PHP scripts

Yaara · April 3rd, 2007, 2:05 PM

Hey
I'm new around here, and quite useless with MySQL and php scripts. I just don't understand it for the life of me.

I tried to install 2 different php blog scripts (wordpress.org and cutenews.com), and followed the instructions to the word, but when it came to getting the actual installation file on the server to work - it didn't.

I tried different things and got these two different errors with wordpress (after failing with the first attempt, a friend and I tried a second one). This is the result of the first attempt:

Quote:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster

slightly-masochistic.net and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

And of the second one:

Quote:

Warning: main(./upgrade-functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/slightly/public_html/wordpress2/wp-admin/install.php on line 9

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './upgrade-functions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/slightly/public_html/wordpress2/wp-admin/install.php on line 9

Anyone has any idea what I'm doing wrong? Also, is there a chance there's some sort of security in place that prevents installing php scripts?

Also, since this whole thing is new to me, I don't know what information I should post in order to help solving this, so telling me what I could post further would help.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help.

**Bigjohn** · April 3rd, 2007, 2:18 PM

Usually, when you install one of these type scripts, you have to edit a configuration file. That file needs to know what your database name is, the database user name, and password.

You also have to have the permissions set correctly on the files and folders - if you're on a newer server under PHPSUEXEC, you need 755 permission on folders, 644 on files.

Yaara · April 3rd, 2007, 2:43 PM

I did edit the configuration file with the database information, but I set my permissions to 777 instead of what you mentioned. I will try what you suggested. Thanks for the help.

Yaara · April 3rd, 2007, 2:45 PM

Well, it appears the permissions on attempt no.2 are already set to what you said they should be....

Anymore suggestions?

**Bigjohn** · April 3rd, 2007, 5:38 PM

You're installing / extracting into the public_html directory, right?

**David** · April 3rd, 2007, 9:18 PM

To make it simple, you could use Fantastico.

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Yaara Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2007 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	I did edit the configuration file with the database information, but I set my permissions to 777 instead of what you mentioned. I will try what you suggested. Thanks for the help.

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Yaara Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2007 7 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Well, it appears the permissions on attempt no.2 are already set to what you said they should be.... Anymore suggestions?

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