3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by TomElssjo » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:03 am

lrfandet wrote:I have the same problem as carterx, but with Joomla 3.1.5 for a localhost development environment. I've reinstalled XAMPP and Joomla using different mirrors - several times - to no avail.

Looking for php.ini in localdisk/xampp/php, I find no php.ini but php.ini-development and php.ini-production instead, so I have not got as far as testing xfsgpr's solution. Which do I edit? After 11 months, is there a stable solution?
On the xammp Control Panel, there are a Config button at the Apache module. Choose php.ini in the popup menu that comes when clicking on the Config button.

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by M-r-r » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:46 am

Hi Gingir, thank you , with your solution my problem was solved !!!
thank you.

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by bosir_it » Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:18 am

I met the same problem,I have edited the code in input.php file like Gingir said, but not solved.

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by OBY1 » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:45 am

I had the same problem: install of Joomla 3.1 on MAMP that hangs on step 1. The fix of gingir worked fine for me.
However you must carefully make the copy of the code and be sure you did not erase the following code: return $source; code which is just before the }
If this code is missing then you have the problem described by GoBiLux or Leviathan22. You get stuck on the page with all the information that disappears each time you want to go to the next step.

i hope this will help some of you (it took me 2 days to realize I had deleted this part of the code…)
and thanks to Gingir !

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by senerhb » Thu Nov 07, 2013 5:27 pm

OBY1 wrote:I had the same problem: install of Joomla 3.1 on MAMP that hangs on step 1. The fix of gingir worked fine for me.
However you must carefully make the copy of the code and be sure you did not erase the following code: return $source; code which is just before the }
If this code is missing then you have the problem described by GoBiLux or Leviathan22. You get stuck on the page with all the information that disappears each time you want to go to the next step.

i hope this will help some of you (it took me 2 days to realize I had deleted this part of the code…)
and thanks to Gingir !
Thank you so much for posting this, I spent at least 10 mins scratching my head not understanding why my code change didn't work. When I didn't delete the critical "return $ source" it worked just fine!

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by ksb1972 » Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:40 pm

Apologies if I've broken etiquette by resurrecting an old thread.

In my case I was getting a broken looking Joomla Main Configuration page where the next button did nothing. After banging my head against this for a good 12 hours over two days, turns out I had:

extension_dir="C:\PHP\ext\"

in my php.ini file. I changed it to:

extension_dir=".\ext"

and the Main Configuration page now looks like it's supposed to and the Next button now works. :)

I then got the "invalid security token" message. This I fixed by adding the "DefaultAppPool" username to the security permissions for the htdocs equivalent for IIS7.5 (Win7) which is c:\inetpub\wwwroot and giving it Read & execute, List folder contents and Read permissions.

Main configuration finished ok. For some reason getting a blank Admin page :eek:
Battling on.....

Just posting this in case it helps someone else. This stuff isn't easy for beginners/newbies like me!

PS the preg_replace_callback stuff wasn't relevant in my case as I'm using Joomla3.2 and this already includes a slightly different variation of the changes suggested by gingir.

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install - SYNOLOGY

Post by dramane » Sat Jan 04, 2014 11:47 pm

Sorry guys, I need your help as well on the same topic.
I have a SYNOLOGY D214+.
Joomla has been 2.5.9-001 and phpMyAdmin 3.5.3-0003 have been installed through the Synology installation tool.
I stopped and restarted both joomla and phpmyAdmin services without any luck.

Gringir mentioned modify some line on the input.php

I have the following line on my input.php which should normally fix the input.php issue...But I am still hanging on step 1

$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#(\d+);/m', function($m)
{
return utf8_encode(chr($m[1]));
}, $source
);
// Convert hex
$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#x([a-f0-9]+);/mi', function($m)
{
return utf8_encode(chr('0x' . $m[1]));
}, $source
);
return $source;
}
Thanks in advance for your help;

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by nickmortensen » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:47 pm

+1 on Gingir Fix using Ja Sugite from Joomlart

I ran into the same issue when installing Fabrik on JA Appolio last week. Same Fix.

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by sybersolutions » Sat May 10, 2014 11:18 am

I have the same problem with Arvixe, here is my server settings
Forum Post Assistant (v1.2.4) : 10th May 2014 wrote:
Basic Environment :: wrote:Joomla! Instance :: Joomla! 3.1.5-Stable (Ember) 01-August-2013
Joomla! Platform :: Joomla Platform 12.2.0-Stable (Neil Armstrong) 21-September-2012
Joomla! Configured :: Not Found

Host Configuration :: OS: Linux | OS Version: 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 | Technology: x86_64 | Web Server: Apache | Encoding: gzip | Doc Root: /home/myadult/public_html | System TMP Writable: Yes

PHP Configuration :: Version: 5.3.28 | PHP API: cgi-fcgi | Session Path Writable: No | Display Errors: | Error Reporting: 6135 | Log Errors To: | Last Known Error: | Register Globals: 0 | Magic Quotes: | Safe Mode: 0 | Open Base: | Uploads: 1 | Max. Upload Size: 5000M | Max. POST Size: 99999M | Max. Input Time: 9999M | Max. Execution Time: 99999M | Memory Limit: 9999M

MySQL Configuration :: Database Credentials incomplete or not available Nothing to display.
Missing credentials detected: Connection Type missing | MySQL Host missing | Table Prefix missing | Database Username missing | Database Password missing |
Detailed Environment :: wrote:PHP Extensions :: Core (5.3.28) | date (5.3.28) | ereg () | libxml () | openssl () | pcre () | sqlite3 (0.7-dev) | zlib (1.1) | bcmath () | bz2 () | calendar () | ctype () | curl () | dom (20031129) | hash (1.0) | fileinfo (1.0.5-dev) | filter (0.11.0) | ftp () | gd () | gettext () | SPL (0.2) | iconv () | session () | json (1.2.1) | mbstring () | mcrypt () | mysql (1.0) | mysqli (0.1) | pgsql () | standard (5.3.28) | Phar (2.0.1) | posix () | pspell () | Reflection ($Id: 4af6c4c676864b1c0bfa693845af0688645c37cf $) | imap () | SimpleXML (0.1) | soap () | sockets () | exif (1.4 $Id$) | tokenizer (0.1) | wddx () | xml () | xmlreader (0.1) | xmlrpc (0.51) | xmlwriter (0.1) | xsl (0.1) | zip (1.11.0) | cgi-fcgi () | Zend Engine (2.3.0) |
Potential Missing Extensions :: suhosin |

Switch User Environment (Experimental) :: PHP CGI: Yes | Server SU: Yes | PHP SU: Yes | Custom SU (LiteSpeed/Cloud/Grid): No
Potential Ownership Issues: Maybe
Folder Permissions :: wrote:Core Folders :: images/ (755) | components/ (755) | modules/ (755) | plugins/ (755) | language/ (755) | templates/ (755) | cache/ (755) | logs/ (755) | tmp/ (755) | administrator/components/ (755) | administrator/modules/ (755) | administrator/language/ (755) | administrator/templates/ (755) |

Elevated Permissions (First 10) ::
Extensions Discovered :: wrote:Components :: SITE :: com_mailto (3.0.0) | com_wrapper (3.0.0) |
Components :: ADMIN :: com_templates (3.0.0) | com_menus (3.0.0) | com_messages (3.0.0) | com_content (3.0.0) | com_cpanel (3.0.0) | com_config (3.0.0) | com_redirect (3.0.0) | com_banners (3.0.0) | com_login (3.0.0) | com_finder (3.0.0) | com_languages (3.0.0) | com_plugins (3.0.0) | com_tags (3.1.0) | com_modules (3.0.0) | com_cache (3.0.0) | com_categories (3.0.0) | com_admin (3.0.0) | com_media (3.0.0) | com_joomlaupdate (3.0.0) | com_weblinks (3.0.0) | com_newsfeeds (3.0.0) | com_installer (3.0.0) | com_checkin (3.0.0) | com_users (3.0.0) | com_search (3.0.0) | mod_k2_comments (-) | mod_k2_comments (-) | COM_K2 (2.6.7) | K2 (2.5.7) |

Modules :: SITE :: mod_whosonline (3.0.0) | mod_menu (3.0.0) | K2 Tools (2.6.7) | mod_articles_popular (3.0.0) | mod_languages (3.0.0) | K2 Login (2.5.7) | News Show Pro GK5 (1.3.1) | mod_search (3.0.0) | mod_articles_archive (3.0.0) | mod_syndicate (3.0.0) | mod_users_latest (3.0.0) | mod_articles_category (3.0.0) | mod_stats (3.0.0) | K2 Users (2.6.7) | mod_feed (3.0.0) | mod_footer (3.0.0) | mod_articles_news (3.0.0) | mod_custom (3.0.0) | mod_login (3.0.0) | GK JomSocial Feed (1.0) | mod_tags_popular (3.1.0) | mod_articles_latest (3.0.0) | mod_weblinks (3.0.0) | K2 Content (2.6.7) | mod_tags_similar (3.1.0) | mod_wrapper (3.0.0) | mod_random_image (3.0.0) | mod_finder (3.0.0) | mod_related_items (3.0.0) | K2 User (2.6.7) | Grid GK5 (1.0) | K2 Comments (2.6.7) | mod_articles_categories (3.0.0) | mod_banners (3.0.0) | mod_breadcrumbs (3.0.0) | Tabs GK5 (1.5) |
Modules :: ADMIN :: mod_stats_admin (3.0.0) | mod_menu (3.0.0) | mod_logged (3.0.0) | mod_multilangstatus (3.0.0) | mod_status (3.0.0) | mod_feed (3.0.0) | K2 Quick Icons (admin) (2.6.7) | K2 Stats (admin) (2.6.7) | mod_custom (3.0.0) | mod_latest (3.0.0) | mod_login (3.0.0) | mod_submenu (3.0.0) | mod_version (3.0.0) | mod_popular (3.0.0) | mod_toolbar (3.0.0) | mod_quickicon (3.0.0) | mod_title (3.0.0) |

Plugins :: SITE :: plg_extension_joomla (3.0.0) | plg_finder_categories (3.0.0) | plg_finder_k2 (2.6.7) | plg_finder_weblinks (3.0.0) | plg_finder_newsfeeds (3.0.0) | plg_finder_contacts (3.0.0) | plg_finder_content (3.0.0) | plg_finder_tags (3.0.0) | plg_authentication_joomla (3.0.0) | plg_authentication_gmail (3.0.0) | plg_authentication_ldap (3.0.0) | Authentication - Facebook (GK4 1.2) | plg_captcha_recaptcha (3.0.0) | My Forum Posts (2.0.3) | plg_search_categories (3.0.0) | Search - K2 (2.6.7) | plg_search_weblinks (3.0.0) | plg_search_newsfeeds (3.0.0) | plg_search_contacts (3.0.0) | plg_search_content (3.0.0) | plg_editors-xtd_pagebreak (3.0.0) | plg_editors-xtd_article (3.0.0) | plg_editors-xtd_readmore (3.0.0) | Button - GK Typography (1.0.2) | plg_editors-xtd_image (3.0.0) | Josetta - K2 Categories (2.6.7) | Josetta - K2 Items (2.6.7) | plg_user_joomla (3.0.0) | plg_user_profile (3.0.0) | User - K2 (2.6.7) | plg_user_contactcreator (3.0.0) | plg_content_loadmodule (3.0.0) | plg_content_joomla (3.0.0) | plg_content_pagebreak (3.0.0) | plg_content_vote (3.0.0) | plg_content_finder (3.0.0) | plg_content_pagenavigation (3.0.0) | plg_content_geshi (2.5.0) | plg_content_emailcloak (3.0.0) | plg_quickicon_joomlaupdate (3.0.0) | plg_quickicon_extensionupdate (3.0.0) | GK Menu Extended Parameters (1.0) | plg_system_languagefilter (3.0.0) | plg_system_remember (3.0.0) | System - K2 (2.6.7) | plg_system_log (3.0.0) | plg_system_sef (3.0.0) | plg_system_logout (3.0.0) | plg_system_cache (3.0.0) | plg_system_debug (3.0.0) | plg_system_p3p (3.0.0) | plg_system_highlight (3.0.0) | plg_system_redirect (3.0.0) | plg_system_languagecode (3.0.0) | System - GK Cache (1.0) | plg_editors_codemirror (1.0) | plg_editors_tinymce (3.5.6) |
Templates Discovered :: wrote:Templates :: SITE :: gk_msocial (3.9) | beez3 (3.1.0) | protostar (1.0) |
Templates :: ADMIN :: isis (1.0) | hathor (3.0.0) |
or you can see it here
http://sybersingles.net/fpa-en.php

my installation is here http://sybersingles.net

PS REDIRECTS WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS WOULD IT? (instead of my sites going to the public_html I have it to redirect to public_html/singles folder in my cpanel)

Thanks for your help in advance!

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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by mjparadac » Mon May 12, 2014 2:16 am

sybersolutions wrote:I have the same problem with Arvixe, here is my server settings
or you can see it here
http://sybersingles.net/fpa-en.php

my installation is here http://sybersingles.net

PS REDIRECTS WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS WOULD IT? (instead of my sites going to the public_html I have it to redirect to public_html/singles folder in my cpanel)

Thanks for your help in advance!
Hello sybersolutions

Have you made ​​any changes to your configuration?
If you want, you could create a support ticket to help you properly. https://support.arvixe.com/
You provide me the ticket and we will help you with this.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
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Re: 3.0.2 Hangs on Step 1 of Install

Post by jkaka » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:23 pm

Thanks alot gingir it worked out perfect you are the best.....


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