• Registered: 2005-03-03
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Topic: Where is forum info data stored?

Hey - I'm having a weird problem with my forums. They've been working fine for weeks, then all of a sudden my Options data reset to the default settings ("My PunBB forum") and when I go to a forum I get a "Forum is empty" message, plus an error at the top stating "Warning: Division by zero in /forums/viewforum.php on line 70"

I've checked the database and the messages all appear to still be there. I have backups, I'm just not sure where to look.

  • Smartys
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

How odd
Remove all the .php files from your cache directory

  • Jansson
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

Have you made any changes to the source, or replaced files? Have you verified config.php to make sure everything in there is correct?

4 Reply by tdominey (edited by tdominey 2006-10-28 12:53)

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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

Cache cleared of everything. No change.

I haven't made any changes to the source, or replaced any files. I checked config.php against a backed up copy of the same file, and they're identical.

I poked around in the MySQL db using phpmyadmin, and the pbb_config table containts all the default settings for conf_value. The other tables for "categories" and "forums" contain the correct data. It just doesn't appear that the two are connecting.

To test whether it was the database or the install, I uploaded a new copy of PunBB, replaced it's config file with the one from my other install, and the forums behaved exactly the same.

Any other ideas? Thanks.

  • Smartys
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

Link?

  • Registered: 2005-03-03
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

Smartys wrote:

Link?

http://slideshowpro.net/forums/

  • Smartys
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

OK, here's the issue (I think)

In functions.php

        $pun_user['disp_topics'] = $pun_config['o_disp_topics_default'];
        $pun_user['disp_posts'] = $pun_config['o_disp_posts_default'];

I believe $pun_config['o_disp_topics_default'] and $pun_config['o_disp_posts_default'] are set to 0: change them in Admin Options smile

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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

Changed them both to 50 and *zing* the messages appear again. Thanks SO MUCH for the help. Doesn't explain how those values got reset, but I'll take it.

  • Smartys
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Re: Where is forum info data stored?

tdominey wrote:

Changed them both to 50 and *zing* the messages appear again. Thanks SO MUCH for the help. Doesn't explain how those values got reset, but I'll take it.

No problem, glad to help smile