install.php - "Let's Go" button leads to blank page except for CPG logo

[jboates]

After filling in all required information in "install.php", then clicking "Let's Go!", all I get is an empty page (save for the Coppermine logo at the top), with the same url as before (http://blah/install.php) and "Done" in my browser status bar (IE 6.0.2600.0000 and Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3)

I've written a php test page containing simply "<? phpinfo(); ?>" and this page prints out all the php information, so I'm sure php is working properly. mysql has been installed and configured with a username / password, i created a database called "photos" for CPG to use, and it exists in mysql\data.

My kingdom for an error message!

Apache 1.3.31
php 5.0.1
mysql 4
CPG 1.3.2

Any ideas / need for further information?

[jboates]

After filling in all required information in "install.php", then clicking "Let's Go!", all I get is an empty page (save for the Coppermine logo at the top), with the same url as before (http://blah/install.php) and "Done" in my browser status bar (IE 6.0.2600.0000 and Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3)

I've written a php test page containing simply "<? phpinfo(); ?>" and this page prints out all the php information, so I'm sure php is working properly. mysql has been installed and configured with a username / password, i created a database called "photos" for CPG to use, and it exists in mysql\data.

My kingdom for an error message!

Apache 1.3.31
php 5.0.1
mysql 4
CPG 1.3.2

Any ideas / need for further information?

[jboates]

After filling in all required information in "install.php", then clicking "Let's Go!", all I get is an empty page (save for the Coppermine logo at the top), with the same url as before (http://blah/install.php) and "Done" in my browser status bar (IE 6.0.2600.0000 and Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3)

I've written a php test page containing simply "<? phpinfo(); ?>" and this page prints out all the php information, so I'm sure php is working properly. mysql has been installed and configured with a username / password, i created a database called "photos" for CPG to use, and it exists in mysql\data.

My kingdom for an error message!

Apache 1.3.31
php 5.0.1
mysql 4
CPG 1.3.2

Any ideas / need for further information?

[jboates]

problem solved, rolled back to PHP 4

[kegobeer]

Have you searched for forums for this problem?  I know it's been talked about a lot.

There are many reports of installations with php5 not working correctly.  This is due to an improper setup of php5 - there's many differences between php4 and php5, and there aren't a lot of good documents out there explaining the correct way to set it up.  If you roll back to php4 you may find everything working correctly.

[Joachim Müller]

link?

Joachim

[edit]
merged the two threads. Issue obviously solved.
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[Joachim Müller]

Merged another identical posting from a different sub-board with your existing ones. Next time, be more carefully when posting, will save both your time and ours.

Joachim

[Bever]

I have the same problem.

PHP 4.3.2 (cgi), Copyright (c) 1997-2003 The PHP Group
mysql  Ver 12.22 Distrib 4.0.21, for pc-linux (i686)
Server version: Apache/2.0.46

Last CPG version.

I fill in all details. I don't see any errors in access_log or error_log. I do see errors if I don't fill out the form completely, so I assume php works OK.

Any ideas?