I met error installing oscommerce " FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!"

[desertrose61]

when I try to install the oscommerce ı mett that error

FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!

so ;I changed register_globals to on in php.ini file .But I face wiith the same error again .

 

to prove without doubt if register_globals is on or off .I used simple script to test for the problem

 

<?php

echo "register_globals: ". ini_get('register_globals') ."<br />\n";

echo "teststring: ".$teststring."<br />\n";

echo "\$_GET['teststring']: ".$_GET['teststring']."<br />\n";

?>

 

and When run it web browser as phptest.php?teststring=testme

register_globals:

teststring:

$_GET['teststring']: testme

I get this result which sound register_globals is off . with which other ways I can adjust register_globals to on

 

Thanx

[bobg7]

did you stop/start the server after making the change?

[heydella]

Hi.. I also ran into the problem of "Fatal Error: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!"

 

I asked my friendly tech at Hostasaurus, who told me that I needed to open the .htaccess file and to uncomment the last four lines of that file which look like this by default:

 

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>

# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

# php_value register_globals 1

#</IfModule>

 

Just make it:

 

<IfModule mod_php4.c>

php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

php_value register_globals 1

</IfModule>

 

 

THEN..... I uploaded the file, but still it wouldn't work, so my friendly tech person said to remove the two parts surrounding the directives at the bottom of the .htaccess file making it look like this:

 

php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

php_value register_globals 1

 

NOW... it works!

 

I haven't a clue whether this will work for anyone else, but sounds like it's worth a try.

 

Della

[mattress]

when I try to install the oscommerce ı mett that error

FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!

so ;I changed register_globals to on in php.ini file .But I face wiith the same error again .

 

to prove without doubt if register_globals is on or off .I used simple script to test for the problem

you can also check by invoking phpinfo();

 

if you're running php on IIS then remember that the php.ini file that matters is not in the php directory but in your windows system directory. I had this same problem stumping me for a while until I did a search on my server for php.ini and found the correct php.ini file.

 

Hope this helps.

[Eliseow]

Hi.. I also ran into the problem of "Fatal Error: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!"

 

I asked my friendly tech at Hostasaurus, who told me that I needed to open the .htaccess file and to uncomment the last four lines of that file which look like this by default:

 

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>

# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

# php_value register_globals 1

#</IfModule>

 

Just make it:

 

<IfModule mod_php4.c>

php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

php_value register_globals 1

</IfModule>

 

 

THEN..... I uploaded the file, but still it wouldn't work, so my friendly tech person said to remove the two parts surrounding the directives at the bottom of the .htaccess file making it look like this:

 

php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

php_value register_globals 1

 

NOW... it works!

 

I haven't a clue whether this will work for anyone else, but sounds like it's worth a try.

 

Della

 

I have tried this, but I got Internal Server Error

 

http://yaku.es/oscommerce/

 

how can I fix that?

[MrPhil]

In most systems, you must put such PHP directives/settings in php.ini, not .htaccess, or you will get a 500 (Internal Server) error. Talk to your host about how to set up a php.ini file.

 

By the way, if your osC (or template) requires register global variables to be "on", you're using a very out of date osC or template. It's been years since osC used register global variables. If you recently bought a store template that requires register global variables, you should demand your money back and find something less paleolithic.