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#2526 08/11/2006 2:25 PM
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If I turn on spider-friendly URLs all the threads in my site return blank. The CP says that the PATH_INFO environmental variable must be available for this to work.

Does anyone know what I need to do with the Path_INFO variable to get it to work?

Thanks.

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do you have access to your php.ini on your server or do you use an shered environment? In this case you have to ask your hoster to set it for you.


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Also, if you go into your control panel, you'll see a link to PHP Info. If you bring this up look and see if the variable ORIG_PATH_INFO has any information in it. It's possible we can use this as it seems to be set sometimes when PATH_INFO isn't.

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I have access to the php.ini on the server, I'm just not sure what to change. I don't see anything saying path_info in the php info page.

Rick, I sent you a PM with a link to the php info.

Thanks for the help.

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If I click on a post from the main index page it wants to go to something like this:

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http://www.MyDomainName.com/NewForums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2383/Main/81/#Post2383 


And my web server says the page doesn't exist.

If I remove the # like this:
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http://www.cessna-pilots.com/NewForums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2383/Main/81/Post2383 


It returns the post and works fine.

This also happens in version 6.5.5.

Any work arounds?

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Bump.

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It sounds like you have a separate bug - not related to the spider-friendly URL's - otherwise ubbthreads.php/ubb bit would not work.

Might be easier to open a new thread under the 'bugs forum' - as it sounds like a bug and not related to spider-friendly URL's.

If it isn't a bug, it can then be moved to a better forum.

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I still haven't been able to get my spider-friendly URLs to work. Anyone have any ideas what I should do with the ORIG_PATH_INFO to get it to work?

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MMG, what OS (Windows or nix?) using apache? what version is your php? can you upload a phpinfo.php containing:
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<?php phpinfo(); ?>


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Originally Posted by Rick
Also, if you go into your control panel, you'll see a link to PHP Info. If you bring this up look and see if the variable ORIG_PATH_INFO has any information in it. It's possible we can use this as it seems to be set sometimes when PATH_INFO isn't.
Using threads 7.4.1
I get 404 pages when spider friendly is turned on.
Path_info is not available but ORIG_PATH_INFO is.
I am on a windows server with IIS.
Looking at Rick's comments is there a work around for this?


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Under the old system 6 point something i had as many as 282,000 listings..
now i run between 10-20,000 AT BEST..


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Bump! Bump!
I revived an old thread but If needed I will post a new one.
See Comments from prior posts.
I have had this problem since upgrading from Classic almost two years ago but finally getting around to it after finding this post.

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I surrender on this issue.
I think I am going to go linux/Apache to solve my few issues. To hell with Bill Gates.
I will probably post a inquiry to the age old question of which host is best.


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hehe, you might open a support ticket with Rick, he mentioned ORIG_PATH_INFO might be the variable needed. If so, then we'd know the answer for future windows IIS people.


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Yes I thought about it but in my case with testing it and calling my host to change some setttings it just does not work at all.(PATH_INFO or ORIG_PATH_INFO)
There are a few tech notes noted here at Microsoft but Billy removed them all. Probably not my flavor of IIS anyway.
A few people have posted here and out in the web world that said they got it to work but they never replied on what the did.
Also I have reserrected this post for days with only your reply.
So I am moving on with life and looking at A non Windows host. See my other post in the Admin forum.


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Does your host not have a control panel for you to make changes with? Remote desktop?


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Not for IIS settings or php.ini. They changed some settings in PHP.INI such as cgifix etc that was supposed to works but it did not. The problem is it still looks for a valid folder and file name. In my research I found that is is because of another setting in IIS I believe something about scriptmapping or so. My host was not willing to turn it off.
So even though ORIG_PATH_INFO works and PATH_INFO still does not exist it will not allow a non valid URL request with out a supporting folder or filename.
BUT I did find out that ISAPIReWrite is availible. I have never used it before so it is quite intimidating at first glance for me.
I did a modest test of URL ubbthreads?ubb=cfrm to ubbthreads.php/forum_summary.html which works perfectly.
It may take me quite some time to learn. It is supposed to be a IIS replacement for APACHE mod_rewrite which I don't know either.

Anybody out there that has used ISAPI Rewrite?

Last edited by Ruben Rocha; 11/24/2008 4:13 PM.

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