I am currently trying to install bbpress simply because zeroboard hates me. I have changed the info in my config.php file as I should have and see no problems, yet when I run install.php I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 8

Any clue? I’ve added my config.php content below.

<?php

// ** MySQL settings ** //

define(‘BBDB_NAME’, ‘********’); //

The name of the database

define(‘BBDB_USER’, ‘********’); //

Your MySQL username

define(‘BBDB_PASSWORD’, ‘********’); //

…and password

define(‘BBDB_HOST’, ‘********’); //

99% chance you won’t need to change this value

//

Change the prefix if you want to have multiple forums in a single database.

$bb_table_prefix = ‘bb_’; //

Only letters, numbers and underscores please!

//

If your bbPress URL is http://bbpress.example.com/forums/ , the examples would be correct.

//

Adjust the domain and path to suit your actual URL.

//

Just the domain name; no directories or path. There should be no trailing slash here.

$bb->domain = ‘http://www.dongbang51.net&#8217;; //

Example: ‘http://bbpress.example.com&#8217;

//

There should be both a leading and trailing slash here. ‘/’ is fine if the site is in root.

$bb->path = ‘/board/’; //

Example: ‘/forums/’

//

What are you going to call me?

$bb->name = ‘New’;

//

This must be set before running the install script.

$bb->admin_email = ‘********@hotmail.com’;

//

Set to true if you want pretty permalinks.

$bb->mod_rewrite = false;

//

The number of topics that show on each page.

$bb->page_topics = 30;

//

A user can edit a post for this many minutes after submitting.

$bb->edit_lock = 60;

//

Your timezone offset. Example: -7 for Pacific Daylight Time.

$bb->gmt_offset = 0;

//

Change this to localize bbPress. A corresponding MO file for the

//

chosen language must be installed to bb-includes/languages.

//

For example, install de.mo to bb-includes/languages and set BBLANG to ‘de’

//

to enable German language support.

define(‘BBLANG’, ”);

//

Your Akismet Key. You do not need a key to run bbPress, but if you want to take advantage

//

of Akismet’s powerful spam blocking, you’ll need one. You can get an Akismet key at

//

http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

$bb->akismet_key = ”; //

Example: ‘0123456789ab’

//

The rest is only useful if you are integrating bbPress with WordPress.

//

If you’re not, just leave the rest as it is.

$bb->wp_table_prefix = ”; //

WordPress table prefix. Example: ‘wp_’;

$bb->wp_home = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: Blog address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

$bb->wp_siteurl = ”; //

WordPress – Options->General: WordPress address (URL) //

No trailing slash. Example: ‘http://example.com&#8217;

/* Stop editing */

if ( !defined(‘BBPATH’) )

define(‘BBPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’ );

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . ‘/wp-config.php’ );

?>

[@trent Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

I think is must be just the way the comments are put in! Maybe try this format with the commenting out:

<?php



define('BBDB_NAME', '********');

define('BBDB_USER', '********');

define('BBDB_PASSWORD', '********');

define('BBDB_HOST', '********');



$bb->domain = 'http://www.dongbang51.net';

$bb->path = '/board/';

$bb->name = 'New';

$bb->admin_email = '********@hotmail.com';



$bb->mod_rewrite = false;



$bb->page_topics = 30;



$bb->edit_lock = 60;



$bb->gmt_offset = 0;



define('BBLANG', '');



$bb->akismet_key = '';



$bb->wp_table_prefix = '';

$bb->wp_home = '';

$bb->wp_siteurl = '';



/* Stop editing */



if ( !defined('BBPATH') )

define('BBPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/wp-config.php' );



?>

As well, I am assuming you are using an Akismet number, otherwise have it as:

$bb->akismet_key = false;

Trent

[@paidera Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

Well…that worked well enough to eliminate the first problem but now I have another. I get THIS message:

Warning: main() [function.main]: Unable to access /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/wp-config.php in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 33

Warning: main(/mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/wp-config.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 33

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/wp-config.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/config.php on line 33

[@trent Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

I should have caught that the first time *SLAPS HIMSELF*. You are including your wp-config.php file for WordPress integration? For integration with wordpress, you need to define the other parts of wordpress, but I wouldn’t include that file as it has nothing to do with integration or with getting bbPress going. Take out this and it should work:

require_once( dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/wp-config.php' );

If you want to integrate with WordPress, check out this integration documentation for bbPress and WP.

Trent

[@paidera Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

Actually I wasn’t trying to do that. I could care less about integration with WP.

And now I am officially lost.

[@trent Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

How do you mean? If you remove that line above, it should work for you. If you are a little confused again, just restart by editing the config-sample.php again as it has everything you need. It doesn’t however, have that line about the wp-config.php in it.

Trent

[@paidera Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

Well I did and I still get an error :

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: bb_install_header() in /mounted-storage/home24b/sub003/sc22569-MMPG/dongbang51.net/board/bb-admin/install.php on line 11

I think it’s safe to assume this thing doesn’t like me.

[@trent Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

Without downloading the entire bbPress again, you can get config-sample.php (to start over) at:

https://trac.bbpress.org/browser/tags/0.8/config-sample.php

Trent

[@paidera Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

hehehe…well instead of start over I just grabbed the bottom line from the config-sample…..didn’t catch your edit before my post.

Works now…..thanks so much. I’ve been dealing with crap like this for days so this is a good day now.

Again, thanks for your help. woohoo!

[@trent Member 17 years, 10 months ago]

That is great to hear! It can be a bit of a pain to get going at times, but really worth it!

Trent