Need some help with phpBB (multi forums)

[meniere]

Can someone help me. I need to install multiple forums, prefferably with one database and one phpBB installation.

The problem with the database I can solve (using different prefixes). I think the one phpBB installation will give me a problem because of the different config.php files.

I noticed that netfreehost is offering a simular approach. Can someone help me with this?

-Bert-

[DotHack]

What exactly are you asking?
For two databases?
Not sure why you want that if you use prefixes...
Only downside might be that you can't be logged into both at once
but other than that, I see nothing wrong with using multiple prefixes for multiple phpbbs... :?

[meniere]

What exactly are you asking?
For two databases?
Not sure why you want that if you use prefixes...
Only downside might be that you can't be logged into both at once
but other than that, I see nothing wrong with using multiple prefixes for multiple phpbbs... :?

I will try to elaborate.

Suppose I want to host two forums: a.bizhat.com and b.bizhat.com. The brute force way would be to install two different databases and two instances of phpBB.

An elegant method would be to install one database and one instance of phpBB. During installation of the forums I can indicate that the database tables of a.bizhat.com would have prefix foruma_ and the database tables of b.bizhat.com would have prefix forumb_.

These configuration items would be saved in config.sys. So there goes your one instance of phpBB (or so I am inclined to think).

Now if you look at bizhat/netfreehost, they offer the same service. How did they do that?

-Bert-

[meniere]

Is there anyone listening to this. I'm really stuck.

[nonoasali]

I don't kown sorry

[Lithium]

Try and sign up for another MySQL base there are a few free hosts that only host databases I would get one of those for you phpbb forum, just look for one on google.

[meniere]

Try and sign up for another MySQL base there are a few free hosts that only host databases I would get one of those for you phpbb forum, just look for one on google.

I think you're missing the point. The mySQL database is not the problem (prefixes do the trick), but the config.php with the setting of each forum does...