Issue with upgrade.

[G.I.JOE*MFA*]

my issue is when i point my browser to mysite/forum/install/upgrade.php I get a 500 error page. BLANK Page in Firefox

Here is my set-up:

original site layout for vB4:
/public_html/
----------->/forums/

index.php in /root/ redirects to vB4 CMS content.php in /forums/ directory
everything works fine


I uploaded everything in the vB5 /uploads/ folder to the /root/

Current site layout for vB5:
/public_html/
----------->/forum/

I filled out both /root/ config and /includes/ config to match current server settings
I renamed /core/ to /forum/
I renamed /modcp/ and /admincp/ (x2) directories


my issue is when i point my browser to mysite/forum/install/upgrade.php I get a 500 error page. BLANK Page in Firefox

I'm trying to keep all the directories down as I don't see a point of /public_html/forum/core/ to get to forums.

current root directory contains:
core - renamed to forum
css
admincp - renamed
forumrunner
images
includes
js

what have I missed?

---EDIT---
I can get to install.php fine. I'll edit the includes/config.php and install vB5 under a different database and see how things go. still would like to upgrade to ensure the process works then I can start to edit/modify/convert all my mods/customizations to work

---EDIT 2---

vBulletin 5 requires PHP version 5.3.0 or greater. Your PHP is version 5.2.17, please ask your host to upgrade.

found the issue perhaps...but seems as though the install is hanging at nodevisits table creation

[Merjawy]

vBulletin 5 requires PHP version 5.3.0 or greater.

[G.I.JOE*MFA*]

yeah, I installed PHP 5.3 and 5.4 with not success.

my issue is when i point my browser to mysite/forum/install/upgrade.php I get a 500 error page. BLANK Page in Firefox

...but seems as though the install is hanging at nodevisits table creation

install is hanging up and wont go past this.

upgrade still a blank page

[Wayne Luke]

After you upgraded to PHP 5.3.0 or higher, what was the error you received?

[Veniamin]

All three minimum requirements should be met. I fixed my error 500 by enabling mod_rewrite.

[Wayne Luke]

yeah, I installed PHP 5.3 and 5.4 with not success.



install is hanging up and wont go past this.

upgrade still a blank page

Can you increase the wait_timeout value in MySQL? This should be at least 120 seconds.

Also make sure the max_execution time in PHP and Apache is 30 seconds or higher.