Forum software without mySQL?

Jellybean · Post by **Jellybean** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:25 pm

Does anyone know a forum software in php that does not require a database?

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:44 am

software? - You can use plain databases (txt) by your own or get txtsql..
If you have low amounts of data then a txt database will do.

Else explain better what you exactly need please.

Theres many CMS (Free) php-based and txt-based out there, if thats what you want I can suggest you some I worked with.

Cheers

Jellybean · Post by **Jellybean** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:48 am

I want a forum (bulletin board, message board, discussion group) written in php. It should use plain text files as "database". It needs to have basic features and an "edit post" feature. (That excludes Elite forum and Silentum boards.)

I would very happy if someone could recommend something like the above.

griz · Post by **griz** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:41 pm

If you're using php 5 you could use Sqlite (built-in) ...

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:37 pm

Well he wants something already programmed (a forum)..

heres the default siteman 1.1.1 running (no edition just what you get when you download it):

http://gushh.com.ar/temp/index.php

for admin login, user is siteman and the same for pass.

download here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/site ... r=easynews

its a CMS though, you can strip it down to the forum very easly though.
Siteman2 is on the go, the beta is very unfinished.. you cant do much with it, but it just shows you that its faster with txtsql...

Jellybean · Post by **Jellybean** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:20 pm

Looks nice.

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:52 pm

I have my own though - but I dont give it away for free im afraid

well.. if you need help stripping down siteman's forum, just tell.

ricardo · Post by **ricardo** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:30 pm

www.hotscripts.com here you can find some

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:53 am

www.hotscripts.com here you can find some

Not since they became dictators .. And plus, whats the problem with reading the php manual and writting your own forum? its straight forward once you understand the syntax and remember the function names.

Jellybean · Post by **Jellybean** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:34 pm

Probably because I'm an idiot.

Actually, I can't understand sessions. A simple page containing <? session_start(); ?> gives an error with "headers already sent by something".

Post by **Dare2** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 4:45 pm

My guess is that something like:

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<html>
<head><title>MyDoc</title></head>
<body>
<?
session_start();
...

will cause the error because the server has initiated contact with the agent, ie started the session already. The http headers are sent and it cannot legitimately resend them. So session_start should be the first thing in the script, or at least precede the first bit of HTML.

Jellybean · Post by **Jellybean** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:16 pm

I just found out that I don't get an error if I don't have any newlines above <? session_start(); ?>. I didn't have any HTML in the first place.

Here is the error: Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at C:\Programfiler\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\forum\index.php:2) in C:\Programfiler\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\forum\index.php on line 2

Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at C:\Programfiler\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\forum\index.php:2) in C:\Programfiler\Abyss Web Server\htdocs\forum\index.php on line 2

Basically it says that it cannot send headers because headers are already sent by the same function that is trying to send the headers. Or something.

My little brain is confused.

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:27 pm

I think you mean the YABB forum?
I have one on my site if you want to take a peek.