diff --git a/phpBB/install.php b/phpBB/install.php
index eb1af053ff..a6cdd9ab4a 100644
--- a/phpBB/install.php
+++ b/phpBB/install.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+error_reporting  (E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE); // This will NOT report uninitialized variables
+set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Disable magic_quotes_runtime
+
 $phpbb_root_path='./';
 include($phpbb_root_path.'extension.inc');