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phpBB is an open source forum system written in PHP.

phpBB is widely used, mainly on LAMP computers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), but can also be used on Windows servers.
It supports "Styles" that change the look of the forums and "Modules" that allow to add special functionality.

phpBB is released under the GNU General Public License.

Link to the phpBB site:
https://www.phpbb.com/

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Automatically block IP who requests certain URL

One of our client's PHPBB (surprise, surprise) got hacked. I have taken it down by simply changing the directory name for now however the address example.com/forum/* is still getting hits from unsavory IPs. The server runs Apach on a CentOS box. I…
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phpBB: How to handle spammy registrations?

I'm managing a phpBB-based forum that gets hit hard by spammers signing up fake accounts. To combat this, we enabled "administrator activation required", but it's not working so well: When a new user signs up, I get an email with a link to activate…
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How do I change a password directly in the PhpBB3 SQL database?

I have inherited a PhpBB3 installation from an uncontactable previous admin who didn't leave me the password, or any mechanism to retrieve it. It runs on a MySQL database, which I have logged into with full privileges in order to change the admin…
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phpBB versus vBulletin

I'm only familiar with phpBB and wonder what the actual benefits of the vBulletin software are. I think phpBB has come a long way and has a ton of features nowadays. I think it has also improved in terms of secruity. From my slight inquiries I…
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phpbb behind a reverse proxy

i've got a django app running on apache behind an nginx reverse proxy. Nginx takes requests on port 80 and forwards them to apache on 127.0.0.1:81. This works fine. Now I want to run phpbb on apache under /forums. My problem is that when phpbb does…
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phpBB in a subfolder behind nginx

I am trying to deploy a phpBB forum behind a load balancer that will distribute the traffic: If https://example.com/forum/*, redirect to instance A (phpbb + nginx) Any other path on https://example.com/, redirect to instance B (other…
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Apache server keeps crashing regularly

This just started happening three weeks or so ago. The content of my website hasn't changed, it's just a phpBB forum using MySQL as a backend. Nothing has changed in well over a year as far as content, pages served, etc. but recently, every two days…
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Why does a new application pool identity have write access?

I am running IIS 8.5 with PHP (various versions) via FastCGI. Impersonation is on in the PHP config for FastCGI. The app pool is set to use the App Pool Identity. In fact, if I actually specifically deny access to write to a file, it behaves…
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OPcache breaks phpBB registration

I don't know what happended, but whenever a user tries to register himself on one of my phpBB forums nginx throws 502 Bad gateway, but if I disable OPcache everything works fine. This is the error log from php-fpm: WARNING: [pool www] child…
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Identifying MySQL injection exploit

I know someone whose server with cPanel/WHM and phpBB 3.0.x was victimized by a MySQL injection attack against phpBB (or a plugin thereof). Certain information was leaked, but we do not know the extent of the leak. Is it possible to determine what…
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Having Memcache and Memcached installed and enabled at the same time

Can I use both Memcache and Memcached php extensions on the same server at the same time? Just to be clear so you dont misunderstand what I mean by this question, here is my scenario: I have both Joomla and phpbb for my website. Joomla provides…
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Memory Ram too high in HTTPD processes

I management two dedicated servers. I use Centos 6 with Plesk Panel. Update: I use Apache with mod_php. On the first server I have a site in Wordpress. I have noticed that my httpd processes take up more memory each time. Besides the 'top' command,…
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"Incorrect syntax near '='" error when saving database connection settings during phpBB installation

I'm trying to install phpBB, and all I need is a working SQL database w/ login etc. I have tried using mySQL and it wouldn't let me change the password (I guess this is a common issue) so now I'm trying MS SQL and even it's not working. Here is the…
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How to integrate PHP forum system with new Django website

I'm just about to launch a new Django website (RedHat EL4, Apache 2.0.52, Django 1.1, mod_wsgi), transitioning from a basic static-html and php site. As it's currently configured, Django handles every request on the new site, starting from the site…
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Has my phpBB been hacked?

I have a phpBB 3.0.5 installed on a linux server: (oovium.com/forums/). I noticed two days ago someone using an autogenerated email address from China created a new account without having read a single message. The email address they used was…
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