[Solved] - Install errors

[digilee]

Signed up, download, upload all files.

 

I go to http://domain.com/prestashop and get this error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/username/prestashop/classes/Tools.php on line 23

 

Then I notice the install folder so I go to:

 

I go to http://domain.com/prestashop/install and get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/username/prestashop/install/classes/LanguagesManager.php on line 7

 

Not a good start guys.

 

Any ideas what to do to get this working?

 

thanks.

[Peter Wilson]

Hi digilee. Welcome to the PrestaShop Forum!

 

This is a commonly reported error.  It is likely due to your server not using PHP 5 or later.

 

As noted on the Download page, System Requirements page, and on the Installer splashpage, PrestaShop only works with PHP version 5 or later.

 

You'll have to get your hosting service to upgrade to PHP 5, or use a different hosting service.  (Hosting services should really upgrade anyway, as PHP 4 is officially 'end of life', and PHP 6 is on the way.)

 

After installing PrestaShop using PHP 5, feel free to pop back in and let us know if this error persists.

[digilee]

100% right. I thought I had PHP 5 installed as I requested this a while back but it seems to have been removed for some reason.

[THEDert]

I have PHP5 on my godaddy account and I get the store/classes/Tools.php on line 23 error when I try to install

[Peter Wilson]

Hi THEDert,

 

Welcome to the PrestaShop Forum!

 

With some hosting services, PHP5 is present but needs to be activated manually by uploading an .htaccess file.  This may well be the case for GoDaddy servers, but we haven't been able to confirm the correct solution yet.  Perhaps you could help us?

 

First, check this list of hosting servers and try the different methods for activating PHP5 manually via an .htaccess file:

 

http://www.prestashop.com/forum/index.php/topic,714.0.html

 

If one of them works, can you tell us which one did the trick?

 

If none of them work, can you tell us which version of PHP 5 you're using? For example, PHP 5.0.5 or PHP 5.2.4 ?

 

Thanks in advance!

[THEDert]

That post makes no sense to me what so ever =(

[Bruno Leveque]

Hi THEDert,

 

This is the complete trick to activate PHP 5 on GoDaddy Hosting:

 

Options +FollowSymLinks 

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteBase / 

 

# switch GoDaddy's php extension handling for php5 

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php 

AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4

 

You need to put this code in the root dir .htaccess file for global changes.

 

(Thanks to http://www.dpinyc.com/literature/resources/code-bank/activating-php5-in-godaddy-hosting/)

 

Best regards,

[THEDert]

How to fix PHP5 if you use Godaddy.com

 

To Change Your Default PHP Language

 

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.

  2. In the My Products section, select Hosting Account List.

  3. Next to the hosting account you want to modify, click Open.

  4. In the Content section of the Hosting Control Center, click the Languages icon.

  5. Select PHP version you'd like to set as the default.

  6. Click Continue.

  7. Verify the listed changes, and then click Update.

 

Your Language change is submitted. Please allow up to 24 hours for the change to be processed by the hosting server.

[Peter Wilson]

Terrific! Thanks a lot, THEDert

 

I've added it to the list in the Pre-Installation sticky:

 

http://www.prestashop.com/forum/index.php/topic,714.0.html