$isWritable, 'message' => $isWritable ? 'Writable' : 'Not Writable' ]; } // 2. Check PHP limits $uploadMax = ini_get('upload_max_filesize'); $postMax = ini_get('post_max_size'); $systemChecks['php'] = [ 'upload_max' => $uploadMax, 'post_max' => $postMax ]; if (file_exists('includes/config.php')) { header("Location: index.php"); exit; } if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') { $host = $_POST['db_host'] ?? 'localhost'; $db_name = $_POST['db_name'] ?? 'church_podcast'; $db_user = $_POST['db_user'] ?? 'root'; $db_pass = $_POST['db_pass'] ?? ''; $admin_user = $_POST['admin_user'] ?? 'admin'; $admin_pass = $_POST['admin_pass'] ?? ''; try { // 1. Try to connect to MySQL (without selecting DB first) $dsn = "mysql:host=$host;charset=utf8mb4"; $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $db_user, $db_pass, [PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION]); // 2. Create Database $pdo->exec("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `$db_name` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci"); $pdo->exec("USE `$db_name` "); // 3. Run Schema $schema = file_get_contents('sql/schema.sql'); $schema = preg_replace('/CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS .*?;/i', '', $schema); $schema = preg_replace('/USE .*?;/i', '', $schema); $pdo->exec($schema); // 4. Create first Admin $hashed_pass = password_hash($admin_pass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT); $stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO admins (username, password, role) VALUES (?, ?, 'admin')"); $stmt->execute([$admin_user, $hashed_pass]); // 5. Save Config $configContent = ""; if (file_put_contents('includes/config.php', $configContent) === false) { throw new Exception("Could not write config.php. Please check folder permissions for 'includes/' directory."); } $success = true; } catch (Exception $e) { $msg = $e->getMessage(); if (strpos($msg, 'Access denied') !== false) { $error = "Access Denied: Your database user doesn't have permission.

If you are using 'root' on MySQL 8.0, this is normal. Please run these commands in your terminal:
sudo mysql
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $db_name;
CREATE USER 'podcast_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON $db_name.* TO 'podcast_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Then use 'podcast_user' and your password in the form below."; } else { $error = "Setup failed: " . $msg; } } } ?> Setup - Podcast Server

🚀 Welcome to Podcast Server

Setup Complete!

The configuration file has been created and the database initialized.

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Environment Check

Permissions

$data): if (!$data['status']) $hasPermIssue = true; ?>
Fix Permissions:
Run this command in your Ubuntu terminal:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data

PHP Settings

Max Upload
Post Max Data
Increase Limits:
Edit /etc/php/8.0/apache2/php.ini and set:
upload_max_filesize = 100M
post_max_size = 110M
Then: sudo systemctl restart apache2

Database Configuration

Admin User