Answers.Body: <blockquote>
    <p>Could not find your craft/ folder. Please ensure that $craftPath is set correctly in </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>This is usually one of 3 things:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>The path to the <code>craft</code> folder defined in your public index.php file in <code>$craftPath</code> is incorrect.</p></li>
  <li><p>The path defined in <code>$craftPath</code> is correct, but PHP doesn't have permissions to go into that folder and open index.php.</p></li>
  <li><p>Your php.ini file has <a href="https://secure.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir" rel="nofollow noreferrer">open_basedir</a> restrictions in place that prevent PHP from opening that folder.</p></li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Text: It was the second. Thanks Brad! up up and away we go by the grace of this great forum!
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Body: <p>Had absolutely no issue with an older version of their host on the installation and running a Craft CMS site.</p>
  
  <p>This one has been a bear</p>
  
  <p>Is there a step by step on best way to install </p>
  
  <p>The only real difference I see is MariaDB, yet they assured me it was just a top layer of MySQL</p>
  
  <p>cPanel Version  66.0 (build 23)
  Apache Version  2.4.27
  PHP Version 5.6.31
  MySQL Version   10.2.9-MariaDB
  Architecture    x86_64
  Operating System    linux</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you describe the specific issues you're running into?
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Comments.Text: Could not find your craft/ folder. Please ensure that $craftPath is set correctly in ...
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Comments.Text: Tested this on an Older version of their hosting a client had, and it worked fine. So purchased their new VPS 2000 Hosting and trouble since
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Comments.Text: MariaDB is not a layer on top of MySQL; it's a 100% compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL, from the same forked code base, by the original author of MySQL. Craft CMS 2 & 3 both work perfectly with MariaDB, so it's likely something else. In any event, here's my suggestions for hosting: https://nystudio107.com/blog/web-hosting-for-agencies-freelancers
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Title: Craft CMS on Host Inmotion
ThreadText: # Craft CMS on Host Inmotion
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-29)
  
  Had absolutely no issue with an older version of their host on the installation and running a Craft CMS site.
  
  This one has been a bear
  
  Is there a step by step on best way to install
  
  The only real difference I see is MariaDB, yet they assured me it was just a top layer of MySQL
  
  cPanel Version 66.0 (build 23)
  Apache Version 2.4.27
  PHP Version 5.6.31
  MySQL Version 10.2.9-MariaDB
  Architecture x86\_64
  Operating System linux
  
  Thanks
  
  **Tags:** installation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you describe the specific issues you're running into?  
  > **username_0**: Could not find your craft/ folder. Please ensure that $craftPath is set correctly in ...  
  > **username_0**: Tested this on an Older version of their hosting a client had, and it worked fine. So purchased their new VPS 2000 Hosting and trouble since  
  > **username_2**: MariaDB is not a layer on top of MySQL; it's a 100% compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL, from the same forked code base, by the original author of MySQL. Craft CMS 2 & 3 both work perfectly with MariaDB, so it's likely something else. In any event, here's my suggestions for hosting: https://nystudio107.com/blog/web-hosting-for-agencies-freelancers  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-01. Score: 1
  
  > Could not find your craft/ folder. Please ensure that $craftPath is set correctly in
  
  This is usually one of 3 things:
  
  1. The path to the `craft` folder defined in your public index.php file in `$craftPath` is incorrect.
  2. The path defined in `$craftPath` is correct, but PHP doesn't have permissions to go into that folder and open index.php.
  3. Your php.ini file has [open\_basedir](https://secure.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir) restrictions in place that prevent PHP from opening that folder.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: It was the second. Thanks username_1! up up and away we go by the grace of this great forum!  
  
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