Recently a client asked me why he could not create new folders any longer in his Mambo Media Manager. I believe I have found the answer. If you have converted your Mambo site to Joomla, you probably do not have this issue. If you are still using Mambo 4.5.3, then you should read this.

Apparently, some components in Mambo need the PHP setting Register Globals to be turned on, but some Web hosts do not allow Register Globals to be turned on due to some extra security issues that need to be taken into account. Because some Mambo components need it to be on, the Mambo developers added a feature to Mambo to emulate Register Globals on.

Now the strange part. For some reason, even though my client's Web host does have the PHP setting register globals turned on, I still had to turn on Mambo's emulation of register globals in order for Media Manager to work properly in Mambo 4.5.3h. I cannot explain it, but I have tested it and turning on emulation changes Media Manager's behavior so that my client can now create new folders again.

Fixing Media Manager in Mambo

To Turn on Register Globals Emulation in Mambo:

1. Login to Mambo as an Administrator
2. In the top menu, click Site»Global Configuration. The Global Configuration page will appear.
3. Click the Server tab. The Server page will appear.
4. Select On for the Register Globals Emulation.