Modx
ModX
ModX is now a one-click install on Dreamhost. It is an excellent CMS that is much easier for end-clients to manage than other CMSs such as Drupal.
strtotime error after installing
If you receive the error "Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: 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." it is because you are running PHP 5.3 and the standard Dreamhost php.ini does not have date.timezone set.
There are two alternatives
- Downgrade to PHP 5.2
- Use the method below to add a missing value to php.ini
The missing variable date.timezone can be inserted into the phprc file which adds to and over-rides the standard Dreamhost php.ini configuration. As an aside, this also where you activate extensions such as soap (extension = soap.so)), gd (extension = gd.so) etc.
To create phprc
- SSH into your account
- In the root user folder i.e. /home/username create a new directory named .php mkdir .php
- Change to that directory cd .php
- create a new directory 5.3 mkdir 5.3
- change to the 5.3 directory cd 5.3
- create the phprc file touch phprc
- open the file for editing pico phprc (or your preferred editor)
- add the line date.timezone=(your/timezone) http://us.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
- save the file
That's all there is to it. If you already have a phprc file you likely already know enough to just use the 2nd last line.
