While attempting to incorporate this module on my web site, I had an incomplete upload of the install script. This caused the site to crash, which I solved by disabling it manually in the MySQL database. However, now when I try to enable the module (after successfully uploading the complete files) in my sidebar, the site just hangs. I am able to set the location and the database entries seem to be updating OK, but if I enable the module in either sidebar, the site hangs, with no output. There is no entry in the log file. Any help in pinpointing this problem would be appreciated.

I am working on a test site is hosted by GoDaddy and the URL is www.jimcald.us/cvrca, but is currently in an off-line mode as I don;t want to be experminating on my live site (www.cvrca-lynchburg.org)

Jim Caldwell

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toddy commented
Assigned: Unassigned » toddy
Status: Active » Fixed

The version in HEAD uses the new Batch API to avoid PHP timeouts during installation, so this bug should be resolved.

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jimcald commented

I'll check it out and report back.

JimC

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jimcald commented

No luck. The issue is not with installation, which completes successfully. The site hangs when I try put the module into the sidebar. I did some troubleshooting and came to the conclusion that the problem lies with the function that actually retrieves the METAR data from the FAA. It seems to be related to my web hosting provider (GoDaddy), as the module works OK on my local test server.

By extracting some of the php code from the module, I found that GoDaddy is not allowing ftp calls, and the code hangs when any of the other fetch methods executes. Any suggestions?

Jim Caldwell

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toddy commented
Title: Site Hangs when enabled » Site hangs when enabled on GoDaddy
Status: Fixed » Active

Hm, can you download any other content within GoDaddy? Did you try any other module which uses 3rd party content and see if that works? Maybe the problem is that GoDaddy does not allow downloading data on their websites.

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jimcald commented

This is the only module that gets external data from the server side, all other content utilizes JavaScript. I will put in a trouble ticket to GoDaddy and see what they say about it.

/jc

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recordingpro commented

Jimcald- The same thing happened to me. I use godaddy and tried to put it in the sidebar and that's when my site hangs and times out to a blank page. The only way I can get it back up is to delete the weather module through ftp. I would appreciate it if you pm me or post back in here if you find out anything regarding this.

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crutch commented

I'm experiencing the same at SiteGround.

I'm leaning toward that the new version of Drupal may be the issue but really not sure. I've installed different versions of the Weather module which I know work on older versions of Drupal but Drupal 5.7 it seems not to work. Each time I drop associated tables in MySQL before reinstalling with no success. I've encountered no problems with Weather for about 3 years until Drupal 5.7. That's what lead me to believe that the way Weather is handled by Drupal has changed or something has change in Drupal that Weather no longer agrees with.

Best regards,
Crutch

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toddy commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)