Unable to create application

[mikep]

I installed Xataface according to the instructions and the dataface_info.php file when displayed in my browser tells me that it is installed correctly.

If i go to the xataface/installer.php file and select "Create application for existing database", my server tells me "Object not found!". The URL looks like this

http://localhost/xataface-1.1.5r2/%3C?=$_SERVER[%27PHP_SELF%27]?%3E?-action=db2app

Is there a way to fix this?



Thanks

[fongchun]

I've never used the installer.php file, but I just tried it and it appears to have all this bugs in it. It doesn't appear to be updated.

I would simply do a creation of your application. It is very simple. Just follow this tutorial:

[shannah]

OK.. The reason this problem was happening is because the installer script used a short open tag. The rest of the framework was recently revamped to not use any tags like this.

I'll look into fixing this for future versions. In the mean time you can fix this problem by enabling short open tags in your php.ini file (a quick search on this forum or on google should come up with a tonne of info on how to do this).

Alternatively, I encourage you to try a manual install (or use the makesite script) as it is quite easy to do.

-Steve

[mikep]

Ok. I will give all of these things a try. I have found multiple resources on using makescript and a manual install. I have tried a few with little success, although I admit I was in a bit of a rush at the time. Which is the best one to look at?

[shannah]

Any of them should be fine. The one that fong mentioned above:
http://xataface.com/wiki/How_to_build_a ... es_of_code

is to the point and should get you there.

[mikep]

Ok. so I followed those directions exactly. When I got to creating the index.php file, I copied and pasted
<?php
// Include the Xataface API
require_once 'xataface/dataface-public-api.php';

// Initialize Xataface framework
df_init(__FILE__, 'xataface');
// first parameter is always the same (path to the current script)
// 2nd parameter is relative URL to xataface directory (used for CSS files and javascripts)

// Create a new application
$app =& Dataface_Application::getInstance();

// Display the application
$app->display()


into an index.php file.

When i view this file with my web browser, a blank page comes up.

I tried to go to "view page source" but the page source is empty.

I also tried adding ?> at the end of the index.php file and the results remain the same.

I know PHP is working on my apache server because phpMyAdmin is working.

If i replace __FILE__ with the path to my application (/srv/www/htdocs/myapp/' and add ?> at the end of the script, i get a message that says "Error loading config file. No tables specified"

my config file looks like

[_database]
host=localhost
name=test
user=mikep2
password=mikep2

[_tables]
;; This section lists the tables to include in your application menu
table1=Job
table2=customer


What am I doing wrong?

[shannah]

See
http://xataface.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
for troubleshooting the blank white screen issue.

Report back with the error message.

[mikep]

I gave up and tried the makesite script. It worked so I'm in business.

Thanks a lot,
Mike