PHP7.0.19 broke my 3.1 forum, can't access.... help please

[J_M]

My webhost updated to PHP7.0.19 last night and now I get the following error:

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []

I found the following on a discussion for v3.2 -

You need to use the mysqli-driver, because mysql-driver is long deprecated (since php 5.4 or similar) and removed in php 7.0

Edit your config.php, add a little "i" at the end of the driver name, save and clear board cache

would this help? does adding the "i" force it to use the mysqli-driver (already installed) and since I can't access the site how would I clear the board cache.

I appreciate any help thanks!

[david63]

Using mysqli will help to some extent but phpBB 3.1 is not compatible with PHP7 - you will need to either upgrade to phpBB 3.2 or downgrade the version of PHP on your server.

[mrgtb]

As said, you cannot run phpBB 3.1 on PHP 7

[J_M]

Hi David

I can only find the following in the config.php file within the phpBB3/config folder > $dbms = 'mysql';

I tried changing that to $dbms = 'mysqli'; but it didn't work.

Am I not looking in the right place, and how would I clear the cache as mentioned in the original thread?

thanks again,

j

[J_M]

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[SiteSplat]

My webhost updated to PHP7.0.19 last night and now I get the following error:

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []

I found the following on a discussion for v3.2 -

You need to use the mysqli-driver, because mysql-driver is long deprecated (since php 5.4 or similar) and removed in php 7.0

Edit your config.php, add a little "i" at the end of the driver name, save and clear board cache

would this help? does adding the "i" force it to use the mysqli-driver (already installed) and since I can't access the site how would I clear the board cache.

I appreciate any help thanks!

Hey J,

PhpBB 3.1 is not fully compatible with PHP 7.
However you can patch it to make it compatible so you can still run phpBB 3.1 with PHP 7.
Here's the "how to" http://forum.dion-designs.com/t9150/mak ... th-php-70/


Regarding clearing the cache manually, from your FTP navigate to your forum root then enter the "cache" folder and delete everything except for the following files: ".htaccess" and "index.htm"

Let me know how it goes and if you need further help.

Cheers!
Dave

[J_M]

thank you! I will give it try. And hopefully be updating to 3.2 later today.

thanks again,

j

[J_M]

Hi Dave

Success!

I did the following step and cleared the cache, the forum is back up. I didn't install the patch that was on the link yet. If I am going to update to 3.2 now should I install the patch (on the link that you posted) or should I skip that step?

If your config.php
file contains either of the following lines:

$dbms = 'mysql';
$dbms = 'phpbb\\db\\driver\\mysql';

you must change it to this:

$dbms = 'phpbb\\db\\driver\\mysqli';