[support] Install script does not appear

Ron Siven r.siven at mchsi.com
Tue Feb 6 05:12:04 UTC 2007


This worked fine.  I was able to list any table in any database.

On Monday 05 February 2007 6:59:04 pm RJ wrote:
>  Let's find out if you can connect to the database using php. Make a new
> page and put only the following in it:
> <?php
> /* Connecting, selecting database */
> $link = mysql_connect("mysql_host", "mysql_user", "mysql_password")
> or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error());
> echo "Connected successfully";
> mysql_select_db("my_database") or die("Could not select database");
>
> /* Performing SQL query */
> $query = "SELECT * FROM my_table";
> $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Query failed : " . mysql_error());
>
> /* Printing results in HTML */
> echo "<table>\n";
> while ($line = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
> echo "\t<tr>\n";
> foreach ($line as $col_value) {
> echo "\t\t<td>$col_value</td>\n";
> }
> echo "\t</tr>\n";
> }
> echo "</table>\n";
>
> /* Free resultset */
> mysql_free_result($result);
>
> /* Closing connection */
> mysql_close($link);
> ?>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Siven" <r.siven at mchsi.com>
> To: <support at drupal.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [support] Install script does not appear
>
> > On Sunday 04 February 2007 7:21:24 pm RJ wrote:
> > >  Does Fedora Core 6 install php-extensions when you install,  MySQL
> > > 5.0, PHP 5.1.6 and Apache 2.2.3? On the "php info" page look to see if
> > > the php-extensions are installed.
> > >
> > >  I use FreeBsd and "extensions" is a separate port for me.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kitt Hodsden" <kitt-drupal at hodsden.org>
> > > To: <support at drupal.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:47 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [support] Install script does not appear
> > >
> > > > >         - AddType  test/html .shtml php
> > > >
> > > > This probably should be both text/html as well as .php (missing the
>
> .).
>
> > > > Though, what I have is actually (YMMV) :
> > > >
> > > > AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .phtml .php3
> > > >
> > > > Find your server's error logs and look to see if you're getting a PHP
> > >
> > > error.
> > >
> > > > An example of what you MIGHT see (but probably not for this file):
> > > >
> > > > [Thu Feb  1 12:33:14 2007] [error] PHP Fatal error: ...
> > > >
> > > > If you see this, what is the error?  Memory related?  Syntax error?
> > > >
> > > > If that doesn't turn up anything, see if you can an error output to
>
> the
>
> > > browser.
> > >
> > > > Add this to the top of the install.php, after the <?php
> > > >
> > > > ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
> > > >
> > > > then reload the page.  What do you get?
> > > >
> > > > Kitt.
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Ron Siven <r.siven at mchsi.com>:
> > > > > On Saturday 03 February 2007 7:29:37 pm Simon Swegles wrote:
> > > > > > Make certain your file permissions and ownership are set
>
> correctly.
>
> > > > > > Are you using FTP to upload the drupal files, or are you getting
>
> them
>
> > > > > > from shell? If FTP, are you uploading in ASCII or binary? Also if
>
> you
>
> > > > > > are using FTP, try creating the phpinfo file locally and using
> > > > > > the
> > >
> > > same
> > >
> > > > > > method to upload it; then see if the phpinfo file works. Is
>
> "<?php"
>
> > > > > > on the first line of install.php, or is there content or blank
>
> space
>
> > > above
> > >
> > > > > it?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks, Simon.
> > > > >
> > > > > I went through all of the files, and even went so far as to open up
>
> all
>
> > > > > permissions (777) on all files with no luck.  I also found
> > > > > something
> > >
> > > about
> > >
> > > > > MySQL 5 and sql mode setting it to MYSQL40,  restart MySQL server,
>
> and
>
> > > > > recreate database.  No luck.
> > > > >
> > > > > I am running drupal on my local server running Fedora Core 6.  So,
>
> no
>
> > > FTP.
> > >
> > > > > phpinfo() works fine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Install script: first line is <?php
> > > > >
> > > > > To recap some other information that may have dropped off the
>
> original
>
> > > > > post:
> > > > > Drupal 5.1
> > > > > MySQL 5.0
> > > > > PHP 5.1.6
> > > > > Apache 2.2.3
> > > > >
> > > > > I followed the instructions :
> > > > > - change httpd.conf:
> > > > >         - DocumentIndex index.php index.html
> > > > >         - AddType  test/html .shtml php
> > > > >
> > > > > - create an empty database,
> > > > > - set browser to the base URL
> > > > >
> > > > > All I get is a blank page.  If I go to
> > >
> > > http://www.mydomain.com/install.php,
> > >
> > > > > Firefox tries to download it.  If I let it download, it is just an
> > > > > empty file.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks to everyone for their help so far.
> > > > >
> > > > > Ron
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> >
> > Yes, I believe it is.
> >
> > PHP Extension => 20050922
> >
> > For anyone that's interested, here is the php info from my server.
>
> Remember,
>
> > this is a fresh install right from the Fedora rpms.  I have not changed
> > anything...well not much.
>
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