diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index c1547fa7f7f00033e0f077686a4b39d506918fd4..521b956ad33b7d60311928690ff0da1716864042 100755
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
$options = getopt("", $longopts);
+ if (!is_array($options)) {
+ die("error: getopt() failed. ".
+ "Most probably you are using PHP CGI to run this script ".
+ "instead of required PHP CLI. Check tt-rss wiki page on updating feeds for ".
+ "additional information.\n");
+ }
+
if (count($options) == 0 && !defined('STDIN')) {
?> <html>
<head>
diff --git a/update_daemon2.php b/update_daemon2.php
index 81734bc3c6fc7800959380e6099f82812b1addd1..9b8a7ad66b0e9376cf92c3a9a3fdba7560383630 100755
--- a/update_daemon2.php
+++ b/update_daemon2.php
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
die("error: This script requires PHP compiled with PCNTL module.\n");
}
+ if (!is_array($options)) {
+ die("error: getopt() failed. ".
+ "Most probably you are using PHP CGI to run this script ".
+ "instead of required PHP CLI. Check tt-rss wiki page on updating feeds for ".
+ "additional information.\n");
+ }
+
$master_handlers_installed = false;
$children = array();