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So, I've been trying to figure out for the last couple of days why I was getting parse errors in index.php

This is a brand new setup of Geeklog 1.3.9, and I only created a config.php and modified the lib-common.php as directed in the instructions.

So, coming over here, I looked around, and didn't spot an obvious quick answer, but then had a brainstorm: diff against a newly untarred Geeklog 1.3.9. Guess what, I found the problem:

-jailshell-2.05b$ diff index.php ~/www/index.php
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< if (isset ($HTTP_GET_VARS['display']) \&\& empty ($topic)) {
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> if (isset ($HTTP_GET_VARS['display']) && empty ($topic)) {
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< if (!$newstories \&\& !$displayall) {
---
> if (!$newstories && !$displayall) {
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Apparently, cPanel (at least on this host) is filtering files when they are being extracted. I don't know if this is a normal cPanel bug, or if it's something that's common. Might want to add that to an FAQ or something though...

(FYI -- this is actually pretty funny -- I almost never use admin panels on my sites. I only used it this time becuase I can't ssh into my site at work because of our firewall...)

// George

Cpanel is actually mentioned as a possible cause of problems in the troubleshooting section of the installation instructions.

bye, Dirk

Nope, I didn't miss it:



You missed the subtle detail: I never edited the index.php file with cPanel, only un-tarred it. IOW - even just extracting the files with cPanel can have a bad affect.

// George