PHP Upgrade Broke Applications

[ramorse]

I had a server management co. upgrade PHP to 5.2.6. I requested all configuration and modules be carried over to remain the same. But when the upgrade was complete I had several sites that suddenly didn't work.

Two sites have Drupal installs using CiviCRM. Suddenly there are path errors for example:

"Oops! - The path for including CiviCRM code files is not set properly. Most likely there is an error in the civicrm_root setting in your CiviCRM settings file (sites/default/civicrm.settings.php).

» civicrm_root is currently set to: /home/username/public_html/sites/all/modules/civicrm."

However, the config files on these sites have not changed and the paths are correct. The web server just can't find them.

Similarly, I have a bunch of X-cart sites and when you try to access the shopping cart you get the error message: "Can't find template engine!"

Clearly a path issue. The company that did the upgrade seems to have no answers. I have posted to the CiviCRM forum just in case anyone there might have a clue, and no help. So, I am seeking any help I can find.

[sehh]

Did you install suphp or something similar when you upgraded?

I know that suphp and similar systems can restrict php from opening files that it thinks are outside the scope of the script.

For example /opt/suphp/etc/suphp.conf has the following parameters:

; Path all scripts have to be in
; This works as a prefix when a trailing slash is not specified.
; e.g. /home will match /home /home2 /home3 etc While /home/ will only match /home/
docroot=/home

;Path to chroot() to before executing script
chroot=/home

[ramorse]

suphp was not installed.

It's fixed with the help of data center support. In case anyone runs in to this here is what was discovered and the fix:

Each VirtualHost declaration contains include file in form like this:

include /usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/1/<username>/*

At this location you can find file: cp_php_magic_include_path.conf which contains:

php_admin_value include_path "..." declarations. Values set by php_admin_value directive can not be overwritten anyhow (not by .htaccess file not by set_ini function).

The solution is replace 'php_admin_value include_path' with 'php_value include_path' anywhere it exists.

Now, why this happened with the upgrade to php 5.2.6 is still unclear and may have to do with the fact that this is a Cpanel server.

[sehh]

Did you enable these 'include' lines by hand or were they already uncommented?

Because my httpd.conf has them but they are all commented like this:

    # To customize this VirtualHost use an include file at the following location
    # Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/userdata/std/2/myuser/mydomain.com/*.conf"

[ramorse]

I can't tell you as I didn't do the work. I am just reporting what was done. Sorry.