test.php not detecting zend optimizer on xampplite local install?

Hi,

I'm running xampplite locally and just called test.php.

Test.php reports that zend optimizer is not installed, however, this contradicts phpinfo().

This is what phpinfo() outputs:

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
with Zend Extension Manager v1.0.11, Copyright (c) 2003-2006, by Zend Technologies
with Zend Optimizer v3.2.2, Copyright (c) 1998-2006, by Zend Technologies


phpinfo() also outputs:

Zend Optimizer

Optimization Pass 1 enabled Optimization Pass 2 enabled Optimization Pass 3 enabled Optimization Pass 4 enabled Optimization Pass 9 disabled Zend Loader disabled License Path no value Obfuscation level 0

Any idea what I'm doing wrong please?

Thanks,
Eliot

Hello,

sometimes test script is unable to detect Zend Optimizer correctly. In your case Zend Optimizer is installed (as displayed in phpinfo).

So, I've put the vbseo upload directory contents onto my local dev install of vbulletin and its telling me I've not got Zend Optimizer installed when I try logging in to the admin panel. Please advise as this contradicts the above post. I've not even activated the seo plugin yet.

Did you put vBSEO files into the same folder where phpinfo script is located? What exactly is the error you get?

Hi Oleg, I put the contents of the upload directory into the vbulletin root directory.

Here's my web site layout:

http://localhost/board -> vbulletin home page
http://localhost/board/admincp -> vbulletin admin home page

I put the contents of the upload dir into this board dir, so for example, the vbseo.php file would be found here:

http://localhost/board/vbseo.php

Also test.php is here: http://localhost/board/test.php and reports whats stated in the 1st post.

Could you please post a screenshot of the error you get?

Here's the error I get:

And if I take out the vbseo files, here's what test.php gives me (the 2nd and 3rd images mention zend optimizer):

Could you please open a support ticket with access to the server for troubleshooting?

Hi Oleg,

I'm afraid giving access to the development server is out of the question, its a development PC behind a firewall.

It looks like I can't get vbseo to work with xampplite on this occasion.

Is there a vbseo flavour that does not need zend optimizer that I can use for local development?

Regards,
Eliot

You could try the ionCube version.

I may try it. I may cut my losses here. I'm on a tight deadline and I need to concentrate on other aspects of the web site for a few days. This plugin was going to be a nice-to-have feature.

To be honest I was really excited about vbseo and I feel a bit cheesed off with it right now to put it nicely. It doesn't help that we're on different time zones (nobody's fault) so support is not there for me for the first half of the day - I hope that vbseo take that as a constructive comment.

This is now another day my test environment will not have vbseo. It will not be released into production without being tested. This was just meant to drop in.

This is just frustrating. I'm sorry to air publicly. I'm new to the vbulletin world, and a novice at php. To aid my understanding and hopefully relieve my frustration, what does zend optimizer and ioncube do that vbseo depends on, that can't be done with vanilla php? Performance is of no concern to me in my test environment.

Hi, what does zend optimizer and ioncube do that vbseo depends on, that can't be done with vanilla php? Performance is of no concern to me in my test environment.

Hi Keith, Oleg,

zend_optimizer.enable_loader = 1

I changed this setting, previous it was 0 in php.ini. This fixed the problem. I picked this up from the final screenshot above. The screenshot says that the loader is disabled. I thought the support team would have figured this one out. I'm posting this to the forum so you have this information to help with others troubleshooting.


Regards,
Eliot