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Thank You!

Steve H — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:50:09 -0500

Imagine my surprise to see a sudden flurry of development!

Thank you Brian!

Yes, I still use Phorum, and I will be trying out the new version as soon as I find some time!
Very excited!

Discord server for future development

Doughboy — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:49:57 -0500

If you are interested in the future of Phorum development, I have created a Discord server. Feel free to join.

[discord.gg]

Re: Problem when reaching 225.000 messages

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:22:37 -0500

Dear all,

Can you help on GitHub?

I have created a new ticket to have a new team, to have PHP support improvements, etc.:
- [github.com]

There are two PRs:
- [github.com]
- [github.com]

captcha in GitHub tickets:
- [github.com]

I have created a ticket to report all vulnerabilities and security flaws:
- [github.com]

Thanks in advance.

Re: Recaptcha Spamhurdles is broken

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:21:52 -0500

Re: MySQL Database issues after server upgrade (to PHP 7)

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:19:43 -0500

Re: Security flaw

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:17:40 -0500

Dear all,

Can you help on GitHub?

I have created a new ticket to have a new team, to have PHP support improvements, etc.:
- [github.com]

I have created a ticket to report all vulnerabilities and security flaws:
- [github.com]

There are two PRs:
- [github.com]
- [github.com]

captcha in GitHub tickets:
- [github.com]

Thanks in advance.

Re: Login-Problems, Phorum 5.2.13, PHP 7.1.8

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:36 -0500

Re: Phorum 5.2 and PHP 7.1?

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:04:18 -0500

Re: php 8.0 and mods/spamhurdles/api.php

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:03:20 -0500

Re: Phorum 5.2 and php7

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:03:04 -0500

Re: Warning from php >=7.2

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:48:12 -0500

Re: Phorum code should be fixed for newer versions of PHP

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:47:13 -0500

Re: Convert to SSL

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:46:59 -0500

Re: PHP 8.x

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:38:47 -0500

Dear all,

Can you help on GitHub?

captcha in GitHub tickets:
- [github.com]

I have created a new ticket to have a new team, to have PHP support improvements, etc.:
- [github.com]

Thanks in advance.

Re: ReCaPTCHA not working

Neustradamus — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:38:24 -0500

Re: PHP 8.x

slashbin — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:40:46 -0500

I have managed to update the code on my website to make Phorum work with the latest versions of MySQL and PHP using Claude Code. Of course, as a result, I have now a completely customized version of Phorum, but it could be a working approach to update Phorum.

After 4 days of chasing my tail, I think i have resigned to failure..

Rob Granger — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:48:27 -0600

finally got a good build of php with all the modules, but could never get previews to display. Tried neutering the js to just post the image without scaling but that failed.
Attempt 2, that was several days, I thought I was on track with Centos7, even got php 5.3.29 going (as close as I could to centos 6 5.3.3) and still can't get previews to display. Clicking the error will bring up the full image, but no joy on preview.
I think that is about a close as I am going to get, so, resigned to stick on C6 util the board dies.

if anyone has a brilliant idea, or just an idea, I may tackle this again.

Thanks
Rob

Re: Ohhh, I had to be that person, i hope I can be forgiven 5.2.12a and embedded_images on Centos7

Rob Granger — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:24:42 -0600

I just uploaded an image, and i can read that back, older images hang on the scaling jig.

old: won't scale
stat 3943
  File: '3943'
  Size: 264236    	Blocks: 520        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd02h/64770d	Inode: 51949011    Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  502/    ppbb)   Gid: (  502/    ppbb)
Access: 2025-11-27 19:19:44.823000000 -0600
Modify: 2025-10-03 09:24:40.000000000 -0500
Change: 2025-11-27 19:18:59.350000000 -0600

new : does scale and display
stat 3944
  File: '3944'
  Size: 497579    	Blocks: 976        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: fd02h/64770d	Inode: 40145549    Links: 1
Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (  502/    ppbb)   Gid: (  502/    ppbb)
Access: 2025-11-27 19:20:37.468000000 -0600
Modify: 2025-11-27 19:16:19.157000000 -0600
Change: 2025-11-27 19:18:59.350000000 -0600

Ohhh, I had to be that person, i hope I can be forgiven 5.2.12a and embedded_images on Centos7

Rob Granger — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 18:50:19 -0600

I have been running centos 6, but that has just become so outdated I had to try and make a move.
Tried debian 12 first, now trying Centos 7. I have almost everything working except the embedded images module. It crashes trying to genearate the preview with 500. I have gd and image magic installed and php 5.6.40 running the lightspeed webserver. I have been out of coding for so long, but have spent 30 hours probably on chatgpt trying to sort it out...Now that was a tail chaser.
is this worth pursuing to do I just leave the thing on centos 6.
Thanks in advance
Rob
[edit] I saw something about the string functions being sensitive to timezone, and they are both CST.

Request URL
[www.ppbb.com]
Request Method
GET
Status Code
500 Internal Server Error
Remote Address
10.20.0.194:80
Referrer Policy
strict-origin-when-cross-origin

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 04:51:55 -0500

Hi!

Removed "ON" in Tidy Output mod and all the problems disappeared. I'm happy...

Thanks for great Phorum!

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 05:14:24 -0500

Beg your pardon, Scott, I was too hasty - not everything is OK, problems appeared with mods:

1. User Avatar (version 3.0.4) - no avatars (pictures) is displayed, instead just only appropriate Alt,
though pict is loading with no error (Phorum v. 5.2.20)

2. Embed Images (version 1.1.5) - no pict (3.8 Kb) as well, debugging shows:
Image error
Debug info:
Load local file: 3212
Load local image file
Create thumbnail using 80x80 boundary
Original image was 100x100
Thumbnail created at 80x80
Thumbnail MIME type: image/png
OK 100x100 80x80
open image URL" .

When open image URL only small square is displayed. I use jQuery FancyBox, Download test (tries to load [www.google.com]) is "NOT OK".

I tried to change all other image viewers, result was the same... Is there any idea?

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:32:48 -0500

Thanks Scott! Just changed server and tariff plan, now all is OK

Re: Close registrations?

Scott Finegan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:51:07 -0600

If you rename it, it should get a 404.
If you put in a substitute file you could redirect to the list page.
OR add it to a .htaccess as a redirect.

That register link is built by the phorum code
see phorum_get_url.php search on register.

Re: Close registrations?

Nicolas — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:40:50 -0600

Ah yes that’s definitely a way thanks! :) I was hoping for something from the admin, but maybe I should just do that.

I have lost the FTP credentials a long time ago though, let’s see what I can do ^_^

Re: Convert to SSL

Scott Finegan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:52:10 -0600

Sorry my computer was down since last Wed.

Create a text file, insert the code below. Name the file ????phpinfo.php where the ???? is replaced with something you choose that will prevent robots from running it, and getting access to things robots should not have access to.
[code="php"]

[/code] Put it in your phorum directory, Run it from the urlbar.

Version of php matters? (So we can locate the correct change log at php.net)
Changes have been made by php.net developers that broke phorum code.
Class names may need to be fixed.
Quotes may need to be changed.
Brackets and parentheses may be treated differently.

Version of MySql matters
MySql changed default storage engine from myisam to ???. Search won't work if it was converted.
"Strict" may need to be turned off.

For both php and MySql reserved words have been added.

Browser(s) treat default page handling differently than the old browsers. >> doctype

Re: Close registrations?

Scott Finegan — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:48:56 -0600

Rename

http: //  yourforum.xxx/ForuM/ register.php   (spaces added)
You could also rename the login.php

You could delete it, however if you need it later for some reason, the file is still there.

Edit>> Most bots go directly to register.php
You can change the contents of the register.php to send/redirect the bot to someplace else...

Close registrations?

Nicolas — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:58:24 -0600

I have an old Phorum board that I want to keep for archival, but that is inactive.

It was also getting a lot of spam, which I deleted. I’m also getting several signs-up a day from bot users.

Is there a way to close registrations all together? (right now they are at “Verified by a moderator and via email” but that is not enough.

I also put the forum read-only but it seems like it’s still possible to register.

Thanks!

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:42:09 -0600

Logged out, now cannot log in to the forum neither as a member nor as admin. Forum became just only readable

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:40:43 -0600

Logged out and now cannot neither enter as admin, nor get my pass like I forgot it. All the forum is working only for reading

Re: Convert to SSL

Svirvic — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:56:10 -0600

Oh, tnx.

Put on Event Logging - format_edit_notification Module PHP notice: Undefined index: mod_readable_dates