Installation Problem

[darkhelm]

I was experiencing a similar problem with an existing installation of Form Tools which just suddenly quit working. When I tried to log in the login page would be reloaded and "message=notify_no_account_id_in_sessions" would be appended to the URL

Adding

PHP Code:

$g_session_type = "database"; 


to my config.php file worked.

Hey Frosty,

You'll see that URL anytime your session expires and you try to visit a Form Tools page; it just boots you out. If you ALWAYS see that URL - i.e. you can't even log in - that means that there's probably a problem storing information in sessions.

One option you might want to try is switching to database sessions. To do this, just edit your /global/config.php file and add the following line:

PHP Code:

$g_session_type = "database"; 


Then try logging in again.

PHP and database sessions both do exactly the same thing: store information about your user session as you go through Form Tools. Database sessions just store the information in a separate MySQL table; PHP uses standard PHP sessions.

[A quick shout out to Tara at ActiveState for writing this Form Tools feature! Thanks, Tara!]

Let me know if this doesn't help!

- Ben

[EDIT: You'll need to be running 2.0.0-beta-20090223 or later for this, btw].