On 5/03/2011, at 8:29 PM, clancy_1@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > After a long battle to get my system back on air after a hard disk crash, I got PHP 5.3.5 > running under Apache 2.2.3. I now get a diagnostic every time I call date(), complaining > about a missing parameter. The manual states that the second parameter is optional, and > even phpinfo doesn't know about this new requirement, as it contains the same diagnostic: > > "Warning: phpinfo(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are > *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. > In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most > likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for > '11.0/DST' instead in D:\Websites\index.php on line 1 Warning: phpinfo(): It is not safe > to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone > setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods > and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone > identifier. We selected 'Australia/Melbourne' for '11.0/DST' instead in > D:\Websites\index.php on line 1 ". > > Is this a bug, or a new requirement we will have to get used to? > > > > Roger Riordan AM It's not complaining about a missing parameter, it's complaining about the lack of a specified timezone. This warning was introduced in PHP5.1, and you either need to set the date.timezone INI setting, either in your php.ini or by using ini_set(), or by passing a valid timezone to date_default_timezone_set() before calling any other date-related functions. --- Simon Welsh Admin of http://simon.geek.nz/ Who said Microsoft never created a bug-free program? The blue screen never, ever crashes! http://www.thinkgeek.com/brain/gimme.cgi?wid=81d520e5e -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
