[Solved] Installation Problem - Version 0.9

[jayt_2k]

Hi,

 

I am stuck on installing Preta shop verison 0.9.

 

I am installing a fresh copy and when i get to the system requirements page I have one error which is:

 

"Allowed to open external URLs"

 

I dont understand what this setting is and how to change it on my server. I am hosting the site on a Dreamhost account using PHP 5.2.2 and Using MySQL.

 

Can someone help? Im desperate to get this script working.

 

Thanks in advanced

James

[Peter Wilson]

Hi James! Welcome to the PrestaShop Forum

 

From php.net:

 

"If PHP has decided that filename  specifies a registered protocol, and that protocol is registered as a network URL, PHP will check to make sure that allow_url_fopen is enabled. If it is switched off, PHP will emit a warning and the fopen call will fail."

 

Check to make sure that "allow_url_fopen" is activated on your server.

 

More details about allow_url_fopen on php.net here.

 

Good luck, and let us know if this doesn't solve the issue.

[handcoded]

Tried to install on Dreamhost which do not allow url_fopen and it would seem that I have to change the code to have it use curl instead.

 

Shame because I wanted to have a quick peek at the admin and see what was on offer. I don't have another server with mysql or php 5 so I'll just have to hope this code is re-written in the future so that I can try it unless the developers can work out a quick workaround.

 

If not perhaps this could be looked into before version 1 goes live.

[Peter Wilson]

You might want to try simply deleting the fopen requirement in the install code ...

[handcoded]

Found the code necessary in /install/xml/checkConfig.php

 

I've attached the edited file for version 0.9.1

checkConfig.php

[Matthieu Biart]

Hi everyone

 

Found the code necessary in /install/xml/checkConfig.php

 

I've attached the edited file for version 0.9.1

So did it work ?

[handcoded]

Yep. It worked fine.

 

The only thing is that rss feeds will not work but I wasn't planning on using them anyway.

The admin seems to do everything it should quite well but I did get an error when adjusting a sample product as the admin thought it was a hack attempt.

 

Whether I will actually use this for a store or just have a play I don't really know yet but it is nice to have another open source ecommerce project to play with.

 

I'll get my head around all of the features on offer and if I think that it is easy to use I'll recommend it to customers. Think I'll wait for version 1 before letting customers loose on it whenever that will be available.

[Matthieu Biart]

Cool !

 

An hack attempt ???

Could you give us some details about that please ?

Such as describing more precisly this product "adjustment" and remove the expression "//" form the /classes/Tools.php so we can have some extra debug informations to help us.]

Thanks in advance.

[epaturun]

Hi

 

Could someone tell me which modules (parts) of Prestashop (0.9.5) need fopen & (allow_url_fopen to be ON). As I have removed it from the config check file as suggested by the user above.

 

Thanks

 

Fizz

[tons28]

I m using dreamhost too, i have replace the check.... .php.

how does it work in that way ???

Is it ok ?

Regards

Tony