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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
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) {