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PHP Guestbook Failure - Any Advice/Help Please?

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2004 9:15 am
by Jonosss
Hello can you please help. I have been trying for some time now to get a PHP guestbook to work on a domain hosted on GoDaddy. I believe they use NT servers. The guestbook in question is Hyperbook,details on this guestbook which I obtained online can be found here
http://diamond-back.com/software/guestbook/

Problem is whenever I have run the initial configuration program for the guestbook I get the following error message
ERROR: Guestbook Configuration file couldn't be opened for writing.
Filename: D:\\\\Hosting\\\\petecarver\\\\guestbook\\\\data/gbconfiguration.dat

The data folder is a folder I created as per installation intructions inside the mail Guestbook folder. A configuration file it seems is being attempted to be written inside this data folder but it is being prevented. I have set chmod to allow everythin ,777, but even when I do this I get a message saying failed cause only needed on Linux servers. However all the permissions remain checked to allow all access and write.

I am using this guestbook succesfully on another domain hosted elsewhere and it works like a dream. GoDaddy state that all their hosing plans are PHP enabled so there should be no problem. GoDaddy have been ignoring my requests for help for 3 days now so please can someone help.

Many Thanks in advance
Jonoss

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:26 am
by teniosoft
Two pieces of advice.

1 try to write a file to the directory or another directory to see if that works.

Maybe the way that files are reffenced \ / or vice versa could be your problem also. I have only done php on linux and maybe that is something that you could think about in the future.