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Documentation: Installing Moodle, Installation FAQ, Upgrading and Upgrading FAQ
Forum moderator: Howard Miller

Before starting a new discussion topic, please check the Installation FAQ and Upgrading FAQ and try a forum search.

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List of discussions. Showing 100 of 20596 discussions
Status	Discussion	Started by	Last post	Replies	Actions
	Web hosting solution for Moodle 2.1 Locked	Emanuel Delgado 19 July 2011	Jack Qadan 24 July 2011	6
	Web Hosting Problems Locked	Carl R 12 Dec 2005	Dave Ray 12 Dec 2005	2
	Web hosting PHP extensions problem Locked	Brian Pollard 19 Oct 2022	Marcus Green 19 Oct 2022	2
	WEB HOST...WICH ONE?? Locked	Ivano Russo 7 Dec 2011	alistair alistair 8 Dec 2011	4
	Web Host for Moodle 2.1 not moodle partner Locked	Zander Roth 4 July 2011	cecilia dal bon 29 Sept 2011	7
	Web host connecting error message Locked	Anthony Pearson 19 Apr 2014	Miguel Santos 19 Apr 2014	1
	web host & install q's Locked	Matt Brabender 6 Sept 2006	Matt Brabender 7 Sept 2006	4
	web based installation errors Locked	Filippos Mandras 26 Sept 2014	Filippos Mandras 27 Sept 2014	2
	Web based hosted solution Locked	Bill Esdale 13 Mar 2005	Bill Esdale 13 Mar 2005	3
	Web app will not enable Locked	Paul Kruger 2 Mar 2023	Gregor McNish 6 Mar 2023	1
	Web Address not Valid Locked	Steve Hill 16 July 2008	Richard Enison 18 July 2008	5
	Web address not valid Locked	Adrian Plant 21 Dec 2005	Adrian Plant 22 Dec 2005	2
	Web Address does not appear to be valid (newb help please) Locked	m l 20 Mar 2007	Dingloo Dingloo 27 Mar 2007	5
	We installed Moodle successfully but we receive an error Locked	Ahmed Ibrahim 15 Dec 2018	Ahmed Ibrahim 15 Dec 2018	0
	we have issue after update the moodle 3.3 to 3.8 Locked	Tigran Vardanyan 9 Jan 2020	Tigran Vardanyan 10 Jan 2020	6
	We have a big problem upgrading to 1.9.4+ Locked	anna luque 18 Feb 2009	Howard Miller 18 Feb 2009	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings." Locked	O MoodleX 21 Jan 2010	Alex Smith 21 Jan 2010	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings." Locked	Mesk Aline 25 Sept 2006	Helen Foster 26 Sept 2006	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. HELP! Locked	Hyle Daley 20 Apr 2009	Andrew Willems 22 Apr 2009	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Rui Suzano 10 Dec 2009	Rui Suzano 10 Dec 2009	0
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Karthik J 30 Oct 2009	Martin Moran 12 Apr 2010	4
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Don McKenzie 9 Mar 2009	Richard Enison 11 Mar 2009	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Michael Staton 16 Oct 2007	Richard Enison 17 Oct 2007	5
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	rawand amin 20 June 2007	Jon Witts 21 June 2007	3
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Terry Freeland 3 Apr 2007	Terry Freeland 3 Apr 2007	0
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	Bipin Das 8 Apr 2006	Claude Coulombe 7 Dec 2010	14
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Please check your database settings. Locked	reshma jagdale 17 Mar 2005	raju malav 18 Mar 2005	2
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Ali Hastie 4 July 2007	Richard Enison 4 July 2007	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Jon Roland 9 Dec 2005	Penny Leach 10 Dec 2005	2
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Angie Dixon 28 Sept 2005	Angie Dixon 30 Sept 2005	2
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	Charles Levasseur 30 Aug 2005	Helen Foster 30 Aug 2005	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified. Locked	hasimi simun 28 Apr 2005	Zbigniew Fiedorowicz 28 Apr 2005	1
	We could not connect to the database you specified??? Locked	Ken Rea 26 June 2007	Jeff Mehring 26 June 2007	1
	We can't see the courses in the My Courses link in the main page Locked	Ivan Perez 3 Apr 2023	Ivan Perez 4 Apr 2023	6
	wdm_sso_verify_token problem Locked	andrea Forneris 6 July 2022	Howard Miller 6 July 2022	1
	Wbtexpress applications Locked	Pedro Alfarroba 13 Feb 2007	Heinz Krettek 4 Apr 2007	5
	Ways to configure cron for a VPS using cPanel. Locked	Rick Jerz 5 Apr 2020	Elliot Bannister 14 May 2020	9
	Way to over-ride the email sender? Locked	Jeremy Test 14 Aug 2013	Ken Task 14 Aug 2013	1
	Was this Moodle site upgraded from 1.x? Locked	Lewis Kapell 20 July 2016	Lewis Kapell 22 July 2016	5
	Was excitedly installing Moodle 3.2 and then ... Locked	Frankie Kam 6 Dec 2016	Fred Yankowski 7 Dec 2016	11
	Warnings since upgrade Locked	Mike Huntsman 27 Dec 2018	S. kavita 27 Dec 2018	1
	Warnings running maintenance.php Locked	Christopher King 18 Apr 2022	Christopher King 19 Apr 2022	4
	Warnings after upgrade to 2.9 from 2.8.2 Locked	vince lune 14 Aug 2015	vince lune 15 Aug 2015	4
	Warnings after upgrade to 2.9 from 2.8.2 Locked	Barb Hall 9 June 2015	Barb Hall 14 June 2015	3
	WARNING!!! The code you are using is OLDER than the version that made these databases! Locked	reg phenna 31 Mar 2011	Christopher Murad 5 Apr 2011	2
	WARNING!!! The code you are using is OLDER than the version that made these databases! Locked	Michael C 13 Oct 2006	Timothy Takemoto 13 Oct 2006	1
	WARNING!!! The code you are using is OLDER than the version that made these databases! Locked	Steve Lomas 16 Aug 2006	Meredith Summs 22 Aug 2006	1
	Warning: Unknown: open Locked	Bev A. Ellis 13 Jan 2010	Jason Jolaoso 13 Jan 2010	1
	Warning: stat failed for /var/www/html/moodle/moodledata/lang/en/moodle.php (errno=13 - ... Locked	chris fink 1 Dec 2005	chris fink 1 Dec 2005	0
	Warning: smtphosts setting needed in Moodle 1.1 Locked	David Delgado 30 Aug 2003	Howard Miller 25 Sept 2003	4
	Warning: set_time_limit(): Cannot set time limit in safe mode Locked	Peter Sereinigg 19 Jan 2004	Peter Sereinigg 20 Jan 2004	2
	Warning: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. Locked	Scott Evans 4 Mar 2003	Scott Evans 4 Mar 2003	0
	Warning: require(version.php) in Moodle 2.3 installation Locked	Donald Gilbert 8 July 2012	Donald Gilbert 9 July 2012	4
	Warning: require() [function.require]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File() is not within ... Locked	Dan Lars 16 Apr 2012	Visvanath Ratnaweera 17 Apr 2012	1
	Warning: require_once(HTML/QuickForm.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ... Locked	Steve Ricketts 13 Nov 2016	Howard Miller 14 Nov 2016	4
	Warning: require_once(/var/www/myaccount/html/moodle/lib/dmllib.php) ... Locked	Raymond Culp 15 Apr 2012	Raymond Culp 15 Apr 2012	4
	Warning: require_once(/home/tar13602/public_html/moodletest/lib/classes/component.php): failed to... Locked	Kiran Derle 8 Aug 2015	Howard Miller 9 Aug 2015	5
	Warning: require_once(/home/mistres/public_html/lib/setuplib.php) [function.require-once]: failed... Locked	Casey Criswell 19 Jan 2010	Howard Miller 20 Jan 2010	1
	Warning: require_once(../config.php) Locked	satish agrawal 2 May 2009	Howard Miller 4 May 2009	5
	Warning: opendir .git/logs Locked	Joël Schmid 12 Oct 2016	Howard Miller 13 Oct 2016	3
	Warning: mysqli::close(): Couldn't fetch mysqli ... Locked	chris thorne 28 Jan 2011	Daniel Hume 21 May 2012	28
	Warning: mysqli::close() [mysqli.close]: Couldn't fetch mysqli in /home/[...... Locked	marco mancosu 29 Aug 2011	marco mancosu 29 Aug 2011	7
	Warning: mysqli::__construct(): (HY000/1045) Locked	Frank Madison 10 May 2022	Frank Madison 11 May 2022	8
	Warning: mkdir(/home/moodledata) ??? Locked	Alex Reinhardt 15 Jan 2004	Alex Reinhardt 16 Jan 2004	4
	Warning: mkdir(/home/example/moodledata): No such file or directory Locked	Amanda Close 11 June 2006	Scott Elliott 11 June 2006	1
	Warning: mkdir(): open_basedir rest.... Error Locked	Neftin Tiedostoja 13 Aug 2004	Juhani Takkunen 20 Aug 2004	2
	Warning: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/course/lib.php) is not within the ... Locked	John Barr 23 Dec 2006	Maik Riecken 27 Dec 2006	6
	Warning: main(./lib/moodlelib.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in ... Locked	Manuel Lucas 2 Oct 2005	Nicola Fleet 10 Oct 2005	2
	Warning: main(./lib/moodlelib.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory Locked	Martin Wallace 3 June 2005	Edgar Amorim 7 June 2005	1
	Warning: It appears your server does not support sessions (session.save_path = '/tmp') Locked	Susan Silverman 24 Jan 2004	Art Lader 22 Feb 2004	3
	Warning: It appears your server does not support sessions (session.save_path = '/tmp') Locked	Wim Vermont 22 Aug 2003	Wim Vermont 24 Aug 2003	3
	Warning: It appears your server does not support sessions Locked	Linda B 17 Mar 2003	Martin Dougiamas 12 May 2003	7
	Warning: ini_set() has been disabled for security reasons Locked	Leonidas Coutinho 9 Oct 2004	Adam Brooks 12 Oct 2004	1
	Warning: get_complete_user_data on upgrade to 1.8x Locked	Brian Still 17 Oct 2007	Anthony Borrow 17 Oct 2007	2
	Warning: fopen..: failed to open stream in opening a DOC file Locked	Alberto Montoto 11 Aug 2020	Alberto Montoto 11 Aug 2020	9
	Warning: file_exists(): open_basedir restriction in effect. and Warning: is_writable(): ... Locked	Ananthasak Phathasyla 25 Jan 2023	Ken Task 25 Jan 2023	1
	Warning: DocumentRoot [/etc/apache2/var/www/moodle/] does not exist Syntax error on line 11 of ... Locked	Tim Weigel 25 Oct 2009	Mary Cooch 25 Oct 2009	1
	Warning: Could not find the name of this server! Locked	Juan Antonio López Martínez 6 Jan 2005	theo leenders 7 Jan 2005	1
	Warning: Cannot modify header information Locked	Don kuykendall 1 Feb 2004	Don kuykendall 1 Feb 2004	3
	Warning: array_shift() Locked	John Gone 29 Aug 2003	Martin Dougiamas 4 Sept 2003	22
	Warning: array_key_exists() [ Locked	alaa alkmaly 18 May 2011	Stefan Nychka 24 June 2011	3
	Warning, Warning, Warning, Fatal Error Locked	Shamil Nunhuck 15 Mar 2007	Wolfgang Kaftan 17 Mar 2007	1
	warning, after uploading moodle 1.7.1+ Locked	yucel tekin 1 Feb 2007	Mauno Korpelainen 1 Feb 2007	3
	Warning then Notice: Undefined index: dirroot HELP!!! Locked	Xavier Johnson 8 Jan 2010	Howard Miller 8 Jan 2010	2
	Warning require_once(/www/lib/setup.php) ... PROBLEM Locked	Carlos Morales Socorro 27 Dec 2007	Stuart Hector 22 Aug 2014	11
	Warning reqire_once error message using Moodle 2.1.1 Locked	Jennie Lawrence 29 Aug 2011	Jennie Lawrence 29 Aug 2011	0
	Warning message with Updating languages cache with cron service Locked	Ahmed Ibrahim 14 Jan 2006	Iñaki Arenaza 19 Jan 2006	3
	Warning message when installing 2.2.11 Locked	Julia Dupuis 17 June 2016	Julia Dupuis 17 June 2016	0
	Warning Message like this !!!!!! Locked	Wong King Shing 10 May 2003	Martin Dougiamas 10 May 2003	1
	Warning message during installation Locked	Rob Beckett 2 Sept 2021	Howard Miller 2 Sept 2021	1
	Warning in gradebook after upgrade: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in ...... Locked	Atanas Radenski 7 Nov 2005	Atanas Radenski 7 Nov 2005	1
	Warning in Enviroment - Server Checks with Unicode-Warning Locked	Birgit Lachner 24 May 2009	Birgit Lachner 24 May 2009	2
	Warning appears during upgrade to 3.11.5+ Locked	leili mei 7 Mar 2022	leili mei 8 Mar 2022	10
	Warning and fatal error Locked	Rune Støylen 16 Feb 2004	koen roggemans 16 Feb 2004	1
	Warning after open moodle -- installing problems - admin pw?? Locked	ritchy cramer 29 Aug 2004	Howard Miller 30 Aug 2004	3
	Warning After Book Installation Locked	Maher Hassanieah 26 Feb 2009	Maher Hassanieah 26 Feb 2009	0
	Warning ... moodlelib.php on line 2142 and 2143 Locked	Andreas Alef 2 Mar 2006	koen roggemans 2 Mar 2006	1
	Warning : Illegal offset type Locked	Bohuslav Kyjánek 4 Apr 2006	Tristan Everitt 11 May 2006	10
	Warn: The moodle-core-notification parent module has been deprecated Locked	Alberto PM 28 Feb 2019	Ken Task 1 Mar 2019	5
	wanting to put moodle on my website. I have no CLUE Locked	Peter Hardie 11 Oct 2008	Deleted user 13 Oct 2008	12