Hi all,

i got a problem with the phpbbforum modul (http://drupal.org/project/phpbbforum).
I'm working with Drupal 5, and installed and activate the Modul. Added a few Testaccounts in Drupal and it works fine with the forum. But when someone register in the Forum no User will be created in Drupal. I set the "Select master registration system:" to Drupal btw, but i think it must be possible to sync in both ways didn't it?

Also found no option to sync the already existing users from the Forum to Drupal or reversed.

Any ideas ? Especially to sync the existing users?

age_Q

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Jonathan.D’s picture

Jonathan.D commented

I could be mistaken, but I believe it is written so that whatever is set to the master registration system is the one that is meant for users to register with, otherwise the users will not sync. So for example, if Drupal is your master registration system you should not allow registration on phpbb, or vice versa.

As for the existing users, you can always manually create them all =)

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kreeZonas commented

Hi!

I have this problem too. I already have a phpBB forum with registrated users, and i want integrate all the forum to a Drupal system. Is there any way to copy the phpBB users to the Drupal's database? It's needs only once...

I appreciate any help!

nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented

As for the existing users, you can always manually create them all =)

What would be the best way to go about that? And would they be able to retain the same password in both systems?

I have about 500 users from before the drupal integration on my phpBB side that need syncing over to my drupal side.

These users have phpBB accounts, but no drupal accounts. I think if they logged in then they would get synced up, but I need them to be added now and can't wait on them to come to the site.

nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented

anyone?

deb01’s picture

deb01 commented

should be quite easy via SQL statements directly in phpmyadmin or even in a SQL shell (if you have got a dedicated server)

nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented

well, I kind of understood the part about sql statements. I guess I was wondering about the password issue. Are they both encoded the same? what should be done with the passwords? Will those synch over properly?

Should I just export the users from my user table in phpbb3 then edit to make the same format as drupal, then import? I mean will the passwords synch correctly?

nicholas.alipaz’s picture

nicholas.alipaz commented

I looked in the databases at the two tables and the passes don't look to be encoded the same way. I am not sure how one could do the queries without the correctly encoded password. And if the pass was left blank, I can only assume this would cause issues.

If anyone has any ideas on this then please let us know.

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fizk commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)