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Hi All! I got this message after installing a fresh EE 2.2.2 on a MS IIs server.

It is on the top of my control panel after I log in.

I googled it and it looks like it can be resolved by editing some files:
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/164019/

But I am not a PHP programmer so I don’t know how to fix. Please help me fix this issue:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: date_default_timezone_get(): 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. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Los_Angeles' for '-7.0/DST' instead

Filename: libraries/Core.php

Line Number: 227

My other issue is my main links in my control panel nav (top) are not functioning and my templates are not linking. I looked at my phpinfo.php file to find the correct path to the themes folder but it is not taking.

The fonts in the control panel forms (seems like it is just the forms) are twice as large as usual for some reason. Something is not linking up?

Thanks!

Hi Jack,

Okay let’s take the items one at a time here if we may.

The error about the default timezone can be fixed by making a change in your php.ini file.

A lot of hosts don’t allow you to have access to this file so you would need to contact them and let them know about this error to see if they will change that for you on your site.

Does that help on that matter?

Thanks,

Mark

Thanks Mark,

I found the php.ini file after googling and looking inside my phpinfo.php file. (For everybody out there who has never heard of this file)

For everybody else out there who has no experience with php.ini files; this guy has shared a step by step process to fix this issue in another EE Forum thread:

http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/192532/

4: Open php.ini in your editor, for example by dragging it to the editors icon in the Dock.

5: Do a search for [Date] and find these lines:

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; <a href="http://php.net/date.timezone">http://php.net/date.timezone</a>
; date.timezone =

6: Edit the last line, so you remove the semi-colon in front of it (this un-comments the line, making it active) and so you include your local timezone, like so:

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; <a href="http://php.net/date.timezone">http://php.net/date.timezone</a>
date.timezone = "Europe/Copenhagen"

7: Replace Europe/Copenhagen with your own timezone, and then save the file. Enter your password if/when the text editor asks you. You need to authenticate, because the php.ini file is in a directory that needs authentication. Make sure you save the file as php.ini and not as a new file with another filename.

 

EDIT: For our server, we had to un-comment all three lines for it to work (not just the last one).

UPDATE:

Be prepared for it!

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Now my other issue… please help!

The control panel after fixing the php.ini files is back to normal looking now. However, the top nav menus are not dropping down! Does anybody know what this is a symptom of if it appears normal but the links are not dropping down?

I went into my phpinfo.php and also looked at Tools < Utilities > PHP Info and looked for the server paths.

I tried them as well as multiple combos and nothing is working!

This is on a MS IIs server but does that matter? Directories are directories right?

Also, in my research - I noticed it might be a binary/text upload issue? Can it be? Why would everything else work except for the dropdown?

Thanks!

Hi Jack,

Glad to hear you figured out the problem and were able to take care of it. Is there anything else in this thread that we can help with?

Nope, thanks! Close it up.

Hi Jack,

Glad to hear you got this sorted. Thanks for letting us know.

If anything else crops up then please don’t hesitate to post again as needed.

Thanks,

Mark