URGENT HELP NEEDED: All Discussions Page Empty

indianfootynet

I tried to install Vanilla 2.1 as a new installation in a separate folder but used the database details of the existing forum. I could not proceed with that and deleted the installation.

Later I found out that the old forum Discussion Page showing 'No Discussions were found'

Please help me with this. My database file is still there. That has not been deleted.

www.indianfootballnetwork.com/forum

peregrine

retrieve your old configuration file config.php from your backups and copy it in to your conf directory. verify file permissions on cache and compile folders and delete .ini files from your cache directory.

indianfootynet

replaced the current config.php file with an old one. Now the forum doesnt open and shows the following error
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare realpath2() (previously declared in /home/u43njiqr/public_html/forum/conf/config.php:185) in /home/u43njiqr/public_html/forum/conf/config.php on line 204
@peregrine

indianfootynet

Returned to the original config.php again.
The problem still persists. Everything about the forum is fine but the discussions are not appearing

indianfootynet

even the 'categories' have disappeared

indianfootynet

@mcu_hq

mcu_hq

First, make a backup of your database (export) with phpmyadmin or whatever you are using.

Go into your database and look for GDN_discussions and just verify that your discussions and such are all still there. I can't imagine that 2.1 would completely wipe out your database details, but then again it is still in development.

peregrine

good plan mcu_hq

indianfootynet said:
replaced the current config.php file with an old one. Now the forum doesnt open and shows the following error
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare realpath2() (previously declared in /home/u43njiqr/public_html/forum/conf/config.php:185) in /home/u43njiqr/public_html/forum/conf/config.php on line 204
@peregrine

list lines 185 and 204 in config.php

also list all non password, salt and email info in your config.

also make sure your config.php database name matches the database name you want.
you didn't say whether you deleted the ini files which I would recommend.

indianfootynet

@peregrine I had deleted all .ini files
Also, when I start a new discussion now, the discussion Id is '1'.

185 function realpath2($path) {
204 }

peregrine

list lines 185 and 204 in config.php

peregrine

also go into phpmyadmin and verify if there are any discussions in the table.

you also need to answer all the questions - if you want efficient help.

peregrine

if your discussions table is empty after looking at it with phpmyadmin and the other tables are empty, you will most likely need to restore your database from a backup.

mcu_hq

I'm starting to think that the installer will actually drop whole tables if they exist. I would think that it would give a warning or something, but the only way to be sure is to look at the script.

I hope that you at one time exported the database. If you are being hosted online, I bet that you can recover everything just fine since most do daily backups.

peregrine

structure.php has a bunch of flags for $drop and drop is set to false in setupcontroller.php

and it tests for $drop or if table exists for a variety of tables couldn't find the discussiont able though.

indianfootynet

Thanks for all the help guys. I checked and my discussion table was empty indeed. I had migrated from phpbb a few months back. I could still do a fresh installation and export that data by vanillaporter. Unfortunately I do not have any recent backup of the Vanilla forum.

The problem of doing a fresh installation is that I would lose all the new users who had registered.

Is there a way to keep the users?

peregrine

I tend to think he's got the config.php mangled or has duplicates in the conf directory that may be being used instead or we are not getting all the information from the process he took.

mcu_hq

indianfootynet said:
Thanks for all the help guys. I checked and my discussion table was empty indeed. I had migrated from phpbb a few months back. I could still do a fresh installation and export that data by vanillaporter. Unfortunately I do not have any recent backup of the Vanilla forum.

The problem of doing a fresh installation is that I would lose all the new users who had registered.

Is there a way to keep the users?

How are you hosting your website?

Is your users table also gone? Are you sure that the Vanilla 2.1 installer did not give you any warnings like "These tables are not empty or exist, are you sure you want to continue?"

peregrine

is the usertable empty?

indianfootynet

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();

// Conversations
$Configuration['Conversations']['Version'] = '2.0.18.1';

// Database
$Configuration['Database']['Name'] = '_newforum';
$Configuration['Database']['Host'] = 'localhost';
$Configuration['Database']['User'] = '_mybb';
$Configuration['Database']['Password'] = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx';

// EnabledApplications
$Configuration['EnabledApplications']['Conversations'] = 'conversations';
$Configuration['EnabledApplications']['Vanilla'] = 'vanilla';

indianfootynet

// EnabledPlugins
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['HtmLawed'] = 'HtmLawed';
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Facebook'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Twitter'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['OpenID'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['GoogleSignIn'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['AllViewed'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['SplitMerge'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['WhosOnline'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['TopPosters'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Pockets'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['StopForumSpam'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Emotify'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Signatures'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['CategoryAccordion'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['cleditor'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['VanillaStats'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['embedvanilla'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['StopAutoDraft'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['vanillicon'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['LikeThis'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Quotes'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['EnabledPlugins']['Sitemaps'] = TRUE;

// Garden
$Configuration['Garden']['Title'] = 'INDIAN FOOTBALL FORUM';
$Configuration['Garden']['Cookie']['Salt'] = 'AV8UKBA40Z';
$Configuration['Garden']['Cookie']['Domain'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['ConfirmEmail'] = '1';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['DefaultRoles'] = 'a:1:{i:0;s:1:"2";}';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['ApplicantRoleID'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['Method'] = 'Captcha';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['ConfirmEmailRole'] = '3';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['CaptchaPrivateKey'] = '6Ld53sYSAAAAAMxOLemO9pneh1ej_GXV3qcawTwp';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['CaptchaPublicKey'] = '6Ld53sYSAAAAAE9qbBW871n7f0mcTXYWCuOQizyN';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['InviteExpiration'] = '-1 week';
$Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['InviteRoles'] = 'a:6:{i:1;s:1:"0";i:2;s:2:"-1";i:3;s:2:"-1";i:4;s:2:"-1";i:5;s:2:"-1";i:7;s:1:"0";}';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SupportName'] = 'Indian Football Forum';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SupportAddress'] = 'indianfootballnetwork@gmail.com';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['UseSmtp'] = FALSE;
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SmtpHost'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SmtpUser'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SmtpPassword'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SmtpPort'] = '25';
$Configuration['Garden']['Email']['SmtpSecurity'] = '';
$Configuration['Garden']['Version'] = '2.0.18.1';
$Configuration['Garden']['RewriteUrls'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['Garden']['CanProcessImages'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['Garden']['Installed'] = TRUE;
$Configuration['Garden']['InstallationID'] = '59C4-AA661E02-F4E5C8F0';
$Configuration['Garden']['InstallationSecret'] = '70d2463d0755d015f7e304b4b05c2afabd167bf3';
$Configuration['Garden']['Format']['Hashtags'] = FALSE;
$Configuration['Garden']['Import']['CurrentStep'] = 12;

peregrine

I would ask the host to restore the database files, if they are willing.