install.php fails with: "Warning: include(): URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL"

Is there any way I could bypass this, and not use the maintenance theme to display the error?

Still having this problem after upgrading to latest CVS sources. Changing priority to "Critical" since it completely prevents me from using Drupal.

Thanks for your response.

I tried cvs update -Pd, but it did not fix my problem. Also, I have been trying to get this fixed (sporadically) for nearly a month, and have tried updating several times already (as well as doing complete checkouts) -- so this isn't the first time I've tried to update.

The only permissions that I've changed are the ones that are mentioned in the install guide. I've also tried to get it to work without changing those permissions. Neither works. File ownership is also set correctly.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Jesse Taylor

Interestingly, adding the two var_dump() calls to theme_render_template() --

function theme_render_template($template_file, $variables) {
  print "VARDUMP for \$template_file is:\n " . var_dump($template_file);
  print "VARDUMP for \$variables is:\n" . var_dump($variables);
  extract($variables, EXTR_SKIP);               // Extract the variables to a local namespace
  ob_start();                                   // Start output buffering
  include DRUPAL_ROOT . '/' . $template_file;   // Include the template file
  $contents = ob_get_contents();                // Get the contents of the buffer
  ob_end_clean();                               // End buffering and discard
  return $contents;                             // Return the contents
}

-- makes the page kind of work. When I remove the var_dump statements, it breaks again. I mean "makes the page kind of work" in the sense that the radio buttons for "Drupal" and "Drupal (minimal)" appear, but are still contains the error messages I originally posted about "bad/illegal format" at the bottom of the page, and the layout of the page is all messed up. I am also getting a message at the top that says string(39) "themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php"

If I choose the "Drupal" radio button, and click "Save and continue", I get to the next page (which has the same error messages). When I click "Install Drupal in English" I get another set of errors:

Warning: require_once(): URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/includes/install.inc on line 993 

Call Stack: 0.0037 674792 
1. {main}() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:0 0.0062 1060408 
2. install_drupal() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1722 0.0961 11197184 
3. install_run_tasks() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:87 0.1438 11218968 
4. install_run_task() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:347 0.1438 11219264 
5. install_verify_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:472 0.1438 11221320 
6. install_check_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:700 0.1438 11221520 
7. drupal_check_profile() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1482 Dump $_SERVER Dump $_GET Dump $_POST Dump $_COOKIE Dump $_FILES Dump $_ENV Dump $_SESSION Dump $_REQUEST 


Warning: require_once(/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/modules/filter/filter.install): failed to open stream: operation failed in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/includes/install.inc on line 993 

Call Stack: 0.0037 674792 
1. {main}() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:0 0.0062 1060408 
2. install_drupal() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1722 0.0961 11197184 
3. install_run_tasks() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:87 0.1438 11218968 
4. install_run_task() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:347 0.1438 11219264 
5. install_verify_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:472 0.1438 11221320 
6. install_check_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:700 0.1438 11221520 
7. drupal_check_profile() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1482 


Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/modules/filter/filter.install' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php5:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/includes/install.inc on line 993 
Call Stack: 0.0037 674792 
1. {main}() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:0 0.0062 1060408 
2. install_drupal() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1722 0.0961 11197184 
3. install_run_tasks() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:87 0.1438 11218968 
4. install_run_task() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:347 0.1438 11219264 
5. install_verify_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:472 0.1438 11221320 
6. install_check_requirements() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:700 0.1438 11221520 
7. drupal_check_profile() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/install.php:1482 

As far as the params to theme_render_template(), $variables is empty, and $template_file contained the following (formatted for readability):

array(45) { ["content"]=>  string(1137) "

### (RADIO BUTTONS APPEAR HERE) ###

" ["show_messages"]=>  bool(false) 
["zebra"]=>  string(3) "odd" [
"id"]=>  int(1) 
["directory"]=>  string(14) "modules/system" 
["classes_array"]=>  array(4) { 
    [0]=>  string(12) "install_page" 
    [1]=>  string(14) "in-maintenance" 
    [2]=>  string(10) "db-offline" 
    [3]=>  string(25) "one-sidebar sidebar-first" } 
["attributes_array"]=>  array(0) { } 
["title_attributes_array"]=>  array(0) { } 
["is_admin"]=>  bool(false) 
["is_front"]=>  bool(false) 
["logged_in"]=>  bool(false) 
["db_is_active"]=>  bool(false) 
["sidebar_first"]=>  string(305) "

####INSTALLATION PROGRESS/STEPS LIST APPEARS HERE#####

" ["sidebar_second"]=>  NULL 
["header"]=>  NULL 
["footer"]=>  NULL 
["highlight"]=>  NULL 
["help"]=>  string(0) "" 
["page_top"]=>  NULL 
["page_bottom"]=>  NULL 
["layout"]=>  string(5) "first" 
["head_title"]=>  string(39) "Select an installation profile | Drupal" 
["base_path"]=>  string(12) "/drupal-dev/" 
["front_page"]=>  string(12) "/drupal-dev/" 
["breadcrumb"]=>  string(0) "" 
["feed_icons"]=>  string(0) "" 
["head"]=>  string(183) " " 
["language"]=>  object(stdClass)#1 (12) { 
    ["language"]=>  string(2) "en" 
    ["name"]=>  string(7) "English" 
    ["native"]=>  string(7) "English" 
    ["direction"]=>  int(0) 
    ["enabled"]=>  int(1) 
    ["plurals"]=>  int(0) 
    ["formula"]=>  string(0) "" 
    ["domain"]=>  string(0) "" 
    ["prefix"]=>  string(0) "" 
    ["weight"]=>  int(0) 
    ["javascript"]=>  string(0) "" 
    ["dir"]=>  string(3) "ltr" 
} 
["logo"]=>  string(60) "http://localhost/drupal-dev/themes/garland/minnelli/logo.png" 
["messages"]=>  string(0) "" 
["main_menu"]=>  array(0) { } 
["secondary_menu"]=>  array(0) { } 
["search_box"]=>  string(0) "" 
["site_name"]=>  string(6) "Drupal" 
["site_slogan"]=>  string(0) "" 
["css"]=>  array(8) { 
    ["themes/garland/style.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["weight"]=>  int(100) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(24) "themes/garland/style.css" 
    } 
    ["themes/garland/minnelli/minnelli.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["weight"]=>  float(100.001) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(36) "themes/garland/minnelli/minnelli.css" 
    } 
    ["themes/garland/print.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["weight"]=>  float(100.002) 
        ["media"]=>  string(5) "print" 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(24) "themes/garland/print.css" 
    } 
    ["modules/system/defaults.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["weight"]=>  float(0.003) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(27) "modules/system/defaults.css" 
    } 
    ["modules/system/system.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["weight"]=>  float(0.004) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(25) "modules/system/system.css" 
    } 
    ["modules/system/system-menus.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["weight"]=>  float(0.005) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(31) "modules/system/system-menus.css" 
    } 
    ["modules/system/maintenance.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["weight"]=>  float(0.006) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(30) "modules/system/maintenance.css" 
    } 
    ["modules/system/admin.css"]=>  array(5) { 
        ["type"]=>  string(4) "file" 
        ["weight"]=>  float(0.007) 
        ["media"]=>  string(3) "all" 
        ["preprocess"]=>  bool(true) 
        ["data"]=>  string(24) "modules/system/admin.css" 
    } 
} 
["styles"]=>  string(958) " " 
["scripts"]=>  string(0) "" 
["tabs"]=>  string(0) "" 
["title"]=>  string(30) "Select an installation profile" 
["closure"]=>  string(0) "" 
["template_file"]=>  string(24) "maintenance-page-offline" 
["classes"]=>  string(64) "install_page in-maintenance db-offline one-sidebar sidebar-first" 
["attributes"]=>  string(0) "" 
["title_attributes"]=>  string(0) "" } 

apache is the user that Apache runs under:

localhost drupal-dev # ls -l /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php
-rw-r--r-- 1 apache apache 3036 Aug  2 23:04 themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php

As far as the file containing:

<?php
print "Start\n";
require_once('/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php');
print "\nEnd\n\n";
?>

Where would you like me to include this file?

Thanks again for your help.

--Jesse Taylor

Here is the output from running from the command line:

jrt4@localhost ~/www/drupal-dev $ php test.php 
Start
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
  "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="" lang="" dir="">
  <head>
    <title></title>
                <!--[if lt IE 7]>
      
Fatal error: Call to undefined function garland_get_ie_styles() in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 24

Call Stack:
    0.0001      95992   1. {main}() /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/test.php:0
    0.0004     126904   2. require_once('/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php') /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/test.php:3

Dump $_SERVER
Dump $_GET
Dump $_POST
Dump $_COOKIE
Dump $_FILES
Dump $_ENV
Dump $_SESSION
Dump $_REQUEST

And here is the result from doing it from a browser (with xdebug enabled):

Start ( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: language in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17 Call Stack #TimeMemoryFunctionLocation 10.000286168{main}( )../test.php:0 20.0156117176require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )../test.php:3 Dump $_SERVER Dump $_GET Dump $_POST Dump $_COOKIE Dump $_FILES Dump $_ENV Dump $_SESSION Dump $_REQUEST

( ! ) Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3
" lang="

( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: language in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3

( ! ) Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3
" dir="

( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: language in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3

( ! ) Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 17
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3
">

( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: head in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 20
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3

( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: styles in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 21
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3

( ! ) Notice: Undefined variable: scripts in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 22
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3
<!--[if lt IE 7]>

( ! ) Fatal error: Call to undefined function garland_get_ie_styles() in /var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php on line 24
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	86168	{main}( )	../test.php:0
2	0.0156	117176	require_once( '/var/www/localhost/htdocs/drupal-dev/themes/garland/maintenance-page.tpl.php' )	../test.php:3

I'll look around to see if I can determine what the problem is here. Any suggestions?

--Jesse Taylor

Do you have mod_security or something enabled?

No, I do not have mod_security, suhosin, or any other such software installed on my server.

I'm thinking it's an Apache problem regardless.

Yes, it very well might be an Apache/PHP problem, but it's also a Drupal 7 problem, in that none of my other web applications (Wordpress, Zencart, Drupal 6, OsCommerce, phpMyAdmin, and Magento) are having any problems with the server's configuration.

--Jesse Taylor

I just updated to HEAD today, and did a clean re-install of PHP and Apache, and the issue has still not been resolved.

No luck yet finding anyone who knows how to diagnose the problem on IRC ... I'll keep looking around.

--Jesse Taylor

I found this -- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48837 -- and rebuilt PHP without curlwrappers, and made sure that safe mode and open_basedir were not on in php.ini, but am still experiencing the same problem.

--Jesse Taylor

Damien --

You totally rock! I did:
mv /var/www/localhost/* /var/www && rmdir /var/www/localhost

and then

find /etc -exec sed -i 's/\/var\/www\/localhost/\/var\/www/g' {} \;

... and everything works fine now.

Now I finally get to start hacking on D7 ... Yippee :)

However, I'm still not certain this ticket should be closed, until there is a check to make sure that this doesn't happen for other people. Perhaps I'll start working on that ...

Many, many thanks.

--Jesse Taylor

User javecantrell on #drupal was able to duplicate this error on his Gentoo server as well. His Fedora server did NOT experience the same issue. That is, this seems to be a problem with Gentoo's default PHP/Apache settings and Drupal 7.

In javecantrell's case, building PHP on Gentoo without curlwrappers DID fix the problem. In mine, it did not fix the problem.

I'm leaving this ticket open, until I figure out why the problem still occured for me, after I disabled curlwrappers

--Jesse Taylor

I'm not sure if it's an issue -- I'm not using the same server setup anymore, so I have no way to test it myself. If it's important, however, I would probably suggest that someone test it on a similar setup to my old one.