date() and php53

[Matthew Seaman]

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On 28/04/2010 16:54:45, Matt Dawson wrote:
> Just a quick heads-up for anyone who has updated to php53 and is now 
> getting an error message where the header should be in webui. The 
> date() function now requires a timezone and won't rely on the system's 
> timezone setting by default. Sticking the following:
> 
> date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
> 
> at the top of $pb/scripts/webui/index.php (obviously replacing 
> Europe/London with your timezone) just below the <?php line will get 
> rid of that error. Don't be tempted to just slam UTC in there, though.
> 
> There's probably a better way to automate this, but as a quick fix it 
> works.

Uh --- why not put that setting in php.ini?

worm:/usr/local/etc:% diff -u php.ini-production php.ini
- --- php.ini-production  2010-04-10 17:06:53.000000000 +0100
+++ php.ini     2010-04-27 15:53:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
 [Date]
 ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
 ; http://php.net/date.timezone
- -;date.timezone =
+date.timezone = Europe/London

 ; http://php.net/date.default-latitude
 ;date.default_latitude = 31.7667

Means it works for all php applications.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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