From 5a263f76a936dc6f1dba446b5ec1a1c3f5075a84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meik Sievertsen <acydburn@phpbb.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:57:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] "are you serious?" - "yes, sure" - "wow, install works, you
 are right" - "i told you"

git-svn-id: file:///svn/phpbb/trunk@9277 89ea8834-ac86-4346-8a33-228a782c2dd0
---
 phpBB/adm/style/install/convert.html |    4 +-
 phpBB/adm/style/install/error.html   |    4 +-
 phpBB/adm/style/install/install.html |  187 ++++
 phpBB/adm/style/install/main.html    |    4 +-
 phpBB/adm/style/install/update.html  |    4 +-
 phpBB/includes/functions_install.php |  179 +---
 phpBB/install/index.php              |  359 ++-----
 phpBB/install/install_install.php    | 1316 +++++++++-----------------
 phpBB/install/install_main.php       |   20 +-
 phpBB/install/install_update.php     |   30 +-
 10 files changed, 797 insertions(+), 1310 deletions(-)

diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install/convert.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install/convert.html
index 783e89d6bf..a9ff57da29 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install/convert.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install/convert.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- INCLUDE install_header.html -->
+<!-- INCLUDE install/header.html -->
 
 <!-- IF S_NOT_INSTALLED -->
 
@@ -131,4 +131,4 @@
 	</form>
 <!-- ENDIF -->
 
-<!-- INCLUDE install_footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- INCLUDE install/footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install/error.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install/error.html
index ad53433207..f6982650c8 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install/error.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install/error.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-<!-- INCLUDE install_header.html -->
+<!-- INCLUDE install/header.html -->
 
 <div class="errorbox">
 	<h3>{MESSAGE_TITLE}</h3>
 	<p>{MESSAGE_TEXT}</p>
 </div>
 
-<!-- INCLUDE install_footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- INCLUDE install/footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install/install.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install/install.html
index e69de29bb2..a08b52eb7a 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install/install.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install/install.html
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+<!-- INCLUDE install/header.html -->
+
+<!-- IF S_SUB eq 'intro' -->
+
+	<h1>{L_INSTALL_INTRO}</h1>
+	<p>{L_INSTALL_INTRO_BODY}</p>
+
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'requirements' -->
+	<h1>{L_REQUIREMENTS_TITLE}</h1>
+	<p>{L_REQUIREMENTS_EXPLAIN}</p>
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_checks.html -->
+
+	<!-- IF S_FAILED -->
+
+		<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+		<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+			<legend>{L_INSTALL_TEST}</legend>
+			<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_INSTALL_TEST}" />
+		</fieldset>
+
+		</form>
+
+	<!-- ELSE -->
+
+		<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION_TEST}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+		<fieldset class="submit-buttons" style="float: left;">
+			<legend>{L_INSTALL_TEST}</legend>
+			<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_INSTALL_TEST}" />
+		</fieldset>
+
+		</form>
+
+		<form id="install_start" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+		<fieldset class="submit-buttons" style="float: right;">
+			<legend>{L_INSTALL_START}</legend>
+			{S_HIDDEN}
+			<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_INSTALL_START}" />
+		</fieldset>
+
+		</form>
+
+	<!-- ENDIF -->
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'database' -->
+
+	<!-- IF S_CONNECT_TEST -->
+		<fieldset>
+			<legend>{L_DB_CONNECTION}</legend>
+
+		<!-- IF S_SUCCESS -->
+			<dl>
+				<dt>{L_DB_TEST}:</dt>
+				<dd><strong style="color:green">{L_SUCCESSFUL_CONNECT}</strong></dd>
+			</dl>
+		<!-- ELSE -->
+			<dl>
+				<dt>{L_DB_TEST}:</dt>
+				<dd><strong style="color:red">{ERROR}</strong></dd>
+			</dl>
+		<!-- ENDIF -->
+		</fieldset>
+	<!-- ENDIF -->
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_options.html -->
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+		{S_HIDDEN}
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'administrator' -->
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_checks.html -->
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_options.html -->
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+		{S_HIDDEN}
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'config_file' -->
+
+	<!-- IF S_WRITTEN -->
+		<p>{L_CONFIG_FILE_WRITTEN}</p>
+
+		<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+		<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+			<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+			{S_HIDDEN}
+			<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+		</fieldset>
+
+		</form>
+
+	<!-- ELSE -->
+		<p>{L_CONFIG_FILE_UNABLE_WRITE}</p>
+
+		<h1>{L_DL_CONFIG}</h1>
+		<p>{L_DL_CONFIG_EXPLAIN}</p>
+
+		<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+		<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+			<legend>{L_DL_CONFIG}</legend>
+			{S_HIDDEN}
+			<input class="button1" type="submit" id="dlconfig" name="dlconfig" value="{L_DL_DOWNLOAD}" />&nbsp;<input class="button1" type="submit" id="dldone" name="dldone" value="{L_DONE}" />
+		</fieldset>
+
+		</form>
+	<!-- ENDIF -->
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'advanced' -->
+
+	<p>{L_STAGE_ADVANCED_EXPLAIN}</p>
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_options.html -->
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+		{S_HIDDEN}
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'create_table' -->
+
+	<p>{L_STAGE_CREATE_TABLE_EXPLAIN}</p>
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_NEXT_STEP}</legend>
+		{S_HIDDEN}
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_NEXT_STEP}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+
+<!-- ELSEIF S_SUB eq 'final' -->
+
+	<!-- INCLUDE install/snippet_checks.html -->
+
+	<h1>{L_INSTALL_CONGRATS}</h1>
+
+	<p>{L_BODY}</p>
+
+	<form id="install_install" method="post" action="{U_ACTION}" onsubmit="submit.disabled = 'disabled';">
+
+	<fieldset class="submit-buttons">
+		<legend>{L_INSTALL_LOGIN}</legend>
+		<input class="button1" type="submit" id="submit" onclick="this.className = 'button1 disabled';" name="submit" value="{L_INSTALL_LOGIN}" />
+	</fieldset>
+
+	</form>
+
+<!-- ENDIF -->
+
+
+<!-- INCLUDE install/footer.html -->
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install/main.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install/main.html
index 2c318bfd65..64c1a58f37 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install/main.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install/main.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<!-- INCLUDE install_header.html -->
+<!-- INCLUDE install/header.html -->
 
 	<h1>{TITLE}</h1>
 	<p>{BODY}</p>
 
-<!-- INCLUDE install_footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- INCLUDE install/footer.html -->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/adm/style/install/update.html b/phpBB/adm/style/install/update.html
index 2448f1d39b..640a02d57d 100644
--- a/phpBB/adm/style/install/update.html
+++ b/phpBB/adm/style/install/update.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- INCLUDE install_header.html -->
+<!-- INCLUDE install/header.html -->
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 // <![CDATA[
@@ -399,4 +399,4 @@
 
 <!-- ENDIF -->
 
-<!-- INCLUDE install_footer.html -->
+<!-- INCLUDE install/footer.html -->
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
index b12c0b1a8f..8b91e9617f 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_install.php
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
 
 /**
 * Determine if we are able to load a specified PHP module and do so if possible
+*
+* @param string	$dll	Name of the DLL without extension. For example 'sqlite'.
+* @return bool	Returns true of successfully loaded, else false.
 */
 function can_load_dll($dll)
 {
@@ -25,112 +28,72 @@ function can_load_dll($dll)
 }
 
 /**
-* Returns an array of available DBMS with some data, if a DBMS is specified it will only
-* return data for that DBMS and will load its extension if necessary.
+* Returns an array of available DBMS with some data, if a DBMS is specified it will only return data for that DBMS and will load its extension if necessary.
+*
 */
-function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20x_options = false)
+function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_30x_options = false)
 {
-	global $lang;
 	$available_dbms = array(
 		'firebird'	=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'FireBird',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'firebird',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'interbase',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';;',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'firebird',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> false,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'mysqli'	=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'MySQL with MySQLi Extension',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mysql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mysqli',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
 			'DRIVER'		=> 'mysqli',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'mysql'		=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'MySQL',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mysql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mysql',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'mysql',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'mssql'		=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'MS SQL Server 2000+',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'mssql',
-			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssql',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'mssql_odbc'=>	array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'MS SQL Server [ ODBC ]',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'odbc',
-			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssql_odbc',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'mssql_2005'=>	array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'MS SQL Server [ 2005 ]',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'mssql',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'sqlsrv',
-			'DELIM'			=> 'GO',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'mssql_2005',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'db2'		=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'IBM DB2',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'db2',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'ibm_db2',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'db2',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> false,
+			'3.0.x'			=> false,
 		),
 		'oracle'	=>	array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'Oracle',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'oracle',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'oci8',
-			'DELIM'			=> '/',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'oracle',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> false,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'postgres' => array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'PostgreSQL 7.x/8.x',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'postgres',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'pgsql',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_comments',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'postgres',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> true,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 		'sqlite'		=> array(
 			'LABEL'			=> 'SQLite',
-			'SCHEMA'		=> 'sqlite',
 			'MODULE'		=> 'sqlite',
-			'DELIM'			=> ';',
-			'COMMENTS'		=> 'remove_remarks',
-			'DRIVER'		=> 'sqlite',
 			'AVAILABLE'		=> true,
-			'2.0.x'			=> false,
+			'3.0.x'			=> true,
 		),
 	);
 
@@ -149,7 +112,7 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 	// now perform some checks whether they are really available
 	foreach ($available_dbms as $db_name => $db_ary)
 	{
-		if ($only_20x_options && !$db_ary['2.0.x'])
+		if ($only_30x_options && !$db_ary['3.0.x'])
 		{
 			if ($return_unavailable)
 			{
@@ -186,23 +149,24 @@ function get_available_dbms($dbms = false, $return_unavailable = false, $only_20
 	{
 		$available_dbms['ANY_DB_SUPPORT'] = $any_db_support;
 	}
+
 	return $available_dbms;
 }
 
 /**
 * Generate the drop down of available database options
 */
-function dbms_select($default = '', $only_20x_options = false)
+function dbms_select($default = '', $only_30x_options = false)
 {
-	global $lang;
+	$available_dbms = get_available_dbms(false, false, $only_30x_options);
 
-	$available_dbms = get_available_dbms(false, false, $only_20x_options);
 	$dbms_options = '';
 	foreach ($available_dbms as $dbms_name => $details)
 	{
 		$selected = ($dbms_name == $default) ? ' selected="selected"' : '';
-		$dbms_options .= '<option value="' . $dbms_name . '"' . $selected .'>' . $lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dbms_name)] . '</option>';
+		$dbms_options .= '<option value="' . $dbms_name . '"' . $selected .'>' . phpbb::$user->lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dbms_name)] . '</option>';
 	}
+
 	return $dbms_options;
 }
 
@@ -275,34 +239,26 @@ function get_tables($db)
 * @param	array	$dbms should be of the format of an element of the array returned by {@link get_available_dbms get_available_dbms()}
 *					necessary extensions should be loaded already
 */
-function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix, $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, $dbport, $prefix_may_exist = false, $load_dbal = true, $unicode_check = true)
+function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix, $dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, $dbport, $prefix_may_exist = false, $unicode_check = true)
 {
-	global $lang;
-
 	$dbms = $dbms_details['DRIVER'];
 
-	if ($load_dbal)
-	{
-		// Include the DB layer
-		include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/' . $dbms . '.' . PHP_EXT);
-	}
+	phpbb::assign('checkdb', phpbb_db_dbal::new_instance($dbms));
+	$db = phpbb::get_instance('checkdb');
 
-	// Instantiate it and set return on error true
-	$sql_db = 'dbal_' . $dbms;
-	$db = new $sql_db();
 	$db->sql_return_on_error(true);
 
 	// Check that we actually have a database name before going any further.....
 	if ($dbms_details['DRIVER'] != 'sqlite' && $dbms_details['DRIVER'] != 'oracle' && $dbname === '')
 	{
-		$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_NAME'];
+		$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_NAME'];
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	// Make sure we don't have a daft user who thinks having the SQLite database in the forum directory is a good idea
-	if ($dbms_details['DRIVER'] == 'sqlite' && stripos(phpbb_realpath($dbhost), phpbb_realpath('../')) === 0)
+	if ($dbms_details['DRIVER'] == 'sqlite' && stripos(phpbb::$url->realpath($dbhost), phpbb::$url->realpath('../')) === 0)
 	{
-		$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_FORUM_PATH'];
+		$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_FORUM_PATH'];
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -313,7 +269,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 		case 'mysqli':
 			if (strspn($table_prefix, '-./\\') !== 0)
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_PREFIX_INVALID'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_PREFIX_INVALID'];
 				return false;
 			}
 
@@ -345,7 +301,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 
 	if (strlen($table_prefix) > $prefix_length)
 	{
-		$error[] = sprintf($lang['INST_ERR_PREFIX_TOO_LONG'], $prefix_length);
+		$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang('INST_ERR_PREFIX_TOO_LONG', $prefix_length);
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -353,7 +309,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 	if (is_array($db->sql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, $dbport, false, true)))
 	{
 		$db_error = $db->sql_error();
-		$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_CONNECT'] . '<br />' . (($db_error['message']) ? $db_error['message'] : $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ERROR']);
+		$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_CONNECT'] . '<br />' . (($db_error['message']) ? $db_error['message'] : phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ERROR']);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -369,7 +325,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 
 			if (sizeof($table_intersect))
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_PREFIX'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_PREFIX'];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -377,23 +333,23 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 		switch ($dbms_details['DRIVER'])
 		{
 			case 'mysql':
-				if (version_compare(mysql_get_server_info($db->db_connect_id), '4.1.3', '<'))
+				if (version_compare($db->sql_server_info(true), '4.1.3', '<'))
 				{
-					$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_MYSQL'];
+					$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_MYSQL'];
 				}
 			break;
 
 			case 'mysqli':
-				if (version_compare(mysqli_get_server_info($db->db_connect_id), '4.1.3', '<'))
+				if (version_compare($db->sql_server_info(true), '4.1.3', '<'))
 				{
-					$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_MYSQLI'];
+					$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_MYSQLI'];
 				}
 			break;
 
 			case 'sqlite':
-				if (version_compare(sqlite_libversion(), '2.8.2', '<'))
+				if (version_compare($db->sql_server_info(true), '2.8.2', '<'))
 				{
-					$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_SQLITE'];
+					$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_SQLITE'];
 				}
 			break;
 
@@ -405,7 +361,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 					preg_match('#V([\d.]+)#', $val, $match);
 					if ($match[1] < 2)
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
 					}
 					$db_info = @ibase_db_info($db->service_handle, $dbname, IBASE_STS_HDR_PAGES);
 
@@ -413,7 +369,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 					$page_size = intval($regs[1]);
 					if ($page_size < 8192)
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD_PS'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD_PS'];
 					}
 				}
 				else
@@ -429,7 +385,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 					// if its a UDF, its too old
 					if ($row)
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
 					}
 					else
 					{
@@ -438,7 +394,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 						$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
 						if (!$result) // This can only fail if char_length is not defined
 						{
-							$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
+							$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD'];
 						}
 						$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 					}
@@ -467,7 +423,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 
 					if (ibase_errmsg() !== false)
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD_PS'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_FIREBIRD_PS'];
 					}
 
 					// Kill the old table
@@ -494,12 +450,12 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 
 					if (version_compare($stats['NLS_RDBMS_VERSION'], '9.2', '<'))
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ORACLE'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ORACLE'];
 					}
 
 					if ($stats['NLS_CHARACTERSET'] !== 'AL32UTF8')
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ORACLE_NLS'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_ORACLE_NLS'];
 					}
 				}
 			break;
@@ -514,7 +470,7 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 
 					if ($row['server_encoding'] !== 'UNICODE' && $row['server_encoding'] !== 'UTF8')
 					{
-						$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_POSTGRES'];
+						$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_DB_NO_POSTGRES'];
 					}
 				}
 			break;
@@ -529,47 +485,4 @@ function connect_check_db($error_connect, &$error, $dbms_details, $table_prefix,
 	return false;
 }
 
-/**
-* remove_remarks will strip the sql comment lines out of an uploaded sql file
-*/
-function remove_remarks(&$sql)
-{
-	$sql = preg_replace('/\n{2,}/', "\n", preg_replace('/^#.*$/m', "\n", $sql));
-}
-
-/**
-* split_sql_file will split an uploaded sql file into single sql statements.
-* Note: expects trim() to have already been run on $sql.
-*/
-function split_sql_file($sql, $delimiter)
-{
-	$sql = str_replace("\r" , '', $sql);
-	$data = preg_split('/' . preg_quote($delimiter, '/') . '$/m', $sql);
-
-	$data = array_map('trim', $data);
-
-	// The empty case
-	$end_data = end($data);
-
-	if (empty($end_data))
-	{
-		unset($data[key($data)]);
-	}
-
-	return $data;
-}
-
-/**
-* For replacing {L_*} strings with preg_replace_callback
-*/
-function adjust_language_keys_callback($matches)
-{
-	if (!empty($matches[1]))
-	{
-		global $lang, $db;
-
-		return (!empty($lang[$matches[1]])) ? $db->sql_escape($lang[$matches[1]]) : $db->sql_escape($matches[1]);
-	}
-}
-
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/install/index.php b/phpBB/install/index.php
index 407ccec4db..b09330f88b 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/index.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/index.php
@@ -18,109 +18,17 @@ define('IN_INSTALL', true);
 if (!defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) define('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH', './../');
 if (!defined('PHP_EXT')) define('PHP_EXT', substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1));
 
-// Report all errors, except notices
-error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
+// Include bootstrap
+include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/core/bootstrap.' . PHP_EXT;
 
-// @todo Review this test and see if we can find out what it is which prevents PHP 4.2.x from even displaying the page with requirements on it
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.0') < 0)
-{
-	die('You are running an unsupported PHP version. Please upgrade to PHP 5.2.0 or higher before trying to install phpBB 3.0');
-}
+// Includes functions for the installer
+require PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_install.' . PHP_EXT;
 
-/*
-* Remove variables created by register_globals from the global scope
-* Thanks to Matt Kavanagh
-*/
-function deregister_globals()
-{
-	$not_unset = array(
-		'GLOBALS'	=> true,
-		'_GET'		=> true,
-		'_POST'		=> true,
-		'_COOKIE'	=> true,
-		'_REQUEST'	=> true,
-		'_SERVER'	=> true,
-		'_SESSION'	=> true,
-		'_ENV'		=> true,
-		'_FILES'	=> true,
-		'phpEx'		=> true,
-		'phpbb_root_path'	=> true
-	);
-
-	// Not only will array_merge and array_keys give a warning if
-	// a parameter is not an array, array_merge will actually fail.
-	// So we check if _SESSION has been initialised.
-	if (!isset($_SESSION) || !is_array($_SESSION))
-	{
-		$_SESSION = array();
-	}
-
-	// Merge all into one extremely huge array; unset this later
-	$input = array_merge(
-		array_keys($_GET),
-		array_keys($_POST),
-		array_keys($_COOKIE),
-		array_keys($_SERVER),
-		array_keys($_SESSION),
-		array_keys($_ENV),
-		array_keys($_FILES)
-	);
-
-	foreach ($input as $varname)
-	{
-		if (isset($not_unset[$varname]))
-		{
-			// Hacking attempt. No point in continuing unless it's a COOKIE
-			if ($varname !== 'GLOBALS' || isset($_GET['GLOBALS']) || isset($_POST['GLOBALS']) || isset($_SERVER['GLOBALS']) || isset($_SESSION['GLOBALS']) || isset($_ENV['GLOBALS']) || isset($_FILES['GLOBALS']))
-			{
-				exit;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				$cookie = &$_COOKIE;
-				while (isset($cookie['GLOBALS']))
-				{
-					foreach ($cookie['GLOBALS'] as $registered_var => $value)
-					{
-						if (!isset($not_unset[$registered_var]))
-						{
-							unset($GLOBALS[$registered_var]);
-						}
-					}
-					$cookie = &$cookie['GLOBALS'];
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		unset($GLOBALS[$varname]);
-	}
-
-	unset($input);
-}
-
-// If we are on PHP >= 6.0.0 we do not need some code
-if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '6.0.0-dev', '>='))
-{
-	/**
-	* @ignore
-	*/
-	define('STRIP', false);
-}
-else
-{
-	@set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
-
-	// Be paranoid with passed vars
-	if (@ini_get('register_globals') == '1' || strtolower(@ini_get('register_globals')) == 'on')
-	{
-		deregister_globals();
-	}
-
-	define('STRIP', (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) ? true : false);
-}
-
-// Try to override some limits - maybe it helps some...
+// Set time limit to 0
 @set_time_limit(0);
+
+/**
+* @todo get memory limit and display notice if it is too low for a conversion (only within conversion)
 $mem_limit = @ini_get('memory_limit');
 if (!empty($mem_limit))
 {
@@ -146,25 +54,9 @@ else
 	$mem_limit = '128M';
 }
 @ini_set('memory_limit', $mem_limit);
+*/
 
-// Include essential scripts
-require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions.' . PHP_EXT);
-
-if (file_exists(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_content.' . PHP_EXT))
-{
-	require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_content.' . PHP_EXT);
-}
-
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/auth.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/session.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/template.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/acm/acm_file.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/cache.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_admin.' . PHP_EXT);
-include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/utf/utf_tools.' . PHP_EXT);
-require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_install.' . PHP_EXT);
-
-// Try and load an appropriate language if required
+/* Try and load an appropriate language if required
 $language = basename(request_var('language', ''));
 
 if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']) && !$language)
@@ -230,7 +122,26 @@ include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'language/' . $language . '/acp/board.' . PHP_EXT);
 include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'language/' . $language . '/install.' . PHP_EXT);
 include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'language/' . $language . '/posting.' . PHP_EXT);
 
-// usually we would need every single constant here - and it would be consistent. For 3.0.x, use a dirty hack... :(
+*/
+
+// Initialize some common config variables
+phpbb::$config += array(
+	'load_tplcompile'	=> true,
+	'cookie_name'		=> '',
+);
+
+// Register the template and the user object
+phpbb::register('template');
+phpbb::register('user', false, false, 'db', PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'language/');
+
+// Init "loose" user session
+phpbb::$user->session_begin();
+
+// Now set users language
+phpbb::$user->set_language(request_var('language', ''));
+
+// And also add the install language file
+phpbb::$user->add_lang('install');
 
 $mode = request_var('mode', 'overview');
 $sub = request_var('sub', '');
@@ -238,15 +149,8 @@ $sub = request_var('sub', '');
 // Set PHP error handler to ours
 set_error_handler(defined('PHPBB_MSG_HANDLER') ? PHPBB_MSG_HANDLER : 'msg_handler');
 
-$user = new user();
-$auth = new auth();
-$template = new template();
-
-// Set some standard variables we want to force
-phpbb::$config['load_tplcompile'] = '1';
-
-$template->set_custom_template('../adm/style', 'admin');
-$template->assign_var('T_TEMPLATE_PATH', '../adm/style');
+phpbb::$template->set_custom_template('../adm/style', 'admin');
+phpbb::$template->assign_var('T_TEMPLATE_PATH', '../adm/style');
 
 $install = new module();
 
@@ -257,7 +161,7 @@ $install->load();
 $install->page_header();
 $install->generate_navigation();
 
-$template->set_filenames(array(
+phpbb::$template->set_filenames(array(
 	'body' => $install->get_tpl_name())
 );
 
@@ -282,8 +186,6 @@ class module
 	*/
 	function create($module_type, $module_url, $selected_mod = false, $selected_submod = false)
 	{
-		global $db;
-
 		$module = array();
 
 		// Grab module information using Bart's "neat-o-module" system (tm)
@@ -393,22 +295,18 @@ class module
 		}
 
 		define('HEADER_INC', true);
-		global $template, $lang, $stage;
+		global $stage;
 
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'L_CHANGE'				=> $lang['CHANGE'],
-			'L_INSTALL_PANEL'		=> $lang['INSTALL_PANEL'],
-			'L_SELECT_LANG'			=> $lang['SELECT_LANG'],
-			'L_SKIP'				=> $lang['SKIP'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'PAGE_TITLE'			=> $this->get_page_title(),
 			'T_IMAGE_PATH'			=> PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'adm/images/',
 
-			'S_CONTENT_DIRECTION' 	=> $lang['DIRECTION'],
-			'S_CONTENT_FLOW_BEGIN'	=> ($lang['DIRECTION'] == 'ltr') ? 'left' : 'right',
-			'S_CONTENT_FLOW_END'	=> ($lang['DIRECTION'] == 'ltr') ? 'right' : 'left',
+			'S_CONTENT_DIRECTION' 	=> phpbb::$user->lang['DIRECTION'],
+			'S_CONTENT_FLOW_BEGIN'	=> (phpbb::$user->lang['DIRECTION'] == 'ltr') ? 'left' : 'right',
+			'S_CONTENT_FLOW_END'	=> (phpbb::$user->lang['DIRECTION'] == 'ltr') ? 'right' : 'left',
 			'S_CONTENT_ENCODING' 	=> 'UTF-8',
 
-			'S_USER_LANG'			=> $lang['USER_LANG'],
+			'S_USER_LANG'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['USER_LANG'],
 			)
 		);
 
@@ -425,14 +323,12 @@ class module
 	*/
 	function page_footer()
 	{
-		global $db, $template;
-
-		$template->display('body');
+		phpbb::$template->display('body');
 
 		// Close our DB connection.
-		if (!empty($db) && is_object($db))
+		if (phpbb::registered('db'))
 		{
-			$db->sql_close();
+			phpbb::$db->sql_close();
 		}
 
 		if (function_exists('exit_handler'))
@@ -454,52 +350,12 @@ class module
 	*/
 	function get_page_title()
 	{
-		global $lang;
-
 		if (!isset($this->module->page_title))
 		{
 			return '';
 		}
 
-		return (isset($lang[$this->module->page_title])) ? $lang[$this->module->page_title] : $this->module->page_title;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	* Generate an HTTP/1.1 header to redirect the user to another page
-	* This is used during the installation when we do not have a database available to call the normal redirect function
-	* @param string $page The page to redirect to relative to the installer root path
-	*/
-	function redirect($page)
-	{
-		// HTTP_HOST is having the correct browser url in most cases...
-		$server_name = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) ? strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) : ((!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : getenv('SERVER_NAME'));
-		$server_port = (!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'])) ? (int) $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] : (int) getenv('SERVER_PORT');
-		$secure = (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') ? 1 : 0;
-
-		$script_name = (!empty($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])) ? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] : getenv('PHP_SELF');
-		if (!$script_name)
-		{
-			$script_name = (!empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : getenv('REQUEST_URI');
-		}
-
-		// Replace backslashes and doubled slashes (could happen on some proxy setups)
-		$script_name = str_replace(array('\\', '//'), '/', $script_name);
-		$script_path = trim(dirname($script_name));
-
-		$url = (($secure) ? 'https://' : 'http://') . $server_name;
-
-		if ($server_port && (($secure && $server_port <> 443) || (!$secure && $server_port <> 80)))
-		{
-			// HTTP HOST can carry a port number...
-			if (strpos($server_name, ':') === false)
-			{
-				$url .= ':' . $server_port;
-			}
-		}
-
-		$url .= $script_path . '/' . $page;
-		header('Location: ' . $url);
-		exit;
+		return (isset(phpbb::$user->lang[$this->module->page_title])) ? phpbb::$user->lang[$this->module->page_title] : $this->module->page_title;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -507,8 +363,6 @@ class module
 	*/
 	function generate_navigation()
 	{
-		global $lang, $template, $language;
-
 		if (is_array($this->module_ary))
 		{
 			@ksort($this->module_ary);
@@ -517,11 +371,11 @@ class module
 				$cat = $cat_ary['name'];
 				$l_cat = (!empty($lang['CAT_' . $cat])) ? $lang['CAT_' . $cat] : preg_replace('#_#', ' ', $cat);
 				$cat = strtolower($cat);
-				$url = $this->module_url . "?mode=$cat&amp;language=$language";
+				$url = $this->module_url . "?mode=$cat&amp;language=" . phpbb::$user->lang_name;
 
 				if ($this->mode == $cat)
 				{
-					$template->assign_block_vars('t_block1', array(
+					phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('t_block1', array(
 						'L_TITLE'		=> $l_cat,
 						'S_SELECTED'	=> true,
 						'U_TITLE'		=> $url,
@@ -532,11 +386,11 @@ class module
 						$subs = $this->module_ary[$this->id]['subs'];
 						foreach ($subs as $option)
 						{
-							$l_option = (!empty($lang['SUB_' . $option])) ? $lang['SUB_' . $option] : preg_replace('#_#', ' ', $option);
+							$l_option = (!empty(phpbb::$user->lang['SUB_' . $option])) ? phpbb::$user->lang['SUB_' . $option] : preg_replace('#_#', ' ', $option);
 							$option = strtolower($option);
-							$url = $this->module_url . '?mode=' . $this->mode . "&amp;sub=$option&amp;language=$language";
+							$url = $this->module_url . '?mode=' . $this->mode . "&amp;sub=$option&amp;language=" . phpbb::$user->lang_name;
 
-							$template->assign_block_vars('l_block1', array(
+							phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('l_block1', array(
 								'L_TITLE'		=> $l_option,
 								'S_SELECTED'	=> ($this->sub == $option),
 								'U_TITLE'		=> $url,
@@ -550,11 +404,11 @@ class module
 						$matched = false;
 						foreach ($subs as $option)
 						{
-							$l_option = (!empty($lang['STAGE_' . $option])) ? $lang['STAGE_' . $option] : preg_replace('#_#', ' ', $option);
+							$l_option = (!empty(phpbb::$user->lang['STAGE_' . $option])) ? phpbb::$user->lang['STAGE_' . $option] : preg_replace('#_#', ' ', $option);
 							$option = strtolower($option);
 							$matched = ($this->sub == $option) ? true : $matched;
 
-							$template->assign_block_vars('l_block2', array(
+							phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('l_block2', array(
 								'L_TITLE'		=> $l_option,
 								'S_SELECTED'	=> ($this->sub == $option),
 								'S_COMPLETE'	=> !$matched,
@@ -564,7 +418,7 @@ class module
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					$template->assign_block_vars('t_block1', array(
+					phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('t_block1', array(
 						'L_TITLE'		=> $l_cat,
 						'S_SELECTED'	=> false,
 						'U_TITLE'		=> $url,
@@ -578,106 +432,38 @@ class module
 	* Output an error message
 	* If skip is true, return and continue execution, else exit
 	*/
-	function error($error, $line, $file, $skip = false)
+	function error($error, $line, $file)
 	{
-		global $lang, $db, $template;
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'S_LEGEND'	=> true,
+			'LEGEND'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR'],
+		));
 
-		if ($skip)
-		{
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'S_LEGEND'	=> true,
-				'LEGEND'	=> $lang['INST_ERR'],
-			));
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'		=> basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . ' ]',
+			'RESULT'	=> '<b style="color:red">' . $error . '</b>',
+		));
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'TITLE'		=> basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . ' ]',
-				'RESULT'	=> '<b style="color:red">' . $error . '</b>',
-			));
-
-			return;
-		}
-
-		echo '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">';
-		echo '<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr">';
-		echo '<head>';
-		echo '<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />';
-		echo '<title>' . $lang['INST_ERR_FATAL'] . '</title>';
-		echo '<link href="../adm/style/admin.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />';
-		echo '</head>';
-		echo '<body id="errorpage">';
-		echo '<div id="wrap">';
-		echo '	<div id="page-header">';
-		echo '	</div>';
-		echo '	<div id="page-body">';
-		echo '		<div id="acp">';
-		echo '		<div class="panel">';
-		echo '			<span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>';
-		echo '			<div id="content">';
-		echo '				<h1>' . $lang['INST_ERR_FATAL'] . '</h1>';
-		echo '		<p>' . $lang['INST_ERR_FATAL'] . "</p>\n";
-		echo '		<p>' . basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . " ]</p>\n";
-		echo '		<p><b>' . $error . "</b></p>\n";
-		echo '			</div>';
-		echo '			<span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span>';
-		echo '		</div>';
-		echo '		</div>';
-		echo '	</div>';
-		echo '	<div id="page-footer">';
-		echo '		Powered by phpBB &copy; 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/">phpBB Group</a>';
-		echo '	</div>';
-		echo '</div>';
-		echo '</body>';
-		echo '</html>';
-
-		if (!empty($db) && is_object($db))
-		{
-			$db->sql_close();
-		}
-
-		exit_handler();
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/**
 	* Output an error message for a database related problem
 	* If skip is true, return and continue execution, else exit
 	*/
-	function db_error($error, $sql, $line, $file, $skip = false)
+	function db_error($error, $sql, $line, $file)
 	{
-		global $lang, $db, $template;
-
-		if ($skip)
-		{
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'S_LEGEND'	=> true,
-				'LEGEND'	=> $lang['INST_ERR_FATAL'],
-			));
-
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'TITLE'		=> basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . ' ]',
-				'RESULT'	=> '<b style="color:red">' . $error . '</b><br />&#187; SQL:' . $sql,
-			));
-
-			return;
-		}
-
-		$template->set_filenames(array(
-			'body' => 'install_error.html')
-		);
-		$this->page_header();
-		$this->generate_navigation();
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'MESSAGE_TITLE'		=> $lang['INST_ERR_FATAL_DB'],
-			'MESSAGE_TEXT'		=> '<p>' . basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . ' ]</p><p>SQL : ' . $sql . '</p><p><b>' . $error . '</b></p>',
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'S_LEGEND'	=> true,
+			'LEGEND'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_FATAL'],
 		));
 
-		// Rollback if in transaction
-		if ($db->transaction)
-		{
-			$db->sql_transaction('rollback');
-		}
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'		=> basename($file) . ' [ ' . $line . ' ]',
+			'RESULT'	=> '<b style="color:red">' . $error . '</b><br />&#187; SQL:' . $sql,
+		));
 
-		$this->page_footer();
+		return;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -685,7 +471,6 @@ class module
 	*/
 	function input_field($name, $type, $value='', $options='')
 	{
-		global $lang;
 		$tpl_type = explode(':', $type);
 		$tpl = '';
 
@@ -713,8 +498,8 @@ class module
 				$tpl_type_cond = explode('_', $tpl_type[1]);
 				$type_no = ($tpl_type_cond[0] == 'disabled' || $tpl_type_cond[0] == 'enabled') ? false : true;
 
-				$tpl_no = '<label><input type="radio" name="' . $name . '" value="0"' . $key_no . ' class="radio" /> ' . (($type_no) ? $lang['NO'] : $lang['DISABLED']) . '</label>';
-				$tpl_yes = '<label><input type="radio" name="' . $name . '" value="1"' . $key_yes . ' class="radio" /> ' . (($type_no) ? $lang['YES'] : $lang['ENABLED']) . '</label>';
+				$tpl_no = '<label><input type="radio" name="' . $name . '" value="0"' . $key_no . ' class="radio" /> ' . (($type_no) ? phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] : phpbb::$user->lang['DISABLED']) . '</label>';
+				$tpl_yes = '<label><input type="radio" name="' . $name . '" value="1"' . $key_yes . ' class="radio" /> ' . (($type_no) ? phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] : phpbb::$user->lang['ENABLED']) . '</label>';
 
 				$tpl = ($tpl_type_cond[0] == 'yes' || $tpl_type_cond[0] == 'enabled') ? $tpl_yes . '&nbsp;&nbsp;' . $tpl_no : $tpl_no . '&nbsp;&nbsp;' . $tpl_yes;
 			break;
diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_install.php b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
index d38b833204..407f1725dc 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_install.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_install.php
@@ -53,53 +53,83 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 	function main($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template, $language;
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+			'S_SUB'			=> $sub,
+			'S_LANG_SELECT'	=> '<select id="language" name="language">' . $this->p_master->inst_language_select(phpbb::$user->lang_name) . '</select>',
+		));
 
 		switch ($sub)
 		{
 			case 'intro':
-				$this->page_title = $lang['SUB_INTRO'];
+				$this->page_title = 'SUB_INTRO';
 
-				$template->assign_vars(array(
-					'TITLE'			=> $lang['INSTALL_INTRO'],
-					'BODY'			=> $lang['INSTALL_INTRO_BODY'],
-					'L_SUBMIT'		=> $lang['NEXT_STEP'],
-					'S_LANG_SELECT'	=> '<select id="language" name="language">' . $this->p_master->inst_language_select($language) . '</select>',
-					'U_ACTION'		=> $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=requirements&amp;language=$language",
+				phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+					'U_ACTION'		=> phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=requirements&amp;language=" . phpbb::$user->lang_name),
 				));
 
 			break;
 
 			case 'requirements':
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_REQUIREMENTS';
 				$this->check_server_requirements($mode, $sub);
-
 			break;
 
 			case 'database':
-				$this->obtain_database_settings($mode, $sub);
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_DATABASE';
 
+				// Obtain any submitted data
+				$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
+
+				$this->obtain_database_settings($mode, $sub, $data);
 			break;
 
 			case 'administrator':
-				$this->obtain_admin_settings($mode, $sub);
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_ADMINISTRATOR';
+
+				phpbb::$user->add_lang('acp/board');
+
+				// Obtain any submitted data
+				$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
+
+				$this->obtain_admin_settings($mode, $sub, $data);
 
 			break;
 
 			case 'config_file':
-				$this->create_config_file($mode, $sub);
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_CONFIG_FILE';
 
+				// Obtain any submitted data
+				$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
+
+				$this->create_config_file($mode, $sub, $data);
 			break;
 
 			case 'advanced':
-				$this->obtain_advanced_settings($mode, $sub);
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_ADVANCED';
 
+				phpbb::$user->add_lang('acp/common');
+				phpbb::$user->add_lang('acp/board');
+
+				// Obtain any submitted data
+				$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
+
+				$this->obtain_advanced_settings($mode, $sub, $data);
 			break;
 
 			case 'create_table':
-				$this->load_schema($mode, $sub);
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_CREATE_TABLE';
+
+				// Obtain any submitted data
+				$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
+
+				$this->load_schema($mode, $sub, $data);
 			break;
 
 			case 'final':
+				$this->page_title = 'STAGE_FINAL';
+
+				include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'common.' . PHP_EXT;
+
 				$this->build_search_index($mode, $sub);
 				$this->add_modules($mode, $sub);
 				$this->add_language($mode, $sub);
@@ -112,7 +142,66 @@ class install_install extends module
 			break;
 		}
 
-		$this->tpl_name = 'install_install';
+		$this->tpl_name = 'install/install';
+	}
+
+	function build_form($data, $form_array)
+	{
+		foreach ($form_array as $config_key => $vars)
+		{
+			if (!is_array($vars) && strpos($config_key, 'legend') === false)
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (strpos($config_key, 'legend') !== false)
+			{
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
+					'S_LEGEND'		=> true,
+					'LEGEND'		=> phpbb::$user->lang[$vars],
+				));
+
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$options = isset($vars['options']) ? $vars['options'] : '';
+
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
+				'KEY'			=> $config_key,
+				'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang[$vars['lang']],
+				'S_EXPLAIN'		=> $vars['explain'],
+				'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> ($vars['explain']) ? phpbb::$user->lang[$vars['lang'] . '_EXPLAIN'] : '',
+				'CONTENT'		=> $this->p_master->input_field($config_key, $vars['type'], $data[$config_key], $options),
+			));
+		}
+	}
+
+	function return_hidden_fields()
+	{
+		$args = func_get_args();
+		$data = array_shift($args);
+
+		$s_hidden_fields = '';
+
+		foreach ($args as $argument)
+		{
+			if (!is_array($argument))
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			foreach ($argument as $config_key => $vars)
+			{
+				if (!is_array($vars))
+				{
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $s_hidden_fields;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -120,168 +209,140 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function check_server_requirements($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template, $language;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_REQUIREMENTS'];
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'TITLE'		=> $lang['REQUIREMENTS_TITLE'],
-			'BODY'		=> $lang['REQUIREMENTS_EXPLAIN'],
-		));
-
 		$passed = array('php' => false, 'db' => false, 'files' => false, 'pcre' => false, 'imagesize' => false,);
 
 		// Test for basic PHP settings
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 			'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-			'LEGEND'			=> $lang['PHP_SETTINGS'],
-			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_SETTINGS_EXPLAIN'],
+			'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_SETTINGS'],
+			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_SETTINGS_EXPLAIN'],
 		));
 
 		// Test the minimum PHP version
-		$php_version = PHP_VERSION;
-
-		if (version_compare($php_version, '5.2.0') < 0)
+		if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.0') < 0)
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			$passed['php'] = true;
 
 			// We also give feedback on whether we're running in safe mode
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'];
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'];
 			if (@ini_get('safe_mode') == '1' || strtolower(@ini_get('safe_mode')) == 'on')
 			{
-				$result .= ', ' . $lang['PHP_SAFE_MODE'];
+				$result .= ', ' . phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_SAFE_MODE'];
 			}
 			$result .= '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PHP_VERSION_REQD'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_VERSION_REQD'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
-
-			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> false,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
 		// Check for register_globals being enabled
 		if (@ini_get('register_globals') == '1' || strtolower(@ini_get('register_globals')) == 'on')
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PHP_REGISTER_GLOBALS'],
-			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_REGISTER_GLOBALS_EXPLAIN'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_REGISTER_GLOBALS'],
+			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_REGISTER_GLOBALS_EXPLAIN'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
-
 		// Check for url_fopen
 		if (@ini_get('allow_url_fopen') == '1' || strtolower(@ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) == 'on')
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PHP_URL_FOPEN_SUPPORT'],
-			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_URL_FOPEN_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_URL_FOPEN_SUPPORT'],
+			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_URL_FOPEN_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
-
 		// Check for getimagesize
 		if (@function_exists('getimagesize'))
 		{
 			$passed['imagesize'] = true;
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PHP_GETIMAGESIZE_SUPPORT'],
-			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_GETIMAGESIZE_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_GETIMAGESIZE_SUPPORT'],
+			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_GETIMAGESIZE_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
 		// Check for PCRE UTF-8 support
 		if (@preg_match('//u', ''))
 		{
 			$passed['pcre'] = true;
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PCRE_UTF_SUPPORT'],
-			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PCRE_UTF_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PCRE_UTF_SUPPORT'],
+			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PCRE_UTF_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
 		// Check for PCRE unicode property support
 		if (@preg_match('/\p{Ll}/u', 'a'))
 		{
 			$passed['pcre'] = true;
-			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+			$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'			=> $lang['PCRE_UNI_PROP_SUPPORT'],
-			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PCRE_UNI_PROP_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PCRE_UNI_PROP_SUPPORT'],
+			'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PCRE_UNI_PROP_SUPPORT_EXPLAIN'],
 			'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 			'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-			'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 		));
 
-/**
-*		Better not enabling and adding to the loaded extensions due to the specific requirements needed
-		if (!@extension_loaded('mbstring'))
-		{
-			can_load_dll('mbstring');
-		}
-*/
-
+		// MBString passes always. If the extension is loaded it only can interfere with our functions, set to false then
 		$passed['mbstring'] = true;
 		if (@extension_loaded('mbstring'))
 		{
 			// Test for available database modules
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 				'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-				'LEGEND'			=> $lang['MBSTRING_CHECK'],
-				'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['MBSTRING_CHECK_EXPLAIN'],
+				'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['MBSTRING_CHECK'],
+				'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['MBSTRING_CHECK_EXPLAIN'],
 			));
 
 			$checks = array(
@@ -299,43 +360,43 @@ class install_install extends module
 					case '&':
 						if (intval($ini_val) & $mb_checks[2])
 						{
-							$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+							$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 							$passed['mbstring'] = false;
 						}
 						else
 						{
-							$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+							$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 						}
 					break;
 
 					case '!=':
 						if ($ini_val != $mb_checks[2])
 						{
-							$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
+							$result = '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO'] . '</strong>';
 							$passed['mbstring'] = false;
 						}
 						else
 						{
-							$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
+							$result = '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['YES'] . '</strong>';
 						}
 					break;
 				}
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'			=> $lang['MBSTRING_' . strtoupper($mb_checks[0])],
-					'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['MBSTRING_' . strtoupper($mb_checks[0]) . '_EXPLAIN'],
+
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+					'TITLE'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['MBSTRING_' . strtoupper($mb_checks[0])],
+					'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['MBSTRING_' . strtoupper($mb_checks[0]) . '_EXPLAIN'],
 					'RESULT'		=> $result,
 
 					'S_EXPLAIN'		=> true,
-					'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
 				));
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Test for available database modules
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 			'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-			'LEGEND'			=> $lang['PHP_SUPPORTED_DB'],
-			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_SUPPORTED_DB_EXPLAIN'],
+			'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_SUPPORTED_DB'],
+			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_SUPPORTED_DB_EXPLAIN'],
 		));
 
 		$available_dbms = get_available_dbms(false, true);
@@ -346,31 +407,25 @@ class install_install extends module
 		{
 			if (!$db_ary['AVAILABLE'])
 			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($db_name)],
-					'RESULT'	=> '<span style="color:red">' . $lang['UNAVAILABLE'] . '</span>',
-
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+					'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($db_name)],
+					'RESULT'	=> '<span style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['UNAVAILABLE'] . '</span>',
 				));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($db_name)],
-					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['AVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
-
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+					'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($db_name)],
+					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['AVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
 				));
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Test for other modules
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 			'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-			'LEGEND'			=> $lang['PHP_OPTIONAL_MODULE'],
-			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['PHP_OPTIONAL_MODULE_EXPLAIN'],
+			'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_OPTIONAL_MODULE'],
+			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['PHP_OPTIONAL_MODULE_EXPLAIN'],
 		));
 
 		foreach ($this->php_dlls_other as $dll)
@@ -379,23 +434,17 @@ class install_install extends module
 			{
 				if (!can_load_dll($dll))
 				{
-					$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-						'TITLE'		=> $lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dll)],
-						'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['UNAVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
-
-						'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-						'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+					phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+						'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dll)],
+						'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['UNAVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
 					));
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'TITLE'		=> $lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dll)],
-				'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['AVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
-
-				'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-				'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+				'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['DLL_' . strtoupper($dll)],
+				'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['AVAILABLE'] . '</strong>',
 			));
 		}
 
@@ -430,19 +479,16 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$img_imagick = str_replace('\\', '/', $magic_home);
 		}
 
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-			'TITLE'		=> $lang['APP_MAGICK'],
-			'RESULT'	=> ($img_imagick) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['AVAILABLE'] . ', ' . $img_imagick . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:blue">' . $lang['NO_LOCATION'] . '</strong>',
-
-			'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-			'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['APP_MAGICK'],
+			'RESULT'	=> ($img_imagick) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['AVAILABLE'] . ', ' . htmlspecialchars($img_imagick) . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:blue">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NO_LOCATION'] . '</strong>',
 		));
 
 		// Check permissions on files/directories we need access to
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 			'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-			'LEGEND'			=> $lang['FILES_REQUIRED'],
-			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['FILES_REQUIRED_EXPLAIN'],
+			'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['FILES_REQUIRED'],
+			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['FILES_REQUIRED_EXPLAIN'],
 		));
 
 		$directories = array('cache/', 'files/', 'store/');
@@ -480,23 +526,20 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 			$passed['files'] = ($exists && $write && $passed['files']) ? true : false;
 
-			$exists = ($exists) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['FOUND'] . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NOT_FOUND'] . '</strong>';
-			$write = ($write) ? ', <strong style="color:green">' . $lang['WRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : (($exists) ? ', <strong style="color:red">' . $lang['UNWRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : '');
+			$exists = ($exists) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['FOUND'] . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NOT_FOUND'] . '</strong>';
+			$write = ($write) ? ', <strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['WRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : (($exists) ? ', <strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['UNWRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : '');
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 				'TITLE'		=> $dir,
 				'RESULT'	=> $exists . $write,
-
-				'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-				'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
 			));
 		}
 
 		// Check permissions on files/directories it would be useful access to
-		$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 			'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-			'LEGEND'			=> $lang['FILES_OPTIONAL'],
-			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['FILES_OPTIONAL_EXPLAIN'],
+			'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['FILES_OPTIONAL'],
+			'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> phpbb::$user->lang['FILES_OPTIONAL_EXPLAIN'],
 		));
 
 		$directories = array('config.' . PHP_EXT, 'images/avatars/upload/');
@@ -516,54 +559,44 @@ class install_install extends module
 				$write = $exists = false;
 			}
 
-			$exists_str = ($exists) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['FOUND'] . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:red">' . $lang['NOT_FOUND'] . '</strong>';
-			$write_str = ($write) ? ', <strong style="color:green">' . $lang['WRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : (($exists) ? ', <strong style="color:red">' . $lang['UNWRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : '');
+			$exists_str = ($exists) ? '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['FOUND'] . '</strong>' : '<strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['NOT_FOUND'] . '</strong>';
+			$write_str = ($write) ? ', <strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['WRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : (($exists) ? ', <strong style="color:red">' . phpbb::$user->lang['UNWRITABLE'] . '</strong>' : '');
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 				'TITLE'		=> $dir,
 				'RESULT'	=> $exists_str . $write_str,
-
-				'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-				'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
 			));
 		}
 
 		// And finally where do we want to go next (well today is taken isn't it :P)
-		$s_hidden_fields = ($img_imagick) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($img_imagick) . '" />' : '';
+		$s_hidden_fields = ($img_imagick) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . htmlspecialchars($img_imagick) . '" />' : '';
 
-		$url = (!in_array(false, $passed)) ? $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=database&amp;language=$language" : $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=requirements&amp;language=$language	";
-		$submit = (!in_array(false, $passed)) ? $lang['INSTALL_START'] : $lang['INSTALL_TEST'];
+		$url = (!in_array(false, $passed)) ? phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=database&amp;language=" . phpbb::$user->lang_name) : phpbb::$url->build_url();
 
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $submit,
-			'S_HIDDEN'	=> $s_hidden_fields,
-			'U_ACTION'	=> $url,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+			'S_FAILED'		=> in_array(false, $passed),
+			'S_HIDDEN'		=> $s_hidden_fields,
+			'U_ACTION_TEST'	=> phpbb::$url->build_url(),
+			'U_ACTION'		=> $url,
 		));
 	}
 
 	/**
 	* Obtain the information required to connect to the database
 	*/
-	function obtain_database_settings($mode, $sub)
+	function obtain_database_settings($mode, $sub, &$data)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_DATABASE'];
-
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
 		$connect_test = false;
 		$error = array();
-		$available_dbms = get_available_dbms(false, true);
+
+		$available_dbms = get_available_dbms();
 
 		// Has the user opted to test the connection?
 		if (phpbb_request::is_set_post('testdb'))
 		{
-			if (!isset($available_dbms[$data['dbms']]) || !$available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['AVAILABLE'])
+			if (!isset($available_dbms[$data['dbms']]))
 			{
-				$error['db'][] = $lang['INST_ERR_NO_DB'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_NO_DB'];
 				$connect_test = false;
 			}
 			else
@@ -571,106 +604,41 @@ class install_install extends module
 				$connect_test = connect_check_db(true, $error, $available_dbms[$data['dbms']], $data['table_prefix'], $data['dbhost'], $data['dbuser'], htmlspecialchars_decode($data['dbpasswd']), $data['dbname'], $data['dbport']);
 			}
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-				'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-				'LEGEND'			=> $lang['DB_CONNECTION'],
-				'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-			));
-
 			if ($connect_test)
 			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['DB_TEST'],
-					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['SUCCESSFUL_CONNECT'] . '</strong>',
-
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+				phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+					'S_CONNECT_TEST'	=> true,
+					'S_SUCCESS'			=> true,
 				));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['DB_TEST'],
-					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:red">' . implode('<br />', $error) . '</strong>',
-
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+				phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+					'S_CONNECT_TEST'	=> true,
+					'ERROR'				=> implode('<br />', $error),
 				));
 			}
 		}
 
 		if (!$connect_test)
 		{
-			// Update the list of available DBMS modules to only contain those which can be used
-			$available_dbms_temp = array();
-			foreach ($available_dbms as $type => $dbms_ary)
-			{
-				if (!$dbms_ary['AVAILABLE'])
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				$available_dbms_temp[$type] = $dbms_ary;
-			}
-
-			$available_dbms = &$available_dbms_temp;
-
 			// And now for the main part of this page
 			$data['table_prefix'] = (!empty($data['table_prefix']) ? $data['table_prefix'] : 'phpbb_');
-
-			foreach ($this->db_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-			{
-				if (!is_array($vars) && strpos($config_key, 'legend') === false)
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				if (strpos($config_key, 'legend') !== false)
-				{
-					$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-						'S_LEGEND'		=> true,
-						'LEGEND'		=> $lang[$vars])
-					);
-
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				$options = isset($vars['options']) ? $vars['options'] : '';
-
-				$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-					'KEY'			=> $config_key,
-					'TITLE'			=> $lang[$vars['lang']],
-					'S_EXPLAIN'		=> $vars['explain'],
-					'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
-					'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> ($vars['explain']) ? $lang[$vars['lang'] . '_EXPLAIN'] : '',
-					'CONTENT'		=> $this->p_master->input_field($config_key, $vars['type'], $data[$config_key], $options),
-					)
-				);
-			}
+			$this->build_form($data, $this->db_config_options);
 		}
 
 		// And finally where do we want to go next (well today is taken isn't it :P)
-		$s_hidden_fields = ($data['img_imagick']) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($data['img_imagick']) . '" />' : '';
-		$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="language" value="' . $data['language'] . '" />';
+		$s_hidden_fields = $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->common_config_options);
+
 		if ($connect_test)
 		{
-			foreach ($this->db_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-			{
-				if (!is_array($vars))
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-				$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
-			}
+			$s_hidden_fields .= $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->db_config_options);
 		}
 
-		$url = ($connect_test) ? $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=administrator" : $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=database";
+		$url = ($connect_test) ? phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=administrator") : phpbb::$url->build_url();
 		$s_hidden_fields .= ($connect_test) ? '' : '<input type="hidden" name="testdb" value="true" />';
 
-		$submit = $lang['NEXT_STEP'];
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $submit,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'S_HIDDEN'	=> $s_hidden_fields,
 			'U_ACTION'	=> $url,
 		));
@@ -679,15 +647,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 	/**
 	* Obtain the administrator's name, password and email address
 	*/
-	function obtain_admin_settings($mode, $sub)
+	function obtain_admin_settings($mode, $sub, &$data)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_ADMINISTRATOR'];
-
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
 		if ($data['dbms'] == '')
 		{
 			// Someone's been silly and tried calling this page direct
@@ -695,9 +656,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
 		}
 
-		$s_hidden_fields = ($data['img_imagick']) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($data['img_imagick']) . '" />' : '';
 		$passed = false;
-
 		$data['default_lang'] = ($data['default_lang'] !== '') ? $data['default_lang'] : $data['language'];
 
 		if (phpbb_request::is_set_post('check'))
@@ -705,140 +664,88 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$error = array();
 
 			// Check the entered email address and password
-			if ($data['admin_name'] == '' || $data['admin_pass1'] == '' || $data['admin_pass2'] == '' || $data['board_email1'] == '' || $data['board_email2'] == '')
+			if ($data['admin_name'] == '' || $data['admin_pass1'] == '' || $data['admin_pass2'] == '' || $data['board_email'] == '' || $data['board_contact'] == '')
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_MISSING_DATA'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_MISSING_DATA'];
 			}
 
 			if ($data['admin_pass1'] != $data['admin_pass2'] && $data['admin_pass1'] != '')
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_MISMATCH'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_MISMATCH'];
 			}
 
 			// Test against the default username rules
 			if ($data['admin_name'] != '' && utf8_strlen($data['admin_name']) < 3)
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_USER_TOO_SHORT'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_USER_TOO_SHORT'];
 			}
 
 			if ($data['admin_name'] != '' && utf8_strlen($data['admin_name']) > 20)
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_USER_TOO_LONG'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_USER_TOO_LONG'];
 			}
 
 			// Test against the default password rules
 			if ($data['admin_pass1'] != '' && utf8_strlen($data['admin_pass1']) < 6)
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_TOO_SHORT'];
 			}
 
 			if ($data['admin_pass1'] != '' && utf8_strlen($data['admin_pass1']) > 30)
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_TOO_LONG'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_PASSWORD_TOO_LONG'];
 			}
 
-			if ($data['board_email1'] != $data['board_email2'] && $data['board_email1'] != '')
+			if ($data['board_email'] != '' && !preg_match('/^' . get_preg_expression('email') . '$/i', $data['board_email']))
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_EMAIL_MISMATCH'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_EMAIL_INVALID'];
 			}
 
-			if ($data['board_email1'] != '' && !preg_match('/^' . get_preg_expression('email') . '$/i', $data['board_email1']))
+			if ($data['board_contact'] != '' && !preg_match('/^' . get_preg_expression('email') . '$/i', $data['board_contact']))
 			{
-				$error[] = $lang['INST_ERR_EMAIL_INVALID'];
+				$error[] = phpbb::$user->lang['INST_ERR_EMAIL_INVALID'];
 			}
 
-			$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+			phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
 				'S_LEGEND'			=> true,
-				'LEGEND'			=> $lang['STAGE_ADMINISTRATOR'],
-				'LEGEND_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
+				'LEGEND'			=> phpbb::$user->lang['STAGE_ADMINISTRATOR'],
 			));
 
 			if (!sizeof($error))
 			{
 				$passed = true;
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['ADMIN_TEST'],
-					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . $lang['TESTS_PASSED'] . '</strong>',
 
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+					'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['ADMIN_TEST'],
+					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:green">' . phpbb::$user->lang['TESTS_PASSED'] . '</strong>',
 				));
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
-					'TITLE'		=> $lang['ADMIN_TEST'],
+				phpbb::$template->assign_block_vars('checks', array(
+					'TITLE'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['ADMIN_TEST'],
 					'RESULT'	=> '<strong style="color:red">' . implode('<br />', $error) . '</strong>',
-
-					'S_EXPLAIN'	=> false,
-					'S_LEGEND'	=> false,
 				));
 			}
 		}
 
+		$s_hidden_fields = '';
+
 		if (!$passed)
 		{
-			foreach ($this->admin_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-			{
-				if (!is_array($vars) && strpos($config_key, 'legend') === false)
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				if (strpos($config_key, 'legend') !== false)
-				{
-					$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-						'S_LEGEND'		=> true,
-						'LEGEND'		=> $lang[$vars])
-					);
-
-					continue;
-				}
-
-				$options = isset($vars['options']) ? $vars['options'] : '';
-
-				$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-					'KEY'			=> $config_key,
-					'TITLE'			=> $lang[$vars['lang']],
-					'S_EXPLAIN'		=> $vars['explain'],
-					'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
-					'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> ($vars['explain']) ? $lang[$vars['lang'] . '_EXPLAIN'] : '',
-					'CONTENT'		=> $this->p_master->input_field($config_key, $vars['type'], $data[$config_key], $options),
-					)
-				);
-			}
+			$this->build_form($data, $this->admin_config_options);
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			foreach ($this->admin_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-			{
-				if (!is_array($vars))
-				{
-					continue;
-				}
-				$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
-			}
+			$s_hidden_fields .= $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->admin_config_options);
 		}
 
-		$s_hidden_fields .= ($data['img_imagick']) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($data['img_imagick']) . '" />' : '';
-		$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="language" value="' . $data['language'] . '" />';
+		$s_hidden_fields .= $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->common_config_options, $this->db_config_options);
 
-		foreach ($this->db_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-		{
-			if (!is_array($vars))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
-		}
-
-		$submit = $lang['NEXT_STEP'];
-
-		$url = ($passed) ? $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=config_file" : $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=administrator";
+		$url = ($passed) ? phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=config_file") : phpbb::$url->build_url();
 		$s_hidden_fields .= ($passed) ? '' : '<input type="hidden" name="check" value="true" />';
 
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $submit,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'S_HIDDEN'	=> $s_hidden_fields,
 			'U_ACTION'	=> $url,
 		));
@@ -847,15 +754,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 	/**
 	* Writes the config file to disk, or if unable to do so offers alternative methods
 	*/
-	function create_config_file($mode, $sub)
+	function create_config_file($mode, $sub, &$data)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_CONFIG_FILE'];
-
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
 		if ($data['dbms'] == '')
 		{
 			// Someone's been silly and tried calling this page direct
@@ -863,8 +763,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
 		}
 
-		$s_hidden_fields = ($data['img_imagick']) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($data['img_imagick']) . '" />' : '';
-		$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="language" value="' . $data['language'] . '" />';
+		$s_hidden_fields = $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->common_config_options);
 		$written = false;
 
 		// Create a list of any PHP modules we wish to have loaded
@@ -890,7 +789,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 		if ($fp === false)
 		{
 			// We were unable to create the lock file - abort
-			$this->p_master->error($lang['UNABLE_WRITE_LOCK'], __LINE__, __FILE__);
+			trigger_error(phpbb::$user->lang['UNABLE_WRITE_LOCK'], E_USER_ERROR);
 		}
 		@fclose($fp);
 
@@ -966,21 +865,11 @@ class install_install extends module
 			}
 		}
 
-		$config_options = array_merge($this->db_config_options, $this->admin_config_options);
-
-		foreach ($config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-		{
-			if (!is_array($vars))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
-		}
+		$s_hidden_fields .= $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->db_config_options, $this->admin_config_options);
 
 		if (!$written)
 		{
 			// OK, so it didn't work let's try the alternatives
-
 			if (phpbb_request::is_set_post('dlconfig'))
 			{
 				// They want a copy of the file to download, so send the relevant headers and dump out the data
@@ -991,27 +880,18 @@ class install_install extends module
 			}
 
 			// The option to download the config file is always available, so output it here
-			$template->assign_vars(array(
-				'BODY'					=> $lang['CONFIG_FILE_UNABLE_WRITE'],
-				'L_DL_CONFIG'			=> $lang['DL_CONFIG'],
-				'L_DL_CONFIG_EXPLAIN'	=> $lang['DL_CONFIG_EXPLAIN'],
-				'L_DL_DONE'				=> $lang['DONE'],
-				'L_DL_DOWNLOAD'			=> $lang['DL_DOWNLOAD'],
+			phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 				'S_HIDDEN'				=> $s_hidden_fields,
-				'S_SHOW_DOWNLOAD'		=> true,
-				'U_ACTION'				=> $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=config_file",
+				'U_ACTION'				=> phpbb::$url->build_url(),
 			));
-			return;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$template->assign_vars(array(
-				'BODY'		=> $lang['CONFIG_FILE_WRITTEN'],
-				'L_SUBMIT'	=> $lang['NEXT_STEP'],
+			phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+				'S_WRITTEN'	=> true,
 				'S_HIDDEN'	=> $s_hidden_fields,
-				'U_ACTION'	=> $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=advanced",
+				'U_ACTION'	=> phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=advanced"),
 			));
-			return;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1019,15 +899,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 	* Provide an opportunity to customise some advanced settings during the install
 	* in case it is necessary for them to be set to access later
 	*/
-	function obtain_advanced_settings($mode, $sub)
+	function obtain_advanced_settings($mode, $sub, &$data)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_ADVANCED'];
-
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
 		if ($data['dbms'] == '')
 		{
 			// Someone's been silly and tried calling this page direct
@@ -1035,102 +908,36 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
 		}
 
-		$s_hidden_fields = ($data['img_imagick']) ? '<input type="hidden" name="img_imagick" value="' . addslashes($data['img_imagick']) . '" />' : '';
-		$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="language" value="' . $data['language'] . '" />';
-
-		// HTTP_HOST is having the correct browser url in most cases...
-		$server_name = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) ? strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) : ((!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : getenv('SERVER_NAME'));
-
-		// HTTP HOST can carry a port number...
-		if (strpos($server_name, ':') !== false)
-		{
-			$server_name = substr($server_name, 0, strpos($server_name, ':'));
-		}
+		$s_hidden_fields = $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->common_config_options);
 
 		$data['email_enable'] = ($data['email_enable'] !== '') ? $data['email_enable'] : true;
-		$data['server_name'] = ($data['server_name'] !== '') ? $data['server_name'] : $server_name;
-		$data['server_port'] = ($data['server_port'] !== '') ? $data['server_port'] : ((!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'])) ? (int) $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] : (int) getenv('SERVER_PORT'));
+		$data['server_name'] = ($data['server_name'] !== '') ? $data['server_name'] : phpbb::$user->system['host'];
+		$data['server_port'] = ($data['server_port'] !== '') ? $data['server_port'] : phpbb::$user->system['port'];
 		$data['server_protocol'] = ($data['server_protocol'] !== '') ? $data['server_protocol'] : ((isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') ? 'https://' : 'http://');
 		$data['cookie_secure'] = ($data['cookie_secure'] !== '') ? $data['cookie_secure'] : ((isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on') ? true : false);
 
 		if ($data['script_path'] === '')
 		{
-			$name = (!empty($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])) ? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] : getenv('PHP_SELF');
-			if (!$name)
-			{
-				$name = (!empty($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) ? $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] : getenv('REQUEST_URI');
-			}
-
 			// Replace backslashes and doubled slashes (could happen on some proxy setups)
-			$name = str_replace(array('\\', '//', '/install'), '/', $name);
-			$data['script_path'] = trim(dirname($name));
+			$data['script_path'] = trim(str_replace(array('/install/', '\\install\\'), '', phpbb::$user->page['script_path']));
 		}
 
-		foreach ($this->advanced_config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-		{
-			if (!is_array($vars) && strpos($config_key, 'legend') === false)
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
+		$this->build_form($data, $this->advanced_config_options);
+		$s_hidden_fields .= $this->return_hidden_fields($data, $this->db_config_options, $this->admin_config_options);
 
-			if (strpos($config_key, 'legend') !== false)
-			{
-				$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-					'S_LEGEND'		=> true,
-					'LEGEND'		=> $lang[$vars])
-				);
-
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			$options = isset($vars['options']) ? $vars['options'] : '';
-
-			$template->assign_block_vars('options', array(
-				'KEY'			=> $config_key,
-				'TITLE'			=> $lang[$vars['lang']],
-				'S_EXPLAIN'		=> $vars['explain'],
-				'S_LEGEND'		=> false,
-				'TITLE_EXPLAIN'	=> ($vars['explain']) ? $lang[$vars['lang'] . '_EXPLAIN'] : '',
-				'CONTENT'		=> $this->p_master->input_field($config_key, $vars['type'], $data[$config_key], $options),
-				)
-			);
-		}
-
-		$config_options = array_merge($this->db_config_options, $this->admin_config_options);
-		foreach ($config_options as $config_key => $vars)
-		{
-			if (!is_array($vars))
-			{
-				continue;
-			}
-			$s_hidden_fields .= '<input type="hidden" name="' . $config_key . '" value="' . $data[$config_key] . '" />';
-		}
-
-		$submit = $lang['NEXT_STEP'];
-
-		$url = $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=create_table";
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'BODY'		=> $lang['STAGE_ADVANCED_EXPLAIN'],
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $submit,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'S_HIDDEN'	=> $s_hidden_fields,
-			'U_ACTION'	=> $url,
+			'U_ACTION'	=> phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=create_table"),
 		));
 	}
 
 	/**
 	* Load the contents of the schema into the database and then alter it based on what has been input during the installation
 	*/
-	function load_schema($mode, $sub)
+	function load_schema($mode, $sub, &$data)
 	{
-		global $db, $lang, $template;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_CREATE_TABLE'];
 		$s_hidden_fields = '';
 
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
 		if ($data['dbms'] == '')
 		{
 			// Someone's been silly and tried calling this page direct
@@ -1138,24 +945,6 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
 		}
 
-		// HTTP_HOST is having the correct browser url in most cases...
-		$server_name = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) ? strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) : ((!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] : getenv('SERVER_NAME'));
-		$referer = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) ? strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) : getenv('HTTP_REFERER');
-
-		// HTTP HOST can carry a port number...
-		if (strpos($server_name, ':') !== false)
-		{
-			$server_name = substr($server_name, 0, strpos($server_name, ':'));
-		}
-
-		$cookie_domain = ($data['server_name'] != '') ? $data['server_name'] : $server_name;
-
-		// Try to come up with the best solution for cookie domain...
-		if (strpos($cookie_domain, 'www.') === 0)
-		{
-			$cookie_domain = str_replace('www.', '.', $cookie_domain);
-		}
-
 		// If we get here and the extension isn't loaded it should be safe to just go ahead and load it
 		$available_dbms = get_available_dbms($data['dbms']);
 
@@ -1165,90 +954,44 @@ class install_install extends module
 			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
 		}
 
-		$dbms = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['DRIVER'];
+		phpbb::assign('db', phpbb_db_dbal::connect($data['dbms'], $data['dbhost'], $data['dbuser'], htmlspecialchars_decode($data['dbpasswd']), $data['dbname'], $data['dbport'], false, false));
 
-		// Load the appropriate database class if not already loaded
-		include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/' . $dbms . '.' . PHP_EXT);
+		// Include the db tools - we work with them to create the tables
+		include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/db_tools.' . PHP_EXT;
 
-		// Instantiate the database
-		$db = new $sql_db();
-		$db->sql_connect($data['dbhost'], $data['dbuser'], htmlspecialchars_decode($data['dbpasswd']), $data['dbname'], $data['dbport'], false, false);
+		// Load the Schema data (Fill $schema_data)
+		include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'install/schemas/schema_structure.' . PHP_EXT;
 
-		// NOTE: trigger_error does not work here.
-		$db->sql_return_on_error(true);
+		// we do not return statements, we simply let them execute
+		$db_tools = new phpbb_db_tools(phpbb::$db);
 
-		// Ok we have the db info go ahead and read in the relevant schema
-		// and work on building the table
-		$dbms_schema = 'schemas/' . $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['SCHEMA'] . '_schema.sql';
-
-		// How should we treat this schema?
-		$remove_remarks = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['COMMENTS'];
-		$delimiter = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['DELIM'];
-
-		include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/db_tools.php');
-		include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'install/schemas/schema_data.php');
-
-		// we must set return_statements to true so that we can handle the errors
-		$db_tools = new phpbb_db_tools($db, true);
+		// Before we can load the schema data we need (for a new installation) create custom data for the beginning of schema creation and the end
+		$db_tools->sql_install_begin();
 
 		foreach ($schema_data as $table_name => $table_data)
 		{
-			// Change prefix
-			$table_name = preg_replace('#phpbb_#i', $data['table_prefix'], $table_name);
-			$statements = $db_tools->sql_create_table($table_name, $table_data);
+			// Change prefix, we always have phpbb_, therefore we can do a substr() here
+			$table_name = $data['table_prefix'] . substr($table_name, 6);
 
-			foreach ($statements as $sql)
-			{
-				if (!$db->sql_query($sql))
-				{
-					$error = $db->sql_error();
-					$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-				}
-			}
+			// Now create the table
+			$db_tools->sql_create_table($table_name, $table_data);
 		}
 
-		// Ok tables have been built, let's fill in the basic information
-		$sql_query = file_get_contents('schemas/schema_data.sql');
+		$db_tools->sql_install_end();
 
-		// Deal with any special comments
-		switch ($data['dbms'])
+		// Now get the schema data
+		include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'install/schemas/schema_data.' . PHP_EXT;
+
+		// Build data array for substituted content ;)
+
+		$cookie_domain = ($data['server_name'] != '') ? $data['server_name'] : phpbb::$user->system['host'];
+
+		// Try to come up with the best solution for cookie domain...
+		if (strpos($cookie_domain, 'www.') === 0)
 		{
-			case 'mssql':
-			case 'mssql_odbc':
-			case 'mssql_2005':
-				$sql_query = preg_replace('#\# MSSQL IDENTITY (phpbb_[a-z_]+) (ON|OFF) \##s', 'SET IDENTITY_INSERT \1 \2;', $sql_query);
-			break;
-
-			case 'postgres':
-				$sql_query = preg_replace('#\# POSTGRES (BEGIN|COMMIT) \##s', '\1; ', $sql_query);
-			break;
+			$cookie_domain = str_replace('www.', '.', $cookie_domain);
 		}
 
-		// Change prefix
-		$sql_query = preg_replace('#phpbb_#i', $data['table_prefix'], $sql_query);
-
-		// Change language strings...
-		$sql_query = preg_replace_callback('#\{L_([A-Z0-9\-_]*)\}#s', 'adjust_language_keys_callback', $sql_query);
-
-		// Since there is only one schema file we know the comment style and are able to remove it directly with remove_remarks
-		remove_remarks($sql_query);
-		$sql_query = split_sql_file($sql_query, ';');
-
-		foreach ($sql_query as $sql)
-		{
-			//$sql = trim(str_replace('|', ';', $sql));
-			if (!$db->sql_query($sql))
-			{
-				$error = $db->sql_error();
-				$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-			}
-		}
-		unset($sql_query);
-
-		$current_time = time();
-
-		$user_ip = (!empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) ? htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) : '';
-
 		if ($data['script_path'] !== '/')
 		{
 			// Adjust destination path (no trailing slash)
@@ -1265,171 +1008,102 @@ class install_install extends module
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Set default config and post data, this applies to all DB's
-		$sql_ary = array(
-			'INSERT INTO ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config (config_name, config_value)
-				VALUES ('board_startdate', '$current_time')",
+		$ref = substr(phpbb::$user->system['referer'], strpos(phpbb::$user->system['referer'], '://') + 3);
 
-			'INSERT INTO ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config (config_name, config_value)
-				VALUES ('default_lang', '" . $db->sql_escape($data['default_lang']) . "')",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['img_imagick']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'img_imagick'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['server_name']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'server_name'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['server_port']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'server_port'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['board_email1']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'board_email'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['board_email1']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'board_contact'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($cookie_domain) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'cookie_domain'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($lang['default_dateformat']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'default_dateformat'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['email_enable']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'email_enable'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['smtp_delivery']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'smtp_delivery'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['smtp_host']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'smtp_host'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['smtp_auth']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'smtp_auth_method'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['smtp_user']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'smtp_username'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['smtp_pass']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'smtp_password'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['cookie_secure']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'cookie_secure'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['force_server_vars']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'force_server_vars'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['script_path']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'script_path'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['server_protocol']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'server_protocol'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'newest_username'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . md5(mt_rand()) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'avatar_salt'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "users
-				SET username = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "', user_password='" . $db->sql_escape(md5($data['admin_pass1'])) . "', user_ip = '" . $db->sql_escape($user_ip) . "', user_lang = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['default_lang']) . "', user_email='" . $db->sql_escape($data['board_email1']) . "', user_dateformat='" . $db->sql_escape($lang['default_dateformat']) . "', user_email_hash = " . hexdec(crc32($data['board_email1']) . strlen($data['board_email1'])) . ", username_clean = '" . $db->sql_escape(utf8_clean_string($data['admin_name'])) . "'
-				WHERE username = 'Admin'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "moderator_cache
-				SET username = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "'
-				WHERE username = 'Admin'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "forums
-				SET forum_last_poster_name = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "'
-				WHERE forum_last_poster_name = 'Admin'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "topics
-				SET topic_first_poster_name = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "', topic_last_poster_name = '" . $db->sql_escape($data['admin_name']) . "'
-				WHERE topic_first_poster_name = 'Admin'
-					OR topic_last_poster_name = 'Admin'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "users
-				SET user_regdate = $current_time",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "posts
-				SET post_time = $current_time, poster_ip = '" . $db->sql_escape($user_ip) . "'",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "topics
-				SET topic_time = $current_time, topic_last_post_time = $current_time",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "forums
-				SET forum_last_post_time = $current_time",
-
-			'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($db->sql_server_info(true)) . "'
-				WHERE config_name = 'dbms_version'",
+		$template_data = array(
+			'BOARD_STARTDATE'	=> time(),
+			'CURRENT_TIME'		=> time(),
+			'DEFAULT_LANG'		=> $data['default_lang'],
+			'DBMS_VERSION'		=> phpbb::$db->sql_server_info(true),
+			'IMG_IMAGICK'		=> $data['img_imagick'],
+			'SERVER_NAME'		=> $data['server_name'],
+			'SERVER_PORT'		=> $data['server_port'],
+			'BOARD_EMAIL'		=> $data['board_email'],
+			'BOARD_CONTACT'		=> $data['board_contact'],
+			'COOKIE_DOMAIN'		=> $cookie_domain,
+			'DEFAULT_DATEFORMAT'=> phpbb::$user->lang['default_dateformat'],
+			'EMAIL_ENABLE'		=> $data['email_enable'],
+			'SMTP_DELIVERY'		=> $data['smtp_delivery'],
+			'SMTP_HOST'			=> $data['smtp_host'],
+			'SMTP_AUTH_METHOD'	=> $data['smtp_auth'],
+			'SMTP_USERNAME'		=> $data['smtp_user'],
+			'SMTP_PASSWORD'		=> $data['smtp_pass'],
+			'COOKIE_SECURE'		=> $data['cookie_secure'],
+			'COOKIE_NAME'		=> 'phpbb3_' . phpbb::$security->gen_rand_string(4),
+			'FORCE_SERVER_VARS'	=> $data['force_server_vars'],
+			'SCRIPT_PATH'		=> $data['script_path'],
+			'SERVER_PROTOCOL'	=> $data['server_protocol'],
+			'NEWEST_USERNAME'	=> $data['admin_name'],
+			'AVATAR_SALT'		=> md5(phpbb::$security->gen_rand_string()),
+			'CAPTCHA_PLUGIN'	=> (@extension_loaded('gd') || can_load_dll('gd')) ? 'phpbb_captcha_gd' : 'phpbb_captcha_nogd',
+			'REFERER_VALIDATION'=> (!(stripos($ref, phpbb::$user->system['host']) === 0)) ? '0' : '1',
+			'ADMIN_NAME'		=> $data['admin_name'],
+			'ADMIN_NAME_CLEAN'	=> utf8_clean_string($data['admin_name']),
+			'ADMIN_PASSWORD'	=> phpbb::$security->hash_password($data['admin_pass1']),
+			'ADMIN_EMAIL'		=> $data['board_contact'],
+			'ADMIN_EMAIL_HASH'	=> hexdec(crc32($data['board_contact']) . strlen($data['board_contact'])),
+			'USER_IP'			=> phpbb::$user->ip,
 		);
 
-		if (@extension_loaded('gd') || can_load_dll('gd'))
+		// Apply Schema changes
+		$db_tools->db->sql_transaction('begin');
+
+		foreach ($schema_data as $schema_array)
 		{
-			$sql_ary[] = 'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = 'phpbb_captcha_gd'
-				WHERE config_name = 'captcha_plugin'";
+			$schema_array['table'] = $data['table_prefix'] . substr($schema_array['table'], 6);
+			$db_tools->sql_insert_data($schema_array, $template_data);
 		}
 
-		$ref = substr($referer, strpos($referer, '://') + 3);
+		$db_tools->db->sql_transaction('commit');
 
-		if (!(stripos($ref, $server_name) === 0))
+		// Update data
+		$db_tools->db->sql_transaction('begin');
+
+		foreach ($schema_updates as $schema_array)
 		{
-			$sql_ary[] = 'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-				SET config_value = '0'
-				WHERE config_name = 'referer_validation'";
+			$schema_array['table'] = $data['table_prefix'] . substr($schema_array['table'], 6);
+			$db_tools->sql_update_data($schema_array, $template_data);
 		}
 
-		// We set a (semi-)unique cookie name to bypass login issues related to the cookie name.
-		$cookie_name = 'phpbb3_';
-		$rand_str = md5(mt_rand());
-		$rand_str = str_replace('0', 'z', base_convert($rand_str, 16, 35));
-		$rand_str = substr($rand_str, 0, 5);
-		$cookie_name .= strtolower($rand_str);
+		$db_tools->db->sql_transaction('commit');
 
-		$sql_ary[] = 'UPDATE ' . $data['table_prefix'] . "config
-			SET config_value = '" . $db->sql_escape($cookie_name) . "'
-			WHERE config_name = 'cookie_name'";
+		// We need to insert the role data manually... else the schema array is quite large...
+		$sql = 'SELECT role_id, role_name
+			FROM ' . $data['table_prefix'] . 'acl_roles';
+		$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
 
-		foreach ($sql_ary as $sql)
+		$role_ids = array();
+		while ($row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 		{
-			//$sql = trim(str_replace('|', ';', $sql));
+			$role_ids[$row['role_name']] = $row['role_id'];
+		}
+		phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
-			if (!$db->sql_query($sql))
+		foreach ($this->role_definitions as $role_ary)
+		{
+			$role_name		= $role_ary[0];
+			$auth_setting	= $role_ary[1];
+			$permission		= $role_ary[2];
+			$condition		= $role_ary[3];
+			$options		= $role_ary[4];
+
+			$sql = '';
+			$sql .= 'INSERT INTO ' . $data['table_prefix'] . 'acl_roles_data (role_id, auth_option_id, auth_setting) ';
+			$sql .= 'SELECT ' . $role_ids[$role_name] . ', auth_option_id, ' . $auth_setting . ' ';
+			$sql .= 'FROM ' . $data['table_prefix'] . 'acl_options ';
+			$sql .= "WHERE auth_option LIKE '{$permission}%'";
+
+			if ($options !== false)
 			{
-				$error = $db->sql_error();
-				$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
+				$sql .= ' AND auth_option ' . $condition . ' (\'' . implode("', '", $options) . "')";
 			}
+
+			phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
 		}
 
-		$submit = $lang['NEXT_STEP'];
-
-		$url = $this->p_master->module_url . "?mode=$mode&amp;sub=final";
-
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'BODY'		=> $lang['STAGE_CREATE_TABLE_EXPLAIN'],
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $submit,
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'S_HIDDEN'	=> build_hidden_fields($data),
-			'U_ACTION'	=> $url,
+			'U_ACTION'	=> phpbb::$url->append_sid($this->p_master->module_url, "mode=$mode&amp;sub=final"),
 		));
 	}
 
@@ -1438,60 +1112,20 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function build_search_index($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $db, $lang;
+		include_once PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/search/fulltext_native.' . PHP_EXT;
 
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-		$table_prefix = $data['table_prefix'];
-
-		// If we get here and the extension isn't loaded it should be safe to just go ahead and load it
-		$available_dbms = get_available_dbms($data['dbms']);
-
-		if (!isset($available_dbms[$data['dbms']]))
-		{
-			// Someone's been silly and tried providing a non-existant dbms
-			$this->p_master->redirect('index.' . PHP_EXT . '?mode=install');
-		}
-
-		$dbms = $available_dbms[$data['dbms']]['DRIVER'];
-
-		// Load the appropriate database class if not already loaded
-		include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/' . $dbms . '.' . PHP_EXT);
-
-		// Instantiate the database
-		$db = new $sql_db();
-		$db->sql_connect($data['dbhost'], $data['dbuser'], htmlspecialchars_decode($data['dbpasswd']), $data['dbname'], $data['dbport'], false, false);
-
-		// NOTE: trigger_error does not work here.
-		$db->sql_return_on_error(true);
-
-		include_once(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/constants.' . PHP_EXT);
-		include_once(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/search/fulltext_native.' . PHP_EXT);
-
-		/* Fill the config array - it is needed by those functions we call
-		$sql = 'SELECT *
-			FROM ' . CONFIG_TABLE;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-
-		$config = array();
-		while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
-		{
-			$config[$row['config_name']] = $row['config_value'];
-		}
-		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
-*/
 		$error = false;
 		$search = new fulltext_native($error);
 
 		$sql = 'SELECT post_id, post_subject, post_text, poster_id, forum_id
 			FROM ' . POSTS_TABLE;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+		$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
 
-		while ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
+		while ($row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 		{
 			$search->index('post', $row['post_id'], $row['post_text'], $row['post_subject'], $row['poster_id'], $row['forum_id']);
 		}
-		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+		phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1499,9 +1133,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function add_modules($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $db, $lang;
-
-		include_once(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/acp/acp_modules.' . PHP_EXT);
+		include_once PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'modules/acp/acp_modules.' . PHP_EXT;
 
 		$_module = new acp_modules();
 		$module_classes = array('acp', 'mcp', 'ucp');
@@ -1530,13 +1162,6 @@ class install_install extends module
 				// Add category
 				$_module->update_module_data($module_data, true);
 
-				// Check for last sql error happened
-				if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-				{
-					$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-					$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-				}
-
 				$categories[$cat_name]['id'] = (int) $module_data['module_id'];
 				$categories[$cat_name]['parent_id'] = 0;
 
@@ -1558,13 +1183,6 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 						$_module->update_module_data($module_data, true);
 
-						// Check for last sql error happened
-						if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-						{
-							$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-							$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-						}
-
 						$categories[$level2_name]['id'] = (int) $module_data['module_id'];
 						$categories[$level2_name]['parent_id'] = (int) $categories[$cat_name]['id'];
 					}
@@ -1597,13 +1215,6 @@ class install_install extends module
 						);
 
 						$_module->update_module_data($module_data, true);
-
-						// Check for last sql error happened
-						if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-						{
-							$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-							$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1617,9 +1228,9 @@ class install_install extends module
 					WHERE module_basename = 'main'
 						AND module_class = 'acp'
 						AND module_mode = 'main'";
-				$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-				$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-				$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+				$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
+				$row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+				phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 				$_module->move_module_by($row, 'move_up', 4);
 
@@ -1629,9 +1240,9 @@ class install_install extends module
 					WHERE module_basename = 'permissions'
 						AND module_class = 'acp'
 						AND module_mode = 'intro'";
-				$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-				$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-				$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+				$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
+				$row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+				phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 				$_module->move_module_by($row, 'move_up', 4);
 
@@ -1641,9 +1252,9 @@ class install_install extends module
 					WHERE module_basename = 'users'
 						AND module_class = 'acp'
 						AND module_mode = 'overview'";
-				$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-				$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-				$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+				$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
+				$row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+				phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 				$_module->move_module_by($row, 'move_up', 5);
 			}
@@ -1656,9 +1267,9 @@ class install_install extends module
 					WHERE module_basename = 'attachments'
 						AND module_class = 'ucp'
 						AND module_mode = 'attachments'";
-				$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-				$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-				$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+				$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
+				$row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+				phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 				$_module->move_module_by($row, 'move_down', 4);
 			}
@@ -1671,22 +1282,22 @@ class install_install extends module
 				{
 					$sql = 'SELECT module_id, left_id, right_id
 						FROM ' . MODULES_TABLE . "
-						WHERE module_langname = '" . $db->sql_escape($cat_name) . "'
-							AND module_class = '" . $db->sql_escape($module_class) . "'";
-					$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
-					$row2 = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-					$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+						WHERE module_langname = '" . phpbb::$db->sql_escape($cat_name) . "'
+							AND module_class = '" . phpbb::$db->sql_escape($module_class) . "'";
+					$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
+					$row2 = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+					phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 					foreach ($mods as $mod_name)
 					{
 						$sql = 'SELECT *
 							FROM ' . MODULES_TABLE . "
-							WHERE module_langname = '" . $db->sql_escape($mod_name) . "'
-								AND module_class = '" . $db->sql_escape($module_class) . "'
+							WHERE module_langname = '" . phpbb::$db->sql_escape($mod_name) . "'
+								AND module_class = '" . phpbb::$db->sql_escape($module_class) . "'
 								AND module_basename <> ''";
-						$result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
-						$row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result);
-						$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+						$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
+						$row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result);
+						phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 						$module_data = array(
 							'module_basename'	=> $row['module_basename'],
@@ -1700,13 +1311,6 @@ class install_install extends module
 						);
 
 						$_module->update_module_data($module_data, true);
-
-						// Check for last sql error happened
-						if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-						{
-							$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-							$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -1720,13 +1324,11 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function add_language($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $db, $lang;
-
 		$dir = @opendir(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'language');
 
 		if (!$dir)
 		{
-			$this->error('Unable to access the language directory', __LINE__, __FILE__);
+			trigger_error('Unable to access the language directory', E_USER_ERROR);
 		}
 
 		while (($file = readdir($dir)) !== false)
@@ -1750,13 +1352,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 					'lang_author'		=> trim(htmlspecialchars($lang_file[2], ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8')),
 				);
 
-				$db->sql_query('INSERT INTO ' . LANG_TABLE . ' ' . $db->sql_build_array('INSERT', $lang_pack));
-
-				if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-				{
-					$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-					$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-				}
+				phpbb::$db->sql_query('INSERT INTO ' . LANG_TABLE . ' ' . phpbb::$db->sql_build_array('INSERT', $lang_pack));
 
 				$valid_localized = array(
 					'icon_back_top', 'icon_contact_aim', 'icon_contact_email', 'icon_contact_icq', 'icon_contact_jabber', 'icon_contact_msnm', 'icon_contact_pm', 'icon_contact_yahoo', 'icon_contact_www', 'icon_post_delete', 'icon_post_edit', 'icon_post_info', 'icon_post_quote', 'icon_post_report', 'icon_user_online', 'icon_user_offline', 'icon_user_profile', 'icon_user_search', 'icon_user_warn', 'button_pm_forward', 'button_pm_new', 'button_pm_reply', 'button_topic_locked', 'button_topic_new', 'button_topic_reply',
@@ -1766,9 +1362,9 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 				$sql = 'SELECT *
 					FROM ' . STYLES_IMAGESET_TABLE;
-				$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+				$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
 
-				while ($imageset_row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result))
+				while ($imageset_row = phpbb::$db->sql_fetchrow($result))
 				{
 					if (@file_exists(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . "styles/{$imageset_row['imageset_path']}/imageset/{$lang_pack['lang_iso']}/imageset.cfg"))
 					{
@@ -1811,17 +1407,11 @@ class install_install extends module
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+				phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 				if (sizeof($sql_ary))
 				{
-					$db->sql_multi_insert(STYLES_IMAGESET_DATA_TABLE, $sql_ary);
-
-					if ($db->sql_error_triggered)
-					{
-						$error = $db->sql_error($db->sql_error_sql);
-						$this->p_master->db_error($error['message'], $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
-					}
+					phpbb::$db->sql_multi_insert(STYLES_IMAGESET_DATA_TABLE, $sql_ary);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1833,32 +1423,22 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function add_bots($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $db, $lang;
-
-		// Obtain any submitted data
-		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
-
-		// Fill the config array - it is needed by those functions we call
-		$sql = 'SELECT *
-			FROM ' . CONFIG_TABLE;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-
 		$sql = 'SELECT group_id
 			FROM ' . GROUPS_TABLE . "
 			WHERE group_name_clean = 'bots'";
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
-		$group_id = (int) $db->sql_fetchfield('group_id');
-		$db->sql_freeresult($result);
+		$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
+		$group_id = (int) phpbb::$db->sql_fetchfield('group_id');
+		phpbb::$db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 		if (!$group_id)
 		{
 			// If we reach this point then something has gone very wrong
-			$this->p_master->error($lang['NO_GROUP'], __LINE__, __FILE__);
+			trigger_error('NO_GROUP', E_USER_ERROR);
 		}
 
 		if (!function_exists('user_add'))
 		{
-			include(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_user.' . PHP_EXT);
+			include PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_user.' . PHP_EXT;
 		}
 
 		foreach ($this->bot_list as $bot_name => $bot_ary)
@@ -1871,10 +1451,10 @@ class install_install extends module
 				'user_password'			=> '',
 				'user_colour'			=> '9E8DA7',
 				'user_email'			=> '',
-				'user_lang'				=> $data['default_lang'],
+				'user_lang'				=> phpbb::$config['default_lang'],
 				'user_style'			=> 1,
 				'user_timezone'			=> 0,
-				'user_dateformat'		=> $lang['default_dateformat'],
+				'user_dateformat'		=> phpbb::$user->lang['default_dateformat'],
 				'user_allow_massemail'	=> 0,
 			);
 
@@ -1883,11 +1463,11 @@ class install_install extends module
 			if (!$user_id)
 			{
 				// If we can't insert this user then continue to the next one to avoid inconsistant data
-				$this->p_master->db_error('Unable to insert bot into users table', $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__, true);
+				$this->p_master->db_error('Unable to insert bot into users table', $db->sql_error_sql, __LINE__, __FILE__);
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			$sql = 'INSERT INTO ' . BOTS_TABLE . ' ' . $db->sql_build_array('INSERT', array(
+			$sql = 'INSERT INTO ' . BOTS_TABLE . ' ' . phpbb::$db->sql_build_array('INSERT', array(
 				'bot_active'	=> 1,
 				'bot_name'		=> (string) $bot_name,
 				'user_id'		=> (int) $user_id,
@@ -1895,7 +1475,7 @@ class install_install extends module
 				'bot_ip'		=> (string) $bot_ary[1],
 			));
 
-			$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+			$result = phpbb::$db->sql_query($sql);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1904,25 +1484,19 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function email_admin($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $auth, $db, $lang, $template, $user;
-
-		$this->page_title = $lang['STAGE_FINAL'];
-
 		// Obtain any submitted data
 		$data = $this->get_submitted_data();
 
-		$sql = 'SELECT *
-			FROM ' . CONFIG_TABLE;
-		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
+		// Normal Login
+		phpbb::$user->login($data['admin_name'], $data['admin_pass1'], false, true, false);
 
-		$user->session_begin();
-		$auth->login($data['admin_name'], $data['admin_pass1'], false, true, true);
+		// Admin Login
+		phpbb::$user->login($data['admin_name'], $data['admin_pass1'], false, true, true);
 
-		// OK, Now that we've reached this point we can be confident that everything
-		// is installed and working......I hope :)
-		// So it's time to send an email to the administrator confirming the details
-		// they entered
+		phpbb::$acl->init(phpbb::$user->data);
 
+		// OK, Now that we've reached this point we can be confident that everything is installed and working......I hope :)
+		/* So it's time to send an email to the administrator confirming the details they entered
 		if (phpbb::$config['email_enable'])
 		{
 			include_once(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/functions_messenger.' . PHP_EXT);
@@ -1931,12 +1505,12 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 			$messenger->template('installed', $data['language']);
 
-			$messenger->to($data['board_email1'], $data['admin_name']);
+			$messenger->to($data['board_contact'], $data['admin_name']);
 
 			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: Board servername - ' . phpbb::$config['server_name']);
-			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: User_id - ' . $user->data['user_id']);
-			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: Username - ' . $user->data['username']);
-			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: User IP - ' . $user->ip);
+			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: User_id - ' . phpbb::$user->data['user_id']);
+			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: Username - ' . phpbb::$user->data['username']);
+			$messenger->headers('X-AntiAbuse: User IP - ' . phpbb::$user->ip);
 
 			$messenger->assign_vars(array(
 				'USERNAME'		=> htmlspecialchars_decode($data['admin_name']),
@@ -1945,15 +1519,13 @@ class install_install extends module
 
 			$messenger->send(NOTIFY_EMAIL);
 		}
-
+*/
 		// And finally, add a note to the log
 		add_log('admin', 'LOG_INSTALL_INSTALLED', phpbb::$config['version']);
 
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
-			'TITLE'		=> $lang['INSTALL_CONGRATS'],
-			'BODY'		=> sprintf($lang['INSTALL_CONGRATS_EXPLAIN'], phpbb::$config['version'], append_sid('install/index', 'mode=convert&amp;language=' . $data['language']), '../docs/README.html'),
-			'L_SUBMIT'	=> $lang['INSTALL_LOGIN'],
-			'U_ACTION'	=> append_sid('adm/index'),
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
+			'L_BODY'		=> phpbb::$user->lang('INSTALL_CONGRATS_EXPLAIN', phpbb::$config['version'], phpbb::$url->append_sid('install/index', 'mode=convert&amp;language=' . $data['language']), '../docs/README.html'),
+			'U_ACTION'	=> phpbb::$url->append_sid('adm/index'),
 		));
 	}
 
@@ -1962,14 +1534,12 @@ class install_install extends module
 	*/
 	function mail_auth_select($selected_method)
 	{
-		global $lang;
-
 		$auth_methods = array('PLAIN', 'LOGIN', 'CRAM-MD5', 'DIGEST-MD5', 'POP-BEFORE-SMTP');
 		$s_smtp_auth_options = '';
 
 		foreach ($auth_methods as $method)
 		{
-			$s_smtp_auth_options .= '<option value="' . $method . '"' . (($selected_method == $method) ? ' selected="selected"' : '') . '>' . $lang['SMTP_' . str_replace('-', '_', $method)] . '</option>';
+			$s_smtp_auth_options .= '<option value="' . $method . '"' . (($selected_method == $method) ? ' selected="selected"' : '') . '>' . phpbb::$user->lang['SMTP_' . str_replace('-', '_', $method)] . '</option>';
 		}
 
 		return $s_smtp_auth_options;
@@ -1993,8 +1563,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 			'admin_name'	=> utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('admin_name', '', true)),
 			'admin_pass1'	=> request_var('admin_pass1', '', true),
 			'admin_pass2'	=> request_var('admin_pass2', '', true),
-			'board_email1'	=> strtolower(request_var('board_email1', '')),
-			'board_email2'	=> strtolower(request_var('board_email2', '')),
+			'board_email'	=> strtolower(request_var('board_email', '')),
+			'board_contact'	=> strtolower(request_var('board_contact', '')),
 			'img_imagick'	=> request_var('img_imagick', ''),
 			'ftp_path'		=> request_var('ftp_path', ''),
 			'ftp_user'		=> request_var('ftp_user', ''),
@@ -2014,6 +1584,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 		);
 	}
 
+	var $common_config_options = array('language' => array(), 'img_imagick' => array());
+
 	/**
 	* The information below will be used to build the input fields presented to the user
 	*/
@@ -2033,8 +1605,8 @@ class install_install extends module
 		'admin_name'			=> array('lang' => 'ADMIN_USERNAME',			'type' => 'text:25:100', 'explain' => true),
 		'admin_pass1'			=> array('lang' => 'ADMIN_PASSWORD',			'type' => 'password:25:100', 'explain' => true),
 		'admin_pass2'			=> array('lang' => 'ADMIN_PASSWORD_CONFIRM',	'type' => 'password:25:100', 'explain' => false),
-		'board_email1'			=> array('lang' => 'CONTACT_EMAIL',				'type' => 'text:25:100', 'explain' => false),
-		'board_email2'			=> array('lang' => 'CONTACT_EMAIL_CONFIRM',		'type' => 'text:25:100', 'explain' => false),
+		'board_contact'			=> array('lang' => 'CONTACT_EMAIL',				'type' => 'text:25:100', 'explain' => true),
+		'board_email'			=> array('lang' => 'ADMIN_EMAIL',				'type' => 'text:25:100', 'explain' => true),
 	);
 	var $advanced_config_options = array(
 		'legend1'				=> 'ACP_EMAIL_SETTINGS',
@@ -2232,6 +1804,58 @@ class install_install extends module
 			),
 		),
 	);
+
+	var $role_definitions = array(
+		// Standard Admin (a_)
+		array('ROLE_ADMIN_STANDARD', 1, 'a_', 'NOT IN', array('a_switchperm', 'a_jabber', 'a_phpinfo', 'a_server', 'a_backup', 'a_styles', 'a_clearlogs', 'a_modules', 'a_language', 'a_email', 'a_bots', 'a_search', 'a_aauth', 'a_roles')),
+		// Forum Admin (a_)
+		array('ROLE_ADMIN_FORUM', 1, 'a_', 'IN', array('a_', 'a_authgroups', 'a_authusers', 'a_fauth', 'a_forum', 'a_forumadd', 'a_forumdel', 'a_mauth', 'a_prune', 'a_uauth', 'a_viewauth', 'a_viewlogs')),
+		// User and Groups Admin (a_)
+		array('ROLE_ADMIN_USERGROUP', 1, 'a_', 'IN', array('a_', 'a_authgroups', 'a_authusers', 'a_ban', 'a_group', 'a_groupadd', 'a_groupdel', 'a_ranks', 'a_uauth', 'a_user', 'a_viewauth', 'a_viewlogs')),
+		// Full Admin (a_)
+		array('ROLE_ADMIN_FULL', 1, 'a_', false, false),
+		// All Features (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_FULL', 1, 'u_', false, false),
+		// Standard Features (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_STANDARD', 1, 'u_', 'NOT IN', array('u_viewonline', 'u_chggrp', 'u_chgname', 'u_ignoreflood', 'u_pm_flash', 'u_pm_forward')),
+		// Limited Features (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_LIMITED', 1, 'u_', 'NOT IN', array('u_attach', 'u_viewonline', 'u_chggrp', 'u_chgname', 'u_ignoreflood', 'u_pm_attach', 'u_pm_emailpm', 'u_pm_flash', 'u_savedrafts', 'u_search', 'u_sendemail', 'u_sendim', 'u_masspm', 'u_masspm_group')),
+		// No Private Messages (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_NOPM', 1, 'u_', 'IN', array('u_', 'u_chgavatar', 'u_chgcensors', 'u_chgemail', 'u_chgpasswd', 'u_download', 'u_hideonline', 'u_sig', 'u_viewprofile')),
+		array('ROLE_USER_NOPM', 0, 'u_', 'IN', array('u_readpm', 'u_sendpm', 'u_masspm', 'u_masspm_group')),
+		// No Avatar (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_NOAVATAR', 1, 'u_', 'NOT IN', array('u_attach', 'u_chgavatar', 'u_viewonline', 'u_chggrp', 'u_chgname', 'u_ignoreflood', 'u_pm_attach', 'u_pm_emailpm', 'u_pm_flash', 'u_savedrafts', 'u_search', 'u_sendemail', 'u_sendim', 'u_masspm', 'u_masspm_group')),
+		array('ROLE_USER_NOAVATAR', 0, 'u_', 'IN', array('u_chgavatar', 'u_masspm', 'u_masspm_group')),
+		// Download and search for guests (u_)
+		array('ROLE_USER_GUESTS', 1, 'u_', 'IN', array('u_', 'u_download', 'u_search')),
+		// Full Moderator (m_)
+		array('ROLE_MOD_FULL', 1, 'm_', false, false),
+		// Standard Moderator (m_)
+		array('ROLE_MOD_STANDARD', 1, 'm_', 'NOT IN', array('m_ban', 'm_chgposter')),
+		// Simple Moderator (m_)
+		array('ROLE_MOD_SIMPLE', 1, 'm_', 'IN', array('m_', 'm_delete', 'm_edit', 'm_info', 'm_report')),
+		// Queue Moderator (m_)
+		array('ROLE_MOD_QUEUE', 1, 'm_', 'IN', array('m_', 'm_approve', 'm_edit')),
+		// Full Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_FULL', 1, 'f_', false, false),
+		// Standard Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_STANDARD', 1, 'f_', 'NOT IN', array('f_announce', 'f_flash', 'f_ignoreflood', 'f_poll', 'f_sticky', 'f_user_lock')),
+		// No Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_NOACCESS', 0, 'f_', 'IN', array('f_')),
+		// Read Only Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_READONLY', 1, 'f_', 'IN', array('f_', 'f_download', 'f_list', 'f_read', 'f_search', 'f_subscribe', 'f_print')),
+		// Limited Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_LIMITED', 1, 'f_', 'NOT IN', array('f_announce', 'f_attach', 'f_bump', 'f_delete', 'f_flash', 'f_icons', 'f_ignoreflood', 'f_poll', 'f_sticky', 'f_user_lock', 'f_votechg')),
+		// Bot Access (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_BOT', 1, 'f_', 'IN', array('f_', 'f_download', 'f_list', 'f_read', 'f_print')),
+		// On Moderation Queue (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_ONQUEUE', 1, 'f_', 'NOT IN', array('f_announce', 'f_bump', 'f_delete', 'f_flash', 'f_icons', 'f_ignoreflood', 'f_poll', 'f_sticky', 'f_user_lock', 'f_votechg', 'f_noapprove')),
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_ONQUEUE', 0, 'f_', 'IN', array('f_noapprove')),
+		// Standard Access + Polls (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_POLLS', 1, 'f_', 'NOT IN', array('f_announce', 'f_flash', 'f_ignoreflood', 'f_sticky', 'f_user_lock')),
+		// Limited Access + Polls (f_)
+		array('ROLE_FORUM_LIMITED_POLLS', 1, 'f_', 'NOT IN', array('f_announce', 'f_attach', 'f_bump', 'f_delete', 'f_flash', 'f_icons', 'f_ignoreflood', 'f_sticky', 'f_user_lock', 'f_votechg')),
+	);
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_main.php b/phpBB/install/install_main.php
index 565b06b0b3..48cd600249 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_main.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_main.php
@@ -43,34 +43,32 @@ class install_main extends module
 
 	function main($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $lang, $template, $language;
-
 		switch ($sub)
 		{
 			case 'intro' :
-				$title = $lang['SUB_INTRO'];
-				$body = $lang['OVERVIEW_BODY'];
+				$title = phpbb::$user->lang['SUB_INTRO'];
+				$body = phpbb::$user->lang['OVERVIEW_BODY'];
 			break;
 
 			case 'license' :
-				$title = $lang['GPL'];
-				$body = implode("<br/>\n", file('../docs/COPYING'));
+				$title = phpbb::$user->lang['GPL'];
+				$body = implode("<br />\n", file('../docs/COPYING'));
 			break;
 
 			case 'support' :
-				$title = $lang['SUB_SUPPORT'];
-				$body = $lang['SUPPORT_BODY'];
+				$title = phpbb::$user->lang['SUB_SUPPORT'];
+				$body = phpbb::$user->lang['SUPPORT_BODY'];
 			break;
 		}
 
-		$this->tpl_name = 'install_main';
+		$this->tpl_name = 'install/main';
 		$this->page_title = $title;
 
-		$template->assign_vars(array(
+		phpbb::$template->assign_vars(array(
 			'TITLE'		=> $title,
 			'BODY'		=> $body,
 
-			'S_LANG_SELECT'	=> '<select id="language" name="language">' . $this->p_master->inst_language_select($language) . '</select>',
+			'S_LANG_SELECT'	=> '<select id="language" name="language">' . $this->p_master->inst_language_select(phpbb::$user->lang_name) . '</select>',
 		));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/install/install_update.php b/phpBB/install/install_update.php
index 4da795bb4b..d347c0af59 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/install_update.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/install_update.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class install_update extends module
 
 	function main($mode, $sub)
 	{
-		global $template, $user, $db, $auth;
+		require PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'common.' . PHP_EXT;
 
 		$this->tpl_name = 'install_update';
 		$this->page_title = 'UPDATE_INSTALLATION';
@@ -79,33 +79,13 @@ class install_update extends module
 		$this->old_location = PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'install/update/old/';
 		$this->new_location = PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'install/update/new/';
 
-		// Init DB
-		require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'config.' . PHP_EXT);
-		require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/db/' . $dbms . '.' . PHP_EXT);
-		require(PHPBB_ROOT_PATH . 'includes/constants.' . PHP_EXT);
-
-		// Special options for conflicts/modified files
-		define('MERGE_NO_MERGE_NEW', 1);
-		define('MERGE_NO_MERGE_MOD', 2);
-		define('MERGE_NEW_FILE', 3);
-		define('MERGE_MOD_FILE', 4);
-
-		$db = new $sql_db();
-
-		// Connect to DB
-		$db->sql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpasswd, $dbname, $dbport, false, false);
-
-		// We do not need this any longer, unset for safety purposes
-		unset($dbpasswd);
-
 		// Force template recompile
 		phpbb::$config['load_tplcompile'] = 1;
 
-		// First of all, init the user session
-		$user->session_begin();
-		$auth->acl($user->data);
-
-		$user->setup('install');
+		// Start session management
+		phpbb::$user->session_begin();
+		phpbb::$acl->init(phpbb::$user->data);
+		phpbb::$user->setup('viewforum');
 
 		// If we are within the intro page we need to make sure we get up-to-date version info
 		if ($sub == 'intro')