Can anyone provide a walk-through/docs for installing search_files (6.x-2.x-dev)
in a shared hosting environment?

I've read the Windows hints/docs, but I've had no luck mapping that over to a shared hosting environment :-(

BTW, I know where to install the search_files module, and the search_files dashboard reports that there are 2 Helpers configured. But I get zero search results.

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happysnowmantech’s picture

happysnowmantech commented

Just FYI, some shared hosting environments may not support search_files at all. I had one where shell_exec had been disabled, so I wasn't able to get search_files to work.

This feature might make it possible for search_files to work in a shared hosting environment, but as far as I can tell, it was only made available for the 5.x version of search_attachments:
http://drupal.org/node/207929

thl’s picture

thl commented
Assigned: Unassigned » thl
Category: support » feature
Status: Active » Postponed

In order to run helpers they require an environment where "safe_mode" is disabled. Please look at the admin/settings/search_files/helpers page. All helpers configured are listed there. Recently an auto-detection feature has been added. Watch out for the last line. It should read "Good. This server has safe_mode disabled, which allows use of helper applications". Shared hosting environments are subject to limit the user in what helper applications are available (for installation).

Switching this to "feature request" to remember the "PHP helper" idea from #207929: Using a php script instead of external helper but postpone this past 6.x-2.0 release.

jrglasgow’s picture

jrglasgow commented
Status: Postponed » Fixed

a friend of mine Crash test_ wrote a post about setting up pdftotext a while back.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.