Calculating post_checksum

[GibsonLP]

Hi again, I somehow missed this field and didn't ask about it in my original post, sorry for that -
I see that there is a post_checksum field, it looks like an md5 but when I run md5 on one of the posts in my own forum - the result was different than the value in the database, is there anything in post_text that is not being included in the checksum calculation? is there any other value included besides this field?

Thanks!

[D¡cky]

The function is $foo = md5($message_parser->message)
What the message parser has to submit to the database may not be exactly what is stored in the database. I am thinking escaped characters which is probably why you are getting a different MD5 value.

I actually wouldn't worry about the post_checksum. The phpBB2 to phpBB3 convertor does not calculate it. The field is used when editing a post to see if any actual changes have been made when submitting such as if someone else had edited the post while you were editing it.

[GibsonLP]

Thanks!

[NewToPHPBoards]

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead.

Is it still true, that in PHPBB version 3.1.6, I don't need to worry about calculating the checksum for a import of posts via a migration?

[FoFa]

Hello,

Maybe you could create a new topic... Well, use submit_post() function and all will be done automatically.

But... what kind of migration are you talking about ?