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Quintopia
01-19-2002, 07:19 PM
I have installed it before elsewhere, so I copied the sql database over to a database I created at hr.
The database is called devnull_psforums
I created a user of the same name and added it to the database

in phpBB:
I changed the $dbhost value to "localhost"
I changed the $dbuser value to "devnull_psforums" (my hr user name is devnull)
I changed the $dbpasswd value to the password I registered the user with.

However, this line always returns false:
$db = @mysql_connect("$dbhost", "$dbuser", "$dbpasswd")

why? how can I fix it? plz reply soon. I don't want to have to send another ticket. . .
Lazerus
01-20-2002, 09:47 AM
$dbuser is wrong.. That should be your login to HR
there should be a $dbname or something like that. for that one use devnull_psforums
El_Nino
01-20-2002, 11:52 AM
With phpBB there should be
$dbhost = "localhost"
$dbname = "devnull_databasename"
$dbuser = "devnull_useryoucreated"
$dbpasswd = "passwordyouset"
Make sure the user you created has access to that database
Quintopia
01-20-2002, 09:07 PM
the name of the user is the same as the name of the database. I do have the $dbname value as "devnull_psforums" also.

the devnull_psforums has access to the devnull_psforums db. I made sure of that. no there is something wrong with db, not with the script. I am attaching the config.php file. I believe you will see that I have done it right.
SugarChick
01-21-2002, 05:18 PM
I would suggest just installing phpBB2 to start out with.

40 times more features and a hell of a lot easier to install.

Download files from SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7885)

Official phpBB2 Forums (http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/)

But if you want to stick with what you have...your config file does look right. I would make the dbuser and dbname totally different names to avoid any confusion and then make sure that the user is assigned to that db.

If you still have probs, I highly doubt its a prob with the db's or anything on hr's end...you will get 100 times better and faster responses from phpBB Forums (http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpBB/) not because hr can't help, but because the people there are familiar with it...its usually best to go directly to the source...
ericreed
03-02-2002, 01:34 PM
I am having the same problem, and I have tried both phpBB and phpBB 2.0. Please let me know if you figured this out.

Thanks,

Eric.
deej
03-03-2002, 05:29 AM
I installed pbpBB v1.4.4 about a week ago. No probs.
However, I've been trying to get phpBB v2 RC2 to install and it wont... I keep getting syntax errors all over the place. The only problem I can see is that I have php v3 installed whereas phpBB2 RC2 requires php ver4.

Does anyone know how we can upgrade the PHP thats available to our accounts?

cheers,
deej
Quintopia
03-03-2002, 03:45 PM
phpbb2 rc2 works for me now. I installed it with only a few problems considering it is pre-beta. consult the PHPBB2 Forum (http://phpbb.sourceforge.net/phpbb2/) for all the serious bugs in phpbb2 rc2. Just search the forums, if you had it a problem, odds are someone else already posted about it :)
El_Nino
03-04-2002, 01:06 AM
RC3 was just released a little bit ago and should solve any problems if you still have some.
deej
03-04-2002, 10:06 AM
El Nino,
I just uploaded and tried RC3.
Its still 'no go'.
Its giving me the same parse errors as RC2.
I'm quite certain it's a PHP version issue.
The install docs mention that they are using PHP v4.2, whereas I have currently have PHP 3.0.1 installed....

Quintopia, what version of PHP are you running?
El_Nino
03-04-2002, 10:09 AM
You only have PHP 3.01 running?? Why don't you upgrade? This isn't running on an HR server, is it?
deej
03-04-2002, 10:22 AM
This is a hostrocket forum aint it?
;)

How do i upgrade?
deej
03-04-2002, 10:25 AM
Oops,
I dont think that came out right...
El Nino, yep, im on hostrocket. :)
Damian
03-04-2002, 10:30 AM
You can't upgrade -- but you can send in a trouble ticket asking for HR to either upgrade php on your server, or move you to one with a later version of php on it.

D
Asendin
03-04-2002, 11:09 AM
they just did upgrade their PHP to lastest on all servers i believe
El_Nino
03-04-2002, 04:38 PM
Make a php file with phpinfo() inside it to see what version you're running.
Asendin
03-04-2002, 05:29 PM
<? phpinfo();
?>
El_Nino
03-04-2002, 05:40 PM
It won't work on the forums but if you run it from your website it should tell you what version of PHP is running
deej
03-04-2002, 10:13 PM
El Nino,
Yeah, i've done that already, thats how i found out that I'm running PHP v3.0.1.

I guess I must be sitting on one of the older servers then...
Is moving to a newer server a free service?
deej
03-04-2002, 10:19 PM
Eeekkk...

My trouble-ticketing system is broken..
(i've never used it before)

-----begin-----
Not Found

The requested URL /troubletickets/tt2.html was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.22 Server at rocketsupport.com Port 80
-----end-----

Is there someone here I can contact about this?

cheers,
deej
middleground
03-13-2002, 04:24 PM
In know of one cause of parse error on RC-2 (hopefully fixed on RC3)

phpBB2- Parse Error on Line 758 of Install.php
If you get this-
edit line 758 and remove second ")" on end and replace with a ";"

This happened on a second install- after edit- went fine.