[Xerte] updating to 1.5

Tianna Tagami ttagami at asu.edu
Tue Sep 8 00:01:05 BST 2009


I did that and it didn't work. I got the same error messages.That's when I
tried uninstalling and reinstalling. What should I do now?

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Patrick Lockley <
Patrick.Lockley at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

>  To upgrade - for now - just drag the files over the top.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk on behalf of Tianna Tagami
> *Sent:* Mon 07/09/2009 20:11
> *To:* Xerte discussion list
> *Subject:* [Xerte] updating to 1.5
>
> I downloaded the 1.5 update and replaced my old xertetoolkits folder
> in the xamp folder with the new one, but couldn't access it. I got a signin
> page instead of my regular home page showing my projects. So, I uninstalled
> everything, including XAMPP and reinstalled. Now I get the right page when I
> go to http://localhost/xertetoolkits/setup/, but when I click set up for
> XAMPP people, I get this error message:
>
>
> Sorry, the attempt to connect to the host has failed. MySQL reports the
> following error -
>
> Sorry, the attempt to create the database to the database has failed. MySQL
> reports the following error -
>
> Sorry, the attempt to specify which database we need to work on (the MySQL
> keyword - USE) has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>
> Sorry, The query has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>
> Sorry, The query has failed. MySQL reports the following error -
>
> Toolkits has been installed.
> Please go to http://localhost/xertetoolkits/
>
> Please see the Xerte site at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte and please
> consider joining the mailing list.
>
>
> It says toolkits has been installed, but when I go to
> http://localhost/xertetoolkits/, I just get all this gobbelty gook:
>
> site_session_name); session_start(); } include
> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "login_library.php"; include
> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "display_library.php"; /** * Check
> to see if anything has been posted to distinguish between log in attempts */
> if((!isset($_POST["login"]))&&(!isset($_POST["password"]))){ $buffer =
> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .=
> $form_string; $buffer .=
> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
> } /* * Some data has bee posted, interpret as attempt to login */ if
> ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { /** * Username and password left
> empty */ if(($_POST["login"]=="")&&($_POST["password"]=="")){ $buffer =
> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
> Please enter your username and password
>
> "; $buffer .=
> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
> /* * Username left empty */ }else if($_POST["login"]==""){ $buffer =
> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
> Please enter your username
>
> "; $buffer .=
> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
> /* * Password left empty */ }else if($_POST["password"]==""){ $buffer =
> login_page_format_top(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_top")); $buffer .= "
> Please enter your password
>
> "; $buffer .=
> login_page_format_bottom(file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->root_file_path
> . $xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path . "login_bottom")); echo $buffer;
> /* * Password and username provided, so try to authenticate */ }else
> if(($_POST["login"]!="")&&($_POST["password"]!="")){ /* * See if the
> submitted values are valid logins */
> if(valid_login($_POST["login"],$_POST["password"])){ /* * Give the session
> its own session id */ $_SESSION['toolkits_sessionid'] = $session_id; /* *
> Get some user details back from LDAP */ $entry =
> get_user_details($_POST["login"],$_POST["password"]);
> $_SESSION['toolkits_firstname'] = $entry[0][givenname][0];
> $_SESSION['toolkits_surname'] = $entry[0][sn][0]; include
> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "database_library.php"; include
> $xerte_toolkits_site->php_library_path . "user_library.php";
> $mysql_id=database_connect("index.php database connect success","index.php
> database connect fail"); $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'] =
> $_POST["login"]; /* * Check to see if this is a users' first time on the
> site */ if(check_if_first_time($_SESSION['toolkits_logon_username'])){ /* *
> create the user a new id */ $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_id'] =
> create_user_id(); /* * create a virtual root folder for this user */
> create_a_virtual_root_folder(); }else{ /* * User exists so update the user
> settings */ $_SESSION['toolkits_logon_id'] = get_user_id();
> update_user_logon_time(); } recycle_bin(); /* * Output the main page,
> including the user's and blank templates */ echo
> file_get_contents($xerte_toolkits_site->website_code_path .
> "management_headers"); echo "
>
>
> What did I do wrong?
>
> Thanks!
> Tianna
>
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