Apache crashes during install

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 20, 2009, 10:56 PM

Right, but if you wanted to change the default to 20, it would be nice if you could change it in one place.

Umm, you can, it’s called settings. parser_max_iterations = 20.

Fair enough.

Would it work to make sure that the parser_max_iterations config setting is set to something just once (maybe during the instantiation of the $modx object) using that ternary operator statement, then skip all those isset() tests on it? That would both put the default value of 10 in one place and speed things up a little. Or are we concerned that it might be unset somewhere?

Quote from: BobRay at Jan 21, 2009, 10:24 AM

Would it work to make sure that the parser_max_iterations config setting is set to something just once (maybe during the instantiation of the $modx object) using that ternary operator statement, then skip all those isset() tests on it? That would both put the default value of 10 in one place and speed things up a little. Or are we concerned that it might be unset somewhere?

I want to eventually allow more granular control of this (i.e. override the setting per Element), so ultimately those lines will probably be replaced with a function that determines the value based on the logic we determine is most appropriate. And for now, you can control this programmatically using specific events or the order of processing by changing the setting in snippets/plugins.

Makes sense. Thanks.

I also experienced the same problem using Xampp 1.7, Windows Vista and i found the solution here http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32617 It works fine with me. I can now try out this Alpha release before deciding to using to use MODx for my future web developments.

I had exactly the same problem and the solution described by komotho worked as a charm for me. Thanks alot.

Quote from: kimotho at Mar 15, 2009, 04:14 AM

I also experienced the same problem using Xampp 1.7, Windows Vista and i found the solution here http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32617 It works fine with me. I can now try out this Alpha release before deciding to using to use MODx for my future web developments.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be a Vista 64-bit solution.

I just tried to install the new Alpha 2.0 (tried advanced and regular), and my Apache also is crashing in the installation process:

[Thu May 28 21:26:49 2009] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477 -- Restarting.

Vista
XAMPP
Apache/2.2.11
PHP/5.2.8
MySQL 5.1.30

I run Joomla, Drupal, WP, MediaWiki, Shindig, etc., on this localhost environment without a problem.

Tomorrow, hope to find another opportunity to install - and I’ll use my virtual server environment.

If someone has an answer, I am eager to give this a try. It looks fantastic - congrats to all!

Amy

Hi Amy, how much RAM do you have allocated to PHP? I’m guessing you might need to bump it up a bit for the install.

Amy,

This might be an issue unrelated to MODx, but rather with Vista and XAMPP and PDO. Someone posted the link to the fix earlier, but I’ll repost it:

http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=32617

Try this fix first, and let us know how it goes.