diff -r e3d7322305bf -r 5e1f1e916419 punbb/include/essentials.php
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/punbb/include/essentials.php	Sat Apr 05 23:56:45 2008 -0400
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+<?php
+/***********************************************************************
+
+  Copyright (C) 2002-2008  PunBB.org
+
+  This file is part of PunBB.
+
+  PunBB is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+  by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
+  or (at your option) any later version.
+
+  PunBB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+  MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+************************************************************************/
+
+
+// Enable DEBUG mode by removing // from the following line
+define('PUN_DEBUG', 1);
+
+// This displays all executed queries in the page footer.
+// DO NOT enable this in a production environment!
+//define('PUN_SHOW_QUERIES', 1);
+
+// Enable this if an extension is causing problems and you can't access the admin interface
+//define('PUN_DISABLE_HOOKS', 1);
+
+if (!defined('PUN_ROOT'))
+	exit('The constant PUN_ROOT must be defined and point to a valid PunBB installation root directory.');
+
+
+// Load the functions script
+require PUN_ROOT.'include/functions.php';
+
+// Reverse the effect of register_globals
+pun_unregister_globals();
+
+
+// Attempt to load the configuration file config.php
+if (file_exists(PUN_ROOT.'config.php'))
+	include PUN_ROOT.'config.php';
+
+if (!defined('PUN'))
+	error('The file \'config.php\' doesn\'t exist or is corrupt. Please run <a href="install.php">install.php</a> to install PunBB first.');
+
+
+// Record the start time (will be used to calculate the generation time for the page)
+list($usec, $sec) = explode(' ', microtime());
+$pun_start = ((float)$usec + (float)$sec);
+
+// Make sure PHP reports all errors except E_NOTICE. PunBB supports E_ALL, but a lot of scripts it may interact with, do not.
+error_reporting(E_ALL);
+
+// Force POSIX locale (to prevent functions such as strtolower() from messing up UTF-8 strings)
+setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'C');
+
+// If the cache directory is not specified, we use the default setting
+if (!defined('PUN_CACHE_DIR'))
+	define('PUN_CACHE_DIR', PUN_ROOT.'cache/');
+
+
+// Load DB abstraction layer and connect
+require PUN_ROOT.'include/dblayer/common_db.php';
+
+// Start a transaction
+$pun_db->start_transaction();
+
+
+// Load cached config
+if (file_exists(PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_config.php'))
+	include PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_config.php';
+
+if (!defined('PUN_CONFIG_LOADED'))
+{
+	require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
+	generate_config_cache();
+	require PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_config.php';
+}
+
+
+// Load hooks
+if (file_exists(PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_hooks.php'))
+	include PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_hooks.php';
+
+if (!defined('PUN_HOOKS_LOADED'))
+{
+	require_once PUN_ROOT.'include/cache.php';
+	generate_hooks_cache();
+	require PUN_CACHE_DIR.'cache_hooks.php';
+}
+
+
+define('PUN_ESSENTIALS_LOADED', 1);
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