Setting up a forum

[TheTallest]

I'm trying to setup a forum and I'm having soo many troubes with it.
Has anyone ever used PHPBB? Is it any good and if not what's better?

If there are any forum setup masters out there that'd like to help me message me on MSN or sommin.

cheers

[edge]

PHPBB is fantastic, IMO. I havn't setup a recent version, but the last time I set it up it was pretty straight forward, and actually walked you through the setup through a web interface. I'm a moderator on a forum that is using PHPBB, and it's super easy to work with. If you get stuck or have any questions, I may be able to walk you through it a bit, although there are probably people here that have a lot more experience in setting it up than I do.

[TheTallest]

ok, I've unzipped the phpbb2 zip into a forum directory.
I've installed MySQL 4 and I think I've created a DB, think because I'm not 100% sure.
I've set the config.php to be writeable.
I've installed the PHP bit on my iis server.
I browse to HTTP://localhost/forum/install/install.php and nothing, just sits there.
then gives the error
"CGI Timeout
The specified CGI application exceeded the allowed time for processing. The server has deleted the process."

I can get to HTTP://localhost/forum/install/index.htm though

anyone got any ideas?

Posted Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:39 pm:

DAMN IT IT'S WORKIN NOW.

I mean..... er..... I like ... TOTALLY fixed it and the explination of how is long and rambling.

[TopCat]

[quote="TheTallest";p="462370"]on my iis server.[/quote]

Danger Will Robinson

[TheTallest]

learning one new thing at a time
apache's on my list
right after setting up a linux server.

[T8y8]

It's a PHP error.

Something, somewhere is wrong with your PHP.

I've had similar problems, but each was fixed differently.

Open notepad and type

<php ?
{
echo('Hello world');
}
>

/save as test.php. Stick it on the server, and navagate to it.

If it opens, then...I'm not sure what to tell ya.

[Deacon]

[quote="T8y8";p="462410"]Open notepad and type

<php ?
{
echo('Hello world');
}
>[/quote]
Is that valid PHP??

Just use this:

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<? phpinfo(); ?>

[T8y8]

No, Deac it isn't.

I just suck because I'm a PHP Newb.

[Deacon]

Your code loosely translated (still ugly, with unnecessary characters, and not the way I prefer to visualize it, but still syntactically tolerated):

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<?php
{
echo "Hello world";
}
?>

The way I would do it (usually with a trailing semicolon, though it's not strictly necessary):

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<? echo "Hello world!" ?>

Or you could just do

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<?="Hello World!"?>

See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.echo.php for more info.

[T8y8]

Well, my book is PHP 4.

So I suck.

You may commence the beating.

[Deacon]

That is PHP 4...

[T8y8]

<?="Hello World!"?>

My book, Always puts the PHP in there. The point I'm trying to make it I messed up.

Just accept it already.

[Deacon]

<?php ?> syntax will always work correctly. <? ?> is more usually works shorthand, though it depends on the options set up in your php.ini file. The <?php ?> format is a better idea if you're also wanting to specify other formats as well, such as <?xml ?> and such.

[BtEO]

Expansion (which should be obvious now anyway): As a general rule if you're doing anything seriously always use <?php ?> since the code becomes portable a lot easier. Best to just get in the habit from day one anyway.

[Martin Blank]

<? ?>?

BAD DEACON! BAD! NO MORE CODING FOR YOU TONIGHT! GO TO BED, MISTER, AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!