do not upgrade to 2.0.21 ,it will trash your forum..

daemon · Worker Joined: Jan 07, 2005 Posts: 163

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daemon · Worker Joined: Jan 07, 2005 Posts: 163

thanks chatserv Smile

strik9 · New Member Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 8

sure, my install went fine. It is on a test site as well just in case.. I have problems editing files and in my case it is usually user error not code error.. Razz

Guardian2003 · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:22 am

It is also now on my own test site and although I have not tested extensively, I have not yet, experienced any problems.

strik9 · New Member Joined: Jul 02, 2005 Posts: 8

These upgrades are a godsend. Would take me forever if i ever did manage to get it done on my won. chatserv and the others are really a big help, Many thanks to everyone who helps with the upgrades, patch's etc

dagosh · Hangin' Around Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 35

something new about the new phpbb update ?
is it a issue update or just a normal update !
its not a major one ?

Guardian2003 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:03 am

dagosh wrote:

something new about the new phpbb update ?
is it a issue update or just a normal update !
its not a major one ?

Details are posted on the front page Wink

myrtletrees · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:12 pm

Still no fix?

Funny thing is I upgraded Forums on one site now I get
Hacking attempt!

On another site I upgraded the forums and they work fine. Both running same versions of Nuke 7.6 and Forums 2.0.21

?? Question

Guardian2003 · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:31 pm

So far I have not been able to reproduce that specific problem.

myrtletrees · Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:04 pm

Guardian2003 wrote:

So far I have not been able to reproduce that specific problem.

How many different times have you tried? Does your conclusion mean the problem does not exist?

Just wondering because I now have a non-functioning Forum. I have no hacks or addons, just plain phpBB Forums within Nuke7.5.

I have tried changing the code in common.php but that did nothing. I also ran a compare b/w 2.0.20 and 2.0.21 common.php file and there are no changes.

myrtletrees · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:04 am

MAYBE it has something to do with the fact that I use Nuke7.5 patched 3.1 on the site?? There is not a 3.2 patch for that version of Nuke.

I run 7.6 patch 3.2 on another site and the Forums work fine at 2.0.21.

Guardian2003 · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:50 pm

I cannot think of any reason why the 3.2 patch would not work with 7.6

Just out of interest, try removing this

Code:

if ( !defined('IN_PHPBB') )
{
die("Hacking attempt");
exit;
}

from the includes/functions.php for your 7.5 site

myrtletrees · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:46 am

HUH?

Quote:

I cannot think of any reason why the 3.2 patch would not work with 7.6

I am using the patch 3.2 on my 7.6 site and the forums work.

On my 7.5 site, I am using the patch 3.1 because there is no 3.2 patch for 7.5.

I tried your suggestion and I still get hacking attempt!

I actually tried commenting out all instances in all files I found HACKING ATTEMPT and still I get that message....I'm think I'm going CRAZY.

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well...the hacking attempt text can be found at...

line 25 in functions.php
line 24 in functions_post.php
line 38 in usercp_register.php
line 23 , 53 , 59 in common.php

but taking those out will result in nothing..
and myrtletrees,are you sure your using the right files?

myrtletrees · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:13 am

hitwalker wrote:

well...the hacking attempt text can be found at...

line 25 in functions.php
line 24 in functions_post.php
line 38 in usercp_register.php
line 23 , 53 , 59 in common.php

but taking those out will result in nothing..
and myrtletrees,are you sure your using the right files?

At this point, I'm not sure about anything Crying or Very sad

Hacking attempt can be found in many more files than you just listed. I know because I have tried commenting out all instances and it does nothing.

I am using Nuke 7.5 pl 3.1, all downloaded from

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Everything was working fine until I loaded the files from this package

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and then ran the upgrade file.
I tried restoring my files from 2.0.20 phpbb, but that did nothing. I looked at the upgrade file and the changes to the DB it makes should not be causing this problem.

myrtletrees · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:41 am

hitwalker wrote:

ok that was fun...upgraded to latest and trashed forum....
only thing it shows is hacking attempt..
(edit: problem seems to be in common.php)

did you fix yours??

hitwalker · Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

yes it did fixed mine.....after i used the version you just posted....
and because of that earlier file i got the same message...
but a suggestion.....
if your stuff...site and or forums are to modded or extended then you wont make much of a chance.....
but if not...i suggest you upgrade your stuff.........site and forums to atleast 7.6.
It doesnt realy matter if you like that idea or not cause at some point now or later you have to....

But if your not upto that you can do 2 things....
or contact evaders99 or chatserv to help you,in case you wanna stay on the version your at now...
these 2 persons knows the most of the forums....

Guardian2003 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:17 am

myrtletrees - You said

Quote:

I tried restoring my files from 2.0.20 phpbb, but that did nothing. I looked at the upgrade file and the changes to the DB it makes should not be causing this problem.

Actually if you reverted back to your old 2.0.20 files then yes, it would make a difference.
In the upgrade.php script you ran, it updates the version number but also it adds two new fields to the nuke_bbconfig table.

The reason I suggested removing that code earlier was because it had been added in that particular file in the 2.0.21 files and I thought that it might be affecting your particular installation.

At this point I would agree with hitwalker, either update your site from 7.5 to 7.6 or use the back up you made before you upgraded your forums to 2.0.21 - you did make a back-up?

myrtletrees · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:18 am

welp, we have finally found the answer to this perplexing problem. In a million years I would have never figured it out until an associate mentioned that the host for the website is currently going thru a migration process and moving all of it's sites to a new server structure.
So, I investigated and found out that the ftp I was uploading the files to and overwriting files on was no longer valid in the dns. Bang Head

So, I swithced to the "new" ftp server address and uploaded current files and the Forums now work.

Who would have thought? Embarassed

I apoligize for sending you all thru a tizzie with me...

Guardian2003 · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:28 am

Not a problem, thank you for confirming you have resolved the problem though.
Just as an aside, were you connecting through ftp with your web url like

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or through your using your server IP and username?
I am just curious that is all.

myrtletrees · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:02 am

actually I was connecting thru their old hostname

magnatar.hostingco.com
Changed it to

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and the files uploaded and overwrote correctly.

hitwalker · Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

if i were you myrtletrees..i would ask compensation from your host.
just tell them a few techguys were busy for hours solving your problem, as i believe they should have notified you of these things...
just start at $1000.. killing me