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I'm using Go Daddy to host my site. I've created an SQL database but I don't know how to enter the path in the config.php file. What is the proper formatting for the sql server or "DB Host" field. All I have from Go Daddy is the following


mysqlXXX.secureserver.net

Do I need to add slashes or "http://" to that?

getting the following errors

Warning: main(http://mysite/blogfiles/system/databases/mysql.class.php): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 in /home/blogfiles/system/lib-database.php on line 117

The DB host is just the host name - no http, no slashes. "mysqlXXX.secureserver.net" is fine.

You problem is that you entered a URL where you should have entered a path. $_CONF['path'] should not start with "http://".

bye, Dirk

I'm getting a similiar but different error now.


Warning: main(/blog.mysite.com/blogfiles/system/databases/mysql.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/html/blog/blogfiles/system/lib-database.php on line 117

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/blog.mysite.com/blogfiles/system/databases/mysql.class.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/content/html/blog/blogfiles/system/lib-database.php on line 117

I removed the http:// from in front of the path fields, but I did put a forward slash there, and then tried it without the forward slash.

Please try to learn the difference between a URL (what you type into your browser) and a path (on the webserver's file system).

Form the error, I'd say your path should read

$_CONF['path'] = '/home/content/html/blog/blogfiles/';

bye, Dirk

Sorry, thanks for the help though.

Thanks again. I've got the site up and running but I can see I have a lot of reading to do.

Do you reccomend a text editor that will show you the number of each line so I can find the ones there are problems with?

Definitively. This FAQ entry has a few links to discussions recommending editors.

bye, Dirk