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Yeah, MAMP doesn’t have the zip extensions in PHP. Since it’s only for a local dev environment (which is why MAMP doesn’t include it; they specifically state that MAMP is not suitable for a live web server environment), just ignore it. It’s only use is if you wanted to upload a .zip (say of a bunch of images to the assets/images folder) and unzip it through the Manager’s file manager.
Several add-ons, such as the backup module I favor and the SkinGraft template management module have their own included zip libraries, so this has no effect at all on them.
Agreed. You will get the warning while using MAMP, but just ignore it.
If you are a Mac user and want to learn and develop using MODx then MAMP is the way to go...
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I used XAMPP for a while, but for some reason I just wasn’t as happy about it. I’m using MAMP 1.9 now, with PHP 5.3. No problems so far.
This is I think a serious problem that really needs to be fixed. For people to just say ignore it or supress the error and move on seems really lame. I get hosting through Dreamhost.com, but can’t seem to get this problem fixed through them either.
This is serious because, yes, I could simply go into the database to alter the configuration of things by hand, but it is REALLY important to be able to access the configuation through the admin/config panel.
Okay, I installed Modx (1.0.4) on a server on a home computer. I don’t know how to fix this still with Dreamhost as my provider, but just in case anyone else comes across this problem --- when everything works, the configuration panel and tabs DO NOT APPEAR AGAIN, that is, after a clean, problem-free installation, the panel totally disappears. If you need to alter the configuration post-save, it’s not in the database, but in a file in your Modx folder: /manager/includes/config.inc.php. Go in there and make alterations as needed with your ftp program (at least that’s one of the primary places).
I kept thinking that the panel would still exist to make alterations after I pushed the save button, but I guess not!
So, also, when you open the admin section directly after installation, go through that config. panel as THOROUGHLY as you can, because after that, it looks like those settings are only alterable in the files themselves.
I hope future versions of Modx will make this clearer, or allow greater flexibility concerning the admin config panel and tabs.
Top menu - Tools / Configuration
Awesome!!!!! Thank you Breezer!
I’m such a newbie, I’m embarassed to even post here. But I just installed the latest version of MAMP and 1.0.4, and I’m getting this error message as well. I don’t know enough to know if I need these functions, and have no idea how to do any of the suggested fixes. I’m sorry to be so lame. Can anyone help?
