(SOLVED) Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime] in EVO 1.01 on PHP 5.3.0

I’m not sure if this has been reported before: (If so, I apologize, but I can’t find it).

I had just tried upgrading Evo from 1.00 to version 1.01 (REV 5622) without any problems in php version 5.2! But on PHP Version 5.3 I got the following error in the welcome screen:



- and the error are repeated in several different files in the list.

For me it’s not a problem - at the time being - I’ve just downgraded the PHP version at my host.

But are there anybody who have suggestions for a solution?

On PHP Version: 5.2.9-0.dotdeb.1:
- Mysql version: 5.0.32-Debian_7etch8-log
- PDO Driver for MySQL, client library version: 5.0.84
- Memory size: 128 mb.
- Apache: 2.2.3 (Server API: CGI/FastCGI )
- Suhosin Patch 0.9.7 and Zend Scripting Language Engine installed.

On PHP Version: 5.3.0
- Mysql version: mysqlnd 5.0.5-dev - 081106 - $Revision: 1.3.2.27 $
- PDO Driver for MySQL, client library version: mysqlnd 5.0.5-dev - 081106 - $Revision: 1.3.2.27 $
- Memory size: 128 mb.
- Apache: 2.2.3 (Server API: CGI/FastCGI )
- Zend Scripting Language Engine installed.

I have a feeling it is related to this:

http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,37756.msg228980.html#msg228980

cheers/k

Yep, kongondo is right; PHP 5.3.0 has an issue where you’ll need to explicitly set the Timezone in the php.ini, otherwise that will always output an error. Garry provided a good solution:

Quote from: garryn

The date timezone error is also something I had when I upgraded to PHP 5.3, it seems the stock PHP 5.3 doesn’t set a value for this - to correct the problem, edit your php.ini file and add in a recognized timezone value for the ’date.timezone’ setting. There’s a whole list of accepted timezones at: http://us.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

Hello kongondo and splittingred,

Thank you for your help!

I could not fix this in my php.ini file, (I don’t have permissions to edit the full content of the file).
But I added this in my .htaccess file:



- Maybe it should be included in the distribution file, that this are a possibly solution?

Greetings!

Would it help to have the timezone set during installation/upgrade? This would be if it didn’t detect a proper setting in php.ini. Perhaps a version compare if it doesn’t detect a proper setting in the PHP config ... or?

Quote from: rthrash at Aug 11, 2009, 11:56 AM

Would it help to have the timezone set during installation/upgrade? This would be if it didn’t detect a proper setting in php.ini. Perhaps a version compare if it doesn’t detect a proper setting in the PHP config ... or?

For me it is not a problem to edit the htaccess file myself, what - I think - the most of us do. But if it should be set during installation, then should the other settings in the htaccess file also be set, which will result in a more complicated installation process.

My suggestion are that something like this:


- are placed in the htaccess file - just to showing people the right direction, and furthermore it’s also a easy solution

But what are the other users thinking about this?

Greetings!

I was thinking it could be automated and included in the config.inc.php file. Not sure if that would work though, but hoping it might.

Quote from: rthrash at Aug 11, 2009, 01:39 PM

I was thinking it could be automated and included in the config.inc.php file. Not sure if that would work though, but hoping it might.

I’m not sure if I remember it correctly, but setting it in php with for example "php_value date.timezone" could give some trouble for those who are on a shared server running suPHP? - And I’m not a programmer (by nature or in reality), so there is probably some others who know more...

What difference between

and

?

Quote from: Paprikas at Aug 11, 2009, 02:36 PM

What difference between

SetEnv TZ Europe/Copenhagen

and

php_value date.timezone Europe/Copenhagen

?

@Paprikas: I’m sorry - I mixed two things together:

suPHP does not support the php_value/php_admin_value directive known by mod_php to parse configuration options to scripts for certain virtual hosts or directories.

- from suPHP’s FAQ on http://www.suphp.org/FAQ.html - but - if I understand it correctly this time - that is when placed directly in the htaccess file and therefore not in a php file.