[Resolved] upgrading from 4.3.8 to 5.0.2; scripts stopped working

[kender]

i upgraded from 4.3.8 to 5.0.2 and went to load my page, and all i get is a blank page returned

phpinfo(); works

but none of my php pages will load

any help here?
am i using archaic scripts?

[tsinka]

Hi,

set error_reporting to E_ALL in php.ini and check for any error messages. Which OS is the web server running on ? Which web server is installed ? Please post the php.ini (as attachment).

Thomas

[kender]

will do in am

php.ini will follow (default - recommended that came with package)
apache 2 is server
server running on windows xp pro

[kender]

error reporting was defaulted at E_ALL and all i get in return is blank page with my script

breakdown of script

open php <?

include_once("page.php")
- page contains
- 2 include_once calling to settings.php and scripts.php
- settings contains
- sql database info & general info that is regular calls for scripts
- scripts contains
- my menus
- misc scripts that appear on all pages
- also a call to header and footer (templated layout files)

doheader() function

PAGE CONTENT

dofooter() function

close php ?>

i have my template set up for ease of use, and really dont want to lose my template design. all menus are seperated into seperate files so i can edit a file for that perticular menu without worrying about disrupting the others, header and footer files are design for whole site, and changing that changes whole look.. no worry about changing 15 files to update the look of the site

i would like to be php5 compliant! please help

[kender]

i just noticed 2 .reg files

do i need to merge these? (and edit for path)

[tsinka]

Ok,

did you download and install the zip package or the PHP installer ?

Do you use MySQL as database ? The mysql extension isn't enabled.

To enable the MySQL extension:

1. copy libmysql* to the system32 directory
2. Remove the ; in front of
   ;extension=php_mysql.dll
   in php.ini
3. restart the web server

Thomas

[kender]

Warning

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '.php_mysql.dll' - The specified module could not be found.

in other words, yes.. i use MySQL

and i used the .zip not the installer - should i retry with the installer?

[tsinka]

I forgot one point:

You need to change the php.ini configuration directive:

extension_dir = "./"

Set it to the directory where the php extensions (php_*.dll) are.

Thomas

[kender]

sweet jesus, you are great

thanks much, seems php.net should add a little information to the install file that goes with the .zip......

seems to be working fine, any issues that i should be aware of? anything to look for in code that may not work properly from 4 - 5 ?

thanks again!! i am now php5 compliant.. i hope

i will mark this resolved after your reply

[kender]

self resolved

[kender]

11
12	if ($_SESSION['user'] == "kender"){ 
13		echo 'Hi Kender';
14	}

i get this error

[24-Oct-2004 02:22:45] PHP Notice: Undefined index: user in D:..............\menu.php on line 12

how is this undefined?

[tsinka]

You'll get that error if $_SESSION['user'] isn't defined (if $user hasn't been registered with the current session).

Try this one:

if (isset($_SESSION['user']) && $_SESSION['user'] == "kender"){ 
  echo 'Hi Kender';
}

Thomas

[kender]

thanks much.. worked like a charm

about my other question.. anything i should be wary of in my old php4 scripts that i may need to look out for..

it looks pretty backwards compatible, but users are sometimes more alert than programmers