Error message:
No Phorum settings were found. Either this is a brand new installation of Phorum or there is a problem with your database server. If this is a new install, please go to the admin page to complete the installation. If not, check your database server.
The words "
go to the admin page" are a hyperlink. Following it gets to a page
http://www.pmwf.com/Phorum/admin.php and on it is a "
PHP safety issues" warning. The "
(show problem info)" associated with the warning is another hyperlink that will display the following:
Problem:
The PHP configuration setting "register_globals" is set to "On". It is generally recommended to disable this setting, because it can introduce security problems for scripts that are not carefully written. See alshttp://www.php.net/register_globals for more info on this subject.
Although the Phorum development team always tries to write code which cannot be affected by this setting in any way, we can never guarantee that it will be 100% safe.
Possible solution:
Disable "register_globals" in the PHP configuration file "php.ini" on your webserver. If you are hosting with a company, please contact them to do this for you.
John Lind
