Fresh Install, Can't log into Admin area

[llama91]

I realize that it's difficult to attempt to set up Zen cart on a VPS, but that's what I've been tasked with, and I can't seem to get my head around a problem I'm having.

The install is completely fresh, no errors on installing. The only Item in the install checklist that wasn't green was the .htaccess enabled option, that was orange/yellow, because I can't seem to get it turned on right now.

Upon completing this install, I move the admin area to it's new directory, and remove the zc_install folder.
Everything displays fine, the issue is, that when I attempt to log into the admin area, with either my own login, or the manual login I created following a password reset guide I found on this site.... nothing happens.

The page reloads, no error message shows. The database doesn't record any mention of an attempted or failed login. Yet the store section of the website communicates with the database perfectly.

tl;dr: Installed fresh, cannot login to admin section, page just reloads. no trace in db of failed or attempted login, store side works fine. Only issue of note was that the htaccess test was yellow in the install.

This is just an idea, but on the off chance it makes a difference, I am currently setting up using IP's instead of proper URL's because I'm waiting for DNS changes to be made to point the domain name at the server. I don't know if this could cause an issue with the regex used in the admin configure.php.

Any help or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards

[kobra]

Have you reviewed the similar threads posted below??

[llama91]

I have reviewed all of these, among others I could find.
I enabled error reporting from the PHP, and discovered no errors.
However when trying to log in to the user area, I'm instantly taken to the same page but displaying a "Whoops! Your session has expired." message.
I figure that the server is not storing sessions properly.

[llama91]

Ignore the last post, I didn't have the error reporting configured properly

Notice: Undefined index: path in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/configure.php on line 32
Notice: Undefined index: path in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/configure.php on line 32
Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/init_includes/init_general_funcs.php on line 58
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/init_includes/init_general_funcs.php on line 58
Notice: Use of undefined constant SUPERUSER_PROFILE - assumed 'SUPERUSER_PROFILE' in
/var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/init_includes/init_admin_auth.php on line 11
Notice: Undefined index: HTMLAREA in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/admins/includes/init_includes/init_html_editor.php on line 61

[llama91]

Update:

I have sessions working properly, but it would appear the problem has something to do with a lot of undefined variables.
Too many errors on the home page to share. Using a freshly downloaded Zen Cart file set, didn't use my old database, same problem.

From my own tests I have discovered that

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://109.104.79.93');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://109.104.79.93');
  
  $t1 = parse_url(HTTP_SERVER);
  $p1 = $t1['path'];
  $t2 = parse_url(HTTPS_SERVER);
  $p2 = $t2['path'];
  
  echo $t1 . "<br>" . $t2; 

parse_url() 

Does not seem to work as expected

Notice: Undefined index: path in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/session_test.php on line 18
Notice: Undefined index: path in /var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/session_test.php on line 20

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[kobra]

Post the contents of your admin configure.php file x'ing out only the db details

[llama91]

<?php
/**
 * @package Configuration Settings circa 1.5.1
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2012 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 * File Built by zc_install on 2013-04-30 04:04:58
 */


/*************** NOTE: This file is similar, but DIFFERENT from the "store" version of configure.php. ***********/
/***************       The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other.      ***********/

/**
 * WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SSL PROTECTION FOR YOUR ENTIRE ADMIN:
 * To do that, make sure you use a "https:" URL for BOTH the HTTP_SERVER and HTTPS_SERVER entries:
 */
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://109.104.79.93');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://109.104.79.93');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://109.104.79.93');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://109.104.79.93');

  // secure webserver for admin?  Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
  define('ENABLE_SSL_ADMIN', 'false');

  // secure webserver for storefront?  Valid choices are 'true' or 'false' (including quotes).
  define('ENABLE_SSL_CATALOG', '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)
  $t1 = parse_url(HTTP_SERVER);$p1 = $t1['path'];$t2 = parse_url(HTTPS_SERVER);$p2 = $t2['path'];

  define('DIR_WS_ADMIN', preg_replace('#^' . str_replace('-', '\-', $p1) . '#', '', dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) . '/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN', preg_replace('#^' . str_replace('-', '\-', $p2) . '#', '', dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) . '/');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', 'http://109.104.79.93/');

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_ICONS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'icons/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_IMAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG_TEMPLATE', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_BOXES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'boxes/');
  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_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER . DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  define('DIR_FS_ADMIN', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../') . '/');
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/');

  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to the /logs/ folder  eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/logs ... and no trailing slash
  define('DIR_FS_LOGS', '/var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/logs');

  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_LANGUAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/languages/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_IMAGES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'images/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_MODULES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/modules/');
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'includes/templates/');
  define('DIR_FS_BACKUP', DIR_FS_ADMIN . 'backups/');
  define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');
  define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');

// define our database connection
  define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
  define('DB_PREFIX', '');
  define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
  define('DB_SERVER', 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
  define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'xxxxxxxxxx');
  define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxxx');
  define('DB_DATABASE', 'xxxxxxxx');

  // 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', 'none'); 
  define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/var/www/vhosts/b4baby.co.uk/httpdocs/cache');


// Define the webserver and path parameters
  // Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com - 
  // HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  /* 
   * URLs for your site will be built via:  
   *     HTTP_SERVER plus DIR_WS_ADMIN or
   *     HTTPS_SERVER plus DIR_WS_HTTPS_ADMIN or 
   *     HTTP_SERVER plus DIR_WS_CATALOG or 
   *     HTTPS_SERVER plus DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG
   * ...depending on your system configuration settings
   */
// EOF

[kobra]

I believe that this line

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', 'http://109.104.79.93/');

Should be as follows

define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

[llama91]

Sorry about the late reply, been away over the weekend.

I tried changing this line of code, unfortunately it didn't resolve anything. I think I'm going to have to try using a standard server with zen cart.