powweb upgrade = gallery problem.

powweb made this announcment this morning:

So If I open php.ini in /gallery and edit the line

'upload_tmp_dir = /gallery/tmp'

which is the directory I created, there seems to be no change, I still get the error: Adding image.jpg
Resizing/compressing original image
Warning: getimagesize(/www/u/username/htdocs/gallery/albums/album01/image.jpg) failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /gallery/util.php on line 397

I realize that may not make much sense to the error I am getting, but I was having no problems until powweb did their upgrade, somehow they must coincide.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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Gallery URL (optional but very useful): n/a
Gallery version: 1.42
Apache version: Apache/1.3.33
PHP version: 4.3.10
Graphics Toolkit:
Operating system: FreeBSD 4.10
Web browser/version (if applicable): IE

Thanks for the reply, h0bbel, I took your advice and added the full system path, and unfortuntely, it didn't make a difference

Same error as above

Adding image.jpg
Resizing/compressing original image
Warning: getimagesize(/www/u/username/htdocs/gallery/albums/album01/image.jpg) failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /gallery/util.php on line 397

Thanks h0bble, that didn't seem to make a difference, though. with debug mode on, the line

'The file /www/u/username/htdocs/gallery/albums/album01/image.jpg does not exist ?!'

is added. I'm really stumped at this point.

yes, it's definitely on.

I found the problem. When modifying 'upload_tmp_dir' in the php.ini used with gallery, I left a semicolon in front of the line. I wasn't aware it was critical that that be removed. Thanks for much for your help, h0bble.

For those of you hosted with powweb who run into this problem, you can find more information here:

http://forum.powweb.com/showthread.php?p=259493&posted=1#post259493

yes, that did it.

I had the same issue for a few days now and I thought the upgrade to the latest version would fix it, but it did not.

The script to create a php.ini file and modifying the 'upload_tmp_dir =' line did it.

Thanks everyone.

TX

This resolves the probelms at PowWeb and may resove problems elsewhere also, if you are getting this error message:

Resizing/compressing original image
Warning: getimagesize(/www/u/username/htdocs/gallery/albums/album01/image.jpg) failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /gallery/util.php on line 397

I found this at B&T's site: http://www.prettyworthless.com/tips.php

Using a custom php.ini file

You may want to use a custom php.ini file in order to change some of the PowWeb defaults. For example, you may want to turn register_globals = off. If you copy the default PowWeb file, make changes, and then put it in your webspace, you may not know if PowWeb makes further changes to the default file which could cause your file to be out-of-date. A good solution is the following script, which you can execute manually or kick-off with cron each night. The script reads the PowWeb default file, makes your change, and writes it to your webspace. Now you can always have the current PowWeb default script with your changes made. The example below changes register_globals in the default PowWeb php.ini file.

- - Start Script Here - -
<?
$path = '/usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini';
if (!file_exists($path)) die('Processing error - php.ini file not found');
$contents = file_get_contents($path);

$replace = "register_globals = On";
$replaceWith = "register_globals = Off";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - register globals string not found');
$contents = str_replace($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

$handle = fopen('/www/u/user/htdocs/php.ini', 'w');
fwrite($handle, $contents);
fclose($handle);
echo "The php.ini file has been modified and copied.";
?>
- - End Script Here - -

You may want to change other things in php.ini as well. You can do this by repeating the center section of the script for as many changes as you wish to make.

For example you may want to use your own directory for session files (in this example named sessions).
To do this add the following:
$replace = "session.save_path = \"3;/www/php\"";
$replaceWith = "session.save_path = /www/u/user/sessions";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - sessions string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);
Note the sessions directory is above htdocs for added security.

In order to do PHP uploads at PowWeb you need to have your own temp upload directory (in this example named uploads).
To do this add the following:
$replace = ";upload_tmp_dir =";
$replaceWith = "upload_tmp_dir = /www/u/user/uploads";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - upload directory string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);
Note the uploads directory is above htdocs for added security.

And if you want to change the maximum upload size to something larger than 2MB, also add the following:
$replace = "upload_max_filesize = 2M";
$replaceWith = "upload_max_filesize = 4M";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - upload max size string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

And if you want to go larger than 8M then also add the folowing:
$replace = "post_max_size = 8M";
$replaceWith = "post_max_size = 10M";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - upload post size string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

This script is an enhanced version of one posted by devinemke in the PowWeb Community Forum.
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If you do put a custom php.ini files in your htdocs directory you may also want to put the following in your .htaccess file in order to prevent others from viewing the contents of the file.

<files php.ini>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</files>

Here is a script to run on PowWeb, it places a custom php.ini file in your htdocs folder, just copy this script to a text editor and replace the * and ******* with the paths to your site. You can goto ops and ftp and see the correct paths to input into this script. Save it as something like customphp.php and upload it to your htdocs directory. Run it every couple of days by going to http://www.yoursite.com/customphp.php

You should also make a .htaccess file with the entry above in it to prevent people from hacking your php.ini file.

COPY FROM HERE >

<?
$path = '/usr/local/php4/lib/php.ini';
if (!file_exists($path)) die('Processing error - php.ini file not found');
$contents = file_get_contents($path);

$replace = "register_globals = On";
$replaceWith = "register_globals = Off";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - register globals string not found');
$contents = str_replace($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

$replace = ";upload_tmp_dir =";
$replaceWith = "upload_tmp_dir = /www/*/*******/uploads";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - upload directory string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

$replace = "upload_max_filesize = 2M";
$replaceWith = "upload_max_filesize = 4M";
if (!strpos($contents,$replace)) die('Processing error - upload max size string not found');
$contents = str_replace ($replace, $replaceWith, $contents);

$handle = fopen('/www/*/*******/htdocs/php.ini', 'w');
fwrite($handle, $contents);
fclose($handle);
echo "The php.ini file has been modified and copied.";
?>

< TO HERE

I suggest increasing the max file size to 4M to allow for uploading images packed in zip files, just makes it easier to add images.

Thanks go to B&T and the people who help support the community at PowWeb for this info.

I've completed the above recommendations but still get an error:

Warning: session_start(): open(/tmp/sess_f884c5d3c6e40dba9812858b06fc6965, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /www/u/username/htdocs/gallery/session.php on line 60

***My initial and username was changed for this post...

Do I need to CHMOD something differently? I have set 755 on my temp upload dir.

Thanks!

Thanks...Jeez.. I've looked through every gallery php there is trying to find that path...who knew it was in the php.ini. :lol:

It fixed her up though!

Ok.. I'm reading this... and totally not understanding almost all of it! (a semi-newbie) but I lost totally another php applications to such hackers so I am concerned and want to do this right! Is there anyone I could pay maybe to help me with an upgrade if I need that? DRAT! I don't even know if I need one... this is SAD! If I haven't already bored you to tears... feel free to help! Thanks..

smac1979,

I have had this program before and was set up by my webdesigner now i can't figure out the Instalation process i do have a site but the program will not load can you tell me why?

noticed! Thanks for Stickying it!

Ok, I have an interesting question. I am using Lunarpages as a shared host for the time being and do not see the php.ini file in any directory. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.