Unable to do local copy

[vimad]

I am desperate...

I have been the whole day trying to make a local copy of my zencart site... without success.

I have version 1.3.8a running. It runs perfectly on the server.

I have installed XAMPP 1.4.16 (I also tried 1.7.1 and 1.7.3, but they have PHP 5.3) and then, I have followed the steps explained in the wiki, mainly:

1.- Backup my SQL DB
2.- Backup my entire site via cpanel of my hosting provider
3.- Create new DB in local and install a "fresh" 1.3.8a zencart
4.- Once the new DB is created and the new zc installed, I copy and paste the backup of my entire site (except both configures, of course).
5.- In phpmyadmin I erase the entire content of the db and import the backup of my live zc.

... and all I get is a blank page in both admin and store...

After aprox 20 tries (maybe more) this is driving my crazy... I would appreciate any help you can provide me with.

Thanks.

[pdxdoug]

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=100

This works if you follow the directions. Use your ftp program to download your site to your PC.

Cheers~

[vimad]

Those are the same instructions explained in the wiki. I have followed them once again right now and the result is quite similar... I get an Error 500.

Any other ideas. Please I do not know what to do. There is so much work involved in my live zencart that I cannot start again...

Thanks.

[vimad]

UPDATE:

I have tried also with WAMP (PHP 5.2.0 / Apache 2.0.54 / MySQL 5.0.37) and I also get an error 500.

Please any ideas?

Thanks.

[vimad]

When it says "Download all your old site's files via FTP", what I am downloading is the public_html directory, which is the one with the zencart content (not all the site).

And the above is what I upload to the "store" directory in XAMPP or to www in WAMP.

Is that correct?

This is me:

[vimad]

Another Update:

I have done every step and instead of uploading the entire copy of the FTP, I have done it file by file (crazy, but I am desperate).

I think that the problem has to do with the folder "auto_loaders", both in includes and in my template.

If I do not copy said folder, and I deactivate my template (with its own auto_loaders), it works....

What can be causing the problem? Any idea of what can I do to have an exact copy of my live shop?

Thanks.