Error encountered while writing /includes/configure.php

[docsnotary]

Error encountered while writing /includes/configure.php - database setup

I have searched and read the other threads but they didnt seem to help,
Im getting this error on the database page of the installation.

The thing is when i download the configuration page to check it it has written everything to the page, so Im unsure why this error is occuring if it has managed to write to the page?

After hours of headaches and searching these forums to no avail, I have finally gotten past this error.

What I did is to go back to the "System Setup" page in the installation and changed the referenced "Physical Path" to "/var/www/html/ZenCart", where I also had a full copy of ZenCart. Previously I had referenced a copy of ZenCart in a user directory under /home , since I had wanted that particular user to administer the ZenCart. Apparently putting ZenCart in a user's home directory is a no-no. It seems as if it can only function if it is under /var/www/html/ .

Prior to doing this I had also chown-ed both ZenCart directories recursively to be owned by user apache and group apache, since they had aquired root ownership from the way I ftp'ed them. I don't think this should be necessary because they were mode 777 anyway and that step didn't solve the problem. Just mentioning it in case someone can't replicate my success and it turns out to have been a necessary condition.

[DrByte]

What I did is to go back to the "System Setup" page in the installation and changed the referenced "Physical Path" to "/var/www/html/ZenCart", where I also had a full copy of ZenCart. Previously I had referenced a copy of ZenCart in a user directory under /home , since I had wanted that particular user to administer the ZenCart. Apparently putting ZenCart in a user's home directory is a no-no. It seems as if it can only function if it is under /var/www/html/ .

It can function just fine in a user's home directory.

However, you were not running the files FROM that home directory.

If you want to install Zen Cart to run from a certain place, you need to upload the files TO that place and run it from there.

The "zc_install" program doesn't actually install FILES... you have to upload via FTP manually. The zc_install process "configures" files and installs database-content.

[justrestin]

I have the same issue. OS is FreeBSD 6 i386 with MySQL 5.0.22 and php5.1.4

All the directory/ file permissions seem correct and I have even changed the ownership to www (As Apache runs on this box) to no avail.

I have attached a screen capture of what I get.

Thanks in advance

Drew

[kelvyn]

Is php being run as a cgi? Who is the host?

[justrestin]

The host and machine are mine, so root access is easy

No php is being run as a standard Apache module compiled with the Apache 2 handler

[DrByte]

After writing the file, it reads it back, and if it doesn't find the same information as it wrote, then that error is displayed.

What is the content of the file? (without passwords, if any)


Factors preventing writing include:
- permissions
- ownership
- disk-space-quota restrictions for the owner
- filesystem capacity ... ie: is the server out of space, etc

[justrestin]

configure.php
-----------------

<?php
/**
*
* @package Configuration Settings
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2006 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
*/


// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg, http://www.yourdomain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg, https://www.yourdomain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.pavingwarehouse.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.pavingwarehouse.com');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
//the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/pavingwarehouse/public_html/');

define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
define('DIR_WS_UPLOADS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'uploads/');
define('DIR_FS_UPLOADS', DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_UPLOADS);
define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');

// define our database connection
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_PREFIX', 'paving_');
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // eg, localhost - should not be empty
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '******');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '*******');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'paving');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false'); // use persistent connections?
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db'); // leave empty '' for default handler or set to 'db'

// The next 2 "defines" are for SQL cache support.
// For SQL_CACHE_METHOD, you can select from: none, database, or file
// If you choose "file", then you need to set the DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE to a directory where your apache
// or webserver user has write privileges (chmod 666 or 777). We recommend using the "cache" folder inside the Zen Cart folder
// ie: /path/to/your/webspace/public_html/zen/cache -- leave no trailing slash
define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'database');
define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/pavingwarehouse/public_html/cache');

Looks all as I entered it.