phacility/phabricator · error · PhabricatorConfigValidationException

Config option "%s" is invalid. The URI must contain a dot ("

Error message

Config option "%s" is invalid. The URI must contain a dot ("%s"), like "%s", not just a bare name like "%s". Some web browsers will not set cookies on domains with no TLD.

What it means

Error "Config option "%s" is invalid. The URI must contain a dot ("%s"), like "%s", not just a bare name like "%s". Some web browsers will not set cookies on domains with no TLD." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php:293

    $key = $option->getKey();
    if ($key == 'phabricator.base-uri' ||
        $key == 'phabricator.production-uri') {

      $uri = new PhutilURI($value);
      $protocol = $uri->getProtocol();
      if ($protocol !== 'http' && $protocol !== 'https') {
        throw new PhabricatorConfigValidationException(
          pht(
            'Config option "%s" is invalid. The URI must start with '.
            '"%s" or "%s".',
            $key,
            'http://',
            'https://'));
      }

      $domain = $uri->getDomain();
      if (strpos($domain, '.') === false) {
        throw new PhabricatorConfigValidationException(
          pht(
            'Config option "%s" is invalid. The URI must contain a dot '.
            '("%s"), like "%s", not just a bare name like "%s". Some web '.
            'browsers will not set cookies on domains with no TLD.',
            $key,
            '.',
            'http://example.com/',
            'http://example/'));
      }

      $path = $uri->getPath();
      if ($path !== '' && $path !== '/') {
        throw new PhabricatorConfigValidationException(
          pht(
            "Config option '%s' is invalid. The URI must NOT have a path, ".
            "e.g. '%s' is OK, but '%s' is not. This software must be '.
            'installed on an entire domain; it can not be installed on a path.",
            $key,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/config/option/PhabricatorCoreConfigOptions.php:293 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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