Is PHP in Safe Mode a show stopper?

I’m not terribly familiar with PHP on Windows, so I can’t provide too much guidance.

Try this: copy-and-paste the following into a new file, called “php.php”, and upload it your website:
<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Now load php.php in your browser and examine the output. You’re specifically looking for a section labelled “mysql” which will display some of the run-time configuration details pertitent to MySQL.

If you do not see that then you’ll need to coordinate with GoDaddy.

Hi, and thanks for replying.

I did as you suggest, and got (among much else) this when I viewed php.php. Under PHP Core there are several functions with ‘sql’ in the command that are disabled. I don’t know if any of them are required for WP:

disable_functions getmyinode, getopt, getrusage, extension_loaded, dl, mysql_pconnect, crack_check, crack_closedict, crack_getlastmessage, crack_opendict, fsockopen, pfsockopen, mysql_list_dbs, mysql_stat, ini_get, ini_get_all, ini_alter, ini_set, get_current_user, get_defined_constants, get_include_path, php_ini_scanned_files, php_uname, phpcredits, restore_include_path, set_include_path, set_time_limit, version_compare, zend_version, getmypid, getmyuid, getmygid, assert_options, assert, fopen, fwrite, fread, file, fpassthru, file, mail, opendir, readdir, closedir getmyinode, getopt, getrusage, extension_loaded, dl, mysql_pconnect, crack_check, crack_closedict, crack_getlastmessage, crack_opendict, fsockopen, pfsockopen, mysql_list_dbs, mysql_stat, ini_get, ini_get_all, ini_alter, ini_set, get_current_user, get_defined_constants, get_include_path, php_ini_scanned_files, php_uname, phpcredits, restore_include_path, set_include_path, set_time_limit, version_compare, zend_version, getmypid, getmyuid, getmygid, assert_options, assert, fopen, fwrite, fread, file, fpassthru, file, mail, opendir, readdir, closedir

Under the MySQL section I got:

mysql
MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
Client API version 3.23.49

Directive Local Value Master Value
mysql.allow_persistent On On
mysql.connect_timeout 60 60
mysql.default_host no value no value
mysql.default_password no value no value
mysql.default_port no value no value
mysql.default_socket no value no value
mysql.default_user no value no value
mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.trace_mode Off Off

From this I don’t see any obvious MySQL problems, but I’m no MySQL expert.

My host again says they have PHP (safe mode) and MySQL support, and from this I guess they’re right…but, so far the installation is still going nowhere.

Thanks,
Randy

PHP in safe_mode often logs safe_mode violations to the web server’s error log. Can you review your web server’s error log and share here any relevant entries?

I’ll ask godaddy if I can view the error log. I haven’t had too much luck with that before, though. Will post whatever I get!

As I feared, godaddy will not allow me to view the server error logs, so I can’t tell for certain if it’s the the safe-mode config of PHP that’s causing the problem, or the other commands they’ve disabled, or what.

sounds like it’s time to find a new host…. did they give a reason for not letting you see the logs?

-tg

No, they don’t give a reason for not allowing things; you just can’t. I agree that I need a new host, and I’m in the process of looking for one.

I previously ran a site in GoDaddy’s basic web host account. Sadly I don’t have it running there anymore…I just checked a site backup and my wp-config was set up the same as yours.

Are you using something from your ISP or your Host (godaddy) to create the mysql database?

BTW, I’ve had a lot of luck with https://www.hostingforabuck.com

They are not a GoDaddy reseller.

I used a utility from godaddy to create the MySQL database, and it shows up as being there, because that’s where I got the information to populate the DB_HOST field.

Godaddy is no help in the matter, of course, and tells me to check with the publisher as to whether PHP in safe mode OR with all the disabled functions will be a problem.

I’m not really adverse to changing hosts, but I’m stuck between platforms. This is horribly off-topic, I know, but I’m on a Windows platform and *think* I would like to move to Linux for a variety of reasons. The problem is, I use MS FrontPage as my main editor and publisher, and I have some Access databases on my site. I don’t really know that much about MySQL and am not sure how long it would to learn. FP manages Access databases in an almost idiot-proof fashion, but doesn’t manage MySQL at all. It’s like the first time you’re on a diving board: You know it will be OK, but you still don’t want to jump. And, I don’t really want to change hosts and stay with Windows, because I expect I eventually will jump and then I’d be changing the site again.

So, here I am, wondering what to do and not getting WordPress to work. Not my best day…

Let me shed some light on some of the problems you are having. After running your php.php page with the php_info() in it, do a search for “safe” and you will find a directive that tells whether or not safe_mode is enabled.

It doesn’t matter whether your server is Windows or Linux, safe_mode has nothing to do with the OS, but rather with a change that can be made inside the php.ini file on your server. I have a little experience with godaddy, but with other hosts, so allow you access to the php.ini file and some hosts do not.

Check https://www.ixwebhosting.com. They aren’t the cheapest, but I run about 10 sites, and all are hosted ixwebhosting.com and I have been very impressed.

Hope that helps.

If you still are with godaddy, I can probably help as I am running a ASP site with PHP wordpress as a subdirectory application.
Everything works except for the email, so I’m troubleshooting it currently. I installed WP about two days ago, and works fine.

The biggest problem I had was WP to recognize there was a mysql database there.
I removed the following line from wp-settings.php

if ( !extension_loaded(‘mysql’) )
die( ‘Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.’ );

This apparently does not exist in windows.
Try this and let me know how it goes.

Cor – if you have any handy hints I’d love to hear them. I’m on a godaddy asp acocunt as well. I had found your hint about the database elsewhere on this site, and that works, but I can’t upload anything. Any ideas?
“The uploaded file could not be moved to .”

Dunno where . is