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Newb here with shopping cart questions.
I am installing Zen Cart in my domain and the following issues came up during the install test:
1) Running PHP as CGI can be problematic on some Linux/Unix servers.
Windows servers, however, "always" run PHP as a cgi module, in which case this warning can be ignored.
2) Zen Cart™ can work with the "Register Globals" setting on or off. However, having it "off" leaves your system somewhat more secure.
If you wish to disable it, and your hosting company won't turn it off for you, you might try adding this to an .htaccess file in the root of your shop:
php_flag session.use_trans_sid off
php_flag register_globals off
<Files ".ht*">
deny from all
</Files>
or talk to your hosting company for assistance.
3)While many efforts have been spent on ensuring that database queries in Zen Cart™ are compatible with MySQL 5, full testing has not been completed at the present time.
You are welcome to proceed with installation; however, please note that full compatibility is still in development.
If you do encounter SQL errors while using Zen Cart™ on MySQL 5, please post them to our
support forum (after searching to see if the message has already been reported) so we can find a resolution to the problem.
These issues only had an "orange" check mark in the test.
If any one else has run into this and has any info as to whether there is a potential problem here, that would be great!
Thanks, Zilla
1. if php is running as cgi and that is your only option then it should work
where they say "Windows servers, however, "always" run PHP as a cgi module"
that's not true, if you are running apache on windows then you can run php as an apache module
2. you really should have register_globals off
3. I imagine you will be ok with a newer mysql but, as they mentioned, it could cause some exceptions.
The server is Lunix with sql 5.
Checking another thread here, I found another cart to test: Softslate.
This one says it likes Apache - Tomcat
All I know in this regards is that the server I am on now is Apache. Need to do some quick studying.
