Jmcarth71

Thanks for clearing up my confusion on the difference. Great service.

Ok, cool. I lucked out it was as easy as it was. I appreciate the help.

Since you brought up the full restore…I was going to create a new post asking what backup plugin bps current works with for backing up site. Backwpup and xcloner are the two that look like most popular. I think on your website, you mentioned xcloner. Is that what you suggest in current bps state? Then, are you saying next version of bps will have full site backup/restore capability so plugin like xcloner wont be necessary?

During install I distinctly remember that godaddy required the php file to be named php5.ini. I thought I saved it that. So I browsed the directory, and what do I see…php.ini not php5.ini as I thought. I wasnt sure if bps would like this but I simply renamed it to php5.ini. I think I fixed it. Heres the results:
– php error at top is gone
– “php error log seen by server” is no longer blank and also matches what path was “set” to from default setup
– “test error log” now opens a new window with http 500 error “website cannot display page” instead of displaying the parse error like before. The parse error is now logged into the the text box on the p-security error log tab
– the “loaded configuration file” section of phpinfo viewer is displaying the same php5.ini path to file I renamed (not sure if this was correct before, I think not).
– now I see all php directives as saying (green values), where before a couple had (red values).

So, I will mark this resolved tomorrow, but I need to make sure that renaming the php.ini to correct name of php5.ini is ok. Any sort of restore issues that bps would see from file name being changed?

Yes, its godaddy with basic hosting setup (shared hosting running on linux).

Honestly, the whole custom php ini portion of new install was sketchy. Its a simple wordpress website, yet the settings to install are like rocket launch sequence. All the install errors went away as I configured the p security, but I have a feeling the custom php ini wasnt setup right (but Im not sure). I tried to follow the link you supplied above plus video instructions as I went through install. To a new wordpress host, Im really not sure between a master php ini, custom php ini, nor where in the install they are located.

I will check what the error log has set tonight after work. If error log is not blank, then how do I procedd with fixing the custom php ini? Do I just redo the install steps for this section again (and it overwrites previous files)?

Thanks Ed.