[Cctools-cchost] CCHOST on WinXP with Latest Apache, PHP, MYSQL

[Geoff <geo...@gm...>]

Hello,

I previously setup cchost on ubuntu with your help. As soon as i upgraded
the file you suggested it worked right away.
Now I am trying to get it going on a Win XP install and am having no luck. I
installed php,mysql and apache manually (and as a test i tried with XAMPP)
and all with same results.

When i go to install i get a page of garbled text

""
ccHost has not been properly upgraded. Please follow these
steps<http://digitaltrainwreck.com/cchost/ccadmin/>for a successful
upgrade.'); } die('ccHost has not been properly installed.
Please follow these steps <http://digitaltrainwreck.com/cchost/ccadmin/> for
a successful setup.'); } /* * All ccHost includes require this define to
prevent direct * web access to them. */ define('IN_CC_HOST', true); /* * The
.cc-ban.txt file is written by doing 'Account Management' * from the user's
profile. We don't assume that ccHost is * running under Apache, otherwise we
would do this through * Deny in .htaccess */ if( file_exists('.cc-ban.txt')
) require_once('.cc-ban.txt'); /* * We make a special include for debug so
that modules can turn * it on as quickly as possible. */
require_once('cchost_lib/cc-debug.php'); /* * Logging errors to a file this
will help ccHost developers * when things go wrong on your site */
CCDebug::LogErrors( $cc_error_level ); /* * We catch errors and handle them
according log file settings */ CCDebug::InstallErrorHandler(true); /* *
Internaitionalization requires (for now) that gettext be * compiled into PHP
*/ if( !function_exists('gettext') )
require_once('cchost_lib/ccextras/cc-no-gettext.inc'); /* * Include core
modules and extras that come with the * ccHost package */
require_once('cchost_lib/cc-includes.php'); $cc_extras_dirs =
'cchost_lib/ccextras'; include('cchost_lib/cc-inc-extras.php');
require_once('cchost_lib/cc-custom.php');
require_once('cchost_lib/cc-template-api.php'); /* * Configuration
initialized here */ CCConfigs::Init(); /* * We don't want to encourage
ccHost installations to have * their installation directories open to the
public. We * check it here after Configs::Init because the admin can *
disable the site while doing other work (like a SVN * update) */ if(
file_exists('ccadmin') ) { die('' . _('ccHost installation is not
complete.') . ' ' . _('For security reasons, you should rename "ccadmin".')
. ''); } /* * Pick up 3rd party PHP modules */ if(
!empty($CC_GLOBALS['extra-lib']) ) { $cc_extras_dirs =
$CC_GLOBALS['extra-lib']; include('cchost_lib/cc-inc-extras.php'); } /* *
User is logged in after this call */ CCUser::InitCurrentUser(); /* * Don't
generate the page if the browser already has * the latest version */
cc_check_if_modified(); /* * Let all the modules know that config is set *
and user has been logged in. */ CCEvents::Invoke(CC_EVENT_APP_INIT); /* *
Process incoming URL */ CCEvents::PerformAction(); /* * Show the resulting
page */ require_once('cchost_lib/cc-page.php'); CCPage::Show(); /* * Shut
down the session */ CCDebug::InstallErrorHandler(false);
CCEvents::Invoke(CC_EVENT_APP_DONE); ?>

""

I click on link to follow steps and get a message at the top

""
ccHost has detected \'../cc-host-db.php\' exists. Please move this file out
of the way before proceeding with visiting your current URL/path for
successful installation. '); } chdir('..'); if(
!empty($_REQUEST['rewritehelp']) ) get_rewrite_help(); $step =
empty($_REQUEST['step']) ? '1' : $_REQUEST['step']; if( intval($step) == 4 )
{ // we have to login before headers are sent do_login(); } $install_title =
'ccHost Installation'; include( dirname(__FILE__) . '/cc-install-head.php');
$stepfunc = 'step_' . $step; $stepfunc(); print(''); function step_1() { $v
= split('\.',phpversion()); if( intval($v[0]) < 4 ) { $vmsg = "It doesn't
look like you're running on PHP 4, you can't run ccHost until you upgrade.";
} else { $vmsg = "It looks like you're running on a supported version of
PHP"; } $id3suggest = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/getid3'; include(
dirname(__FILE__) . '/cc-install-intro.php' ); } function step_1a() { ?>

""

Also i remember from installing on ubuntu that page was formated nice and
did not look like this. Also in the section that shows you your php.ini
settings and the suggested values looks like this

""
etting NameDescriptionCurrent
ValueSuggested
Value *$n*{$d['m']}
You're almost done, there's one more
step...<http://digitaltrainwreck.com/cchost/ccadmin/?step=4>
""

I have a .pdf printout of the complete page - wasnt sure if i could attach
here. Please help me get this going on XP

PS -- the cHost has detected \'../cc-host-db.php\' exists. error (error #2)
I searched everywhere for that file and can not find it
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