dfgallery: Invalid cURL response. We expected ‘true’ from the url …
September 23rd, 2009 | 
Author: I am going to install dfgallery 2.0 as it seems to be one of the best flash image gallery softwares available for free.
Before the installation I was already using mod_rewrite.
A lot of people is getting this error when trying to install df gallery 2.0:
Invalid cURL response. We expected 'true' from the url : http://www.[yourdomainName]/api/rest/test_curl
Let’s suppose you have installed the gallery in ‘/gallery’ folder.
This is a quick fix that worked for me:
Open .htaccess file, which should be like:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | <FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|module|profile|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template)$"> Order allow,deny </FilesMatch> Options -Indexes Options +FollowSymLinks ErrorDocument 404 /index.php DirectoryIndex index.php <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /gallery/index.php/$1 [L] </IfModule> |
To (notice chages in line 15: replace / to ?) :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | <FilesMatch "\.(engine|inc|info|install|module|profile|po|sh|.*sql|theme|tpl(\.php)?|xtmpl)$|^(code-style\.pl|Entries.*|Repository|Root|Tag|Template)$"> Order allow,deny </FilesMatch> Options -Indexes Options +FollowSymLinks ErrorDocument 404 /index.php DirectoryIndex index.php <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /gallery/index.php?$1 [L] </IfModule> |
Upload this file using (for instance, FileZilla client) and check again in http://www.yoursiteName.com/gallery/
It should be working now 
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It is very likely that you are not interested in learning how to use mod_rewrite and RewriteRule’s but I might be wrong, so check:
1. This great step-by-step beginners guide to learn the quirks of Apache mod_rewrite.
2. Here are a few examples of using rewritecond’s and rewriterule’s
3. And of course, the Apache official website for mod_rewrite
Any more suggestions?
4. And, for spanish speakers guía en español de mod_rewrite
5. To advanced / or wannabe-advanced users, try a deeper look at mod_rewrite
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Tags: apache, curl, df gallery, dfgallery, mod_rewrite, PHP, rewritecond, rewriterule
I tryed to do this but nothing happend.
Invalid cURL response.
We expected ‘true’ from the url : http://www.XXXX.com/api/rest/test_curl
Still there.
I am using Apache 2.0, with all options ON that i need (mod_rewrite, cURL…) What to do ?
check if you get ‘true’ from the url, when you add “index.php” to it, like this: http://www.XXXX.com/index.php/api/rest/test_curl
if you do, this solution should work, mode details here:
http://www.siviz.com/photo-software/6-dfgallery-invalid-curl-response-error
Got it working but under php 5.28 – 5.3.0 still got me Invalid cURL response.
Thanks a lot for this tip…
My server is currently running PHP 5.2.13 and this worked like a charm!
Thank you very much. It works !!
It is not working on my site.
I got true when I type the url directory in the browser.
But I still got the same error message when trying to install it.
Thanks for your help! Now I can install it…
Another way of solving it can be found here
http://www.cafeinks.com/archives/179
olution to:
We expected ‘true’ from the url : http://www……./gallery/api/rest/test_curl
and a json path error that appears when you view the gallery
The errors do appear to be path problems correctable with mod_rewrite solutions. People have given code hacks above, but I believe they are most likely just that–hacks. In my case, with godaddy hosting and a “gallery” directory, I solved it with:
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?/$1 [QSA,L]
Added to the end of my rewrite directives in my .htaccess file in my gallery directory
I do not know if this was needed for the gallery, but in my root-level htaccess file I had:
RewriteBase /
The code is apparently fine. It is likely, as stated, a rewrite issue, which may vary from server to server, and when dfgallery is in a subfolder.
More suggestions are here
http://www.eukhost.com/forums/f38/mod_rewrite-curl-ddfgallery-2-0-a-7237/
I hope this saves time for someone, as I have spent a day solving it on one server then a year later re-solving it on another server. Good luck!