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Hi!
I have a CMS, on the index.php in a box I want to show the 10 newest topics
$action="active";
$show=10;
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php');
however, I have the following erros message
The file 'config.php' doesn't exist or is corrupt. Please run install.php to install PunBB first.
What should I do to have the 10 newest topics on my frontpage
any ideas?
Check your config.php, remake it if neccessary
well, thanks, this was my guess, but I do not know WHATI should revise in it?
The index.php is from the CMS, not PunBB?
And extern.php is in the same folder as a properly working config.php?
And you do realize your variables won't do anything, right?
index.php belongs to the cms
forum is outsite the directory of the cms like
root/forum -> place of the forum
root/cms/index.php place of the index file of the cms
forum alone is working fine, no problem, if I call the last 10 topics from a php which is inside the forum directory, it works fine
"And you do realize your variables won't do anything, right?" I am sorry, I cannot fully understand this, though I know the words :-)
$action="active";
$show=10;
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php');won't work 
What you could do is this:
$action="active";
$show=10;
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php?action='.$action.'&show='.$show);Now, for your problem, it's best to put them all in the same foder, else PunBB won't handle it too well
$action="active"; $show=10; include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php');won't work
$action="active"; $show=10; include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php?action='.$action.'&show='.$show);Now, for your problem, it's best to put them all in the same foder, else PunBB won't handle it too well
That won't work at all 
As I've said many times before, you can NOT add $_GET variables to a file on the local filesystem
:-( this would mean that I would have like 30 subdirectories in one directory (CMS + Forum + other things) this would become too complicated
there must be some other solution
for instance, what if I say in a php within the forum directory $top10 = "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php?action=active&show=10)
I now only have to access this variable from outside the directory, could this work?
You can NOT add $_GET variables to a file on the local filesystem
Use the URL to extern.php
but that does not work... do you have any ideas apart from reinstalling the forum inside the directory of the CMS
include("../forum/extern.php?action=active&show=10");Does that work?
no, it says "there is no config.php or new installation redirecting in 3 seconds" or something
Is there a config.php in the /forum directory?
include("../forum/extern.php?action=active&show=10");Does that work?
How many times do I have to say it?
You can NOT include $_GET variables via include
ok, we all understand that, BUT can you say how to solve this problem? I mean, apart from reinstalling...
Why would reinstalling do anything?
You can not include extern.php when the file including it is not in the same folder as extern.php
You also can not use $_GET variables in a local filename
So, the fix is to call it via its URL (the way you would see it in a browser)
many servers do not allow including php files outside their root directory.... if I use http:// it will not work
"URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration" . . .
Then it can't be included via PHP
However, if you really must, here's the way to do it:
Open extern.php
FIND
define('PUN_ROOT', './');REPLACE WITH
if (!defined('PUN_ROOT'))
define('PUN_ROOT', './');Then, add the following code to your page (where you want to include extern.php):
define('PUN_ROOT', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/');
$temp_get = $_GET;
$_GET = array();
$_GET['action'] = 'active';
$_GET['show'] = '10';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forum/extern.php';
$_GET = array();
$_GET = $temp_get;Adjust paths as necessary
hi!
works fine, thank you very much, BUT i have a warning message:
this is what I use:
extern.php:
- I have removed the exit command for not correctly defined install
if (!defined('PUN_ROOT'))
define('PUN_ROOT', '/usr/local/www/data-dist/testsite/forum/');
and in the index.php where I want the list to appear
<?php define('/usr/local/www/data-dist/testsite/forum/');
$temp_get = $_GET;
$_GET = array();
$_GET['action'] = 'active';
$_GET['show'] = '10';
include '/usr/local/www/data-dist/testsite/forum/extern.php';
$_GET = array();
$_GET = $temp_get;
?>
the topics show up BUT i have this message
Warning: Wrong parameter count for define() in index.php (the page where I have included the call for extern.php)
any ideas?
i have deleted this: define('/usr/local/www/data-dist/testsite/forum/')
and now it works fine
Err, I didn't mean adjust in extern.php
That should still have the correct define within the if statement, as I gave it
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