Moving Drupal to Dreamhost

Posted by miggols99 on February 16, 2008 at 10:55am

I'm trying to move my Drupal installation from Godaddy to Dreamhost. I have successfully imported the database, and the Drupal installation can connect, but I am getting an error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: user_current_load() in ...includes/menu.inc on line 409

I have no idea what this means! Please help!

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Version mixup?

Posted by JohnForsythe on February 16, 2008 at 11:08am

That function is only used in Drupal 6. It seems that you might be trying to mix different versions of Drupal together. Are you using Fantastico to install, or doing it with the normal Drupal installer? What version were you running before, and what version are you trying to run now?

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I was using Drupal 6, and

Posted by miggols99 on February 16, 2008 at 11:24am

I was using Drupal 6, and all I did was move the files over and the database. I used the regular installer.

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Strange.

Posted by JohnForsythe on February 16, 2008 at 11:44am

Try installing a fresh copy of Drupal 6, without copying or importing anything. If that doesn't work, it may be a server issue.

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I get the following error

Posted by miggols99 on February 16, 2008 at 12:03pm

I get the following error when I try and install a fresh Drupal 6:

Requirements problem
The following error must be resolved before you can continue the installation process:
register_globals is enabled. Drupal requires this configuration directive to be disabled. Your site may not be secure when register_globals is enabled. The PHP manual has instructions for how to change configuration settings. (Currently using PHP register globals Enabled ('1'))

Please check the error messages and try again.

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Well it seems that PHP 4 was

Posted by miggols99 on February 16, 2008 at 1:26pm

Well it seems that PHP 4 was enabled for some reason. I've changed it now and hopefully it will work!

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Ugh. The installation now

Posted by miggols99 on February 16, 2008 at 1:40pm

Ugh. The installation now works, but the page doesn't...still the same error

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Drupal and Dreamhost

Posted by Rob Loach on February 21, 2008 at 3:15pm

I've been running Drupal off of Dreamhost on http://www.robloach.net for about the last two years. First with Drupal 4.7, then Drupal 5, now Drupal 6. No problems yet... Make sure you're not using FastCGI, are running PHP5, and that your directories are set up correctly.

I'm having the same problem

Posted by mricha73 on May 10, 2008 at 3:09pm

mricha73 - MA

Did you get it resolved? How did you disable PHP4 in Dreamhost?

mricha73 - MA

Yes I did :)

Posted by miggols99 on May 10, 2008 at 7:14pm

Go to the Dreamhost panel and choose Domains >> Manage domains

Then press edit on the domain you want PHP 5 for. Make sure that the PHP version is "5.2.x" like so

http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08196/screenshot847.png

Then try again.

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the same problem here

Posted by qpal on September 11, 2008 at 9:41pm

I am using dreamhost for drupal 6.x , having the same problem as above. I am using php 5.2.6 and fastCGI is disabled on the domain.

Just find the solution from: http://drupal.org/node/284857 and it worked perfectly.

Are any of you that are on

Posted by millions on November 8, 2008 at 12:35am

Are any of you that are on DreamHost having problems with slow load times? I've been using GoDaddy and it's really slow. I've also had other problems and would like to find a good value host for Drupal, hopefully with the database stored on the same server as the site.

I'm running a family website

Posted by marcus0263 on November 11, 2008 at 9:30pm

I'm running a family website with Drupal on Dreamhost, I did though go with their VPS after dismal performance with their shared hosting. I went with both the VPS's, the server and MySQL server (you also get a discount if you get both). I would recommend going that route if you're with Dreamhost. Now Dreamhost's VPS plan isn't a real VPS, you don't get root access either, but it's "managed" which is good for people not savvy with shell access . It's basically reserved memory/cpu resources plus a few other goodies.

I then read stellar reviews about Linode and gave them a spin, I was sold only after about 3 days. Anyway I've still got a my family website and Gallery2 sub domains there but moved everything else over to Linode.

Anyway Drupal on Dreamhost with the VPS's work well enough, plus you can't beat the disk space that goes with an account there. I host my Gallery2 subdomains there for that very reason. I have messed with GoDaddy, not with Drupal but with other sites, they suck big time. So I believe you'll see definite gains over GoDaddy, plus you get shell access instead of dealing with the idiots at GoDaddy support. Dreamhost support also is excellent if you need them. so bottom line is I don't plan on giving up my Dreamhost account, they've served me well the last couple of years

I bet your site is hosted on

Posted by rolyroly on November 13, 2008 at 7:28am

I bet your site is hosted on a overloaded server.
My drupal is load up fast for me! I was told by my host that my site is hosted on a drupal optimized server. That explain why the site load up much faster than other sites.
Btw, i have been with my host for over 3 years now. Great support & excellent uptime!!! If you really want to move, you can check out www.mxhub.com . Mention roly who refer you. :)