Confusing Install Error.

[Arao]

Normally I can figure out what's wrong, but here, absolutely no idea. Running index.php in the main folder returns:

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Fatal Error:

lib/IniConfig.php:300: Error: Invalid DATABASE_TYPE=DATABASE_TYPE.
Choose one of SQL,ADODB,PDO,dba,file,cvs

lib/IniConfig.php:193: Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for CHARSET

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for WIKI_PGSRC

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
DEFAULT_WIKI_PGSRC

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for INLINE_IMAGES

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for SUBPAGE_SEPARATOR

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
DATABASE_OPTIMISE_FREQUENCY

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
INTERWIKI_MAP_FILE

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for AUTHORPAGE_TITLE

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for AUTHORPAGE_URL

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for WIKI_NAME_REGEXP

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_DATABASE

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_FILENAME_PREFIX

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_LOWWATER

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_MAXLIFETIME

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_MAXARGLEN

lib/IniConfig.php:221: Notice: missing config setting for
PLUGIN_CACHED_IMGTYPES

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:207: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:245: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:235: Warning: array_key_exists() [<a
href='function.array-key-exists'>function.array-key-exists</a>]: The
second argument should be either an array or an object

lib/IniConfig.php:300: Error: Invalid DATABASE_TYPE=DATABASE_TYPE.
Choose one of SQL,ADODB,PDO,dba,file,cvs
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I can paste in my config.ini if needed. Thanks in advance,
Arao

[Reini Urban]

That's an easy one:
DATABASE_TYPE=DATABASE_TYPE
tells you that you haven't define DATABASE_TYPE in your config.ini, so php will automatically assign the string "DATABASE_TYPE" to the constant DATABASE_TYPE which is then invalid.

[Arao]

Actually, I have defined it. Here's tha chunk of my config.ini

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;======================================================================
; Part Two: Database Selection
;======================================================================

; Select the database backend type:
;
; SQL: access one of several SQL databases using the PEAR DB library.
; ADODB: uses the ADODB library for data access. (most general)
; PDO: The new PHP5 dataobkject library. (experimental, no paging yet)
; dba: use one of the standard UNIX dbm libraries. Use BerkeleyDB (db3,4) (fastest)
; file: use a flat file database. (easiest)
; cvs: use a CVS server to store everything. (experimental, not recommended)
DATABASE_TYPE = SQL

; Prefix for filenames or table names
;
; Currently you MUST EDIT THE SQL file too (in the schemas/
; directory because we aren't doing on the fly sql generation
; during the installation.
; Note: This prefix is NOT prepended to the default DBAUTH_
; tables user, pref and member!
DATABASE_PREFIX =

; For SQL based backends, specify the database as a DSN (Data Source Name),
; a kind of URL for databases.
;
; The most general form of a DSN looks like:
;
; dbtype(dbsyntax)://username:password@protocol+hostspec/database?option=value&option2=value2
;
; For a MySQL database, the following should work:
;
; mysql://user:password@host/databasename
;
; To connect over a unix socket, use something like
;
; mysql://user:password@unix(/path/to/socket)/databasename
;
; Valid values for dbtype are mysql, pgsql, or sqlite.
;
DATABASE_DSN = "mysql://wiki_sql:<password>@localhost/phpwiki"
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[Arao]

OH...ha...
IniConfig works with parse_ini doesn't it?
my phpinfo() has that under the list of disabled functions...

[Reini Urban]

Oops. That's bad.

We experimented with the pear ini library.
Config_Container_IniFile
It had some issues with string quoting, but you could try to use that as drop-in replacement.

[Arao]

Nevermind, I figured it out...
Now I've got a blank index.php page, AND debug is turned on...this seems to be a common problem...

[Arao]

Hmm...I can't quite figure that out...any way for me to just drop the settings into the script itself? or do other files call config.ini?