I have IIS, MySQL, and PHP installed on my local computer running XP
Pro. All works fine as a testing server in DW CS3. However, when I try
to start phpMyAdmin I get a red error box that has this error:

"Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your
PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly."

I have the following variables set, but there is no log file being
produced, so no additional error information.

session.save_path 'C:\WINDOWS\Temp'
error_log c:\php.log
log_errors On

I can run php scripts, but not phpMyAdmin.

I can not think of anything else to do. Ideas?

Thanks,
Harvey

You can also check your web server logs because the PHP log might not show the
error. These could be caused due to insufficient privileges on the Temp
directory or insufficient space in the directory.

Also it is not mentioned in your post, but I think we can safely assume that
mySQL starts and stops without problem so that as we work on this issue we know
when it is solved, correct?

SnakEyez02 wrote:
> You can also check your web server logs because the PHP log might not show the
> error. These could be caused due to insufficient privileges on the Temp
> directory or insufficient space in the directory.
>
> Also it is not mentioned in your post, but I think we can safely assume that
> mySQL starts and stops without problem so that as we work on this issue we know
> when it is solved, correct?
>
mysql-nt.exe shows up in the task manager. Also there is a log entry in
event properties "...ready for connections" and also "normal shutdown".
So yes, I think it is starting and stopping ok.

I added iuser to the temp folder with full rights, but no change.

Where would I find the IIS log? I see nothing in the event viewer, nor
under iis in the control panel.

Thanks,
Harvey

Unfortunately, I do have a lot of experience running IIS. I only knew what the phpMyAdmin error referred to. There are some other experts on here who do that who should be able to help you further.

eclipsme wrote:
> SnakEyez02 wrote:
>> You can also check your web server logs because the PHP log might not
>> show the error. These could be caused due to insufficient privileges
>> on the Temp directory or insufficient space in the directory.
>>
>> Also it is not mentioned in your post, but I think we can safely
>> assume that mySQL starts and stops without problem so that as we work
>> on this issue we know when it is solved, correct?
> mysql-nt.exe shows up in the task manager. Also there is a log entry in
> event properties "...ready for connections" and also "normal shutdown".
> So yes, I think it is starting and stopping ok.
>
> I added iuser to the temp folder with full rights, but no change.
>
> Where would I find the IIS log? I see nothing in the event viewer, nor
> under iis in the control panel.
>
> Thanks,
> Harvey

They are in your windows log folder, windows/system32/logfiles/

Steve

Dooza wrote:
> eclipsme wrote:
>> SnakEyez02 wrote:
>>> You can also check your web server logs because the PHP log might not
>>> show the error. These could be caused due to insufficient privileges
>>> on the Temp directory or insufficient space in the directory.
>>>
>>> Also it is not mentioned in your post, but I think we can safely
>>> assume that mySQL starts and stops without problem so that as we work
>>> on this issue we know when it is solved, correct?
>> mysql-nt.exe shows up in the task manager. Also there is a log entry
>> in event properties "...ready for connections" and also "normal
>> shutdown". So yes, I think it is starting and stopping ok.
>>
>> I added iuser to the temp folder with full rights, but no change.
>>
>> Where would I find the IIS log? I see nothing in the event viewer, nor
>> under iis in the control panel.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harvey
>
> They are in your windows log folder, windows/system32/logfiles/
>
> Steve

Thanks Steve. Here is the IIS log when I run
localhost/phpmyadmin/main.php from my browser. All 3 files referenced in
the log file exist. Beyond that, I don't know what to do.

#Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1
#Version: 1.0
#Date: 2008-08-07 16:09:04
#Fields: time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem sc-status
16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/main.php 302
16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/error.php 200
16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/favicon.ico 200

Thanks, Harvey

eclipsme wrote:
> #Software: Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1
> #Version: 1.0
> #Date: 2008-08-07 16:09:04
> #Fields: time c-ip cs-method cs-uri-stem sc-status
> 16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/main.php 302
> 16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/error.php 200
> 16:09:04 127.0.0.1 GET /phpmyadmin/favicon.ico 200

That doesn't tell us much, apart from main.php sent a 302 temp redirect
to error.php which loaded successfully, along with its favicon. There is
nothing more we can deduct from this log entry.

Sorry.

Steve

Exactly. I am out of ideas. Anybody?
>
> That doesn't tell us much, apart from main.php sent a 302 temp redirect
> to error.php which loaded successfully, along with its favicon. There is
> nothing more we can deduct from this log entry.
>
> Sorry.
>
> Steve