[Xerte] Re: White Screen Of Dead

David Goodwin david at palepurple.co.uk
Tue Dec 6 00:26:18 GMT 2011 

The redeclared function one is a fatal error. Make sure database_functions.php (sp?) is loaded through require_once and NOT include or require. 


David. 
David Goodwin 
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On 5 Dec 2011, at 23:33, Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi David and thanks in advance.
> 
> Now there are some errors:
> 
> When I open the login page and try to sign in, a message says:
> 
> Notice: Undefined variable: session_id in /var/www/xot/index.php on line 118 Fatal error: Cannot redeclare database_connect() (previously declared in /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php:28) in /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php on line 71
> 
> And in the Apache's error_logs says:
> 
> [Mon Dec 05 18:56:52 2011] [error] [client 172.17.10.174] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: form_string in /var/www/xot/index.php on line 30
> [Mon Dec 05 18:57:15 2011] [error] [client 172.17.10.174] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: session_id in /var/www/xot/index.php on line 118, referer: http://172.17.10.174/xot/
> [Mon Dec 05 18:57:15 2011] [error] [client 172.17.10.174] PHP Fatal error:  Cannot redeclare database_connect() (previously declared in /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php:28) in /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php on line 71, referer: http://172.17.10.174/xot/
> 
> debug.log stills shows:
> 
> 2011-12-05 18:56:52 /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php127Running : SELECT * FROM sitedetails
> 2011-12-05 18:57:15 /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php127Running : SELECT * FROM sitedetails
> 
> Does it make sense?
> 
> José.
>  
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> Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
> Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
> Tel.: 58.0412.5518085
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> De: David Goodwin <david at palepurple.co.uk>
> Para: Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
> Enviado: Lunes, 5 de diciembre, 2011 18:45:10
> Asunto: Re: [Xerte] White Screen Of Dead
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Check /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
> 
> Ensure display_errors is turned on.
> 
> Check /var/log/apache2/error_log 
> 
> Failing that, specify an explicit error log for PHP in the php.ini file above, touch it, chmod 777 it, restart apache and then try again.
> 
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> On 5 Dec 2011, at 22:52, Jose Diaz wrote:
> 
>> Hi Pat.
>> 
>> In config.php I changed:
>> 
>> Line 24: From ... $development = false; ... to ... $development = true;
>> Line 28: From ... ini_set('error_reporting', 0); ... to ... ini_set("error_reporting",1);
>> 
>> The file "/tmp/debug.log" was created and shows:
>> 
>> 2011-12-05 15:56:36 /var/www/xot/website_code/php/database_library.php127Running : SELECT * FROM sitedetails
>> 
>> ... every time I try to access with a declared user in "index.php".
>> 
>> Any idea?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> José Gregorio.
>>  
>> --
>> Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
>> Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
>> Tel.: 58.0412.5518085
>> Skype: xt4mhz
>> Web: www.usb.ve - jgdu.blogspot.com
>> De: Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley at googlemail.com>
>> Para: Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com>; Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> 
>> Enviado: Lunes, 5 de diciembre, 2011 16:34:28
>> Asunto: Re: [Xerte] White Screen Of Dead
>> 
>> i'd edit switch.php then do an ini_set("error_reporting",1)
>> 
>> I'd imagine the changes to database.php have broken switch
>> 
>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Jose Diaz <xt4mhz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Hi people, I hope all of you be ok.
>> >
>> > I'm not sure if you covered this situation, sorry if you did.
>> >
>> > Recently I:
>> >
>> > 1. Downloaded http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/downloads/xertetoolkits.zip
>> > 2. Executed in my Ubuntu box:
>> >
>> > # mysql -p
>> >> create database xot default charset 'utf8';
>> >> grant all privileges on xot.* to xot@'localhost' identified by
>> >> 'MySecretPassword';
>> >> flush all privileges;
>> > # tar xvvf xertetoolkits.zip
>> > # chmod 0777 xot
>> > # chmod 0777 xot/setup/
>> > # chmod 0777 xot/USER-FILES/
>> > # chmod 0777 xot/error_logs/
>> > # chmod 0777 xot/import/
>> > # chmod 0777 xot/setup/database.txt
>> >
>> > ... followed the web setup wizard ...
>> >
>> > # mv index.php index.php.orig
>> > # mv switch.txt index.php
>> >
>> > When I try to sign in with any account declared in switch.txt (now
>> > index.php), it shows a very big white screen of dead.
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> >
>> > Sorry if this has been covered already.
>> >
>> > Thanks again.
>> >
>> > José.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lic. José Gregorio Díaz Unda.
>> > Asesor de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación.
>> > Tel.: 58.0412.5518085
>> > Skype: xt4mhz
>> > Web: www.usb.ve - jgdu.blogspot.com
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