Database set timezone error while installing OJS 3.5.0-3

[CakmakH]

I am installing OJS 3.5.0-3 for the first time on Windows 11 with PHP 8.2.11 and MySQL 8.0.43. I am trying to install it via localhost. After making the necessary adjustments on the first page that appears, I am getting an error message: “Failed to set database timezone: could not find driver (Connection: mysql, SQL: SET time_zone = ‘+03:00’)”, and the installation does not continue. What is causing this error? How can I fix it?

There is one point I am not entirely sure about during installation. That is how the database settings should be configured. Is the information provided here, such as username, password and database name, for accessing the MySQL database? How should the ‘OAI Settings’ be given?

[asmecher]

Hi @CakmakH,

Are you sure that the PHP module for the corresponding database driver that you chose (MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL) is installed and enabled in your php.ini?

In the installation form, the database information is entered in the following section:

The OAI settings are not relevant to your database configuration.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team