Bad news. Sorry to hear that Collin Maybe you could continue to evaluate and experiment with Habari using a local LAMP or WAMP installation.
http://wiki.habariproject.org/en/Installation/Special_Instructions/WAMP PS. Who's the hosting company ? So potential Habari converts can avoid them ? -- Andy On Sep 25, 5:39 pm, Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Andy. > > I got all excited a couple of weeks ago when I got an email from my > host telling me they were finally upgrading to PHP5 about a year after > I first asked. I had a little time yesterday and this afternoon so > thought I'd play with Habari. I knew there was a reason my host > sucked and why I'll be moving on (when I can be bothered). I ran > phpinfo and right in the "Configure Command" section, very first > section of the very first line was this: > > './configure' '--disable-pdo' > > No other mention of PDO in the file at all. I guess that's me screwed > on this host. As I have so many issues with speed, accessibility (to > cPanel and FTP) and now PDO, I just can't be bothered with them any > more. Next time I have some free time I will not be playing with > Habari, but looking for a new host and moving all my blogs and sites. > > Then I will play with Habari again! I love the look of it and want to > know if the rumour that it's better than WP is true. > > All the best for now. > > Collin > > On 25 Sep, 17:20, Andy C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Collin > > > PDO = PHP Data Objects which is a pre-req for Habari. > > > It sounds like your host hasn't enabled this optional PHP module. > > > Look at the output of phpinfo() to confirm and then hope your host is > > responsive and knowledgable enough to install it. > > > See also > > >http://wiki.habariproject.org/en/Installation/Special_Instructions/Bl... > > > Good luck and report back. > > -- > > Andy > > > On Sep 25, 4:42 pm, Collin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Afternoon all. > > > > Downloaded the latest from the website today and trying to install in > > > a subdomain (still running WP at the top level I'm afraid). I > > > manually created the .htaccess file and placed the text offered by the > > > installer. From reading the install I created the config.php (empty) > > > too. Set 777 on the config.php. When re-running the installer I get > > > the following message: > > > > Fatal error: Class 'PDO' not found in /home/*****/public_html/habari/ > > > system/classes/installhandler.php on line 260 > > > > I haven't been able to find any info on what "PDO" is. > > > > The host is running PHP 5.2.6 and "MySQL 5.0.51a-community" if that > > > makes any difference. > > > > Many thanks in advance for any advice! > > > > Collin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
