PHP mySQL Error Called - Trouble Installing

[dziegler991]

Hi there!

I am having issues simply initializing xataface and installing it through the installer. I am cloning xataface from the master branch. Changing nothing else, other than installer.disabled to .enabled, I receive this error in my php error.log:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in /var/www/html/xata/xataface-2.1.3/xf/db/drivers/mysql.php:2\nStack trace:\n#0 /var/www/html/xata/xataface-2.1.3/installer.php(533): xf_db_connect('localhost', 'root', 'password')\n#1 /var/www/html/xata/xataface-2.1.3/installer.php(548): db()\n#2 {main}\n thrown in /var/www/html/xata/xataface-2.1.3/xf/db/drivers/mysql.php on line 2

*Note: I receive the same error when I change localhost to my DB in installer.php

PHP version: PHP 7.2.7-2+020180714182401.1+jessie1.gbp3fcba8 (cli) (built: Jul 15 2018 13:57:20) ( NTS )
Apache version: Apache/2.4.10 (Debian)

[amrcode1]

you edit the conf.ini file to look like this?

[_database]
host=localhost
name=DB
user=root
password=
driver=mysqli

see driver item amd user/password

mysql_connect() is not supported by php 7.0.0+ use mysqli_connect()

see http://php.net/manual/es/function.mysql-connect.php

[dziegler991]

This error is being thrown before I even have a conf.ini file. As I understood it, I should be able to run the installer.php prior to the conf.ini file being created. The installer.php page visually HTTP 500's and the error_log spits out what I posted above.

[shannah]

The installer is going to be replaced soon by something better. It doesn't support mysqli.

In the mean time, you should do a manual install

[dziegler991]

Great, got it working. Thanks guys. Out of curiosity (and full disclosure, I haven't looked at the documentation so I apologize) how customizable is the UI?