installation stuck on step 2 or step 4 (PHP5)

[nonsequitoria]

When I tried to follow the steps in catalog/install, the pages seemed to "get stuck" without giving any errors or feedback. After searching the forums and bug reports, I pieced the solution together. This seems to be a problem with PHP5. If you get stuck on step 2 where clicking the continue buttons appears to do nothing, then this should help:

 

In your php.ini file make sure the following are set to On

register_globals = On

register_long_arrays = On

 

If you get stuck on step 4, when the database is being connected and you see a partially rendered page with "Database Import" at the top:

 

In your php.ini file, enable the following extension

extension=php_mysql.dll

 

and make sure you extension director is set correcty

extension_dir = "./ext"

 

It was suprising to me that a very popular install of Apache2, PHP5, and MySQL produced such a mysterious and frustrating problem without any mention in the install instructions.

[milace]

Hi,

 

I was in the same situation !!! Cannot complete the insatalation after step 2. The fix suggest on the first post works great !!!

 

Thanks.

Milace