phpBB2 Importer

Heya everyone. This is a beta release of my importer that converts phpBB2 (RC4 or greater) into vBulletin. It should convert into vBulletin 2.2.0 or greater.

To install the script:[list=1][*]Download bbimport_phpbb2.php from this post (You can only download it if you have entered your username in the vBulletin Members Area, DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME ASKING ME TO SEND IT TO YOU!!)[*]Open your FTP program of choice, and upload it to the /importers directory in your vBulletin folder (You may need to create this folder if you have never run an importer before)[*]Log into your vBulletin Control Panel[*]On the left navigation pane, find the 'Import & Maintenance' section, and click on 'BB Import Systems'[*]In the page that loads, select 'phpBB2 RC4+', and click 'Begin Import'[*]Follow the instructions from there[/list=1]
Post your results here! Let me know anything that goes wrong, or your success story

Current Version: 0.9.5.2

[geniuscrew]

Actually no need!

Works like a Charm! - Thanx!

[minodsy]

Nebula: this hack just r0x! i need to thank you a lot for this work and for distribuiting it freely. great!

I report only a problem with the [size] translation: in large posts it timeouts at the row with the main regexp (as reported by other people in these pages). So i had to comment that line and re-import.

Thx anyway

[BenJohnson]

This hack doesn't work too well.

When converting posts, it is not counting them correctly.

For instance, I had 875 threads & 6100 posts. However, the converter makes it say 875 threads & 875 posts.

How does one fix that?

[Nebula]

first off, you probably didn't update counters. And if you did, then maybe you have a hacked phpBB??? it's worked fine for me countless times...

[Marshalus]

I keep coming up with this error:

Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.7:

Invalid SQL: DELETE FROM session WHERE sessionhash=''
mysql error: Table 'eclipse_phpbb.session' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

Date: Wednesday 09th of October 2002 11:21:15 PM
Script: http://ADDRESS/bbimport_phpbb2.php?s...&anncExpire=30
Referer:


But the thing is, there is not session table in phpBB. Where does it script get this?

[pdatoon]

did someone try the importer on a production VB board?

I want to fusion a PHPbb board with mine and i was wondering if there is any kind of problem. I know it's better to import to a blank VB board.

suggestions?

[Nebula]

Marshalus: that bug has to do with database switching...some versions of PHP/mySQL do not handle it well. It works fine for me, and I can't reproduce that error, though people seem to have it.

pdatoon: Importing into a board with users/posts already there works just as well as when you're importing into a blank board. There is only one concern: say a user registered on your phpBB as 'Nebula'. Then, you shut the phpBB down, move to vBulletin for a few weeks. Nebula creates a new account on the vBulletin. If he names that account 'Nebula', then my script will link all the old phpBB posts to his new username. However, if he registered as 'NebulaDJ', then my script would create a new user 'Nebula', instead of 'NebulaDJ'. The official importer has a step called 'Associate Usernames', where you specify a username on the phpBB, and it can link it to the current vBulletin one. All my script does is check if the usernames are the same. So, if this is important to you, use the official one. If this doesn't matter, you can use mine or the official one...

[Marshalus]

What versions of PHP and MySQL are you running?

Also, on the autodetection of usernames, if they have different caps on them, like "marshalus" instead of "Marshalus" will it still compare them as the same user?

[Nebula]

I'm running the most recent versions of everything (OmniHTTPd (Apache doesn't work well for me), PHP, & mySQL). PHP is 4.2.3, and mySQL is 3.23.53.

Also, no, it is case sensitive. Sorry :ermm:

[A-handreas]

Hello!

I will switch from phpbb2 version 2.02 to the newest vbb. But in the process of importing the post on most of the post it stops with the following problem message:

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 20 seconds exceeded in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/***/***/forum/importers/bbimport_phpbb2.php on line 160

and my forum had 80.000 post, no way to do it post by post or skip it.

Please help, the rest before works better then the official importer, this sucks more.

I stand by, because I want to open my forum tomorrow again
Andreas