Ajeh:
See the double slashes:
Notice that they have duplicated the home path as part of that error?
That means you most likely have something wrong in your configure.php file(s) ...
Thanks for the response!
I think that's the point I was trying to get across in the original post?
Below is a copy of the way the config file was set up on Host Monster with Simple Scripts.
I'll highlight in red what changes I did.
Maybe you can tell me what is wrong...or not.
I realize now that ZC took special precautions for downloads by adding the /pub folder where a temporary pointer file points to the actual download folder.
However, I was just trying to follow the suggested security steps from the FAQ area. The FAQ said relocating the download folder outside of the public_html folder was the best way to go.....
<?php
/**
* @package Configuration Settings circa 1.3.8
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license <http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt> GNU Public License V2.0
*/
/*************** NOTE: This file is similar, but DIFFERENT from the "admin" version of configure.php. ***********/
/*************** The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other. ***********/
// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.mysite.com');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'http://www.mysite.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', '/myshop/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/myshop/');
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/
The following line is what I suspect is causing all of my problems but I've tried changing it every way I can think of so ZC can get past it and recognize the download folder outside of the public dirictory.
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/myusername/public_html/myshop/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . '/home/myusername/mydownloads/');
Tried with and without beginning and trailing slashes, ../, ../../, ../../../, and ../../../../mydownloads/ but I could never get the shopping cart to go back past /home/myusername/public_html/myshop/:
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', '');
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'myusername_db1');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxxxxxxx');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'myusername_db1');
define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');
define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db');
// for STORE_SESSIONS, use 'db' for best support, or '' for file-based storage
// 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', '/home/myusername/public_html/myshop/cache');
// EOF
