Install of 1.3.0.1 complains about php4 version 4.3.10-16

[zencartuser]

Hello,

I'm running zc_install from 1.3.0.1 on a box running the Debian unix stable release. It reports:
Warning: Problems Found
* PHP Version not supported

catalog-1.3.0.1/zc_install/techsupp.php reports:

Server Info
* Webserver: Apache/1.3.33 Ben-SSL/1.55 (Debian GNU/Linux) PHP/4.3.10-16
* Server Free Disk Space Reported = 0.67 GB
* MySQL Version Reported =
* PHP MySQL Support = ON
* PHP PostGres SQL Support = OFF
PHP Info
* PHP version: 4.3.10-16

I'd prefer not to upgrade the php4 because I'd have to go to version 4.4.2. FWIW the mysql installed is 4.0.24-10sarge1.

Is it normal for the "MySQL Version" to go unreported?
How can I complete this install?

Thanks.

[TheOracle]

I'd prefer not to upgrade the php4 because I'd have to go to version 4.4.2.

This is what I would recommend actually, since PHP v4.3.10 could have some missing routines in order to be fully compatible with the latest versions of mySQL that has been released lately.

[zencartuser]

Thanks, but I was hoping to avoid upgrading several packages and I'd prefer not to move on to the latest version 5 of mysql. If I upgrade the php4 to 4.4.2-1 I'd have to also upgrade the apache web server, the curl library, libc6 and others; in total about 20 packages. I'm sure it would all work but it's not my first choice for a publicly available machine :-)

The message said "consider": "PHP Version = 4.3.10-16 {You should consider upgrading!}".
Do we know that Zen Cart _won't_ work, or can't be made to work, with 4.3.10? What fails?

Thanks.

[TheOracle]

What fails?

The compatibility between an older version of PHP and recent releases of mySQL. Which is why, a PHP upgrade would strongly be advised in order have great stability within zencart (especially if you intend to install mySQL v5). Otherwise, you could end up with desastrous results. ;)

[zencartuser]

The compatibility between an older version of PHP and recent releases of mySQL.

Thanks for the prompt replies Oracle :-), but since the Zen Cart installation isn't yet recommending mysql v5, and since both php4 v4.3.10-16 and mysql v4.0.24-10 are in Debian stable there are unlikely to be compatibility issues between them. But, naturally, I could be wrong ... and since Zen Cart isn't being maintained in Debian I am doubtless unaware of untold version-compatibility horrors.

The immediate problem here seems to be that Zen Cart doesn't recognise Debian's numbering scheme: corrections to php4 version 4.3.10 would not be released as version 4.3.11, instead as 4.3.10-1 or, in the case of multiple corrections to php4, 4.3.10-16 :-).

From a websearch of the old Zen Cart forum I found the fix:

a.polli
Posted: May 2 2006, 03:39 PM
QUOTE (a.polli @ May 2 2006, 02:34 PM)
I have a similar problem with zencart V1.3.0.1

Apache/1.3.33 (Debian GNU/Linux) PHP/4.3.10-16

I have only the 'PHP Version not supported' warning
and if I click 'Install' I am redirect to the same page and the installation don't proceed.

in zc_install/includes/modules/pages/inspect/header_php.php
at the PHP Version Check
if the version is not correct it raises an error
then it can't proceed to the system_setup page

I change

elseif (phpversion() < "4.3.2" && phpversion() != "4.3.11" && phpversion() != "4.3.10" ) {

with

elseif (phpversion() < "4.3.2" && phpversion() != "4.3.11" && phpversion() != "4.3.10" && phpversion() != "4.3.10-16") {

and now I can install zen cart!

[TheOracle]

Ah ! I understand what you were trying to do now. Glad you found the answer you were looking for.

[lib99]

I have Zen Cart v1.3.0.1 running fine on a Fedora box with the following:

Server OS: Linux 2.6.5-1.358
Database: MySQL 3.23.58
PHP Version: 4.3.10 (Zend: 1.3.0)
HTTP Server: Apache/2.0.51 (Fedora)

It's a clean install used for sandboxing. Not sure why you have problems with the same PHP version.

[TheOracle]

Database: MySQL 3.23.58

Because you have a lower version of mySQL with a lower version of PHP 4 (almost last year if it isn't a whole year already. ;)).

[Raquel]

I have Zen Cart v1.3.0.1 running fine on a Fedora box with the following:

Server OS: Linux 2.6.5-1.358
Database: MySQL 3.23.58
PHP Version: 4.3.10 (Zend: 1.3.0)
HTTP Server: Apache/2.0.51 (Fedora)

It's a clean install used for sandboxing. Not sure why you have problems with the same PHP version.

The reason is that Debian provides security updates, thus the 4.3.10-16. Zen Cart tests for an exact string match to 4.3.10, so the added "-16" doesn't exactly match "4.3.10".

I fixed the problem by editing catalog/zc_install/includes/modules/pages/inspect/header_php ... about line 222, from:

} elseif (phpversion() < "4.3.2" && phpversion() != "4.3.11" && phpversion() != "4.3.10") {

to:

} elseif (phpversion() < "4.3.2" && phpversion() != "4.3.11" && phpversion() != "4.3.10") && phpversion() != "4.3.10-16") {

[angelia]

I believe this is where the problem lies, but am not sure what to change if anything so that I don't get the "You need to enable PHP Session support on your webserver. You might try installing this module: php4-session" error.

//PHP Version Check
if (phpversion()=="4.1.2") {
$php_ver = "<span class='errors'>".phpversion().' {'. SHOULD_UPGRADE . '}</span>';
$zc_install->error = true;
$err_text = ERROR_TEXT_4_1_2;
$err_code = ERROR_CODE_4_1_2;
$this_class = 'WARN';
} elseif (phpversion() < "4.1.2") {
$php_ver = "<span class='errors'>".phpversion().' {'. MUST_UPGRADE . '}</span>';
$zc_install->error = true;
$zc_install->fatal_error = true;
$err_text = ERROR_TEXT_PHP_VERSION;
$err_code = ERROR_CODE_PHP_VERSION;
$this_class = 'FAIL';
} else {
$php_ver = phpversion();
$this_class = 'OK';
}

Any suggestions on this one?
Thanks