phpBB2 + CH to phpBB3 Upgrade Script(s) Package

[Highway of Life]

Classification: Script
phpBB Part: Forum

MOD Name: phpBB2 + CH to phpBB3 Upgrade Script Package
MOD Version: 0.0.1
Authors: Exreaction, Handyman, Highway of Life, Tannie, and Tuk
MOD Description: See Author's Notes in the Instructions below.

Works with:

• phpBB 2.0.21
  
• phpBB 3.0.b2 (Beta2)
  
• See Author's Notes in the Instructions below.
  

Features:

• See Author's Notes in the Instructions below.
  

Special thanks: to all of the STG Development Team members, especially: Exreaction, Gutterball, Handyman, Highway of Life, Spokkie, Tannie, and Tuk for the development and testing of this script.

Language: English

Licence: GNU General Public License v2

Screenshots: N/A


Information/Instructions:

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##############################################################
## Title: phpBB2 + CH to phpBB3 Upgrade Script
## Authors: EXreaction < exreaction@lithiumstudios.org > (Nathan Guse) http://www.lithiumstudios.org
##          Handyman
##          Highway of Life
##          Tannie
##          Tuk
## Description: Roughly upgrades your phpBB3 board to phpBB3.
## Version: 0.0.80 (BETA)
## License: http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU General Public License v2
##############################################################
## Author's Notes:
## First thing you MUST do is get complete backups of both forums!  If you do not, we can not give you
##  support if this screws up either board on you!
## This upgrader is not perfect.  It may miss users, posts, forums or anything while it tries to
##  upgrade your phpBB2 board to phpBB3.  After upgrading is complete you should check over your entire
##  board to see if it missed anything(remember you may see less users because inactive users are hidden
##  by default in phpBB3).
##
## The upgrader has only been tested on a fresh phpBB3 Beta 2 and phpBB2 2.0.21 install.  Other versions
##  are not supported.  If you have an older phpBB2 install upgrade before you run this.  If a newer phpBB3
##  is out you should run this on the Beta 2 version, and then upgrade from Beta 2 to the newest version.
##
## OFFICIAL SUPPORT THREAD:
##  http://startrekguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=144
##############################################################
## History:
##  (yyyy-mm-dd)
##   2006-07-18 to 2006-10-10 - Version 0.0.70 (DEV)
##      - Development and testing
##   2006-10-10 - Version 0.0.80 (BETA)
##      - Beta release
##
##############################################################

#
#-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------
# (copy the root folder to your root phpBB3 directory)

copy root/ to /

#
#-----[ DIY INSTRUCTIONS ]------------------------------------------
#

If not already installed, install a fresh phpBB3 Beta 2 forum.

Go to your phpBB3 forum's upgrade/index.php page.
( ex: http://startrekguide.com/upgrade/index.php )

Follow all the instructions in the installer.

After everything has completed check over it all and make tweaks according to what worked/didn't work.  Then
delete the upgrade/ folder(you may delete the style and language files that uploaded as well if you would like).

# It isn't a mod...but lets finish it with the usual ending... ;-)
#
#-----[ SAVE/CLOSE ALL FILES ]------------------------------------------
#
# EoM

Installation Level: Expert (Difficult)
Installation Time: ~ 60 Minutes
Format: Scripts
Download File:

Support Topic: viewtopic.php?f=39&t=144

[Tuk]

I uploaded a updated package to take a change to the database schema into account that was made about two weeks ago (username_clean). It's only a single line which was added but the change was absolutely necessary as logging in won't work without it.

[Highway of Life]

I noticed they added that.

Any idea what it's used for?

[Tuk]

It's related to the UTF-8 changes, the actual username gets passed to utf8_clean_string() which lowercases the username and does some further normalization. Encoding it to UTF-8 and so on. Strange things, these UTF-8 functions .

[Highway of Life]

Huh... no kidding.

[EXreaction]

Woh, notice you guys added that to the upgrade script...I wouldn't put that in there...since it was not included in Beta2, and this is supposed to upgrade phpBB 2.0.21 to phpBB 3 Beta 2.

It will give errors for B2 users...

[Synaptic Anarchy Syn]

>=/

Considering there is no B2 to B3 yet, it would be nice if I could find the 2.0.21 to 3.0.B1 version of this script. If there ever was one...

[Highway of Life]

Why would you want it to upgrade you phpBB2 to a phpBB3 Beta1 instead of a Beta2 (current stance), when it's easy to upgrade from Beta2 to Betax/RCx

[DiegoPino]

Excelent.

I am test in my http://localhost

Thanks

[EXreaction]

[quote="Archer 07":0ba88]
>=/

Considering there is no B2 to B3 yet, it would be nice if I could find the 2.0.21 to 3.0.B1 version of this script. If there ever was one...
[/quote:0ba88]

Seems you missed the part about us working on a Beta 2 to Beta 3 script soon.

Not all of us have a lot of free time to work on this kind of stuff.