[#46259] - [5.4] cli error/help message
- Fixed in Code Base
- 17 Oct 2025
- Medium
- Build: 5.4-dev
- # 46259
- Diff
- brianteeman:cli
User tests: Successful: Unsuccessful:
Summary of Changes
Improve error message with helpful information
Testing Instructions
When Joomla is not installed (there is no configuration.php) and you try to run the cli commands php cli/joomla.php you get a message that you need to install Joomla to use the CLI
Actual result BEFORE applying this Pull Request
Expected result AFTER applying this Pull Request
Link to documentations
Please select:
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Documentation link for docs.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for docs.joomla.org needed
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Pull Request link for manual.joomla.org:
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No documentation changes for manual.joomla.org needed
| Status | New | ⇒ | Pending |
joomla-cms-bot
- | Category | ⇒ | CLI |
Setting the "bug" label as it is not really a new feature.
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 2687326
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| Status | Pending | ⇒ | Ready to Commit |
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✅ Final test before merge with unzipped nightly build: One-line message seen before
- Test with PR full package unzipped: Three-line messages with command (command works with copy&paste)
| Status | Ready to Commit | ⇒ | Fixed in Code Base |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2025-10-17 11:54:29 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | muhme |
Thank you @brianteeman for your contribution. Thank you @tecpromotion and @richard67 for testing.
I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 2687326
This comment was created with the J!Tracker Application at issues.joomla.org/tracker/joomla-cms/46259.