forum block, take data(posts,topic etc) drom other phpbb

New Member Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 20

hello again Smile

well i have created phpbb forum, that is not embbeded to phpnuke. I have the below code:

Quote:

www.xania.gr/block-Forums.txt

that code take the posts from forum that is embbeded to phpnuke, and show it in a block on phpnuke.
i hope to understand until now.

the new phpbb is on the same server with phpnuke. Can i change something to the code above and take the post etc from new phpbb??

thank you in advanced Smile

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

Start by replacing all occurrences of $prefix with the prefix of your stand alone phpbb. Then, if it is not on the same database, you will need to esatblish a separate mysql connection. Right now the block is using the $dbi connection which is to phpnuke. If the phpbb tables are all on the same database as phpnuke, then you do not have to worry about $dbi.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:15 pm

it is on deferrent database....where can i find which connection has the other database?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:22 pm

as i can see from control panel, i see that all databases connected with DBI!

Propably i must as you said the $prefix

for example there is:

Code:

$result1 = sql_query("SELECT t.topic_id, t.topic_last_post_id, t.topic_title, f.forum_name, f.forum_id [b]FROM ".$prefix."_bbtopics t, ".$prefix."_bbforums[/b] f where t.forum_id=f.forum_id and f.auth_view=0  ORDER BY t.topic_last_post_id DESC LIMIT 20", $dbi);

i should do:?

Code:

$result1 = sql_query("SELECT t.topic_id, t.topic_last_post_id, t.topic_title, f.forum_name, f.forum_id FROM [b]phpbb1.phpbb_bbtopics t, phpbb1.phpbb_forums[/b] f where t.forum_id=f.forum_id and f.auth_view=0  ORDER BY t.topic_last_post_id DESC LIMIT 20", $dbi);

something like the above?

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:35 pm

No, that's not the same $dbi. That's just an example in cPanel. $dbi is set in phpnuke and connects to your database in config.php. If the phpbb tables do not show up in phpmyadmin when you look at your nuke table, then they are not on the same database.

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:48 pm

well, i can't find which connection it is use!! Could you help me to find it?

Secondly, the change that i must do is that:?

Code:

FROM phpbb1.phpbb_bbtopics t, phpbb1.phpbb_forums

from that:

Code:

FROM ".$prefix."_bbtopics t, ".$prefix."_bbforums

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:27 pm

i did it. i find the code below:

Code:

$p_user="user";


$p_pass="pass";


$p_db="dbname";


$p_host="localhost";


$p_prefix="phpbb";





$n_user="$dbuname";


$n_pass="$dbpass";


$n_db="$dbname";


$n_host="$dbhost";


$n_prefix="$prefix";





//connect to db's


$p_con=mysql_connect($p_host,$p_user,$p_pass);


$n_con=mysql_connect("localhost","username","pass"); 





global $dbi, $sitename, $admin, $ThemeSel;


mysql_select_db($p_db,$p_con);

but i have one more problem. Is shows me few data and i have an error:

Code:

Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home2/***/public_html/includes/sql_layer.php on line 286

the line 286 is that:

Quote:

case "MySQL":
if ($row = mysql_fetch_row($res)) {
return $row;
} else {
print (mysql_error());
}
break;;