[support] drupal_get_path not found/working

[Cog Rusty]

On 8/23/07, Jody Cleveland <cleveland at winnefox.org> wrote:
> Just solved it:
>
>
> On 8/22/07 7:42 PM, "Jody Cleveland" <cleveland at winnefox.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/22/07 5:54 PM, "Cog Rusty" <cog.rusty at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/23/07, Jody Cleveland <cleveland at winnefox.org> wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I've been running Drupal for quite some time now, and I've always had a
> >>> problem that I'm finally frustrated enough  to try to fix.
> >>>
> >>> For some reason, my system does not recognize drupal_get_path. I run into
> >>> errors any time I try to install a module. So, what I end up needing to do
> >>> is go into the .module file and change anywhere there's drupal_get_path to
> >>> be the full path to that file it's looking at.
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas how to fix this? Is this a drupal setting, or php?
> >>
> >>
> >> Normally drupal_get_path gets the path of an item (module or theme)
> >> from the 'system' table of the database. The paths stored in the
> >> 'system' table are filled-in whenever you visit the
> >> /admin/build/modules or the /admin/build/themes page. So, they are
> >> easily updated if you move an item.
> >>
> >> It would be interesting to take a look at the 'system' table to see if
> >> the paths stored there seem right. Look for paths of modules or themes
> >> which are causing you trouble. If they do seem right (for example
> >> 'sites/all/modules/nodequeue/smartqueue.module') then the problem
> >> could be in how the function works in your environment.
> >>
> >> One possible cause of such a problem is a multisite with a shared
> >> 'system' table where different sites use their own copies of modules
> >> and themes with the same names, which are located in different paths
> >> (sites/example.com/modules), and whenever the /admin/build/modules
> >> page of one site is visited the shared 'system' table is updated
> >> differently.
>
> It was a php setting. In my php.ini setting, I had this:
>
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ; Paths and Directories ;
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>
> ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
> ;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
> include_path = ".:/usr/share/pear"
>
> I changed that to this:
>
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ; Paths and Directories ;
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>
> ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
> include_path = ".:/php/includes"
>
> And, now it works just fine. Found the solution here:
> http://www.newmedialogic.com/taxonomy/term/57
>
> Thank you again for taking the time to help me out with this!
>
> - jody


Heh, so much for my theory of shared system tables! At least I learned
something new.


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