11799: Installer doesn't check for some PHP extensions - LimeSurvey bugs and feature requests

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ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
11799	Bug reports	Installation	public	2016-10-14 13:56	2016-10-14 15:07

Reporter	Casi	Assigned To	c_schmitz
Priority	none	Severity	tweak
Status	closed	Resolution	won't fix
Product Version	2.54

Summary	11799: Installer doesn't check for some PHP extensions
Description	I installed LimeSurvey 2.54 on a FreeBSD server. The installation failed because some PHP functions could not be found. It turned out that I had to install the following PHP extensions which were not included in the PHP 5.6 FreeBSD port. session simplexml filter hash ctype It would be nice if the installer could if they are installed (analogous to checking for mbstring) instead of failing silently.
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Bug heat	4
Complete LimeSurvey version number (& build)	2.54.2+161012
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Database type & version	PostgresQL 9.4.9_1 FreeBSD
Server OS (if known)	FreeBSD
Webserver software & version (if known)	Caddy
PHP Version	5.6

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c_schmitz 2016-10-14 14:57 administrator ~41354	The documentation clearly states that we do not check for modules that are activated by default in PHP.

ollehar 2016-10-14 15:06 administrator ~41355 Last edited: 2016-10-14 15:07	I added a silent check for your listed packages. The install script will simply die with an error message if any is missing.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-10-14 13:56	Casi	New Issue
2016-10-14 14:15	ollehar	Assigned To	=> ollehar
2016-10-14 14:15	ollehar	Status	new => assigned
2016-10-14 14:57	c_schmitz	Note Added: 41354
2016-10-14 14:57	c_schmitz	Assigned To	ollehar => c_schmitz
2016-10-14 14:57	c_schmitz	Status	assigned => closed
2016-10-14 14:57	c_schmitz	Resolution	open => won't fix
2016-10-14 15:06	ollehar	Note Added: 41355
2016-10-14 15:07	ollehar	Note Edited: 41355