Fresh install OJS 3.1.1-4 looping on install page

Hi

I am trying to install OJS 3.1.1-4 on a hosted server. I have previously installed this successfully (earlier version) but am launching a new iteration.

Install screen comes up OK, all data is entered, all specs met and files/folders writable, but when I hit “Install” button, it just reloads the install page.

I get a number of warnings and Deprecation notices in the error log:

[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Smarty has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php on line 64
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of PKPUsageEventPlugin::getEnabled() should be compatible with LazyLoadPlugin::getEnabled($contextId = NULL) in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/plugins/generic/usageEvent/PKPUsageEventPlugin.inc.php on line 386
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of InstallHandler::validate($request) should be compatible with PKPHandler::validate($requiredContexts = NULL, $request = NULL) in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/pages/install/InstallHandler.inc.php on line 118
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; dbObject has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 106
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; dbTable has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 205
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; dbIndex has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 613
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; dbData has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 774
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; dbQuerySet has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 959
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; adoSchema has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb-xmlschema.inc.php on line 1217
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; ADODB_Cache_File has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 263
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; ADOConnection has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 359
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; ADORecordSet has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 2921
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; ADORecordSet_array has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/adodb/adodb.inc.php on line 3939
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 388
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::isPost() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/validation/FormValidatorPost.inc.php on line 38
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 396
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method VersionCheck::getCurrentCodeVersion() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/install/form/MaintenanceForm.inc.php on line 37
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::getUserVar() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/form/Form.inc.php on line 369
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Non-static method PKPRequest::_checkThis() should not be called statically in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/classes/core/PKPRequest.inc.php on line 592
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Smarty has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php on line 64
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:51 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of PKPUsageEventPlugin::getEnabled() should be compatible with LazyLoadPlugin::getEnabled($contextId = NULL) in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/plugins/generic/usageEvent/PKPUsageEventPlugin.inc.php on line 386
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Smarty has a deprecated constructor in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/lib/vendor/smarty/smarty/libs/Smarty.class.php on line 64
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:52 UTC] PHP Warning: Declaration of PKPUsageEventPlugin::getEnabled() should be compatible with LazyLoadPlugin::getEnabled($contextId = NULL) in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/lib/pkp/plugins/generic/usageEvent/PKPUsageEventPlugin.inc.php on line 386
[12-Jan-2019 11:19:52 UTC] PHP Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/benhollister/public_html/journal.germanheritage.org.au/cache/t_compile/e8ea13aa559bf8604ca823015b397a28d8666486^%%8B^8BC^8BC56207%%usernav.tpl.php on line 100

Thoughts?

Thanks

Ben

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I am also having this same problem

I am having the same issue too. Please reply

Hi all,

Make sure you’re using an administrator username that’s all lower case, and that all form fields are filled out following the rules. There’s a small bug causing form validation messages to fail (Installation form loops if an administrator username is specified with upper-case characters · Issue #4979 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub) that will be fixed in the next release, but using capital letters or non-alphanumeric characters in the administrator username is the most likely cause.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

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