Unable to Proceed

[Tushar07]

Hi,

I am a newbie to Configuring & Managing Websites. I wanted to use SMF.I have IIS 7, Latest versions of Mysql & SMF.

After completing IIS 7 setup, Mysql setup & configuring PHP.ini, when i open the "Install.php" as localhost i entered everything including all Mysql parameters.

But after this when i click on proceed, i get the following messages -

-  IE 8 : Website cannot display the page, HTTP 500 Internal Server Error
-  Mozilla Firefox 4 : PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set() [<a href='function.date-default-timezone-set'>function.date-default-timezone-set</a>]: Timezone ID 'Etc/GMT-5.5' is invalid in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\smf\install.php on line 1585

I tried using "Repair_Settings.php" & i observed that everything else was correct except the sources directory.
It shows "C:\XX\XXX\smf/Sources" instead of recommended value "C:\XX\XXX\smf\Sources".

I corrected this & saved it but when i again open the "Install.php" it gives the same error & the "Repair_Settings.php" again shows the incorrect Sources directory.

Can anyone please tell me what should i do to rectify this.

[Illori]

if you do a search here you will find that error message has come up a few times, that version of php is newer then what smf was written to work with and i believe the fix is to edit your php.ini file to include the correct timezone.

[Tushar07]

Thanks for the reply Illori.

I have the correct timezone in my php.ini file (Asia/Calcutta - 5.30).

Regarding the search, i had done it before posting and found out that i need to either run the "Repair_Settings.php" or install the SMF again.

As mentioned in my previous post i have tried the "Repai_settings.php" option. I have also tried installing smf again.

By new version of PHP do you want me to install an older version of PHP & give it a try.

[Illori]

it can not hurt to install an older version as long as it is one of the versions that is still being supported by php developers.