Enhance the database structure checks when they failed.

boot.php

@@ -1023,8 +1023,27 @@ if(! function_exists('update_db')) {
 					set_config('database','dbupdate_'.DB_UPDATE_VERSION, time());
 
 					require_once("include/dbstructure.php");
-					update_structure(false, true);
+					$retval = update_structure(false, true);
-
+					if($retval) {
+						//send the administrator an e-mail
+						$email_tpl = get_intltext_template("update_fail_eml.tpl");
+						$email_msg = replace_macros($email_tpl, array(
+							'$sitename' => $a->config['sitename'],
+							'$siteurl' =>  $a->get_baseurl(),
+							'$update' => DB_UPDATE_VERSION,
+							'$error' => sprintf(t('Update %s failed. See error logs.'), DB_UPDATE_VERSION)
+						));
+						$subject=sprintf(t('Update Error at %s'), $a->get_baseurl());
+						require_once('include/email.php');
+						$subject = email_header_encode($subject,'UTF-8');
+						mail($a->config['admin_email'], $subject, $email_msg,
+							'From: ' . 'Administrator' . '@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."\n"
+							.'Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8'."\n"
+							.'Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit');
+						//try the logger
+						logger("CRITICAL: Database structure update failed: ".$retval);
+						break;
+					} else
 						set_config('database','dbupdate_'.DB_UPDATE_VERSION, 'success');
 
 					for($x = $stored; $x < $current; $x ++) {

mod/admin.php

@@ -671,23 +671,37 @@ function admin_page_dbsync(&$a) {
 		goaway($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/admin/dbsync');
 	}
 
-	if($a->argc > 2 && intval($a->argv[2])) {
+	if(($a->argc > 2) AND (intval($a->argv[2]) OR ($a->argv[2] === 'check'))) {
+		require_once("include/dbstructure.php");
+		$retval = update_structure(false, true);
+		if (!$retval) {
+			$o .= sprintf(t("Database structure update %s was successfully applied."), DB_UPDATE_VERSION)."<br />";
+			set_config('database', 'dbupdate_'.DB_UPDATE_VERSION, 'success');
+		} else
+			$o .= sprintf(t("Executing of database structure update %s failed with error: %s"),
+					DB_UPDATE_VERSION, $retval)."<br />";
+		if ($a->argv[2] === 'check')
+			return $o;
+	}
+
+	if ($a->argc > 2 && intval($a->argv[2])) {
 		require_once('update.php');
 		$func = 'update_' . intval($a->argv[2]);
 		if(function_exists($func)) {
 			$retval = $func();
 			if($retval === UPDATE_FAILED) {
-				$o .= sprintf( t('Executing %s failed. Check system logs.'), $func);
+				$o .= sprintf(t("Executing %s failed with error: %s"), $func, $retval);
 			}
 			elseif($retval === UPDATE_SUCCESS) {
-				$o .= sprintf( t('Update %s was successfully applied.', $func));
+				$o .= sprintf(t('Update %s was successfully applied.', $func));
 				set_config('database',$func, 'success');
 			}
 			else
-				$o .= sprintf( t('Update %s did not return a status. Unknown if it succeeded.'), $func);
+				$o .= sprintf(t('Update %s did not return a status. Unknown if it succeeded.'), $func);
+		} else {
+			$o .= sprintf(t('There was no additional update function %s that needed to be called.'), $func)."<br />";
+			set_config('database',$func, 'success');
 		}
-		else
-			$o .= sprintf( t('Update function %s could not be found.'), $func);
 		return $o;
 	}
 
@@ -701,9 +715,13 @@ function admin_page_dbsync(&$a) {
 			$failed[] = $upd;
 		}
 	}
-	if(! count($failed))
+	if(! count($failed)) {
-		return '<h3>' . t('No failed updates.') . '</h3>';
+		$o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('structure_check.tpl'),array(
-
+			'$base' => $a->get_baseurl(true),
+			'$banner' => t('No failed updates.'),
+			'$check' => t('Check database structure'),
+		));
+	} else {
 		$o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('failed_updates.tpl'),array(
 			'$base' => $a->get_baseurl(true),
 			'$banner' => t('Failed Updates'),
@@ -712,6 +730,7 @@ function admin_page_dbsync(&$a) {
 			'$apply' => t('Attempt to execute this update step automatically'),
 			'$failed' => $failed
 		));
+	}
 
 	return $o;
 

view/templates/structure_check.tpl

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{*
+ *	AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED TEMPLATE
+ *	DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
+ *
+ *}}
+<h2>{{$banner}}</h2>
+
+<p><a href="{{$base}}/admin/dbsync/check">{{$check}}</a></p>
+
+<hr />
+