Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mb_internal_encoding()
midiwhale
posted 10th of March 2008
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Community Voice.
16 comments.
Hi gangI'm very excited about dolphin/ray.
I tried the demo on 2 hosts and it failed.
SO I signed up on boonex recommendation to hostforweb and guess what?
Yep it does NOT work!
A TAD dissapoining :-(
I get
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mb_internal_encoding() in
AFAIK this is because of the uninstalled, non standard need for mbstring.
Naturally I have asked webforhost for a solution, which I believe may be uploading modified copies of php.ini to all the required sub folders.
Unfortunately I can't find or create a php.ini file for webforhost, which is partly what I've had to ask them for.
But this was one host where I expected dolphin to work out of the box!
Is MBSTRING really necessary?
Can;t you write a function that is used if it absent for the part yo need?
Can't you get webforhost to have it ON by default.
If any one has a solution that would be great!
This will be an ON GOING repeat problem for every new user!
It's a real shame when a great product falls at the first hurdle, especially on the recommended host!
Peter
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Isn't that going to make any shared hosting awkward then?
It doesn't seem to be a very popular extension. 2/3 hosts for me any way.
You might want to consider a VPS solution. I do think that somewhere in the documentation the BoonEx folks do indicate that you need a VPS to properly run this software.
VPS is virtual private server, and those entry level packages aren't much more expensive than a quality shared hosting package.
I use the word 'quality' in the sense of 'you get what you pay for'. My reseller hosting package costs me 25 a month. I know many that have shared hosting for 3 to 5 dollars a month, see more
It seems to me that no one tends to read technical requirements when getting software or even buying it.
What is the reason for that? Laziness? Inattention? Whatever it is, you need to consider it in the first place before making assumptions like you did, Midiwhale.
Sorry for such rude approach, but I had to express myself :)
Here are the requirements:
http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/DolTech
The same problem troubleshooter can be found on this page:
http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/GenDolTShooter
Regards, see more
Dolphin requires the following pre-requisites for your server:
* Linux/Unix (Red Hat, Debian, FreeBSD, Mandrake, etc.) or Windows OS, Apache Web Server
* Ability to run executable files (necessary for ffmpeg.exe)
* root SSH access (necessary for RMS installation)
* PHP 4.3.6 and higher (safe_mode must be Off, exec() must be allowed and allow_url_fopen also must be On) with mbstring, domxml and xsl extensions (they are required to run Orca see more
The problem is, non geeks, who are largely WHO this platform is aimed at, expect it to work, with NORMAL requirements, in legal terms "as is reasonable to expect".
If I was a real geek I would go make my own platform. And to be honest, that is what I am going off to do. Unbelievable I know.
On my fourth attempt, I found a host who DID meet Boonex's minimum requirements and "settings" out of the box, whether i knew that was why see more
pot calling the kettle black
currently facing the same problem ->
This will be an ON GOING repeat problem for every new user!
not being able to use shared hosting is a CRITICAL piece of info and should have been front and center in that requirements page someone so kindly offered us....
I too think that this will be an ON GOING repeat problem for every new user
Actually, I have installed on 3 different shared hosts, 2 Linux, and 1 Windows... still works perfectly.
The only thing I've contracted remotely, is RMS... which for the year, costs me about as much as a burger, biggie fries and a large coke. And since I'm trying to stay fit, I'm better off without the burger and such anyways ;-)
bkey... you say "this error", without saying what it actually is... sometimes the obvious can be see more
Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_internal_encoding() in /home/swaggcom/public_html/community/install/index.php on line 541
I just found Dolphin and Boonex literally yesterday and was eager to get started. I ran into the exact same issue as above. Fortunately, I had already encountered similar scripting issues with another piece of software and was advised by the software owner to get a VPS. So I am starting with a VPS in this.
However, after loading the script up onto my server, the familiar error appeared ==>Call to undefined function: mb_internal_encoding() I Googled this exact message and see more
SOMEBODY FROM THE BOONEX TEAM has to add the mb_internal_encoding function wherever it should be, because right now it's called from install/index.php BUT IT'S NOT DEFINED ANYWHERE!
SOMEBODY FROM THE BOONEX TEAM has to add the mb_internal_encoding where it should be, because right now it's called from install/index.php BUT IT'S NOT DEFINED ANYWHERE!
Just comment the 54 line until then.