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Strange IIS (?) path problem?

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  1. ed2

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    Joined: Nov '06
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    Just installed zenphoto. I'm on an IIS server (I think)--its windows. In order to get the setup.php to work, I had to set mod_rewrite to false and uncomment the path lines:

    define('WEBPATH', '/Images');
    define('SERVERPATH', 'www.desilva.info/Images');

    Zenphoto is installed in /Images.

    Setup then ran, it connected to the database, and with a hack (explained below), I uploaded a jpg to a gallery. Viewing the gallery works fine, navigation from the main page to album to photo all works.

    But, I keep having login issues.

    On my server, there is a subfolder on my hosting account called info, which is where http://www.desilva.info takes you. /Images, where zenphoto is installed, is actually under /info--/info/Images. So http://www.desilva.info/Images/index.php is the URL for the gallery. The way the server seems to work, you can also get there with http://www.desilva.info/desilvainfo/info/Images/index.php--the hosting account name followed by the /info directory. Interestingly, if you go to http://www.desilva.info/Images/index.php, and click on the album (Memorial Bridge), it takes you to http://www.desilva.info/desilvainfo/info/Images/index.php?album=memorialbridge. Somewhere zP is adding in the "/desilvainfo/info." This doesn't seem consistent with having defined SERVERPATH to 'www.desilva.info/Images'

    Anyway, for whatever reason, the public interface seems to work. The problem is with administration. I can go to the admin page, but if I add an image, it takes me to the login page--www.desilva.info/desilvainfo/info/Images/zen/admin.php. I then get trapped there in a login loop.

    However, if I shorten the URL to http://www.desilva.info/Images/zen/admin.php, I continue on and it seems to perform whatever function it was trying to do.

    Any ideas for having to hack /desilvainfo/info out of the URL in the browser everytime I want to edit/upload anything?

    Posted 6 years ago #

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    trisweb

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    Joined: Sep '05
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    Let's take a step back and start with these:

    define('WEBPATH', '/Images');
    define('SERVERPATH', 'www.desilva.info/Images');

    The first one is perfect, WEBPATH should be the path after your domain, so http://www.desilva.info/Images has a WEBPATH of /Images, perfect.

    The second one is the filesystem path of that same directory on the server. It should be something like (on Windows) D:\iis\htdocs\desilvainfo\info\Images (JUST GUESSING, you have to use your FTP program or a php file with just <?php phpinfo(); ?> to find the real path).

    Frankly I'm surprised it's working with the SERVERPATH you gave it... did you end up re-commenting it? Give it the correct one though and see if that helps the admin problem...

    Posted 6 years ago #

  3. ed2

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    Joined: Nov '06
    Posts: 23

    Thanks for the tip... I redefined:

    define('SERVERPATH', 'E:\userdirs\wwwroot\desilvainfo\info\Images\');

    after running a phpinfo() call on the server. Still end up with the same issue--it allowed me to upload four new jpgs into an album, kicked me to the login screeen, and looped there. The pictures did get uploaded, however, and if I edited the /desilvainfo/info out of the URL for admin.php, I could get back to the admin screen.

    Argh. I really wish I had a better working knowledge of PHP... Any more ideas?

    Posted 6 years ago #

  4. Chilifrei64

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    Joined: Dec '05
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    I use IIS for my site and this is how I have it set. Notice the directions of the / in server path..

    define('WEBPATH', '/zp');
    define('SERVERPATH', 'd:/website/chilifrei.net/zp/');

    Posted 6 years ago #

  5. ed2

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    Joined: Nov '06
    Posts: 23

    Well, I switched the "\"s to "/"s and it doesn't seem to make any difference. Still have to delete the /desilvainfo/info to get back to the admin page after making any mods...

    I really like this app and want it to work... Something must be deciding I'm not logged on or something. Is there a debug function that can be enabled to see what is being called?

    Odd bit is that it actually does the function I'm trying to do--change themes, upload pictures, etc. Its just when it tries to go back to the admin page that I get bounced to the login.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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    trisweb

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    Joined: Sep '05
    Posts: 1,833

    Seems like the server path was working fine for you anyway even before you changed that... must have been autodetected still, not sure how.

    The redirect looks something like:
    header("Location: " . FULLWEBPATH . "/zen/admin.php?page=edit");

    and FULLWEBPATH is calculated like:
    define('FULLWEBPATH', PROTOCOL . "://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . WEBPATH);

    That could be your problem. IIS might not be assigning the HTTP_HOST environment variable that you want. A simple fix for you would be to replace that... here's how:

    In zen/functions.php, around line 24, you'll see the above line. Change it to:

    define('FULLWEBPATH', PROTOCOL."://www.desilva.info" . WEBPATH);

    You're basically replacing $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] manually with your domain. I think that should work.

    I might need to make another override option for this, I didn't even know it could cause problems, but thanks for pointing it out :-)

    Posted 6 years ago #

  7. ed2

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    Joined: Nov '06
    Posts: 23

    I'll give it a whirl... Unfortunately, seems like my host is in the midst of upgrading my account, so I can't do anything. Grr.

    Thanks so much for taking the time to look at the issue... I'll follow up w/the results as soon as I can.

    BTW, I think I said it before, but great piece of work!

    Posted 6 years ago #

  8. ed2

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    Joined: Nov '06
    Posts: 23

    Well, part of my account "upgrade" seems to have rearranged something unanticipated... Without touching the code, it suddenly started working. I can't get there from http://www.desilva.info/Images until some host headers get fixed, but accessing the server directly at desilvainfo.ehost-services104.com/info/Images/index.php shows everything (including the admin parts) working fine.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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