Please Help Me

[JamesRP]

Hello all,

I have an autoinstaller script that hosts free IPB's. Anyways, I was installing one at my site just to play around with and all, I don't really plan on hosting IPB forums, but I just wanted to play around.

I'm having problems though.

Go to:

http://computerhelpforum.org/boards/new_forum.php

If you install a new board, it screws up, and just doesn't create right. I think it's something I messed up in the index.php file.

I was hoping you guys could help me; I edited it and screwed it up somehow. I don't know what to fix it, but there are errors. I think if I fix that document, my problems will be corrected.

//--------------------------------
// Import $INFO, now!
//--------------------------------

if ($forum==true) {
	setcookie ("ForumSetCookie", $forum, time()[phone]);
	header("Location: $PHP_SELF");
	exit;
}

if ($ForumSetCookie==true) {
	if(is_file("conf_global/".$ForumSetCookie.".php")) { 
		require ROOT_PATH."conf_global/$ForumSetCookie.php";
		}
		else
		{ 
			include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
			setcookie ("ForumSetCookie");
			header("Location: $exist_error_url");
			exit;
		}
			include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
			header("Location: $noforum_error_url");
			exit;
		}

//--------------------------------
// The clocks a' tickin'
//--------------------------------

$Debug = new Debug;
$Debug->startTimer();

Please help me.

Thanks guys.

[JamesRP]

Can anyone help me ... ? 😕

[tsinka]

Hi,

which error do you get ?

Thomas

[JamesRP]

Hello,

Here's the link to download the file:
http://sebflipper.com/?page=scripts_mfp

From there you can see everything, errors, everything.

Please help me. 🙁

[tsinka]

Hi,

please post your current new_forum.php (if possible), maybe as attachment to your post, if it is a big script.

Thomas

[JamesRP]

Here, please help me:

[tsinka]

Hi,

I think there is a problem with your if/else statements. The header redirect to the no forum script is always executed.

Try this code:

if (isset($_COOKIE['ForumSetCookie'])) {
  $forum = $_COOKIE['ForumSetCookie'];
  $forumfile = ROOT_PATH."conf_global/$forum.php";
  if(is_file($forumfile)) { 
    require ($forumfile);
  } else { 
   //include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
   //setcookie ("ForumSetCookie");
   header("Location: $exist_error_url");
   exit;
  }
} else {
  //include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
  header("Location: $noforum_error_url");
  exit;
}

If ROOT_PATH doesn't end with / you need to put a slash in front of conf_global.

Thomas

[JamesRP]

What file would I place this code in? 😕

[tsinka]

Hi,

I took the code from your first post and modified it. So replace the part

if ($ForumSetCookie==true) {
	if(is_file("conf_global/".$ForumSetCookie.".php")) { 
		require ROOT_PATH."conf_global/$ForumSetCookie.php";
		}
		else
		{ 
			include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
			setcookie ("ForumSetCookie");
			header("Location: $exist_error_url");
			exit;
		}
			include "conf_global/multiforums.config.inc.php";
			header("Location: $noforum_error_url");
			exit;
		}

with the one in my last post. I think it is index.php.

Thomas

[JamesRP]

I figured it out. However there's still a problem. Whenever you go to a URL, it still directs you to:

http://computerhelpforum.org/boards/index.php

It doesn't go to the URL of the person't forum.

[tsinka]

Hi,

seems to work perfectly for me. I was able to create a board (new_forum.php creates a complete new board, not just a forum), got an email with a password and was able to do administrative stuff after logging in.

http://www.computerhelpforum.org/boards/?forum=phpbuilder_tsi2

login: tsinka
pass: 54xmkhq6

The new_forum.php script creates one forum called "A Test Forum" in the new board. I replied to the first thread and clicked around a little bit.
No problems so far.

Thomas

[tsinka]

Hi,

index.php does everything, it's the controller of the application so regardless on what a user wants to do the only script requested is index.php.

I think the get parameter forum= should be renamed to board= because it selects the board to be displayed not the forum inside a board.

index.php sets a client side cookie with the board name and index.php uses that cookie to determine which board to show.

Thomas