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I've loaded 4.1.3 onto D6, twice, but still get the WSOD. It seems to load properly, but when I go to the Civi home page, I get a blank HTML screen. I asked my ISP to make sure the DB was valid and he said it was but came back with two error messages (which may tell you my level of expertise in that I don't know how to get my own error messages):
My ISP reports the following errors:
the first error reads:

[error] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function filter_var() in /usr/home/dcrca/htdocs/dcrca.org/drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Utils/Rule.php on line 401

Line 401 reads:
401   return (bool) filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);

I don't know what this means, but may have something to do with how Civi handles bounced messages?

The second error reads:

[error] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '=' in /usr/home/dcrca/htdocs/dcrca.org/drupal/sites/default/civicrm.settings.php on line 135

Line 35 reads:
135:  $civicrm_root = '/usr/home/dcrca/htdocs/dcrca.org/drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm';

Which is very similar to the example on line 110 (allowing for slightly different root paths), which also has an ‘=’:
110 *    $civicrm_root = '/var/www/htdocs/drupal/sites/all/modules/civicrm/';

This latter error is consistent with the problem – Civi seems to work, but can’t find any of its data. However, the PHP Parse error does not appear to be an error in that both the working copy and the example have an ‘=’ in the same place.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

My ISP reports: " Arthur has PHP version 5.2.6 and MySQL version 5.1.26 with InnoDB support".
Arthur is the server that we know won't run D7, but seems to be within the D6 specs.

Thanks, Lobo. Will do.
But in the meantime, I think I will just roll back to Civi 3.n and work on developing the D7/C4 site for later roll-out. I gotta get back access to the Civi functions today.