Unable to make Admin changes under localhost

[ecclesr]

Background

Have been developing my website over a period time under localhost. At the start of the yearI drop my laptop, so had to reinstall on xp pc. I managed to get the website on to a host. then my xp pc died.

Have just managed to get website created on new vista business laptop. Has been a stop start year working on website so have been a bit lost

 

Issue

Admin under localhost appear as I would expect, but are finding I am unable to make any changes, ie i can not added any products or new categories. I get no error messages

 

Sorry is I have not explained this well. I am happy to provide information at can assited in resolving the issue I have

 

Thanking everyone in advance

[Gauravs]

Check PHP settings, typically safe mode, register_globals etc may be different and thus values are not getting captured & inserted in database.

 

Do an echo on the form you submit to check if any variable was captured (like new category) - and what output did you get, if it shows blank - you need to identify why the form values didn't come through.

[ecclesr]

Check PHP settings, typically safe mode, register_globals etc may be different and thus values are not getting captured & inserted in database.

 

Gaurav thanks for your reply,

 

where and what should I be looking at in php and what variables should i set

 

Thanking you all in Advance

[FIMBLE]

Hello

Give this a try

 

includes/functions/compatibility.php and admin/includes/functions/compatibility.php

 

function do_magic_quotes_gpc(&$ar) {

if (!is_array($ar)) return false;

 

while (list($key, $value) = each($ar)) {

if (is_array($ar[$key])) {

do_magic_quotes_gpc($ar[$key]);

} else {

$ar[$key] = addslashes($value);

}

}

reset($ar);

}

 

 

make sure that reset($ar); is there.

[ecclesr]

Hello

Give this a try

 

includes/functions/compatibility.php and admin/includes/functions/compatibility.php

 

function do_magic_quotes_gpc(&$ar) {

if (!is_array($ar)) return false;

 

while (list($key, $value) = each($ar)) {

if (is_array($ar[$key])) {

do_magic_quotes_gpc($ar[$key]);

} else {

$ar[$key] = addslashes($value);

}

}

reset($ar);

}

 

 

make sure that reset($ar); is there.

 

I made the required change. Now pages are not being displayed

 

Thanking you all in advance

[FIMBLE]

OK try and comment them all out

 

//function do_magic_quotes_gpc(&$ar) {

//if (!is_array($ar)) return false;

 

//while (list($key, $value) = each($ar)) {

//if (is_array($ar[$key])) {

//do_magic_quotes_gpc($ar[$key]);

//} else {

//$ar[$key] = addslashes($value);

//}

//}

//reset($ar);

//}

 

Nic

[ecclesr]

OK try and comment them all out

 

//function do_magic_quotes_gpc(&$ar) {

//if (!is_array($ar)) return false;

 

//while (list($key, $value) = each($ar)) {

//if (is_array($ar[$key])) {

//do_magic_quotes_gpc($ar[$key]);

//} else {

//$ar[$key] = addslashes($value);

//}

//}

//reset($ar);

//}

 

Nic

[ecclesr]

OK try and comment them all out

 

//function do_magic_quotes_gpc(&$ar) {

//if (!is_array($ar)) return false;

 

//while (list($key, $value) = each($ar)) {

//if (is_array($ar[$key])) {

//do_magic_quotes_gpc($ar[$key]);

//} else {

//$ar[$key] = addslashes($value);

//}

//}

//reset($ar);

//}

 

Nic

 

 

When I tried I got

 

HTTP 500 Internal server error

 

Removed the above change

 

Examples of text I am see on the eg Admin cataloge

 

TEXT_DATE_ADDED 11/05/2005

TEXT_IMAGE_NONEXISTENT

2981-blk-85.jpg

 

TEXT_SUBCATEGORIES 5

 

Clicking on another info button nothing happens

 

Under the configuration menu, changing say from My Store to Product Listing nothing changes in what is displayed

 

Thnaking you all in advance

[ecclesr]

I have found the following topic 269431

 

"if I try to insert or update Categories or to delete Products or Categories absolutely nothing happens: No Changes where made in the Database and no Error-Message is displayed. Everything else in the Shop seems to be OK"

 

Their solution was

 

"Damn Vista and it's weird user permissions. Although I was logged on as an administrator it was using my 'user' account which only had read access to the configuration files - oscommerce could not write the correct information to the file. I corrected this by adding myself (again!) to each of the config files as a user with complete rights. That solved my issue. "

 

Can someone explain to me (dummies guide) what extactly I need to do

[ecclesr]

Still no luck resolving this issue.

 

Any members that have installed oscommerce under Vista - any special instructions

 

Thanking you in advance

[ecclesr]

Have found solution

 

in php.ini i have set

 

register_long_arrays = On