HUGE help required, it's all gone wrong!

[silversisters]

Hi there, 1st time visiting!

Also sorry I posted this on one of the other boards but think this may be the better option, apologies.

 

 

To begin this is a brief account of what has happened....

 

For a couple of years we had a site built and hosted by vengavenga.com (Go there to see their pathetic message) who have now done a runner and best suggestion was that we swap servers

 

We duly signed up with UK2.net and after a false start it is now on their server

 

However, and this is where we desperately need advice, our site is still down with this error message showing

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

 

We contacted UK2 regarding this as it's not possible for us to enable and this was their reply

Unfortunately we can't enable register_globals as it is a massive security flaw in PHP's scripting and can act as a backdoor to hackers. In fact in PHP6 they are going to remove it altogether. I'm afraid you'll have to find another way of scripting your site without register_globals.

 

Now I have to explain that oscommerce is COMPLETELY alien to me! We just used to add products and sell, every technical problem was dealt with by vengavenga

 

So, how can we get our site live again?

A friend, very kindly, has added our saved files but we just can't get it back up as before, what are we doing wrong?

[burt]

You need to make your site php5 and mysql5 compatible. Covered in detail in a number of threads and I believe there is a contribution which might or might not be suitable.

 

Now I have to explain that oscommerce is COMPLETELY alien to me!

 

In this case, you might like to find someone who can provide the service that Vengavenga were providing you.

[silversisters]

lol, we have just met a new web designer as we were getting bored with the look anyway but this meanwhile is losing us a months+ of sales

 

So, you think it's a no go then? :0|

[♥Vger]

Yes, went to their site, and saw their notice. Sounds like they tried to sell things too cheaply to be able to keep the business running. In all likelyhood they were a Reseller for some other company.

 

Now to your present problem - you're either going to have to make osCommerce Register Globals 'Off' compatible or move to a host which allows you to keep Register Globals 'On' in php.ini.

 

If you decide to make it Register Globals 'off' compatible then:

 

1. If your store is the default osCommerce without modification then you can upgrade to one of the RC versions which is compatible with Register Globals 'Off'

 

2. If your store has been modified then you'll need to start with the Register Globals Patch Files by Richard Bentley (from Contributions) and then work to make all of the contributions compatible.

 

Vger

[silversisters]

Vger, thanks

 

Looks like we'll just have to wait for a redesigned site :0(

tbh I'm not willing, at this stage, to spend more switching hosts again and without the knowledge of what I need to request it's a no go :0((

 

We were considering getting a new site built but not just yet. We've already seen a new designer so looks like it's going to be a month of lost sales

 

Thanks tho, appreciated

[burt]

It's not overly difficult to make a shop work with 5 and 5 - certainly a couple hours work maximum if you find someone who knows what they are doing. But you can expect to pay a good amount for a developer to get you up and running OR find some poor mugs like Vengavenga who do work too cheaply to sustain themselves longterm.

[Jack_mcs]

We contacted UK2 regarding this as it's not possible for us to enable and this was their reply

Unfortunately we can't enable register_globals as it is a massive security flaw in PHP's scripting and can act as a backdoor to hackers. In fact in PHP6 they are going to remove it altogether. I'm afraid you'll have to find another way of scripting your site without register_globals.

I think they are saying that they won't enable register globals for the server. But you can override that setting for your site, thus allowing you to run. Just ceate a file named php.ini, add this line to it: register_globals = On, save and upload it to your root and admin directories. If there is already a php.ini file there, it should be edited instead of replacing it. That should get your site running while you decide what you want to do about hosting and upgrading it.

 

Jack