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installer.php

andrewm659andrewm659
edited February 2006 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
I got the installer.php file to work, but when I enter the information into the mysql part, it goes to a blank screen, anyone know why? Thank you!
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  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    default question: which version of vanilla are you using?

    assuming 0.9.2.x since i doubt you'd even get that far in 0.9.3, are you certain your details are all correct (though it should error if they wernt), and do you have access to your server logs to check if any of the raw php functions are faulting (they wont display the faults on the screen since they've been silenced)
    If you dont have access to the logs you could flick through the installer.php and remove the @ off the beginning of the functions being used.
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    which logs do i want to look at, cause the error.log doesn't show much....should i change the warning level?
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    hm. Probably easier just to scan through and take your @'s off. Though there doesnt look like much room for error in the installer.
    Is the database.sql file definately uploaded too?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    Yes. I ftp'ed the zip file to my debian box, and unzipped it and moved it to the /var/www directory, btw, I'm using apache2, if that makes a difference?
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    So far as i know it doesnt matter. Though if you're using php5 that might do?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    I am using php4.... :-\
  • lechlech ✭
    Php4 is ideal as Vanilla was built originally for it, maybe now it might be nice to know which version of sql are you running?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    I am using mysql version 4.0.24_Debian_10_sarge1
  • BergamotBergamot
    I'm assumming you installed the php4-mysql package too?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    haha, it wasn't installed, what else do i need?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    ok, i installed it, but i still can't get the installer.php to work after i enter in the datavase information.
  • BergamotBergamot
    did you make a database, and a vanilla user?
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    yes, can i have the database, user and password all the same?
  • BergamotBergamot
    Sure, but I don't recommend it from a security position.
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    i know....
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    its still doing it, it goes to a blank page when i try to run the mysql part.....is there any reason for this, what logs can i look at?
  • lechlech ✭
    if the installer php file isn't working, give a shot at installing the DB manually. If that fails, at least you'll have a better understanding what might be going wrong.
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    ok thanks
  • andrewm659andrewm659
    ok well i did a mysql -u root -p databasename < database.sql and everything wokred but the installer.php didn't. Any other suggestions.
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    Is your forum now working? I'm assuming you'll have to setup the setting file manually if the install completely failed.

    As for why it fails remains a mystery. Any clues lech?
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