[PDO Exception] during install

codehagan

Hello! Looking for a little installation expertise. I've run composer and now just trying to hook up to the database fails. I've attempted via the web 'easy install' and failed. Looked through the forums and tried the command line install and still getting fails. Here is what I see from the command line:
https://960design.com/macrumors/flaruminstallerror.png

Here is what the console is reporting:
[29-May-2018 11:43:04 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'flarum.flrm_settings' doesn't exist in /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php:319
Stack trace:
#0 /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php(319): PDO->prepare('select value,...')
#1 /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php(655): Illuminate\Database\Connection->Illuminate\Database{closure}(Object(Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection), 'select value,...', Array)
#2 /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php(618): Illuminate\Database\Connection->runQueryCallback('select value,...', Array, Object(Closure))
#3 /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php(324): Illuminate\Database\Connection->run('select value,...', Array, Object(Closure))
#4 /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Query/Builder.php(1431): Illuminate\Database\C in /Applications/MAMP/www/flarum/forum/vendor/illuminate/database/Connection.php on line 662

System:
Mac OS X 10.13.4
MAMP (localhost)
PHP 7.1.14 (cli)
MySQL 5.6.33

codehagan

Deleted everything and reinstalled into a new directory and received this at the top of the php_error.log:
[29-May-2018 12:26:45 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'const' (T_CONST), expecting variable (T_VARIABLE) in /Applications/MAMP/www/forum/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Connection.php on line 64

Reloading brings in the BaseTable error listed above.

codehagan

Updated PHP to 7.2.1.
Install worked perfectly.

I was not running PHP 7.1.14 (cli) last time, that was my backend php: from the command line: php -v
MAMP was previously running 7.0.12.

Please add the Solved tag.

clarkwinkelmann

Not sure about your original issue, but beware using PHP 7.2 is not compatible with beta7 and will probably end up in other issues. Use 7.1 if possible.

From https://flarum.org/docs/installation/

PHP 5.6 up to 7.1 (not 7.2)

codehagan

Thanks for the friendly reminder. I did notice the php version recommendations. I'll correct any class, number issues that arise for my install. Me === PHP retired expert. Me !== rewriting an entire forum software that failed to load. I figured it was something silly.