'pages',
            'olddir'    => 'attic',
            'mediadir'  => 'media',
            'mediaolddir' => 'media_attic',
            'metadir'   => 'meta',
            'mediametadir' => 'media_meta',
            'cachedir'  => 'cache',
            'indexdir'  => 'index',
            'lockdir'   => 'locks',
            'tmpdir'    => 'tmp');
    foreach($paths as $c => $p) {
        $path = empty($conf[$c]) ? $conf['savedir'].'/'.$p : $conf[$c];
        $conf[$c] = init_path($path);
        if(empty($conf[$c]))
            nice_die("The $c ('$p') at $path is not found, isn't accessible or writable.
                You should check your config and permission settings.
                Or maybe you want to run the
                installer?");
    }
    // path to old changelog only needed for upgrading
    $conf['changelog_old'] = init_path((isset($conf['changelog']))?($conf['changelog']):($conf['savedir'].'/changes.log'));
    if ($conf['changelog_old']=='') { unset($conf['changelog_old']); }
    // hardcoded changelog because it is now a cache that lives in meta
    $conf['changelog'] = $conf['metadir'].'/_dokuwiki.changes';
    $conf['media_changelog'] = $conf['metadir'].'/_media.changes';
}
/**
 * Load the language strings
 *
 * @param string $langCode language code, as passed by event handler
 */
function init_lang($langCode) {
    //prepare language array
    global $lang, $config_cascade;
    $lang = array();
    //load the language files
    require(DOKU_INC.'inc/lang/en/lang.php');
    foreach ($config_cascade['lang']['core'] as $config_file) {
        if (file_exists($config_file . 'en/lang.php')) {
            include($config_file . 'en/lang.php');
        }
    }
    if ($langCode && $langCode != 'en') {
        if (file_exists(DOKU_INC."inc/lang/$langCode/lang.php")) {
            require(DOKU_INC."inc/lang/$langCode/lang.php");
        }
        foreach ($config_cascade['lang']['core'] as $config_file) {
            if (file_exists($config_file . "$langCode/lang.php")) {
                include($config_file . "$langCode/lang.php");
            }
        }
    }
}
/**
 * Checks the existence of certain files and creates them if missing.
 */
function init_files(){
    global $conf;
    $files = array($conf['indexdir'].'/page.idx');
    foreach($files as $file){
        if(!file_exists($file)){
            $fh = @fopen($file,'a');
            if($fh){
                fclose($fh);
                if(!empty($conf['fperm'])) chmod($file, $conf['fperm']);
            }else{
                nice_die("$file is not writable. Check your permissions settings!");
            }
        }
    }
}
/**
 * Returns absolute path
 *
 * This tries the given path first, then checks in DOKU_INC.
 * Check for accessibility on directories as well.
 *
 * @author Andreas Gohr 
 *
 * @param string $path
 *
 * @return bool|string
 */
function init_path($path){
    // check existence
    $p = fullpath($path);
    if(!file_exists($p)){
        $p = fullpath(DOKU_INC.$path);
        if(!file_exists($p)){
            return '';
        }
    }
    // check writability
    if(!@is_writable($p)){
        return '';
    }
    // check accessability (execute bit) for directories
    if(@is_dir($p) && !file_exists("$p/.")){
        return '';
    }
    return $p;
}
/**
 * Sets the internal config values fperm and dperm which, when set,
 * will be used to change the permission of a newly created dir or
 * file with chmod. Considers the influence of the system's umask
 * setting the values only if needed.
 */
function init_creationmodes(){
    global $conf;
    // Legacy support for old umask/dmask scheme
    unset($conf['dmask']);
    unset($conf['fmask']);
    unset($conf['umask']);
    unset($conf['fperm']);
    unset($conf['dperm']);
    // get system umask, fallback to 0 if none available
    $umask = @umask();
    if(!$umask) $umask = 0000;
    // check what is set automatically by the system on file creation
    // and set the fperm param if it's not what we want
    $auto_fmode = 0666 & ~$umask;
    if($auto_fmode != $conf['fmode']) $conf['fperm'] = $conf['fmode'];
    // check what is set automatically by the system on file creation
    // and set the dperm param if it's not what we want
    $auto_dmode = $conf['dmode'] & ~$umask;
    if($auto_dmode != $conf['dmode']) $conf['dperm'] = $conf['dmode'];
}
/**
 * Returns the full absolute URL to the directory where
 * DokuWiki is installed in (includes a trailing slash)
 *
 * !! Can not access $_SERVER values through $INPUT
 * !! here as this function is called before $INPUT is
 * !! initialized.
 *
 * @author Andreas Gohr 
 *
 * @param null|string $abs
 *
 * @return string
 */
function getBaseURL($abs=null){
    global $conf;
    //if canonical url enabled always return absolute
    if(is_null($abs)) $abs = $conf['canonical'];
    if(!empty($conf['basedir'])){
        $dir = $conf['basedir'];
    }elseif(substr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],-4) == '.php'){
        $dir = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
    }elseif(substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],-4) == '.php'){
        $dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
    }elseif($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] && $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']){
        $dir = preg_replace ('/^'.preg_quote($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],'/').'/','',
                $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
        $dir = dirname('/'.$dir);
    }else{
        $dir = '.'; //probably wrong
    }
    $dir = str_replace('\\','/',$dir);             // bugfix for weird WIN behaviour
    $dir = preg_replace('#//+#','/',"/$dir/");     // ensure leading and trailing slashes
    //handle script in lib/exe dir
    $dir = preg_replace('!lib/exe/$!','',$dir);
    //handle script in lib/plugins dir
    $dir = preg_replace('!lib/plugins/.*$!','',$dir);
    //finish here for relative URLs
    if(!$abs) return $dir;
    //use config option if available, trim any slash from end of baseurl to avoid multiple consecutive slashes in the path
    if(!empty($conf['baseurl'])) return rtrim($conf['baseurl'],'/').$dir;
    //split hostheader into host and port
    if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])){
        $parsed_host = parse_url('http://'.$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
        $host = isset($parsed_host['host']) ? $parsed_host['host'] : null;
        $port = isset($parsed_host['port']) ? $parsed_host['port'] : null;
    }elseif(isset($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])){
        $parsed_host = parse_url('http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
        $host = isset($parsed_host['host']) ? $parsed_host['host'] : null;
        $port = isset($parsed_host['port']) ? $parsed_host['port'] : null;
    }else{
        $host = php_uname('n');
        $port = '';
    }
    if(is_null($port)){
        $port = '';
    }
    if(!is_ssl()){
        $proto = 'http://';
        if ($port == '80') {
            $port = '';
        }
    }else{
        $proto = 'https://';
        if ($port == '443') {
            $port = '';
        }
    }
    if($port !== '') $port = ':'.$port;
    return $proto.$host.$port.$dir;
}
/**
 * Check if accessed via HTTPS
 *
 * Apache leaves ,$_SERVER['HTTPS'] empty when not available, IIS sets it to 'off'.
 * 'false' and 'disabled' are just guessing
 *
 * @returns bool true when SSL is active
 */
function is_ssl() {
    // check if we are behind a reverse proxy
    if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'])) {
        if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https') {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }
    if(!isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ||
        preg_match('/^(|off|false|disabled)$/i', $_SERVER['HTTPS'])) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}
/**
 * checks it is windows OS
 * @return bool
 */
function isWindows() {
    return (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') ? true : false;
}
/**
 * print a nice message even if no styles are loaded yet.
 *
 * @param integer|string $msg
 */
function nice_die($msg){
    echo<<
DokuWiki Setup Error
    
        DokuWiki Setup Error
        $msg
     
EOT;
    if(defined('DOKU_UNITTEST')) {
        throw new RuntimeException('nice_die: '.$msg);
    }
    exit(1);
}
/**
 * A realpath() replacement
 *
 * This function behaves similar to PHP's realpath() but does not resolve
 * symlinks or accesses upper directories
 *
 * @author Andreas Gohr 
 * @author 
 * @link   http://php.net/manual/en/function.realpath.php#75992
 *
 * @param string $path
 * @param bool $exists
 *
 * @return bool|string
 */
function fullpath($path,$exists=false){
    static $run = 0;
    $root  = '';
    $iswin = (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN' || @$GLOBALS['DOKU_UNITTEST_ASSUME_WINDOWS']);
    // find the (indestructable) root of the path - keeps windows stuff intact
    if($path{0} == '/'){
        $root = '/';
    }elseif($iswin){
        // match drive letter and UNC paths
        if(preg_match('!^([a-zA-z]:)(.*)!',$path,$match)){
            $root = $match[1].'/';
            $path = $match[2];
        }else if(preg_match('!^(\\\\\\\\[^\\\\/]+\\\\[^\\\\/]+[\\\\/])(.*)!',$path,$match)){
            $root = $match[1];
            $path = $match[2];
        }
    }
    $path = str_replace('\\','/',$path);
    // if the given path wasn't absolute already, prepend the script path and retry
    if(!$root){
        $base = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);
        $path = $base.'/'.$path;
        if($run == 0){ // avoid endless recursion when base isn't absolute for some reason
            $run++;
            return fullpath($path,$exists);
        }
    }
    $run = 0;
    // canonicalize
    $path=explode('/', $path);
    $newpath=array();
    foreach($path as $p) {
        if ($p === '' || $p === '.') continue;
        if ($p==='..') {
            array_pop($newpath);
            continue;
        }
        array_push($newpath, $p);
    }
    $finalpath = $root.implode('/', $newpath);
    // check for existence when needed (except when unit testing)
    if($exists && !defined('DOKU_UNITTEST') && !file_exists($finalpath)) {
        return false;
    }
    return $finalpath;
}