[support] Strange Drupal 7 problem, site wants to reinstall

[Jamie Holly]

There's a really simple way to see if Drupal is reading settings.php. 
Put this in there:

die("It is loading");

Then load up the site and see if you get the white screen with only It 
is loading on there.

Jamie Holly
http://hollyit.net

On 11/13/2013 5:30 PM, Roger wrote:
> I have stopped and restarted the server and even cold booted the system.
> I tend to agree that it's not finding the database but that has me
> stumped. The database exists, tables are as they were and populated,
> passwords are unaltered.
>
> I've checked /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf but nothing is different.
> I deleted the database lines in /settings.php and entered random text in
> it's place which should have set off alarm bells.
>
>    I'm thinking Drupal core core is not reading /settings.php and in fact
> not reading anything in the /sites/default file system as a whole and
> that has me concerned.
>
> Next step, I'll do a fresh install and copy the /sites file system over.
> That should prove or disprove the D7core assertion.
> Thanks
> Roger
>
>
> Try stoping and starting the server. I've had that happen before. It
> sounds like it's just not looking at the correct db. On Tuesday,
> November 12, 2013, Jeff Brown wrote:
> >> >The files are fine. It's reading them.
> >> >
> >> >Seems more like a database issue.
> >> >
> >> >On 13 Nov 2013, at 8:48 AM, Roger wrote:
> >> >
> >> >I have a D7 site live and working.
>