UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 6 Version 6 Support Installation fails at step 6

After clicking "creating database tables" link, the script fails with the error "Warning: Failed opening 'http://192.168.0.5/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ubbhreads\main.inc.php on line 8"

Server = WinNT2000 advanced server, local LAN, mySQL, PHP 4.2.2, black shirt, blue jeans (not sure what other info is req'd)

Win2k Advanced... hmmm - not had much luck with that one yet..

Okay - when I look for the server it's not there anymore so I presume that it was taken down.

However, when you bring it back up have a look at a couple of things.

1) Make sure that you have PHP mapped to the .exe and not the .dll -> I know that the .dll is tempting but it does not work well.

2) When you put your absolute paths in make sure that you replace any path seperators '\' with '/' instead or it will fall over <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

After upgrading from 6.0 to the current beta, I also get the following error whenever I try to access the board:

<pre>Warning: Failed opening 'c:/inetpub/wwwroot/ubbthreads/languages/english/generic.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php\includes') in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ubbthreads\ubbt.inc.php on line 139</pre>

I get this error regardless of using '\' or '/' in the absolute path for the $thispath variable.

Any ideas? The board was working fine before copying the latest files across.

Server: Win2K Server.
PHP: c:\php
config.inc.php = c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ubbthreads\config.inc.php

Jason.

If there were no altertables to run, would you be adverse to rolling back to the previous 6.0.3 version to get your site back up and running?

Beyond that if you would like to fill out a Trouble Ticket you can do that here:

http://www.infopop.com/support/ubbthreads/

We can have a more in-depth look if this is not an Intranet site.

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

I am having a very similar problem installing the trial version on a Linux server running PHP 4.1.2 or 4.1.3 (can't quite remember for sure). Everything looks OK until step 6, then I get the following set of error messages. Is something missing on the server that needs to be installed, like library files, or is something else wrong?

Warning: Failed opening '/config.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 23

Warning: Failed opening '/mysql.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 24

Warning: Failed opening '/theme.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 25

Warning: Failed opening '/languages//generic.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 98

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: sql in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/ubbt.inc.php on line 99

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /www/htdocs/thearma/ubbthreads/createtable.php on line 63

~Stacy Clifford
www.thearma.org

This is so hard. I have installed PHP. I have installed mySQL. I have granted all the permissions in the world and I just cannot get this thing to work. There has to be an easier way. we11s.homeip.net/ubbthreads/install.php
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Last call for help before I give up totally.

[This message was edited by Brett Harris on September 09, 2002 at 06:43 AM.]

Got it working! Realise the problem my firewall was causing for remote admin.

Only trouble now is that I cannot register as I do not have an SMTP mail server set up thus cannot send mails from my server. How can I get around this?

Clicked button on RHS instead of LHS of icon

You can allow users to choose their own passwords when they register. However if they choose to have replies mailed to them it won't work.

If you have installed PHP do you have a remote SMTP server available to you? You can configure that in the php.ini file.

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

This is really strange. I decided to install that last release version, after getting the 'warning' errors on the includes.

Same thing!

So I've gone back to 6.0 br1, and that works!

If I take the config.inc.php, main.inc.php and theme.inc.php from the working install, and copy them into the latest version, I still get the include errors....

Does ANYONE have any idea on this?

Running Windows 2000 server, IIS5, PHP4.2.3, private intranet site, permissions correct.

Are you pasting the stock - empty - versions into the new install? I would expect those to error as they don't provide any data that the applications requires? Is that the case?

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

Hi Brett,

No, I kept copies of those config files in a separate folder.

I've actually solved it, though I have no idea WHY.

I copied the upgrade files over the existing installation (after making a backup of the directory first!), and made sure the config files contained the correct paths etc... No joy.

Installed the previous release version back over the directory (without deleting content first), and still no joy...

When I renamed the ubbthreads folder to .bak, and renamed the backed up (working) version to 'ubbthreads', it worked.... So, after keeping a copy of the working folder, I deleted the contents of the install that didn't work.

I then installed the current beta into an EMPTY folder, copied my existing config files into it, and hey presto, no php errors!

I have no idea why, but it seems that installing the 'upgrade', over the existing install caused the problems.

J.

Interesting - thank you for sticking with it!

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

As I said, I'm trying to install the trial version of UBBThreads to test it before purchasing. I don't have an older version to fall back on, and what I've seen on this thread so far isn't really helping me any. If my trial keeps resulting in errors then I can't very well recommend the program to my organization, despite the good reviews I've seen. Please help me figure out why the trial version will not install on my server.

S. Clifford,

Check your Main.inc.php file - it would appear that the /{filename} error would indicate that the "thispath" variable has not been populated.

Regards,

Brett Harris
Infopop Corporation

OK, I checked main.inc.php, and the variable you referred to reads as follows in the code:

$thispath = "http://www.thearma.org/ubbthreads";

This looks like it's probably right to me unless it's supposed to be the server path (/www/htdocs/...), in which case it would be nice if that were mentioned somewhere.

Barring that, it's back to square one. Obviously, the first four errors I got have a common theme, and the last two don't look good either. I don't know enough about PHP to try and track it all down myself. Keep shootin', the target's still there.

~Stacy Clifford

$thispath should be the server path...not a URL.

Try that.
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Josh
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Thanks Josh, that solved the problem. I probably should have realized it earlier, but I was following pattern from the URL filled in automatically at the top of Step 4. I think the documentation needs to be more clear on that for those of us who are new to this type of software. Well, on to testing!

~Stacy Clifford

Any Ideas??

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in D:\UBB\UBBthreads-trial\ubbthreads\main.inc.php on line 8

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in D:\UBB\UBBthreads-trial\ubbthreads\createtable.php on line 63

What is on line 8 of your main.inc.php file?

My guess is that there's either a typo there in your path, or your path is wrong.

Josh
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