Trouble with Your Account page

New Member Joined: Jun 27, 2008 Posts: 8

Hi, i've recently installed phpnuke 7.9 to my website and after doing a bit of searching i found that it was more vunerable that some other versions, i then installed the downgrade and downgraded to 7.6.

Everything on the site worked fine until i installed NukeSentinel_2517_66-81 yesterday, i ve done all the core edits files and used both the 7.6 and 7.9 install refrences (which seem to be exactly the same) from the Your Account folder..

Now when i enter Your Account on my site only the top half of the page shows, there seems to be part of the code missing that finishes the table where my headlines should be, i also have a problem with changing themes with this error showing up
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: filter() in /path/to/modules/Your_Account/index.php on line 1386

when i look at the code at that point it refers to the html filter
$check = filter($check, "nohtml", 1);

I also had a few issues with other code containing similar html filters, but removing those lines of code that were displaying seem to fix the issues, but if i remove line 1386 then all i get is a blank page after changing the theme.

Any ideas of what i might have done wrong ?

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:34 pm

If you've downgraded to 7.6, you should not be seeing the filter() function used. It was added for 7.9

Perhaps you are using the wrong Your_Account file?

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:37 pm

I still have all the core 7.9 files on my ftp, i think it was just the database that got downgraded to 7.6.

Edit.
I'll explain a bit more as thats quite vague.

Installed the full 7.9 on my site, then uploaded a downgrade file, which i activated via logging into my admin cp via a html link, i recieve a message saying downgrade complete. So the files on my ftp are the original 7.9 files.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:03 pm

The 7.9 files are obviously designed for the 7.9 database. And 7.6 for 7.6. You really shouldn't mix and match

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:15 pm

So if i download and upload 7.6 and overwrite the existing 7.9 files now, do you think it will work, or my other option is a clean install of 7.6 and then use my existing database, or will that fling up more problems ?

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:46 pm

If you are contemplating a 'clean' install then why not just install RavenNuke from this site as it has Nuke Sentinel built in??

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:49 pm

How would i be fixed as far as my old database is concerned if i did that ?

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:51 pm

If it's a clean install then you are starting again so you would wipe the database and start clean. If you only have a few members just put a notice on the front page and ask them to re-register but if you wanted to retain existing data you would of course need to compare the database structures, although there is good documentation in the package.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:55 pm

That wasn't quite what i had planned, i was going to do a clean install of everything to 7.6 then upload my old database to overwrite the clean install, just wondering now wether it would be better to go through inspecting the existing code and find out what's causing my current problem as stated in my first post ?

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:34 pm

Changing versions of phpNuke requires changing the files and database. Do not assume you can just downgrade the database, that will not help for security reasons as most of the security flaws are related to the code.

If you are downgrading to the stock phpNuke versions for security reasons - don't. Without the Patched files, you are seriously vulnerable to many issues.

While your code problem may be fixed in the Patched files, I would seriously recommend upgrading to RavenNuke. You will be doing enough file changes with the Patched files. There is enough documentation for you to move to RavenNuke, which is much more secure and properly tested.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:35 pm

The RavenNuke Team has spent the last couple of years going through nuke to get rid of 'current problems with the code' but you need to remember what evaders mentioned. The database schema has to match the code it was designed for (well actually it's the other way around).
If you don't have too much data and you want to send me your current DB tables and data I'll convert it to RavenNuke for you if that is your only concenr. Atleast we offer support for our work and there is this great community here to help you if you get stuck.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:45 pm

Will my existing 7xx phpnuke themes work with RavenNuke, if yes which download do i need ?

My database is about 1.00mb, but i have another site with exactly the same issue with a database size of 89kbs, if it's too much work for you, could you possibly show me what tools i'll need, i do have some experience with mysql and phpadmin as well as converting phpbb databases but my experience with phpnuke is down to the last few weeks.

Thanks guys.

Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:53 pm

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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:55 am

Any more info to help me sort this problem guys ?

Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:19 am

Yes your existing theme should work.
If you are familiar with the use of phpMyAdmin thats all you need, along with a good editor like PSPad or Notepad++ [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ]