Restful urls not working with PHP 5.3.29

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In order to upgrade OJS to 2.4.8.1 version I had to choose a PHP 5.3.x version (5.3.29 in my case).

I uploaded a fresh installation of OJS 2.4.8.1 and then I updated:

  • config.inc.php (e /.htaccess)
  • /public
  • /files

and other customized files.

I got “No input file specified” error.
So I changed my PHP.ini option from “default” to “cgi.fix_pathinfo”.

Now I can see my OJS website but only if I set “restful_urls = Off”.
If I set it to ON I get a “No input file specified.” message.

My OJS in not in the root directory but in a subfolder (/ojs).

My .htaccess is the same:

DirectoryIndex index.php

# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /ammentu
#RewriteRule ^admin(.*)$ index.php/index/admin$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]

In config.inc.php I have:

base_url = "http://www.MYSITE.it/ojs"

base_url[index] = http://www..MYSITE.it/ojs/index.php/index/
base_url[myJournal] = http://www..MYSITE.it/ojs/index.php/MyIssue/

restful_urls = Off

I read this old thread https://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11576, a case similar to mine. I put this line

$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'];

at the start of the index.php page but it not works.

My index page now is http://www.MYSITE.it/ojs/index.php/MyIssue

Any suggestions are welcome beacause I’m STUCK. Thanks in advance.

2

What server are you running under? Please detail the OS and webserver type and version.

3

Web server Apache 2.4, hosting Linux.

4

This sounds largely like a PHP/Apache configuration issue rather than an OJS question, so you may find better results with a forum such as StackExchange.

Aside from your PHP version being pretty old, I’m wondering about the lack of a trailing slash on the RewriteBase directive.

Additionally, note that for Apache 2.4 you may need %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} instead of %{REQUEST_FILENAME}, which was the default in Apache 2.2.