trying to install PHPNEWS, but it dies everytime!

and nobody, I repeat nobody will help over there...

[Craig_F]

I REALLY need to get phpnews running asap, but each time I install it dies when trying to get to step 4. All I get is a blank white page, nothing else. Does anyone know what is going on? I've tried ALL of their downloads ALL do the same thing. I've also posted to their forum but nobody replies.

Now, as much as I'd like to **** the people over at phpnews, this could easily be due to something wrong on the server side of things(I'm just learing how to admin my neew server), but where do I start? All I have is a blank page, no errors...

[jatar_k]

anything anywhere?

log files?

you could turn error_reporting [php.net] to E_ALL in php.ini and see if anything pops out

I have never used it but does it have a config file of some sort? have you picked through there to see if there are any settings that might help you pinpoint the issue?

what OS is on the server?

[jezra]

Sounds like there is a fatal error but the error reporting is turned off. There are a few places where it is possible to turn off the displaying of PHP errors.
1. The php.ini file
for testing, the following variables should be set in the php.ini file
error_reporting = E_ALL
display_errors = On

2. the php scripts themselves
look for "error_reporting(0)" in the scripts. Comment out if necessary.

This should all be done on your test server. I would never advise displaying errors on a production server.

jatar types fast!

[Craig_F]

server: linux / apache

running off to turn of error reporting, will report back after testing.

[Craig_F]

sorry for disappearing last night! I really appreciate you jumping in to help so quickly. I got caught up with a support tech and a friend also jumped in and tried to help unexpectedly.

as it stands now, it sounds like a module might not be installed that is required for php/mysql to work properly, I don't know for sure yet, but I should soon. I'll try to post back here what the issue was in case anyone else gets stuck like this.

Thanks again!