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[Olate]

I am trying to install vBulletin 3 onto a Windows 2003 server which is running the Plesk control panel system. When I run the installation, I get a PHP error:

Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2) in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 17

Warning: main(./install/installcore.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 69

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required './install/installcore.php' (include_path='.;./includes;./pear') in C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com\httpdocs\install\install.php on line 69

After doing research and asking vB support, I have narrowed the cause to IIS itself. The include() statement in the files uses ./path/to/file.php in the path, which causes an error. But when I remove that ./ and replace it with ../path/to/file.php then it works without any problems.

Does anyone know of any fixes for this? Why is IIS not liking the ./ in the path?

[garethevans1986]

Check Plesk control panel requirments, has it been built to work on IIS or Apache?

ChocIST

[Olate]

Yes, it works with IIS by default on Windows.

[C:Amie]

have you enabled parent paths for IIS6?

They turned them off by default.

Site properties > home directory > config > options > enable parent paths

You als need to ensure that SSIs etc have been allowed through Web Service Extensions configuration.