Switching from phpnuke 8.1

New Member Joined: Mar 22, 2008 Posts: 4

Hi,

I would like to switch from phpnuke 8.1 to RNv2.20.00

Kind of a newbie at this, but I successfully installed phpnuke 8.1, so I am now discovering some flaws with it and I would like to migrate to Ravens Nuke. Anyone have any suggestions how I can do this without a total wipe, which is not out of the question at this point.

Do you need the php nuke installed prior to installing Ravens Nuke? It's things like this that I don't understand.

Thanks
Sparky176

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:30 pm

A total wipe is your easiest and most reliable solution by far.

You don't need PHPnuke installed prior to Ravennuke. You need to think of the installation as two separate pieces: the PHP programs that come in the distribution and the MYSQL tables. If you decide to convert from 8.1 to RN then you will need to make your 8.1 tables identical to the RN tables. There is a compare tables utility in the RN package but I will admit it is not that simple to use. Unless you have some MYSQL experience it might be better to forgo that.

As for the PHP programs the most reliable way is to wipe out your whole old 8.1 distribution and copy over RN. Incidentally the current version is 2.20.01. If you don't do that you will be left with artifacts of 8.1.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:35 pm

I am going that route then, total wipe is fine with me, I tried this earlier today and I kept getting an error message about sql database, when I tried to do the INSTALLATION/installSQL.php is when I got the error. But I'll give it another go and see how it goes this time. I thank you for your reply and help, very much appreciated.

Thanks again

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:08 pm

Hello again, sorry to bother, but would anyone know why I would get this error. This is the first step in the installlation process and I'm getting this error. Would any of you be able to offer any suggestions. Thanks in advance.... Smile

MySQL Database Connectivity Test Results
config.php file found!
I was unable to reach your MySQL server using the MySQL connection settings in your nuke config.php file. The exact error that MySQL reported is:
MySQL Error # 2 = Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)

Sparky

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:17 pm

It seems from the error that the database connection details which you put into the config.php are not correct.
I have not seen this exact error message before but it seems to be indicating the 'localhost' is not a valid connection so I do not know if your hosting services needs something different there, like an IP address??

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 4:38 pm

Absolutely bang on you are, I had my config.php file a bit messed up.....thanks alot fellas much appreciated again.....

Sparky