[CONVERTOR]myBB 1.4.x to phpBB 3.0.5

[D¡cky]

Would you post the backtrace please so I know where this error is happening?

Are you converting from PostgreSQL to PostgreSQL?

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I'm just trying to convert mybb 1.1.6 to 3.0.10 using the 002b files and just get a white screen. Have re uploaded the files but still the same, any pointers where I've gone wrong please.

[D¡cky]

I'm just trying to convert mybb 1.1.6 to 3.0.10 using the 002b files and just get a white screen. Have re uploaded the files but still the same, any pointers where I've gone wrong please.

You need the install folder from the original phpBB 3.0.10 installation. Then you browse to install/index.php and you should see the Convert tab. Click the Convert tab and a list of convertors that are installed will be displayed.

This convertor was written for MyBB 1.4.x and also works forMyBB 1.6.x. It may not work for MyBB 1.1.6

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My bad typing 1.6.5 was the version.

But good news got it sorted now and conversion went well only the permissions screwed up but not a problem.

Thank you.

[xsoli]

Hello.

I am trying to convert MyBB 1.6.6 to the latest phpBB version.
Here is the error I receive,


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Thank you.

[D¡cky]

Hello.

I am trying to convert MyBB 1.6.6 to the latest phpBB version.
Here is the error I receive,

Thank you.

It looks like someone has been spamming your poll. Look in the MyBB database at the polls table and look for the row where the tid equals 21045. What are the values for the votes field and the numvotes field?

[xsoli]

I already fixed that one, a moderator posted a test poll with 9999999 votes on one option.
Converter is continuing now.
Btw, I have 230,000 posts, any idea how long it might take?

[imagenoise]

hey dicky and the others,
suppose i got an encoding problem.

from mybb 1.6.7 to phpbb 3.0.10 the subjects and texts work fine if theres no german-umlaut (feel happy if you don't have to deal with such stuff, it's a pain in the ass over and over again!) in them. if there's one (or more) the text/subject stops at exactly with the last letter before the first umlaut.

both databases (phpbb and mybb), apache and php are utf-8...any ideas?

greets and tnx
peter

[Mehtuus]

Attachments
mybb_002b.zip

Try the attached converter files.

Thank you for this converter. I just wanted to report that I was able to use this successfully to convert from MyBB v1.6.7 w/MySQL to phpBB v3.0.10 w/MySQL.

My forum has this address format: forum.website.com. On disk that equates to public_html/forum. I did the following:

1. Went into the MyBB settings and changed the site location from forum.website.com to mybb.website.com.
2. Using FTP on my server I renamed ../forum to ../mybb.
3. Using cPanel I created the subdomain mybb (so that I could still interact with MyBB if I needed to, but I did not). While there I also created a DB for phpBB.
4. Using FTP I created a new folder named ../forum.
5. Uploaded phpBB full install to the new ../forum directory.
6. Back in the browser I went to forum.website.com and performed the phpBB install.
7. Uploaded the MyBB converter.
8. Went to ../install/index.php to perform the conversion.
9. Clicked the buttons until it was complete.

All important data (users, forums, posts, groups, etc) seems to have been imported properly, however none of the permissions were carried over, so all of the forums were hidden (no access granted). Assigning forum permissions in phpBB is not as "quick-n-simple" as in MyBB, but phpBB is much, much more granular in the range of permissions that it allows.

[toxaris]

Hi, I tried a test convert from my myBB 1.6.5 forum to phpBB 3.0.11. I get the following error:

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Fatal installation error
Fatal installation error

functions_convert.php [ 655 ]

Note to developer: you must specify $convertor['smilies_path'] to use import_smiley().

Any idea what is wrong and where there might be additional information to be found?

[D¡cky]

Hi, I tried a test convert from my myBB 1.6.5 forum to phpBB 3.0.11. I get the following error:

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Fatal installation error
Fatal installation error

functions_convert.php [ 655 ]

Note to developer: you must specify $convertor['smilies_path'] to use import_smiley().

Any idea what is wrong and where there might be additional information to be found?

Try this:

OPEN install/convertors/convert_mybb.php
FIND

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		'smilies_path'			=> get_config_value('smilies_path') . '/',

REPLACE WITH

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		'smilies_path'			=> 'images/smilies' . '/',

SAVE/CLOSE

[toxaris]

That worked perfectly! Thanks!

[piercejr]

a question before I step into the abyss... will this converter work for mybb 1.4.x to phpBB 3.0.11 if both databases are postgresql ?

my current mybb forum is http://host.domain.com/ (mapped to /home/<user>/mybb ). I would normally put phpbb3 in /home/<user>/phpBB3 and use http://tempnewhost.domain.com/ mapped to this, but if things need relative referencing, that won't work....

any suggestions for how I do this? I don't really want to setup phpBB3 in $HOME/mybb/phpBB3 so that I can use ../

[D¡cky]

will this converter work for mybb 1.4.x to phpBB 3.0.11 if both databases are postgresql ?

As far as I know, it has not been tested with postgresql, but it should work since it uses the phpBB3 DBAL.

my current mybb forum is http://host.domain.com/ (mapped to /home/<user>/mybb ). I would normally put phpbb3 in /home/<user>/phpBB3 and use http://tempnewhost.domain.com/ mapped to this, but if things need relative referencing, that won't work....

Relative referencing should work as long as MyBB and phpBB3 are on the same server under the same account name. You need to get up to the home directory then work your way back down like this: ../../home/<user>/mybb. I have not tested this so you may have to adjust the path.

[abertoll]

I'm running into the same problems as others with the converter just taking forever at the "continue conversion" stage. No errors or anything--just hangs. After reading through the thread the only "fix" seems to be to use the latest zip (002b) but it hasn't fixed it for me.

Is there some way I can debug where it's hanging?