Could not connect to the database on installation

[ddenev]

Hi guys,

 

I have this problem on Windows XP with Apache 2.2.4, MySQL 4.1.22 and PHP 5.22. I tried all possible steps (described in another topic in the Pre-Sales forum) to fix this but still no luck with DB connection.

I can connect with phpMyAdmin with my WHMCS user and password. My configuration.php is properly written (no problem with the permissions). I also use very simple username and password (whmcs). I have other DB applications running on the same machine and I'm pretty familiar with php and mysql development. This problem occurs to me for the first time.

 

If I can't solve this I wouldn't be able to evaluate WHMCS and I'm really willing to use it. Please, help.

 

P.S.: on the top of the screen with the DB message there is a line (I've enabled php error display): Notice: Use of undefined constant E_NONE - assumed 'E_NONE' in D:\Services\Apache\htdocs\whmcs\install\install.php on line 0

I don't know if this woould cause any problem.

 

Can it be a problem with my trial license? I have two of them in my client area, but none of them is tied to any domain

[ddenev]

Found the solution. It turned out that you guys use short php tags and they were disabled in my php.ini.

 

I think you should fix your sources. Here is a quote from my php.ini:

 

; Allow the <? tag.  Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
; be sure not to use short tags.
short_open_tag = On

 

 

best regards