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authorfriendica <info@friendica.com>2013-11-05 19:45:02 -0800
committerfriendica <info@friendica.com>2013-11-05 19:45:02 -0800
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INSTALL for dummies - step 1: ensure that we throw an ugly error message in their face
if there's an ugly error when we first try to install. DON'T white screen until after they've got it running.
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diff --git a/mod/setup.php b/mod/setup.php
index b825b5e0d..429be43af 100755
--- a/mod/setup.php
+++ b/mod/setup.php
@@ -4,7 +4,25 @@ $install_wizard_pass=1;
function setup_init(&$a){
+
+ // Ensure that if somebody hasn't read the install documentation and doesn't have all
+ // the required modules or has a totally borked shared hosting provider and they can't
+ // figure out what the hell is going on - that we at least spit out an error message which
+ // we can inquire about when they write to tell us that our software doesn't work.
+
+ // The worst thing we can do at this point is throw a white screen of death and rely on
+ // them knowing about servers and php modules and logfiles enough so that we can guess
+ // at the source of the problem. As ugly as it may be, we need to throw a technically worded
+ // PHP error message in their face. Once installation is complete application errors will
+ // throw a white screen because these error messages divulge information which can
+ // potentially be useful to hackers.
+
+ error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE );
+ ini_set('log_errors','0');
+ ini_set('display_errors', '1');
+
+
// $baseurl/setup/testrwrite to test if rewite in .htaccess is working
if (argc() ==2 && argv(1)=="testrewrite") {
echo "ok";
@@ -14,6 +32,7 @@ function setup_init(&$a){
if (x($_POST,'pass'))
$install_wizard_pass = intval($_POST['pass']);
+
}
function setup_post(&$a) {