External Authentication - how do I solve bonk - blank page error*

kogan007

Hey, on my site I'm using this code

define('APPLICATION', 'Vanilla');
define('APPLICATION_VERSION', '2.0.16');
define('DS', '/');
define('PATH_ROOT', 'forum');
ob_start();
require_once(PATH_ROOT.DS.'bootstrap.php');
ob_end_clean(); // clear any header output from vanila
$Session = Gdn::Session();
$Authenticator = Gdn::Authenticator();
if ($Session->IsValid()) {
   $Name = $Session->User->Name;
   echo "You are logged in as $Name";
}else{
  echo "You are not logged in";
}

When I put it my page goes blank and the title says bonk. Can someone help?

peregrine

I can help you with bonk.

http://vanillaforums.org/docs/errors

I can also suggest when posting code - mark it (select it and press the C on the buttonbar).
this will format it - so it is readable.

conversely you could try three tildes above and below your code.

~~~

your code

~~~

kogan007

@peregrine said:
I can help you with bonk.

http://vanillaforums.org/docs/errors

I can also suggest when posting code - mark it (select it and press the C on the buttonbar).
this will format it - so it is readable.

conversely you could try three tildes above and below your code.

~~~

your code

~~~

Hey, when I do the authentication thing, the page goes blank and the title is bonk

kogan007

peregrine

I just have tangential suggestions -

@kogan007 said:
Hey, when I do the authentication thing, the page goes blank and the title is bonk

great its more readable, I don't have an answer.

I also suggested how to get more information instead of bonk when you get an error.

you could put some var_dumps in to test as soon as you figure out what the actual bonk error.

You also might consider upgrading to 2.0.18.8 unless you already added the security patches some other way.

kogan007

Im using 2.0.18.8 and no information is there except blank page. The code I used worked before possibly another version but now no luck.

Shadowdare

You should call the dispatcher and its methods. You can look at the bottom of index.php for an example.

peregrine

I tested your code in vanilla 2.0.18.8 on my local host -

It worked fine. At least this code and displayed whether I was logged in or not.

I have my forum var/www/vanilla

I put your program in /var/www

<?php
define('APPLICATION', 'Vanilla');
define('APPLICATION_VERSION', '2.0.16');
define('DS', '/');
define('PATH_ROOT', 'vanilla');
ob_start();
require_once(PATH_ROOT.DS.'bootstrap.php');
ob_end_clean(); // clear any header output from vanila
$Session = Gdn::Session();
$Authenticator = Gdn::Authenticator();
if ($Session->IsValid()) {
$Name = $Session->User->Name;
echo "You are logged in as $Name";
}else{
echo "You are not logged in";
}

However, I am unclear why you don't put the debugging info in your config.php as the link to bonk errors suggested.

UnderDog

@kogan007 said:
the page goes blank and the title is bonk

I'M sorry, but without the debugging information that peregrine requested, I have to close this topic. Follow his advices, read the documentation and prepare to upgrade to 2.0.18 when everything is working again.

peregrine

@underdog

can you change title back to original

• or put something like this

"External Authentication - how do I solve bonk - blank page error"

to find the discussion easier.

---

• he said he has 2.0.18.8
• just confusing because the code said define('APPLICATION_VERSION', '2.0.16');

but that shouldn't matter anyway in the define statement.

but the php error checking could be turned off.

you could try also for vanilla 2.0.18.x

in conf/config.php

$Configuration['Garden']['Debug'] = TRUE;

invanilla  2.1 and above
in conf/config.php
use
$Configuration['Debug'] = TRUE;

as well as

or if that doesn't work you can

ini_setting the error checking.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.error-reporting.php

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and bonk errors

add this:

$Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView'] = 'deverror.master.php';

http://vanillaforums.org/docs/errors

x00

If it is saying bonk then it is reaching the forum. If you wish to read the debug You have to disable buffer clearing like so:

//ob_start();
require_once(PATH_ROOT.DS.'bootstrap.php');
//ob_end_clean(); // clear any header output from vanilla

then turn on debug like peregrine says.

kogan007

I think something may be disabled on my host because nothing thats been suggested has worked. Any ideas?

UnderDog

It doesn't work that way ... after you have read the docs, you know that you have to add a line in your conf/config.php and that will give you a detailed error page

Also show your new index.php after you have made all the suggested changes