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1. maxminzer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey, so I have my PHPBB forum as a link on one of the pages of my WordPress based website.
   And use WP-Members and PHPBB Single Sign On plugins to connect WP and PHPBB users.
   Updated to WordPress 3.1 today (I don't know if that's the reason - but most probably).

   Now noone can login or register on PHPBB forum.
   Whenever I try to access http://teensatsalvation.com/forum/ucp.php?mode=login or http://teensatsalvation.com/forum/ucp.php?mode=register I get a window saying "Oops! This link appears to be broken."

   However, I can login on WP side and then access the forum (logged in automatically to the forum). But if I click logout on PHPBB forum - same problem happens.

   There seems to be something wrong going on with ucp.php

   Please help

2. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Can you link to the plugins being used?

   Sadly, it's probably just not compatible yet :/

3. maxminzer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/phpbb-single-sign-on/

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-members/

   I can't believe I didn't make a backup :-(

4. maxminzer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   There is no way back to older version, correct?

   Also, if WordPress Update is available - I can't make new posts, right?

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Without a back up, no, you cannot downgrade.

   But you can always post if your site needs an upgrade. You NEVER have to click upgrade.

6. maxminzer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I just remember I tried once two months ago - wrote a whole post, published, and kept getting empty post because (I thought) I had to upgrade first.

   So, my only solution is to hope that plugins will get updated soon?

7. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I just remember I tried once two months ago - wrote a whole post, published, and kept getting empty post because (I thought) I had to upgrade first.

   This is not standard WordPress behavior. You may have another plugin causing this, but generally, IF you have some complex plugins (BuddyPress, phpBB integration, bbPress etc etc) you should ALWAYS wait until they're updated.

   WP-Members should be fine, but just in case, I'm tagging this post for both that and phpBB so the devs SHOULD get alerted.

8. Chad Butler
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Sorry I didn't see this earlier - I've been out of town and w/o Internet for a few days.

   Am I reading correctly that your setup worked prior to updating to WP 3.1 and after the upgrade it does not?

   WP-Members is compatible with 3.1 in so far as I have tested, and I don't see what the issue would be unless there was some customization on the integration. But keep me updated on what you find out. If there is anything that you think I can look in to, let me know.

9. maxminzer
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok, the problem is the same with or without plugins.
   PHPBB says it's a WP problem.

   Please help me by directing towards what could possibly be the problem.

   Did plugins overide some files or something? Or is it completely not related to plugins?

   Please help

10. Chad Butler
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    It seems unlikely that any plugins would override some files; although it's possible. You might try deactivating them to see. If things work, then bring them up one by one while testing to try to narrow that down.

11. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I actually deactivated and deleted them to test - it's not them

12. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I am having the same exact problem. Just updated to WordPress 3.1 on a development server, and phpbb-single-sign-on is the only thing letting me still gain access to my phpbb forum.

    With phpbb-single-sign-on installed, I can sign on in the wordpress section of the site, then remain signed on over in the phpbb forum... but I can't do anything with registering, logging in, or even signing out over at the phpbb forum.

    When I uninstall phpbb-single-sign-on, I am no longer kept signed in over the forum, as I would expect.

    The setup worked perfectly fine before upgrading to version 3.1

13. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Clarification of my above post... I can still access the forum without being signed in. phpbb-single-sign-on is the only thing allowing me to be signed in on my phpbb forum.

14. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    It has to be a WordPress issue - I've tried everything possible. Something is messing up MySQL Database.

    Please help

15. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Clearly a WordPress issue.

    I backed up to a month ago - everything works fine.
    Updated to 3.1 -> broke login and register

    It's a WordPress 3.1 issue. Please help

16. GRAQ
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Did you roll back to working version. De-activate all plugins. Then upgrade WordPress?

    Because, just having WP and upgrading does not break login and registration. So it must be the plugins!

17. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I did the above. It's not plugins

18. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Had a working WP, deactivated plugins, upgraded WP = can't login or register

    Still need help.

19. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    My code is failing to line 18 of ucp.php (ucp.php is a phpBB file) at any time the ucp.php file is accessed:

    require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_user.' . $phpEx);

    I'm using Netbeans to debug. When I "step into" line 18 of ucp.php, it instantly jumps to function __destruct() of wp-db.php. The path and filename appears to be correct. Line 17 of ucp.php is:

    require($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

    which runs like a normal require statement. If I comment out line 18 of ucp.php, I can access the log-in page, and it works fine. I can also access the register page, but it fails when I go to register a user, as it requires functions that are part of functions_user.php.

    What could be causing wordpress to go jump to the __destruct() function when using the require statement?

    Thanks for any help!

20. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Maxminzer, I may have found the solution.

    There appears to be a conflict for the name of the function ' validate_username'. It is a function that exists in both the latest versions of phpBB and WordPress 3.1. What I did is simply rename the function in phpBB.

    There were 3 files, and 3 total lines of code that I needed to edit, in your phpBB directory.

    First, in the /includes directory, functions_user.php contains the definition for 'validate_username'. Find the following line of code:

    function validate_username($username, $allowed_username = false)

    and change it to:

    function validate_username_phpbb($username, $allowed_username = false)

    This will rename the function. Next, you have to change any place in your phpBB code that references this function. For me, this was posting.php and posting.orig.php (found in the root directory of phpBB).

    Search for the following line of code in both posting.php and posting.orig.php:

    if (($result = validate_username($post_data['username'], (!empty($post_data['post_username'])) ? $post_data['post_username'] : '')) !== false)

    and replace it with:

    if (($result = validate_username_phpbb($post_data['username'], (!empty($post_data['post_username'])) ? $post_data['post_username'] : '')) !== false)

    Hopefully that works for you!

21. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It fixed the problem!

    I didn't have posting.orig.php but that doesn't matter I guess.

    I really appreciate your help!

    Next time I'll be backing up my stuff, updating WP, then looking for solutions, while older version will be restored and working
    :-)

22. Chad Butler
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I have been following the thread, but I didn't really have anything to offer, since I don't use phpBB, and I couldn't really see where it would have been WP-Members. Glad to hear this is resolved!

23. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Yep - it wasn't plugins as PHPBB and WP "experts" suggested

24. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Glad that worked!

    I'm having one further minor issue. When I go to log-out of phpBB, I am receiving this message in Firefox:

    "Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete."

    or this message in Chrome:

    "The web page ... has resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a server configuration issue and not a problem with your computer."

    It ends up logging out successfully, but I'd appreciate help or suggestions from anybody with knowledge of these error messages. Thanks!

25. Joshua Hyatt
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    One more comment regarding szawil's helpful fix above:

    I was having issues allowing users to register on the phpbb side as it was trying to call wordpress's validate_username function. To fix this, you have to edit the includes/ucp_register.php file, and change the line
    array('username', '')),
    to
    array('username_phpbb', '')),

    It was line 203 for my install (phpbb 3.0.8)

26. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    jwhatt,

    I seem to be having the same problem. Unfortunately, that fix didn't work for me.

    I want to make sure I'm making the fix in the right place. Is this where you made the change? This begins on around line 200 of ucp_register.php for me.

    if ($submit)
    		{
    			$error = validate_data($data, array(
    				'username'			=> array(
    					array('string', false, $config['min_name_chars'], $config['max_name_chars']),
    					array('username', '')),
    				'new_password'		=> array(
    					array('string', false, $config['min_pass_chars'], $config['max_pass_chars']),
    					array('password')),
    				'password_confirm'	=> array('string', false, $config['min_pass_chars'], $config['max_pass_chars']),
    				'email'				=> array(
    					array('string', false, 6, 60),
    					array('email')),
    				'email_confirm'		=> array('string', false, 6, 60),
    				'tz'				=> array('num', false, -14, 14),
    				'lang'				=> array('match', false, '#^[a-z_\-]{2,}$#i'),
    			));

    Was it only in one line of code?

27. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    In fact, I get this error message in my error log, regardless of whether it is 'username' or 'username_phpbb'

    PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function validate_data() in /var/www/html/site/forum/includes/ucp/ucp_register.php on line 202, referer: http://www.site.com/forum/ucp.php?mode=register

    Is this the same error message you were getting before your fix jwhyatt?

    Thanks!

28. szawil
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    I think your fix worked! Thanks...

    For some reason, my ucp_register.php file was missing an include statement for functions_user.php.

29. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Hey, I just found out that there is another piece to the problem - users can't register (login works fine for me as well as logout).

    The go to register, write down their username, email, password, captcha - click Submit and same form with info appears(without captcha this time) with red color "1" on top and submit and it does nothing.

    Any help on that?

30. maxminzer
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    <form name="register" method="post" action="./ucp.php?mode=register">
    
    <table class="tablebg" width="100%" cellspacing="1">
    <tr>
    	<th colspan="2" valign="middle">Registration</th>
    </tr>
    
    	<tr>
    		<td class="row3" colspan="2" align="center"><span class="gensmall error">1</span></td>
    	</tr>
    
    <tr>
    	<td class="row1" width="38%"><b class="genmed">Username: </b><br /><span class="gensmall">Length must be between 3 and 20 characters.</span></td>
    	<td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="username" size="25" value="Testing2" /></td>
    </tr>
    ...and so on

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