• Registered: 2005-10-10
  • Posts: 5

Topic: fatal error on installtion

hi,

I'm trying to actually install punBB right now and when I do I get an error

Fatal error: Call to undefined function preg_match() in /usr/home/capstone/public_html/forum/upload/install.php on line 322

I don't really know what it means at this point. I just installed mysql, I've created a username and gave permissions to modify the database. I have the php mysql plugin(before I couldn't even get this far) and now it allows me to input all the information to setup the forum but the above error message appears when I click install. Anyone have any idea whats going on? Thanks in advance!

Tyler

2 Reply by Tobi

  • Tobi
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  • From: Samos, Greece
  • Registered: 2005-06-27
  • Posts: 477

Re: fatal error on installtion

looks like your host is running a very old version of PHP or he has disabled the PCRE functions. You'd have to see what a phpinfo() call tells you.
It should be version 4.2. or higher in order for preg_match to function.

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  • Registered: 2005-10-10
  • Posts: 5

Re: fatal error on installtion

Thanks alot, turns out I did't have PCRE functions installed, even though I had php 5 already on there. I just installed that and it worked like a charm!

Tyler