phpBB 2.0.10 install

[Ryan M.]

I'm trying to install phpBB 2.0.10 onto an XP machine running Apache 2.0.52, PHP 5.0.2, and MySQL 4.1.7. Supposedly I've got an empty database all ready to receive the phpBB tables and a user to go along with it, but...

I fill out all the info, click the little "Start install" button and... the page reloads. Nothing happens. Any ideas? I know I have PHP and mySQL working, because phpMyAdmin is installed and runs fine. I've tried telling the board to install as "root," but even that didn't help.

This is making me mad.

[NoodleKnight]

Make sure the sql use has the correct permissions, and the database is typed correctly, password correct, etc... Usually there would be some error, but refreshing back to the same page, not sure. Maybe it could be something to do with php 5.x.x? They had a news report on about how phpBB wasn't designed around php 5, and that they wouldn't be offering support for any problems.

[Ian W.]

Originally Posted by Ryan Morehart

I'm trying to install phpBB 2.0.10 onto an XP machine running Apache 2.0.52, PHP 5.0.2, and MySQL 4.1.7. Supposedly I've got an empty database all ready to receive the phpBB tables and a user to go along with it, but...

I fill out all the info, click the little "Start install" button and... the page reloads. Nothing happens. Any ideas? I know I have PHP and mySQL working, because phpMyAdmin is installed and runs fine. I've tried telling the board to install as "root," but even that didn't help.

This is making me mad.

PHP 5 turns off error reporting, turn that back on in php.ini (wherever PHP got installed to). That'll help you find any problems.

Another thing to try is open up the MySQL database manually with the PHPBB user, and try and modify some stuff, see if that works, cause if that works then it's PHPBB's fault, if not, your permissions are wrong.