Getting a blank page on an upgraded Phorum

Hi,

I have used a phorum for my students already for quite some while. Originally it was in Korean but since there are no language files anymore I changed it to English. However I haven't used it for quite a while (nor did my students) and now when I try to take a look at it I understand why. All it gives is a blank page. When I try to go the admin page, I can login but after that I get a blank page as well.

When I look at the log files I see the following (don't have that kind of problems with other phorums on the same server though)

[Tue Sep 06 04:31:19 2011] [error] [client 58.123.210.146] PHP Warning: is_dir() [<a href='function.is-dir'>function.is-dir</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/:/tmp/) in /storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/phorum-5.2.11/include/cache/file.php on line 209, referer: [www.student.henny-savenije.pe.kr]
[Tue Sep 06 04:31:19 2011] [error] [client 58.123.210.146] PHP Warning: is_dir() [<a href='function.is-dir'>function.is-dir</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/:/tmp/) in /storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/phorum-5.2.11/include/cache/file.php on line 209, referer: [www.student.henny-savenije.pe.kr]
[Tue Sep 06 04:31:19 2011] [error] [client 58.123.210.146] PHP Warning: is_dir() [<a href='function.is-dir'>function.is-dir</a>]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/) is not within the allowed path(s): (/storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/:/tmp/) in /storage/vhosts/student.henny-savenije.pe.kr/httpdocs/phorum-5.2.11/include/cache/file.php on line 209, referer: [www.student.henny-savenije.pe.kr]
[Tue Sep 06 04:31:25 2011] [error] [client 58.123.210.146] ModSecurity: Audit log: Failed to create subdirectories: /var/asl/data/audit/20110906/20110906-0431 (Permission denied) [hostname "www.student.henny-savenije.pe.kr"] [uri "/phorum-5.2.11/index.php"] [unique_id "TmWF-X8AAAEAADZEdwYAAAAI"]

Any help is appreciated.

There's all kind of stuff going on that isn't directly Phorum related. Are you administering this machine yourself or is it hosted with a company? In that last case, it might be best to contact that company for help.

Both issues (open_basedir config in PHP and ModSecurity config in Apache) must be fixed by configuring the host correcty.

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Maurice Makaay
Phorum Development Team
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