Global error on install
 

I've installed a clean 3.8.2 patch 2 on my host. I wanted to be sure I could get it running before looking to upgrade. On initial install, when I try to login to admincp, modcp or go to the forums page, I get the following error.

I've changed the directory path in the config.php trying to give the path but leaving it blank or adding the forum path doesn't seem to help.

Thoughts?

Plz download vb files from members area and upload them again you have some files missing

I did that as well as I searched on this error and that seemed to be a common problem but still no luck.

I've uploaded all files to /public_html/forums on the server.

Hedging my bets, I just did it again using Filezilla FTP and still no change.

Are you sure you also uploaded the includes folder? You might also check the permissions on the files and folders, maybe the web server user doesn't have read permission.

Yes, I could screen shot the directory if that helped but yes. I also did a file compare in the FTP client to ensure the same files existed within that directory and the home directory to make sure.

Edit: the files also appear to have 644 permissions and the directories at 755. I only spot checked but looked at includes file/folder specifically.

Oh, I missed this before. You say you uploaded to /public_html/forums but the error message doesn't include "forums" for some reason. I don't know why that would be. What url are you going to when you get that error?

After the install, it prompts me to login to the admincp. So I login and it sends me to http://thedotclan.com/login.php?do=login which is where I see the error.

I notice I do not see the directory of /forums in the URL. I'm assuming there's a missing settings value to direct to /forums?

--------------- Added [DATE]1404062293[/DATE] at [TIME]1404062293[/TIME] ---------------

I reran the db install and made sure the path was set to include /forums on step 10 in both boxes.

After logging into admincp I still get the same error on URL: http://thedotclan.com/forums/login.php?do=login

Yeah, the "forum" is in the path for global.php in the second part of the error message. And it should be including includes/init.php from the current directory, so I don't understand. Hopefully someone else will have an idea.

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I've tinkered with this most of the day. Still no luck. I tried using older versions and still the same problem. Anyone else with ideas?