Fix for setup wizard 3.5.2 on Linux

Tuesday 24 May 2005 5:30:26 pm

The setup wizard in 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 is broken from the start. After installing, setting up Apache and visiting the URL an error message regarding the missing function file_get_contents in

mumble/lib/eztemplate/classes/eztemplatefileresource.php

The quick fix for this is to edit the file, look for the line that says:
$text = file_get_contents( $path );

and replace it with the following:

if ( function_exists( 'file_get_contents' ) )
{
$text = file_get_contents( $path );
}
else
{
$fp = fopen( $path, 'r' );
if ( !$fp )
{
eZDebug::writeError( 'Could not read contents of ' . $path, 'eZFile::getContents()' );
$text = '';
}

$text = fread( $fp, filesize( $path ) );
}

Which I copied from another module.

A similar fix is required if you try to edit a template and possibly other places.

Tuesday 24 May 2005 11:00:12 pm

If the setup fails with this function missing, your PHP is too old: http://no2.php.net/file_get_contents from PHP version 4.3.0