UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? Test board stopped working

Hi - I was getting ready to upgrade to 6.4.2 (yes...I'm a bit behind), but I just discovered that my test board is not working. Strange thing is that my main threads board IS working. In both cases, I haven't changed anything myself. (What HAS changed is the infopop hosting, where I have my site, changed servers a couple of months ago. But both my main board and test board are on the same site, so I can't see why one would work and not the other.) On the other hand, there was at lease one feature of the test board that didn't work previously and that I had not figured out...it had something to do with changing some of the language files, and the error messages had something to do with pathways or users...I never did figure it out.

Anyway, when I click on the url for my test board, here's what I get instead of the main index page:

Warning: main(/home/virtual/site30/fst/var/www/html/testboard/ubbt.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/fpsboard/domains/fpsboard.org/public_html/testboard/main.inc.php on line 13

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/virtual/site30/fst/var/www/html/testboard/ubbt.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/fpsboard/domains/fpsboard.org/public_html/testboard/main.inc.php on line 13

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: getmicrotime() in /home/fpsboard/domains/fpsboard.org/public_html/testboard/main.inc.php on line 16

Does this ring any bells???

Thanks - Tony

In your main.inc.php file - I think you are defining your paths as this:

/home/virtual/site30/fst/var/www/html/testboard

But it's showing the path is this:
/home/fpsboard/domains/fpsboard.org/public_html/testboard

Check all the paths in your main.inc.php and config.inc.php - you may have had a server move or something - looks like you're on a different server now, or using a different control panel.

ok...I'll check that file for both my main board and my test board.

There was a server move, as noted, but I'm still puzzled that afterwards my MAIN board would still work, but my TEST board wouldn't!!!

Thanks - Tony

Maybe whoever moved your server knew to fix the main board, so you didn't notice. but didn't know about the test board.

Ok, I know the answer.

Tony, when we (Infopop) migrated your site we fixed any and all scripts we saw or know about. We knew about your main board and fixed it. We didn't know about your test board and so, didn't fix it. Your paths are not right, your database name, database username, and password are not correct on the test board. You can get the information from the main board's config.inc.php or put in a ticket and support will help you out.

At this point, where it has been inoperable for months and you are just now finding it, I wouldn't waste 2 minutes trying to fix it, I'd just nuke it and install fresh. Faster that way.

ok...that's what I suspected.

But I think I will see if I can use beyond compare to fix the needed files, and then check to see whether it works!

I haven't done anything with respect to file uploads or alteratiopns since last year, and I need to be able to do these things for upgrading the board and other things.

Thanks - Tony

hmmm...I found that there wasn't any config file associated with my test board anymore, probably because it had previously been placed above the root or whatever, one of the suggested security measures, and when the site was moved to a new server that file was lost...anyway, after making some mistakes, I successfully made a new file by taking the (apparently successful) config file for the main board and modifying it in the necessary places. (AFTER correcting myself a couple of time) this resulted in the test board coming up in seemingly good shape UNTIL I hit the login button. Instead of the login page coming up, I got the page saying my name and password were not recognized. And once I got something else instead (though related to login issues...I don't remember what). That was yesterday. TODAY, when I hit the login button, I got the login page and successfully logged in.

Any idea what could have been going on? cookies or something? or perhaps the fact that I MISTAKENLY uploaded the modified config file to my MAIN board. That made a mess and scared me, I have to say, though I DIDN'T do anything like try to login of course...

Anyway, today the test board is working, and (in addition) I think I've figured out the names and passwords (which changed for the database, so I couldn't even figure out how to look at the table names at first).

Tony

It could have been a cookie prefix / shared database thing, perhaps...