Topic: Strange PHP include problem since upgrade

[Garfield]

Hi,

I have been running a SME 6.01 system over a year which worked flawlessly.

A few days ago, I decided to upgrade the server using the latest upgrade scripts.

Because of the warnings, I started from scratch at the same hardware, thus running the upgrade on a clean system.

After putting back all the websites and so, everything worked ok except for one thing: PHP includes.

On my "old" system I had put all my PHP includes outside the Apache document roots in /usr/share/php like this:

•   Create directory php under /usr/share
•   Chown admin php, chgrp shared php
•   Put includes in /usr/share/php
•   cd ./php
•   Chown admin *, chgrp shared *
•   mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
•   cp /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/95AddType00PHP2ibays /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/95AddType00PHP2ibays
•   Change the line reading "php_admin_value open_basedir $basedir\n"; to "php_admin_value open_basedir $basedir:/usr/share/php\n";
•   /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
•   apachectl restart
•   vi /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini/50PathsDirectories
    o   adding to the line starting with “include_path” directory “/usr/share/php”
•   /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/php.ini

This worked, like I said, flawlessly.
However, after having done the same on my "new" system, PHP can't connect to the databases.
If I copy the PHP includes in the same directory on the webserver as where the PHP pages are, then all works fine.

I have checked /etc/php.ini and /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and the "/usr/share/php" is listed as an include directory, so the expanding of the custom templates has worked ok.

The problem has something to do with the includes not being found in the right directory. But how it comes that it previously worked and now not puzzles me greatly.

I have searched this site and the Internet but could not anything helpfull.

So, I hope that someone here can shed some light on this matter. Any help is greatly appreciated !

[ergozd]

• vi /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.ini/50PathsDirectories
o adding to the line starting with “include_path” directory “/usr/share/php”
• /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/php.ini

Try with

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include_path= ".:/usr/share/pear"

Also install any needed pear modules with

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# pear install MODULENAME

[Garfield]

Hi thanks for your reply !

In 95AddType00PHP2ibays the line now reads:

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"    php_admin_value open_basedir $basedir:/usr/share/php\n";

And in 50PathsDirectories the line now reads:

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include_path = ".:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php"
These valuse have been correctly expanded to /etc/httpd/conf/hhtpd.conf and /etc/php.ini.

Please pardon my ignorance (I already searched a bit, but not much), but what is pear ?

[ergozd]

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PEAR is short for "PHP Extension and Application Repository" and is pronounced just like the fruit. The purpose of PEAR is to provide:
    * A structured library of open-sourced code for PHP users
    * A system for code distribution and package maintenance
    * A standard style for code written in PHP
    * The PHP Foundation Classes (PFC)  
    * The PHP Extension Community Library (PECL)
    * A web site, mailing lists and download mirrors to support the PHP/PEAR community

PEAR is a community-driven project with the PEAR Group as the governing body. The project has been founded by Stig S. Bakken in 1999 and quite a lot of people have joined the project since then.

You can read more about it
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php