php nuke setup problems.

[cam]

this is my first experience with php, php-nuke and mySQL so im having a bit of trouble. in the config file is this:

##########################################
# Database & System Config
#
# dbhost: SQL Database Hostname
# dbuname: SQL Username
# dbpass: SQL Password
# dbname: SQL Database Name
# $prefix: Your Database table's prefix
# $user_prefix: Your Users' Database table's prefix (To share it)
# $dbtype: Your Database Server type. Supported servers are:
# MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL_local, ODBC,
# ODBC_Adabas, Interbase, and Sybase.
# Be sure to write it exactly as above, case SeNsItIvE!
##########################################

they want those things filled in below. my database name is blues, but i dont know the prefix or the user prefix.. what are these and how do i find out which strings to plug in there for it to work?

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[Pyr0]

Just leave it alone...

 

[cam]

then i get errors.

 

[madmatt]

syntax?

cam,

If I am reading you right, it sounds like you want the syntax for setting variables in PHP.

$var_name = "value";

words must be included within quotes. numbers can be used without quotes.

ex: $var_name = "words"; $var_name2 = 13;

if you want to set one var to the value of another:

$var_name = $var_name2;

If I read you wrong, sorry for wasting your time.

 

[cam]

yes actually, completely wrong 😉

what i posted up there was part of the config.php file. they wanted me to edit some strings below that before trying to access a specific page where i can. my question was what the prefixes were, im not fluent with mySQL or php so i am sort of lost.

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[madmatt]

My bad, see below.

##########################################
# Database & System Config
#
# dbhost: SQL Database Hostname
# dbuname: SQL Username
# dbpass: SQL Password
# dbname: SQL Database Name
# $prefix: Your Database table's prefix
# $user_prefix: Your Users' Database table's prefix (To share it)
# $dbtype: Your Database Server type. Supported servers are:
# MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL_local, ODBC,
# ODBC_Adabas, Interbase, and Sybase.
# Be sure to write it exactly as above, case SeNsItIvE!
##########################################
dbhost is the hostname, usually set to "localhost"
dbusername is the username, your login to mySQL/phpMyAdmin, this is given to you by the admin of the box/shell your site is hosted on.
dbpass is your mySQL/phpMyAdmin password
dbname is "blues" -- the name of your database
prefix is the name of the sql file
user_prefix is the name of the sql file
dbtype would be the database type, like if your host runs mySQL it would be set to mySQL, etc etc.

http://www.nukesupport.com is a great support site for PHP Nuke web apps. Hope that helps.