isn't anymore required.
Anyway you can use it if you do not want to store phpBB database connection values into a WP database record or to fix on fly any phpBB db connection problem
Old problem, easy explain
The inclusion of the custom phpBB config file avoid problems detected by long time NOT into a default WP installation, but using several and different plugins installed along with WordPress. To mention some:
- Error on deleting an user into WP MUMS if wp is mixed and use some other plugin (not known exactly which)
- Error on redirect, after the registration confirmation process using Ultimate Member
- Error on user password update using a custom and deeply modified version of WP mixed with various plugins.
- many more reported along the time.
Many plugins rely into the after_setup_theme to initialize their functions
while WP_w3all run mainly into the init hook which fire after in order.
To avoid the problem will be maybe necessary to include a custom phpBB config file so to provide (always) the required phpBB database connection values (see more below into this same post the DEFINITIVE 2.9.3> SOLUTION) for functions that are invoked before their normal initialization along the integration plugin himself, due to hooks that runs before.
EASY HOW TO just in case
DEFINITIVE 2.9.3> SOLUTION:
the definitive solution to this available since 2.9.3 will be so to include a custom phpBB config file in this way:
create the folder
/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-custom
open with a text editor the file
/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-phpbb-integration/addons/phpBB_config.php
set values for the following vars so to fit your phpBB db connection
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$phpbb_dbhost = 'localhost';
$phpbb_dbport = ''; # maybe required leave blank if default 3306
$phpbb_dbname = '';
$phpbb_dbuser = '';
$phpbb_dbpasswd = '';
$phpbb_table_prefix = 'phpbb_';/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-custom
so you'll have
/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-custom/phpBB_config.php
Note important: if using the inclusion of the custom phpBB_config.php file, even if some phpBB db connection value is wrong into the plugin admin related fields, the connection to phpBB will result ok (button green).
But if the phpBB_config.php file contain wrong connection values, and exist, then wordpress will fall into the DB fatal error.
No panic, just adjust values to be correct!
To return back using only db connection values stored into the WP db, just remove or rename the file phpBB_config.php.
If the file
/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-custom/phpBB_config.php exist it will be used.
NOTE that the option phpBB URL into the
WP_w3all phpBB db connection and main settings
require by the way to be set so to point to the phpBB URL, or links into shortcodes and widgets will result to point to your WP url instead.
Also
NOTE: using the custom file phpBB_config.php
/wp-content/plugins/wp-w3all-custom/phpBB_config.php
DO NOT require the plugin option
- Use custom files to display Last Topics Widgets, Login Widget and Shortcodes
active, if the phpBB_config.php exist, it will work anyway even if the Use custom files option is not active.
