Ver 1.4.4 Cannot create Categories or Albums

[borlavrin]

Installed on home PC windowsXP, PHP5, MySQL5
Webserver is Fastream NETFile FTP/Web Server

My results with Coppermine v1.4.4

WHAT DOES NOT WORK:
- Create Categories
- Create Albums - must have albums to upload photos

WHAT WORKS:
- Can be installed - MySQL database and tables are created
- Admin with password is created
- Configurations are accepted, such as themes or links to other websites
- New users with passwords can be added and authenticated by mail
- Login for admin and users works

BUT - categories and albums cannot be created for anyone.

Cheers,
Boris

[Nibbler]

Why can't you create categories and albums ?

[borlavrin]

After entering a name in the album window and 'apply', then the following error message is displayed and all is blank again.

Script called without the required parameter(s).
File: z:\phpapps\cpg144\delete.php - Line: 243

Be patient please, I am 77 and doing this on a home server for my granchildren.

Boris

[borlavrin]

Also, if I try to create a category (as admin) I get the following message:

\catmgr.php
Notice line 445: Undefined variable: description_help


Cheers,
Boris

[Joachim Müller]

Notice line 445: Undefined variable: description_help

turn notices_display off in coppermine's config if notices don't mean anything to you - that's a developer option only.

Does your server populate the $_GET and $_POST vars as expected? Turn on debug_mode in coppermine's config and post the debug_output you get after submitting the "create a category" form.
A link might be helpful as well.

[borlavrin]

The information as requested, also some additional notes.

a) The webserver is on Drive 'G'.  This works fine with phpMyAdmin and L10HC (a traffic counter)
b) Question about the $-GET and $_POST vars is beyond my capability - have sent an inquiry to the server author.

The requested link:
http://phpapps.simplymedia.ca/cpg144/index.php

Cheers,
Boris

=============


USER:
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Array
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    [ID] => 386bbe087595d78b2a29403f6907ab5a
    [am] => 1
    [lang] => english
)

==========================
USER DATA:
------------------
Array
(
    [user_id] => 1
    [user_name] => admin
    [groups] => Array
        (
           

• => 1
          )
  
      [disk_max] => 0
      [disk_min] => 0
      [can_rate_pictures] => 1
      [can_send_ecards] => 1
      [ufc_max] => 0
      [ufc_min] => 0
      [custom_user_upload] => 0
      [num_file_upload] => 1
      [num_URI_upload] => 0
      [can_post_comments] => 1
      [can_upload_pictures] => 1
      [can_create_albums] => 1
      [has_admin_access] => 1
      [pub_upl_need_approval] => 0
      [priv_upl_need_approval] => 0
      [group_name] => Administrators
      [upload_form_config] => 0
      [group_quota] => 0
      [can_see_all_albums] => 1
      [group_id] => 1
  )
  
  ==========================
  Queries:
  ------------------
  Array
  (
     
• => SELECT extension, mime, content, player FROM cpg143_filetypes; (0.003s)
      [1] => select * from cpg143_plugins order by priority asc; (0.002s)
      [2] => delete from `coppermine`.cpg143_sessions where time<1144404765 and remember=0; (0.002s)
      [3] => delete from `coppermine`.cpg143_sessions where time<1143198765; (0.002s)
      [4] => select user_id from `coppermine`.cpg143_sessions where session_id=md5("1b799702e32b156850c92f07ed49148711a3723a4f9a2341dba34914d58c434a"); (0.002s)
      [5] => select user_id as id, user_password as password from `coppermine`.cpg143_users where user_id=1 (0.003s)
      [6] => SELECT u.user_id AS id, u.user_name AS username, u.user_password AS password, u.user_group+100 AS group_id FROM `coppermine`.cpg143_users AS u INNER JOIN `coppermine`.cpg143_usergroups AS g ON u.user_group=g.group_id WHERE u.user_id='1' (0.002s)
      [7] => SELECT user_group_list FROM `coppermine`.cpg143_users AS u WHERE user_id='1' and user_group_list <> ''; (0.002s)
      [8] => SELECT MAX(group_quota) as disk_max, MIN(group_quota) as disk_min, MAX(can_rate_pictures) as can_rate_pictures, MAX(can_send_ecards) as can_send_ecards, MAX(upload_form_config) as ufc_max, MIN(upload_form_config) as ufc_min, MAX(custom_user_upload) as custom_user_upload, MAX(num_file_upload) as num_file_upload, MAX(num_URI_upload) as num_URI_upload, MAX(can_post_comments) as can_post_comments, MAX(can_upload_pictures) as can_upload_pictures, MAX(can_create_albums) as can_create_albums, MAX(has_admin_access) as has_admin_access, MIN(pub_upl_need_approval) as pub_upl_need_approval, MIN( priv_upl_need_approval) as  priv_upl_need_approval FROM cpg143_usergroups WHERE group_id in (1) (0.002s)
      [9] => SELECT group_name FROM  cpg143_usergroups WHERE group_id= 1 (0.002s)
      [10] => update `coppermine`.cpg143_sessions set time='1144408365' where session_id=md5('1b799702e32b156850c92f07ed49148711a3723a4f9a2341dba34914d58c434a'); (0.002s)
      [11] => SELECT user_favpics FROM cpg143_favpics WHERE user_id = 1 (0.003s)
      [12] => DELETE FROM cpg143_banned WHERE expiry < '2006-04-07 05:12:45' (0.003s)
      [13] => SELECT * FROM cpg143_banned WHERE (ip_addr='24.72.93.120' OR ip_addr='24.72.93.120' OR user_id=1) AND brute_force=0 (0.002s)
      [14] => SELECT cid FROM cpg143_categories WHERE 1 (0.002s)
      [15] => UPDATE cpg143_categories SET parent = '0' WHERE parent=cid OR parent NOT IN (1) (0.002s)
      [16] => SELECT cid, name, description FROM cpg143_categories WHERE parent = '0' ORDER BY pos (0.002s)
      [17] => SELECT cid, name, description FROM cpg143_categories WHERE parent = '1' ORDER BY pos (0.002s)
      [18] => UPDATE cpg143_categories SET pos='0' WHERE cid = '1' LIMIT 1 (0.002s)
      [19] => SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cpg143_pictures WHERE approved = 'NO' (0.002s)
      [20] => SELECT pid, filepath, filename, url_prefix FROM cpg143_pictures,cpg143_albums WHERE cpg143_pictures.aid = cpg143_albums.aid AND cpg143_albums.category = '' AND approved='YES' ORDER BY filename (0.002s)
  )
  
  ==========================
  GET :
  ------------------
  Array
  (
  )
  
  ==========================
  POST :
  ------------------
  Array
  (
      [cid] => 0
      [parent] => 0
      [name] => Mom and Dad
      [description] =>
      [thumb] => 0
  )
  
  ==========================
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  ------------------
  PHP version: 5.1.2 - OK
  ------------------
  mySQL version: 5.0.19-nt
  ------------------
  Coppermine version: 1.4.4(stable)
  ==========================
  Module: GD
  ------------------
  GD Version: bundled (2.0.28 compatible)
  FreeType Support: 1
  FreeType Linkage: with freetype
  T1Lib Support: 1
  GIF Read Support: 1
  GIF Create Support: 1
  JPG Support: 1
  PNG Support: 1
  WBMP Support: 1
  XPM Support:
  XBM Support: 1
  JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support:
  
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  Active Links 1
  Client API version 4.1.7
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  ZLib Support enabled
  Stream Wrapper support compress.zlib://
  Stream Filter support zlib.inflate, zlib.deflate
  Compiled Version 1.2.3
  Linked Version 1.2.3
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  Server restrictions (safe mode)?
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  safe_mode_exec_dir | no value | no value
  safe_mode_gid | Off | Off
  safe_mode_include_dir | no value | no value
  safe_mode_exec_dir | no value | no value
  sql.safe_mode | Off | Off
  disable_functions | no value | no value
  file_uploads | On | On
  include_path | .;C:\php5\pear | .;C:\php5\pear
  open_basedir | no value | no value
  ==========================
  email
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  sendmail_from | simplymedia@accesscomm.ca | simplymedia@accesscomm.ca
  sendmail_path | no value | no value
  SMTP | smtp.accesscomm.ca | smtp.accesscomm.ca
  smtp_port | 25 | 25
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  max_input_time | 60 | 60
  upload_max_filesize | 2M | 2M
  post_max_size | 8M | 8M
  ==========================
  Page generated in 0.254 seconds - 21 queries in 0.046 seconds - Album set : ; Meta set: ;

[borlavrin]

Your question:
Does your server populate the $_GET and $_POST vars as expected?

This is the author's reply.

Cheers,
Boris


Hello,

In short this is the code that fills the variables:

void __fastcall
httpServerThread::UnknownCGIOrISAPIServerVariableProc(TWebConnection
*webClient, String Variable, String &AnswerStr)
{
        if(Terminated)
                return;

        httpServerClientClass *httpClient =
(httpServerClientClass*)webClient;
        Variable = UpperCase(Variable);

        if(Variable == "USER_NAME" || Variable == "AUTH_NAME" || Variable ==
"AUTH_USER")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->username;
        else if(Variable == "USER_PASSWORD" || Variable == "AUTH_PASSWORD")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->password;
        else if(Variable == "AUTH_TYPE" || Variable == "HTTP_AUTHORIZATION")
        {
                if(httpClient->username != "Guest")
                        AnswerStr = "Basic";
                else
                        AnswerStr = "";
        }
        else if(Variable == "ACCEPT_CHARSET" || Variable ==
"HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestAcceptCharset;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestAcceptEncoding;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_ACCEPT")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestAccept;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_FROM")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->GetPeerAddr();
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_USER_AGENT")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestUserAgent;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH")
                AnswerStr = IntToStr(httpClient->RequestContentLength);
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_CONNECTION")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestConnection;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestContentType;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_REFERER")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestReferer;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestAcceptLanguage;
        else if(Variable == "ACTIVE_SESSIONS")
        {
                AnswerStr = IntToStr(HTTPServer->ClientCount);
        }
        else if(Variable == "APPL_MD_PATH")
                AnswerStr = "/NFRoot/" + IntToStr(GetCurrentThreadId()) +
"/" + httpClient->Path;
        else if(Variable == "APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->LastFilePath;
        else if(Variable == "SERVER_SOFTWARE")
                AnswerStr = serverString;
        else if(Variable == "SERVER_NAME")
        {
                AnswerStr = httpClient->actualDomain;

                if(!AnswerStr.Length())
                        AnswerStr = httpClient->GetXAddr();
        }
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_HOST")
        {
                AnswerStr = httpClient->actualDomain;

                if(!AnswerStr.Length())
                        AnswerStr = httpClient->GetXAddr();

                AnswerStr += ":" + httpClient->GetXPort();
        }
        else if(Variable == "SERVER_PORT")
                AnswerStr = HTTPServer->Port;
        else if(Variable == "SERVER_VERSION")
                AnswerStr = version;
        else if(Variable == "INSTANCE_META_DATA" || Variable ==
"INSTANCE_META_PATH")
                AnswerStr = "/NFRoot/" + IntToStr(GetCurrentThreadId());
        else if(Variable == "PATH_INFO" || Variable == "SCRIPT_NAME")
        {
                AnswerStr = httpClient->Path;

                addForeSlash(AnswerStr);
        }
        else if(Variable == "URL")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->Path;
        else if(Variable == "PATH_TRANSLATED" || Variable ==
"SCRIPT_FILENAME")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->LastFilePath;
        else if(Variable == "HTTP_RAW")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->allRawHeader;
        else if(Variable == "ALL_HTTP" || Variable == "HTTP_ALL")
        {
                AnswerStr = httpClient->allRawHeader;
                TReplaceFlags flags;
                flags << rfReplaceAll;

                AnswerStr = StringReplace(AnswerStr, "\r\n", "\0", flags);
        }
        else if(Variable == "CONTENT_LENGTH")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestContentLength;
        else if(Variable == "CONTENT_TYPE")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestContentType;
        else if(Variable == "GATEWAY_INTERFACE")
                AnswerStr = "ISAPI/6.0";
        else if(Variable == "UNDEFINED")
                AnswerStr = Variable;
        else if(Variable == "SERVER_PROTOCOL")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->Version;
        else if(Variable == "REQUEST_METHOD")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->Method;
        else if(Variable == "REMOTE_ADDR" || Variable == "REMOTE_HOST")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->GetPeerAddr();
        else if(Variable == "COOKIE" || Variable == "HTTP_COOKIE")
                AnswerStr = httpClient->RequestCookies;
        else
                AnswerStr = "";
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am not sure all of you would understand this but here it goes anyway... So
simple, I see no problem!

Regards,

Gorkem Ates

[Joachim Müller]

b) Question about the $-GET and $_POST vars is beyond my capability - have sent an inquiry to the server author.

I was refering to the section

GET :
------------------
Array
(
)

==========================
POST :
------------------
Array
(
    [cid] => 0
    [parent] => 0
    [name] => Mom and Dad
    [description] =>
    [thumb] => 0
)

Did you copy this from the page after submitting the form as suggested?

I'm not sure about the webserver "Fastream NETFile", never heard of it.

[borlavrin]

Yes, immediiately after.

The webserver is from here:
http://www.fastream.com/netfileserver.htm

Cheers,
Boris

[borlavrin]

Please interpret for me the result so far.

When I entered category "Mom and Dad", it shows up on the debug listing but looking at the MySQL database table, the "cpg143_categories" is blank.  At what point do you thing the value is being dropped?  Where is the listing source?

Thanks,
Boris

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GET :
------------------
Array
(
)

==========================
POST :
------------------
Array
(
   [cid] => 0
   [parent] => 0
   [name] => Mom and Dad
   [description] =>
   [thumb] => 0

[Joachim Müller]

In short this is the code that fills the variables:

You'll have to apply this code to the webserver setup. We have no idea how it is being operated. This is not a coppermine issue - make your server populate the server vars and you'll be fine. We can't recommend anything else.
I don't understand why you use that particular commercial webserver app. The industry standard is apache, it is free, well documented, comes in many flavors (per-packaged with other needed apps like PHP, mysql) and definitely works with coppermine.

[borlavrin]

Your help is appreciated. I was trying to avoid your conclusion - not easy having to learn a new system at my age.  I tried apache 15 years ago and it nearly brought me to my knees.

Thanks,
Boris