i just need help

[ayasha]

Your phpBB Version: 2.0.22
phpBB Type: Integramod 141
MODs: Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Board URL: http://www.graphicsplayhouse.com/forum

PHP Version:
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ok, i dont know what happened, but my server went down. they said something about more than one server being effected, cron jobs and .scripts running that ruined the HD and OS, so i had to get all new stuff installed on the server.

i have no idea what all the specs were, but it was php 4, now i have

Linux
php5
Mysql 5.0
Plesk 8.10
Suse 10


everything is in place, the config.php has the correct info in it, but all i get is a white screen.

[ayasha]

here is my config.php

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<php>

i put the 5 in there and saved it, it did not seem to make a difference, i still get a blank page.

[dan0042]

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<php>

[ayasha]

here is my config.php

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<php>

i put the 5 in there and saved it, it did not seem to make a difference, i still get a blank page.

as i said Dan, i have already tried it with the 5

[dan0042]

Tell Host goback PHP4 Not php5

[ayasha]

ok, and when i do that, i will tell bill gates to go back to windows 95 too <img> we will just have everyone roll back to older software and operating systems, and while we are at it, we will just go back to IM 132 also.

[Ma®©uS]

PHP4 is not old... PHP3 is old.

PHP5 is an improvement in PHP4 with OOP abilities, but both PHP4 and PHP5 are still actively developed, not discontinued software.

I agree with Dan0042, revert back to PHP4 if PHP5 will not work.

[ayasha]

ok, and who is going to graciously give me the money needed to pay to have another server set up, with a different hosting company that is still running php4?....and note, that is they are running php4 until they move forward with upgrading, then what?

it is not as simple as reverting back to something that you have no control over. i cannot make the hosting company revert back anymore than i can make you foot the cost for me moving somewhere else so i can have php4.

[Ma®©uS]

Servers can run PHP4 and PHP5 side-by-side.

Usually in means renaming the file extensions to .php4, or .php5 for whichever is used least (primary remains .php) - or use a .htaccess to force .php to run as php4 if PHP5 is the main server PHP version.

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<FilesMatch>    SetHandler application/x-httpd-php4</FilesMatch>

[ayasha]

how do i do this?

and isn't IM 141 suppose to be php5 compatible? so why would i do this?

[Ma®©uS]

I just read the whole thread...

first thing you need to do is open config.php and find

$dbms = 'mysql4';

change it to

$dbms = 'mysql5';

Look in includes/db.php

See the switch ($dbms) options? There is no mysql5...

Change it back to mysql or mysql4... if e-Tegra is PHP5 compatiable, then you shouldn't need to do anything. But having a non-existent $dbms setting won't help matters.

EDIT: Also try mysqli - I *think* thats the same as MySQL5

[ayasha]

nothing is working Teelk, Michaelo, Found It, all you other devs HELP!

[Helter]

hmmm interesting. I have mysql5.php in an old .svn dir, but not in the current db folder. Also, it appears incomplete.

there have been problems found with mysqli, so I would stick with

$dbms = 'mysql';

[Teelk]

Hmmm... I don't remember a mysql5.php... could have been an early test version.

'mysql4' is for both mysql 4 and 5, and should work with both. You may run into issues using 'mysql' without the 4 after it, 'mysql' is for mysql 3.

MySQLi is a php5(and I think recently made php4 compatible) extension. 'mysqli' will work if the extension is installed on your server, the only exception being the newest version of php5, currently 5.2.0 I believe. PHP Version 5.2.0 + mysqli extension results in blank pages.

I would suggest trying both mysql4 and mysqli.

It could also be one, or more MODs that you have installed that aren't php5 compatible. If you know what they are I can take a look and see if there's anything that "sticks out" as php5 unfriendly.

[Ma®©uS]

"mysqli" is more a MySQL thing that PHP, is allows PHP to access the functionality provided by MySQL 4.1 and above. Teelk is right in that only PHP5 has mysqli functions - and by looking at Cleo's server versions of PHP and MySQL it maybe worth giving it a try.

If it doesn't work then the "blank screen" issue probably represents a mod that isn't fully supported my PHP5. What a bugger that'll be to find! <img>

[found it]

Ok here is my noobish way of looking at this...

1 are you using a beta version of 1.4.1 and are upgrading to the the finished product...

2 do you have your site on a local site on your comp...? this way you can make copies I would download esayphp which is php4 and mysql 3 or 4 and see if if everything is working ok...

3 then download xammp or wamp which are both php5 and mysql5 then you can test upgrades without ruining your main site....

4 here is a copy of what my config.php file looks like on a php5

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?php    // phpBB 2.x auto-generated config file// Do not change anything in this file!  $dbms = 'mysql4';  $dbhost = 'localhost';$dbname = 'im141';$dbuser = '*******';$dbpasswd = '*******';  $table_prefix = 'phpbb_';  define('PHPBB_INSTALLED', true);  ?>

you shouldn't have to change anything to this file when upgrading to 1.4.1 if I am off course here let me know... just my long way round of doing it...

[ayasha]

this was a fresh install of IM141, with a few mods added.

a virus went through the server farm where my server is, wiping out the windows 2003 servers before attacking the linux systems.

so, i had to get a new HD and OS installed. with this came an upgrade of the php and mysql

well, it just won't work with the backup, nothing i or anyone has done helps.

and, on top of that, now i have to chase down the registry my domain is registered with. they took my money for domain renewal, but my domain is no longer registered.

so, i have said to h*ll with it all, have scratched my forum, and going at a forum at a different angle. i am changing domains that i use and how i approach my forum.

so, i want to know, how good is IM portal? there were so many mods in the full version of IM that i did not use. and with the new approach i am taking with my forum, alot that i want to eliminate.

if someone would like to pm me and list all the differences, or do it here, i would appreciate it.

[Helter]

everything you do with portal pages in IM141, is the same with IMPortal. The main differences youll see are no sub forums and no qbar. Youll have to install those mods separatly if you need them.

I have been working on this server and have made a one click install for IMPortal. It is slightly modified, mostly in the control panel. Still working on the sql for the IM141 version of this. Id be happy to set you up with an account to test it out.

[ayasha]

yea, i would like that Helter