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  <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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2017-10-02T23:28:06.240Z
It was the second. Thanks Brad! up up and away we go by the grace of this great forum!
Ida
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2017-10-01T22:46:46.270Z
2017-10-01T22:46:46.270Z
Brad Bell
<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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2017-09-29T22:38:19.077Z
Can you describe the specific issues you're running into?
Brad Bell
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2017-09-30T12:18:27.070Z
Could not find your craft/ folder. Please ensure that $craftPath is set correctly in ...
Ida
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2017-09-30T12:20:50.210Z
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
Ida
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2018-04-01T00:28:36.757Z
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
andrew.welch
<installation>
Craft CMS on Host Inmotion
# 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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## 1 answers

### 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 Brad! up up and away we go by the grace of this great forum!  

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