Error with installation of prestashop on godaddy

[Waseeman]

Hi everyone,

 

can anyone tell me what do these lines, in the file webroot / shop / install / models / install.php do:

if (!@simplexml_load_string($localization_file_content))

$localization_file_content = false;

if (!$localization_file_content)

{

$localization_file = _PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/default.xml';

if (file_exists(_PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/'.$data['shop_country'].'.xml'))

$localization_file = _PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/'.$data['shop_country'].'.xml';

 

$localization_file_content = file_get_contents($localization_file);

}

 

 

 

This is my first installation of Prestashop and I am not a developer so I am having some difficulty in debugging the problem. I hope I can get some good advice.

 

Why I need to know:

 

I downloaded and started the installation of Prestashop 1.5.5.0 on a linux shared hosting at Godaddy.

 

During the last step, I got stuck at 45% of the installation process with error with shop configuration. After some research here and on google, it seemed one of the reasons was related to the localization process, as described here:

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/prestashop-15/302-an-error-occurred-during-installation

 

I tried to follow instructions, and added the line unset($localization_file_content); in the webroot / shop / install / models / install.php

 

That did not seem to help. So to further debug the problem, I deleted the following lines:

if (!@simplexml_load_string($localization_file_content))

$localization_file_content = false;

if (!$localization_file_content)

{

$localization_file = _PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/default.xml';

if (file_exists(_PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/'.$data['shop_country'].'.xml'))

$localization_file = _PS_ROOT_DIR_.'/localization/'.$data['shop_country'].'.xml';

 

$localization_file_content = file_get_contents($localization_file);

}

 

 

The shop installed successfully.

[NemoPS]

Those lines simply get localized strings as you can see from file_get_contents

[Waseeman]

Hi Nemo,

 

thanks for the reply. So in this case the shop itself should function properly?

Is there a way then that I can manually translate the strings?

[NemoPS]

Well, try and see if you can translate files into other languages. If it does, there shouldn't be further issues Hopefully

[Waseeman]

well thanks for that. That sounds reassuring

On the risk of sounding lazy, can I get a quick direction. Can translation be done through the backbone or do I actually need to edit php files?

[NemoPS]

You mean the back office? Yes, you can go to localization, translations

[Waseeman]

Nemo thanks for the help.