Past Install step=2, now in loop for the rest of install

[steverifkin]

I have been stuck on step=2 in the install.php section. I am using PHP5 with gegistered globals off and have applied the patche contribution. I was stuck at step 2 and went into the install.php file (after backing up of course) and modified $HTTP_POST_VARS to the $_POST suberglobals. I also did this for any get,, session, etc...

 

 

 

This fix allowed me to pass the step into step=3, 4, 5, & 7. But after 7 I get kicked back to step=2

 

I have been going into the subsequent files (backing up as I go) and changing their globals to superglobals.

 

Have I harmed something by being a little too adventurous??? Is the loop that I am stuck in common? Is there a fix?

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestion you can make!

 

Steve

[♥Skittles]

I have been stuck on step=2 in the install.php section. I am using PHP5 with gegistered globals off and have applied the patche contribution. I was stuck at step 2 and went into the install.php file (after backing up of course) and modified $HTTP_POST_VARS to the $_POST suberglobals. I also did this for any get,, session, etc...

This fix allowed me to pass the step into step=3, 4, 5, & 7. But after 7 I get kicked back to step=2

 

I have been going into the subsequent files (backing up as I go) and changing their globals to superglobals.

 

Have I harmed something by being a little too adventurous??? Is the loop that I am stuck in common? Is there a fix?

 

Thanks in advance for any suggestion you can make!

 

Steve

 

 

I don't know if you've "harmed something by being a little too adventurous," but the one time I was able to get the install feature to work, it looped back to step 2 also.

 

If you read the documentation, it doesn't mention that the script takes you back to step 2, but it does talk about adding a second and subsequent user.

 

I believe you are finished after hitting continue from step 7. Use your ftp client to download and view the configure.php files and see if they have been modified. If so, install is probably complete.

 

It would be nice if the install utility had an additional screen asking if you want to add another user. Then we could select "Yes" or "No/Finish". It would also be nice if once finished, we were taken to a "congratulations, your copy of osCommerce has been installed" page. After all, not everyone trying to install and use osCommerce are techno geeks.

 

-Skittles