Discuss: phpBB 3.0.3 released

[Highway of Life]

Please. Im worried about doing the updater as im not strong with coding and im worried of killing my forums that i worked on for 3 + years and developed a rep

If you’re worried at all, I would setup a localhost copy of your board, and if you wanted to take it a step further (although not really needed, in my opinion), you could have your host setup a subdomain such as: beta.yoursite.com where you can test it again before moving the files to your live site.

[baturkin17]

cannot update... tried patch files and the auto update one...




got that error...


any ideas?

[Highway of Life]

Please open a new topic in the support forum.
This topic in phpBB Discussion is not for support.
Thanks.

[ChriZathens]

Just updated the large one of my forums...
15 mods installed, 4 file conflicts. I used the new files, re-applied any mod changes that were needed in the 4 files (I have an excel sheet which I use to keep track of what mods I have and which files they change).
Back online in 35 minutes
Regarding the fact that there are a lot of changes since 3.0.2, this was one of my easiest updates ever..

[figo]

Regarding my previous post, I have multiple mods..



So my understanding is:

using the auto updater,

1. it inserts code into the files in my ftp folders

2. I would need to download all my files if I wanna keep a backup on my computer, but also to use for future mods, at which point I can re-upload the modded file

This is correct assumption?


2 more questions though.

1. I have multiple prosilver styles, them being red, blue, yellow, gray, etc.

will the auto updater make the changes to all these styles as well?

2. What happens if while updating, conflicts arise? Will that mean my board will no longer function and no one can use it till they are fixed? I guess what Im trying to say is... If I encounter conflicts can i just try updating at another time until i get a chance to fix those conflicts, and continue to use my forum as is under php version 3.0.2?

[net83it]

i have 8 files whit conflicts and i would prefere to use the code changes, but the package don't contains changes to php files but only to language and styles. where can i found code changes also for script files?
thank you

[ChriZathens]

Regarding my previous post, I have multiple mods..
So my understanding is:
using the auto updater,
1. it inserts code into the files in my ftp folders
2. I would need to download all my files if I wanna keep a backup on my computer, but also to use for future mods, at which point I can re-upload the modded file
This is correct assumption?

What I did:
1. Made sure that I have a backup of my live files
2. Uploaded the install folder to my site
3. Got to the stage where mergeable and conflicting files show up
4. Replaced the conflict files with the php 3.0.3 files, so that they appear already updated and pressed "check files again"
5. The conflicting files -logically -don't exist anymore
6. Downloaded the mergable files -which now have the changes made by the Auto update - and replaced my online files with them (or you can do it via ftp)
7. We currently have the files with the conflicts that now are vanilla 3.0.3 files, so we have to re-apply the mod changes
8. I checked which of my mods change those files and re-applied the mod edits to them
9. After the editing I uploaded them and replaced the other which were vanilla.. Done...
Took my about 35 minutes (I had 4 conflicting files )

2 more questions though.

1. I have multiple prosilver styles, them being red, blue, yellow, gray, etc.

will the auto updater make the changes to all these styles as well?

A few pages back I made a post about how to make your lang changes using the automatic update...
You can do the same thing, just adapt those instructions for styles...
Here is my post : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 5#p7749315

2. What happens if while updating, conflicts arise? Will that mean my board will no longer function and no one can use it till they are fixed? I guess what Im trying to say is... If I encounter conflicts can i just try updating at another time until i get a chance to fix those conflicts, and continue to use my forum as is under php version 3.0.2?

Depending on what you will choose to do in the auto upate step, the results may vary..
eg if a mod adds an include for a file which reads an additional table, but the file where the table should be declared was a conflicting one and you choose to use the vanilla file, then most likely you'll get mysql errors. If it is not that serious and only affect some mods then those mods are not going to work. This is no constant, it depends of what files have a prob.

But if you follow the steps I made you would not need to leave file conflicts anyway..

BUT: Make a full backup of files and database. I cannot guarantee anything...

i have 8 files whit conflicts and i would prefere to use the code changes, but the package don't contains changes to php files but only to language and styles. where can i found code changes also for script files?
thank you

Highway posted a link to the complete file changes in this post: http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... 5#p7734445

Good luck guys...

[net83it]

And did you confirm this on your localhost?

Also, here are the Code Changes.

[This package has been temporarily removed while I investigate some potential inconsistencies. Please check back later.]

[ChriZathens]

Ok, then you'll have to wait until the instructions are updated..
You wouldn't need an alternate link to the file which could potentially lead you to a false update, would you??

[Jawillde]

I just did the update and followed all instructions and the updater told me that the update was successful. When I got to my forum it gives me this error

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '(' in \forum\cache\tpl_prosilver_overall_header.html.php on line 124

I can't find an extra ( anywhere.

Deleting the cache does nothing. I can't figure out how to access my ACP to do a restore.

This is what line 124 shows

Code: Select all

       <li<?php if ((basename) ( ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ) == ('index.php') || (basename) ( ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ) == ('viewforum.php') || (basename) ( ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) ) == ('viewtopic.php')) {  ?> class="activetab"<?php } ?>><a href="<?php echo (isset($this->_rootref['U_INDEX'])) ? $this->_rootref['U_INDEX'] : ''; ?>"><span><?php echo ((isset($this->_rootref['L_INDEX'])) ? $this->_rootref['L_INDEX'] : ((isset($user->lang['INDEX'])) ? $user->lang['INDEX'] : '{ INDEX }')); ?></span></a></li>

[ToonArmy]

I just did the update and followed all instructions and the updater told me that the update was successful.

Ask for help in the support forums please.

[idiotnesia]

I use winmerge to update. First I compare my all files with phpbb 3.0.2 then compare to phpBB 3.0.3 changes files only. It's really many changes from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3. I don't know what will happen in 3.0.4

[A_O_C]

It's really many changes from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3, I don't know what will happen in 3.0.4

straight from the source...

3.0.4 will see a lot less changes. 3.0.3 was the biggest update so far, maybe because of all the suggestions from londonvasion.

[chrisgoat]

Great work guys all worked perfect updated from 3.2 to 3.3 and all went great this new version is so easy to upgrade even with modified files.

Thanks phphbb

Chris

[Sixes350]

I think ill wait for 3.0.4 to be released so I can update from 3.0.2. I had quite a few issues with errors updating. Maybe because I did something wrong with the modifications merging etc