[Phpgroupware-developers] Re: [Phpgroupware-users] Install DB problem

[Ralf Becker]

This is from the user-list:

Blurg schrieb:
> Hi,
> I get this error messages which has been before on the mailing list, and
> the proposed solutions aren't working for me.
>
> No MySQL support found. Disabling
> No Postgres-DB support found. Disabling
> No Microsoft SQL Server support found. Disabling
> No Oracle-DB support found. Disabling
>
> did not found any valid DB support !
> try to configure your php to support one of the above mentioned dbs or
> install phpgroupware by hand

It happens when the (no) db-module is compiled into the php-binary.

We could do much better if we not only try if the extension is loaded, 
but also try to load the extension if it is not loaded.
Atm: if (!extension_loaded($db_type)) echo "... Disabling";
Change to: if (!extension_loaded($db_type) && !dl($db_type)) echo "... 
Disabling";

Then phpgwapi/inc/functions.inc.php have to do this check/load too, 
before the first db-access:
if (!extension_loaded($db_type) && !dl($db_type)) {
   echo "Cant load my db-support for '$db_type' !!!";
   exit;
}
Atm you get not even an error message in that situation.

This way we could deal with php-binaries without compiled it db-support, 
eg. the cgi-binary on debian woody.

Ralf
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