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I installed LAMP on Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTE. Then I installed phpmyadmin. Everything was good. I used phpadmin to do lots of DB administration....

Then I installed Zend CE server. Now, phpmyadmin throws a blank page. No login screen.

So, I reinstalled my VPS in the same sequence again. No luck. Same behavior.

This time, I installed Apache, Mysql, PHP and Zend server in that order. Then I installed phpmyadmin....Unfortunately, still blank page on phpmyadmin.

Any help?...Thanks in advance.

infotoknowledge
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The blank screen is likely a PHP fatal error. The best way to find out exactly what's wrong is to check the PHP error logs. I believe Zend CE server provides an interface for viewing these errors, so log into the admin and take a look in the logs area.

You also need to take a look at the requirements for PHPMyAdmin.

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/Documentation.html#require

It's possible that you haven't installed one of the require extensions in that list. Again, Zend CE server has an interface for installing extensions, so take a look at that section and enable the required extensions. You can also look at the PHPInfo area to see what's currently installed.

John Fuller
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First, for all those that posted their suggestions to my above issue, thanks!.

Of course, I had to dig deeper into forums and threads to find the specific root cause and solution for this issue.....and after spending few hours...finally, I resolved it!. Thanks to the following bug discussion link on php.net.

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25876

I tired many suggested fixes there but they didn't help. The suggestion that finally fixed the problem was pasted below ( so that let the credit go to the right owner):

[2011-03-03 12:18 UTC] comments at htmlcompressor dot com If you are gettin the following error: "Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: files (path: ) in...." Make sure that you have setup the session save path in your php.ini: session.save_path = "/tmp" which seems to be disabled by default.

I swear using Open Source software is tough!. I have spent whole day on this issue alone. My goal was to build some software and I have yet to get to it!!.

infotoknowledge
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