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Hi,

In my attempt to upgrade to EE2.5.5, I ran into this issue when running the wizard (admin.php). I moved the files properly according to the user guide but I’m still getting an error.

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,

Juliano

Have you checked the permissions on the files? I had the same error but there was an issue uploading the config and database file - once I verified that the appropriate files had been uploaded with the correct permissions it worked fine.

Also, did you restore any changes to your system path in admin.php and index.php?

Hi Kev,

I’m sorry for the delay responding but my week has been hectic at work.

I did check the files permission. Permission is as follows:

Permission set to 666 on these files:

- system/expressionengine/config/config.php
- system/expressionengine/config/database.php

And yes, admin.php and admin.php are restored.

Thanks,

Juliano

I have the same issue with a brand new install of EE Core 2.5.5.

“Your config file does not appear to be formatted correctly.”
http://wod-europe.com/admin.php

The install Wizard doesn’t work.

I have updated the System Path in admin.php and index.php.

I have Set the following files to 666:

system/expressionengine/config/config.php
system/expressionengine/config/database.php

Set the following folders to 777:

system/expressionengine/cache/
images/avatars/uploads/
images/captchas/
images/member_photos/
images/pm_attachments/
images/signature_attachments/
images/uploads/

I keep getting:
“Your config file does not appear to be formatted correctly.”

I have the same issue with a brand new install of EE Core 2.5.5.

“Your config file does not appear to be formatted correctly.”
http://wod-europe.com/admin.php

The install Wizard doesn’t work.

I have updated the System Path in admin.php and index.php.

I have Set the following files to 666:

system/expressionengine/config/config.php
system/expressionengine/config/database.php

Set the following folders to 777:

system/expressionengine/cache/
images/avatars/uploads/
images/captchas/
images/member_photos/
images/pm_attachments/
images/signature_attachments/
images/uploads/

I keep getting:
“Your config file does not appear to be formatted correctly.”

Have you contacted the support team? I had to email the support team. Haven’t heard from them yet though. I’ll keep you posted as soon as I hear from them and/or solve the issue.

Juliano

Hi Juliano,

I didn’t contact the EE Support Team.
I am trying to make a new install of EE Core 2.5.5 with EngineHosting.
They are experts for hosting Expression Engine Websites.

If I can’t run the EE setup wizard of EE Core 2.5.5 with EngineHosting, I will simply give up.

I am using OVH hosting at the moment. I hope that the issue
“Your config file does not appear to be formatted correctly” is caused by the hosting company.

If it’s the case, it’s going to help for the trouble shooting.

Maybe just a stab in the dark but does your admin.php and index.php file point you to the main EE folder?
I.e standard install folder is ‘system’
Do both your index.php amd admin.php give the main directory as

$system_path = './system';

i.e. have you changed the main EE folder name?

MattDesign,

Thanks for your reply! I’m not really sure what’s going on. The system path in those files are correct. Just checked them. What’s interesting is that the support team changed permission on some files in my server (i had to upload the files so they could check) but locally it doesn’t work at all. What the hell am I missing? I checked permission on every single folder and compared to the live ones but it still doesn’t work locally.

Is this a fresh install?

Try checking all of the details are correct on the config.php file.

$config['app_version'] = '255';
$config['install_lock'] = "";
$config['license_number'] = 'CORE LICENSE';
$config['debug'] = '1';
$config['cp_url'] = 'http://{your_domain_name}/admin.php';
$config['doc_url'] = 'http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/';
$config['is_system_on'] = 'y';
$config['allow_extensions'] = 'y';
$config['site_label'] = 'test';
$config['cookie_prefix'] = '';

The config.php file is blank on a new install so if you have just started to design the site it may be worth renaming the current config.php to something like config.php_old and create blank config.php file and re-installing the software.

I have just installed the latest Core software on a dummy site and had no issues so I can only think it is either a misconfig on the config.php or whatever folders have had their permissions changed have messed the structure up.

Is this a fresh install?
I have just installed the latest Core software on a dummy site and had no issues so I can only think it is either a misconfig on the config.php or whatever folders have had their permissions changed have messed the structure up.

Matt, did you install these locally? What’s your setup? I’m using MAMP (I don’t think it matters) on Mac OS X.

Thanks,

Juliano

I have this installed on my Linux web server under standard local host settings.
When you say locally has your hosting supplier given you a different server route other than ‘local’?

Hi Matt,

When I say local I mean my laptop, Macbook Pro running MAMP. I need it to work locally (my development laptop) because I’m using version control (git) so I need to keep track of revisions and push it to dev and then prod. I can’t upload to prod directly.

P.S: The attachment above is a screenshot of my local development laptop.

Thanks,

Juliano

Juliano,

I’ve never attempted to locally install an EE package, but as the error is based within the config file, I assume the cp_url is the weak link. The other mods at the top are more for information rather than configuration.

Thanks Matt!

I have to dig into this issue more over the weekend (second weekend).

Juliano

Hi Juliano,

I have done the EE install with another hosting company (EngineHosting).
The EE install has worked successfully !

I was unable to use FireFTP (my usual FTP client).
EngineHosting company told me to drop it and to use FileZilla.
And yes indeed, the upload and the EE install worked well.

I have tried with my usual hosting company (OVH) and this time I have used FileZilla.
And the EE install has worked successfully.

Juliano, try to upload the EE files on your server with FileZilla and see how it goes.

D.