Message Boards w/o MySQL

[iBob]

I was wondering if there was a message board software out there like those php ones or something that didn't require MySQL. I've talked my server into php but not MySQL so I need a substitute. Thanks!

[piotrm]

check out http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/index.html

there are quite a bit of different php message boards listed there, some require mysql but some dont. there are non-free boards and there are some free ones as well

you seem to have an interesting host. i dont see why they would allow php but not mysql or some other database. you should still try to convince them otherwise, using a database its quite to your advantage

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another thing you might do is put mysql on some other computer somewhere, i'm not sure about php features and modules but i know the perl dbi module is capable of connecting to remote mysql servers (not just the webserver itself). i think mysql is a service in general so i bet the php stuffs can do this also

it would allow you to run a mysql powered database but if the mysql server isnt in a local area of the webserver, the site might be kind of slow...

good luck

[jonathan lall]

YaBB (http://www.yabbforum.com/) comes to mind, but there are a lot of less extensive ones out there; all you have to do is search. I'm not sure if Phorum must have SQL either. The Woburn Robotics Forums are hand-coded for an example of a simple Perl one, so you could explore that idea if you have the means.

[dez250]

i remember one a few years ago and in know its still usable now and its sql free... i don't remember all its name but check out hotscripts.com it should be listed there...
~Mike

[Brandon Martus]

Before vBulletin, we used wwwboard: http://www.scriptarchive.com/wwwboard.html

It requires Perl, and thats about it [unless they upgraded it alot, or something]

[dez250]

Bandon, thanks for that, actually that is the type of forum i was thinking of... Its not the best for organization, but it works w/o MySQL.
~Mike

[Randy]

Hey ibob,

I host a few other FIRST sites as a sponsorship type thing. If you, or anyone else would be interested in that, don't hesitate to email me at randy@sevaa.com.


A bit of what we offer:

»PHP
»Perl/CGI
»Microsoft Frontpage Extensions
»SSI
»MySQL databases
»subdomains
»unlimited email/ftp accounts
»A bunch of other oddities

»Ensim Webppliance Pro (3.5.3)




-Randy

[AlbertW]

www.ikonboard.com has a setting where you can use a DBI database (stored as a file on the web server, no sql database required)