Installer file

[Xtremer360]

I came up with my own cms script for this particular reason and want to come up with an installer file that will copy certain directories on a server and install certain files and make the neccessary database tables and whatever else is needed for an installer file. Anybody know what research I need to do to learn how to do make one for this?

[Dennis1986]

Create an install folder in the root with your installer files (php, sql etc) and add a detection in your core files (I supposed you have at least one file which is included everywhere).

 

Many scripts do it this way.

 

Here's an example of how phpBB3 handles it:

if (!file_exists($phpbb_root_path . 'config.' . $phpEx))
{
die("<p>The config.$phpEx file could not be found.</p><p><a href=\"{$phpbb_root_path}install/index.$phpEx\">Click here to install phpBB</a></p>");
}

 

It then requires the config file and checks to see if defined('PHPBB_INSTALLED') is true.

All this is done in the main included file.