X-Git-Url: https://scripts.mit.edu/gitweb/autoinstalls/wordpress.git/blobdiff_plain/9e77185fafaf4e60e2b73821e0e4b9b1a11fb85f..7f1521bf193b382565eb753043c161f4cb3fcda7:/wp-load.php

diff --git a/wp-load.php b/wp-load.php
index 9021ceb7..983298bb 100644
--- a/wp-load.php
+++ b/wp-load.php
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ define( 'ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );
 
 error_reporting( E_CORE_ERROR | E_CORE_WARNING | E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR );
 
+/*
+ * If wp-config.php exists in the WordPress root, or if it exists in the root and wp-settings.php
+ * doesn't, load wp-config.php. The secondary check for wp-settings.php has the added benefit
+ * of avoiding cases where the current directory is a nested installation, e.g. / is WordPress(a)
+ * and /blog/ is WordPress(b).
+ *
+ * If neither set of conditions is true, initiate loading the setup process.
+ */
 if ( file_exists( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php') ) {
 
 	/** The config file resides in ABSPATH */
@@ -65,7 +73,7 @@ if ( file_exists( ABSPATH . 'wp-config.php') ) {
 
 	// Die with an error message
 	$die  = __( "There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started." ) . '</p>';
-	$die .= '<p>' . __( "Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>." ) . '</p>';
+	$die .= '<p>' . __( "Need more help? <a href='https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>." ) . '</p>';
 	$die .= '<p>' . __( "You can create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file." ) . '</p>';
 	$die .= '<p><a href="' . $path . '" class="button button-large">' . __( "Create a Configuration File" ) . '</a>';