Can not install opendb, HTTP Error 500

[tschinkes]

Hi,
i get a HTTP 500 Error inside the installation. After enter the mysql data, an continue the install script, i see only Error HTTP 500. Nothing is written into the selected DB and any access after this i see only 500 Error.
My system: lighttpd with mariadb and php 7.3.

[pellcorp]

It's been ages since I have even looked at this code. I suggest you check the error log, not sure where it's located for lighttpd, as I've never tested on that http server

[NicFord1]

The issue is with the ini_set() call in './include/begin.inc.php' -- setting the session handler is no longer allowed.

old code (line 111):
if (strtolower(ini_get('session.save_handler')) == 'user' || ini_set('session.save_handler', 'user')) {

new code:
if (strtolower(ini_get('session.save_handler')) == 'user') {

begin.inc.php.zip

See php bug report

[pellcorp]

Happy to take a merge request to fix this but I don't have time to work on it and test it myself