Update LICENSE

Added License info for the Fugue icon set

CHANGELOG

@@ -193,10 +193,54 @@
         fixed. Made the corrections to the edit code as well as the
         new entry.
     - In logentry.php, the default times for notes entered using dates
-        other than today's date contained a trailing coln that mysql
+        other than today's date contained a trailing colon that mysql
         didn't like. Removed trailing colons.
     - Cleaned up the REQUEST importation in multiple files to default to
         NULL values for parameters not supplied to prevent warning 
         messages in the logs.
     - In the install.sh script, removed the prompts for optional package
         installation. Code is still there, just turned off by default.
+
+5.2.4.1 - 2025-12-10
+    - Fixed bug in search.php where "Print search results" link on the 
+        search results page resulted in the printable page not showing
+        any results. This was due to a php fatal error caused by passing
+        a non-array as the second argument of the php in_array()
+        function.
+
+5.2.4.2 - 2025-12-11
+    - Fixed other bugs caused by passing a non-array as the second 
+        argument of the php in_array() function in various files.
+
+5.2.4.3 - 2025-12-16
+    - Various problems were noted resulting from php's use of UTC as the
+        default timezone. Now, on installation or upgrade, the installer
+        gets the correct timezone from the system and sets it as a php
+        option in a .htaccess file in the install location. This solves
+        multiple problems and allows today's date and the current time
+        to be determined from the php date() function as part of the
+        settings.php once per page load instead of having to query the 
+        database multiple times per page load. Also added the option to
+        allow apache to read the .htaccess file to the <Directory>
+        section of the application's conf file in 
+        /etc/apache2/conf-available
+    - Renamed the installer's db.php_update.sh script to files-update.sh
+        to reflect that it now can do more than just modify the db.php
+        file. For this version, it's used to modify the apache conf file
+        mentioned earlier.
+    - Completely removed the optional package prompting/installation
+        code from install.sh. This is best done using separate
+        installers.
+
+5.2.4.4 - 2025-12-19
+    -Fixed bugs that caused crashes on the Scheduled Maintenance page 
+        that were caused by more strict behavior of php regarding mysql 
+        queries.
+    - Fixed bug where some functions defined in functions.php were not
+        treating the $today variable as global.
+    - In install.php, if a previous installation was found, make upgrade
+        the default choice.
+
+5.2.5 - 2026-02-10
+    This is just a version number bump to get on a major-minor-patch
+        scheme. There are no code changes for this release.

LICENSE

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 The following license applies to all OpenLog code 
-Copyright (C) 2016 by Rod Wright :
+Copyright (C) 2026 by Rod Wright :
 
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                    Version 2, June 1991
@@ -382,3 +382,324 @@ The following license applies to jquery code :
     
     CC0: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
     
+
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VERSION.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5.2.5

database-initial.sql

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `configs` (
 LOCK TABLES `configs` WRITE;
 /*!40000 ALTER TABLE `configs` DISABLE KEYS */;
 INSERT INTO `configs` VALUES 
-(1,'ol_version','5.2.4'),
+(1,'ol_version','5.2.5'),
 (2,'log_name','OpenLog'),
 (3,'banner','1'),
 (4,'background_color','#003333'),

database-update.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#    database-update.sh
+#    OpenLog Online Logbook
+#    Copyright (C) 2025  Rod Wright
+
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+
+if [[ $1 == "" ]]
+then
+    echo "This script requires a mysql options file, but none was specified. Aborting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mysql_opt_file=$1
+if [[ ! -f $mysql_opt_file ]]
+then
+    echo "The mysql options file specified does not exist. Aborting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+margs="--defaults-extra-file=$mysql_opt_file"
+
+#  ---------- version x.x.x ----------
+#  Nothing to be done for versions prior to 5.2.4.3
+#  -----------------------------------
+
+#  ---------- version 5.2.4.3 ----------
+#  Nothing to do
+#  -------------------------------------
+
+#  ---------- version 5.2.4.4 ----------
+#  Nothing to do
+#  -------------------------------------
+
+#  ---------- version 5.2.5 ------------
+#  Nothing to do
+#  -------------------------------------

database-update.sql

@@ -30,3 +30,28 @@ UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.3" WHERE confname="ol_version";
 -- Update version number
 UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.4" WHERE confname="ol_version";
 -- --------------------------------------
+
+-- ---------- version 5.2.4.1 -----------
+-- Update version number
+UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.4.1" WHERE confname="ol_version";
+-- --------------------------------------
+
+-- ---------- version 5.2.4.2 -----------
+-- Update version number
+UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.4.2" WHERE confname="ol_version";
+-- --------------------------------------
+
+-- ---------- version 5.2.4.3 -----------
+-- Update version number
+UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.4.3" WHERE confname="ol_version";
+-- --------------------------------------
+
+-- ---------- version 5.2.4.4 -----------
+-- Update version number
+UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.4.4" WHERE confname="ol_version";
+-- --------------------------------------
+
+-- ---------- version 5.2.5 -------------
+-- Update version number
+UPDATE configs SET confvalue="5.2.5" WHERE confname="ol_version";
+-- --------------------------------------

db.php_update

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# opendrs-update.sh
-
-install_path=$1
-
-# ---------- version 5.2.1 -------------
-# No changes to the db.php file
-# ---------------------------------------
-
-# ---------- version 5.2.2 -------------
-# No changes to the db.php file
-# ---------------------------------------
-
-# ---------- version 5.2.3 -------------
-# No changes to the db.php file
-# ---------------------------------------
-
-# ---------- version 5.2.4 -------------
-# No changes to the db.php file
-# ---------------------------------------

distfiles/CHANGELOG

@@ -201,3 +201,47 @@
     - In the install.sh script, removed the prompts for optional package
         installation. Code is still there, just turned off by default.
 
+5.2.4.1 - 2025-12-10
+    - Fixed bug in search.php where "Print search results" link on the 
+        search results page resulted in the printable page not showing
+        any results. This was due to a php fatal error caused by passing
+        a non-array as the second argument of the php in_array()
+        function.
+
+5.2.4.2 - 2025-12-11
+    - Fixed other bugs caused by passing a non-array as the second 
+        argument of the php in_array() function in various files.
+
+5.2.4.3 - 2025-12-16
+    - Various problems were noted resulting from php's use of UTC as the
+        default timezone. Now, on installation or upgrade, the installer
+        gets the correct timezone from the system and sets it as a php
+        option in a .htaccess file in the install location. This solves
+        multiple problems and allows today's date and the current time
+        to be determined from the php date() function as part of the
+        settings.php once per page load instead of having to query the 
+        database multiple times per page load. Also added the option to
+        allow apache to read the .htaccess file to the <Directory>
+        section of the application's conf file in 
+        /etc/apache2/conf-available
+    - Renamed the installer's db.php_update.sh script to files-update.sh
+        to reflect that it now can do more than just modify the db.php
+        file. For this version, it's used to modify the apache conf file
+        mentioned earlier.
+    - Completely removed the optional package prompting/installation
+        code from install.sh. This is best done using separate
+        installers.
+
+5.2.4.4 - 2025-12-19
+    -Fixed bugs that caused crashes on the Scheduled Maintenance page 
+        that were caused by more strict behavior of php regarding mysql 
+        queries.
+    - Fixed bug where some functions defined in functions.php were not
+        treating the $today variable as global.   
+    - In install.php, if a previous installation was found, make upgrade
+        the default choice.
+
+5.2.5 - 2026-02-10
+    This is just a version number bump to get on a major-minor-patch
+        scheme. There are no code changes for this release.
+    

distfiles/functions.php

@@ -721,8 +721,7 @@ function showlinklist($print) {
 
 function nag($tech_id) {
     // nags the user if something is pending
-    global $db;
-    $today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
+    global $db, $today;
     // maintenance forms
     $mfpending=mysqli_num_rows(mysqli_query($db,"select maintformid from maintforms where mftech=\"$tech_id\" and pending=1"));
     if ($mfpending) {
@@ -820,8 +819,7 @@ function get_upcoming_events() {
     // build array of upcoming events
     // takes no arguments
     // returns an array containing arrays of upcoming event data
-    global $db;
-    $today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
+    global $db, $today;
     $uceventsqry=mysqli_query($db,"select * from events where active_flag=\"1\" and (deferred_flag=\"0\" or (deferred_flag=\"1\" and deferred_date <= \"$today\"))");
     $ucevents=array();
     while ($uceventrow=mysqli_fetch_assoc($uceventsqry)) {

distfiles/logentry.php

@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ if ($edit || $delete) {
 
 // ******** begin database manipulation ********
 
-// determine today's date and make it the default 
-$today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
-$now=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_time"))[0];
 if ($add) {    
     if ($submit) {    
         // add the entry if submit is pressed   
@@ -249,6 +246,7 @@ if ($add) {
                     $flagids=mysqli_query($db,"select flagid from flags");
                     while ($thisflagid=mysqli_fetch_row($flagids)) {
                         $thisflag_tbl="flag_".$thisflagid[0];
+                        if ($flags[0]=="") $flags=[];
                         if (in_array($thisflagid[0],$flags)) {
                             if(!mysqli_num_rows(mysqli_query($db,"select id from $thisflag_tbl where target=\"notetemplates\" and id=\"$templateid\""))) {
                                 mysqli_query($db,"insert into $thisflag_tbl(target,id) values(\"notetemplates\",\"$templateid\")");
@@ -368,6 +366,7 @@ if ($edit) {
                 $chainmembers=generate_chain($noteid);
                 while ($thisflagid=mysqli_fetch_row($flagids)) {
                     $thisflag_tbl="flag_".$thisflagid[0];
+                    if ($flags[0]=="") $flags=[];
                     if (in_array($thisflagid[0],$flags)) {
                         if(!mysqli_num_rows(mysqli_query($db,"select id from $thisflag_tbl where target=\"lognotes\" and id=\"$noteid\""))) {
                             // set flag for this noteid

distfiles/lognotes.php

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if ($print) {
 }
 
 // use default date values if not supplied
-$today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
 if ($tgt_date=="") $tgt_date=$today;
 
 // define shifttable_classic function

distfiles/maintformentry.php

@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ if ($printfmt) {
 }
 
 // ******** begin database manipulation ********
-// determine today's date and make it the default
-$today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
-$now=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_time"))[0];
 
 //var_dump($_REQUEST);
 
@@ -146,10 +143,8 @@ if ($mfadd) {
             }
             // remove cruft from malfunction text
             $mfmalfunction=htmlentities($mfmalfunction);
-            if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-                $mfmalfunction=addslashes($mfmalfunction);
-            }
-
+            $mfmalfunction=addslashes($mfmalfunction);
+            
             if ($mfauthorized) {
                 $partdatainput=array();
                 if ($uid) $partdatainput['uid']=$uid;
@@ -170,6 +165,8 @@ if ($mfadd) {
                 if ($uid =="" || $partnum == "" || $sernum == "") {
                     // have the maintenance form stay pending due to incomplete part data
                     $pending=1;
+                } else {
+                    $pending=0;
                 }
                 
                 // add the record to maintforms
@@ -195,13 +192,14 @@ if ($mfedit) {
         if ($mfmalfunction && ($uid || ($partnum && $sernum))) {
             // remove cruft from malfunction text
             $mfmalfunction=htmlentities($mfmalfunction);
-            if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-                $mfmalfunction=addslashes($mfmalfunction);
-            }
+            $mfmalfunction=addslashes($mfmalfunction);
+            
             // update parts table
             if ($uid =="" || $partnum == "" || $sernum == "") {
                 // have the maintenance form stay pending due to incomplete part data
                 $pending=1;
+            } else {
+                $pending=0;
             }
             if (! $pdatamismatch) {
                 mysqli_query($db,"update parts set uid=\"$uid\", partnum=\"$partnum\", sernum=\"$sernum\", partname=\"$partname\" where partid=\"$mfpart\"");
@@ -215,6 +213,7 @@ if ($mfedit) {
                 $flagids=mysqli_query($db,"select flagid from flags");
                 while ($thisflagid=mysqli_fetch_row($flagids)) {
                     $thisflag_tbl="flag_".$thisflagid[0];
+                    if ($flags[0]=="") $flags=[];
                     if (in_array($thisflagid[0],$flags)) {
                         if(!mysqli_num_rows(mysqli_query($db,"select id from $thisflag_tbl where target=\"maintforms\" and id=\"$maintformid\""))) {
                             mysqli_query($db,"insert into $thisflag_tbl(target,id) values(\"maintforms\",\"$maintformid\")");
@@ -256,10 +255,8 @@ if ($actionadd) {
             }
             // remove cruft from action text
             $action=htmlentities($action);
-            if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-                $action=addslashes($action);
-            }
-            
+            $action=addslashes($action);
+                        
             // add to maintactions table
             mysqli_query($db,"insert into maintactions (actiondate,actiontime,maintformnum,actiontech,action) 
             values (\"$actiondate\",\"$actiontime\",\"$maintformid\",\"$loggedinas\",\"$action\")");
@@ -273,9 +270,8 @@ if ($actionedit) {
         // update the action
         // remove cruft from action text
         $action=htmlentities($action);
-        if (!get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
-            $action=addslashes($action);
-        }
+        $action=addslashes($action);
+        
         // update maintactions table
         mysqli_query($db,"update maintactions set actiondate=\"$actiondate\", actiontime=\"$actiontime\", action=\"$action\" where maintactionid=\"$maintactionid\"");
     }
@@ -399,6 +395,7 @@ if ($printfmt) {
     }
     $flagslist=mysqli_query($db,"select * from flags");
     while ($flagsymbol=mysqli_fetch_assoc($flagslist)) {
+        if ($theseflags[0]=="") $theseflags=[];
         if (in_array($flagsymbol["flagid"],$theseflags)) {
             echo $flagsymbol['flagsym']."  ";
         }
@@ -491,6 +488,7 @@ if ($printfmt) {
     $flagsperline=8;
     $flagcount=1;
     while ($flagcheckbox=mysqli_fetch_assoc($flagslist)) {
+        if ($theseflags[0]=="") $theseflags=[];
         if (in_array($flagcheckbox["flagid"],$theseflags)) {
             printf("<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"flags[]\" value=\"%s\" checked><font color=\"%s\" title=\"%s\">%s</font>",
             $flagcheckbox["flagid"],$flagcheckbox["flagcolor"],$flagcheckbox["flagname"],$flagcheckbox["flagsym"]);

distfiles/schedmaint.php

@@ -14,50 +14,50 @@ if (isset($_SESSION['login'])) {
 } else {
     $loggedin=false;
 }
-$techid=$_SESSION['login'];
+$techid=$_SESSION['login'] ?? NULL;
 $isadmin=dblookup($db,"techs","techid","admin",$techid);
 
-$upcoming=$_REQUEST['upcoming'];
-$schedule=$_REQUEST['schedule'];
-$tasks=$_REQUEST['tasks'];
-$devices=$_REQUEST['devices'];
-$action=$_REQUEST['action'];
-$complete=$_REQUEST['complete'];
-$defer=$_REQUEST['defer'];
-$add=$_REQUEST['add'];
-$edit=$_REQUEST['edit'];
-$update=$_REQUEST['update'];
-$delete=$_REQUEST['delete'];
-$id=$_REQUEST['id'];
-$active_flag=$_REQUEST['active_flag'];
+$upcoming=$_REQUEST['upcoming'] ?? NULL;
+$schedule=$_REQUEST['schedule'] ?? NULL;
+$tasks=$_REQUEST['tasks'] ?? NULL;
+$devices=$_REQUEST['devices'] ?? NULL;
+$action=$_REQUEST['action'] ?? NULL;
+$complete=$_REQUEST['complete'] ?? NULL;
+$defer=$_REQUEST['defer'] ?? NULL;
+$add=$_REQUEST['add'] ?? NULL;
+$edit=$_REQUEST['edit'] ?? NULL;
+$update=$_REQUEST['update'] ?? NULL;
+$delete=$_REQUEST['delete'] ?? NULL;
+$id=$_REQUEST['id'] ?? NULL;
+$active_flag=$_REQUEST['active_flag'] ?? 0;
 
-$devicename=$_REQUEST['devicename'];
-$devicedesc=$_REQUEST['devicedesc'];
-$group_flag=$_REQUEST['group_flag'];
-$members=$_REQUEST['members'];
+$devicename=$_REQUEST['devicename'] ?? NULL;
+$devicedesc=$_REQUEST['devicedesc'] ?? NULL;
+$group_flag=$_REQUEST['group_flag'] ?? 0;
+$members=$_REQUEST['members'] ?? [];
 
-$weekdays_only=$_REQUEST['weekdays_only'];
-$nextdue_relative=$_REQUEST['nextdue_relative'];
-$taskname=$_REQUEST['taskname'];
-$taskdesc=$_REQUEST['taskdesc'];
-$frequency=$_REQUEST['frequency'];
-$period=$_REQUEST['period'];
-$refdoc_name=$_REQUEST['refdoc_name'];
-$refdoc_url=$_REQUEST['refdoc_url'];
+$weekdays_only=$_REQUEST['weekdays_only'] ?? NULL;
+$nextdue_relative=$_REQUEST['nextdue_relative'] ?? NULL;
+$taskname=$_REQUEST['taskname'] ?? NULL;
+$taskdesc=$_REQUEST['taskdesc'] ?? NULL;
+$frequency=$_REQUEST['frequency'] ?? NULL;
+$period=$_REQUEST['period'] ?? NULL;
+$refdoc_name=$_REQUEST['refdoc_name'] ?? NULL;
+$refdoc_url=$_REQUEST['refdoc_url'] ?? NULL;
 
-$deferred_flag=$_REQUEST['deferred_flag'];
-$deferred_date=$_REQUEST['deferred_date'];
-$start_date=$_REQUEST['start_date'];
-$last_date=$_REQUEST['last_date'];
-$task=$_REQUEST['task'];
-$device=$_REQUEST['device'];
-$deferuntil=$_REQUEST['deferuntil'];
-$completedate=$_REQUEST['completedate'];
-$addlognote=$_REQUEST['addlognote'];
+$deferred_flag=$_REQUEST['deferred_flag'] ?? 0;
+$deferred_date=$_REQUEST['deferred_date'] ?? NULL;
+$start_date=$_REQUEST['start_date'] ?? NULL;
+$last_date=$_REQUEST['last_date'] ?? NULL;
+$task=$_REQUEST['task'] ?? NULL;
+$device=$_REQUEST['device'] ?? NULL;
+$deferuntil=$_REQUEST['deferuntil'] ?? NULL;
+$completedate=$_REQUEST['completedate'] ?? NULL;
+$addlognote=$_REQUEST['addlognote'] ?? NULL;
 
 $logname=LOG_NAME;
 
-$print=$_REQUEST['print'];
+$print=$_REQUEST['print'] ?? NULL;
 
 if ($print) {
     $sbcolor=P_SIDEBAR_COLOR;
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ if ($print) {
     $mbgcolor=MENUBG_COLOR;
 }
 // **** BEGIN DATABASE OPERATIONS ****
-$today=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
 $tomorrow=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select adddate((select current_date),1)"))[0];
 $errorstack=array();
 
@@ -127,6 +126,9 @@ if ($add) {
             }
             // run through the memberlist and modify the table
             foreach ($memberlist as $memberdev) {
+                if ($start_date==NULL) $start_date=$today;
+                if ($last_date==NULL) $last_date="0000-00-00";
+                if ($deferred_date==NULL) $deferred_date="0000-00-00";
                 $addqry=("insert into events(task,device,start_date,last_date,deferred_flag,deferred_date,active_flag) 
                 values(\"$task\",\"$memberdev\",\"$start_date\",\"$last_date\",\"$deferred_flag\",\"$deferred_date\",\"$active_flag\")");
                 mysqli_query($db,$addqry);
@@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ if ($edit) {
             $last_date=mysqli_real_escape_string($db,$last_date);
             $deferred_date=mysqli_real_escape_string($db,$deferred_date);
             // update the tasks table
+            if ($start_date==NULL) $start_date=$today;
+            if ($last_date==NULL) $last_date="0000-00-00";
+            if ($deferred_date==NULL) $deferred_date="0000-00-00";
             mysqli_query($db,"update events 
             set task=\"$task\",device=\"$device\",start_date=\"$start_date\",last_date=\"$last_date\",deferred_flag=\"$deferred_flag\",
             deferred_date=\"$deferred_date\",active_flag=\"$active_flag\" 
@@ -401,7 +406,7 @@ if ($action) {
         }
         if ($start_date=="0000-00-00") $start_date=$today;
         if ($last_date=="0000-00-00") $last_date="";
-        if ($deferred_date=="0000-00-00") $deferred_date="";
+        if ($deferred_date=="0000-00-00") $deferred_date=$tomorrow;
         $deferuntiltag="<input type=\"text\" name=\"deferred_date\" id=\"deferdatepicker\" size=\"10\" maxlength=\"10\" value=\"$deferred_date\" title=\"Format: YYYY-MM-DD\">";
         $startdatetag="<input type=\"text\" name=\"start_date\" id=\"startdatepicker\" size=\"10\" maxlength=\"10\" value=\"$start_date\" title=\"Format: YYYY-MM-DD\">";
         $lastdatetag="<input type=\"text\" name=\"last_date\" id=\"completedatepicker\" size=\"10\" maxlength=\"10\" value=\"$last_date\" title=\"Format: YYYY-MM-DD\">";

distfiles/search.php

@@ -58,20 +58,19 @@ framework("begin","$logname Search","Search",$print);
 
 // ******** begin database manipulation ********
 // get the date range of lognotes
-$todaysdate = mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select current_date"))[0];
 $logdateqry=mysqli_query($db,"select min(date), max(date) from lognotes");
 $logdateresults=mysqli_fetch_row($logdateqry);
 $logmindate=$logdateresults[0];
-if ($logmindate == "") $logmindate = $todaysdate;
+if ($logmindate == "") $logmindate = $today;
 $logmaxdate=$logdateresults[1];
-if ($logmaxdate == "") $logmaxdate = $todaysdate;
+if ($logmaxdate == "") $logmaxdate = $today;
 // get the date range of maintenance forms
 $mfdateqry=mysqli_query($db,"select min(mfdate), max(mfdate) from maintforms");
 $mfdateresults=mysqli_fetch_row($mfdateqry);
 $mfmindate=$mfdateresults[0];
-if ($mfmindate == "") $mfmindate = $todaysdate;
+if ($mfmindate == "") $mfmindate = $today;
 $mfmaxdate=$mfdateresults[1];
-if ($mfmaxdate == "") $mfmaxdate = $todaysdate;
+if ($mfmaxdate == "") $mfmaxdate = $today;
 // determine entire date range
 $mindate=min($logmindate, $mfmindate);
 $maxdate=max($logmaxdate, $mfmaxdate);
@@ -84,6 +83,7 @@ if ($search) {
     $srchpname=trim($srchpname);
     $srchploc=trim($srchploc);
     $srchnha=trim($srchnha);
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("log",$target)) {
         // define the query constraints 
         // log note id
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ if ($search) {
         $logwhereclause=implode(" and ",$logconstraints);
         $logrowqry=mysqli_query($db,"select lognotes.* from $logfromclause where $logwhereclause order by lognotes.date asc, lognotes.time asc");
     }
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("maintform",$target)) {
         // maintforms search
         // define the query constraints 
@@ -284,6 +285,7 @@ if ($search) {
         $mfwhereclause=implode(" and ",$mfconstraints);
         $mfrowqry=mysqli_query($db,"select maintforms.* from $mffromclause where $mfwhereclause order by maintforms.mfdate asc, maintforms.mftime asc");
     }
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("part",$target)) {
         // parts search
         // define the query constraints 
@@ -491,6 +493,7 @@ if (!$print) {
         echo "
         <b>Search in:</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         ";
+        if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
         if (in_array("log", $target)) {
             echo "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"target[]\" value=\"log\" title=\"Search in Logbook\" checked>Logbook&nbsp;&nbsp;";
         } else {
@@ -589,9 +592,12 @@ if (!$print) {
     $flagsperline=8;
     $flagcount=1;
     while ($flagcheckbox=mysqli_fetch_assoc($flagslist)) {
-        if (in_array($flagcheckbox["flagid"],$srchflags)) {
-            printf("<font color=\"%s\">%s</font>",
-            $flagcheckbox["flagcolor"],$flagcheckbox["flagsym"]);
+        if ($srchflags) {
+            if ($srchflags[0]=="") $srchflags=[];
+            if (in_array($flagcheckbox["flagid"],$srchflags)) {
+                printf("<font color=\"%s\">%s</font>",
+                $flagcheckbox["flagcolor"],$flagcheckbox["flagsym"]);
+            }
         }
         if ($flagcount<$flagsperline) {
             echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;";
@@ -605,6 +611,7 @@ if (!$print) {
     <br><br>
     ";
     if ($doparts) {
+        if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
         echo "
         <b>Search in:</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         ";
@@ -627,6 +634,7 @@ if (!$print) {
 }
 
 if ($search) {
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("log",$target)) {
         // run lognotes query and show results
         if(mysqli_num_rows($logrowqry)) {
@@ -684,6 +692,7 @@ if ($search) {
             echo "<font size=\"+1\">No Logbook notes match your search criteria.</font><br><hr>";
         }
     }
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("maintform",$target)) {
         // run maintforms query and show results
         if(mysqli_num_rows($mfrowqry)) {
@@ -746,6 +755,7 @@ if ($search) {
             echo "<font size=\"+1\">No Maintenance Forms match your search criteria.</font><br><hr>";
         }
     }
+    if ($target[0]=="") $target=[];
     if (in_array("part",$target)) {
         // run parts query and show results
         if(mysqli_num_rows($prowqry)) {

distfiles/settings.php

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 */
 
+// determine today's date and time and assign them to variables
+$today = date("Y-m-d");
+$now = date("H:i:s");
+
 $sttl=mysqli_fetch_row(mysqli_query($db,"select confvalue from configs where confname=\"session_ttl_days\""))[0];
 $ostype=strtoupper(substr(php_uname('s'), 0, 3));
 if ($ostype == 'WIN') {

files-update.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# files_update.sh
+
+install_path=$1
+
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.1 -------------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.2 -------------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.3 -------------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.4 -------------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.4.1 -----------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.4.2 -----------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.4.3 -----------
+# Add AllowOverride Options to the apache conf-available file
+install_loc=$(basename $install_path)
+if ! grep -q "AllowOverride Options" /etc/apache2/conf-available/$install_loc.conf
+then
+    sed -i '/^<Directory/a\    AllowOverride Options' /etc/apache2/conf-available/$install_loc.conf
+    systemctl reload apache2
+fi
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.4.4 -----------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+
+# ---------- version 5.2.5 -------------
+# No changes
+# --------------------------------------
+

install.sh

@@ -8,21 +8,26 @@
 
 APP_NAME="OpenLog"
 DEFAULT_DB_NAME="openlog"
-APP_VERSION="5.2.4"
+APP_VERSION="5.2.5"
 DOC_ROOT="/var/www"
 INSTALL_LOC="openlog"
-APACHE_USER="www-data"
-APACHE_GROUP="www-data"
 APACHE_CONF_DIR="/etc/apache2/conf-available"
 BACKUP_DIR="openlog-previous-installation"
-INDEX_FILE="lognotes.php"
+LANDING_PAGE="lognotes.php"
 CONFIG_TABLE="configs"
 CONFIG_NAME_COLUMN="confname"
 CONFIG_VALUE_COLUMN="confvalue"
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_COLUMN=""
-OFFER_OPTIONAL_PKGS=false
 
 
+function privilege_check() {
+    # test for superuser rights
+    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "This script must be run with superuser privileges. Try sudo $0" 
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 function get_new_password() {
 	# Stores new password in the variable $newpassword
     pwgood=false
@@ -105,11 +110,22 @@ function abort_exit() {
     exit 1
 }
 
+function spinner() {
+    local pid="$1"
+    local delay="0.1"
+    local spinstr='|/-\\'
+    local i=0
+
+    while ps -p "$pid" > /dev/null; do
+        i=$(( (i+1) % 4 ))
+        printf "\r[%c]" "${spinstr:$i:1}"
+        sleep "$delay"
+    done
+    printf "\r    \r" # Clear the spinner line
+}
+
 # test for superuser rights
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-   echo "This script must be run with superuser privileges. Try sudo ./install.sh" 
-   abort_exit
-fi
+privilege_check
 
 
 echo ""
@@ -122,182 +138,28 @@ echo "Preparing for installation. Please wait..."
 
 # Prevent unattended-upgrades from interfering
 restart_uu=false
-while systemctl status unattended-upgrades >/dev/null 2>&1
+while dpkg -l|grep unattended-upgrades >/dev/null 2>&1
 do
     systemctl stop unattended-upgrades
     sleep 5
     restart_uu=true
 done
 
-apt-get update
+apt-get update -qq
 
 # Check for prerequisites and prompt to install
 echo "Checking for required packages..."
 echo ""
-install_required_packages "apache2" "php" "mysql-server or mariadb-server" "uuid-runtime"
+install_required_packages "apache2" "php" "mysql-server or mariadb-server" "php-mysql" "uuid-runtime"
 echo ""
 echo "Finished required package installation."
 echo ""
 
-if $OFFER_OPTIONAL_PKGS
-then
-    # Check for optional packages and prompt to install
-    echo "Checking for optional packages..."
-    echo ""
-    echo "Checking for phpmyadmin installation..."
-    echo ""
-    if dpkg -l|grep phpmyadmin >/dev/null 2>&1
-    then
-        echo ""
-        echo "phpmyadmin is installed. Continuing."
-        echo ""
-    else
-        echo "phpmyadmin doesn't seem to be installed."
-        echo "It is an optional package that enables administration of the mysql/mariadb"
-        echo "database server using a friendly GUI. It is highly recommended."
-        echo "Note that this has the potential to be a security risk, especially"
-        echo "if your passwords aren't sufficiently strong."
-        echo -n "Install it now? [Y/n]: "
-        read reqinstall
-        if [ "$reqinstall" = "N" -o "$reqinstall" = "n" ]
-        then
-            echo "Proceeding without installing phpmyadmin. Database administration"
-            echo "will require the use of the mysql/mariadb command line tools."
-        else
-            echo ""
-            echo "Proceeding with phpmyadmin installation"
-            echo ""
-            sleep 3
-            echo ""
-            echo "During the following installation of phpmyadmin:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "- Select apache2 as the web server to configure automatically."
-            echo ""
-            echo "- Choose Yes when prompted to install phpmyadmin database and allow it to"
-            echo "	generate a random password(leave the field blank)."
-            echo ""
-            echo -n "Press enter to continue."
-            read continueok
-            echo ""
-            apt-get install -y phpmyadmin
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo "In order to log in to the database using phpmyadmin, there must be a"
-            echo "database user with a password set who has administrator privileges."
-            echo "After a fresh installation of the MySQL or MariaDB server, the root"
-            echo "user doesn't have a password, and is unable to log in to the phpmyadmin"
-            echo "web GUI. You should create a new user with administrative rights now."
-            echo ""
-            read -p "New MySQL/MariaDB administrator username: " -r newdbadminuser
-            echo ""
-            get_new_password
-            newdbadminpass=$newpassword
-            unset newpassword
-            mysql -e "CREATE USER '$newdbadminuser'@'localhost' 
-            IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password USING password('$newdbadminpass');
-            GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO '$newdbadminuser'@'localhost' 
-            REQUIRE NONE WITH GRANT OPTION 
-            MAX_QUERIES_PER_HOUR 0 
-            MAX_CONNECTIONS_PER_HOUR 0 
-            MAX_UPDATES_PER_HOUR 0 
-            MAX_USER_CONNECTIONS 0;
-            flush privileges"
-            echo ""
-            echo ""
-            echo "You can now access phpmyadmin using a web browser pointed to:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "      http://$HOSTNAME/phpmyadmin"
-            echo ""
-            echo "*** WARNING!! this url is accessible via unencrypted (http) connections."
-            echo "This is a huge security risk since the username and password you enter"
-            echo "on the phpmyadmin login page can be sent in the clear for any potential"
-            echo "attacker to sniff! You should enable redirection to https for phpmyadmin"
-            echo "in your apache2 configuration if your site is reachable from the internet."
-            echo ""
-            echo -n "Press enter to continue."
-            read continueok
-            echo ""
-            echo "Finished with phpmyadmin installation"
-            echo ""
-            sleep 3
-        fi
-    fi
-    echo ""
-    echo "Checking for webmin installation..."
-    echo ""
-    if dpkg -l|grep webmin >/dev/null 2>&1
-    then
-        echo ""
-        echo "webmin is installed. Continuing."
-        echo ""
-    else
-        echo "webmin doesn't seem to be installed."
-        echo "It is an optional package that enables system administration"
-        echo "using a friendly GUI. It is highly recommended, especially for"
-        echo "headless servers without any way to log in directly on the machine."
-        echo "Note that this has the potential to be a security risk, especially"
-        echo "if your passwords aren't sufficiently strong."
-        echo -n "Install it now? [Y/n]: "
-        read reqinstall
-        if [ "$reqinstall" = "N" -o "$reqinstall" = "n" ]
-        then
-            echo "Proceeding without installing webmin. System administration"
-            echo "will require login to the server either directly or via ssh."
-        else
-            echo ""
-            echo "Proceeding with webmin installation"
-            echo ""
-            sleep 3
-            echo "Installing webmin..."
-            skipwebmin="false"
-            if ! curl -o setup-repos.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webmin/webmin/master/setup-repos.sh
-            then
-                echo "Warning: failed to download Webmin repo setup script."
-                echo -n "Ignore and [c]ontinue or [A]bort? [c/A]: "
-                read wmfailchoice
-                if [ "$wmfailchoice" = "C" -o "$wmfailchoice" = "c" ]
-                then
-                    skipwebmin="true"
-                    echo "Continuing without installing Webmin. You should investigate the failure"
-                    echo "and install Webmin manually after the server is set up if you would like"
-                    echo "to be able to manage the server from another computer with a GUI instead"
-                    echo "of through ssh only."
-                    echo -n "Press enter to continue."
-                    read continueok
-                    echo ""
-                fi
-            fi
-            if [ "$skipwebmin" = "false" ]
-            then
-                sh setup-repos.sh -f
-                apt-get install -y --install-recommends webmin
-            fi
-            echo "...done."
-            echo ""
-            echo "You can now access webmin using a web browser pointed to:"
-            echo "https://$HOSTNAME:10000"
-            echo "Unless you have obtained valid ssl certificates, your server is"
-            echo "using self-signed certs. This is not necessarily a problem, but"
-            echo "your browser will complain. You can tell the browser to accept the"
-            echo "self signed certificates and the traffic will still be encrypted,"
-            echo "however you may be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. You can"
-            echo "get free valid certificates through LetsEncrypt."
-            echo "See http://letsencrypt.org for more information."
-            echo ""
-            echo -n "Press enter to continue."
-            read continueok
-            echo ""
-            echo "Finished with webmin installation"
-            echo ""
-            sleep 3
-            
-        fi
-    fi
-    
-    echo ""
-    echo "Finished optional package installation."
-fi
-echo ""
+# Determine the correct Apache2 user and group
+APACHE_USER=$(grep APACHE_RUN_USER /etc/apache2/envvars | cut -d= -f2)
+APACHE_GROUP=$(grep APACHE_RUN_GROUP /etc/apache2/envvars | cut -d= -f2)
+httpd_user_group="$APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP"
+
 sleep 3
 # prompt for install location
 echo "Where would you like to install this version of $APP_NAME? This should"
@@ -322,6 +184,7 @@ fi
 install_path="$doc_root_in/$install_loc_in"
 if [ -d "$install_path" ] 
 then
+    echo "The installation path you chose already exists."
     # Install path exists.
     if [ -e "$install_path/db.php" ] 
     then
@@ -329,31 +192,59 @@ then
         if grep -q -e "$APP_NAME" $install_path/db.php
         then
             # the db.php file is part of a previous installation
-            echo "The installation path you chose already exists."
             echo "Would you like to upgrade an existing installation or cancel "
             echo "and restart the install using a new installation location."
-            echo -n "[U]pgrade or [C]ancel? [C] :"
+            echo -n "[U]pgrade or [C]ancel? [U] :"
             read upgrade_choice
-            if [ "$upgrade_choice" = "U" -o "$upgrade_choice" = "u" ] # Upgrade chosen
+            if [[ $upgrade_choice == "C" || $upgrade_choice == "c" ]] # Cancel chosen
             then
+                echo "Cancelling installation"
+                abort_exit
+            else
                 # proceed with upgrade
+                mkdir -p backups
                 operation="upgraded"
+                curr_dbname=$(grep dbname $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d\" -f2)
+                
+                # create mysql option file with data for this installation
+                mysql_opt_file=$(mktemp --tmpdir=/run/shm/)
+                echo "[client]" > $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "user = $(grep username $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d\" -f2)" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "password = $(grep dbpass $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d\" -f2)" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "[mysql]" > $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "database = $curr_dbname" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "batch" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                echo "disable-column-names" >> $mysql_opt_file
+                                
                 # back up existing database
                 echo "Backing up the current database to the package directory."
-                curr_dbname=`grep dbname $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d "\"" -f2`
-                curr_username=`grep username $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d "\"" -f2`
-                curr_dbpass=`grep dbpass $install_path/db.php | head -1 | cut -d "\"" -f2`
-                export MYSQL_PWD="$curr_dbpass"
-                mysqldump --no-tablespaces -u"$curr_username" $curr_dbname > $curr_dbname-`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S`-backup.sql
+                mysqldump --defaults-extra-file=$mysql_opt_file --no-tablespaces $curr_dbname > backups/$curr_dbname-$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S)-backup.sql
+                
                 # back up existing installation
                 echo "Backing up current installation to the package directory."
-                cp -R $install_path $install_loc_in-`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S`-backup
+                cp -R $install_path backups/$install_loc_in-`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S`-backup
+                
                 # delete all existing installation files except db.php
                 find $install_path/ -mindepth 1 -not -name 'db.php' -delete
-                # apply database updates
-                mysql -u"$curr_username" -f -D $curr_dbname < database-update.sql >/dev/null 2>&1
-                # apply updates to existing db.php
-                bash ./db.php_update $install_path
+                
+                echo "Performing database updates. This may take a while..."
+                # apply database updates from sql file
+                (mysql --defaults-extra-file=$mysql_opt_file --force < database-update.sql >/dev/null 2>&1) &
+                task_pid=$!
+                spinner $task_pid
+                
+                # apply database updates via script
+                (bash ./database-update.sh $mysql_opt_file) &
+                task_pid=$!
+                spinner $task_pid
+                
+                echo "... finished with database updates."
+                rm -f $mysql_opt_file
+                
+                # apply updates to other files
+                bash ./files-update.sh $install_path
+                
                 # copy distribution to install location
                 echo "Installing distribution . . ."
                 cp -R distfiles/* $install_path
@@ -365,27 +256,17 @@ then
 				# set symlink for index.php
 				if [ ! -L "$install_path/index.php" ]
 			    then
-					ln -s $install_path/$INDEX_FILE $install_path/index.php
+					ln -s $install_path/$LANDING_PAGE $install_path/index.php
 				fi
+                # add the local timezone to .htaccess 
+                local_tz=$(timedatectl show -p Timezone|cut -d= -f2)
+                echo "Your local timezone is $local_tz"
+                echo "php_value date.timezone \"$local_tz\"">$install_path/.htaccess
+                                
                 # set ownership
-                echo "In order to set the ownership correctly, we need to know the user and"
-                echo "group that the webserver expects its files to be owned by. This is"
-                echo "usually not the root account. Refer to the ownership of other files in"
-                echo "your webserver's document tree to see what this should be."
-                echo "Enter the user and group separated by a colon (username:groupname)."
-                echo "Enter the user:group of the $APP_NAME installation"
-                echo -n "directory [$APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP] :"
-                read httpd_user_group
-                if [ "$httpd_user_group" = "" ] 
-                then
-                    httpd_user_group="$APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP"
-                fi
                 echo ""
                 echo "Setting file ownership . . ."
                 chown -R $httpd_user_group $install_path
-            else
-                echo "Cancelling installation"
-                abort_exit
             fi
         else
             # This was a mistake. Exit now to avoid clobbering another app.
@@ -396,8 +277,21 @@ then
     else
      # This was a mistake. Exit now to avoid clobbering another app.
         echo "The installation directory you chose exists, but no previous installation"
-        echo "of $APP_NAME was found. Please investigate the situation. Aborting now."
-        abort_exit
+        echo "of $APP_NAME was found."
+        echo ""
+        echo "   CAUTION: If there is anything else in this directory, it will be deleted!"
+        echo ""
+        echo "Would you like to use this location for a fresh installation or quit and"
+        echo "investigate further? It's probably safest to quit and investigate."
+        proceed=""
+        while [[ $proceed != "P" && $proceed != "p" && $proceed != "Q" && $proceed != "q" ]]
+        do
+            read proceed -p "[P]roceed with new install or [Q]uit? : "
+        done
+        if [[ $proceed == "Q" || $proceed == "q" ]]
+        then
+            abort_exit
+        fi
     fi
 else
     # This is a fresh install
@@ -486,21 +380,14 @@ else
 	fi
     if [ ! -L "$install_path/index.php" ]
     then
-		ln -s $install_path/lognotes.php $install_path/index.php
+		ln -s $install_path/$LANDING_PAGE $install_path/index.php
 	fi
+    # add the local timezone to .htaccess 
+    local_tz=$(timedatectl show -p Timezone|cut -d= -f2)
+    echo "Your local timezone is $local_tz"
+    echo "php_value date.timezone \"$local_tz\"">$install_path/.htaccess
+    
     # set ownership
-    echo "In order to set the ownership correctly, we need to know the user and"
-    echo "group that the webserver expects its files to be owned by. This is"
-    echo "usually not the root account. Refer to the ownership of other files in"
-    echo "your webserver's document tree to see what this should be."
-    echo "Enter the user and group separated by a colon (username:groupname)."
-    echo "Enter the user:group of the $APP_NAME installation"
-    echo -n "directory [$APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP] :"
-    read httpd_user_group
-    if [ "$httpd_user_group" = "" ] 
-    then
-        httpd_user_group="$APACHE_USER:$APACHE_GROUP"
-    fi
     echo ""
     echo "Setting file ownership . . ."
     chown -R $httpd_user_group $install_path
@@ -521,6 +408,7 @@ then
     echo "Alias /$base_url $doc_root_in/$base_url" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
     echo "" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
     echo "<Directory $doc_root_in/$base_url>" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
+    echo "    AllowOverride Options" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
     echo "    Options FollowSymLinks" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
     echo "    DirectoryIndex index.php" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf
     echo "</Directory>" >> $APACHE_CONF_DIR/$base_url.conf