Ive got a good database to test that on :)

The sql dump is about 50 megs.

Ill give it a shot and see how it works.

-Ryan

hmm.... i tried it out after installing vb yesterday.... but my posts are all gone.... :( only the members are properly imported...

Retalin: Hope it works out OK ;)

JirQUEST: Are you sure you are using phpBB 1.4.0 at least? Also, do you have some hacks installed on your board?

Its really looking good... its been importing threads for about the last 2 hours. On our private forum there areover 500k posts :)

Interesting how well it seems to be working. Ill update you when its finished.

-Ryan
:D

Well darn :(

After i posted that 30 seconds later its finished and now I get this on the 'finalize'


Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/website/vbulliten/importers/bbimport_phpbb.php:2) in /home/website/vbulliten/importers/bbimport_phpbb.php on line 8

Go to the forums and it comes up with the usernames correct for the moderators howerver there is only 1 user, 0 posts, and 0 threads :(

Oh well.. good script Neb, must just be my forum.

haha boy o boy dont I feel like a toad.

They all imported, only with the date 01-01-1970

LOL

any ideas?

...your dump?

Give me a location I can download a COMPLETE dump of your phpBB data.

UPDATE: Try updating counters first...since Finalize for some reason or other didn't want to work...

yeah i was using phpbb 1.4.0, and it was modded heavily..... anyway, dun think it could be solved now.... the new board has been up and running for a day and more already (oops).... nevertheless, it managed to get the users imported over (the more impt thing) and i am pretty satisfied. thanks :D :D :D

sure, glad it worked out (it did, right??). As always, this script will (probably) not work with seriously hacked-up boards, or hacked-up boards for that matter.

Nebula,

Any luck with that DB I sent ya?

-Ryan

Well it all works except the date... it has to just be a simple string conversion im guessing... guess I will look into it and let you know Neb.

_Ryan

Hey, it might be a good idea to show us what the script you used to change the date format as... it might assist some of the others (like me :p ) that are working on a conversion.
-Ryan

Does this work with vB 2.2.0?

a question before i start converting...
does it take in consideration hacked boards or does it only treat the standard database??
in phpbb about 12 extra rows and tables..
in vb about 5 extra rows in user and extra table....

It should work fine as long as you haven't changed any of the original DB structure. It will work if you added columns to the DB structure, but not if you changed the default ones. Also, don't expect it to convert the extra data :-D

Also, this works fine with vBulletin 2.2.0+, just make sure that you reuse md5 passwords. And since you're doing that, there's no need to make new PWs.

Will this importer work for importing "phpBB v2.0 RC-1" or "phpBB v1.4.4" to the latest version of vb?

Thanks

Nope, at least it hasn't been tested with anything above 1.4.2. A phpBB version 2 will be in the works as soon as phpBB2 goes gold.

As for 1.4.4 compatibility, I'll look into it, and get back to you soon.

Yes, it is compatible with 1.4.4. There will be an importer made my me for phpBB2. I don't want to make one for a pre-release version, because they could make some huge database rewrite, and I'll have to redo the whole thing.

Anyways, look forward to this.

Question... probably a stupid question too. Does this convertor require 2 MySQL databases? I'm assuming you need one for PHPBB and one for VBB?

Is there any way I could convert from PHPBB to VBB with just the one MySQL database?

I'm currently using Ikonboard 2.1.9 and I guess I'll have to take the long path to get over to VBB.

Am I blind or is the hack not here anywhere?

someone please tell me where to download this hack. I clicked "install this hack" in the hacks section and nothing happened. Where are the files? If this is a stupid question, please go easy on me - I'm new.

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?s=&postid=168344" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attac...&postid=168344</a>

I'd like to import my phpBB to vb. Unfortunately, my host will not allow one username to have access to two db's! What can I do?!

heh, being the really nice guy I am (hehe ;)), you can send me the phpBB database (no worries, I'm not in this to steal your board, just look at all my happy customers before you! :)). Make a dump of your phpBB database, .ZIP it, and if it's under 3MB, you can email it to me at Nebula_DJ@softhome.net. If it's over, upload it somewhere, and mail me the link ;)

But bare with me - I am SO TOTALLY NEW at all of this. Like one month into it.

Can you explain to me what you will do from there?

Thanks so much!

Dean

sure, no problem. I'll load the dump onto my server, turn it myself into vBulletin format, dump that, and send it back to you ;)

EDIT: I'll have to get back to you in the morning, I'm off to sleep.

glad to hear the process worked out.

I got an email from deanger saying it worked ;)

Can't begin to tell you the grief it saved me.

hehe, glad to hear it ;)

Just to confirm, can the script import all necessary data such as the members and threads from phpBB Gold?

Thanks

not this one. This one is for phpBB 1.4.x. I have made a new one somewhere...

::looks around::

http://www.vbulletin.org/hacks/index...ack&hackid=301 There we go ;)

That one is still kinda in its beta phase, but it's more off to RC stage. There might be a few bugs in it, but I've removed all that I've been told of or found myself. I hope to finish it soon ;)

I am EXTREMELY interested in the merge support and know there are alot of people out there that would want the merging feature.

I'm sorry, but this one does not have merging support, and I don't think I will code it for this one. I do reccomend you upgrade to phpBB2, as I have made an importer that does support merging. The link to it is in the "hacks -> import scripts" section.

Sorry, but even the phpBB crew reccomends you upgrade to phpBB2, and I must agree, phpBB2 is much cleaner and more efficient than phpBB 1.x.

Hi Nebula, could you please help me in the same way you helped Deangar. My host is being a +++++ and not replying to me (and its bee 2 weeks now )

Please your help would be greatly appreciated :)

there's not much I can do, if your host isn't replying. Sorry, but besides you sending me the database file (probably very large), there's not much I can do. And I'm not sure if I'm able to manually convert databases...I've been very busy lately. sorry.

I reccomend you try to get in contact with some of your host's other customers. I'd also consider getting a new host ;)

Sorry, I am new, how to find where all these attachment links?

To anyone wanting to run the import scripts..where host doesn't allow same names:

I had the same problem...but I found a solution. In my vb database, I restored my lastest invision board backup. Now my db had all the vb tables and the ipb tables. I then ran the importer..pointing it to my db...and all files were imported correctly and completely.

When done...be sure to drop all tables from old db.