update v1.0.4.2

.env

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+APP_ENV=local
+APP_DEBUG=true
+APP_KEY=SomeRandomString
+
+DB_HOST=localhost
+DB_DATABASE=
+DB_USERNAME=
+DB_PASSWORD=
+
+CACHE_DRIVER=file
+SESSION_DRIVER=file
+QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
+
+MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
+MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
+MAIL_PORT=2525
+MAIL_USERNAME=null
+MAIL_PASSWORD=null

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-
 /node_modules
-.env

app/Http/Controllers/API/helpdesk/InstallerApiController.php

@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ class InstallerApiController extends Controller {
 	 */
 	public function config_system(Request $request) {
 		error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
+
+		try{
+ 			\DB::connection()->getDatabaseName();
+
+			// check for database connection
+			if(\DB::connection()->getDatabaseName()) {
+			   	echo "Connected sucessfully to database ".\DB::connection()->getDatabaseName().".";
+			}
+
 			// Check for pre install
 			if (\Config::get('database.install') == '%0%') {
 				$firstname 	= 	$request->firstname;
@@ -173,5 +182,8 @@ class InstallerApiController extends Controller {
 			} else {
 				return ['response'=>'fail','reason'=>'this system is already installed','status'=>'0'];	
 			}
+		}catch(\Exception $e){
+   			return $e->getMessage();
+		}
 	}
 }