UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? Upgrading from old Perl version to PHP

I'm running the old wwwthreads PERL version I need to upgrade to PHP. The PERL version we are running is so SLOW that the board become useless at times.

Does anyone have any advice about upgrading from PERL to PHP? We do have some custom hacks, mainly to the member profiles and one board so it is cobranded for a sponsors.

eg:
[:green]regular board: http://www.esportbike.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=rant

[:green]cobranded board: http://www.esportbike.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=Kawasaki

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Here's a start:

http://www.infopop.com/support/ubbthreads/convert_perl_to_php.html

ask if you have more questions...

Thanks for your quick response Allen![]https://www.ubbdev.com/threads/php/images/icons/smile.gif[/] I'm thinking about having infopop do the install for me.

It looks pretty easy except it says I need the lastest perl version installed.. which I don't. I might not have PHP either. Haven't checked the server yet.

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They can do the upgrade for you easily... if you need help, lemme know.

My conversion from 5.3 Perl to 5.5 PHP went rather smoothly. I was very scared to attempt it. I've got one user having some "funkie" cookie issue with Windows XP, and can't post...but otherwise the users are LOVING the new features. And I love the upgraded "who's online" feature.

My new server is almost ready, so we will be doing the upgrade shortly!

The bad news is that Infopop quoted me a HUGE amount to port some of the old database from the old server onto the new server. []/forum/images/icons/frown.gif[/] []/forum/images/icons/frown.gif[/] I guess I'll have to figure that out on my own. We had a big system crash three weeks ago and lost all of our old posts but on the plus side the site is MUCH faster. []/forum/images/icons/tongue.gif[/]

Is there any speed difference between the PHP and Perl versions? Does the PHP version open (and leave open) as many database calls as the old Perl version?


This is some of the software we are planning on installing on the new server:
. Linux kernel update
. MySQL 3.23
. Apache (and mod_perl/mod_php4,)
. IPTABLES linux firewall
. A reporting package to work with the IPTABLES firewall
. AutoUpdate
. OpenSSH

"and leave open"

You're using mod_perl now? Any mod_perl connection to the database stays open as long as the child is alive. That's mod_perl, not UBBThreads. If you were running as regular mod_cgi that wouldn't happen. You give a little to get a little I guess.

In PHP you have the choice, pconnect, which keeps the connection alive just as mod_perl does, or to not use pcnnnect, which is only open as long it needs to be and no longer.

Thanks navaho,

Thats what I needed to know. I was confindent that it was a Perl issue, not the actual wwwthreads software but since my version of wwwthreads is currently Perl the issue went hand in hand anyway.