register globals

[michael_s]

Ok,

I was able to reproduce the issue and repair the problem. Do an svn update to get the fixed application_top.php file.

[neil]

RC4 is here:
Code:

 svn checkout http://oscmax2.googlecode.com/svn/branches/michael_s/rc4/trunk/

Is that available to be downloaded as a .zip

[nostradamus]

no u need to use a svn client like tortoisesvn.tigris.org

then use the link to check out the rc4 version

[jmelson]

Originally Posted by michael_s

That is RC3.0.2.

RC4 is here:

 svn checkout http://oscmax2.googlecode.com/svn/branches/michael_s/rc4/trunk/

Thanks, I got RC4 loaded, and am trying to set it up. It DOES work with register_globals turned off, and that seems to be keeping the professional bank criminals (I'm not kidding about this) out of my system.

But, after creating categories and products, I can see them in the admin login, and the category titles are in the category sidebar of the store page, but I get a 404 when I click on them in the store page. They have a URL like <my store>catalog/<category name>-c-3.html, and there is no such file in catalog. I don't get any error message when creating the category or product. I'm sure I messed up the file permissions or something when installing this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Jon

[michael_s]

but I get a 404 when I click on them in the store page

Either edit the catalog .htaccess file to enable the rewrite rules or disable SEO urls in the admin panel.

[jmelson]

Originally Posted by michael_s

Either edit the catalog .htaccess file to enable the rewrite rules or disable SEO urls in the admin panel.

I tried disabling SEO, and got an error from my browser saying there was a loop in the URL reference. I have been tinkering with the .htaccess file, but have ABSOLUTELY no idea what I'm doing there. Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

I have an older version of oscmax on the same system which works, and the catalog/.htaccess file is all commented out, except for the part for MSIE.*, yet that version works (if register_globals is turned on).

Thanks,

Jon

[jmelson]

OK, worked with this some more. in the file
/etc/apache2/sites-available/default it has a section :
<Directory /home/httpd/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

When I changed the AllowOverride from None to Options, it changed the way the osc main page showed up, like all the skins went away and just the bare text content was showing. But, it enabled the .htaccess file in the catalog. That should be good news, but when I uncommented the #RewriteEngine On line in .htaccess, I got a 500 error on the whole osc catalog. I tried a few combinations of working with the RewriteRule lines, but it didn't fix any of that.

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 with
Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.4 with Suhosin-Patch Server

I didn't need the .htaccess file at all with the oscmax RC3.0.2 on the same server.

Can anybody tell me what I need to do in the Apache config or the .htaccess file to get this to work?

Thanks,

Jon

[jpf]

Originally Posted by jmelson

It DOES work with register_globals turned off, and that seems to be keeping the professional bank criminals (I'm not kidding about this) out of my system.

FYI the change in register globals has nothing to to with OSCMax or OSC and bank criminals....I am not kidding.

If you search the deal about it - is it all about poor programing practices where input that is not properly handled and verified. That with osc was addressed many many....MANY years ago - before osCMax.

However there is several other BUG fixes that cropped up over the last year or two. That has been addressed in the MS2a update (osCommerce) and SVN-RC4 (osCMax).

[michael_s]

Jon, still an seo urls issue. Make sure this is off under SEO Urls, if you are trying to disable seo urls:

Enable automatic redirects? false

If that is set to true, even if SEO Urls is disabled, it will cause the endless loop error.

Also make sure that the RewriteEngine On line is commented out in .htaccess. To comment it out, put a # at the beginning of the line.

[jmelson]

Originally Posted by michael_s

Jon, still an seo urls issue. Make sure this is off under SEO Urls, if you are trying to disable seo urls:
If that is set to true, even if SEO Urls is disabled, it will cause the endless loop error.

Also make sure that the RewriteEngine On line is commented out in .htaccess. To comment it out, put a # at the beginning of the line.

OK, fantastic! I didn't realize BOTH of these settings had to be false for everything to be right. Now, my categories and products are showing up. Thanks VERY much for the help. As is obvious, I'm a TOTAL newbie in the php/sql area, although I've been working with computers since 1970!

Jon