Upgrade tidy package on Centos6

NotionCommotion · 07-17-2016, 11:00 AM

I am trying to use tidy with PHP, but am having problems because I think the tidy package is 9 years old. Can it be upgraded? Thank you

Code:

[root@devserver ~]# yum list tidy
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.sonn.com
 * epel: mirrors.kernel.org
 * extras: mirrors.usc.edu
 * ius: mirrors.kernel.org
 * updates: centos.host-engine.com
1689 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Installed Packages
tidy.x86_64                                                                0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6                                                                @base
[root@devserver ~]# yum list libtidy
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.sonn.com
 * epel: mirrors.kernel.org
 * extras: mirrors.usc.edu
 * ius: mirrors.kernel.org
 * updates: centos.host-engine.com
1689 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Installed Packages
libtidy.x86_64                                                              0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6                                                               @base
Available Packages
libtidy.i686                                                                0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6                                                               base
[root@devserver ~]# yum list php55u-tidy
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.sonn.com
 * epel: mirrors.kernel.org
 * extras: mirrors.usc.edu
 * ius: mirrors.kernel.org
 * updates: centos.host-engine.com
1689 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
Installed Packages
php55u-tidy.x86_64                                                               5.5.37-1.ius.centos6                                                               @ius
[root@devserver ~]#

cliffordw · 07-17-2016, 12:04 PM

Hi there,

I'm not a tidy user, so am guessing a little, but from within PHP I think you're using the version of tidy that was built with PHP, and not the tidy/libtidy RPMs. PHP 5.5.37 is current, so I can't imagine that containing tidy v0.99. You can see the version that is in use in phpinfo(), or from the command line with:

Code:

php -i|grep -i tidy

I hope this helps ;-)

NotionCommotion · 07-17-2016, 12:12 PM

Thanks cliffordw,

I don't think I have a current version of libtidy after running "yum list libtidy", and think I might have to either compile my own or use the rpm off of https://github.com/htacg/tidy-html5/releases/tag/5.0.0.

cliffordw · 07-18-2016, 08:43 AM

Hi again,

On my machine, PHP is using a statically linked version of libtidy, and not the one in the libtidy rpm. That means they're different versions. Have you checked whether this is the case for you too?

You can see the version that PHP is using by running

Code:

php -i|grep -i tidy

as mentioned before. You can also confirm whether PHP is using /usr/lib64/libtidy.so by running

Code:

ldd /usr/bin/php|grep tidy

.

What problems are you experiencing - why do you believe it is the version of tidy that is causing the problem?

NotionCommotion · 07-22-2016, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cliffordw

Hi again,

On my machine, PHP is using a statically linked version of libtidy, and not the one in the libtidy rpm. That means they're different versions. Have you checked whether this is the case for you too?

You can see the version that PHP is using by running

Code:

php -i|grep -i tidy

as mentioned before. You can also confirm whether PHP is using /usr/lib64/libtidy.so by running

Code:

ldd /usr/bin/php|grep tidy

.

What problems are you experiencing - why do you believe it is the version of tidy that is causing the problem?

Hi Cliffords, Sorry for my tardiness. The reason I think it is the version of tidy that is causing the problem is that I am trying to tidy up some HTML5 and it didn't even exist in 2007. Please see the responses to your two recommendations. Thank you

Code:

[Michael@devserver drupal_dashboard]$ php -i|grep -i tidy
/etc/php.d/20-tidy.ini,
tidy
Tidy support => enabled
libTidy Release => 14 June 2007
tidy.clean_output => no value => no value
tidy.default_config => no value => no value
[Michael@devserver drupal_dashboard]$ ldd /usr/bin/php|grep tidy
[Michael@devserver drupal_dashboard]$


[root@devserver ~]#  yum list installed | grep tidy
libtidy.x86_64                        0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6          @base
libtidy-devel.x86_64                  0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6          @base
php55u-tidy.x86_64                    5.5.37-1.ius.centos6              @ius
tidy.x86_64                           0.99.0-19.20070615.1.el6          @base
[root@devserver ~]#

cliffordw · 07-25-2016, 10:56 AM

OK, it does look like PHP was compiled with that old version of tidy, which seems to be the latest version available in any Centos repo I know of.

I'm afraid the only way I know of upgrading would be to recompile both tidy and php-tidy. Alternately try this on another distro with more up to date software ;-)

NotionCommotion · 07-25-2016, 12:42 PM

Oh well... Thank you Clifford for your help!

hydrurga · 07-25-2016, 12:53 PM

You could always give htmLawed a whirl (http://www.bioinformatics.org/phplab...ties/htmLawed/).

NotionCommotion · 07-25-2016, 12:59 PM

Hi Hydrurga. Definitely a possibility. Looks like it works with HTML5. Have you ever used it? Do you like it? Thanks

hydrurga · 07-25-2016, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NotionCommotion

Hi Hydrurga. Definitely a possibility. Looks like it works with HTML5. Have you ever used it? Do you like it? Thanks

I'm afraid I haven't tried it, NC. I just thought: well if you can't use Tidy, is there anything else you might be able to use? I found htmlLawed on a web search and quickly checked that it was remotely feasible as an option before suggesting it.

If you do try it out, please let us know how you get on.

NotionCommotion · 07-25-2016, 06:16 PM

Thanks hydrurga, If I look into it, I will post a critique. For the short term, however, I will probably stick with my old version of Tidy. A kludge workaround is to omit the doctype using "omit", and manually adding the HTML doctype.