Hey Guys,

Just recently discovered that I can’t get my bbPress Forum to load. I get this error all down the page, and to the best of my knowledge, I haven’t changed a single thing since it last worked?

Any help appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Cal

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 9 months ago]

I think this is due to the server using PHP4:

Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()!

What version bbPress did you install, did you integrate with WordPress, and what software is the server running?

[@adsearch Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /hsphere/local/home/xxxxxx/adsearch.co.in/forum/bb-includes/wp-functions.php on line 113

Hello I have Installed the forum at the address given below

http://adsearch.co.in/forum

http://adsearch.co.in/fourms

but at both the place I Get the same error.

I did not integrate it with wordpress.

what is the problem.

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 9 months ago]

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.9

Are you using PHP4? I thought that was the source of this problem.

What version did you install?

[@diabolikal Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

Hey guys, I’m getting the same problem, and my hosting is 1&1 and I’m sure they support PHP4. It is in my subfolder of the domain,

http://www.ko-holic.com/bbpress

Help!

[@chrishajer Participant 15 years, 9 months ago]

The problem is not that they SUPPORT PHP4, it’s that you WANT PHP5. Add this to your .htaccess if you’re at 1&1.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

That will force *.php files to be processed by PHP5. That should resolve the problem for you.

[@tema5 Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

I’m with godaddy.com

It uses php 4.x by default, but supports PHP5 for .php5 files.

I changes handle of .php files to PHP5 too.

But I got the same error. What to do?

[@tema5 Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

Now I got an extra headache, my WP widget column disappeared.

I’m switching back waiting suggestions.

update: sorry, it was a wicked weather widget blockng sidebar, not PHP5 extention, but bbpress install problem remains

[@gradek Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

I am also having the same issue, the .htaccess trick didn’t help either. any other ways of ensure the use of php5?

[@gradek Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

I was able to fix the Error using the following .htaccess code:

AddHandler x-httpd-php5 .php

AddHandler x-httpd-php .php4

I got the info here, since I am using a godaddy server.

http://help.godaddy.com/article/1082

[@kirabug Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

So wait, does this mean BBpress is dropping support for PHP-4? Because WordPress is working just fine…. I’m also downgrading. Would have loved to see some kind of warning/note on the download file page that requirements have changed (if they have).

[@_ck_ Participant 15 years, 9 months ago]

We really should backport the fix that is in 1.0 to 0.9 for our international friends.

I can’t remember what the function was that had the problem but I believe it was

function htmlspecialchars_decode

there may be others.

Unfortunately those functions are not pluggable but you could try replacing them from 1.0 into 0.9 and use SVN to handle upgrades which might work around it.

Made a note on TRAC https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1059

[@erick_king Member 15 years, 9 months ago]

hello! o hola en español.

You can try with the version 1.0 alpha, it works fine!!

[@_ck_ Participant 15 years, 9 months ago]

Good news, Sam has backported the fix from 1.0 into 0.9 also.

https://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/1059#comment:2

You can either download the 0.9 branch version or wait for 0.9.0.5

[@prb10 Member 15 years, 7 months ago]

Quote:

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.9

Are you using PHP4? I thought that was the source of this problem.

What version did you install?

How do I do this?

[@prb10 Member 15 years, 7 months ago]

Sorry, I copied the wrong message…

The problem is not that they SUPPORT PHP4, it’s that you WANT PHP5. Add this to your .htaccess if you’re at 1&1.

AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

That will force *.php files to be processed by PHP5. That should resolve the problem for you.

How do I do that? I am not great with coding so I’m not really sure what to do.

[@prb10 Member 15 years, 7 months ago]

I’ve resolved the problem. Thanks.

[@qccpa Member 15 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks, PRB10 — this resolved my issue.