When the phpBB information is on a different database from Drupal, and the login credentials given for the alternate database are incorrect, the phpbb2drupal configuration page crashes permanently with "The site is currently not available due to technical problems." The problem, as far as I can figure, is in _phpbb2drupal_db_connect or in something that calls it. I was able to bypass the problem by disabling this function temporarily until I got the login credentials right (I had missed some capitalization), but this had to be done by manually editing the phpbb2drupal.module file.

Given the old version, I'm not sure if this will get fixed, but an import script from phpBB2 is certainly necessary so I hope it does.

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naheemsays’s picture

naheemsays commented

There is a reset button too which can be used to reset such settings, but yes getting the database settings wrong can cause such problems.

No idea if anything can be done apart from making the reset link more visible...

meustrus’s picture

meustrus commented

The best interface would be if it checked the database connection on saving, and if it doesn't work then unset the setting and show an error message.

naheemsays’s picture

naheemsays commented

That very check is what would cause the unrecoverable crash.

Maybe there is a way, but I am not aware of it.

JeremyFrench’s picture

JeremyFrench commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Mass close of D6 issues for this module as won't fix. Please see #1854186: Support for the 6.x branch.