step 2 problem

[knell]

Hello, I'm attempting to install the latest 'lite' version on a FreeBSD box;
(FreeBSD ns1.larlar.net 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Sat Apr 21 10:54:49 GMT 2001 [email][email protected][/email]:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386)

with PHP 4.0.5 (tried *.6 as well), Apache 1.3.19, and mysql 3.23.42 and when I get to step two via install.php it passes ?step=2 but it doesn't do anything, no error, no nothing, it just stays on step 1.
i.e. install.php->:
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Welcome to vBulletin Lite version 1.0.1 Lite. Running this script will do a clean install of vBulletin onto your server.

Click here to continue ->
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install.php?step=2->:
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Welcome to vBulletin Lite version 1.0.1 Lite. Running this script will do a clean install of vBulletin onto your server.

Click here to continue ->
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I also just made a test script "<?php print "$blah - $QUERY_STRING - $HTTP_GET_VARS[blah]"; ?>"
to insure that it was getting the value of variables and sure enough it was!

any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks Tony!

[knell]

I found the problem, it was the 'register_globals' option in php.ini.
It was set to 'Off' and once I changed it to 'On' and HUP'd apache it worked like a charm!

Thanks,

Tony

[tubedogg]

Great! :)

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[knell]

tubedogg, it's the lite version.

[Chen]

Hehe :p

[GWallace]

Excellent Find....

I would like to thank you for this tip. I have been trying to figure this out for a couple of weeks. :)