Failure to init DB during initial install

[Jonathan Bayer]

I'm running a stock RedHat 7.3 system.  I downloaded and installed  version PHP Wiki 1.3.4.

I ran the configurator.php script and selected the dbm database, then had to fix two syntax errors:

Lines 356 & 358 were missing double slashes at the beginning of the line:
// Give the right LDAP root search information in the next statement.
// Ignored. No IMAP support in this php. configure --with-imap

Once I fixed that, I tried logging in and got the following error:

lib/DbaDatabase.php:32: Fatal[256]: no such handler: dbm

Fatal PhpWiki Error
lib/DbaDatabase.php:32: Fatal[256]: no such handler: dbm

When I tried using gdbm, I got the following:

lib/DbaDatabase.php:32: Fatal[256]: driver initialization failed

Fatal PhpWiki Error
lib/DbaDatabase.php:32: Fatal[256]: driver initialization failed

Any ideas?

[Mike Herbst-Gompper]

same here :-(

lib/DbaDatabase.php:32: Fatal[256]: driver initialization failed

lib/config.php:401: Notice[8]: Undefined index: dsn

any hints?

[Chris]

I got this too.
I changed $DBParams['dba_handler'] in index.php from gdbm to db3 and it worked just fine.
Some problem with gdbm in php with Redhat perhaps?
Hope that helps.