Boost generating only 0 size files

Hello Phillip,
Do you mean the path to the cache folder? here it is if that's what you mean
/public_html/cache/normal/mysite.com and /public_html/cache/normal/www.mysite.com

no matter if i type in the url with or without www, i get 0 byte files. those files you saw in the png image were generated when 2-3 pages from the site were visited. do you know what is wrong here?

oh, no it doesnt. I get a page not found message:
Page not found
The requested page "/english/boostb7uiUZ" could not be found.

the same "boostb7uiUZ" file generates http://www.mysite.com/userXprofile page no matter if I type in http://www.mysite.com/userXprofile/ABC/boostb7uiUZ or http://www.mysite.com/userXprofile/DEF/boostb7uiUZ...

attached (untitled 2)is the image of files generated when www.mysite.com is viewed. no more files get added tho even if i continue to view more pages under that particular user (all nodes created by users on my site has paths that looks like www.mysite.com/(username)/(category/(etc))

Hi Phillip,

I dont see any changes after installing fast404 but I did see a list of error messages that looks like the one below when trying to run update.php:

Warning: unlink() [function.unlink]: SAFE MODE Restriction in effect. The script whose uid is 501 is not allowed to access cache/normal/www.mysite.com//boostDisBJK owned by uid 100 in _boost_rmdir() (line 1238 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/sites/all/modules/boost/boost.module).

Also, this was found in the log:

Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => www.mysite.com
[path] => yogaero
[query] =>
[full_path] => english/yogaero
[base_path] => /
[query_array] => Array
(
)

[url_full] => www.mysite.com/yogaero_
[url] => http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
[url_decoded] => /yogaero_
[base_dir] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/
[filename] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english/yogaero_
[directory] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english
[normal_path] => user/305
[path_alias] => yogaero
[args] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
[2] =>
)

[menu_item] => Array
(
[page_type] => authenticated user, UserType II
[page_id] => 305
[path] => user/%
[load_functions] => Array
(
[1] => user_load
)

[to_arg_functions] =>
[access_callback] => user_view_access
[access_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[page_callback] => user
[delivery_callback] =>
[fit] => 2
[number_parts] => 2
[context] => 0
[tab_parent] =>
[tab_root] => user/%
[title] => yogaero
[title_callback] => user_page_title
[title_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[theme_callback] =>
[theme_arguments] => Array
(
)

[type] => 6
[description] =>
[position] =>
[weight] => 0
[include_file] => sites/all/modules/ctools/page_manager/plugins/tasks/user_view.inc
[href] => user/305
[tab_root_href] => user/305
[tab_parent_href] =>
[options] => Array
(
)

[access] => 1
[localized_options] => Array
(
)

[original_map] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
)

[status] => 200
[extra_arguments] =>
)

[is_cacheable] =>
)

Also this:

Notice: Undefined index: args in boost_deliver_html_page() (line 1433 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/sites/all/modules/boost/boost.module).

and in yet another log message, this:

Array
(
[cache_this] =>
)

Thanks, Philip. Finally we have some ideas now what could have gone wrong. I checked the folders and here are the permission for each when those errors occured:

cache = 777
normal = 777
www.mysite.com = 775
mysite.com = 775

Under Status Report page, I get : "Boost installed correctly, should be working if properly configured."

I dont see any 404 page at all no matter what page i go.

Whatelse could have cause that problem?

also, below is the boost script I am using:

### BOOST START ###

# Allow for alt paths to be set via htaccess rules; allows for cached variants (future mobile support)
RewriteRule .* - [E=boostpath:normal]

# Caching for anonymous users
# Skip boost IF not get request OR uri has wrong dir OR cookie is set OR request came from this server OR https request
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD)$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (^/(admin|cache|misc|modules|sites|system|openid|themes|node/add|comment/reply))|(/(edit|user|user/(login|password|register))$) [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} DRUPAL_UID [OR]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule .* - [S=3]

# GZIP
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} !gzip
RewriteRule .* - [S=1]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html\.gz -s
RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html\.gz [L,T=text/html,E=no-gzip:1]

# NORMAL
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html -s
RewriteRule .* cache/%{ENV:boostpath}/%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}_%{QUERY_STRING}\.html [L,T=text/html]

### BOOST END ###

hmmm wihtout changing any settings, I deleted "normal" folder and browsed a few pages but no new "normal" folder nor any new cached files being generated under "cache" folder, which has 777 permissions..what else could be wrong here? From directAdmin, I do see that "cache" folder is a "protected" folder, does that mean something?

Tried different permissions but still got nothing working...would you mind to take a look at the error messages Ive got here, please?

Details
Type php
Date Monday, April 28, 2014 - 19:05
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero/about/yogaero-art-music-dance
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

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Type php
Date Monday, April 28, 2014 - 19:05
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero/about/yogaero-art-music-dance
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

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Type boost
Date Monday, April 28, 2014 - 19:05
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero/about/yogaero-art-music-dance
Message Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => www.mysite.com
[path] => yogaero
[query] =>
[full_path] => english/yogaero
[base_path] => /
[query_array] => Array
(
)

[url_full] => www.mysite.com/yogaero_
[url] => http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
[url_decoded] => /yogaero_
[base_dir] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/
[filename] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english/yogaero_
[directory] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english
[normal_path] => user/305
[path_alias] => yogaero
[args] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
[2] =>
)

[menu_item] => Array
(
[page_type] => authenticated user, UserType II
[page_id] => 305
[path] => user/%
[load_functions] => Array
(
[1] => user_load
)

[to_arg_functions] =>
[access_callback] => user_view_access
[access_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[page_callback] => user
[delivery_callback] =>
[fit] => 2
[number_parts] => 2
[context] => 0
[tab_parent] =>
[tab_root] => user/%
[title] => yogaero
[title_callback] => user_page_title
[title_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[theme_callback] =>
[theme_arguments] => Array
(
)

[type] => 6
[description] =>
[position] =>
[weight] => 0
[include_file] => sites/all/modules/ctools/page_manager/plugins/tasks/user_view.inc
[href] => user/305
[tab_root_href] => user/305
[tab_parent_href] =>
[options] => Array
(
)

[access] => 1
[localized_options] => Array
(
)

[original_map] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
)

[status] => 200
[extra_arguments] =>
)

[is_cacheable] =>
)
Severity debug
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

Alright, hope this one finally helps:

Boost Can not write to file-system
Directory /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/cache/normal credentials - Permissions: 0775. Owner 501. Group 502.
Your credentials - Group ID: 502. User ID: 501. Current script owner: admin.

I know how to set the permission to 777 but can someone please tell me what to do with Owner 501 and Group 502, where do we change those and what to? Many thanks in advance.

Thank you so much for being so patient with me. I finally see a .htaccess file generated and the content is as below. Still dont see any cached files with html extension tho...just contacted my hosting company, I hope they will find something that helps. Will let you know soon. Thanks again.

AddDefaultCharset utf-8
FileETag MTime Size


ExpiresDefault A5


Header set Expires "Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT"
Header unset Last-Modified
Header append Vary Accept-Encoding
Header set Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"
Header set X-Cached-By "Boost"



AddCharset utf-8 .html
AddEncoding gzip .gz


ForceType text/html

SetHandler Drupal_Security_Do_Not_Remove_See_SA_2006_006
Options None
Options +FollowSymLinks

yeah I have been clicking on the reload button without logging in...I hope it wont break anytime soon...

how come .htaccess file is now created but I dont see any html being generated? waiting for reply still from my hosting...

This is really strange...finally, finally I start to see some html files generated but they are NOT generated for all pages. My site is available in Malay, English and Chinese, with the path set to something like http://www.mysite.com/malay, /english and /chinese, right now those html files seems to be generated for MALAY pages only...so is boost partially working for my site now? How can this be possible?

One question, should UID and GID of the CACHE folder be set to apache?

So this is where I am right now, with the settings below, I only saw

1. ONE cached html file, named English.html (my site has english as the main language, chinese and malay the second and third); it was a cached version of the home page of the site. Disappeared after a few min, I dont know why.
2. Another two files under "chinese" folders, showing two html files which are cached copies of two pages from the site.

Here are the permissions of the folders:
Cache folder: 777 UID/GID apache
---Normal folder: 777 UID/GID apache
------www.mysite.com folder: 775 777 UID/GID apache
---------.htaccess file
---------chinese folder: 755 777 UID/GID apache
--------------blue-store folder: 755 UID/GID apache
--------------news folder: 775 UID/GID apache
-------------------blue-news-1_.html: 664 UID/GID apache

Hope this can help someone help me...

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after finish writing what I did above, I found that the chinese folder was magically gone, replaced by a new folder named malay, within it another two folders representing two different urls and their cached files...does it look like it only allows one folder, either chinese or malay, to exist at any given time? i am giving up on this...what other options do I have other than boost?

Hello again Philip,

Thanks again so much for your kind help.

I am embarassed when saying so but I dont quite understand what you mean when you said "if you have a cookie when logged out on your system called DRUPAL_UID, then you track down the module that is incorrectly setting it and search through these threads to find out why that's not boost's issue either." I do not know how I can "track down" the module and how to "search through these threads" What I can tell you is that I have been using Chrome as a logged in user and checking boost with Safari as an annonymous user.

There is news tho...I have absolutely no idea why but a few minutes after post #24, I started to see folders popping up in my cache folder under another subfolder named after my site's url. They are "chinese" "malay" and "english" folders, with more folders in each of them, and then some html. Boost is serving those html files when I visit those pages (YAY!!!) but it seems like those english pages are not generated in real time when I did some test by visiting them, I wonder if they are going to be generated at all if I were to wait for another few more minutes. Is that how Boost works? do we have to give it time to do its things before we can see cached pages added to where they are supposed to be?

Thanks again Philip you have been helping me all day. I wish I could be there to get you some drinks at least!

This is what I have got: https://www.google.com/search?q=Philip_Clarke+drupal_uid&oq=Philip_Clark...

Also, today when I checked again in the afternoon, I see that those cached files from last night were all gone. I have
"text/html - Maximum Cache Lifetime" set to 4 weeks
and
"text/html - Minimum Cache Lifetime" set to 5 min
arent those files supposed to stay up to 4 weeks? Does it look like something is not right?

doesnt boost supposed to create a cached version of each page that we visit? I dont see this happeneing. Last time I saw those cached files, they were not pages that I visited but just pages that does exists on the site. I dont think there's any visitors yet to the site that could have perhaps generated those cached files tho...does this again means my boost is not running correctly?

Im still getting these messages in my log each time a page is visited by an annonymous user. What is going wrong here?

Details
Type php
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:06
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

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Details
Type php
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:06
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

----------------------------------
Details
Type boost
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:06
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Message
Array
(
[scheme] => http
[host] => www.mysite.com
[path] => yogaero
[query] =>
[full_path] => english/yogaero
[base_path] => /
[query_array] => Array
(
)

[url_full] => www.mysite.com/yogaero_
[url] => http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
[url_decoded] => /yogaero_
[base_dir] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/
[filename] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english/yogaero_
[directory] => cache/normal/www.mysite.com/english
[normal_path] => user/305
[path_alias] => yogaero
[args] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
[2] =>
)

[menu_item] => Array
(
[page_type] => authenticated user, UserTypeII
[page_id] => 305
[path] => user/%
[load_functions] => Array
(
[1] => user_load
)

[to_arg_functions] =>
[access_callback] => user_view_access
[access_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[page_callback] => user
[delivery_callback] =>
[fit] => 2
[number_parts] => 2
[context] => 0
[tab_parent] =>
[tab_root] => user/%
[title] => yogaero
[title_callback] => user_page_title
[title_arguments] => a:1:{i:0;i:1;}
[theme_callback] =>
[theme_arguments] => Array
(
)

[type] => 6
[description] =>
[position] =>
[weight] => 0
[include_file] => sites/all/modules/ctools/page_manager/plugins/tasks/user_view.inc
[href] => user/305
[tab_root_href] => user/305
[tab_parent_href] =>
[options] => Array
(
)

[access] => 1
[localized_options] => Array
(
)

[original_map] => Array
(
[0] => user
[1] => 305
)

[status] => 200
[extra_arguments] =>
)

[is_cacheable] =>
)
Severity debug
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

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Details
Type php
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:06
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero/stories/music-little-mozarts
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

-------------------------

Details
Type php
Date Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 15:06
User Anonymous
Location http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero/stories/music-little-mozarts
Referrer http://www.mysite.com/english/yogaero
Message Warning: Parameter 1 to dul_user_load() expected to be a reference, value given in DrupalDefaultEntityController->attachLoad() (line 330 of /home/admin/domains/mysite.com/public_html/includes/entity.inc).
Severity warning
Hostname xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Operations

One day when I am able to pay I will always make sure to choose you. (sorry, I must have annoyed you.)

Ok, I just wanted to let you know that for some reasons caching is working now on my site after installing also filecache module. I dont know what is working exactly but everything is loading real fast. Thanks so much for your help. I was a little overwhelmed and was too frustrated to do my search online (after so many searches that didnt help)
Thanks again you have been real great!! and if anyone asks me if i know someone professional, i definitely will say yes.