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The third version of the phpBB forum software, now powered by symfony framework.

phpBB is a free flat-forum bulletin board software solution that can be used to stay in touch with a group of people or can power your entire website.

phpBB 3 is the third version of the software, released in 2008. Its powerful features and user-friendly interface make it easy to use for new and veteran users. Currently, there are two major releases of phpBB 3, 3.0.x and 3.1.x.

phpBB 3.1.x version is now powered by Symfony Framework, using BrowserKit, Config, Console, CssSelector, Debug, DependencyInjection, DomCrawler, EventDispatchern, Filesystem, Finder, HttpFoundation, HttpKernel, Process, Routing and Yaml components.

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MySQL Errors - phpBB3

Being a complete noob at PHP, I've been trying to install phpBB3 with several mods. However, something has broken the site and I can't receive support from the official forums unless I know which mod is causing the problems. Here is the error…
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Add a tab in Main menu phpBB3.1

I want to add a new tab in the main menu of phpBB forum, like in main menu on top bar next to "Forums". I am using elegance (artodia.com) theme.
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force https on login

I'm trying to force https on the login page with 3.0.13-PL1. I set Server protocol to: https:// but that only changes http:// to https:// affects after the login. I do not want to use mod_rewrite on my server.
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How to redirect guest to login page instead of homepage phpbb3

I would like to keep the entire forum private. Hence I removed the permissions of guest to the forums and all other features as suggested by other people. However when the user visits the forums, he is shown the home page but not the login page.…
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Good way to keep PHPBB3 boards secure from hackers?

Keep hearing of other forums getting hacked. I realise that if a hacker is that determined, they will find a way, but what are the actions that you can take to try to ensure, wherever possible, that it doesn't happen please ?
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Arabic Alphanumeric with spaces only regex

I want to know the equivalent of the following, but for Arabic alphabet only: $regex = '[A-Za-z0-9-[\]_+ ]+' I tried: $regex = '[ا-ئ0-9 ]+'; In which the first Arabic letter ا and the last one ئ. However, I have got the following error: [phpBB…
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PHPBB Authentication + Rails

I have a phpbb forum and i am developing a rails application that will be used for a mobile friendly app. I need a way to perform SSO between phpbb and rails. I found a ruby gem called phpbb-auth on github but it hasn't been updated in over 3…
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phpBB auto-scaling

I'm currently working on a large project which is expected to have a large amount of user activity. We're currently developing the website using Amazon Web Services so that we can ensure that if needed the site will scale to handle user load. A part…
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Using a Submit Button to UPDATE a MySQL database via PHPBB?

I integrated phpbb into my website and I need to change something. I'm trying to UPDATE an entry to my database from another database through a "submit" button. In my databse I have 2 tables. First table called "users" id name server 1 …
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Strip phpbb bbcode

I want to display the most recent posts from my phpbb3 forum on my website, but without the bbcode. so I'm trying to strip the bbcode but without succes one of the posts for example could be: [quote="SimonLeBon":3pwalcod]bladie bla…
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How to: CakePHP logging in without password?

I'm trying to find a way to log in user without password. The reason is that I have phpBB3 forums in my site and the users already log in there. So I'm now building an expansion to the site to have more than just the forum (Using CakePHP). I thought…
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Is there a way to set up PHPBB3 to use a CAPTCHA for every post?

I think there is a human registering a user, getting past the original CAPTCHA, then firing his php script to spamalot. Is there a way to make the user do the captcha test for every post in PHPBB3?
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Can't connect to mysql in docker container from phpbb

My docker container is working nicely, and I can connect to my database using my graphical sql client. However when I try to connect to my phpbb instance, I get this error: General Error SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] No such file or directory [2002] An sql…
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phpBB 3.1+ Authentication Plugin

I could really use some help with this. BACKGROUND: I've got phpBB 3.0 installed and have working external authentication from my own site's database. My working is an implementation of this excellent worked example: …
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phpbb3 after username is acceptable inject code

I have a list of reserved usernames that I would like to prevent new users from using before I've had a chance to authenticate them. Authentication would be done by putting a secret code on a website I will then check the website for the code and…
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