iPXE/PHP

[Torgeir]

Hi!

I am pretty new to iPXE, but fell in love when I could build dynamic around my menus.

As of $NOW I have a working installmenu /dynamic, which allows reinstall, based on if we can find our MACADDRESS in a hostfile together with a HOSTNAME, that sets this hostname together with a bunch of other variables.

If its a new computer we have a password protected menu, and hostname as input (we dont allow our users to install new computers, for that we use our IT-personell).

I have som simple problems with PHP in my iPXE menu (which I have ignored (found other solutions), but I dont understanda why PHP is behaving the way it does (I am testing my PHP scripts in a browser before I try on the iPXE menu).

* How does actually PHP work together with iPXE?
* Can I do everything in iPXE with PHP as I can do on a website with a browser reading?
* Some simple logic in my menu like turning on and off a variable does not work (instead iPXE runs brutally over the variables, and sets them instead of checking, even if I use "===" my If/elseif it is not working as it should (the logic is working correctly in my browser )

Everything in iPXE with PHP is running on the server right?
I can use shell_exec and use the output to something useful. Like ls and get back a filelist on the server. Read and write files on the server.
$_SERVER variables is also giving me the server IP

For instance (atm) I am using the "login" menu to check username/password, with iseq (what bothers me is that this password is in clear text if anyone tries to read this menu with a browser, if they know the filename of course I tried to use simple PHP logic for cheking this password, and go back to "login" if not correct. But PHP is not able to do that (in iPXE).

Why is PHP in iPXE not always working as PHP does on my browser...

Its hard to find some documents around this, so any input/advice etc?

Regards,
Torgeir

(When I am doneTweaking/optimizing the menu, Ill be happy to share my findings/solutions.