[Mediawiki-l] Possible bug in install.php from mediawiki-20031107.tar.gz

[Agon S. Buchholz]

Hi,

I'm trying to install mediawiki-20031107.tar.gz 
(https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=196082) on a 
Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable box. System configuration: Kernel 
2.4.22-xfs SMP, PHP4 4:4.1.2-6, Apache httpd 1.3.26-0woody3, MySQL 
server 3.23.49-8.5. The Debian package php4-cgi is installed; the httpd 
and php are working properly.

The install.php script starts installing WikiMedia in /var/www/wiki, as 
instructed in AdminSettings.php; then it claims to create the database 
"wikidb" and asks for the database's root password. After typing it in, 
the script seems to hang in a loop, saying: "Warning:  Wrong parameter 
count for fgets() in /root/MediaWiki-Install/install.php on line 197".

This references to the following section in install.php:

   while ( ! feof( $fp ) ) {
                 $line = trim( fgets( $fp ) );
                 $sl = strlen( $line ) - 1;
                 ...
   fclose( $fp );

Several files were being copied to /var/www/wiki/, including the 
directories ../style and ../upload. But, in MySQL monitor, "show 
databases" finds no "wikidb".

I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong; if it's 
really line 197, maybe the fgets() statement is missing a second 
parameter; this should be optional beginning with PHP 4.2.0 according to 
the docs (I'm running PHP4 4:4.1.2-6 and INSTALL recommends PHP 4.3.2 or 
later). But, of course, maybe I'm doing something else wrong.

However, is there a workaround for this, or should I try to manually set 
up MediaWiki according to the Brion Vibber's post 
(http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2003-October/000004.html)?

Thanks & greetings,
-asb