diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 86b1a7fbf594532b8106961685a1df33a8217407..0e00a0e77a74eecc12fb357214e9fbee9456c3bc 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ REQUIREMENTS
Drupal requires:
- - a web server, Apache (version 2.0 or greater) is recommended,
- - PHP 5 (5.2.0 or greater) (http://www.php.net/),
- - and either MySQL (5.0.15 or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/), PostgreSQL (8.3
- or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/), or SQLite (3.4.2 or greater)
- (http://www.sqlite.org/).
+- A web server. Apache (version 2.0 or greater) is recommended.
+- PHP 5.2.0 (or greater) (http://www.php.net/).
+- One of the following databases:
+ - MySQL 5.0.15 (or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/).
+ - MariaDB 5.1.44 (or greater) (http://mariadb.org/). MariaDB is a fully
+ compatible drop-in replacement for MySQL.
+ - PostgreSQL 8.3 (or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/).
+ - SQLite 3.4.2 (or greater) (http://www.sqlite.org/).
For more detailed information about Drupal requirements, including a list of
PHP extensions and configurations that are required, see "System requirements"
diff --git a/includes/database/mysql/install.inc b/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
index f443944d8b592575f84b80c8e15ea56237677803..59320f4f767580113fbc455317e95f0d5a0e3396 100644
--- a/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
+++ b/includes/database/mysql/install.inc
@@ -6,13 +6,23 @@
* Installation code for MySQL embedded database engine.
*/
-
-// MySQL specific install functions
-
+/**
+ * Specifies installation tasks for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+ */
class DatabaseTasks_mysql extends DatabaseTasks {
+
+ /**
+ * The PDO driver name for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
protected $pdoDriver = 'mysql';
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a human-readable name string for MySQL and equivalent databases.
+ */
public function name() {
- return 'MySQL';
+ return 'MySQL, MariaDB, or equivalent';
}
}
diff --git a/includes/install.core.inc b/includes/install.core.inc
index 4e6470836de56524f0f2854bd4db39fea7d92ea4..443ec8aa4ffafaba4e4b0c5deb6c4d86ef1b1d91 100644
--- a/includes/install.core.inc
+++ b/includes/install.core.inc
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ function install_settings_form($form, &$form_state, &$install_state) {
);
if (count($drivers) == 1) {
$form['driver']['#disabled'] = TRUE;
- $form['driver']['#description'] .= ' ' . st('Your PHP configuration only supports the %driver database type so it has been automatically selected.', array('%driver' => current($drivers)));
+ $form['driver']['#description'] .= ' ' . st('Your PHP configuration only supports a single database type, so it has been automatically selected.');
}
// Database name.
diff --git a/includes/install.inc b/includes/install.inc
index 8626b04f9fcdd177721af8899d973d5ecc64f992..40b352df56007eef85a135ea0a47dc1fe4c1166f 100644
--- a/includes/install.inc
+++ b/includes/install.inc
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ abstract class DatabaseTasks {
'arguments' => array(
'CREATE TABLE drupal_install_test (id int NULL)',
'Drupal can use CREATE TABLE database commands.',
- 'Failed to <strong>CREATE</strong> a test table on your %name database server with the command %query. %name reports the following message: %error.<p>Are you sure the configured username has the necessary %name permissions to create tables in the database?</p>',
+ 'Failed to <strong>CREATE</strong> a test table on your database server with the command %query. The server reports the following message: %error.<p>Are you sure the configured username has the necessary permissions to create tables in the database?</p>',
TRUE,
),
),
@@ -286,28 +286,28 @@ abstract class DatabaseTasks {
'arguments' => array(
'INSERT INTO drupal_install_test (id) VALUES (1)',
'Drupal can use INSERT database commands.',
- 'Failed to <strong>INSERT</strong> a value into a test table on your %name database server. We tried inserting a value with the command %query and %name reported the following error: %error.',
+ 'Failed to <strong>INSERT</strong> a value into a test table on your database server. We tried inserting a value with the command %query and the server reported the following error: %error.',
),
),
array(
'arguments' => array(
'UPDATE drupal_install_test SET id = 2',
'Drupal can use UPDATE database commands.',
- 'Failed to <strong>UPDATE</strong> a value in a test table on your %name database server. We tried updating a value with the command %query and %name reported the following error: %error.',
+ 'Failed to <strong>UPDATE</strong> a value in a test table on your database server. We tried updating a value with the command %query and the server reported the following error: %error.',
),
),
array(
'arguments' => array(
'DELETE FROM drupal_install_test',
'Drupal can use DELETE database commands.',
- 'Failed to <strong>DELETE</strong> a value from a test table on your %name database server. We tried deleting a value with the command %query and %name reported the following error: %error.',
+ 'Failed to <strong>DELETE</strong> a value from a test table on your database server. We tried deleting a value with the command %query and the server reported the following error: %error.',
),
),
array(
'arguments' => array(
'DROP TABLE drupal_install_test',
'Drupal can use DROP TABLE database commands.',
- 'Failed to <strong>DROP</strong> a test table from your %name database server. We tried dropping a table with the command %query and %name reported the following error %error.',
+ 'Failed to <strong>DROP</strong> a test table from your database server. We tried dropping a table with the command %query and the server reported the following error %error.',
),
),
);
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ protected function connect() {
$this->pass('Drupal can CONNECT to the database ok.');
}
catch (Exception $e) {
- $this->fail(st('Failed to connect to your %name database server. %name reports the following message: %error.<ul><li>Is the database server running?</li><li>Does the database exist, and have you entered the correct database name?</li><li>Have you entered the correct username and password?</li><li>Have you entered the correct database hostname?</li></ul>', array('%error' => $e->getMessage(), '%name' => $this->name())));
+ $this->fail(st('Failed to connect to your database server. The server reports the following message: %error.<ul><li>Is the database server running?</li><li>Does the database exist, and have you entered the correct database name?</li><li>Have you entered the correct username and password?</li><li>Have you entered the correct database hostname?</li></ul>', array('%error' => $e->getMessage())));
return FALSE;
}
return TRUE;