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Public bug reported:

After upgrading to 1.8.0 I couldn't open the admin/upgrade.php page. The
error displayed stated that mahara could not connect to the mysql db.
Running on Ubuntu LTS Server.

After some poking around I managed to get things running by altering the
code in index.php.

The new code read:

    // Transform $CFG->dbtype into the name of the ADODB driver we will use
    if (is_postgres()) {
        $CFG->dbtype = 'postgres7';
    }
    else if (is_mysql()) {
        // If they have mysqli, use it. Otherwise, fall back to the older "mysql" extension.
        if (extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
            $CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
        } 
        else {
            $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
        }
    }

I replace this with:

    // Transform $CFG->dbtype into the name of the ADODB driver we will use
    if (is_postgres()) {
        $CFG->dbtype = 'postgres7';
    }
    else if (is_mysql()) {
        // If they have mysqli, use it. Otherwise, fall back to the older "mysql" extension.
        //if (extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
        //    $CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
        //}
        //else {
        //    $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
        //}
        $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
    }

I also receive the error:

The mysqli PHP extension is not installed on your server. Thus, Mahara
is falling back to the deprecated original mysql PHP extension. We
recommend installing mysqli. Trouble is that fallback doesn't seem to be
working at all.

Fact is mysqli is  included with php5-mysql in ubuntu. Mahara doesn't
seem to see that. Maybe the code that is suppose to detect that in
init.php blocks connection to the server, stopping mahara from running
at all.

This does not happen in 1.7.x.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247715

Title:
  Upgrade to 1.8.0 fails - can't connect to mysql

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  New

Bug description:
  After upgrading to 1.8.0 I couldn't open the admin/upgrade.php page.
  The error displayed stated that mahara could not connect to the mysql
  db. Running on Ubuntu LTS Server.

  After some poking around I managed to get things running by altering
  the code in index.php.

  The new code read:

      // Transform $CFG->dbtype into the name of the ADODB driver we will use
      if (is_postgres()) {
          $CFG->dbtype = 'postgres7';
      }
      else if (is_mysql()) {
          // If they have mysqli, use it. Otherwise, fall back to the older "mysql" extension.
          if (extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
              $CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
          } 
          else {
              $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
          }
      }

  I replace this with:

      // Transform $CFG->dbtype into the name of the ADODB driver we will use
      if (is_postgres()) {
          $CFG->dbtype = 'postgres7';
      }
      else if (is_mysql()) {
          // If they have mysqli, use it. Otherwise, fall back to the older "mysql" extension.
          //if (extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
          //    $CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';
          //}
          //else {
          //    $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
          //}
          $CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';
      }

  I also receive the error:

  The mysqli PHP extension is not installed on your server. Thus, Mahara
  is falling back to the deprecated original mysql PHP extension. We
  recommend installing mysqli. Trouble is that fallback doesn't seem to
  be working at all.

  Fact is mysqli is  included with php5-mysql in ubuntu. Mahara doesn't
  seem to see that. Maybe the code that is suppose to detect that in
  init.php blocks connection to the server, stopping mahara from running
  at all.

  This does not happen in 1.7.x.

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