Install the Bug Genie 3.x step by step

Install the Bug Genie 3.x
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(3.1.3 tested)

1. install the Apache 2.2.x (2.2.19 Apache Lounge Build tested)

   see my Readme.txt in "Apache HTTP Server v2.2"\

2. install the PHP 5.2.x/5.3.x with MySQL extentions (5.3.6-VC9 tested)

   see my the Readme.txt in "PHP v5.2_5.3"\

   NOTE: need to setup timezone in php.ini

   a) in php.ini find

 [Date]
 ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
 ;date.timezone =

   b) modify as

 [Date]
 ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
 date.timezone = Asia/Taipei
     
   c) restart Apache
        
3. install MySQL 5.5.x (5.5.12 tested)

   see my Readme.txt in "MySQL v5.5"\

4. install the phpMyadmin 3.x (3.4 tested)

   see my Readme.txt in "phpMyadmin v3.4"\

5. Create a database 'thebuggenie'

   STEP1: open url http://127.0.0.1/phpMyAdmin/index.php

          in login screen enter 'root' as username and your password to access
   
   MySQL

   STEP2: in home page, click 'Databases' tab

   STEP3: in Create new database fields, enter 'thebuggenie' and select
   
   'utf8_general_ci' as collation option

   STEP4: click 'Create' button

6. download and unzip thebuggenie_3.x.zip to ..\Apache folder\htdocs\bugs\  

7. open url http://127.0.0.1/bugs/thebuggenie/index.php in http browser,

   in first time it will setup the Bug Genie

   STEP1: in the license statement, pick 'I agree...' and click 'Continue' button

   STEP2: after checking the prerequisites, click 'Start installation' button
   
   STEP2: in Database information, enter 'root' as username and your password
   
   to access MySQL

   STEP3: in Connection information, enter thhe hostname of the database, if it
   
   is in the local computer just enter 'localhost'

   NOTE: the port num here is for database connection! This is different
   
         from http, please remain empty if no changed

   STEP3: click 'Continue' button

   STEP4: it will show 'All tables were created successfully...'

   in the The Bug Genie URL information, check if all are valid,
   
   click 'Continue' button

   STEP5: it will show 'Apache .htaccess auto-setup completed successfully...',
   
   click 'Continue' button
   
   STEP6: remember the Administrator account, you should change it later

   Username: administrator

   Password: admin

   STEP7: click 'Finalize installation' button

9. activate mod_rewrite module on Apache

   STEP1: edit [Apache folder]\conf\httpd.conf
   
   STEP2: find follow line

   #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
   -->
   LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

   STEP3: make sure follow line not be commented
   
   -->
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

   STEP4: find follow line 

   AllowOverride None
   -->
   AllowOverride All

   STEP5: make sure follow lines be
   
   -->
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all

   STEP6: restart Apache server and check again if mod_rewrite works

          a) create .htaccess file with the code:

  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteRule ^first.html$ second.html
   
   b) create 2 html files named first.html and second.html and write 1, 
   
   2, or first and second in them so that you could easily distinguish
   
   that in first.html a word “first” is written. Put those 2 files in
   
   the same folder where you put .htaccess file.

   c) load first.html via localhost. Your mod_rewrite works if you see
   
   first.html in the address bar but word “second” displayed in the page

8. open url http://127.0.0.1/bugs/thebuggenie/index.php


NOTE: 1. you can edit [Apache folder]\conf\httpd.conf, find 

      'DirectoryIndex' line and add 'index.php' in the end of line with space
  
      ahead, so it can open index.php by http://127.0.0.1/bugs/thebuggenie/ directly

      2. you could also create an alias for Apache2, add below lines into
      
      httpd.conf, so it can open http://127.0.0.1/work/

 
     Alias /work/ "C:/Apache2/htdocs/bugs/thebuggenie/"
     
  AllowOverride all
         Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
     
 

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Q: got 'An unhandled exception occurred: date(): It is not safe to rely on the
  
   system's timezone settings...."

A: The Bug Genie requires php to configure the default timezone correctly.

   Please see step 2's note

--OB