Urgent help needed! Version 2.3.5, getting eval()'d code errors when setup.

[esiaz]

Hi,

I need to duplicate my v2.3.5 vbulletin from my production server to my test server so that i can do some testing.

I tried to copy the whole folder + a dump of the database from my production server and copied to my test server. However i am getting errors when i run the index.php:

Warning: Unknown (c:\forum\index.php):failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Warning: (null)(): Failed opening 'C:\forum\index.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in Unknown on line 0

May i know how do i solve this? I tried to install a fresh downloaded copy of vbulletin v2.3.5 and tried to run admin/install.php and it gives me a same error also. However when i tried to install a fresh copy of v3.6.5 it works perfectly.

I am running php 4.4.0 and mysql 4.1.21 nt on my test server and php4.3.6 and mysql4.0.18 nt on my production server. Both running on IIS 6.0

Hope someone can help me. Thanks!

If customer number is requested to answer my question pls feel free to contact me.

[Steve Machol]

That looks like a permissions problem with your index.php file or forum directory.

However it is also possible that vB 2.3.5 (which is ancient) is not compatible with those newer versions of PHP and MySQL which were released years after 2.3.5 was released.

[esiaz]

Hi, thanks for your reply.
May i know how to check on my permissions for the directory?

[Steve Machol]

With FTP for one. You generally want the direcotries chmod'd to 755 (rwxr-xr-x) and the files to 644 (rw-r--r--)

[esiaz]

Hi, sorry dun get what u mean, cos im not using ftp. I am using localhost for the test site, where do i change the permissions?

Thanks!

[Steve Machol]

I assume you are running a Windows system and frankly I don't know how to change permissions on that. I also doubt this is a permissions issue.

I think it's far more likely that it is also possible that vB 2.3.5 (which is ancient) is not compatible with those newer versions of PHP and MySQL which were released years after 2.3.5 was released.