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Perch Gallery - Fatal error when trying to add an album
On local server (using Ampps) on MacPro. Just installed Perch and installed the Gallery add-on. I named the first album but when I clicked on the Save button, I got this message:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function iconv() in /Volumes/Art/• CLIENTS/Tip Of The Spear/Web/tots.dreamhosters.com/perch/core/lib/PerchUtil.class.php on line 649
Line 649 is: $s = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $string);
If I comment out line 649, then I can create and save Albums in the Gallery add-on.
I know very little PHP, so I don't know where I might be causing problems elsewhere having done this.
Can someone please advise.
Thanks!
Do you have a folder called
• CLIENTS?You'll need to either install iconv or better still the Transliterator extension.
https://php.net/manual/en/class.transliterator.php
Thanks Drew! I've marked your response as a solution. Why did the • CLIENTS folder raise a flag? Changing it doesn't seem to solve the problem. My OSX10.7 Leopard seems to have a built in glitch w/ UTF-8 from what I’ve learned.
Not knowing much PHP, the transliterator page is broad in scope. Can you isolate which aspect I need to use for my situation?
Not expecting you to make the fix for me, just a little jump start, maybe.
Best regards,
Michael
It's just an optional PHP module that you should be able to install. I don't know anything about Ampps, so I'm not sure how you do it within that system.
Hey Drew. Just wanted to let you know that I finally learned Ampps has iconv available within it's PHP control panel. A simple checkbox activates it. I checked the box, restarted Ampps & now Perch is working exactly as it should on my localhost server.
Thanks again for diagnosing the issue. Excellent!
Michael