Topic: php not working?

[ldavies]

I am trying to install geeklog-1.3.9 and when I go to www.mydomainname.com/index.php which is the main page I get a blank paged and the following error message in the log file:

Apr 18 08:06:20 webby httpd: PHP Warning:  open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/lib-common.php on line 69
Apr 18 08:06:20 webby httpd: PHP Fatal error:  Failed opening required '/opt/geeklog-1.3.9/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/lib-common.php on line 69

Any ideas???

[Anonymous]

Which version of PHP are yopu running?

# php -v
OR
# rpm -qa|grep php-

If you're running v4.3.x then you'll have to activate pear by editing your php.ini

[Anonymous]

i am running php-4.1.2-7.3.6es1 - it comes standard with e-smith 6.01

with all due respect (i am new to this) your suggestion does not make a lot of sense.

why would it not just work out of the box?  it seems very simple functionality.

in fact i cannot understand why in the server manager i cannot enable cgi in the same way that i can for an ibay.  is this not the problem?

[wellsi]

I am trying to install geeklog-1.3.9 and when I go to www.mydomainname.com/index.php which is the main page I get a blank paged and the following error message in the log file:

Apr 18 08:06:20 webby httpd: PHP Warning:  open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/lib-common.php on line 69
Apr 18 08:06:20 webby httpd: PHP Fatal error:  Failed opening required '/opt/geeklog-1.3.9/config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/e-smith/files/ibays/Primary/html/lib-common.php on line 69

Here is my guess from looking at the error:
geeklog is installed in /opt/geeklog-1.3.9/
A PHP file in Primary tried to access files in /opt however this is not allowed "open_basedir restriction in effect. File is in wrong directory"

I have not installed geeklog, but normally I would expect no files to be in the primary ibay, instead they would all be in /opt (for instance).

httpd.conf would then have an alias to make them appear at http://yourdomain/yourapp

For instance take PHPMyAdmin, it installs into /opt/administration/phpmyadmin but is accessed via https://myserver/phpmyadmin/

The magic can be found here

# cat /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/86PhpmyadminAlias

# Administration: phpMyAdmin
Alias /phpmyadmin /opt/administration/phpmyadmin
<Directory /opt/administration/phpmyadmin>
    RequireSSL on
    Options -Indexes
    AllowOverride None
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all
    AuthName "phpMyAdmin"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthExternal pwauth
    require user admin
    Satisfy all
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
    php_flag  magic_quotes_gpc  on
    php_flag  track_vars        on
</Directory>

Once this template is expanded out and httpd restarted it would appear as though this application is in the main ibay.

[ldavies]

The answer to this question lies in the error "openbase_dir"

I fixed it by using the instructions at http://www.e-smith.org/faq.php3#6q12

i.e.

/sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop your_i-bay_name PHPBaseDir /    
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify your_i-bay_name

My next question is, "Should this change be done permanently by making a modification to a file in /templates-custom/.  If so what file?"

[wellsi]

I could be wrong but I believe that you would not make any template for this change.

If you backup/restore or upgrade or reinstall then the database is preserved so this change is preserved.

[MSmith]

http://tech-geeks.org/contrib/loveless/SMEServer/contribs/geeklog/