vbSEO stops working upon switch to PHP5

Hello everyone,

I have a Managed Dedicated Server that has installations of PHP3, PHP4, and PHP5. By default, all of my .php scripts are processed in PHP4, but I can switch the .php extension files to be processed in PHP5 by adding the following to the top of my .htaccess file:

Code:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

I did this, and vBulletin (and all of my vBulletin-related applications) ran just fine under PHP5 (and phpinfo() and the vB admincp were reporting my PHP version of 5.2.4 accurately). However, vBSEO stopped working, and URL's were no longer being rewritten. Furthermore, my users were being redirected to the front page of my site rather than to their forum or thread.

Any clue as to why this happens? I had to remove the above line in order to get vBSEO to work properly once more. I'm using the latest version of vBSEO 3.1.0.

Thanks!

Do you get anything related in server's error log?

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Do you get anything related in server's error log?

Not that I can see; I will keep checking, however.

Update: I reviewed my Error logs and I saw no error entries or reports; there was also no database error either. Is this some sort of rewrite error? I discovered the following when PHP5 was active:

1. The forum URLs were not being rewritten (links were showing up as /forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1 rather than /forums/general for instance). Disabling vBSEO and Re-Enabling vBSEO did not fix this issue. Clicking on these links sent you back to my web site's root (/).

2. My non vBulletin URLs were being rewritten using the custom rewrite rules that I had in the vBSEO configuration area. (Specifically, transforming /index.php?page=name to /index-name.html.) Clicking on these rewrites worked.

For the record, here is the entire .htaccess file being used located at root (/). My forums are located at /forums.

Code:

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^wiki/(.+)$ /wiki/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !forums/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*.php)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Replied to your support ticket.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Replied to your support ticket.

Thanks; updated with requested information. Appreciate your help, Oleg, and especially the quick turn-around!

I had this same issue. Is there a solution publically?

Defining VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT in config_vbseo.php file resolved the issue in this case:

PHP Code:

      define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT',         '/path/to/domain/root'); 


I'm having the same problem.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Defining VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT in config_vbseo.php file resolved the issue in this case:

PHP Code:

      define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT',         '/path/to/domain/root'); 


Just a quick question, my forum is in a sub-domain, should it be the path to the subdomain root that the forum is in?

I keep getting this error message:

Code:

Site error: the file /homepages/includes/functions_vbseo.php requires the ionCube PHP Loader ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so to be installed by the site administrator.

When I try to load a page :S

Yes, that should be the path to the subdomain then.

I keep getting this error message:

Make sure that you install vBSEO3.1.0 - it's unencoded and doesn't require Ioncube or Zend.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Yes, that should be the path to the subdomain then.

Ok I've added that in config_vbseo.php When I run the site in php4 everything seems good but then when I switch to php5 still the same error.


Edit:

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Make sure that you install vBSEO3.1.0 - it's unencoded and doesn't require Ioncube or Zend.

Ok will take a look at that now

Edit 2:

That did the trick, thanks!

Hi,
Where abouts do I put: define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT', '/path/to/domain/root');

In my config_vbseo.php?

I'm getting the below error after upgrading my PHP

Warning: preg_match_all() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in [path]/includes/functions_vbseo_hook.php on line 752

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/includes/functions_vbseo_hook.php on line 753

Here is my htaccess file:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.treasurequestxlt\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.treasurequestxlt.com/community/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]