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- In the cPanel at my hoster, I created a new user for the forum database and remebered the password.
- Used this http://www.phpbb.com/support/documents. ... ickinstall Quick install guide.
- Uploaded the files to the webserver. After point 6 in the Quick Installation Guide:
I got thisClick the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information.
error. I get that error, because I try to create new tables that already exist in the database. So after a search on the internet i found the solution. I created a new config.php file:Tables with the specified prefix already exist
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<?php // phpBB 3.0.x auto-generated configuration file // Do not change anything in this file! $dbms = 'mysql'; $dbhost = 'localhost'; $dbport = ''; $dbname = 'mydatabase name'; $dbuser = 'newly created user'; $dbpasswd = 'new password'; $table_prefix = 'phpbb_'; $acm_type = 'file'; $load_extensions = ''; @define('PHPBB_INSTALLED', true); // @define('DEBUG', true); // @define('DEBUG_EXTRA', true); ?>
- Uploaded the new config.php file to the web server.
- Pointed my browser to install/database_update.php
- Removed the install folder on the server as explained in the Guide.
- Changed the permission on config.php to 644 and finally
- Pointed my browser to the forum, logged in and everything was OK.
If you have trouble with the upgrade and decide to do a new installation of the file system, don't try to create new data base tables if you intend to use your existing database with all the posts.