VM2 Add to cart not working - server configuration issue

[Zian]

Hi,

I am at a bit of a loss here, as the dreaded add to cart turned up on my site. I have tracked the problem to be on the server side as the cart is not functioning on a completly new install with beez5 template, so there's no jQuery conflict no nothing... I would kindly ask if anybody can give me some specific server configuration parameters, as I am completly out of ideas what could be going wrong.

You can check out the demo website on http://demo.ziandesigns.com

This is the info on the server config:

Apache 2.2.23   
DirectAdmin 1.42.0    
Exim 4.80.1   
MySQL 5.5.28   
Named 9.3.6   
ProFTPd 1.3.4b    
sshd    
dovecot 2.1.10
Php 5.2.17

If you need anymore info just say and I'll provide it.

Thanks

[PRO]

what is it doing?


have you tried creating a product? and it does not work?

[Zian]

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply. I can create new products, categories etc. actually I've just created a new product "test foam". So it appears the complete VM process works up until the point when I try to add a product into the cart. You can click on the "add to cart" icon all you want but nothing will happen. If I make an exact copy of the website and transfer it to another server than everything works

[jenkinhill]

Php 5.2.17 is probably too old for Joomla 2.5 - should be preferably 5.3.x (for VM2 as well) -  http://www.joomla.org/technical-requirements.html

[Zian]

Will notify my hosting company but in the meantime, do you have any more suggestions? I've checked with the other hosting provider I use (the one that VM2 works with) and they also use php 5.2.17

Thanks,

Zian

[Reggaeshop]

Hi, I am going to move my esghop to VM 2 / Joomla 2.5 in the beginning of next year. My hosting is also on PHP 5.2.17, but I think there is no problem in moving to 5.3.
My question is, however, if I will move to PHP 5.3, will my current J 1.5.26/VM 1.1.9 site still work OK until the new VM2 shop is really up and running?

Thanks,
Peter

[jenkinhill]

The old site should work OK although if there are old hacks they may cause issues - test it on a localhost setup with the same PHP version as your host uses. You probably will need to turn off PHP error reporting, though. Until recently I had a J1.5/VM1.1.9 running OK on PHP 5.3.10

[Reggaeshop]

Thanks for your quick reply. Will do as you advised, try it first at my local host.

[Milbo]

Zian cant find your shop on this page