Mainfile.php Config Error - but doesn't match install instru

New Member Joined: Jan 21, 2005 Posts: 9

I'm trying to do a new install of 2.1.3 on Nuke 7.6.

Just uploaded the modified javascript.php, header.php and mainfile.php and got the following error when trying to access Sentinel admin:

Quote:

It appears that NukeSentinel(tm) has not been configured correctly. The
most common cause is that you either have an error in the syntax that is
including includes/sentinel.php from your mainfile.php, or you have not
added the NukeSentinel(tm) code to your mainfile.php. This code must be
placed immediately after the opening <? tag in mainfile.php. So your
first 7 lines in mainfile.php must look like this:

<?php
if ($forum_admin == 1) {
  include("../../../includes/sentinel.php");
} elseif ($inside_mod == 1) {
  include("../../includes/sentinel.php");
} else {
  include("includes/sentinel.php");
}

Now, the problem is that the ABOVE error and instructions do NOT match
the instructions inside of the Sentinel installation which say to do the
following:

Quote:

MAINFILE.PHP File Edits:
========================
1) Add the following to your mainfile.php file just after the opening <?

if ($forum_admin == 1) {
include_once("../../../includes/sentinel.php");
} elseif ($inside_mod == 1) {
include_once("../../includes/sentinel.php");
} else {
include_once("includes/sentinel.php");
}

So which is correct? And if the install instructions are incorrect and the error message displayed is correct, is that likely to be the cause of my problem?

Thanks!

Dan

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

If you are referring to the include or include_once, that really doesn't matter, but you're better off using include_once. Other than that the code and instructions seem identical to me.

Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 1:24 pm

Okay, thanks for clarifying that part.

Any guesses then what my problem might be or where to try to begin troubleshooting?

Thanks!

Dan

Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 9:15 am

Nudge....

The error message said "The most common cause is that you either have an error in the syntax that is including includes/sentinel.php from your mainfile.php, or you have not
added the NukeSentinel(tm) code to your mainfile.php."

So, since I do have the code added to mainfile.php that shouldn't be the problem, right? If so, then can anyone tell me what an "error in the syntax that is including includes/sentinel.php from your mainfile.php" might mean and where to look to find the problem?

Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 9:59 am

I would comment that you need to make sure that you have run the nsnst.php installation file to install the tables.

THEN, you need to address Chatserv's Comments at:
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 10:27 am

64bitguy wrote:

I would comment that you need to make sure that you have run the nsnst.php installation file to install the tables.

Yup, I uploaded all the files, and then have run nsnst.php successfully, and then made the modifications to the javascript.php, header.php and mainfile.php. After that is when I got the above errors.

Quote:

THEN, you need to address Chatserv's Comments at:
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chatserv said in the other post:

Quote:

If you have applied the recent $forum_admin fix remember two additional changes are required if using NukeSentinel:

I have read the other post as you suggested, but not clear as to whether I would have applied the recent $forum_admin fix. Is that fix a part of a patch or an update that I would have installed when I did Patch 3.0b or any of the bbtoNuke updates?

Thanks!