It writes out a bunch of lines in the command prompt, I got 1 error message that said "could not open input file: framework/yiic.php, then a series of errors “wwwroot is not recognized as an internal or external comand, oeable program or batch file.” Then, a get a lot of "There is no disk in the drive dialog boxes. “Please insert a disk into drive \Cevice\Harddisk3\DR3.” I’m working off drive C, so what’s this all about? It does write part of the package,a ending up with a little prompt "Create a Web application under ‘C:\inetpub\wwwroot\testdrive’? [yes\no]
Choose "yes", and the folder is created. But when I try to run it, I get a CException: path "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\testdrive\protected\runtime" is not valid. Please make sure it is a directory writable by the Web server process.
This is probably just an ignorance of command line usage, but I haven’t been able to figure it out…
If you run it trough the browser and you see " CException: path "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\testdrive\protected\runtime" is not valid. Please make sure it is a directory writable by the Web server process." just make sure the path protected/runtime exists and it has writing permissions.
There’s something else going on here, Vince. Even when I use the standardized installation of yii framework that is created by our host, phpfog, I still get this CException error on the test app that comes with yii. Here’s the error when I try to run it from phpfog (the runtime directory IS there (and empty), and it IS writeable:
CException
Application runtime path "/var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/demos/emp/protected/runtime" is not valid. Please make sure it is a directory writable by the Web server process.
/var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/base/CApplication.php(271)
259 return $this->_runtimePath;
260 }
261 }
262
263 /**
264 * Sets the directory that stores runtime files.
265 * @param string $path the directory that stores runtime files.
266 * @throws CException if the directory does not exist or is not writable
267 */
268 public function setRuntimePath($path)
269 {
270 if(($runtimePath=realpath($path))===false || !is_dir($runtimePath) || !is_writable($runtimePath))
271 throw new CException(Yii::t('yii','Application runtime path "{path}" is not valid. Please make sure it is a directory writable by the Web server process.',
272 array('{path}'=>$path)));
273 $this->_runtimePath=$runtimePath;
274 }
275
276 /**
277 * Returns the root directory that holds all third-party extensions.
278 * @return string the directory that contains all extensions. Defaults to the 'extensions' directory under 'protected'.
279 */
280 public function getExtensionPath()
281 {
282 return Yii::getPathOfAlias('ext');
283 }
Stack Trace
#0
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/base/CApplication.php(258): CApplication->setRuntimePath("/var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/demos/emp/prote...")
#1
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/logging/CFileLogRoute.php(60): CApplication->getRuntimePath()
#2
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/logging/CLogRouter.php(67): CFileLogRoute->init()
#3
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/base/CModule.php(388): CLogRouter->init()
#4
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/base/CModule.php(493): CModule->getComponent("log")
#5
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/base/CApplication.php(146): CModule->preloadComponents()
#6
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/YiiBase.php(127): CApplication->__construct("protected/config/main.php")
#7
+ /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/framework/YiiBase.php(100): YiiBase::createApplication("CWebApplication", "protected/config/main.php")
#8
– /var/fog/apps/app35423/austintxous.phpfogapp.com/demos/emp/index.php(13): YiiBase::createWebApplication("protected/config/main.php")
08 defined('YII_DEBUG') or define('YII_DEBUG',true);
09 // specify how many levels of call stack should be shown in each log message
10 defined('YII_TRACE_LEVEL') or define('YII_TRACE_LEVEL',3);
11
12 require_once($yii);
13 Yii::createWebApplication($config)->run();
I had similar error and initally got panic, then after reading the error carefully and also reading this thread, i gave rights to IUSR (using iis 7 as server) on the directory and refreshed, but still got the error. eventually when i checked back after some time, it was all ok ,
bottom line is, for me, giving WRITE rights to server proces on the directory was the solution, hope that helps