{"id":13928,"date":"2012-01-12T04:47:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T09:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.template-help.com\/?p=13928"},"modified":"2017-02-22T04:06:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T09:06:31","slug":"joomla-troubleshooter-no-input-file-specified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-troubleshooter-no-input-file-specified.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla Troubleshooter. No input file specified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial shows how to resolve the error   &#8220;no input file specified&#8221; in Joomla. <\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<p>First do the following: <\/p>\r\n<p> 1) From the Joomla Control Panel go to <strong>&#8220;global setting&#8221;<\/strong> and under the <strong>Site<\/strong> Tab turn off <strong>SEF<\/strong> and Apache (&#8220;Use URL rewriting&#8221; for 1.7 users).  <\/p>\r\n<p>2) Now move your <strong>.htaccess<\/strong> file to your computer via FTP if you don&#8217;t have this file move htaccess.txt to your pc and open the file.  <\/p>\r\n<p>3) Remove any #&#8217;s if any from<strong> RewriteEngine<\/strong> On and <strong>RewriteBase <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"attention\"> Note: if your site is on a sub-directory the above should appear like this<br \/>\r\n  RewriteBase \/yourJoomlaRootFolder\/<\/p>\r\n<p> 4) Search for Options <strong>+FollowSymLinks<\/strong> and add the below right after it.  <\/p>\r\n<p><em>Options -MultiViews<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>5) Save the file and move it back to your server. <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"tip\">*If the file was originally named htaccess.txt rename it to .htaccess and then move it back to the server.  <\/p>\r\n<p>6) Turn on <strong>SEF<\/strong> and Apache (&#8220;Use URL rewriting&#8221; for 1.7 users)<\/p>\r\n<p> 7) Now Check to see if it is working. If it still isn&#8217;t working or its happening less frequently move on to step 8.<\/p>\r\n<p>8) In your Joomla root directory look for &#8220;<strong>php.ini<\/strong>&#8221; and rename it &#8220;<strong>php5.ini<\/strong>&#8221; (no quotes). If the file does not exist on your local computer open notepad if it does test again to see if it works. If it doesn&#8217;t proceed to step 9.  <\/p>\r\n<p>9) Move the new <strong>php5.ini <\/strong>file to your computer (if it didn&#8217;t exist keep notepad open)  <\/p>\r\n<p>10) Add this line, &#8220;<strong>cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1<\/strong>&#8221; (no quotes), to the document and save the file by going to <strong>File -> Save As -><\/strong> under Save as type change it to <strong>All Files -><\/strong> Change the file name to <strong>php5.ini<\/strong> if it isn&#8217;t already named that.  <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"attention\">Note: You may also want to add the below to the document to change your<br \/>\r\n  max doc upload to joomla (you may edit it as needed).  <\/p>\r\n<p>\r\ncgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 <\/br><br \/>\r\nmemory_limit = 50M  <\/br><br \/>\r\npost_max_size = 10M <\/br><br \/>\r\n  file_uploads = On <\/br><br \/>\r\n  upload_max_filesize = 10M <\/br><br \/>\r\n  upload_tmp_dir = \/home\/content\/55\/6067155\/html\/tmp<\/p>\r\n<p>11) Check your site thoroughly again before moving on to the last step.<\/p>\r\n<h4>For GoDaddy users<\/h4>\r\n<p>1) Login to your Godaddy Account. 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