[Plugin: WP phpBB Bridge] Bad path entered and now cannot enter correct path

  • Resolved AlexH1270

    (@alexh1270)


    15 years, 3 months ago

    I downloaded the latest versions of WordPress and phpBB3 within the last two weeks. I downloaded the phpBB bridge today. The plugin could not find the config.php file but that was to be expected given that I had phpBB3 in /var/www/phpBB3 and wordpress in /var/www/rattan. I entered the path manually BUT I made a typo. Not realizing my error, I activated the plugin. Now I can’t correct the path. When I enter the correct path and hit “Update Options” I get the following error message…

    “The requested URL /phpbb3/ucp.php was not found on this server.”

    Of course it wasn’t. The “bb” in the path should be capitalized, but since I made an error I now cannot correct it.

    I’d like to back out of the whole thing and try again but I can no longer get back to the plugin page to delete it. My next step it to enter the console and delete the wp-phpbb-bridge directory. Let’s see what happens….OK. It logged me out. I logged back in and WordPress noticed that I deleted the directory. It has deactivated the plugin.

    I’ll try again but I wanted to alert you all to this possibility.

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  • Thread Starter AlexH1270

    (@alexh1270)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    I tried reinstalling but apparently it remembers the bad path from the previous install. Where is the path located so that I can edit the file (or database) manually to correct this error? Or how to I completely scrub wp-phpbb-bridge so that I can start again clean?

    Thread Starter AlexH1270

    (@alexh1270)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    I entered the console and created a symbolic link between phpBB3 and phpbb3. I then deleted the plugin via WordPress admin panel. I was then redirected to the phpBB. Now I cannot log back in to WordPress admin panel.

    Plugin Author Nikos Merianos

    (@merianos)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    OK . . .

    You have make many thinks wrong but it’s ok 🙂

    Thw mistakes are good start to learn 🙂

    First of all remove the symboli link to phpBB3.

    Then open your MySQL databese and open up the table wp_options and then execute the following SQL query:

    SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'wpb_path'

    Then edit this record. Change the option_value field to show into your config.php corectly this time 🙂

    I hope his will solve your problem 🙂

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