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Looking for a PHP/MySQL forum
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:36 am
by mchaggis
Hi,
Anyone know any decent free forums written in PHP using MySQL.
Before you through hundreds at me, I require it to have the ability to use external authentication, as I have my own authentication scripts that I need to use.
I've seen plenty, but they all use their own auth and registering code. The simplest would be a forum that is compatible with HTTP Auth as all my auth scripts spoof the relevant variables produced by an HTTP AUth'd site.
Cheers
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:28 am
by twigletmac
Have you looked at
hotscripts.com?
You may find you have to modify another forum to do what you want as they tend to use their own authentication.
Mac
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 1:08 pm
by mchaggis
Yeah hav looked... The ones that have no auth in them are very basic, and the decent ones are mostly over complicated.
At end end of the day I don't really wanna re-invent the wheel, but looks like I am gonna have 2 modify an existing one already... I don't think I am the only person out there after something like this, so maybe when I finish, I'll release it
Good coders write good code.
Great coders steal good code.

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 2:29 pm
by twigletmac
Also if you choose something like
phpBB (which is what this forum runs on) check out their mod area - you may find that someone else has already had a go at customising the forum in the way you need.
Mac
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 3:54 pm
by oldtimer
PHPbb is a good forum. easy to use and easy to install. You can make private forums or categories so that only those you insert can view them. There are many addons to them but some of them require you to modify some pages. Installation steps are easy to follow on that though. Many avatars, smilies and themes to pick from.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:38 pm
by mchaggis
Not afraid of coding, been coding PHP since beta version of version 2
Just a lazy git

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:41 pm
by oldtimer
Not afraid either. Just time consuming. took like 45 minutes or more to do 2 mods.
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:34 pm
by Adagio
I think you have to edit the code in most cases. Becuase most forums user table has alot of fields which are special to that forum.
You're not likely to find a forum where all user fields could be taken from another table with fieldnames, join queries and all.
You could use two seperate tables and get into login, register and profile edit pages of your site and the forum to keep these in sync. But I figure it's best to just keep the forum users and site users seperate.