base directory problem

[whazzup]

Install went fine, chmod 77 to the appropriate directories, silly_safe_mode line inserted in config.inc.php, edited config table to have the directory without trailing slash (as i read somewhere on this board), also tried with trailing slash,  but...

When I login as admin (all fine) and goto the config page and try to submit changes it brings me back to yhe /config.php instead of the /fotoalbum/config.php subdirectory where i installed the script.

Same happens with all commands i use while in admin mode and when i log out. They bring me back to the root. Can't do anything else. Probably a silly mistaka to maka but nevertheless.. Can't find any table or config file where i should add the base installation directory. Anyone please? Thanks!

[Joachim Müller]

edit config.php, find

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<form action="$PHP_SELF" method="post">and change it to

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<form action="config.php" method="post">
GauGau

[whazzup]

cool, that worked for the config... but not for the other pages and functions:

tried:
- add user (same problem, to root)
- create new group
- create category
- other functions... as well as after logging IN (after the welcome message).

so for the config it worked, but have not been able to use the other functions.

Could it have something to do with $gallery_url_prefix?

Thanks for your quick response!

Theo

btw same thing wit sending e-cards... all functions seem to refer to the root of my web insted of the installation directory.

[Joachim Müller]

if the var $PHP_SELF doesn't work for you on all pages, edit the place where it initially is set up: edit init.inc.php and look for

// Initialise the $CONFIG array and some other variables
$CONFIG = array();
$PHP_SELF = isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']) ? $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] : $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'];
$REFERER = urlencode($PHP_SELF . (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING']) && $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] ? '?' . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] : ''));
$ALBUM_SET = '';
$FORBIDDEN_SET = '';
$CURRENT_CAT_NAME = '';
$CAT_LIST = '';

and modify the red line accordingly.

GauGau

[whazzup]

i have this line in my init.inc.php already. Do you mean i should replace the variable with the url? like:

$PHP_SELF = isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['http://www.defakkel.com/fotoalbum']) ? $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['http://www.defakkel.com/fotoalbum'] : $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'];

I tried that... and that does not work...

Tnx.

[Joachim Müller]

umph... sure, the stuff I quoted is the code that's already there, and the thing you tried won't work of course.
Take a look at phpinfo() and look for $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] and $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']). You might as well want to check $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"], $_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"] and $PHP_SELF (in fact the server vars)...
Tell us what you got there...

GauGau

[whazzup]

I am sorry. You totally lost me now. What should i get where? :cry:

I have followed your link, which brings me to the PHP manual.

I have a phpinfo.php in my root at www.defakkel.com but all that information does not make any sense to me.

I have tried the phpinfo.php at www.defakkel.com/fotoalbum but I am affraid it all looks spagetti to me. Other than a "Notice: Constant SILLY_SAFE_MODE already defined in /data/members/paid/d/e/defakkel.com/htdocs/www/fotoalbum/include/config.inc.php on line 4" when i execute phpinfo provided with the package, then the normal interface and then some information I can't really interpret.

I am not a skilled php programmer (not a programmer at all), all i do is have my way with the variables and that normally works fine. Got Yabb working fine as i did with Mambo, but this is beyond me. So I am affraid i got nothing :-(

So for short... lost!

[Joachim Müller]

just create a phpinfo output as stated in the php.net manual, upload it to your webserver, run it in your browser. Then scroll to the bottom, copy-and-paste the block that is labelled "PHP Variables" into your next posting here on the board. We'll then have a look at the vars that you have on your server and will together find out what changes need to be applied to init.inc.php to make it work properly.

GauGau

[whazzup]

pfew... thought i was loosing it.. phpinfo does not give me back the variables. Just a clear page. (INFO_MODULES) (INFO_CONFIGURATION) and all the others work, but not the (INFO_VARIABLES). I missed those when i tried  ()  - so tried phpinfo(INFO_VARIABLES).

Was browsing even beyond the bottom of my page at warp speed yo find any cloaked variables devices, but I suppose those damn Lycos Klingons did it again :roll: ... See for yourself at www.defakkel.com/phpinfo.php (a complete phpinfo()).

[Joachim Müller]

oh yeah, the benefits of free webhosting :wink: . Try printing the required vars with a script, like this:

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<?php
print "$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME']."<br />";
print "$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']."<br />";
print "$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."<br />";
print "$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =".$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']."<br />";
print "$PHP_SELF =".$PHP_SELF ."<br />";
?>GauGau

[whazzup]

actually it is not free hosting... I have a web package at lycos. Script returns:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /data/members/paid/d/e/defakkel.com/htdocs/www/test.php on line 2

[Titooy]

Remove the first $'s

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<?php 
print "HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME']."<br />"; 
print "HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =".$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']."<br />"; 
print "_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."<br />"; 
print "_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =".$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']."<br />"; 
print "PHP_SELF =".$PHP_SELF ."<br />"; 
?>

I had the same problem that I (think) solved by replacing

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$PHP_SELF = isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']) ? $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] : $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'];
with

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$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'];

I don't know if that won't cause some other problems but for now, it works...

[whazzup]

yoo! did that.. reply when executed in root:

HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =/test.php
_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =/test.php
_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
PHP_SELF =/test.php

but.. when executed in subdirectory fotoalbum (thought that would give you some more info...)

HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =/test.php
_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =/fotoalbum/test.php
_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
PHP_SELF =/fotoalbum/test.php

Only 'php_self' returns with a path...

[Joachim Müller]

then $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] is the var to go for!

GauGau

[whazzup]

I will, I will go for it... Ahum. How?? Can you please tell me what to do with it... Or not to do with it... Running a script is somewhat different than understanding and editing..

tnx

[Joachim Müller]

in include/init.inc.php, search for

// Initialise the $CONFIG array and some other variables
$CONFIG = array();
$PHP_SELF = isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']) ? $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] : $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'];
$REFERER = urlencode($PHP_SELF . (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING']) && $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] ? '?' . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] : ''));
$ALBUM_SET = '';
$FORBIDDEN_SET = '';
$CURRENT_CAT_NAME = '';
$CAT_LIST = '';

and replace it with

// Initialise the $CONFIG array and some other variables
$CONFIG = array();
$PHP_SELF = isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL']) ? $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] : $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
$REFERER = urlencode($PHP_SELF . (isset($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING']) && $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] ? '?' . $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['QUERY_STRING'] : ''));
$ALBUM_SET = '';
$FORBIDDEN_SET = '';
$CURRENT_CAT_NAME = '';
$CAT_LIST = '';

GauGau

[whazzup]

Titooy... i tried it and (believe it or not) it works now... I don't even wamma know why but gratefull. Thanks for all the help guys!

[neo441]

Dear all,

I followed your thread very carefuly since it seems that i have the same problem i am also hosted by lycos.
So to check again my Global variable I run also ths test.php
in the root
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =/test.php
_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =/test.php
_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
PHP_SELF =/test.php
and in copermine
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REDIRECT_URL'] =/test.php
_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] =/coppermine/test.php
_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] =/test.php
PHP_SELF =/coppermine/test.php

So same cause same solution right
I change config.php and int.inc.php

but unfortunaely i am stil stuck because when i try to save my config (using coppermine/config.php) is sill searching for /config.php which doesn't exist..
Please help
Thanks

[Joachim Müller]

are you actually using cpg1.2.x?

Joachim

[neo441]

Hi Joachim,

Thanks for your quick reply !
Actually, I use cpg1.3.2.

Am i in the wrong thread 

Nary