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I am trying to use xerte 3.9 on Centos 8, using apache and mariadb. The install goes through fine, I have set up LDAP and can log in.

CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011
httpd.x86_64 2.4.37-30.module_el8.3.0+561+97fdbbcc
php.x86_64 7.2.24-1.module_el8.2.0+313+b04d0a66
mariadb.x86_64 3:10.3.28-1.module_el8.3.0+757+d382997d

When I try and create a folder does nothing. I put a name in and press create and nothing happens, the create folder dialogue remains. The same happens when I try to create a project from a Project Template.

I have checked the permissions on the xerte folder and the web server has write access, I have disabled SELinux too.

I have a working 3.8 using LAMPP but I want to move away from using that so that I can maintain the apache and PHP security updates.

Hi
looking at those details I think you are trying to install and use Xerte 3.9 on PHP 8x which will not work. You'll either need to switch to PHP 7x or wait for the official Xerte 3.10 release (due soon) which is compatible with PHP 8x.
HTH
Ron

We are running 7.2.24:

~]# php --version
PHP 7.2.24 (cli) (built: Oct 22 2019 08:28:36) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies

If there is a common issue, it can be caused by a missing PHP extension. Please verify the Apache / PHP error log for errors. You can change the value of $development (around line 46 in config.php) to true to get more verbose messages.

Having said that:

- Folder creation. Folders exist only in the database. Please verify if there are any javascript errors in the web browsers console (F12 on most modern browsers).

- As you stated, to be able to create projects, the permission need to be set correct. For each project a folder should be created inside the USER-FILES folder. Is this the case?

Sorry I saw your post and quickly replied and I mis-read the details. But for anyone else reading this in future the point still stands it's only Xerte 3.10 and later that works on PHP 8x.

So does your installation work with authentication set to guest or db?
With authentication set to ldap and then you login is your user account created in the Xerte database? When you try to create a project is a project folder created where the parent folder contains id-username-parenttemplatename? e.g. 33-redlawn-Nottingham?

A few other things to do/check:
set $development=true; in config.php and then check the Xerte debug log.
Check the Apache error logs.
Check that the system requirements and in particular the PHP extensions are met xot.xerte.org.uk/play.php?template_id=81#systemrequirements

HTH
Ron

I found the issue a while back and should have posted back. I needed to add php-json and this fixed it.