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phpBB Converter not working [message #32011]

Wed, 31 May 2006 16:28

Ryo2023

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Hello,
i really need help.

I want to convert my phpBB2-Forum to the FUDForum 2.7.4.

My forum-dir is domain.xyz/FUDforum/forum/
So i think that is what's called "Forum's main web Directory"

I copy the phpbb2.php-file in this directory and tried to launch it via Browser and got this message: "This script must be placed in FUDforum's main web directory."

No matter what i always get this message, i unlocked the files, i tried it from the console, but nothing works.

Please help, it would be so nice to run FUDforum instead of phpBB2.

Thank you,
Ryo

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32015 is a reply to message #32011]

Wed, 31 May 2006 21:03

Ilia

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You need to make sure that directory the conversion script it placed in contains GLOBALS.php file.

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32018 is a reply to message #32015]

Thu, 01 June 2006 07:30

Ryo2023

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Ilia wrote on Wed, 31 May 2006 23:03

You need to make sure that directory the conversion script it placed in contains GLOBALS.php file.

Hi,
yes it has a LINK to include/GLOBALS.php in it.
But i even tried to put it in FUDforum/forum/include/ with the very same result.

I hope there is a way to run this script or i have to stuck with this buggy phpBB2.

Bye
Ryo

--
Here some additional Information:

PHP built On: Linux xxxxxx 2.6.8-022stab076.4-smp #1 SMP Fri Apr 14 19:06:44 MSD 2006 x86_64
Database Version: 4.1.13
PHP Version: 4.4.0
Web Server: Apache/2.0.54 (Linux/SUSE)
WebServer to PHP interface: apache2handler
WebServer User/Group: 8 / 30
Forum Version: 2.7.4
Relavent PHP Settings:
Safe Mode: ON
Open basedir: /srv/www/vhosts/xxxxx/httpdocs:/tmp
Display Errors: OFF
File Uploads: ON
Maximum File Upload Size: 2M
Magic Quotes: OFF
Register Globals: OFF
Output Buffering: Yes
Disabled Functions: none
PSpell Support: No
Zlib Support: Yes

[Updated on: Thu, 01 June 2006 14:07]

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32025 is a reply to message #32018]

Thu, 01 June 2006 22:36

Ilia

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On the line which says @include("./GLOBALS.php"); remove the @ and see if you get any error messages while trying to run the conversion script.

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32036 is a reply to message #32025]

Fri, 02 June 2006 07:17

Ryo2023

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Ilia wrote on Fri, 02 June 2006 00:36

On the line which says @include("./GLOBALS.php"); remove the @ and see if you get any error messages while trying to run the conversion script.

Ok, there is no change.
Same Error.

Update: I also tried to give the direct path, instead of the symbolic link "./include/GLOBALS.php". Same Error.

[Updated on: Sat, 03 June 2006 11:29]

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32049 is a reply to message #32036] Sat, 03 June 2006 16:54

Ilia

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Try to remove the


<?php
if ($gl === FALSE) {

                exit("This script must be placed in FUDforum's main web directory.\n");

        }
?>

And see if the conversion process runs.

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32051 is a reply to message #32049] Sun, 04 June 2006 08:54

Ryo2023

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Ilia wrote on Sat, 03 June 2006 18:54

Try to remove the


<?php

if ($gl === FALSE) {

                exit("This script must be placed in FUDforum's main web directory.\n");

        }

?>

And see if the conversion process runs.

No, the conversion process won't run.
Nothing disappear on the screen.

I also tried to make a hardlink instead of the symbolic link, with no other result.
I discovered that if i put a real copy of GLOBALS.php in the main directory nothing disappears, just like when i removed the upper code.
It seems that the File could not be read or something. I tried to read the variable $gl, but it's empty.

Does it have something to do with the safe mode ?
It's a virtual server (vServer), if that will help.

Bye
Ryo

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32052 is a reply to message #32051] Sun, 04 June 2006 14:25

Ilia

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If safe_mode is you may not be able to successfully run the script due to file ownership issues. If you are running the script from the webserver, you need to make a tiny little PHP script that would make a copy of the phpBB2.php and then run the copy.
Ex.


<?php
copy("phpBB2.php", "phpBB2_safe.php");
?>

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #32061 is a reply to message #32052]

Mon, 05 June 2006 18:05

Ryo2023

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Ok.
Not even this tiny little Script worked when i upload it.
I went to the shell and chown the script by myself. And also i had to chown the whole phpbb2-directory, even while it worked with no problem.

After this everything worked fine. Only a few Users and their posts are lost, but everything else works great now.

THANKS A LOT.

Now i can work with this really nice and genius Forum. At last i am free from phpBB2...yeah !

Surprised

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #34432 is a reply to message #32011]

Sat, 28 October 2006 13:34

Bahpoo

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Hello,

I found this thread since I was getting the "This script must be placed in FUDforum's main web directory." warning as well.

When I implemented the suggestion:

Quote:

Try to remove the
<?php
if ($gl === FALSE) {
exit("This script must be placed in FUDforum's main web directory.\n");
}
?>

And see if the conversion process runs.

FUDforum Core Developer

I get this far:

Quote:

Failed to connect to database containing phpBB2 settings using MySQL information inside 'http://www.dominical.biz/forum/config.php'.

So then I implemented Ryo's instructions:

Quote:

I went to the shell and chown the script by myself. And also i had to chown the whole phpbb2-directory, even while it worked with no problem.

After this everything worked fine. Only a few Users and their posts are lost, but everything else works great now.

I'm not sure that I'm understanding the language here, but I went to the phpBB directory and chmoded it to 777, plus I 777'd the conversion script, but still get that warning about failing to connect to the database.

Any thoughts?

Ben

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Re: phpBB Converter not working [message #34488 is a reply to message #34432]

Sun, 05 November 2006 17:13

Ilia

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You need to provide a file system path to config.php, not the URL to it.

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