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Lynx Board Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:15 am Post subject: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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My current phpBB2 is on Centos5, which will no longer be supported next year.
Are there any issues with Centos7 or newer versions of php? I am currently using PHP Version 5.2.17.
p.s. I just noticed this great post:
http://phpbb2refugees.com/viewtopic.php?p=1420#1420
I need to move the smaller of my two phpBBs to a cheap test site and see what happens.
That said, is anyone using any version of php7?
https://secure.php.net/releases/ |
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lumpy burgertushie Board Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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since neither phpbb 3.0 or 3.1 will work on php 7 I seriously doubt phpbb 2 will work without some major changes.
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Vendethiel Board Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Well, the other one is magic_quotes, but it's no issue. So really I think it's going to be fine (programming is my dayjob and I have 10 years of php experience. I'll deal with it if I have to, even if I spend some time doing it...). _________________ Developer on EzArena, the ADR premod.
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Lynx Board Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:35 pm Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Are there any security issues with disabling magic quotes?
I found this doing a search:
Searching for: magic_quotes
common.php(29): set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Disable magic_quotes_runtime
common.php(96): // addslashes to vars if magic_quotes_gpc is off
common.php(100): if( !get_magic_quotes_gpc() )
admi\admin_db_utilities.php(450): if(get_magic_quotes_runtime())
Found 4 occurrence(s) in 2 file(s)
If I remember right, the poster I found said to just comment out this line:
common.php(29): set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Disable magic_quotes_runtime
changed:
common.php(29): //set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); // Disable magic_quotes_runtime
I'm trying to figure out if I really want to upgrade my phpbb2. I did convert the more active forum to be responsive (am moderately happy with results). All the modifications I did years ago to clean up the board, I'd do all again. |
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Vendethiel Board Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:50 am Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Quote: | Are there any security issues with disabling magic quotes? | No. They're disabled anyway. But you might get an error because the functions related to it were removed.
The $_GET/$_POST thing will be a bit more annoying.
Changing class to use __construct will be okay.
A few other things need updating. _________________ Developer on EzArena, the ADR premod.
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Lynx Board Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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So this is much more complicated than Dog Cow's post describes?
1) commenting out the magic quotes
2) changing the php.ini file to turn unicode.semantics = off
3) making some changes to sessions.php
Are there any comprehensive directions out there? Or will I really just have to switch to php3?
I was hoping somehow to avoid all this work but I want the board functional years from now. |
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Vendethiel Board Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Depends what you call "complicated". I don't have PHP7 installed, so I can't confirm or deny anything yet. _________________ Developer on EzArena, the ADR premod.
Developer on Icy Phoenix, the phpBB hybrid cms.
Developer on IntegraMOD, the full-featured premod.
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Lynx Board Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Looks like php 5.6 would be a better choice than php7. The thread I originally found with tips had to do with php6 which appears to have been sidelined.
Has anyone gotten phpbb2 to work using php5.6? |
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Vendethiel Board Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 4:50 am Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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I have several (premodded0 boards running PHP 5.5. According to this page, 5.6 shouldn't break anything else. _________________ Developer on EzArena, the ADR premod.
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Lynx Board Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:53 am Post subject: Re: Can you run phpBB2 on Centos7 and newer versions of php? |
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Thanks. I will give it a shot (will try my softly modded board). |
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