Blank Page In Phpbb, Gallery, Etc..

[TCH-Dick]

Hi All,

 

We have come across several issues today in which customers were getting a blank page after updating several scripts. This include but are not limited to phpBB3 and Gallery. After checking the standard causes such as permissions, empty lines at eof, file encryption, and so forth, we then took a look at the config files.

This is when the issue became very clear, the database type was not set to the standard MySQL instead it was set to MySQLi. Unfortunalty, MySQLi is not set as a standard across all our servers, however its use is becoming more widespread.

 

We will be compiling this module into PHP on our next update, which will also include a few other popular modules. Until then, if you run into this issue please check your config file and adjust accordingly or open a ticket so we can assist.

 

Thanks

[TCH-Bruce]

Thanks for the info Dick!

[Bob Crabb]

Thanks for the info, Dick, and it is good to know that you plan to include the module in the next PHP update.

 

I upgraded a phpBB2 message board to phpBB3 about a month and a half ago, and prior to that, I experienced this problem on a test board that I had on my site. I found a reference to this problem in the phpbb.com forum, and edited my config file accordingly. The odd thing was that prior to the fix, the board did work for a day or so, then suddenly, I started getting the blank page when trying to access the forum.

 

My apologies; I should have posted a note on the TCH forum about it then.

 

For those with phpBB3 forums, if you want to check your config.php file, look for this line:

 

>$dbms = 'mysqli';

and if $dbms is defined that way, change it to:

>$dbms = 'mysql';

[TCH-Thomas]

Thanks for the info, Dick and Bob.