Title: [plugin: phpbb_recent_topics] No connection, no data… Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [plugin: phpbb_recent_topics] No connection, no data… * [skwamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skwamy/) * (@skwamy) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/) * Hello and thanks already. * I’m using WP 3.1.1 on my computer (localhost). I’m using PHPBB 3 on a ‘1and1’ server. And… I’m trying to display the latest topics of this online PHPBB forum on my local WP website (in the sidebar, but it’s not important). * But it doesn’t work: – When I do it simply (no “Insecure connection”), it tells me “Connection established” but nothings appears (the strange date as others described, and it seems to kill other data in the sidebar: 0 in the recent WP posts for example). – When I try the “insecure” thing, I fill my DB user, server and password but it tells me “connectivity to PHPBB failed”. So I tried to fill the server blank with its IP address (as described in the README file) but it did not work either. * So, I’m wondering if connection is possible from a local server. * I don’t know what to do. Please help me, I really need this cool functionality. And to finish, another question if it’s only because of the local thing: is using the insecure connection required when servers are not the same? * Maaaaaany thanks. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Thread Starter [skwamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skwamy/) * (@skwamy) * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2033839) * I forgot to mention that I tried the GRANT requests but 1and1 does not allow its users to make such requests. * Plugin Author [linickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linickx/) * (@linickx) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034096) * Hello, * > When I try the “insecure” thing, I fill my DB user, server and password but > it tells me “connectivity to PHPBB failed”. * Are you filling in your PHPBB config.php credentials into the boxes? * Cheers, Nick * Plugin Author [linickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linickx/) * (@linickx) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034098) * Oh.. I forgot to answer this… * > is using the insecure connection required when servers are not the same? * Yes 🙂 * Thread Starter [skwamy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skwamy/) * (@skwamy) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034101) * Hello, * Thanks for replying. Yes, I’m using the PHPBB credentials to fill the blanks… But it doesn’t work 🙁 Now I’m not sure about the line “phpbb MySQL Server”. Do I have to put: – the address of my PHPBB database: xxxxxxx.1and1.fr ? – the IP address of my PHPBB database: 192.xxxxxxxxxx ? – the IP address of the server where my PHPBB forum is: 82.xxxxxxx ? * Thanks! * Plugin Author [linickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linickx/) * (@linickx) * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034104) * Hello, * If both wordpress and phpbb are hosted with 1 & 1 it’ll probably be the 192.168. xxx address… if wordpress is at home on your laptop and you’re connecting to 1&1 it’ll be the IP of your mysql db… not necessarily phpbb. * whatever is the correct IP of the database you’ll need to ensure there is no firewall blocking you (_TCP/3306_) … and… that the GRANT permissions on the phpbb database server are not restricted to [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) * For example, remember when you setup phpbb, you probably did something like this to create your DB and user… * ``` CREATE DATABASE phpbbdb; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpbbdb.* TO "phpbbuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "mypassword"; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; ``` * The [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) means that you can only log in from the _same_ server that the mysql runs … you need to replace [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) with the ip address( _or hostname_) of the server which wordpress is logging in from…. this again is probably a 192.168 address if the server is in 1&1, if you’re at home you’ll need to use your public ip ( _[http://icanhazip.com](http://icanhazip.com)_ ) * If you have CLI (_Shell / SSH_) access to your wordpress server you can test connectivity from the WP server to the PHPBB server with the mysql CLI tool.. * `mysql -h mysql_server --user=user_name --password=your_password db_name` * Good luck! * [spacepets4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacepets4/) * (@spacepets4) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034149) * hi, my WP is installed in wwww.mysite.com and my PHPBB is in [http://www.mysite.com/forum](http://www.mysite.com/forum) * WP and phpBB are hosted in my ipage hosting service. * i keep getting “Database Error. Connectivity to phpBB failed.” both securely and insecurely… i have read the readme through and fro. lol * i filled up insecurely as… * phpbb MySQL Database Name: php_4ec1oli32g phpbb MySQL Database UserName: phpOOnlrtIb phpbb MySQL Database Password: 9Bhib45UpZ phpbb MySQL Server: howtogetfreeiphoneco. ipagemysql.com phpbb Topics Table Name: phpbb_topics phpbb Forums Table Name: phpbb_forums phpbb Posts Table Name: phpbb_posts phpbb forum URL: [http://www.6stringchickmagnet.com/forum](http://www.6stringchickmagnet.com/forum) * is there anything im missing? thanks!! * Plugin Author [linickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linickx/) * (@linickx) * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034150) * only… * > ensure there is no firewall blocking you (TCP/3306) … and… that the GRANT permissions > on the phpbb database server are not restricted to [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) * 😉 Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘[plugin: phpbb_recent_topics] No connection, no data…’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/phpbb-recent-topics_867975.svg) * [phpbb_recent_topics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phpbb-recent-topics/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/phpbb-recent-topics/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phpbb-recent-topics/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phpbb-recent-topics/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phpbb-recent-topics/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/phpbb-recent-topics/reviews/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [linickx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linickx/) * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-phpbb_recent_topics-no-connection-no-data/#post-2034150) * Status: not resolved