SMF Support > Install and Upgrade Help

Installation on Windows 2000 and PHP 4.3.4

(1/1)

csaeb:
Hey i just trying to install the forum on a shared windows server.

It has PHP 4.3.4 an MySQL 3.0.X

The problem seem to be with the includes.

Fatal error: dostep3(): Failed opening required '/172.21.6.13/s001/vibanio.com/CGI-BIN/otroforo/Settings.php' (include_path='.') in \\172.21.6.13\s001\vibanio.com\CGI-BIN\otroforo\install.php on line 474

I try in one page to use the includes with realtive path and works just find.
The I try it with the absolute paths and i have to pur it with "\" enstead of "/" I assume becoz is a windows box.

I also review part of the programming and i found lines that changes the paths from "\" to "/"  I thinks this could be the problem.

Does any one knows how to fix this.

Regards

CS

[Unknown]:
You need the following path because it is a networked path.  In actuallity, this is a very inefficient setup that is bound to cause you other problems:

'\\\\172.21.6.13\\s001\\vibanio.com\\CGI-BIN\\otroforo'

That should be the value of $boarddir in Settings.php... the new installer for Beta 5 Public will support this path better.

I might note that you should ask your host to change this to a locally-mirrored system.  It is, again, very inefficient to do things over the network like this and is only going to cause you problems with SMF and other scripts.  If they won't do anything about it, I would further recommend getting a better host that won't put you in such a problematic setup.

Further, I doubt your MySQL version is 3.0.x, but it might be 3.23.x. (minumim requirement for SMF is 3.23.4.)  Still, this is another thing your host should be up on - 4.0.18 is the latest version, and is worlds faster and more efficient than the 3.23.x line.

-[Unknown]

csaeb:
Actually this script was working but my hosting company just upgrade the PHP version from 4.2.2 to 4.3.4 but they said the php.ini has the same configuration than the older version.

Also i try to run the install.php with the new value for $boarddir but steal same error.

Does this mean i have to check all the programing and comment all the instructions that do the replace of "\" form "/" to make it run smooth.

Is there any change to configure the php.ini to take this paths as good ones.

Can i try the beta 5 Public version to see if this version help me to avoid this very inefficient setup as you put it.


Regards
CS

[Unknown]:
Whatever version of whatever software you are using, this setup is inefficient.  By this setup, I mean storing your html, php, cgi, etc. files on a network path.

-[Unknown]

Navigation

[0] Message Index