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Magento Installation Guide

eeadmin@magentocommerce.com — 2007-08-30 T;20:48:00-08:00

Installation

Please refer to Magento's system requirements to ensure you have the appropriate platform and environment set up. If you attempted to install Magento and the installation wizard suggested to use the PHP-CGI workaround, please click here.
Download the .zip or .tar.gz file from the Magento website and decompress it.
Upload the Magento web files to your web server via FTP (if you have SSH access and are comfortable with the command line, check out this wiki post)
Create a MySQL database and user/password for Magento This step varies by hosting provider and is out of the scope of this document. Consult your provider's support/documentation for instructions on how to do this.
Ensure that the file magento/var/.htaccess, the directories magento/app/etc, magento/var, and all the directories under magento/media are writable by the web server. To do so, navigate to the directory with your FTP client. Then locate the function "Change Permissions" or "Change Mode" in your FTP client and select it. Once you find the function, you must set the permissions so the web server can write to this file. There are two typical ways of representing file permissions in Linux:
1. As a number (eg, 755)
2. As a series of permissions categorized into user, group, and other

If your FTP client uses the first representation, set the permissions on each directory to be 777, or 0777. If your FTP client uses the second representation, set the permissions as shown in the image below. http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/magento_filesystem_permissions

Use your web browser to surf to the Magento installation wizard. If you've uploaded the Magento files to http://www.example.com/magento/, then the wizard will be located here: http://www.example.com/magento/install/.
Once in the wizard, you can configure various system-level settings that are required for Magento to function. Most options will be intelligently guessed for you, but you're free to override any settings that don't look right. At the very least, change the database parameters in the first box “Database connection” to match those of the database you set up in Step 3.
Success! You've completed a basic Magento install. You can now visit the administration backend and begin configuring your new online store.
UPDATE: If you have installed Version 1.0.19700, you should follow the instructions to install the patch which fixes a known issue with the compare products feature.
** IMPORTANT: Catalog price rules and many other features in Magento require periodical execution of scheduled task. Please refer to this article for information on cronjob setup: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/how_to_setup_a_cron_job

Known Issues

Magento was developed on Linux and as such, it is most tested on this platform. Here are some known issues that may result from the use of other operating systems.

Under Windows, image uploads do not work at this time. As a result, an administrator will not be able to upload product images.

UPDATE: Please use the Magento Install / Setup Forum to report and discuss installation issues.

Comment by RoyRubin

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

For further comments and discussion, please use the Magento Install Forum

http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewforum/9/

Thanks!

Comment by kgrach

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Dear Kosh, if you think this installer is hard you need to get a new job please for everyone’s sake.

Last Sunday I decided to give this software a try as my current storefront sucks to say it bluntly. Plus my hosting service is charging me a fortune plus nickel and dime me to death for really poor service. I haven’t had a working SSL for the last year.
We have both Fiber and Cable at my office so why not trying to hosting myself.

Yes this is a bit insane as I have no real Linux knowledge and absolutely none when it comes to Apache MySQL PHP. But undaunted I proceeded to gather some spare computer parts up Sunday night and assemble a computer.

Sunday
Alas could not get computer to work system powers up and down as soon as power is applied I suspect bad power supply.
Spend rest of Sunday researching different Linux installs.
Ubuntu has a server version the claims to have a quick and easy LAMP install. I am sold.

Monday Evening

Home from work with another used PSU. System powers up and seems to work fine
The CDRW I put in the system seems to have some problems reading the CD.
Grab another spare CDRW this one works. Reinstalled Ubuntu from scratch with
LAMP. System powers up and I am presented with a text login and a note to read about man sudo because there is no such thing as root on my system.

Server system loads without GUI great I have no idea how to navigate a Linux from Shell.
Spend rest of evening learning how to navigate shell.

Learned Ifconfig command I now have server IP number .
I login from my windows machine and great I have working server.

Tuesday Evening

Home from bookstore got two books mastering Linux 1889 pages ouch seven years old according to copyright. Plus it only deals with RED Hat Linux.
Second book PHP MySQL Apache a more manageable 599 pages whoot.
Better yet copyrighted 2006.

Learned system rights and how to use nano to edit config files.
Beat my head trying to move the default web directory.
Learned the hard way about system rights or what ever its called.
So that’s why it wouldn’t display my HTML pages CHMOD and group rights fixed that

Wednesday took the evening off to spend time with the GF.

Thursday Evening
Installed SSL server and vsftpd spent rest of evening struggling with the FTP configuration.

Friday Evening

Spent trying to figure out what the hell a MTA was and how to set one up plus I did research online on which one was better I chose EXIM4 as my MTA.

Saturday afternoon
Marathon session SSL server setup and now I can’t get non HTTPS pages to display.
Erased hard drive and resetup LAMP. This time making backups of original config files plus write protecting them. Finally figured out that it requires two apache2 defines one for port 80 and one for port 443 plus how to get certificates and make self signing one. Godaddy seems to have the cheapest cert at $25 versus 150 or 400 dollars for thaws and verisign what a rip.
Made self signing for testing purposes and downloaded Magento BZ2 version.
FTP’d to server and now had fun trying to figure out how to untar something TAR XZF didn’t work where Tar xvvf worked huh!

Installed curl and mcrypt I thought !!!
Magento stopped on install ohh I needed PHP-curl and PHP-Mcrypt didn’t know there was a difference.

Magento installer stopped again on database section. Now I had to learn about how to create a database named magento in MySQL. Figured that out now try installer again finished. Checked storefront up and running.
Now some sleep.

Sunday afternoon
Back in front of the computer trying to figure out how to configure store. Really my only complaint on the installation process and instructions how bout a simple line at the end of the installations instructions like “To now configure store, type http://www.example.com/magento/admin to get to store backend “

To the Magento team nice job on that really easy Installer. It was really handy and made life easy for a total noob to setup a storefront. Also don’t worry the Apache Rewrite module as it was easy to setup and this is coming from a complete apache novice.

Comment by dwkitchen

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

I have a similar problem as above. I am new and this is my first install, don’t want to be put off magento at the first step

Warning: file_exists() [function.file-exists]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/etc/pear.conf) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/penznpri:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/pear/php/PEAR/Config.php on line 595[0] in file_exists("/usr/local/etc/pear.conf") in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/pear/php/PEAR/Config.php on line 595[1] in PEAR_Config->PEAR_Config("/home/penznpri/public_html/lib/pear/pear.ini", “”, , 1) in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/pear/php/PEAR/Config.php on line 645[2] in PEAR_Config->singleton("/home/penznpri/public_html/lib/pear/pear.ini") in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/Varien/Pear.php on line 78[3] in Varien_Pear->getConfig() in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/Varien/Pear.php on line 47[4] in Varien_Pear->__construct() in /home/penznpri/public_html/lib/Varien/Pear.php on line 53[5] in Varien_Pear->getInstance() in /home/penznpri/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Install/controllers/WizardController.php on line 221[6] in Mage_Install_WizardController->installAction() in /home/penznpri/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php on line 332[7] in Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch("install") in /home/penznpri/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php on line 149[8] in Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http) in /home/penznpri/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php on line 166[9] in Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch() in /home/penznpri/public_html/app/Mage.php on line 411[10] in Mage::run("base") in /home/penznpri/public_html/index.php on line 29

Setting preferred state to: beta

config-set succeeded

Downloading and installing Magento, please wait…

Attempting to discover channel “pear"…
unknown channel “pear” in “pear/PEAR-stable”
invalid package name/package file “pear/PEAR-stable”
Cannot initialize ‘pear/PEAR-stable’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
....done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_Pear_Helpers”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_Pear_Helpers”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_Pear_Helpers’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_ZF”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_ZF”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_ZF’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_Varien”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_Varien”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_Varien’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_All”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_All”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_All’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Frontend_Default”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Frontend_Default”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Frontend_Default’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default’, invalid or missing package file
Attempting to discover channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core"…
downloading channel.xml ...
Starting to download channel.xml (687 bytes)
...done: 687 bytes
Auto-discovered channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, alias “connect.magentocommerce.com/core”, adding to registry
unknown channel “connect.magentocommerce.com/core” in “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Install_Default”
invalid package name/package file “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Install_Default”
Cannot initialize ‘connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Install_Default’, invalid or missing package file
Array
(
[data] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => Package “pear/PEAR-stable” is not valid
)

[1] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_Pear_Helpers” is not valid
)

[2] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_ZF” is not valid
)

[3] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_Varien” is not valid
)

[4] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_All” is not valid
)

[5] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Frontend_Default” is not valid
)

[6] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default” is not valid
)

[7] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Install_Default” is not valid
)

)

[headline] => Install Errors
)

PEAR ERROR: install failed

Comment by griffin12000

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

i have installed everything properly.. I have set the right permissions.. I also have php5.2.. when i try to install it says I don’t have the right php version.. I have already checked with my server.. it is 1and1.com the specs say 5.2

thanx for your help!

patrick

Comment by fromTheRiviera

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Tried to install the ALPHA or BETA version from scratch but got the following error on the last file:
Starting to download Mage_All-0.7.0.tgz (1,890,552 bytes)

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 240 seconds exceeded in
htdocs\magento\lib\pear\php\PEAR\Downloader.php on line 1716

Comment by Moshe

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

@Mangavod: it still looks to me like a permissions problem in lib/pear/php folder.

Please keep the error pastes OUT of the comments to articles, the forums are better place for follow up.

Also, you can download the full package and not use PEAR if it doesn’t work for you.

Comment by Duro

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

I’m getting that same error

Comment by developerx

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

you need to use the version of pear in the magento sub-directory

also after you issue

./pear install mage-core/Mage_All

the permission on pear change, removing execute rights, so you need to issue
chmod o+x pear

Comment by Seurot

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

@Mangavod : I had this same problem. Does anybody know what might be going on here?

Comment by Moshe

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

@Mangavod: looks like permissions for me, try the full package, not installer, and click “Continue with SVN installation”

By the way, please do not post long error paste in blog comments, it was not built for that.
Keep them for the forums.

Comment by Moshe

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

For windows installations, try this file:
http://www.nolimitclubbing.com/lib_php/php_pdo_mysql.dll

And please keep the support requests and error pastes out of the blog comments - it was not built for long comments and conversations. Forums are much better suited place for that.

Thank you.

Comment by Ram

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

I am having this problem while installing magento. Any help is greatly appreciated
PDOException Object
(
[message:protected] => SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll(). Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute.
[string:private] =>
[code:protected] => HY000
[file:protected] => C:\wamp\www\lib\Varien\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Mysql.php
[line:protected] => 108
[trace:private] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[file] => C:\wamp\www\lib\Varien\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Mysql.php
[line] => 108
[function] => query
[class] => PDO
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
....... More like these .......
exception ‘Mage_Core_Exception’ with message ‘Error in file: “C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\sql\core_setup\mysql4-install-0.7.0.php” - SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll(). Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute.’ in C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php:363
Stack trace:
#0 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(254): Mage::exception(’Mage_Core’, ‘Error in file: ...’)
#1 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(133): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->_modifyResourceDb(’install’, ‘’, ‘0.7.0’)
#2 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(120): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->_installResourceDb(’0.7.0’)
#3 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(94): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->applyUpdates()
#4 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Config.php(156): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup::applyAllUpdates()
#5 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\App.php(135): Mage_Core_Model_Config->init(NULL)
#6 C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_App->init(’base’, NULL)
#7 C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php(410): Mage::app(’base’, NULL)
#8 C:\wamp\www\index.php(29): Mage::run(’base’)
#9 {main}

Comment by Ram

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi ,
I am getting the following errors while installing Magento. TIA for your help
PDOException Object
(
[message:protected] => SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll(). Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute.
[string:private] =>
[code:protected] => HY000
[file:protected] => C:\wamp\www\lib\Varien\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Mysql.php
[line:protected] => 108
[trace:private] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[file] => C:\wamp\www\lib\Varien\Db\Adapter\Pdo\Mysql.php
[line] => 108
.....
exception ‘Mage_Core_Exception’ with message ‘Error in file: “C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\sql\core_setup\mysql4-install-0.7.0.php” - SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2014 Cannot execute queries while other unbuffered queries are active. Consider using PDOStatement::fetchAll(). Alternatively, if your code is only ever going to run against mysql, you may enable query buffering by setting the PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY attribute.’ in C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php:363
Stack trace:
#0 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(254): Mage::exception(’Mage_Core’, ‘Error in file: ...’)
#1 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(133): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->_modifyResourceDb(’install’, ‘’, ‘0.7.0’)
#2 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(120): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->_installResourceDb(’0.7.0’)
#3 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Resource\Setup.php(94): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup->applyUpdates()
#4 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\Config.php(156): Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup::applyAllUpdates()
#5 C:\wamp\www\app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\App.php(135): Mage_Core_Model_Config->init(NULL)
#6 C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_App->init(’base’, NULL)
#7 C:\wamp\www\app\Mage.php(410): Mage::app(’base’, NULL)
#8 C:\wamp\www\index.php(29): Mage::run(’base’)
#9 {main}

Comment by Mangavod

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

the new installer doesn’t work.
I made the directories writable and click the beta button… and the installation failed :

Settings preferred state to: beta

config-set succeeded

Downloading and installing Magento, please wait…

[1] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_Pear_Helpers” is not valid
)

[2] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_ZF” is not valid
)

[3] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Lib_Varien” is not valid
)

[4] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Mage_All” is not valid
)

[5] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Frontend_Default” is not valid
)

[6] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Adminhtml_Default” is not valid
)

[7] => Array
(
[0] => Package “connect.magentocommerce.com/core/Interface_Install_Default” is not valid
)

)

[headline] => Install Errors
)

PEAR ERROR: install failed

Well, any help.
the last version 14.100 worked perfectly..

Comment by kosh

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi All
I can’t help wondering why no one is asking what seems to me to be the obvious question ....
Why (??????) oh why is the installer written like this in the first place ? I mean - it’s obvious what’s going to happen, and most of the above posts just prove the point.
Is there some reason for the ‘virtual’ installer that I have missed, or is it a case of ‘why make something easy if there’s a hard way’. Sorry to sound so glib, but that’s how it seems to me - complicated and difficult for the sake of it.
I have installed more scripts than I can remember and never encountered this before - mod rewrite is something people might want to play with when chasing seo, or for other more developed reasons, but it is just a basket of trouble to bring it into play during an install process.

Seriously - I honestly think that magento will never be more than an interesting curiosity so long as this silly installer persists - one for the ‘techies’, but not for the average joe.

I await the release of 1.0 with much anticipation, but if the installer is not sorted out by then it will be a waste of time as far as I am concerned, and I think that would be a sad day because magneto shows so much promise. Come on guys - scrap the little SOB and give us a proper ‘physical’ installer like every other script does

Cheers
Kosh

Comment by FH

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi @all,
may be a stupid question....I have copied the magento files to shop.haass.net and made the rights as described in the installation guide. The php5 cgi is in a directory cgi-bin.
the .htaccess is as follows:

php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
php_flag short_open_tag on

Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
AddHandler /cgi-bin/php5-cgi .php

DirectoryIndex index.php

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/media/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/skin/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/js/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

RewriteRule .* index.php

I always get this output when I address shop.haass.net:

/**
* Magento
*
* NOTICE OF LICENSE
*
* This source file is subject to the Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
* that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE.txt.
* It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
* http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php
* If you did not receive a copy of the license and are unable to
* obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send an email
* to license@magentocommerce.com so we can send you a copy immediately.
*
* @category Mage
* @package Mage
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Irubin Consulting Inc. DBA Varien (http://www.varien.com)
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php Open Software License (OSL 3.0)
*/

if (version_compare(phpversion(), ‘5.2.0’, ‘<’)===true) {
echo ‘

Whoops, it looks like you have an invalid PHP version.

Magento supports PHP 5.2.0 or newer. Find out how to install Magento using PHP-CGI as a work-around.

’;
exit;
}

require_once ‘app/Mage.php’;

umask(0);
Mage::run(’base’);

Whats the failure I make? Thandks so much for help!!!!

Comment by hassanqureshi

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Ok Boss.

Comment by Moshe

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

@hassanqureshi: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewreply/9136/
let’s try to keep support questions to the forums

Comment by hassanqureshi

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Friends, i am facing this error after login in admin section

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 393216 bytes) in C:\wamp\www\magento\lib\Zend\Date.php on line 1072

and following error in front end mode:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24576 bytes) in C:\wamp\www\magento\app\code\core\Mage\Eav\Model\Entity\Abstract.php on line 580

Please help me to resolve it

I am using windows XP sp2- Wamp5 Version 1.7.2

Comment by sunmedia

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hello
I am currently install magento on my site, but the browser show this error:

Warning: include_once(Mage/Core/functions.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/Mage.php on line 40

Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening ‘Mage/Core/functions.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/lib:/home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/code/core:/home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/code/local:/home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/code/community’) in /home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/Mage.php on line 40

Fatal error: Call to undefined function checkmagicquotes() in /home/sunmedia/public_html/testnewsite/magento/app/Mage.php on line 48

I hope that this is of help to someone.

Comment by Mangavod

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Here is the solution about the mysql error :
just download and install the new config.xml from http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/1903

Comment by Mangavod

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi,

I’ve got this error :

Mysqli statement execute error : Incorrect arguments to mysql_stmt_execute

Any ideas ?

Comment by Synchro

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

For those getting file not found errors, an alternative to the rather loose “AllowOverride All” is to simply set the RewriteBase in the .htaccess.

The .htaccess is expecting your install to be the top level of your domain, not in a sub-folder. So if you have installed it in http://www.example.com/magento/, the .htaccess should contain:

RewriteBase /magento/

Without this, magento will be looking in /var/www/www.example.com/install/ instead of /var/www/www.example.com/magento/install/

Comment by Tarun Agarwal

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hello Michael,

Thanks for guiding me.

Best Regards,

Tarun

Comment by Michael

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi Tarun,

Yes, you can. Check the Installing Magento on a PHP4 server Knowledge Base for details - http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/installing-magento-on-a-php4-server/

Thank you.

Comment by Tarun Agarwal

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

hii, i have older version of php i.e. 4.4.0 ...can i still use it some other way. ??

Comment by magneto

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

wow, it tooks over 40MB only for sample data?

Comment by Michael

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hello,
The only difference is that full package contains sample data (products, categories, product images, customer reviews and ratings, product tags, etc).

Comment by YoavKutner

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

@magento-The full version contains sample products. The code base is the same in both the light and full versions.

Thanks yoav

Comment by magneto

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hello,
I’m confused of which magento version should I download ?
Full version or not full ? What’s the different between those two ?
thanks

Comment by TexanJim

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Just thought I’d note my experiences installing Magento on OS X server 10.4.9, (for local testing).

I updated the default PHP 4 module to PHP 5 by using Marc Liyanage’s package found here:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/php/

I then had the 404 error that seems to be a common issue, although none of the edits above resolved it. My specific solution was to edit the httpd.conf file at /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf and duplicate the following section:

Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All

and create a new block like so:

Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All

The installation wizard then worked as planned.

The only other thing to note was that during installation, the database address needed to be 127.0.0.1 and not localhost, as this raised and error. (I had also made this edit suggested by Marc: http://www.entropy.ch/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=9499#9499)

I hope that this is of help to someone.

Comment by Mangavod

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi,

I just want to install the new 0.6.14100 version. I try over and over and i’ve got always this error, like one week ago...and no solutions ?
Any ideas ?

_______________

Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli_Exception Object
(
[message:protected] => Mysqli statement execute error : Duplicate entry ‘general/locale’ for key 2
[string:private] =>
[code:protected] => 0
[file:protected] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/lib/Zend/Db/Statement/Mysqli.php
[line:protected] => 251
[trace:private] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/lib/Zend/Db/Statement.php
[line] => 279
[function] => _execute
[class] => Zend_Db_Statement_Mysqli
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
)

)

[1] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php
[line] => 396
[function] => execute
[class] => Zend_Db_Statement
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
)

)

[2] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 373
[function] => query
[class] => Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => update core_config_field set level=2, path=’general/locale’, frontend_label=’Locale options’ where field_id=673
)

)

[3] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 396
[function] => updateTableRow
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => core/config_field
[1] => field_id
[2] => 673
[3] => Array
(
[level] => 2
[path] => general/locale
[frontend_label] => Locale options
)

)

[4] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/sql/core_setup/mysql4-upgrade-0.6.1-0.6.2.php
[line] => 21
[function] => addConfigField
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => general/locale
[1] => Locale options
)

)

[5] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 235
[args] => Array
(
[0] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/sql/core_setup/mysql4-upgrade-0.6.1-0.6.2.php
)

[function] => include
)

[6] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 145
[function] => _modifyResourceDb
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => upgrade
[1] => 0.6.1
[2] => 0.6.26
)

)

[7] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 111
[function] => _upgradeResourceDb
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => 0.6.1
[1] => 0.6.26
)

)

[8] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php
[line] => 94
[function] => applyUpdates
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[9] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Config.php
[line] => 135
[function] => applyAllUpdates
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup
[type] => ::
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[10] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Install/Model/Installer/Config.php
[line] => 75
[function] => init
[class] => Mage_Core_Model_Config
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[11] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Install/Model/Installer.php
[line] => 83
[function] => install
[class] => Mage_Install_Model_Installer_Config
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[12] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Install/controllers/WizardController.php
[line] => 208
[function] => installConfig
[class] => Mage_Install_Model_Installer
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[db_host] => localhost
[db_name] => magento
[db_user] => xxx
[db_pass] => xxx
[host] => http://www.xxx.com
[base_path] => /magento/
[protocol] => http
[port] => 80
[secure_host] => http://www.xxx.com
[secure_base_path] => /magento/
[secure_protocol] => http
[secure_port] => 80
)

)

[13] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php
[line] => 325
[function] => configPostAction
[class] => Mage_Install_WizardController
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[14] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php
[line] => 149
[function] => dispatch
[class] => Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => configPost
)

)

[15] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php
[line] => 166
[function] => match
[class] => Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
[0] => Zend_Controller_Request_Http Object
(
[_requestUri:protected] => /magento/install/wizard/configPost/
[_baseUrl:protected] => /magento
[_basePath:protected] =>
[_pathInfo:protected] => /install/wizard/configPost/
[_params:protected] => Array
(
)

[_aliases:protected] => Array
(
)

[_dispatched:protected] => 1
[_module:protected] => install
[_moduleKey:protected] => module
[_controller:protected] => wizard
[_controllerKey:protected] => controller
[_action:protected] => configPost
[_actionKey:protected] => action
)

)

[16] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/Mage.php
[line] => 382
[function] => dispatch
[class] => Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front
[type] => ->
[args] => Array
(
)

)

[17] => Array
(
[file] => /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/index.php
[line] => 29
[function] => run
[class] => Mage
[type] => ::
[args] => Array
(
[0] => base
)

)

exception ‘Zend_Controller_Response_Exception’ with message ‘Cannot send headers; headers already sent in

/home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Setup.php, line 253’ in

/home/cybercom/public_html/magento/lib/Zend/Controller/Response/Abstract.php:265
Stack trace:
#0 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/lib/Zend/Controller/Response/Abstract.php(131): Zend_Controller_Response_Abstract->canSendHeaders(true)
#1 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Install/controllers/WizardController.php(216): Zend_Controller_Response_Abstract-

>setRedirect(’http://www.cybe...’)
#2 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(325): Mage_Install_WizardController->configPostAction()
#3 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(149): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action-

>dispatch(’configPost’)
#4 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(166): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match

(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http))
#5 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/app/Mage.php(382): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
#6 /home/cybercom/public_html/magento/index.php(29): Mage::run(’base’)
#7 {main}

Comment by Michael

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi Mehul,

There were no major issues on upgrading Magento from 0.6.13700 to 0.6.14100 reported yet. For sure you have to backup all your data first. Read http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/how-to-upgrade-magento-to-a-newer-preview-version KB article for details.

Thank you.

Comment by hotdiggity

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi Michael,
Have successfully installed php5-cgi so no problems with curl or mcrypt.
Thanks

Comment by astral

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi Micheal,

Its 8th night straight. I am unable to install Magento sucessfully. I always get:

Zend_Db_Adapter_Mysqli_Exception Object
(
[_chainedException:protected] =>
[message:protected] => Level2:Commands out of sync; you can’t run this command now
[string:private] =>
[code:protected] => 0
[file:protected] => /home/nilgiris/public_html/stores/lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Mysqli.php
[line:protected] => 154
[trace:private] => Array
(
..................
store is located at https://nilgiris.net/stores/
phpinfo is located at http://www.os2india.com/phpinfo.php

Please advise.

Thank you,

Astral

Comment by Mehul

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

How to upgrade from 0.6.137 to 0.6.140.

Do we need to follow as the fresh installation or any other way from upgradation.

thanks.

Comment by hotdiggity

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

My host tells me it’s because the standard install of php 5 doesn’t contain curl or mcrpyt. It’s available for php4 which is what my info.php file was seeing on the root directory. I’ve had to enable php 5 via .htaccess within the directory Magento is installed in, so no curl or mcrypt. Bit restrictive…

Comment by Michael

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi hot diggity,
Could you PM me the link to your magento installation and phpinfo.php file placed under it’s folder ?
Thank you.

Comment by hotdiggity

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Can’t get past the Configuration screen with these warnings:

o PHP Extension “mcrypt” must be loaded
o PHP Extension “curl” must be loaded

My info,php page indicates they are both enabled.
mycrpt 2.4.x
libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.7a zlib/1.2.1.2

Running on Linux:
Apache/1.3.37
MySQL 4.1.22
PHP 5.2

Comment by Michael

2008-08-15 T;00:11:01-08:00

Hi Mangavod,
Please take care of removing all your private info (especially passwords) when posting error text messages.