problem with vbulletin

[Omega404]

everytime I try to add something to one of my styles this shows up





Required variables have gone missing and execution can not continue. Please try again.


This error can sometimes occur as a result of Suhosin / Hardened PHP being installed on your server. If you know that you have Suhosin running and you have access to the PHP configuration, try increasing the value of the following variables:

• php_value suhosin.post.max_vars
• php_value suhosin.request.max_vars

this litererly just happened to me,in fact this is the first time this has happened.Please somebody tell me how to fix this.

[Omega404]

I really need help, this is scaring me.

[Steve Machol]

The most likely cause of this problem is the suhosin module in PHP. If so this can be fixed by editing the php.ini (requires root access to the server) or by via a .htaccess file with the following contents:

php_flag suhosin.cookie.encrypt Off
php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048

You can create your own .htaccess file and upload it to your main forum directory. It's a simple text file.

If this doesn't work or you get an 'Internal Server Error' after doing this, then unfortunately this means that your host is not allowing this change. The only thing you can do now is to ask your host to make the necessary changes to suhosin.

Here is a post that lists some of the recommended suhosin settings for compatibility with vB:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1329782#post1329782

[Omega404]

this is my first time making a httaccess file,so according to what you said, open notepad , have the following contents in notepad
php_flag suhosin.cookie.encrypt Off
php_value suhosin.request.max_vars 2048
php_value suhosin.post.max_vars 2048


save it as .httaccess, and then upload it to my forums,am I correct?

[Steve Machol]

Correct. Make sure you upload it to your main forum directory in ASCII format.

[Omega404]

I uploaded the htaccess file to my forums directory,and then I tried updating one of my vbulletin styles again and It came up with the same message again,why didn't it work.

[Steve Machol]

I don't know. Either you did this wrong or your host is blocking tis change. I suggest contacting your host since this is a server issue.

[Lynne]

I think you may have to reload apache after you add an .htaccess file. Try that.

[Omega404]

how do I reload apache.

[Lynne]

how do I reload apache.

Well, I reload it by typing "service httpd reload", but I think different servers have you do it different ways.