* Andrew Dunbar <[email protected]> [Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:01:33 
+1100]:
> I wish to do some MediaWiki hacking which uses the codebase,
> specifically the parser, but not the database or web server.
> I'm running on Windows XP on an offline machine with PHP installed but
> no MySql or web server.
> I've unarchived the source and grabbed a copy of somebody's
> LocalSettings.php but not attempted to to install MediaWiki beyond
> this.
>
> Obviously I don't expect to be able to do much, but when I try to run
> any of the maintenance scripts I get no output whatsoever, not even
> errors.
>
> I was hoping to let the error messages guide me as to what is
> essential, what needs to be stubbed, wrapped etc.
>
> Am I missing something obvious or do these scripts return no errors by
> design?
>
> Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail)
>
In the web environment, error messages may expose vulnerabilities to 
potential attacker. The errors might be written to php's error log, 
which is set up by

error_log=path

directive in php.ini. You may find the actual location of php.ini by 
executing

php --ini

Look also at the whole Error handling and logging section

Does php work at all? Is there an configuration output

php -r phpinfo();

when issued from cmd.exe ?

Does

php dumpBackup.php --help

being issued from /maintenance directory, produces the command line 
help?
Dmitriy

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