New install, error: Warning: fopen("./settings.php", "w")

[Mikeee]

I just attempted to install 9.1 beta, and upon install, it wrote to dbconnect.php properly, and on the next install page, it built the db, but then gave this error...

Error: You may have typed the template name wrong or it does not exist. Click here to fix it.


Warning: fopen("./settings.php", "w") - Permission denied in /home/virtual/site24/fst/var/www/html/libs/admin_config.php on line 131
Could not open './settings.php' file for writing
Warning: fopen("./settings.php", "w") - Permission denied in /home/virtual/site24/fst/var/www/html/libs/admin_config.php on line 131
Could not open './settings.php' file for writing
Error: You may have typed the template name wrong or it does not exist. Click here to fix it.

Please fix the above error(s), install halted!

I checked all my CHMOD's and theyre all correct according to README.TXT.

[savant]

in you pligg directory can you check if there is a settings.php file

it might be named settings.php.default so you'll have to rename it.

then set permission to 777 and run the installation.

[Mikeee]

Originally Posted by savant

in you pligg directory can you check if there is a settings.php file

it might be named settings.php.default so you'll have to rename it.

then set permission to 777 and run the installation.

Hello. Yes I had it renamed to setting.php and chmoded 0777, but still got the same error. My pligg dir is root html directory. Which is where settings.php is.

But why does it say ./settings.php ? Doesn the dot indicate current folder, which is /install/ ? Shouldnt it say /settings.php ?

Also, I checked in config.php on line 104 it says ...

$file = dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates/' . $thetemp . "/pligg.tpl";

But when I look in templates folder, there is no file called pligg.tpl

[savant]

what happened when you changed the ./settings.php to settings.php

for the template question $thetemp adds yget to the path

[Mikeee]

Originally Posted by savant

what happened when you changed the ./settings.php to settings.php

for the template question $thetemp adds yget to the path

nothing happens, I get the same error just without the dot. Here is the other error I get where it says "Click here to fix"

SQL/DB Error -- [Table 'mytable11.table_prefixconfig' doesn't exist]
Error. The table_prefixconfig table is empty or does not exist

[savant]

that error has to do with the settings.php

Looking at the installer, it looks like the settings.php is made only after everything is installed.

PHP Code:

<?php
$my_base_url = 'http://localhost';
$my_pligg_base = '/pligg';
$dblang = 'en';
define('table_prefix', 'pligg_');
include_once mnminclude.'settings_from_db.php';
?>

here's settings.php. just edit with your details and see how it goes.

[Mikeee]

Originally Posted by savant

that error has to do with the settings.php

Looking at the installer, it looks like the settings.php is made only after everything is installed.

PHP Code:

<?php
$my_base_url = 'http://localhost';
$my_pligg_base = '/pligg';
$dblang = 'en';
define('table_prefix', 'pligg_');
include_once mnminclude.'settings_from_db.php';
?>

here's settings.php. just edit with your details and see how it goes.

Ok my settings.php looks like this...

PHP Code:

<?php
$my_base_url = 'http://domain.com';
$my_pligg_base = '/';
$dblang = 'en';
define('table_prefix', 'pligg_');
include_once mnminclude.'settings_from_db.php';
?>

But when I run the install, it changes the file to this...

PHP Code:

<?php
include_once mnminclude.'settings_from_db.php';
?>

still getting the same error, this is mind boggling :(

[savant]

sorry i meant to create a settings.php fill in the correct details and start running pligg. you don't have to install again.

[Mikeee]

Originally Posted by savant

sorry i meant to create a settings.php fill in the correct details and start running pligg. you don't have to install again.

If I do that, I get this error...

Error: You may have typed the template name wrong or it does not exist. Click here to fix it.


Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_get_contents() in /home/virtual/site24/fst/var/www/html/class.config.php on line 49

and when I click on the "click here ri fix" I get this...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: file_get_contents() in /home/virtual/site24/fst/var/www/html/class.config.php on line 49

This is driving me insane. I have never in my life had suchj a hard time installing a script. I really appreciate your patience, savant. I hope I can get this to work soon.

[kbeeveer46]

Actually, I don't think these errors had anything to do with settings.php. Your config table was never created. If you're willing to PM me your FTP info and access to phpmyadmin I am willing to install Pligg manually for you. It's a bit technical and hard to explain so that's why I am offering to do it for you.