Title: Deactivation does break phpBB
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Deactivation does break phpBB

 *  Resolved [whitewall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitewall/)
 * (@whitewall)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/)
 * Looks like once activated in WP’s admin BridgeDD automatically modifies some 
   phpBB files and when BridgeDD is deactivated it does not change the modified 
   phpBB files back to normal.
 * So when you active and deactivate BridgeDD on WP, your phpBB starts to throw 
   out MySQL warnings about missing BridgeDD tables, such as _“Table ‘db1.bridgedd\
   _xpost’ doesn’t exist [1146]”_ and for example deleting any phpBB posts becomes
   impossible.
 * All this should be more clearly told to the user before he activates the plugin.
 * A backup of phpBB is needed if you want to try this plugin on WP.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/#post-4813327)
 * BridgeDD does modify phpBB files once you select a valid phpBB site in its configuration,
   but _only_ once it determines the selected site is valid. But more importantly,
   BridgeDD absolutely _**does**_ restore those files when it is deactivated.
 * Did you follow the installation instructions, and note the potential issues in
   the FAQ?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/installation/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/installation/)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/faq/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/bridgedd/faq/)
 * I ask because the problem you describe could definitely occur if you had a PHP
   cache extension running while activating or deactivating BridgeDD. (The worst
   offender is APC, the best-behaved is eAccelerator.)
 *  Thread Starter [whitewall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whitewall/)
 * (@whitewall)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/#post-4813426)
 * I followed the instruction. In my case it was the functions_admin.php file which
   was not restored. No APC or eAccelerator being used.
 * The plugin itself worked just like promised so I’m not complaining. The main 
   point from me was that there should be extra mention in the installation instructions
   about 1) users backing up phpBB to make sure that they can restore files manually
   if needed and 2) also the fact that BridgeDD does modify and restore phpBB files
   upon activation/deactivation should be clearly stated.
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/#post-4813443)
 * I checked the code to see if there was some sort of problem restoring the includes/
   functions_admin.php file, and I couldn’t find anything. In any case, I’m glad
   BridgeDD is working for you.
 * I guess I’m taking for granted that phpBB board admins are aware that a WordPress
   ↔phpBB bridge would need to modify files in order to work. I’ll add your suggestions
   to the installation instructions the next time I update the readme.txt file.
 *  Plugin Author [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * (@diondesigns)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/#post-4813496)
 * I have updated BridgeDD to 1.2.1 and included your suggestions in the installation
   and FAQ sections of the online (and readme.txt) documentation.
 * I will now mark this topic as resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [Dion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diondesigns/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/deactivation-does-break-phpbb/#post-4813496)
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