Installation Joomla! 2.5 • Re: Installation hangs on Step 1 - Language Selection

gingir wrote:

For anyone trying to install joomla3 or joomla2 on a hosting where PHP 5.5 is running



If your installation hangs at step 1 do the following



open libraries/joomla/filter/input.php



find the following

Quote:

$source = preg_replace('/&#(\d+);/me', "utf8_encode(chr(\\1))", $source); // decimal notation

$source = preg_replace('/&#x([a-f0-9]+);/mei', "utf8_encode(chr(0x\\1))", $source); // hex notation

replace with the following

Code:

$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#x(\d+);/mi', function($m){return utf8_encode(chr('0x'.$m[1]));}, $source); // decimal notation

$source = preg_replace_callback('/&#x([a-f0-9]+);/mi', function($m){return utf8_encode(chr('0x'.$m[1]));}, $source); // hex notation

source github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/1309



used it on both joomla 2 and joomla 3 installers and can successfully get to step 2.



PHP will warn you about this problem with the following error either on screen or in the error_log

Code:

preg_replace(): The /e modifier is deprecated, use preg_replace_call back instead

To the joomla development team, your work is great however PHP 5.5 has been around for quite some time now, time to get rid of this deprecated modifier

Why you have Aprentice level? Thank you. It's Worked for me. Best suggestion

Statistics: Posted by PonchiksLabais — Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:52 am

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