masterplumber

stumbled at the first hurdle...

Have downloaded drupal 5.7, extracted locally and ftpd up onto my site.

Created database ok (I think)

When I run the drupal install script I get an error message saying

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'))

The .htaccess file that comes with drupal is supposed to fix this. I've also tried sticking a php.ini file with

register_globals 0

in it in my root directory. To no avail. Am I missing something obvious? I was told drupal installed 'out of the box'...

Any help would be most appreciated as I am well and truly stuck

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masterplumber

Doh!

didn't realise I could edit my php.ini file in /etc

Problem solved.

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