install error

[dufas]

Sounds fine then.  You should still set the ini setting to C:\tmp, but... you should be fine now .

-[Unknown]

But but but..... I searched the PHP ini for "session.save_path" (got that form the error message)  in the PHP.ini it says "session.save_path = /tmp" so it should read "session.save_path = c:/tmp

If so by changing by adding the C: what else will that effect, other programs?

Thanks again

[Trekkie101]

It would be C:\tmp not a forward slash

And if your editing php.ini no it wont affect other programs.

[[Unknown]]

Dufas, remember that PHP is really written for Linux, still, in many ways.

I actually submitted the bug that FIXED the issue you're having.  Yes, this is a bug in PHP - the default for that setting should not be /tmp on Windows servers.  It's been fixed somewhere around 4.3.8.

-[Unknown]

[mambo]

if you are installing smf in your computer

here is the fix for SMF installation with usb2 stick

if you get this error

Please inform your host that the session.save [nofollow]_path specified in php.ini is not valid! It needs to be changed to a directory that exists, and is writable by the user PHP is running under.

DO THIS


Find in install.php:


if ((session_save_path() == '/tmp' && substr(__FILE__, 1, 2) == ':\\') || !is_writable(session_save_path()))

Change that to:


if (false)