ImpEx Causing Internal Server Errors on Ensim 4.0 Host

[Rocket_Cowboy]

I just installed vBulletin 3.0.3 on an existing site which is running an Invision Power Board. The install ran fine, and I'm able to use the admincp just fine.

When I try to run ImpEx from the admincp by selecting Import/Export, I get an internal server error in the right hand pane. Is this a common installation problem, or have I goofed something up?

[Steve Machol]

Are you running PHP as CGI?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

nosir

[Steve Machol]

Strange. I don't see anything in the Impex files that would cause an 'Internal Server Error'. This usually occurs when the files are modified or are on a server running PHP as CGI.

The first thing I recommend is that you reupload all the original Impex files. Make sure you upload these in ASCII format and overwrite the ones on the server.

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Thanks Steve. I tried that without luck. I've had this problem on this particular site with another php app, so I'm going to recreate the site and try again.

[Jerry]

Is it a windows or unix host ?

PHP version ?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

Linux host. Running Ensim Pro 4.0.1 on Fedora Core 1.

[Jerry]

Sounds ok so far, what version of php ?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

php 4.3.4

Hmmm ... maybe it is running php as cgi ... the server api is shown as cgi in the phpinfo output.

[Jerry]

php 4.3.4

Hmmm ... maybe it is running php as cgi ... the server api is shown as cgi in the phpinfo output.

Ahhh, then it might be an error creating the vBfields table.

What did re-uploading the files do ?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

reuploaded ... even deleted the entire site from the server and readded ... same error.

Can I create the vBfields table manually to help things along?

[Jerry]

1st thing to test to see if it is that is to edit impex/index.php

line 111 to 127 :

// create vbfields

....


// Add vars to session

comment it out like this with /* */:



/*
if($ImpExSession->get_session_var('vbfields') != 'done')
{
require_once($systempath. 'impex/vbfields.php');
$queries = &retrieve_vbfields_queries($targettableprefix);
foreach ($queries AS $query)
{
$Db_target->query($query);
}

$ImpExSession->add_session_var('vbfields', 'done');
}
*/


That will stop impex building vBfields.

That means impex can't run though it will prove if that is the issue or not.

[Rocket_Cowboy]

If this helps ... I deleted everything, redownloaded the zip archives from the members area, expanded, edited, and re-uploaded.

One thing I did differently was to specify a php she-bang line before downloading impex.

I'm no longer getting the internal server error, but a now getting:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 84 bytes) in /var/www/html/forums/impex/systems/yabbse/000.php on line 24

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 0 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

At that point, I can not select the source board format, but I can delete sessions/importids/etc.

Am I getting closer? Seems so to me, but this is my first experience with installing and importing.

[Jerry]

Are you importing from IPB 1.3 or 2 ?

[Rocket_Cowboy]

trying to import from 1.3, but I don't get far enough to select the source format.

[Jerry]

Delete all the folders in impex/systems apart from ipb.

I.e. all the ones you don't need, then impex won't have to check them all when it starts up.

[Rocket_Cowboy]

ok, got it working. the last error was corrected by upping the memory limit in /etc/php.ini. once I did that, we were golden.

thanks jerry and steve!

[wfp]

If this helps ... I deleted everything, redownloaded the zip archives from the members area, expanded, edited, and re-uploaded.

One thing I did differently was to specify a php she-bang line before downloading impex.

I'm no longer getting the internal server error, but a now getting:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 84 bytes) in /var/www/html/forums/impex/systems/yabbse/000.php on line 24

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 0 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

At that point, I can not select the source board format, but I can delete sessions/importids/etc.

Am I getting closer? Seems so to me, but this is my first experience with installing and importing.

I get the same memory error running Impex.

What can I do?

[Jerry]

What is you php memory limit ?

[wfp]

thanks! It was 8 Upping it 32 fixed everything!

[Jerry]

thanks! It was 8 Upping it 32 fixed everything!

vBulletin is advised to run with 16, ImpEx likes as much as it can get !