On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:04:12 -0400, Brett Patterson - Roundcube Forum Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had posted this on the forum, and it's kind of come to a screeching > halt with school finals and getting my schedule worked out for the > summer, but it's a the basics of an installer script. You can check it > out at: > > http://www.roundcubeforum.net/rcInstall/ > And of course comment on it at: > http://www.roundcubeforum.net/index.php?topic=432.0 > > It's my first real delve into AJAX and all, but the layout is there > (thanks to Roundcube's lovely layout) and some of the items work. > > My thought is this: > The user uploads all the files, and fills in the required fields in each > step (no set number, but I put a few there for layout purposes). Once > they've finished, JS calls a PHP script which reads information from the > SESSION array (where everything on each page will be stored to via JS & > PHP) and then attempts to write to the config files (or even write them > outright) on the server. Then the user is instructed to delete the > install directory, and run roundcube. > > Obviously some minor changes in Roundcube would need to happen (like > checking of the install dir is even there) so that there isn't a > security issue of someone else running the install script and making > everything go crazy.
Wow, really nice, fits RC pefectly too imo. Drupal has a similar (simplier) install/upgrade procedure, and I think as RC matures we'll need something like this. P > > -- http://fak3r.com - you don't have to kick it
