Installer

Bonfire includes the Installer_lib library to simplify the installation process.
For additional information, see Installing Bonfire.

This documentation is primarily intended for those who wish to improve or extend the Installer_lib.
The library is not intended for use within an application, and should be removed once the application is installed.

Properties

$db_exists

Boolean property to indicate to the install controller whether the default database settings were found.

$db_settings_exist

Boolean property to indicate to the install controller whether the database settings were found/loaded.

$php_version

The version of the currently-running PHP parser/extension.
Set to the result of phpversion() by the php_acceptable() method.

$mysql_client_version Deprecated

The version of the MySQL client.
This property does not appear to be in use and has been deprecated in Bonfire 0.7.2.

$mysql_server_version Deprecated

The version of the MySQL server.
This property does not appear to be in use and has been deprecated in Bonfire 0.7.2.

Methods

php_acceptable($version)

Determine whether the installed version of PHP is above $version.
Returns true if the installed version is at or above $version, else it returns false.

db_available()

Checks for the existence of the class/function required to use the posted driver.

test_db_connection()

Attempts to connect ot the database given by the posted settings.
If the db_available() method fails or the posted settings cause a connection failure, this method will return false.

is_installed()

Performs some basic checks to determine whether the application has been installed.
Each of the checks below runs in sequence, so later items are not checked if an earlier checks returns a value.
- If /application/config/installed.txt is found, returns true.
- If the database config could not be found, returns false.
- If $db['default'] has not been defined by the database config, returns false.
- If the default database settings could not be found, returns false.
- If the 'users' table does not exist, returns false.
- If the 'users' table is empty, returns false.
- If the method has not returned yet, returns true.

cURL_enabled()

Determines whether the curl_init() function exists.

check_folders([$folders])

Checks an array of folders to determine whether they are writable and returns the results in a format usable in the requirements check step of the installation process.
If $folders is not provided, uses the private $writable_folders property.

check_files([$files])

Checks an array of files to see if they are writable and returns the results in a format usable in the requirements check step of the installation.
If $files is not provided, uses the private $writable_files property.

setup()

Perform the actual installation:
- Loads the database.
- Installs the Bonfire core migrations.
- Configures the site settings.
- Creates the admin user.
- Creates a unique encryption key for the site.
- Runs any application module migrations.
- Creates the installed.txt file in /application/config/ to speed up the process of checking whether the application is installed in the future.