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Site Error: Unable to Load Site Preferences; Invalid Preference Data

February 23, 2010 5:49pm

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  • #1 / Feb 23, 2010 5:49pm

    Gilead Brook

    15 posts

    Hello,

    A client site is suddenly not loading, and instead showing this error. Can’t access the CP either, although all the files are there, and all the tables are present in mysql.

    The only thing I’ve changed is to put a license key into the admin CP.  It’s a license for 2.0.1, purchased for this client, although the site’s built on and running on 1.6.8. I bought the 2.0 license rather than the 1.6.8 license to enable them to upgrade when 2.1 comes out.

    The other posts I’ve seen in the forum with this error message are mostly related to trying to upgrade from 1.6.8 to 2.0, which I didn’t do. This is a site that’s been running fine since November of 2009 with no issues.

    Any thoughts on what this might be? Config file below

    Thanks,

    Jamie

    <?php
    
    if ( ! defined('EXT')){
    exit('Invalid file request');
    }
    
    $conf['app_version'] = "168";
    $conf['license_number'] = "";
    $conf['debug'] = "1";
    $conf['install_lock'] = "1";
    $conf['db_hostname'] = "localhost";
    $conf['db_username'] = "asdf";
    $conf['db_password'] = "asdf";
    $conf['db_name'] = "asdf";
    $conf['db_type'] = "mysql";
    $conf['db_prefix'] = "exp";
    $conf['db_conntype'] = "0";
    $conf['system_folder'] = "cms";
    $conf['cp_url'] = "http://asdf/cms/index.php";
    $conf['doc_url'] = "http://expressionengine.com/docs/";
    $conf['cookie_prefix'] = "";
    $conf['is_system_on'] = "y";
    $conf['allow_extensions'] = "y";
    $conf['multiple_sites_enabled'] = "n";
    ?>
  • #2 / Feb 23, 2010 7:22pm

    Adam Dorsey

    1439 posts

    Hmm - Are you sure the site hasn’t been touched in anyway recently? Any change the DB was manually changed?

    Do you have a backup of your site? Can you compare the config.php and path.php files?

    Is there anything suspicious looking in the path.php file?

  • #3 / Feb 23, 2010 7:32pm

    Gilead Brook

    15 posts

    I did change one thing—the license string in the system preferences. That’s it, no one else has access, and all other sites on that server are working fine.

    Other than that, all file mod dates are in 2009, and the db checks out, using mysqlcheck, all tables pass with status OK.

    http://www.cradockwoodworking.com/

  • #4 / Feb 23, 2010 8:07pm

    Adam Dorsey

    1439 posts

    Did you check the path.php file? I am concerned about that.

    Also, I would check with your host. Sometimes server paths are changed, without the customers knowing.

  • #5 / Feb 23, 2010 8:12pm

    Gilead Brook

    15 posts

    Will do thanks.

  • #6 / Feb 23, 2010 8:22pm

    Adam Dorsey

    1439 posts

    Okay, thanks. Let us know.

  • #7 / Jun 09, 2010 4:13pm

    Ingmar

    29245 posts

    Closing inactive thread. Please post again as needed.

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