Guide: How to install phpnuke

Deledar · 2003-03-29T17:22:38+00:00

I have seen many people needing help installing phpnuke. Well this guide will help you instead of asking for help. For anyone that doesn't know what phpnuke is, it is a web portal. It's more or less the same as Geeklog. In order to install phpnuke you will need: phpnuke http://phpnuke.org PHP http://php.net mySQL http://mysql.com Winzip http://winzip.com phpMyAdmin http://phpmyadmin.net First, download phpnuke and unzip into a directory. Now go to where Abyss was installed (C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\) Create a folder and call it phpnuke. Now upload everything from the HTML folder into the phpnuke folder you created in Abyss. Now go to your Abyss control panel and click on Server Configuration , then click on Advanced, and then Aliases. Click on Add... and put in Virtual Path: /(anything you want). Than in Real Path put: phpnuke Press OK and than press Restart at the top. Than exit your control panel. Ok now listan carefully, make sure that in your php.ini file register_globals is set to On. This is mostly why you get so many error. Than go to the config file of phpnuke (C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\phpnuke\config.php). Ok now, if you have phpedit installed than this will be easier than using Notepad. Go to line 32 and you sould see this: $dbhost = "localhost"; $dbuname = "root"; $dbpass = ""; $dbname = "nuke"; $prefix = "nuke"; $user_prefix = "nuke"; $dbtype = "MySQL"; If this is confusing, don't worry, Deledar got your back. Leave $dbhost = "localhost"; to how it is. For $dbuname = "root"; replace root with your Username for mySQL. For $dbpass = ""; put between the "" with your password for the user name. For $dbname = "nuke"; replace nuke with the database you want. Leave the rest the way it is unless you know what your doing. Now we are not done yet. Go to phpMyAdmin (http://localhost/phpMyAdmin) and for the database you wanted nuke to install in go to SQL and at the bottom press Browse and if in the beginning you unziped phpnuke into C:\phpnuke than type on the line C:\phpnuke\sql\nuke.sql and press open. Now press go. If you see on the top a box that says "Your SQL-query has been executed successfully" than it means everything went prefect. Now go to http://localhost/(what you typed for virtual host) and your done. Create a Super User right away due to the fact if someone else registers one first before you they get full access. I would like to thank vbgunz for his tutorials, it gave me an idea on how to write one good. I would also like to thank Aprelium for making such a great product.

Deledar

ERASE IT!!!!
That is your buisness. People will be able to access it. Do not give out info like that. Aprelium please erase it.

Quas

I've changed the code to turn off errors but I still can't get it to work. Could someone please take a look at the site and the errors and tell me if you can see anything wrong? Thanks.
www.kanealii.com/portal/
edit: I reinstalled everything and changed the database name from nuke to portal, fyi.

Deledar

Well you don't have the other neccesery files for Nuke to work.

Quas

What files would that be? I have php, mysql, phpmyadmin. Are they phpnuke files? Sorry these ? seem simple, confusing, whatever. I'm at a loss right now as to what I've done wrong. I have phpbb running smoothly, and mysql states nuke installed ok. Thanks again.

Quas

Finally got it to work. I had to delete the password in the config.php file and turn off error logging in php.ini. Thanks for all your help guys!

shadowt2-IRT1JK

thanks but do u need to have Phpbb boards to use the portal? because i just want the portal cuz i run YaBB and PHPBBFM and others

mikelds

Thanks a lot for the help installing this nifty program. Now, I have a question. What mail server are you all using? Does anyone recommend a mail server that is especially compatible with PHPNuke or PHP in general?
Thanks,
Mike

Deledar

Well I can only find mail servers that you must pay for.

white_tiger

my nuke have a lot of error... why ?? :?:
Notice: ob_end_clean() [ref.outcontrol]: failed to delete buffer. No buffer to delete. in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 18
Notice: Undefined variable: forum_admin in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 69
Notice: Undefined variable: inside_mod in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 72
Notice: Undefined variable: inside_mod in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\db\db.php on line 44
Notice: Use of undefined constant sitename - assumed 'sitename' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 88
Notice: Use of undefined constant nukeurl - assumed 'nukeurl' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 89
Notice: Use of undefined constant site_logo - assumed 'site_logo' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 90
Notice: Use of undefined constant slogan - assumed 'slogan' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 91
Notice: Use of undefined constant startdate - assumed 'startdate' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 92
Notice: Use of undefined constant adminmail - assumed 'adminmail' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 93
Notice: Use of undefined constant anonpost - assumed 'anonpost' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 94
Notice: Use of undefined constant Default_Theme - assumed 'Default_Theme' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 95
Notice: Use of undefined constant foot1 - assumed 'foot1' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 96
Notice: Use of undefined constant foot2 - assumed 'foot2' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 97
Notice: Use of undefined constant foot3 - assumed 'foot3' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 98
Notice: Use of undefined constant commentlimit - assumed 'commentlimit' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 99
Notice: Use of undefined constant anonymous - assumed 'anonymous' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 100
Notice: Use of undefined constant minpass - assumed 'minpass' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 101
Notice: Use of undefined constant pollcomm - assumed 'pollcomm' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 102
Notice: Use of undefined constant articlecomm - assumed 'articlecomm' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 103
Notice: Use of undefined constant broadcast_msg - assumed 'broadcast_msg' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 104
Notice: Use of undefined constant my_headlines - assumed 'my_headlines' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 105
Notice: Use of undefined constant top - assumed 'top' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 106
Notice: Use of undefined constant storyhome - assumed 'storyhome' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 107
Notice: Use of undefined constant user_news - assumed 'user_news' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 108
Notice: Use of undefined constant oldnum - assumed 'oldnum' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 109
Notice: Use of undefined constant ultramode - assumed 'ultramode' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 110
Notice: Use of undefined constant banners - assumed 'banners' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 111
Notice: Use of undefined constant backend_title - assumed 'backend_title' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 112
Notice: Use of undefined constant backend_language - assumed 'backend_language' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 113
Notice: Use of undefined constant language - assumed 'language' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 114
Notice: Use of undefined constant locale - assumed 'locale' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 115
Notice: Use of undefined constant multilingual - assumed 'multilingual' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 116
Notice: Use of undefined constant useflags - assumed 'useflags' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 117
Notice: Use of undefined constant notify - assumed 'notify' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 118
Notice: Use of undefined constant notify_email - assumed 'notify_email' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 119
Notice: Use of undefined constant notify_subject - assumed 'notify_subject' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 120
Notice: Use of undefined constant notify_message - assumed 'notify_message' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 121
Notice: Use of undefined constant notify_from - assumed 'notify_from' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 122
Notice: Use of undefined constant footermsgtxt - assumed 'footermsgtxt' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 123
Notice: Use of undefined constant email_send - assumed 'email_send' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 124
Notice: Use of undefined constant attachmentdir - assumed 'attachmentdir' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 125
Notice: Use of undefined constant attachments - assumed 'attachments' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 126
Notice: Use of undefined constant attachments_view - assumed 'attachments_view' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 127
Notice: Use of undefined constant download_dir - assumed 'download_dir' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 128
Notice: Use of undefined constant defaultpopserver - assumed 'defaultpopserver' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 129
Notice: Use of undefined constant singleaccount - assumed 'singleaccount' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 130
Notice: Use of undefined constant singleaccountname - assumed 'singleaccountname' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 131
Notice: Use of undefined constant numaccounts - assumed 'numaccounts' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 132
Notice: Use of undefined constant imgpath - assumed 'imgpath' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 133
Notice: Use of undefined constant filter_forward - assumed 'filter_forward' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 134
Notice: Use of undefined constant moderate - assumed 'moderate' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 135
Notice: Use of undefined constant admingraphic - assumed 'admingraphic' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 136
Notice: Use of undefined constant httpref - assumed 'httpref' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 137
Notice: Use of undefined constant httprefmax - assumed 'httprefmax' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 138
Notice: Use of undefined constant CensorMode - assumed 'CensorMode' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 139
Notice: Use of undefined constant CensorReplace - assumed 'CensorReplace' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 140
Notice: Use of undefined constant copyright - assumed 'copyright' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 141
Notice: Use of undefined constant Version_Num - assumed 'Version_Num' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 142
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php:18) in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 165
Notice: Constant _YOUHAVE already defined in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\language\lang-english.php on line 159
Notice: Use of undefined constant main_module - assumed 'main_module' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\index.php on line 20
Notice: Undefined index: HTTP_REFERER in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\index.php on line 24
Notice: Use of undefined constant nohtml - assumed 'nohtml' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\index.php on line 25
Notice: Undefined variable: file in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\index.php on line 41
Notice: Undefined index: 2 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 217
Notice: Undefined variable: modpath in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\index.php on line 54
Notice: Use of undefined constant admin - assumed 'admin' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 174
Notice: Constant _ADD already defined in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\modules\News\language\lang-english.php on line 91
Notice: Undefined variable: op in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\modules\News\index.php on line 201
Notice: Undefined variable: new_topic in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\modules\News\index.php on line 204
Notice: Undefined index: 1 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 521
Notice: Use of undefined constant END_TRANSACTION - assumed 'END_TRANSACTION' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\db\mysql.php on line 117
Notice: Use of undefined constant user_password - assumed 'user_password' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 524
Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 525
Notice: Undefined offset: 1 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 408
Notice: Undefined index: 2 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 217
Notice: Undefined variable: op in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\banners.php on line 369
Notice: Use of undefined constant bid - assumed 'bid' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\banners.php on line 38
Notice: Use of undefined constant imageurl - assumed 'imageurl' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\banners.php on line 39
Notice: Use of undefined constant clickurl - assumed 'clickurl' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\banners.php on line 40
Notice: Use of undefined constant alttext - assumed 'alttext' in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\banners.php on line 41
Notice: Undefined index: 1 in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\mainfile.php on line 194
Notice: Undefined variable: sitename in f:\pusatreview\phpnuke\themes\DeepBlue\theme.php on line 69
and other error
someone help me plz...

Deledar

In your php.ini file, for register_globals turn it on, if it fails, than I am not sure, I had that exact problem and fixed it by changing the register_globals to on. Can you post a link?

moqnu

I am also getting this and everything is entered correctly? can anyone help??
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: message_die() in E:\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\phpnuke\db\db.php on line 88
🙁

pibby

Well I followed the instructions exactly- global thing is on, error reporting is off, etc. This is what I'm getting when I point to the nuke file in the sql folder (in PHP MyAdmin)
Error
SQL-query :
--
------------------------------------------------------- --
--
--
CREATE TABLE confirm(
confirm_id char( 32 ) NOT NULL default '',
session_id char( 32 ) NOT NULL default '',
code char( 6 ) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY ( session_id, confirm_id )
) TYPE = MYISAM
MySQL said:
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '---------------------------------------------------------
--
Any help would be appreciated 🙂

pibby

Well I installed the ODBC driver 3.51 and suddenly everything is working fine now.
Thanks for the great tutorial, I appreciate you taking the time to help out 🙂

DrScares

Hi
I am having the same problem that pibby had. I get the exact same error message. I tried installing the ODBC Driver, put it didn't work.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks.

Webbie74

Hello,
I've been having this problem to, i've installed the odbc driver and works correctly, but i'm getting the same error as pibby...

Deledar

pibby wrote
Well I followed the instructions exactly- global thing is on, error reporting is off, etc. This is what I'm getting when I point to the nuke file in the sql folder (in PHP MyAdmin)
Error
SQL-query :
--
------------------------------------------------------- --
--
--
CREATE TABLE confirm(
confirm_id char( 32 ) NOT NULL default '',
session_id char( 32 ) NOT NULL default '',
code char( 6 ) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY ( session_id, confirm_id )
) TYPE = MYISAM
MySQL said:
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '---------------------------------------------------------
--
Any help would be appreciated 🙂

Hmmmm what versions of mySQL are you guys using?

Webbie74

Hello,
I'm using MySQL version 4.0.15

DrScares

I believe that is the version I am using as well. It is the newest version downloaded off of their website.
Another interesting aspect. I have searched all over for the answer to this question. On a different message board I discovered that if you copy and paste the text of the NUKE.SQL into the area of phpmyadmin it would work. It didn't for me, but apparently it did for a lot of other people.
It seems that not very many people have this problem, but those that do don't really know what to do about it. People have thought it was a corrupted NUKE.SQL file, but it was the one that came with the download of PHPNuke.
I don't know, I'm not very well versed in this stuff, but I have tried looking everywhere to no avail. Nothing seems to work.

DrScares

Ok, this is kind of interesting.
I was looking at the NUKE.SQL file and it says its for server version 3.23.54. Could this be the problem? And if so, is there a NUKE.SQL for version 4.0.15?
UPDATE
Well, this could work. I found on a message board somewhere to try this:
Open NUKE.SQL with a text editor. Do find/replace and Replace all the "--" with "#--" without the "". Then copy the entire text of the file and paste it into the "Run SQL query/queries on database phpnukedata" dialogue box. Then push "GO" It seems like it worked for me.
Hope it works!

Webbie74

Nice one DrScares it worked for me. I just browsed for the nuke file and hit the go button.
Thank you verry much.... 😃

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