Cache problems

[mischka]

Hello guys,

Lately I'm having severe problems with the caching system of phpvms,sometimes leading to a complete outage of the site ie a blank page with just a picture on it. Sometimes I get a page full of error messages like this

Warning: file_put_contents(/core/cache/phpvms_users_online.cache) [function.file-put-contents]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /core/classes/CodonCache.class.php on line 210

Clearing the cache usually helps, but obviously this issue needs to be resolved more permanently.

File permissions are set to 775. I think with 777 it runs better I'm not convinced that's secure enough (ie give write access to public)

The site has been running for nearly a year on 775, but I must say recently my provider has been playing up and produces regular issues on their own. Not sure how they are connected, but they obviously don't provide support for phpvms

thanks for your attention!

[Strider]

Probably your host if they are causing troubles, try changing host then. What sounds what is happening, when a cache file is made, it is corrupted, so causes problems. You will need to run a checkinstall to see if any file that tells the system to create a cache file is corrupted.

[mischka]

changing host is easier said than done, and first I'd have to be sure that the problem is really with the host AND they cannot resolve the problem for me.

what do you mean with the checkinstall?

[Strider]

in the install folder of phpvms, there is a file called checkinstall, it checks your installation and sees if any files are corrupted or missing.

[mischka]

ran that, but it doesn't say much... it says some files are corrupted but those are the ones I modified for my VA.