Trouble installing AND upgrading

[simonhind]

in includes/core config.php

just ensure the database details are setup no path info for VB5 is needed

in public_html/config.php or public_html/forum/config.php ensure

$config['baseurl_core'] = 'http://www.domain.com/core';

$config['core_path'] = '/home/username/public_html/domain.com/core';

[Wayne Luke]

The new error indicates the core_path value is incorrect. Frequently people leave off the /core at the end.

[woffie]

Not sure why you say the presentation config.php is the "Includes config" though. The Presentation config.php should be in the first directory of your installation. That is the same directory as .htaccess and index.php.

Maybe that is the issue. I picked ups somewhere that it was supposed to be in the includes folder. Must have got some bad info somewhere. That would make sense that it could not read the config file if it is not where it needs to be. I will check on this tonight.

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Moved it, and now get this error

Fatal error: Class 'vB' not found in /home/*****/public_html/charismaticcentral/forumtest/includes/api/interface/collapsed.php on line 17

[Wayne Luke]

You could be stricken with this bug:
http://tracker.vbulletin.com/browse/VBV-2223

Not sure why you say the presentation config.php is the "Includes config" though. The Presentation config.php should be in the first directory of your installation. That is the same directory as .htaccess and index.php.

[woffie]

So, after 2 days NOBODY has any ideas?

[woffie]

PHP Version 5.3.15

System	Linux gator187.hostgator.com 3.2.28 #1 SMP Tue Aug 28 11:59:06 CDT 2012 x86_64
Build Date	Jul 25 2012 20:37:31
Configure Command	'./configure' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-dbase' '--enable-exif' '--enable-fastcgi' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-gd-native-ttf' '--enable-libxml' '--enable-magic-quotes' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-pdo' '--enable-soap' '--enable-sockets' '--enable-sqlite-utf8' '--enable-wddx' '--enable-zip' '--prefix=/opt/php53' '--with-bz2' '--with-curl=/opt/curlssl/' '--with-freetype-dir=/usr' '--with-gd' '--with-gettext' '--with-imap=/opt/php_with_imap_client/' '--with-imap-ssl=/opt/openssl' '--with-jpeg-dir=/usr' '--with-kerberos' '--with-libexpat-dir=/usr' '--with-mcrypt=/opt/libmcrypt/' '--with-mhash=/opt/mhash/' '--with-mime-magic' '--with-mssql=/usr' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config' '--with-openssl=/opt/openssl' '--with-openssl-dir=/opt/openssl' '--with-pcre-regex=/opt/pcre' '--with-pdo-mysql' '--with-png-dir=/usr' '--with-pspell' '--with-tidy' '--with-ttf' '--with-unixODBC=/usr' '--with-xmlrpc' '--with-xpm-dir=/usr' '--with-xsl' '--with-zlib' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr' '--enable-intl' '--with-gmp' '--with-sqlite'
Server API	CGI/FastCGI
Virtual Directory Support	disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path	/opt/php53/lib
Loaded Configuration File	/opt/php53/lib/php.ini
Scan this dir for additional .ini files	(none)
Additional .ini files parsed	(none)
PHP API	20090626
PHP Extension	20090626
Zend Extension	220090626
Zend Extension Build	API220090626,NTS
PHP Extension Build	API20090626,NTS
Debug Build	no
Thread Safety	disabled
Zend Memory Manager	enabled
Zend Multibyte Support	disabled
IPv6 Support	enabled
Registered PHP Streams	https, ftps, compress.zlib, compress.bzip2, php, file, glob, data, http, ftp, phar, zip
Registered Stream Socket Transports	tcp, udp, unix, udg, ssl, sslv3, sslv2, tls
Registered Stream Filters	zlib.*, bzip2.*, convert.iconv.*, mcrypt.*, mdecrypt.*, string.rot13, string.toupper, string.tolower, string.strip_tags, convert.*, consumed, dechunk

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Includes config

<?php/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin 5 Presentation Configuration # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is ?2000-2012 vBulletin Solutions Inc. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/

/*-------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| When making changes to the file, the edit should always |
| be to the right of the = sign between the single quotes |
| Default: $config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp'; |
| Example: $config['admincpdir'] = 'myadmin'; GOOD! |
| Example: $config['myadmin'] = 'admincp'; BAD! |
\*-------------------------------------------------------*/


// ****** Base URLs ******
// The following settings all deal with the url of your forum.
// If set incorrectly your site/software will not function correctly.
// These urls should NOT include a trailing slash
// This is the url and web path of your root vBulletin directory
$config['baseurl'] = 'http://www.evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest';

// This is the url and web based path to your core directory
$config['baseurl_core'] = 'http://www.evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core';


// This will only be used if you wish to require https logins

// You will not need to change this setting most of the time.
$config['baseurl_login'] = $config['baseurl'];

// If you do wish to use https for login, uncomment this line
// Then fill in your https url.
//$config['baseurl_login'] = 'https://www.evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest';


// ****** System Paths ******
// These are the system paths and folders for your vBulletin files
// This setting is for where your vbulletin core folder is
$config['core_path'] = '/home/eaforums/public_html/evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core';

// This setting allows you to change the name of the admin folder
$config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';

// ****** Cookie Settings ******
// These are cookie related settings.
// This Setting allows you to change the cookie prefix
$config['cookie_prefix'] = 'bb';

// You can ignore this setting for right now.
$config['cookie_enabled'] = true;

// ****** API Settings ******
// These are for the vB5 API. You will not normally ever need to edit them.
// Specifies whether the API is in the same host.
$config['collapsed'] = true;

// If the API is on an external host, you'll need to enter its information here
// Chances are this will not ever be true for most people, do not edit.
if (!$config['collapsed'])
{
$config['api_host'] = '';
$config['api_client'] = '';
$config['api_client_version'] = '';
$config['api_platform'] = '';
$config['api_platform_version'] = '';
$config['api_key'] = '';
}

// ****** Special Settings ******
// These settings are only used in some circumstances
// Please do not edit if you are not sure what they do.
$config['report_all_php_errors'] = false;
$config['no_template_notices'] = true;

// This setting enables debug mode, it should NEVER be used on a live site
$config['debug'] = false;


/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Downloaded:
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ -
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/

Core config file

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin Core Configuration # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is ©2000-2012 vBulletin Solutions Inc. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| If you get any errors while attempting to connect to MySQL, you will |
| need to email your webhost because we cannot tell you the correct |
| values for the variables in this file. |
| |
| When making changes to the file, the edit should always be to the |
| right of the = sign between the single quotes |
| Default: $config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp'; |
| Example: $config['admincpdir'] = 'myadmin'; GOOD! |
| Example: $config['myadmin'] = 'admincp'; BAD! |
\*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

// ****** DATABASE TYPE ******
// This is the type of the database server on which your vBulletin database
// will be located. Valid options are mysql and mysqli, for slave support add
// _slave to the end of the database class.
// Try to use mysqli if you are using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1+
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';
// ****** DATABASE NAME ******
// This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
// This must be created by your webhost.
$config['Database']['dbname'] = 'eaforums_vb5test';
// ****** TABLE PREFIX ******
// Prefix that your vBulletin tables have in the database.
$config['Database']['tableprefix'] = '';
// ****** TECHNICAL EMAIL ADDRESS ******
// If any database errors occur, they will be emailed to the address specified here.
// Leave this blank to not send any emails when there is a database error.
$config['Database']['technicalemail'] = '[email protected]';

// ****** MASTER DATABASE SERVER NAME AND PORT ******
// This is the hostname or IP address and port of the database server.
// If you are unsure of what to put here, leave the default values.
//
// Note: If you are using IIS 7+ and MySQL is on the same machine, you
// need to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost
$config['MasterServer']['servername'] = 'localhost';
$config['MasterServer']['port'] = 3306;
// ****** MASTER DATABASE USERNAME & PASSWORD ******
// This is the username and password you use to access MySQL.
// These must be obtained through your webhost.
$config['MasterServer']['username'] = 'eaforums_vb5test';
$config['MasterServer']['password'] = 'LeGeNd09';
// ****** MASTER DATABASE PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS ******
// This option allows you to turn persistent connections to MySQL on or off.
// The difference in performance is negligible for all but the largest boards.
// If you are unsure what this should be, leave it off. (0 = off; 1 = on)
$config['MasterServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;

// ****** SLAVE DATABASE CONFIGURATION ******
// If you have multiple database backends, this is the information for your slave
// server. If you are not 100% sure you need to fill in this information,
// do not change any of the values here.
$config['SlaveServer']['servername'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['port'] = 3306;
$config['SlaveServer']['username'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['password'] = '';
$config['SlaveServer']['usepconnect'] = 0;

// ****** PATH TO ADMIN & MODERATOR CONTROL PANELS ******
// This setting allows you to change the name of the folders that the admin and
// moderator control panels reside in. You may wish to do this for security purposes.
// Please note that if you change the name of the directory here, you will still need
// to manually change the name of the directory on the server.
$config['Misc']['admincpdir'] = 'admincp';
$config['Misc']['modcpdir'] = 'modcp';
// Prefix that all vBulletin cookies will have
// Keep this short and only use numbers and letters, i.e. 1-9 and a-Z
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'bb';
// ******** FULL PATH TO FORUMS DIRECTORY ******
// On a few systems it may be necessary to input the full path to your forums directory
// for vBulletin to function normally. You can ignore this setting unless vBulletin
// tells you to fill this in. Do not include a trailing slash!
// Example Unix:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '/home/users/public_html/forums';
// Example Win32:
// $config['Misc']['forumpath'] = 'c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\vb3';
$config['Misc']['forumpath'] = '';
// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG VIEWING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to view the admin log in the control panel.
// Users must be specified by *ID number* here. To obtain a user's ID number,
// view their profile via the control panel. If this is a new installation, leave
// the first user created will have a user ID of 1. Seperate each userid with a comma.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canviewadminlog'] = '1';
// ****** USERS WITH ADMIN LOG PRUNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to remove ("prune") entries from the admin
// log. See the above entry for more information on the format.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canpruneadminlog'] = '1';
// ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
// The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
// See the above entries for more information on the format.
// Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
// to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
$config['SpecialUsers']['canrunqueries'] = '';
// ****** UNDELETABLE / UNALTERABLE USERS ******
// The users specified here will not be deletable or alterable from the control panel by any users.
// To specify more than one user, separate userids with commas.
$config['SpecialUsers']['undeletableusers'] = '';
// ****** SUPER ADMINISTRATORS ******
// The users specified below will have permission to access the administrator permissions
// page, which controls the permissions of other administrators
$config['SpecialUsers']['superadministrators'] = '1';
// ****** CACHE CONFIGURATION *****
// Here you can configure different methods for caching items.
// The following are the cacheing classes that can be used.
// vB_Cache_Db - This setting stores the data in the database
// vB_Cache_Memcached - This stores the data in memcache
// vB_Cache_Memory - This setting uses php's memory while a page is being generated.
// Each cache area can use its own cache type.
$config['Cache']['class'][0] = 'vB_Cache_Db'; //regular cache
$config['Cache']['class'][1] = 'vB_Cache_Memory'; //fastest cache
$config['Cache']['class'][2] = 'vB_Cache_Db'; //largest cache and longest life.

// ****** DATASTORE CACHE CONFIGURATION *****
// Here you can configure different methods for caching datastore items.
// vB_Datastore_Filecache - to use includes/datastore/datastore_cache.php
// vB_Datastore_APC - to use APC
// vB_Datastore_XCache - to use XCache
// vB_Datastore_Memcached - to use a Memcache server, more configuration below
// $config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Filecache';
// ******** DATASTORE PREFIX ******
// If you are using a PHP Caching system (APC, XCache, eAccelerator) with more
// than one set of forums installed on your host, you *may* need to use a prefix
// so that they do not try to use the same variable within the cache.
// This works in a similar manner to the database table prefix.
// $config['Datastore']['prefix'] = '';
// It is also necessary to specify the hostname or IP address and the port the server is listening on
/*
$config['Datastore']['class'] = 'vB_Datastore_Memcached';
$i = 0;
// First Server
$i++;
$config['Misc']['memcacheserver'][$i] = '127.0.0.1';
$config['Misc']['memcacheport'][$i] = 11211;
$config['Misc']['memcachepersistent'][$i] = true;
$config['Misc']['memcacheweight'][$i] = 1;
$config['Misc']['memcachetimeout'][$i] = 1;
$config['Misc']['memcacheretry_interval'][$i] = 15;
*/
// ****** The following options are only needed in special cases ******
// ****** MySQLI OPTIONS *****
// When using MySQL 4.1+, MySQLi should be used to connect to the database.
// If you need to set the default connection charset because your database
// is using a charset other than latin1, you can set the charset here.
// If you don't set the charset to be the same as your database, you
// may receive collation errors. Ignore this setting unless you
// are sure you need to use it.
// $config['Mysqli']['charset'] = 'utf8';
// Optionally, PHP can be instructed to set connection parameters by
// reading from the file named in 'ini_file'. Please use a full path to
// the file.
// Example:
// $config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = 'c:\program files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\my.ini';
$config['Mysqli']['ini_file'] = '';
// ******** IMAGE PROCESSING OPTIONS ********
// Images that exceed either dimension below will not be resized by vBulletin.
// If you need to resize larger images, alter these settings.
$config['Misc']['maxwidth'] = 2592;
$config['Misc']['maxheight'] = 1944;
// ******** SPECIAL SETTINGS ********
// The following are settings/permissions that are not normally used but
// are here for reference. Please be careful using them. Do not enable or
// uncomment without understanding what they do first.
// This allows you to disable modifications and extensions to the software.
// If your site is not functioning well after installing or using a third
// party modification, please enable this.
// define("DISABLE_HOOKS", true);
// This allows you to shut down all mail that is being sent by vBulletin.
// This is useful for test environments
// define("DISABLE_MAIL", true);
// This allows you to enter debug mode, which is for support or development
// to help understand how pages are built. This should NEVER be enabled in
// a live environment.
// $config['Misc']['debug'] = true;
// This enables debug logging. The debuglogger is controlled from the
// file core/includes/xml/logger.xml. This is safe to run on a live
// environment, assuming the log location is secure, however it may
// impact peformance to have the logging on.
// $config['Misc']['debuglogging'] = true;

/*======================================================================*\
|| ####################################################################
|| # Downloaded: 00:00, Thur Oct 15th 2015
|| # CVS: $RCSfile$ - $Revision: 66450 $
|| ####################################################################
\*======================================================================*/

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Nothing?

[Wayne Luke]

What is your phpinfo()?

Just create a file with this in it:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Upload it to your server and load it in a browser window.

[woffie]

Any other ideas why I am getting this error

Couldn't read config file config.php

[woffie]

Check for core_path. It missing the /core part at the end.

It seems it should be:

$config['core_path'] = '/home/*****/public_html/evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core'; 

I will try that tonight

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Check for core_path. It missing the /core part at the end.

It seems it should be:

$config['core_path'] = '/home/****/public_html/evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core'; 

Nope still have the same issue

[Yves Rigaud]

Check for core_path. It missing the /core part at the end.

It seems it should be:

$config['core_path'] = '/home/eaforums/public_html/evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core'; 

[woffie]

What does the core_url line say in your /config.php file?

I don't see a line that is core_url but here are a couple


This is the url and web based path to your core directory
$config['baseurl_core'] = 'http://www.evangelizeamerica.org/forumtest/core';

// This setting is for where your vbulletin core folder is
$config['core_path'] = '/home/******/public_html/evangelizeamerica.org';

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If something were wrong, it would not have installed though.

[Wayne Luke]

What does the core_url line say in your /config.php file?

[woffie]

Got it installed, now I am getting this error

Couldn't read config file config.php

I get that error when going to the mainpage or acp

[Wayne Luke]

A BOM does appear on the screen. If you save these files as UTF-8, it places hidden characters in the file that will cause the errors you're seeing.

Looking at the file won't help unless you're using an Editor that shows hidden files like notepad++. Always make sure any file you edit is stored as ANSI or ASCII text.

[woffie]

<?php
/*======================================================================*\
|| #################################################################### ||
|| # vBulletin Core Configuration # ||
|| # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # ||
|| # All PHP code in this file is ©2000-2012 vBulletin Solutions Inc. # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # ||
|| # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # ||
|| # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # ||
|| #################################################################### ||
\*======================================================================*/
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*\
| ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| If you get any errors while attempting to connect to MySQL, you will |
| need to email your webhost because we cannot tell you the correct |
| values for the variables in this file. |
| |
| When making changes to the file, the edit should always be to the |
| right of the = sign between the single quotes |
| Default: $config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp'; |
| Example: $config['admincpdir'] = 'myadmin'; GOOD! |
| Example: $config['myadmin'] = 'admincp'; BAD! |
\*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/

// ****** DATABASE TYPE ******
// This is the type of the database server on which your vBulletin database
// will be located. Valid options are mysql and mysqli, for slave support add
// _slave to the end of the database class.
// Try to use mysqli if you are using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1+
$config['Database']['dbtype'] = 'mysql';
// ****** DATABASE NAME ******
// This is the name of the database where your vBulletin will be located.
// This must be created by your webhost.

This is one and the other is

<?php /*======================================================================*\ || #################################################################### || || # vBulletin 5 Presentation Configuration # || || # ---------------------------------------------------------------- # || || # All PHP code in this file is 2000-2012 vBulletin Solutions Inc. # || || # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part. # || || # ---------------- VBULLETIN IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE ---------------- # || || # http://www.vbulletin.com | http://www.vbulletin.com/license.html # || || #################################################################### || \*======================================================================*/ /*-------------------------------------------------------*\ | ****** NOTE REGARDING THE VARIABLES IN THIS FILE ****** | +---------------------------------------------------------+ | When making changes to the file, the edit should always | | be to the right of the = sign between the single quotes | | Default: $config['admincpdir'] = 'admincp'; | | Example: $config['admincpdir'] = 'myadmin'; GOOD! | | Example: $config['myadmin'] = 'admincp'; BAD! | \*-------------------------------------------------------*/ // ****** Base URLs ****** // The following settings all deal with the url of your forum. // If set incorrectly your site/software will not function correctly. // These urls should NOT include a trailing slash // This is the url and web path of your root vBulletin directory $config['baseurl'] = '

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There are no characters before <?php