# php4flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 13, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480 "2003-07-13T12:18:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![fluid\_0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9f8e36/32.png) [@fluid\_0ne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/fluid_0ne)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/1 "2003-07-13T12:18:25Z")

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found on an other forum that [phpforflash.com](http://phpforflash.com) released flash forum source files:  
[boardmx.zip](http://www.dynamicflash.co.uk/boardmx/boardmx.zip)  
[boardmxharmony.zip](http://www.dynamicflash.co.uk/boardmx/boardmxharmony.zip)  
:cool:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/2 "2003-07-14T01:06:50Z")

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Preciate it. I’ve been looking for some source to play with.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/3 "2003-07-14T04:26:34Z")

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wow thanx!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/4 "2003-07-14T07:40:02Z")

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For those wondering, you just have to configure the db.php and common.php files, set up your database w/ the provided file and then manually create at least one catagory and one forum to get it to work.

\*\*[example](http://www.awligon.com/board) \*\*

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/5 "2003-07-14T09:55:31Z")

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That’s a very cool feature but I don’t know if I would be able to get anywhere when attemtping to customise such a thing lol. Any chance somebody could give me a general idea of how hard it is to customise those forums for say changing the buttons and colour scheme (at the least) ?

Thanks,  
JK.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/6 "2003-07-14T12:44:05Z")

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nm - I downloaded it and it isn’t too hard to customise at all. It’s surprisingly easy actually but I daren’t fiddle too much until I have it running :).

Hmmm… now I have to decide whether this or vB or phpBB2 is the best choice for some forums I intend to set up 😕 (have no previous experience with vB).

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/7 "2003-07-14T13:40:58Z")

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hmm… Is there any chance you could explain to me how to create the categories and forums awligon because I’ve got no idea where to look 😕

[edit: I may have not been clear enough - I mean that I have run the .sql using phpmyadmin and the tables were created accordingly and I can load up the forums but there are no categories and no forum(s) and I don’t know where/how to create them.]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/8 "2003-07-14T16:13:42Z")

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go to your phpMyAdmin, select the table, and insert…if you have phpMyAdmin… 😉  
if not, just write a very simple php script with queries like

```php
 
<?
//create demo forum
$query = "INSERT INTO forumCatagories(catagoryID, title, displayOrder) VALUES (1, 'General Section', 1)";
$result = @mysql_query($query);
if (!$result) {
    // Inform user of error
    print "# Error inserting demo Catagory<br>
";
    print mysql_error();
} else {
    // Inform user of success
    print "# demo Catagory created<br>
";
}
$query = "INSERT INTO forumForums (forumID, catagoryID, title, description, displayOrder, threadCount, lastPost, postNewLevel, postReplyLevel, lastUserID) VALUES (1, 1, 'General Chat', 'Talk about everything and anything!', 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,NULL)";
$result = @mysql_query($query);
if (!$result) {
    // Inform user of error
    print "# Error inserting demo forum<br>
";
    print mysql_error();
} else {
    // Inform user of success
    print "# demo forum created<br>
";
}
?>

```

(change ID’s, titles and description and run as often as needed, check the values for postNew&ReplyLevel if you can’t post and lower them, haven’t installed/tested this yet, so…)

And expect some heavy add-ons (avatars, including user-selected, private messages, emoticons etc, all exist, just need to be ported to the new version…) to come your way soon, as we did for the previous version.  
Check the “Coffee Lounge” / Community Project and related threads for updates… [http://www.phpforflash/board/](http://www.phpforflash/board/)  
All we’re waiting for is Steve to set up the project on sourceforge…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/9 "2003-07-14T17:44:10Z")

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Well I do have phpmyadmin installed and I can use the basics of it so I just need to know what to insert. Right now I’m just taking a break from doing some work outside but if you don’t manage to respond before I get back, I will toy around following the code you provided for a php document :).

Thanks eyezberg,  
JK.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/10 "2003-07-14T23:42:17Z")

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Ah. Not too tough to figure out actually :). I have a category and a forum working now. Thanks eyezberg. However, how do I change the title of a category because it won’t let me re-create it with a different title but same id# and display order?

Thanks again,  
JK.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 8:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/11 "2003-07-17T08:18:24Z")

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phpmyadmin

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/php4flash/25480/12 "2003-07-17T10:38:12Z")

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Okidoke. I got myself a vBulletin license yesterday so I think I will be going with that in the end :). But the Flash/PHP bb is very impressive - just a little too high maintenance and I always wanted to try out vB.

Thanks,  
JK.