I am trying to import the forums and topics from our existing phpBB forums. There are about a dozen forums, and about 400 topics and 1600 posts. I have set the values on the Import Forums page to the following:

Select Platform = phpBB
Database Server = mssql2.<hostingdomain>.com
Database Port = 3306
Database Name = <name of the database>
Database Username = <admin user>
Database Password = <password>
Table Prefix = phpbb_

However, when I start the conversion, it reports “No forums to convert”, “No forum parents to convert”, and so on.

I do not get any errors when I run the conversion. The existing phpBB forums are in a MSSQL database and not a MySQL database. I suspect that this may be the reason nothing is discovered.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ray
bbPress Version 2.5.14
WordPress 4.9.6 running Divi theme

[@robin-w Moderator 6 years, 5 months ago]

yes, they are very different databases.

You’ll need to do a conversion from one to the other – google around there must be tools to do that