ok, i type in eveything that phpbbb asked to install, and i use the
info i got in the mail and made a db, but it doesn't work at
all.......instaed it says "An error occurred trying to update the database 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 ''' at line 1"
what does this mean and how do i fix this and install the forum?? i have
tried to install this many times now but it never works .. plz help
me i would greatly appreciate it thx....



This post has been edited by BuffaloHELP: Oct 27 2005, 02:11 AM

If you are a beginner and you are installing PHPBB manually for the first time you should try to log in into Cpanel and install automatically PhpBB from The Scripts Library or Fantastico.

You have to choose the destination (the location where PHPBB will be installed). Choose your administrator username and password and press Install (Begin).

You'll have a fully functional PHPBB forum in just a sec. You don't have to configure nothing anymore.

Just start posting and promote your forum in order to get as many registered members as you can.

I hope you'll deal with it. Cheers.

hi kaoslegends,

installing a self hosting phpbb forum as following:

1.) prepared a web server, php, and mysql
2.) config all above are 100% work
3.) go http://localhost/you phpbb installation directory/install/install.php
4.) type in the required setting
5.) two things you must notes.
a.) you must first create the database and have write permission to it. this can be checked if you have a phpmysqladmin. if database not created before install, an error will return and try create a table in it.
b.) be sure setting correct script path. let say if you forum is located
http://localhost/forum, then, you should enter "/forum", otherwise, some functions of you forum will not work as expected.

as you can see, you may not have write permission to the database, check if you can create table in it.

- hope this help