pointing to your server. With PHP, for instance, you have a header() function that allows you to do just that. But for what you want, I believe that frames are the only way out. If you'd own a server, you could also use mod_rewrite but unfortunately, that's not an option here... Raul

OK, that's great Thanks for clearing that up for me, ykwong Raul

That's the way we all get treated here at TCH Welcome aboard and get ready for more outstanding support!

Sorry, I didn't seem to get your question, then. Could you please elaborate a little more?

I believe that with a redirector, people will always see the URL you want to hide, just before they get redirected... not sure about this, though. As for the frames approach, yes, it would work. *EDIT* I forgot about one type of redirection - through HTTP headers! I was only thinking about the redirect HTML metatag. If you send a redirect HTTP header, the browser will be automatically redirected and the user will not see the address he's been redirected from.

Nice! I'd like to have one myself but I would't put it to good use, since I only have one cable connection... I could always try to convince my parents that an extra DSL connection was really not too much... and then I'd get one of those for me... :D

Thanks for the link, Lianna. Nice app! Didn't know it

WOW! Now that's what I call fast!! Thanks a lot kw! Although I don't use Windows much, nowadays, I still have to clean it up from time to time and this is a real time saver

Could someone tell me how often the log files are reset? I would like to be able to download my full log files but when accessing them through CPanel, I only seem to have access to one day of logs... So I'm supposing the log files get reset every day, which will force me to download them every day, too... If this is true, is there a way to get them sent to me by e-mail every day before they are reset? Log files will be very important to me and I wouldn't want to miss some days because for some reason I don't download those days' log files... Thanks in advance. Raul

The problem is with the 'main' CPanel docs, actually: http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cp/ They also state they apply to version 4, so I don't suppose TCH would have access to documentation that would apply to latter versions of CPanel. As to why the docs are for version 4 and cpanel.net doesn't update them.... I really don't know... but I do know that they could use a better looking docs, though...

Hmmm... you should have received a welcome e-mail... One of the big guys should take a look at this. Hang on in there, I'm sure TCH's staff will quickly contact you and solve the problem as they always do

Yes, the logs include that information I have an account myself here at TCH and have it there

I openede a new thread about this in reseller central:) And yes, I'm willing to share my findings and development. After all, I'm an open source addict! Raul

I registered in cpanel forums and found what I wanted. Thanks. And no, I don't want to access the installation at the server level. Basically I want to be able to use the same usernames and passwords for a help desk software I'm developing, so I don't need to force my users to register with two different logins. I'm not sure if that's possible but I'll give it a try Thanks for the replies, guys

Just like the title says: is it possible to access cPanel's API through PHP? I've read the manual and it has a PERL API but I'd like to access it using PHP. If this is possible, how can I do it? Thanks in advance. Raul

Great! It works! Thanks a million, Jimmy! As for the software, it's called Mach 5 FastStats Analyzer. A friend of mine told me about it and I fell in love immediately Give it a try - mach5.com As for the log files, how often do they get reset?