install problem on home computer

[kjharrison]

I dowloaded Zen Cart and want to try it out on my home computer (running My SQL, PHP and Xitami on Windows XP Home Edition) before I decide if I'm going to use it. So I run the install script and everything seems to be working out fine. I go from the Welcome page to the License page, click that I agree to the terms, then I get: The URL you asked for does not exist on this website

Grrr. I've run PHP scripts on web sites before, but ths is the first time I've tried to run one on my own computer. In fact, I set up the server on my home computer to test this and another shopping cart script before making my final decission. I have a feeling that this is a simple CHMOD thing, but I have no idea how to change the permissions for the files on my home computer. Does anyone know how to do this?

Ken.

[Vger]

Xitami is a nice little lightweight server, runs pretty fast, but it's not an Apache server and does not recognise .htaccess - so you may want to remove any .htaccess files from the home install and see if that helps.

You must have loaded it in the correct place or else you wouldn't even have gotten to the install landing page.

Vger

[kjharrison]

Thanks for the information and the help. I deleted the .htaccess file from the install folder then restarted the server and ran the file, which didn't work. I wonder if it can't find the mysql server, which I have installed in C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0 It seems a little early for the install to find the mysql server, but you never know.

Ken.

[DrByte]

At that stage, it's doing a system pre-flight inspection, including attempting to detect the MySQL engine.

If the server software has some sort of errorlog support, you should check the logs for more detailed errors.

[DrByte]

As an alternative, you might want to follow Vger's suggestion to use XAMPP:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...84&postcount=4
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?t=39056

[kjharrison]

As an alternative, you might want to follow Vger's suggestion to use XAMPP:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...84&postcount=4
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?t=39056

After trying to Google and answer to my problem, it seems that everyone has problems running mysql via php with Xitami. I downloaded Apache, but haven't installed it yet. I might give Vger's suggestion a try instead.

Thanks for the help,
Ken.

[DrByte]

After trying to Google and answer to my problem, it seems that everyone has problems running mysql via php with Xitami.

Thanks for reporting back with this information Ken.

[Vger]

After trying to Google and answer to my problem, it seems that everyone has problems running mysql via php with Xitami.

That's not correct. I ran Xitami for several years without any problems (once installed correctly). I changed to XAMPP purely because I needed to exactly copy a full online server setup. Where Xitami fall down is on their install info. Basically, you must install Xitami (the web server) before you install MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin etc. As long as you do that you should be fine.

Vger

[kjharrison]

That's not correct. I ran Xitami for several years without any problems (once installed correctly). I changed to XAMPP purely because I needed to exactly copy a full online server setup. Where Xitami fall down is on their install info. Basically, you must install Xitami (the web server) before you install MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin etc. As long as you do that you should be fine.

Vger

Oh my! I installed mysql, then Xitami then php! Would it help if I re-install mysql? When I Googled I found people complainging about mysql not working with Xitami but never a fix.

Ken.

[Vger]

I'd uninstall the lot, reboot the computer and then install Xitami - and install the others afterwards. That should work, but can't 100% guarantee it.

Vger