Chat program...

[cam2]

I am trying to install a chat program on my server. It will not complete the install because E_STRICT is on. Can this be turned off without affecting vbulletin or other programs?

[Wayne Luke]

vBulletin will attempt to set its own warning levels when it runs so this should have no affect on our software. You would have to contact the authors of the "other programs" though because we cannot speak for them.

[cam2]

I have access to my ssh. How do I turn the E_STRICT off?

pico /etc/php.ini

This is the command I type in and it brings up the php.ini and the error logging. Where and how do I turn this off?

[Wayne Luke]

Not really a vBulletin question but you would change this in your php.ini under the Error handling and logging section:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Error handling and logging ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; error_reporting is a bit-field. Or each number up to get desired error
; reporting level
; E_ALL - All errors and warnings
; E_ERROR - fatal run-time errors
; E_WARNING - run-time warnings (non-fatal errors)
; E_PARSE - compile-time parse errors
; E_NOTICE - run-time notices (these are warnings which often result
; from a bug in your code, but it's possible that it was
; intentional (e.g., using an uninitialized variable and
; relying on the fact it's automatically initialized to an
; empty string)
; E_STRICT - run-time notices, enable to have PHP suggest changes
; to your code which will ensure the best interoperability
; and forward compatability of your code
; E_CORE_ERROR - fatal errors that occur during PHP's initial startup
; E_CORE_WARNING - warnings (non-fatal errors) that occur during PHP's
; initial startup
; E_COMPILE_ERROR - fatal compile-time errors
; E_COMPILE_WARNING - compile-time warnings (non-fatal errors)
; E_USER_ERROR - user-generated error message
; E_USER_WARNING - user-generated warning message
; E_USER_NOTICE - user-generated notice message
;
; Examples:
;
; - Show all errors, except for notices
;
;error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE
;
; - Show only errors
;
;error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR
;
; - Show all errors except for notices and coding standards warnings
;
error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT

Refer to the PHP manual for more information. www.php.net.