so i upload all files, chmod c_templates as asked, and am presented with the install page- fill in all the blanks, get to the bottom of the page and see this: after submitting this page you will be asked to save config file- clicked submit, got totally blank page, no idea what "save config file" actually means, so i take the initiative and fill in blanks on config-dist.php file and save as config-dist.php, and for good measure as config.php as well. still get a blank page. any suggestions?
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and now, when i try to start afresh, of course i cannot delete c_templates since the owner is www. arrgh... i also get a blank page for admin/configure...
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tried again with a fresh install in new directory- this time i filled out the install.php page, after submitting form, i get a blank page. then, when i hit the location again, i get the identical install form with none of the changes i submitted. chmoded config.php to 777 just in case, but no difference. nothing has been written to the db, and no error messages.
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Three suggestions:
1. Take a look at the web server error logs. It sounds like PHP is throwing errors but not displaying them. Also view the source of the blank page to make sure nothing is being output.
2. Chmodding config.php to be world-writeable should change the text at the bottom of the installation page. It will write config.php for you directly, instead of trying to make your browser download it. This is what is meant by being prompted to save the config file
3. Use admin/removetemplates.php to have the templates removed so you can remove the c_templates directory.
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1. no errors in the logs, page content is simply an empty shell with nothing in the body tag.
2. yes, that did change the text at the bottom of the page, but nothing was written to config.php
3. thanks, that should let me cleanup.
any more ideas? i'm kind of surprised- i don't usually have problems with so few clues- just blank screens.
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Here's something you can try: Change the two instances of @include to just include in install.php. They are located on lines 31 and 108. Sometimes doing this uncovers an important error.
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so i upload all files, chmod c_templates as asked, and am presented with the install page- fill in all the blanks, get to the bottom of the page and see this: after submitting this page you will be asked to save config file- clicked submit, got totally blank page, no idea what "save config file" actually means, so i take the initiative and fill in blanks on config-dist.php file and save as config-dist.php, and for good measure as config.php as well. still get a blank page. any suggestions?
and now, when i try to start afresh, of course i cannot delete c_templates since the owner is www. arrgh... i also get a blank page for admin/configure...
tried again with a fresh install in new directory- this time i filled out the install.php page, after submitting form, i get a blank page. then, when i hit the location again, i get the identical install form with none of the changes i submitted. chmoded config.php to 777 just in case, but no difference. nothing has been written to the db, and no error messages.
this time i get a 404 for admin/configure.php, however the file exists... wtf?
Three suggestions:
1. Take a look at the web server error logs. It sounds like PHP is throwing errors but not displaying them. Also view the source of the blank page to make sure nothing is being output.
2. Chmodding config.php to be world-writeable should change the text at the bottom of the installation page. It will write config.php for you directly, instead of trying to make your browser download it. This is what is meant by being prompted to save the config file
3. Use admin/removetemplates.php to have the templates removed so you can remove the c_templates directory.
1. no errors in the logs, page content is simply an empty shell with nothing in the body tag.
2. yes, that did change the text at the bottom of the page, but nothing was written to config.php
3. thanks, that should let me cleanup.
any more ideas? i'm kind of surprised- i don't usually have problems with so few clues- just blank screens.
Here's something you can try: Change the two instances of @include to just include in install.php. They are located on lines 31 and 108. Sometimes doing this uncovers an important error.
I tried changing install.php as suggested- no results- still a blank page.
i suppose i should try a clean install, new databese etc?
I encountered the exact same problem.
After I changed php.ini so that it includes php/pear as follows
(and restarted apache), this problem disappeared.
include_path = ".:/php/includes:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/php/pear"
Before doing this, I modified install.php
from
require_once('DB.php');
to
require_once('pear/DB.php');
to avoid the DB.php missing error.
Obviously this was not a good work around...
hope it helpfull.