#6295 - Flat file install fails

By Adam Edington
Added 22nd Oct 2025, 3:01 AM
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Identifier	#6295
Issue type	Minor issue (breaks specific functionality)
Title	Flat file install fails
Status	Closed (no changes needed)
Handling member	PDStig
Version	10.0.52
Addon	installer
Description	Cannot proceed to install without a database. My database is the only real limit on my hosting plan. Not sure if v11 offers a database-less install but if it does, the issue may also exist there. It's a shame, given the db is a massive attack vector.
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Edited 1st Dec 2025

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System message - Issue updated

By PDStig, By PDStig, posted 1st Dec 2025, 5:47 PM

The details or status of this tracker issue were updated by PDStig

By PDStig posted 1st Dec 2025, 5:51 PM

Composr does not officially support flat-file installs. There is the XML driver, but it is only available when using Composr from Git (it was intended for development testing only and has a lot of nuances).

In fact, the XML driver does not work at all in v11, and I have no plans right now to fix it (costs outweigh benefits).

However, I'd suggest adding a feature request for something like SQLite support, which can easily be done since PHP supports it natively.

Last edit: 1st Dec 2025, 5:51 PM by PDStig

By PDStig posted 21st Dec 2025, 8:26 PM

I'm adding SQLite 3 to v11 beta9. But it will only have basic support. It won't work well for major upgrades at this time because it doesn't support changing column properties (without creating a new table and migrating everything over).

I'm mainly doing this for additional dev testing capabilities. But it will work for admins of simple sites who want just a flat file for the database.

By Adam Edington posted 21st Dec 2025, 8:44 PM

Cool, not sure how useful it will be for my use case. It seems the galleries table takes up a lot of my database and that keeps on growing, hence why I tried the option in v10. Sadly, v10 did not deliver.