So last night, after I finally learned that I could just run a patch on my local machine to the forum files I ran into an issue. I am still not 100% sure all the files are correctly patched due to Netbeans saying "Patch Partially Run" right now that could be my problem 100%.

However I will let the masses decide. I patched the files, uploaded them to my server, turned on the phpBBforum module, logged into my forums with admin as directed. I never got the green light on that, so I thought perhaps log out of the site and log back in. Upon doing so, I was unable to log back in, I would put in my username (admin) and password, it would just kick me back to my site login.

I believe it has to do with the cookies. Which I changed to match that of my forums, they are still active so I needed to match them. Once the cookie was changed, I deleted the cache of my site, the forums, and my browser, after that I couldn't log in again, so I changed them back and disabled phpForum.

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SammMoney’s picture

SammMoney commented

Ok I changed the cookie settings in phpBB to reflect, that of my drupal install. And it worked, very exciting, I was no longer getting the final bar to be red. However, upon changing those settings I am unable to login as admin again on Drupal.

AdrianC-1’s picture

AdrianC-1 commented

Double-check all the setup's right, directories (phpBB3 needs to be installed under the Drupal home), everything's installed, all the server names are right in the configs.

I've had similar problems, usually when restoring a site backup to another IP address. In that case, the quickest solution is to rename the module directory temporarily, login, disable the module, change any server settings so both Drupal and phpBB work correctly on their own, then rename the module back, re-enable the module, visit the module config page and re-save the settings.

Andy1966uk’s picture

Andy1966uk commented

Did you have to set up another SQL database or when installing PHPBBForum, reference your exisitng Drupal Database ?

fizk’s picture

fizk commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)