Contao 4.10 Install Error (allow_url_fopen)

[ally1]

Contao 4.10 won't install. I keep getting the following message. See below and attached:

The PHP setting "allow_url_fopen" is not enabled on the server

However, IT IS enabled on the server. I don't know where else to go from here. I need help to solve this problem so that I can start using 4.10.

Thanks !

[xchs]

Did you also check this in the phpinfo()?

[ally1]

My server was recently migrated to an upgraded version. I don't know where in the new Cpanel to find phpinfo(). When I look up PHP, the following options come up:

Software: Select PHP Version
Databases: phpMyAdmin

Please see attached

[xchs]

• Create a phpinfo.php file in your web/ subfolder
• Edit the file and add <?php phpinfo() ?>
• Open the script in your browser: https://example.com/phpinfo.php
• Search for allow_url_fopen in the output of the PHP info

[ally1]

Thank you ! I just tried it and the info came back. The allow_url_fopen is off. How do I turn it on ?

[xchs]

So this is exactly the reason why the Contao Manager does not work.

It may be necessary to set the PHP settings for this folder separately, but this is something you could ask your hosting provider.

[ally1]

Thank so much, I appreciate the help. I'll contact my provider and see if possible.

[xchs]

You can also see that your settings in the directory do not work by the fact that PHP version 7.4 is selected in the cPanel, while PHP v7.2.33 is displayed in the PHP info.

[ally1]

Wait ! I reset the php version and now it's working except it's giving me a new error message. Please see attached.

[xchs]

The Contao installation directory must be empty in order to install Contao. So just create a new (empty) folder, create a new subfolder web/ into this folder, put the contao-manager.phar.php into the web/ subfolder and set the DocumentRoot accordingly.

https://docs.contao.org/manual/en/installation/

[ally1]

This is the closest I ever gotten to actually installing Contao 4 !

I've attached my server info as well as Contao 4's list of server configurations. Which one of these matches my server ?

[xchs]

The "Custom configuration" option which you had chosen was perfectly fine.

[ally1]

I tried again by emptying the folder and starting from the beginning. Again, I chose 'Custom' and received this error. If you notice in the background, the custom configuration isn't working.

[xchs]

You have misunderstood that. It works perfectly fine, otherwise the Contao Manager would have stopped there (which did not happen, as you can see). The orange icon only means that you have chosen the "Custom configuration".

The problem is still that your folder is not empty (as you can see on your screenshot there are still some hidden files with the dot at the beginning). So just do it as I have described above: create an empty installation folder and install Contao there.

NB: To see hidden files, you may need to enable the corresponding option in your FTP client first.

[ally1]

Oh my goodness !!!! It finally worked !!! How do I connect the database ? I tried and got an error 404.

[xchs]

Did you click on the button "Install tool" in the Contao Manager? If you got an Error 404 then probably your DocumentRoot is not set correctly. The DocumentRoot of your domain must point to the web/ subfolder of your Contao installation (see https://docs.contao.org/manual/en/in...-configuration ).

To run the Contao install tool just open https://example.com/contao/install (see https://docs.contao.org/manual/en/in...o-installtool/ )

[ally1]

Ok, I got some sleep and am starting over. Last night, I emptied my public_html folder, deleted everything and re-installed Contao 4. I must have done this at least 5 times last night. In my final attempt, I pointed the DocumentRoot of my domain to web/ yet I'm STILL getting the 404 error. Attached are screenshots of the error message and var/log entries.

[xchs]

As you can see on your second screenshot you are trying to open the install tool via https://www.example.com/web/contao/install

If you have set the DocumentRoot for example.com correctly the the subfolder web/ of your Contao installation, the install tool is available via https://www.example.com/contao/install

[ally1]

Here are screenshots from the EventListener folder line 42 and 94.

[ally1]

Yes, I first tried https://www.example.com/contao/install. However, when I received the 404 error message, I tried https://www.example.com/web/contao/install.

[xchs]

The last one is wrong. To run the Contao install tool you have to open it via https://www.example.com/contao/install

Is there an .htaccess file within your web/ subfolder (be aware this is a hidden file and could therefore not be visibile in your FTP client)?

What Contao version did you have installed? Version 4.10 or version 4.9?

Can you open the Contao install tool via https://www.example.com/index.php/contao/install or https://www.example.com/app.php/contao/install ?

[ally1]

Yes, there was a hidden .htaccess file and I removed it then tried the two urls you suggested and am still getting the same 404 error message.

[ally1]

I installed version 4.9 (4.10 didn't accept the official demo template, which I need to build out the site once everything is properly set up)

[ally1]

I'm going to take a break here as I have a bunch of errands to run. I'll return later today to try again. Thank you so much for your help with this issue. Will be back soon.

[xchs]

No, why did you remove it? No one told you to delete this file. Please restore it. It is necessary to run Contao and part of the installation!

Please show a screenshot of your folder structure of your Contao installation and a screenshot where we see what is in your web/ subfolder.

If you still get an Error 404 when you either run https://www.example.com/index.php/contao/install or https://www.example.com/app.php/contao/install then it is something wrong with your DocumentRoot which has to be set correctly to the web/ subfolder.

To check if your DocumentRoot is set correctly try this:

• add a new text file test.txt (with some content e.g. "It's working") and save it into the web/ subfolder of your Contao installation (i.e. /home/example/public_html/web/test.txt)
• Open https://www.example.com/test.txt in your browser
• The browser must show the content of this file (e.g. "It's working")

As long as that does not work, you have not set the DocumentRoot of example.com to the web/ subfolder. Your Contao installation will only work if this also works.

[ally1]

Ok, I'm back. I found another .htaccess file in the general root folder so I deleted that as well then tried the urls you suggested. Again, I got the 404 error message.

[xchs]

I found another .htaccess file in the general root folder so I deleted that as well

And why did you do that? You should instead restore the web/.htaccess file and not delete another one.

then tried the urls you suggested. Again, I got the 404 error message.

Then you have still a problem with your DocumentRoot. You'll have to fix this first in order to run Contao.

You must be able to open the https://www.example.com/test.txt file in your browser where the file test.txt must be located in the web/ subfolder of your Contao installation.

[ally1]

I tried redirecting the root to the web directory several times but it won't work. See attached.

[xchs]

No, a redirect is not the same as setting the DocumentRoot. Please ask your hosting provider where you can change the DocumentRoot of your domain.