You may need to install the php-mysql module (rpms and debs are available).
This can happen when a session is automatically started at the beginning of a request. You can fix this by disabling session.auto_start in your php.ini or by inserting a call to session_write_close() before the call to session_start() in auth.inc.php.
The ability to have an index on a column that can be null was added in MySQL 3.23. If you are using an older version you may see this error.
You can either upgrade MySQL or try to get around it by removing all KEY lines in zoph.sql that correspond to a column not marked NOT NULL. For example, the keys for first_name and last_name would have to be removed.
To use the importer you need the GD 2 library for image creation support in PHP. See the REQUIREMENTS doc for more info.
Reading the EXIF header requires at least PHP 4.2, when the read_exif_data() function was introduced.
To get Zoph to work nicely with PHP 4.2, either install Zoph 0.3 or enable register_globals in your php.ini file.
This problem should be fixed in Zoph 0.3. In prior versions, only the image name and not the entire path were properly encoded.
If you move images to a different directory you'll start seeing broken images in Zoph unless you also update the 'path' field in the database.
If you edit a photo, at the bottom of the page you'll see a 'show additional attributes' link. That will let you edit the path for a photo.
If you're moving a bunch of photos, you may want to just create a list of their names as you are relocating them and then change all the paths at once from within MySQL:
mysql> update photos set path = 'new_path' where name in ('photo1.jpg', 'photo2.jpg');
This bug should be fixed in Zoph 0.3. Previously, your password was being set to 'password' the string instead of whatever you wanted (stupid bug). Before, in order to reset a password you would have to do so within MySQL:
mysql> update users set password = password('new_password') where user_id = X;
A user with a FotoCanvas 11 camera mentioned this problem and pointed out the -se flag to jhead (which first appeared in version 1.7):
-se Suppress error messages relating to corrupt exif header structure.
Add this flag to the call to jhead in zophImport to fix this problem.
This can happen when the line endings in the language files get messed up. One user reported this happening when extracting the zoph package using Windows. If this happens, make sure there are UNIX style (\n not \r\n) line endings in the files.
Zoph will work without cookies but you have to enable session.use_trans_sid in your php.ini file so that url rewriting will work. Starting with PHP 4.2.0 this parameter is disabled by default.
Some language files are missing a few translations. Many, but not all, are shown in italics and preceded by [vo]. To fix this simply open the correct language file in the lang/ directory and add a transltions of the missing string (the English string should already be present in the file). If you make an additions please send me an email (zoph@nother.net). Check http://www.nother.net/zoph#translations for updated language packs.
First, check to make sure that you have an AddType line for php files in your httpd.conf file. This is described in the INSTALL document.
If your Apache configuration is correct, check your php.ini to make sure short_open_tag is set to On. With short_open_tag off "<?" is not recognized as a valid script tag (like "<?php"). Since Zoph uses "<?" in many places, this causes the templates to fail to execute. You may have this problem if you install RedHat 8 as their default php.ini seems to have changed so that short_open_tag is disabled. Note: as of Zoph 0.3.3 short_open_tag is no longer required to be on.
I believe this happens because the DOS/Windows shell does not expand wildcards and so the *.jpg is passed unchanged to the perl script. I would recommend using another shell like bash. This can easily be done by installing something like CygWin.
Try setting DEFAULT_TABLE_WIDTH in config.inc.php to "100%".
Set ZOPH_TITLE in config.inc.php to whatever you want. This is what appears on the logon page, on the home page, and in the title of every page.
You could edit the templates so that Zoph says just what you want. A better alternative is perhaps to create your own custom translation. Create a file in the lang/ directory that maps English to English and tweak whatever phrases you want. For example:
Welcome %s. %s currently contains=Go away %s. %s isn't for you.
I say Zoph like software (it's Zophtware). But you can Zoph with an O like in photos or however you like.
Zoph is released under the modified BSD license (http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5). I initially chose this license because it was simple but GPL-compatible. However, I have been recently thinking of moving to a copyleft license like the GNU GPL.