Never mind. I got it :banana: . The bad news is I?m an idiot. Here is what I had pointing to my doc root:
I must have looked at it 5 times. :lick: . Thanks for the great tut.

JakeC

alright, i'm tired, and have no idea what the problem is.lol

i keep getting this error on the vbulletin install file

Warning: unlink() [function.unlink]: Permission denied in C:\Network\Apache2\htdocs\test\admin\install.php on line 305

Attempting to attach to database...

Warning: mysql_pconnect() [function.mysql-pconnect]: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) in C:\Network\Apache2\htdocs\test\admin\db_mysql.php on line 38

Warning: mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\Network\Apache2\htdocs\test\admin\db_mysql.php on line 47

The database has failed to connect because you do not have permission to connect to the server. Please go back to the last step and ensure that you have entered all your login details correctly.

any idea how to fix this, and do not say read the post again, i only looked at in 1,000x time's. :alien: lol

Just restart the Apache and your MYSql and it might work.
I get the same error as you and i did a restart and all went fine! ;)

alright, i'm still haveing problem's, and now mysql won't even start, so i'm going to unintall php, mysql, apace, then install a old apache, php 4.30, and mysql.

Good luck to me. :lick:

If all else fails try www.firepages.com

It worked for me in a matter of 30 seconds :)

- miSt

I think you might mean firepages.org

JakeC

Thanks for a great tutorial Tech. Once I fixed my typos everything has worked perfectly. The only thing that I'm not to sure about is the fact that my firewall must be set to let apache access the internet for it to work. The page is denied if it is not set to act as a server and access the net. I'm using Zone alarm. I'm nervous about outside individuals accessing my localhost site. Any thoughts? Thanks again.

JakeC

No one can access your website because its on a localhost (127.0.0.1).

Unless you configured your Apache config to allow users to view it via your IP address, you should be fine allowing Apache access.

Great, Thanks.

JakeC

PHPDev is HERE

.com.au

Ah! firepages.com by it's self was getting me to some racing page. Thanks for clearing that up.

JakeC

Thanks for the tutorials indeed ! Great idea and very thoughtful of you.
May I ask something that may sound dumb ? I am just now dipping my toes into the water here and I wanted to try this out. However, when I went to the MYSQL page I got confused. I could not find a file called mysql windows installation. Yes I know, go ahead and chuckle and roll your eyes. But I want to learn and to learn I have to ask right ? I have had a few hacks installed on my board by other and now want to learn how myself. So if you could point me in the right direction, like which mysql is it exactly, I will toddle on down this hacked trail you folks have forged.

Thanks Kindly,
JAYEMULE

It's a little ways down the page past the linux box. You will see this inside:

"MySQL 3.23.54 Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP (13.2M) Download"

This is the one I used anyway. Hope it helps.

JakeC

Thank you , I was able to find and download the file.
Now going to get my feet wet :)
Wish me luck and maybe keep a life ring handy ;)

JAYEMULE

I'm still having problems with trying to get into my admin CP and entering my username and password and it just showing me the login page again and it keeps going around in a loop like that forever.

I'm using the cookie workaround and put it frist like someone said you should do. I also tried it at the end and still no good. The version I'm using are as follows:

Apache: 2.0.43
PHP: 4.3.0
MySQL: 3.23.49

And I'm running on Windows XP Home.

Could anyone help please?

delete all of your cookies and clear your cache

Well I did that and it still sends me into the loop

Are you logging in with the right user info?

double check.

Yes I am. It might be happening because I tried transfering my database files to my PC SQL database and then something was correpted. So I will just go back to a fresh install.

i did everything in the instructions but apache refuses to start.. and when i go to http://localhost i just get a page cannot be displayed.. im running windows xp.. anyone help?

Quote from the first post:
"There have been some problems with the php4ts.dll library. If you cannot restart your Apache server, download [this file] and replace your current one."

i just did that, still doesnt start up.. if i try to start it up from the Service Monitor it says "The requested operatoin failed!".. i also tried restarting but doenst work either.. any ideas?

I was having the same problem a while ago. I downloaded the fixed file from the link in the first post and it still didn't work. I went to the PHP bug thread at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=18129.

I read the whole thread and finally tried the file at http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

That file seemed identical to the one linked in the first post, but I tried it anyway and it worked. You can give it a shot, if nothing else.

i just gave that a shot.. doesnt seem to work for me though.. maybe its not that particular file thats screwing it up? is there something else that can mess it up?

Ok, I got it to work fine and restored the database from my online vB to my localhost. It worked perfectly except, when I try to login as a user to the localhost vB it takes me directly to my online vB instead of my localhost. I turned off my internet connection and tried to log in again and it times out trying to access my online vb. Any ideas? Thanks.

JakeC

Is because you have to set the right options onto your localhost vBulletin options.
If you look at your settings you will see that the bburl is your online site, not the localhost one.
When you updated your database, it changed those settings to your online ones.

Ok, I changed the vbulletin options to what you see below. It is still taking me to the www vB instead of the localhost vB when I login as a user. Thanks in advance.

Jake

Never mind I got it. I had been doing some fooling around with my login prompt and to make a long story short, I had the http:/www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/member.php hard coded into the form code instead of /forums/member.php. Anyway, I got it. It makes me wonder what else I did that to. Thanks.

JakeC

what configuration would I have to do to make this accessable from the internet via IP address..?

you have to configure apache somehow... I have managed to get it working for one person... but when I give the address out to another person it doesn't work for him.. coincedentally, the person it works for uses the same ISP and lives not even 2 minutes away from me. but it doesn't work for anyone else. but anyways.....


if your ISP allows the use of port 80 then cool, if not you have to set it to another port, the next typical port is 8080, i also set listen to my ip address,
all in the httpd.conf file.

Of course this could be dumb luck seeing as i have no knowledge of apache..Well cept fot the port.. I know that much :p

Yup setting it to your.ip.add.ress:8080 works

How would I go about installing perl?

Please open a new thread related to PERL.

ummmm.. nakkid, i added you to my msn hoping you could help me out...

It's not working... I tried 3 times, following all the instructions...

i'm on win 98... any suggestions?

when i try to go to http://localhost/
i get HTTP 500 Internal server error....

PLEASE HELP!

Quote from the first post:

damn... guess I should reinstall XP.... :(

Thanks anyways

well...I followed the first post to the tee and I installed apache, mysql and php successfully as I can figger

here is what is happening to me.....when I browse to http://localhost/forum/admin/install.php...the page comes up (as did the php test page) but when I click on the "Click here to continue with the next step -->" link it flashes and the page does not change.

any idea what I have done wrong?

I tried lots of things I saw posted throughout this thread but none were related to my problem and I am back to exactly where I was.

suggestions?

BTW
Windoze2000 pro
PHP Version 4.3.0-dev
mysql 3.23.55
apache 2.0.43
IIS not installed (never has been)

Here is what I did....

I manually created all the tables and inserted the data but like others I have seen here...when I go to login to my control panel...it just flashes and is back to the login screen again. I have read every post in here and even tried everything suggested with no success.

I was successful in using phpmyadmin on my local machine to do everything so it makes no sense why the site won't function.

I noticed that tere are php installers and this thread mentions "installing php" but the first post says nothing about an installation...only put some file here and edit them.

If php wans't working....why am I able to view pages?

What am I/we doing wrong?

I have un-installed and re-installed everything as well.

is there no more help being offered in this thread?

It would seem that cookies are my problem but the cookie workaround thing doesn't work for me.

is there any help for me on this.....please?

hint taken

thanks anyway

Thank God for this. I love this. Not only run vB locally. But also test my scripts/hacks before i upload them or release. :)