Experiencing Multiple Problems possibly related to file/folder structuring

**Wayne Luke** · Mon 4 Apr '16, 6:00pm

The error is caused by one or more characters before the <?php in the file. This needs to be deleted. The character could be called a BOM which is not visible. To see it, you have to tell an editor like Notepad++ to show all characters. You can also get rid of it by saving the file explicitly as an ANSI Text file.

The other issue needs more information so you'll need to get debug mode on. If you have trouble with this, follow up in the ticket.

**fenderbob** · Mon 4 Apr '16, 6:15pm

Originally posted by Wayne Luke

The error is caused by one or more characters before the <?php in the file. This needs to be deleted. The character could be called a BOM which is not visible. To see it, you have to tell an editor like Notepad++ to show all characters. You can also get rid of it by saving the file explicitly as an ANSI Text file.

Thanks...

But I've downloaded Notepad++ and opened both config.php files (the one from the root and the one from core>includes) and in both cases, neither file has any characters before the "<?php" "Show all characters" is enabled.

Any other ideas why else I'm unable to get the debug mode working? Also, assuming I get debug mode working, should I turn the forum off from the AdminCP during debug mode?

**glennrocksvb** · Mon 4 Apr '16, 10:40pm

You don't have to turn off the forum. You can set debug mode to only yourself by checking your IP address.

PHP Code:


if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx") {
     $config['debug'] = true;
}

PHP Code:


if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx") {
      $config['Misc']['debug'] = true;
}

Replace xxx with your IP address. If you don't know your public IP address, Google for "what's my ip" and it will tell you your public IP address.

**glennrocksvb** · Mon 4 Apr '16, 10:49pm

I tried to reproduce the issue on 5.2.0 PL1 but I couldn't. What version are you seeing this issue on?

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 6:54am

Originally posted by Glenn Vergara

You don't have to turn off the forum. You can set debug mode to only yourself by checking your IP address.

PHP Code:


if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx") {
$config['debug'] = true;
}

PHP Code:


if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] == "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx") {
$config['Misc']['debug'] = true;
}

Replace xxx with your IP address. If you don't know your public IP address, Google for "what's my ip" and it will tell you your public IP address.

Ok, new error now with your suggestion of making debug mode only available for my IP.

Here's the error:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/config.php:1) in /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/vb5/cookie.php on line 44 Error :Unable to set cookies on line 46 in /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/vb5/cookie.php

I'm running 5.2.0 Patch Level 1

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:12am

Does anyone have any idea what's going on with my forum's debug mode? Should I open a support ticket?

**Mark.B** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:18am

This is the BOM issue that Wayne talked about. You have invalid characters in your config file...you won;t be able to see them.

Make a brand new config file using a blank copy from the members area, and edit it using ONLY Notepad++. Using Word or Wordpad or default Windows Notepad will cause errors.

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:28am

Originally posted by Mark.B

This is the BOM issue that Wayne talked about. You have invalid characters in your config file...you won;t be able to see them.

Make a brand new config file using a blank copy from the members area, and edit it using ONLY Notepad++. Using Word or Wordpad or default Windows Notepad will cause errors.

I am using Notepad++ (not normal Windows notepad, word or anything else)

I have "show all characters" enabled. There's literally nothing there in front of <?php. I really don't think this is a BOM issue.

I have a backup of these two config.php files and I'm comparing them in Notepad++ vs. the ones I've edited and they're identical other than the changes I've made to enable debug mode.

**Mark.B** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:37am

I would strongly urge you to create a new config.php file from scratch.

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:39am

Originally posted by Mark.B

I would strongly urge you to create a new config.php file from scratch.

Yeah, that worked.

Ha sorry for being a pest. I had no idea programs like regular notepad or dreamweaver would put in invisible, invalid characters like that.

Debug mode is finally working. Thank you!

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 9:45am

Ok, so now we can move on to the CMS category error. Here is the error from debug:

Debug: Error
Duplicate route data: Research/audio\-books/philosophy(?:/page(?P<pagenum>[0-9]+))?
occurred in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb5/route.php on line 659
Trace

Function createRoute in file line
Function call_user_func in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb/api/route.php line 458
Function createRoute in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb/library/content/channel.php line 686
Function createChannelPages in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb/library/content/channel.php line 166
Function add in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb/library/article.php line 78
Function createChannel in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/vb/library/article.php line 36
Function createArticleCategory in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/core/admincp/cms.php line 1584
Function require_once in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/api/interface/collapsed.php line 220
Function relay in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/vb5/frontend/controller/relay.php line 39
Function admincp in file line
Function call_user_func_array in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/index.php line 86

**fenderbob** · Tue 5 Apr '16, 10:11am

Ok, and while I have debug mode active, here is my other issue:

I click on Attachments > Search > View Largest Attachments >

From here, I have a listing of a bunch of images. If I click the .jpg file, I still get a "Page not found" message.

But I do get this error if I click the "View Content" Link:

Debug: Error
Invalid Page URL. If this is an error and the page should exist, please contact the system administrator and tell them how you got this message.
occurred in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/vb5/frontend/routing.php on line 239
Trace

Function setRoutes in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/includes/vb5/frontend/application.php line 21
Function init in file /home/MYDBSE/public_html/forum/index.php line 58

**fenderbob** · Wed 6 Apr '16, 6:02am

Thought by now someone would have given me an update regarding the two errors I posted. Is vBulletin aware of these errors or is there something wrong with my website?

**Mark.B** · Wed 6 Apr '16, 6:59am

There's an issue with the routing on your site....we're going to need a support ticket with admincp and ftp access in order to troubleshoot further.

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