From 036347701128a42280b1b461b2fe2bb0904abf11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Artur Kyryliuk <mail@artur.work>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:03:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(core): missing connection file fix and crossplatform
 composer config fix

---
 composer.json      |  1 +
 core/composer.json |  1 +
 core/src/Core.php  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 77cab91fca..9657c40b05 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "source": "https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/"
   },
   "config": {
+    "bin-compat": "full",
     "vendor-dir": "vendor"
   },
   "require": {
diff --git a/core/composer.json b/core/composer.json
index 9905426572..5b2e8d8800 100644
--- a/core/composer.json
+++ b/core/composer.json
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
             "minConnections": 3
         },
         "vendor-dir": "vendor",
+        "bin-compat": "full",
         "allow-plugins": {
             "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true,
             "pestphp/pest-plugin": true
diff --git a/core/src/Core.php b/core/src/Core.php
index 0231c9e22a..23447d13f8 100644
--- a/core/src/Core.php
+++ b/core/src/Core.php
@@ -6459,6 +6459,22 @@ public function getUserSettings()
         return $usrSettings;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The settings are only readable when the CMS is installed: during install
+     * the tables do not exist yet, and on a bare checkout the connection config
+     * (config/database/connections/) has not been written at all.
+     */
+    private function canReadSettingsFromDatabase(): bool
+    {
+        if (IN_INSTALL_MODE !== false) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $config = $this['config'];
+
+        return $config->get('database.connections.' . $config->get('database.default', 'default')) !== null;
+    }
+
     private function recoverySiteCache()
     {
         $siteCacheDir = $this->bootstrapPath();
@@ -6472,11 +6488,13 @@ private function recoverySiteCache()
             return;
         }
 
+        $useDatabase = $this->canReadSettingsFromDatabase();
+
         $cache = new Legacy\Cache();
         $cache->setCachepath($siteCacheDir);
         $cache->setReport(false);
 
-        if (IN_INSTALL_MODE === false)
+        if ($useDatabase)
             $cache->buildCache($this);
 
         clearstatcache();
@@ -6486,7 +6504,7 @@ private function recoverySiteCache()
         if (!empty($this->config)) {
             return;
         }
-        if (IN_INSTALL_MODE === false)
+        if ($useDatabase)
             $this->config = Models\SystemSetting::all()
                 ->pluck('setting_value', 'setting_name')
                 ->toArray();
@@ -6494,7 +6512,7 @@ private function recoverySiteCache()
         if ($this->getConfig('enable_filter') === null) {
             return;
         }
-        if (IN_INSTALL_MODE === false)
+        if ($useDatabase)
             if (Models\SitePlugin::activePhx()->count() === 0) {
                 $this->setConfig('enable_filter', '0');
             }