Issues with Discussions not appearing

PFAFF

Had some issues with upgrading my embedded forum, so I used Porter to import into a non-embedded forum.

Everything seems to work great except when I click on a discussion I getting a server error. Messages and other stuff seems to work fine.

Using Vanilla 2.2 installed to /vanilla/ with Apache, 5.6 PHP.

Any ideas?

hgtonight

What error are you getting?

Porter was not designed to transfer data from Vanilla 2 to Vanilla 2. It is not recommended.

PFAFF

It gives me a 500 server error.

peregrine

just use phpmyadmin and export database and import via phpmyadmin.

or sqldump

simpler yet you can just use phpmyadmin to make an exact copy of database with a new name if you are on the same system.

Had some issues with upgrading my embedded forum, so I used Porter to import into a non-embedded forum.

no, no, no

you had 2.1 or 2.2

the instructions explicilty say don't use porter.

hgtonight

@PFAFF said:
It gives me a 500 server error.

What does your server log report as the error?

PFAFF

I think it's this:

[17-Nov-2015 07:47:01 America/Denver] PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/apc.so' - /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/apc.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
I also took @peregrine's advice and used MyPHPAdmin to export/import and get the same issue.

Could this be a PHP issue? I did just upgrade to PHP 5.6.

Thanks so much for your assistance. Stressing like crazy right now and knowing someone is interested in providing help/advice is super relieving.

PFAFF

I may need to just restore my whole website. Downloading a backup now.

peregrine

actually you just need to fix your php.ini probably and some of the php config files.

it can't find the so files, either your path is wrong and fix, and or upgrade the so file as well.

probably newer versions than dec 26, 2013.

this is either an old library file or non-existent.

try commenting out or fixing load paths,

PFAFF

I think you're correct. When I restored my website, still has issues pulling discussions and I had a version setting error.

So, this must be when I updated my PHP version. Any tips to update my php.ini?

peregrine

ask your host provider would be the easiest.

or if you are doing it yourself check if file exists in path

check you various PATH variables, etc. LDPATH, etc.

run phpinfo

determine where your php.ini file is located. depending on your os the config areas are different.

essentially either comment out the so file in question. or get the correct version in the correct path

just a little bit of logic of seeing what fits where.

without knowing your os and version it is stabbing in the dark.

does this exist

/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/apc.so

is it the appropriate so for your version of php?

is the path to your extensions correct?

PFAFF

Thanks so much! I'll look into this. Very much appreciate the help.

PFAFF

Server Version: Apache/2.4.16 (Unix) OpenSSL/1.0.1e-fips mod_bwlimited/1.4

So, when I go to the directory above, I see:

pdo.so
pdo_mysql.so
pdo_sqlite.so

And, my php.ini says:

extension=pdo.so
extension=pdo_sqlite.so
extension="apc.so"
extension=pdo_mysql.so

So, I just need to comment out extension="apc.so", yes?

peregrine

that would potentially stop the error message.

try it.

run your phpinfo() as well.

see what caching you have

apc could be replaced by a better cache method.

PFAFF

What am I looking for in phpinfo()?

http://nerdlouisville.org/phpinfo.php

PFAFF

Should I do this?

http://virtualhosts.dk/centos-6-with-cpanel-and-whm-using-litespeed-webserver-and-php-apc/step-6-install-php-apc-alternative-php-cache

peregrine

if you commented out the line and it corrected your error - perfect.

if you look at php you can see what modules and extensions you have loaded.

you can see if you have some other forum of caching.

as far as link - I can't tell you I don't use litespeed.

just trying top provide suggestions for you to try.

don't you have a host provider to give you assistance?

PFAFF

Commented that out.

Now getting this error:

[17-Nov-2015 20:18:06 UTC] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() in /home/louisvm5/public_html/forum/library/vendors/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php on line 988

Thanks for your help! Unfortunately, my hosting provider has been less than helpful since I'm on a VPS.

peregrine

yes you need to enable it.

see the forum - numerous messages regarding it.

PFAFF

@peregrine I'm going to fix that and hopefully everything goes through correctly. I owe you a beer!!!

peregrine

@peregrine I'm going to fix that and hopefully everything goes through correctly. I owe you a beer!!!

send my beer to @mtschirs

hope things work out

PFAFF

Will do!