Oscommerce installation does not proceed

[shakunmahajan]

hello,

 

I am new to Oscommerce and am having issues installing it. here is the config

OS: Win XP home

PHP : version 5.1.4

MySQL: version 5.0

Apache: version 2.0

 

PHP and mySQL are installed properly (i.e. I am able to access mySQL DB using PHP code)

 

When I start installing osCommerce, it comes to the screen which has the option for 'Import Catalog DB' and 'Automatic Configuration' (URL: http://localhost:8080/catalog/install/install.php). Both options are checked. When I click 'Continue' button it comes back to the same screen (URL changes to: http://localhost:8080/catalog/install/install.php?step=2). I am unable to progress in my installation.

 

Can anyone suggest what's missing here ?

 

Thanks!

[lplatz]

did you complete the Pre-Install procedure before attempting your install? Procedure found at

"http://www.oscommerce.info/kb/osCommerce/Installation_and_Upgrades/41"

or go to www.oscommerce.info and click on the Pre-Installation Procedure located under Most Popular.

[fterreri]

The same is happening to me. I'm not able to import the database. Does anyone know why? Thanks!

[mumm_ra]

I might be wrong but osCommerce doesnt support php5. Could be the problem.

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OSC is compatible with PHP5. You just have the php.ini configured improperly. I had the same problem until i changed register_long_arrays = On

[Mordor]

OSC is compatible with PHP5. You just have the php.ini configured improperly. I had the same problem until i changed register_long_arrays = On

 

I have still the same problem i can only made a .htaccess file to make it on but it doesnt work.

 

Do someone know a answer?

[LPointy]

I might be wrong but osCommerce doesnt support php5. Could be the problem.

 

could you post your php.ini ?

 

I also have the same problem, tried your suggestion, but its doesn't solve the problem. Maybe there's more in php.ini that needs changing?

[jmkopp]

[fterreri]

As I said before I was getting the same error when trying to install on my server (not local machine). After a lot of back and forth with my hosting company's tech support they told me that the version of php on the server was not compatible with oscommerce and mysql on a windows environment. After making they made some changes, it worked fine.

 

Not sure, but maybe this will help someone. :thumbsup:

[joelpie]

Hey guys,

 

I had this same problem too. I added the following line to .htaccess in the catalog/ directory:

 

php_value register_long_arrays 1

 

It worked flawlessly.

 

Thanks for the help, I hope I have steered some others in the right direction. :D

[tonydevlin]

I have PHP 4.3.9 and get the same problem!! I do not have a register_long_arrays setting in my php.ini

 

What else could be the problem? I have been battling this for hours, I am about to turn away and just use ZenCart.

[LPointy]

Hey guys,

 

I had this same problem too. I added the following line to .htaccess in the catalog/ directory:

 

php_value register_long_arrays 1

 

It worked flawlessly.

 

Thanks for the help, I hope I have steered some others in the right direction. :D

 

 

Hey,

 

This did it for me,

 

Thanks :D

[jmkopp]

I got mine to work by fixing a couple of slashes in the php.ini file:

was - include_path = ".;c:/PHP5/includes"

now - include_path = ".;c:\PHP5\includes"

 

I don't no if this will fix yalls problem but it worked for me after I made the change and rebooted.

[[email protected]]

I have PHP 4.3.9 and get the same problem!! I do not have a register_long_arrays setting in my php.ini

 

What else could be the problem? I have been battling this for hours, I am about to turn away and just use ZenCart.

 

 

Did you think that maybe you should try adding register_long_arrays = on to your php.ini file. I mean, isnt that what people have suggested in this topic?!?

[MikOn]

Hi,

I had the same problem yesterday when I tried to install OsCommerce for the first time ever.

I looked at trying to hack this manually but there were too many files involved.

I have written a script that sorted me out and I have uploaded it as a contribution to this site.

It is called "Install with register_long_arrays set to OFF" under the Other category.

The script edits every .php file that contains the older predefined variables, ($HTTP_*_VARS) and replaces them with the corresponding superglobals.

My web host has register_long_arrays set to OFF, and I could not get past step2 of the install until I ran this script.

Now everything works, I can install, open the catalog, and run admin.

Although I am an experienced programmer, I only started learning PHP about 24 hours ago, so the script could probably be improved, and I would recommend that you back up the site files before you run it.

Hopefully this will sort you out!