Install on hosted Linux...pulling my hair out

[Mike S]

I cannot get PCG running on a hosted web server and have searched the forums here with no luck. I extracted the files into a directory called "pcg" in the root of my web site dir and followed the instructions. I do not have access to php.ini and set up using a .htaccess file in the pcg directory according to the instructions. I have also tried several variations on the settings files

When I try to open pcg with a web browser I get an error 500, the logs on my host say:
/home/mikes/public_html/pcg/.htaccess: Invalid command 'php_value', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration

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.httaccess
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php_value include_path "/home/mikes/public_html/pcg/app/settings/"

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genieConfiguration.inc.php (modified lines only to keep it short)
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session_start();
   define("URL_ADDRESS","http://localhost/pcg/web/");

   // Linux Server
     define("SITE_PATH","/home/mikes/public_html/pcg");
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I have also tried
("URL_ADDRESS","http://mydomainname/pcg/web/");

Any help or ideas would be great
Thanks
Mike

[freakazoid3]

Wow, mate - tough one!

Pardon me for stating the obvious but is your .htacess file spelt correctly?  Only you it down as .httacess.  Probably a red hearing.

Also did you try PCG on Windows first and then try to host it on your linux server?  The reason I ask is I'm pretty sure you can't assign values in Linux by just using a space.  The normal way you would set a value on unix would be something like PATH=$PATH:/blah/blah/blah
I could be wrong however.  You may not need to set the equal sign to assign the value to the php variable.  However, I also run PCG on my MAC and there, the separator is a colon not a comma.  So try that if you have more than one value to include in your include_path

Hope this helps
f.