Re: [phpslash-users] Install Problem - blank screen

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On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 03:30:32PM -0700, Siobahn Hotaling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install PHPSlash for the first time on my OpenBSD 3.2/Apache
> 1.3.26/PHP 4.2.3 box.  I initially didn't have the include pathset
> correctly, so I got a bunch of include errors on the test.php page - but
> otherwise, it looked okay.  When I corrected the include path issue,
> however, and then I went to the test.php page, all I got was a blank screen
> with the following source:
> 

Hello,

Just some quick ideas before I go.  Maybe someone can help more.

> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> <HTML><HEAD>
> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
> charset=windows-1252"></HEAD>
> <BODY></BODY></HTML>
> 
> If I mess up the include path in my php.ini file again (i.e. point it to
> some random folder), I can see the test.php page, only with all the include
> errors.  So there is something wrong with my includes - when I point it to
> the correct path, I can't see ANYTHING.  I did check my local.inc file (and
> the local4.inc file for good measure) to make sure that it had the database
> info correct, but it looks really broken.
> 

What are the include errors?

> I followed the instructions on the site to a tee - however, I do have one
> question that may have something to do with this problem.  I installed
> PHPLib separately and got it working, and then I noticed that there was a
> phplib folder when I untarred my phpslash file, and that it had a bunch of
> new files in it with a suffix of 4(i.e. local4.inc, etc.).  So I tried
> configuring my server and PHP to point to THAT folder, but the same problem
> (blank screen) occurred.  Should I be configuring the machine to look at
> phpslash's phplib folder?  Or was I correct the first time to configure it
> for the original phplib install?
> 

Do you have any need for phplib other than with phpSlash?  If not, I 
suggest not trying to change any path settings and follow the "Quick 
Install".

http://www.phpslash.org/article.php3?story_id=32&topic_id=39&section_id=8#ss2.2

As you noticed phplib is preinstalled in the current release.  There 
is no other configuration of phplib required for phpSlash.

The local4.inc, etc use php4 sessions.

> Any help would be much appreciated.  I really want to make this thing work
> and I have run out of ideas.
> 

good luck,

Joe

> Thanks!
> 
> 