downloadable products directory

[shed studio]

Ok, so i'm new to php but I've got a hold of most of the features in osCommerce.

 

Now to the problem that I have ... in the administration section I have gone to 'Configuration -> Download'. I will be selling downloadable products from the site when complete, so I have edited the following:

'Enable Download' from false to 'true'

'Download by redirect' from false to 'true'

 

when viewing the download enabled site the following warning is displayed:

 

'Warning: The downloadable products directory does not exist: /home/musiccit/public_html/catalogdownload/. Downloadable products will not work until this directory is valid.'

 

Now there should be a '/' in between 'catalog' and 'download' to make the correct path. In configure.php, the download path is defined in this code:

 

define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', 'pub/');

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');

 

my question(s):

1.should there be a '/' somewhere in the DIR_FS_CATALOG to end the folder path?

2. Is this the right place to define the path to the download folder?

3. If so, How do I modify this code to correct the problem?

4. If not, Where and how do I fix this problem?

 

Any and all help is much appreciated. ;)

[johnk]

Until someone with more knowledge answers, my guess is:

 

Yes, create a directory in /catalog named "download". (catalog/download/ or you might try catalog/catalogdownload)

 

Put a file in there and see if it can be downloaded.

 

There's probably more to it, but it may work for you.

 

On the other hand, if you don't have a directory named catalog and all your files reside in public_html, then try creating a file called catalogdownload in that directory.

 

Nothing in the wiki?

[shed studio]

thanks johnk, 'catalog' was the directory that osCommerce was installed into so it already exists, as does 'download' within the 'catalog' directory. did a search in the Wiki and found nothing.

Am I the first one to have had this error?

 

Anyway, after 2 days of dickin' around with possible combinations of code, and suffering many brain meltdowns :wacko: , I finally came up with this:

 

modify code in '/includes/configure.php' from

 

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));

 

to this

 

define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', dirname($HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_FILENAME']). '/');

 

adding the . '/' at the end of the file directory path seems to have rectified the problem.

 

the five keystrokes that saved my world :wub:

 

I have tested and have no problems so far, :unsure: but as I said in the first post of this thread, I am new to php and if there is a more correct way to rectify the error I would apperciate the input.