I have followed this totorial and it failed misrably ive been doing the exact same thing for 2 hours!! what am i doing wrong. i keep on getting a connection error for some reason i can not connect plz help me im gonna give up and thrash my website if this can not be solved!!

I already knew how to do this. But thanks for doing this because its helping allot of people now people can stop asking how to do this. All i need to do is give them the link.

i wanted to do this on my site that has wordpress but this looks a bit hard

Any chance you know whats the error when it pops up at the install with :

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Can't connect to MySQL server on 'mysql.hosting.zymic.com' (111)

Oh and thats in the 'Test connection' box

Thank you if you can

I too have the:

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Can't connect to MySQL server on 'mysql.hosting.zymic.com' (111)

i got this error when i reinstalled phpbb for the second time. what i did was to go to phymyadmin and deleted all phpbb tables inside it. that did the trick.

hope that helps




you don't need to put the port number

This is where i get stuck ........It was not possible to write the configuration file. Alternative methods for this file to be created are presented below. You may download the complete config.php to your own PC. You will then need to upload the file manually, replacing any existing config.php in your phpBB 3.0 root directory. Please remember to upload the file in ASCII format (see your FTP application documentation if you are unsure how to achieve this). When you have uploaded the config.php please click “Done” to move to the next stage.
But when i click done it does nothing...its like its stuck or something.

I was just wondering i got it too work but now i don't have a clue as to how to customize it for my website. like putting your banner into it changing the background ect is there a tutorial for this?

404 Page Not Found! i follow all step bt why it occurd????

my domain name:My site name

help me plzzz

[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /install/index.php on line 440: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /language/en/common.php:1)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /install/index.php on line 441: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /language/en/common.php:1)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /install/index.php on line 442: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /language/en/common.php:1)
[phpBB Debug] PHP Notice: in file /install/index.php on line 443: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /language/en/common.php:1)


I NEED TO INSTALL PHPBB3....I WANT TO PUT IT ON DIRECT HOST SO WHEN I WRITE FOR EXAMPLE www.dadada.zzl.org I WANT mY FORUM APPEAR NOT www.dada.zzl.org/phpbb u understand what i'm trying to say?........i dont speak so good english........so....plz someone help me...it give's me that error

After you unzip phpBB just upload the contents of the new folder to your root directory.

i dont understand....explain again pics,something

When you upload the files don't upload them to the /pbpbb folder, just upload them directly to your root directory. Problem solved.

SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

MySQL server has gone away [2006]

SQL

SELECT left_id, right_id FROM phpbb_modules WHERE module_class = 'acp' AND module_id = 3

BACKTRACE

FILE: includes/db/mysqli.php
LINE: 163
CALL: dbal->sql_error()

FILE: includes/acp/acp_modules.php
LINE: 759
CALL: dbal_mysqli->sql_query()

FILE: install/install_install.php
LINE: 1590
CALL: acp_modules->update_module_data()

FILE: install/install_install.php
LINE: 104
CALL: install_install->add_modules()

FILE: install/index.php
LINE: 405
CALL: install_install->main()

FILE: install/index.php
LINE: 282
CALL: module->load()

You have to tell us what you did to get these errors. It's frustrating to try and figure out exactly what you are doing to cause these errors. I can only guess that you moved the files of your ACTIVE forum to a different directory?

Hey guys, apparently like everyone else even i am having the same problem!

"Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user 'anime-freedom_ph'@'192.168.1.1' (using password: YES)"

What do you suppose is the problem here? i did everything the tutorial said, i even deleted and started from scratch yet it still gives me this problem..... >.> plz help, anyone?

You might want to check if you have the right username for the database. I had that same problem with my database until I noticed that when I created my user, the username also included some numbers and an underscore in front of it, such as 129484_<username>. You can find the username under database management.

Hey thanks for replying, i figured the username could be the reason so i did like you said and well....
"Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user '134532_phpbb'@'192.168.1.1' (using password: YES)"

Its still giving me that.....i don't get it....what could be missing? :S

Does the user have the right privileges? Is the password correct?

Ok guys here's what i did:

I deleted the database and started over, i set the database name, username and password as so, then i uploaded my files again and set their permissions but i set permission for config.php 666 instead and in the installation screen i didn't fill in the localhost and it worked!

Lol thanks for the time guys, and here's my feedback to the problem too!^^

I got this exact some issue, I tried the other way that was suggested. It's still not working. What's up with that.

A tip for people with the "access denied, password (YES)" problem? Use your own password, not the one for the board. That's what worked for me. :/ After 2 hours of going it solo. And don't fill in the local hostname thing, or the port.

Thanks Qub1,
I finally got around to installing phpBB v3.0.7 PL1 as your tutorial nearly almost accurately steps one through (it's the "over the course of time things change", such as is the case of Zymics Updating of the "ftp user" as of August 2009).
Step 16 gave me the only problem and that was with the "Database Name:", "Database Username:" (fortunately having written the Basic Navigational HTML/CSS Website ... tutorial I realized that the information was in the "ftp user" information for the "Database name:" so I simply reviewed the information back in my Zymic Control Panel - Assign Privileges (Step 10) for the proper "Database Name:" (without the " .* " at the end of "phpbb.*") and "Database Username:" (utilizing the numerical sequence in the stead of my "ftp user")
Having never seen one of these modern (GUI) Bulletin Board Services from behind the scenes as an admin, I realize now that it's a circa 1986 WILDCAT! BBS (ahh, the early days, sigh!) with modern conveniences, looks like I might be getting a taste of PHP before learning what I'm doing with HTML/CSS and JS/JSQuery (lookout I've got a now ( ) ).
It'll take a while to get up to speed with this baby.
Thanks again Qub1, I would have been lost without this tutorial and Thank you Zymic (Jack) for allowing such a wonderful feature to enhance my web design.

best tips

nvm, got it

I keep getting a 404 as well at step 13.

My url is http://uffed.zxq.net

Any other info needed I can provide, I just really want to get this working.

I can't stay connected.
As soon as I connect it disconnects me with the error message

Command: PASS *******
Response: 530 Login authentication failed
Error: Critical error
Error: Could not connect to server

I just wanted to say THANK YOU! Your directions were both clear and accurate. Thank you very much.

EDIT: I don't know why, but it works now. I've created a new database with a new password (I've used the same password for my host account, maybe that was the problem).

Please ignore my post. Thank you very much for your tutorial.

thank you very helpfull

Everytime I try to test connection I put everything in, and it keeps saying access denied and the password is right someone please help.

You forgot to set the permissions between the database user and the database.

http://www.zymic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12803

In Step 6:
You said to Open the folder and upload the smf folders in there by unzipping them and then selecting all the unzipped files and dragging them into the folder:
But where is smf folders?

what to do for failed transfers??

In step 16.. I got
Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Can't connect to MySQL server on 'mysql.hosting.zymic.com' (110)
Any solution?

use localhost

Stuck on step 6. Recieving this error.

Error: Connection timed out
Error: Could not connect to server

Why is that and how do I fix it?

increase your timeout to 60 or higher

thanks.

stuck on 16.

Could not connect to the database, see error message below.
Access denied for user ***(using password: YES)

please show how its supposed to look im useing localhost & port is blank, whats wrong??

what it is its your pass is wrong and make sure your user is something like 123456_user

How do you get rid of install directory?

just delete it via FTP

please help i got this message when i finished installing phpbb andwent on my site (http://thefuzzyking.zxq.net/phpbb)
"Please delete, move or rename the install directory before you use your board. If this directory is still present, only the Administration Control Panel (ACP) will be accessible."

maybe if you read it, you can see what you need to do cause it tells you what to do

Exactly. Just delete the install folder from FTP.