If cannot connect, then stop the installation

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index d5e8e8b61..901e502f1 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -242,6 +242,12 @@ function pgsql_db_installer($host, $database, $username, $password, $sitename) {
   updateStatus("Starting installation...");
   updateStatus("Checking database...");
   $conn = pg_connect($connstring);
+  
+  if ($conn ===false) {
+    updateStatus("Failed to connect to database: $connstring");
+    showForm();
+    return false;
+  }
 
   //ensure database encoding is UTF8
   $record = pg_fetch_object(pg_query($conn, 'SHOW server_encoding'));