phpbb, yabb, vbulletin, nothing works HELP!!!

[ununkn0wn23]

Hi,

I am trying to get a forum software to run, nut nothing works. I try phpbb2, Yabb 2.1 and no a test version of vbulletin.
The vbulletin gives the following hints:

connection_resource ? $obj : false); case 'mysqli': $obj = @new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $dbname); if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { $db_connection_error = mysqli_connect_error(); return false; } return $obj; } } } class mysql { var $connection_resource = NULL; function mysql($host = '127.0.0.1', $username = '', $password = '', $db = '') { global $db_connection_error; $this->connection_resource = @mysql_connect($host, $username, $password); if (!$this->connection_resource) { $db_connection_error = mysql_error(); } @mysql_select_db($db, $this->connection_resource); } function query($statement) { $result = @mysql_query($statement, $this->connection_resource); if (is_resource($result)) { return new mysql_result($result); } else { return $result; } } function close() { $result = @mysql_close($this->connection_resource); $this->connection_resource = NULL; return $result; } } class mysql_result { var $result = NULL; function mysql_result($result) { $this->result = $result; } function fetch_array() { return @mysql_fetch_array($this->result); } } function test_ini_set($setting, $value) { $result = @ini_set($setting, $value); if ($result === false OR $result === null) { return false; } else { return $result; } } //initalise variables dont want any XSS in our test script $e_test = array(); $test = array(); $version = array(); $e_error = 0; $error = 0; if (!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['help'])) { $tested = false; $type = addslashes(strtolower($HTTP_GET_VARS['help'])); $help = array(); $help['php'] = 'Your PHP Version is too low to support vBulletin 3, you must at least upgrade to 4.3.3.'; $help['mysql'] = 'Your MySQL version is too low to support vBulletin 3, you must at least upgrade to 4.0.16.'; $help['pcre'] = 'vBulletin requires PCRE to be enabled in PHP, ask your host to enable this in php.ini'; $help['magic_quotes_runtime'] = 'magic_quotes_runtime should be off for optimal performance, ask your host to change this in php.ini'; $help['magic_quotes_gpc'] = 'magic_quotes_gpc should be off for optimal performance, ask your host to change this in php.ini'; $help['magic_quotes_sybase'] = 'magic_quotes_sybase must be off for vBulletin to work correctly, ask your host to change this in php.ini'; $help['open_basedir'] = 'You may experience problems with uploading files to vBulletin'; $help['safe_mode'] = 'You may experience problems with uploading files to vBulletin'; $help['gzip'] = 'vBulletin uses GZIP to compress pages, though this is not essential for operation'; $help['mysql'] = 'vBulletin requires that the mysql username has create, select, update, insert, delete, alter and drop privledges, contact your host and ask them to adjust these privledges.'; $help['xml'] = 'XML is required as a major component of vBulletin for data storage of languages, settings and templates.'; $help['gd'] = 'GD functions are used to produce images, this includes features such as thumbnails and image verification on registration'; $help['pcre.backtrack_limit'] = 'PHP 5.2.0 imposes a limit on PCRE code that we are unable to work-around on this server. Ask your host to add the following to php.ini:
pcre.backtrack_limit = -1'; echo ''; echo ''; } elseif (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['server']) or empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['user']) or empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['db'])) { $tested = false; echo ''; echo ''; echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; echo ''; echo ''; echo ''; echo ''; } else { $tested = true; //PHP $version['PHP'] = phpversion(); if (version_compare($version['PHP'], '4.3.2', '<=')) { $e_test['PHP'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $e_test['PHP'] = 1; } $db = DB::fetch_db((function_exists('mysqli_connect') ? 'mysqli' : 'mysql'), $HTTP_POST_VARS['server'], $HTTP_POST_VARS['user'], $HTTP_POST_VARS['pass'], $HTTP_POST_VARS['db']); //MySQL if(!$db) { $e_test['MySQL'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $vquery = $db->query('SELECT VERSION() AS version'); $mysql = $vquery->fetch_array(); $version['MySQL'] = $mysql['version']; if (version_compare($version['MySQL'], '4.0.15', '<=')) { $e_test['MySQL'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $e_test['MySQL'] = 1; } } $mysql = array(); //Now all those MySQL Permissions: Create, Drop, Alter, Select, Update, Delete $query = 'CREATE TABLE vb3_test ( test int(10) unsigned NOT NULL )'; if (!$db OR !$db->query($query)) { $mysql['create'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['create'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('ALTER TABLE vb3_test CHANGE test test VARCHAR(254) NOT NULL')) { $mysql['alter'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['alter'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('INSERT INTO vb3_test (test) VALUES (\'abcd\')')) { $mysql['insert'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['insert'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('UPDATE vb3_test SET test=123 WHERE test=\'abcd\'')) { $mysql['update'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['update'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('SELECT * FROM vb3_test WHERE test=123')) { $mysql['select'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['select'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('DELETE FROM vb3_test WHERE test=123')) { $mysql['delete'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['delete'] = 1; } if (!$db OR !$db->query('DROP TABLE vb3_test')) { $mysql['drop'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $mysql['drop'] = 1; } if ($db) $db->close(); //Perl Compatibly Regular Expressions if (!function_exists('preg_replace')) { $e_test['PCRE'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $e_test['PCRE'] = 1; } // GD if (function_exists('imagecreatetruecolor')) { $test['GD'] = 1; $version['GD'] = '2.x'; } else { $test['GD'] = 0; $error++; } //Open Base Dir check if (get_cfg_var('open_basedir') == '') { $test['open_basedir'] = 1; } else { $test['open_basedir'] = 0; $error++; } //Safe Mode if (get_cfg_var('safe_mode') == '') { $test['safe_mode'] = 1; } else { $test['safe_mode'] = 0; $error++; } //GZIP if (function_exists('crc32') and function_exists('gzcompress')) { $test['GZIP'] = 1; } else { $test['GZIP'] = 0; $error++; } //Magic Quotes if (get_magic_quotes_runtime()) { set_magic_quotes_runtime(0); if (get_magic_quotes_runtime()) { $test['magic_quotes_runtime'] = 0; $error++; } else { $test['magic_quotes_runtime'] = 1; } } else { $test['magic_quotes_runtime'] = 1; } if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { @ini_set('magic_quotes_gpc', 0); if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { $test['magic_quotes_gpc'] = 0; $error++; } else { $test['magic_quotes_gpc'] = 1; } } else { $test['magic_quotes_gpc'] = 1; } if (get_cfg_var('magic_quotes_sybase') != '') { ini_set('magic_quotes_sybase', 0); if (get_cfg_var('magic_quotes_sybase') != '') { $e_test['magic_quotes_sybase'] = 0; $e_error++; } else { $e_test['magic_quotes_sybase'] = 1; } } else { $e_test['magic_quotes_sybase'] = 1; } //XML if (function_exists('xml_set_element_handler')) { $e_test['XML'] = 1; } else { $e_test['XML'] = 0; $e_error++; } //PCRE BACKTRACK if (version_compare($version['PHP'], '5.2.0', '>=') AND test_ini_set('pcre.backtrack_limit', -1) === false) { $test['pcre.backtrack_limit'] = 0; $error++; } else { $test['pcre.backtrack_limit'] = 1; } echo ''; foreach ($e_test AS $type => $result) { echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; } if ($db_connection_error) { echo ''; echo ' '; echo ''; } echo ''; foreach ($mysql AS $type => $result) { echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; } echo ''; foreach ($test AS $type => $result) { echo ''; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ' '; echo ''; } echo ''; } ?>

Also running the other php or pl files gives chaos like this.

I am new to forum software, have no experience.
Installing Yabb I changed all the necessary permissions as adviced in the yabb tutorial, but it didn't help.

Can it be the reason that my side is hosted in hongkong with a old server that doesn't support forum sofware?
Can I change to another server with better cgi, php installed?
I have the corporate ordered, usually forum software should run.

Thank you

 

[pc86]

what PHP version your useing ?
check you PHP config file

find this setting "short_open_tag"

; Allow the <? tag.  Otherwise, only <?php and <script> tags are recognized.
; NOTE: Using short tags should be avoided when developing applications or
; libraries that are meant for redistribution, or deployment on PHP
; servers which are not under your control, because short tags may not
; be supported on the target server. For portable, redistributable code,
; be sure not to use short tags.
short_open_tag = On

 

[andyreed]

I am trying to get a forum software to run, nut nothing works. I try phpbb2, Yabb 2.1 and no a test version of vbulletin.
The vbulletin gives the following hints:

If your server doesn't parse/read Php files, that means the server is either doesn't not have Php installed, or not configured properly. You should contact your host to fix this problem, or you can seek a 3rd party comapny to fix your server.