Cannot create symlink, error code(1314)

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

hi,

i use an extension, extracted it to the extension folder and called the widget via

$this->widget(‘ext.timepicker.timepicker’, array(

'model'=>$newEvent,


'name'=>'starting_date',

now i receive the following error:

symlink() [<a href=‘function.symlink’>function.symlink</a>]: Cannot create symlink, error code(1314)

i use php 5.3.5, with xampp on windows 7 64 bit machine.

i also use the framework outside my project

i read this issue has to do with some permission problems. i tried rewriting the htaccess in the prottec folder, but nothing else appears than the error.

whats the problem here? i dont understand it. the widget seems not be able to write its css and js etc to the assets folder.

2

Check the permissions of the assets folder

If it does not help then disable the linkAssets - http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/1.1/CAssetManager#linkAssets-detail

3

and how do i change permissions on that folder without ftp prog? im working localhost…

where do i have to set this "Options FollowSymLinks"

in whcih htaccess?

4

symlinks in Windows? I’ve never tried :) But as I see here this function works fine with Windows starting from PHP 5.3.

5

well wtf, i used a lot of widgets from the Yii core and those widgets created automatically the assets in the assets folder via symlink.

so why, if i use a ne extension, the asset folder cant be rewritten?!

thats not a unix/win discussion

6

I encountered same problem on windows 8 when I tried to access a newly created module. Windows 8 SL doesn’t have secpol.msc (where you can enable create symlink). So I just temporarily modified Asset Manager Class (framework\web\CAssetManager.php):

  1. set forceCopy property to true: $forceCopy=true;

if you receive a warning "The "forceCopy" and "linkAssets" cannot be both true."

  1. go to publish function

  2. comment this line

//if($forceCopy && $this->linkAssets)

//throw new CException(Yii::t(‘yii’,‘The “forceCopy” and “linkAssets” cannot be both true.’));

  1. then add $this->linkAssets = true; on the topmost part of publish function

Try to access your module again.