I'm trying to work through this install, but I think I need to ask for help. Here is my code (and below that is what I have tried or thought!)

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Installing Zenphoto v1.4.2.3
PHP version 5.2.17
Warning!

Version 5.0.0 or greater is required. Version 5.3 or greater is strongly recommended. Use earlier versions at your own risk.

Warning: fopen(/var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-data/setup.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-core/setup/setup-functions.php on line 353

Warning: fileperms() [function.fileperms]: stat failed for /var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-data/setup.log in /var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-core/setup.php on line 467
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zenphoto.cfg file [does not exist]
Error!

Setup was not able to create this file. You will need to edit the zenphoto.cfg file as indicated in the file's comments and copy it to zp-data folder. Place the file in the zp-data folder.

You can find the file in the "zp-core" directory.

Warning: fopen(/var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-data/setup.log) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-core/setup/setup-functions.php on line 353
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function db_connect() in /var/www/vhosts/site.com/httpdocs/zenphoto/zp-core/setup.php on line 830
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I've checked file permissions. All folders are 755 & files are 644 as indicated.

I've looked at zenphoto.cfg - but I don't have a zp-core directory (setup creates that, and I guess mine didn't get that far?)

I see the big PHP warning - I need to check to see if I'm allowed to update that or not (it's running 5.2.17) - is that likely my core issue, or am I having other problems?

TIA!

Your PHP version is not likely to be the problem. 5.2.17, while somewhat behind the times, is within the supported PHP range. Also the errors above are not PHP version issues.

The problem you are seeing is that the Zenphoto scripts are not being allowed to make/update files on the server. The permissions you have set are the ones that "should" work. Unfortunately, some servers are just not configured correctly. You may have to go with less restrictive permissions in order for Zenphoto to be able to write to files and folders. Try first with just the zp-data folder. Set its permissions to 0777. If that works you are home free. If not you may have to set the permissions in setup to loose.

Thanks for the reply.

Alright, so I totally misspoke (even with the topic name - sorry)... I'm missing zp-data, NOT zp-core. And I think I read that zp-data gets created via the setup process? (or can I manually create & set permissions for that?) I did give the directory of zp-core permissions of 777 to see if that fixed anything (it didn't).

Any other tips?

I think at this point you will need to have a discussion with your hosting provider and ask them why the application does not have the permissions to create files in those folders.

`zp-data` is indeed created by setup. But obviously it was not successful in doing so. That is the crux of the problem.

I was able to get the setup to work by changing the permissions on top zenphoto directory to 777.

Now on to configuring it!

Thanks again.

Glad it is working. But be aware that such settings are not very secure. If I were you I would still have a conversation with the hosting provider.

With those permissions, anyone with access to the server can hack you.