Comment 14 for bug 261587

Hi,

Thanks for letting me test on your system. I have completed my diagnosis, and inserted a workaround.

The diagnosis ...

You're running a PHP version lower than 5.2. ProsePoint uses a module that, unfortunately, during installation, indirectly makes a database access if the PHP version is lower than 5.2. This occurs before the database is set up, hence the fatal error message.

I have inserted a workaround on your server. It is not the official fix (that will require some thought), but it should work for now. If you want to take a copy of the source code to put onto another server, these are the files I had to modify to insert the workaround:

./profiles/prosepoint/prosepoint.profile
./sites/all/modules/date/date_api.install

Please don't spread this hotfix around. It's merely a workaround, not a true fix. The true fix will be released in 0.02 in a few days time (if all goes to plan).

For others who might be also reading this issue ...

This issue only occurs with PHP version 5.1 and lower. You can work around it by moving to a server with PHP 5.2 or higher.

If you absolutely need the hotfix, please contact me offline and I'll send instructions to you. Otherwise, I'd like to keep the hotfix as restricted as possible.

You can contact me either through here or http://www.prosepoint.org/contact