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Theophile

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I've been using phpbbbridge plugin for nearly 2 years now with no trouble and no modification. Today, without warning, whenever I try to access the forum, I get this:
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An error has occurred:
2 - Illegal string offset: -12 @ /home/.tamara/theophile/monopedilos.com/htdocs/forum/language/lang_english/lang_main.php line 899


And then this is followed by debug output which appears to be a rundown of the configuration settings.

The really odd part is if I remove the "www" from the URL and go with just the domain, everything works just fine.

See for yourself:
http://www.monopedilos.com/forum
http://monopedilos.com/forum

Anyone have any ideas about this? Thanks!
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1000ideen

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I just tried it and after a minute it was just the other way round. What are your settings in config.php especially url, cookies?
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Theophile

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Oddly, it seems to be working fine now. :shock:

Maybe it was something in the hosting configuration that was being fooled with by the server admins?
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1000ideen

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It only works from my PC when I add the index.php

http://www.monopedilos.com/forum/index.php
http://monopedilos.com/forum/index.php

Please check your config.php and lib-common.php settings again!
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Theophile

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I'm playing with it again, and even when adding the "index.php" it only works if the "www" is removed form the url.

Right now, http://www.monopedilos.com/forum/index.php returns:

"Unfortunately, an error has occurred rendering this page. Please try again later."

Unless I am logged in, in which case I get the above mentioned error.
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What are your settings in config.php especially url, cookies?

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Theophile

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Oh, sorry. Oops!

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<?php

$_PHPBBB_CONF['path_to_phpbb']     = '/home/.tamara/theophile/monopedilos.com/htdocs/forum/';           // Should end in a slash
$_PHPBBB_CONF['phpbb_url']         = 'http://www.monopedilos.com/forum';  // Should not end in a slash
$_PHPBBB_CONF['show_left_blocks']  = true;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['show_right_blocks'] = false;

// Sideblock configuration
$_PHPBBB_CONF['sideblock_num_topics'] = 5;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['sideblock_subject_limit'] = 60;

// Centerblock configuration
$_PHPBBB_CONF['show_centerblock'] = false;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['centerblock_num_topics'] = 10;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['centerblock_subject_limit'] = 40;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['centerblock_homepage_only'] = true;

// Centerblock location
$_PHPBBB_CONF['centerblock_after_featured'] = true;
$_PHPBBB_CONF['centerblock_page_bottom'] = false;

$_PHPBBB_CONF['version'] = 111;

?>


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// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | (3) Site Settings                                                         |
// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

// Make sure this is the correct URL to your site, i.e. to where Geeklog's
// index.php file resides (no trailing slash).
$_CONF['site_url']          = 'http://www.monopedilos.com';


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// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | SITE STATUS                                                               |
// |                                                                           |
// | To disable your Geeklog site quickly, simply set this flag to false       |
// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
$_CONF['site_enabled'] = true;  // true or false

// Message shown when site is down
// When this starts with 'http:' visitors are redirected to that URL
$_CONF['site_disabled_msg'] = 'Monopedilos is down for upgrades. Please come back soon.';

// When set to true, this will display /detailed/ debug information in the event
// of a PHP error. ONLY set this to true with your non-production development
// environments!
$_CONF['rootdebug'] = false;

// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | SESSION SETTINGS                                                          |
// |                                                                           |
// | cookie_ip will store md5(remoteip + randomnum) as the session ID in the   |
// | cookie. This is more secure but will more than likely require dialed up   |
// | users to login each and every time.  If ipbasedsessid is turned off       |
// | (which it is by default) it will just store a random number as the        |
// | session ID in the cookie.                                                 |
// |                                                                           |
// | default_perm_cookie_timeout is how long you want the permanent cookie     |
// | to persist for (in seconds).  This can be overridden by the user in       |
// | their user prefs if they want.  If you set the default to 0, users will   |
// | have to log in again once their session expired.                          |
// |                                                                           |
// | session_cookie_time is how long you want the session cookie to persist    |
// | for.  Only really useful in scenarios where you don't want to allow       |
// | permanent cookies                                                         |
// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

$_CONF['cookie_session']                = 'gl_session';
$_CONF['cookie_name']                   = 'monopedilos';
$_CONF['cookie_password']               = 'password';
$_CONF['cookie_theme']                  = 'theme';
$_CONF['cookie_language']               = 'language';

$_CONF['cookie_ip']                     = 0;
$_CONF['default_perm_cookie_timeout']   = 28800;
$_CONF['session_cookie_timeout']        = 7200;
$_CONF['cookie_path']                   = '/';
$_CONF['cookiedomain']                  = ''; // e.g. '.example.com'
$_CONF['cookiesecure']                  = 0;

// Geeklog keeps track of when a user last logged in. Set this to false
// if you don't want that.
$_CONF['lastlogin']                     = true;
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1000ideen

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Did you also check the $_CONF['path'] and the path in lib-common.php? Is there any redirect from the www domain to another?
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Theophile

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I haven't made any modifications to lib-common.php except those required for the Bad Behavior 2 plugin.

The section from config.php:
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// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
// | (2) Paths                                                                 |
// +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

// Note for Windows users: It's safe to use the forward slash '/' instead of
// the backslash '\' in paths. Make sure each path starts with a drive letter!

// This should point to the directory where your config.php file resides.
$_CONF['path']            = '/home/.tamara/theophile/monopedilos.com/geeklog-1.4.1/'; // should end in a slash

// You only need to change this if you moved or renamed the public_html
// directory. In that case, you should specify the complete path to the
// directory (i.e. without the $_CONF['path']) like this:
$_CONF['path_html']      = '/home/.tamara/theophile/monopedilos.com/htdocs/';
 


This discrepancy that occurs with the "www" only occurs when viewing the forum, not with the rest of the site. And as I type this, the problem is not even occurring. It only happens sometimes. What's with that? Could it be due to the time of day? Weird...
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1000ideen

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It only works from my PC when I add the index.php

http://www.monopedilos.com/forum/index.php
http://monopedilos.com/forum/index.php



Interesting, right now from my PC it does not work in both cases unless I add the index.php at the end. Did you test that too?

Could there be anything wrong with the server settings?
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Theophile

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I suppose anything's possible, but which server settings could cause something like this? I am hosted by Dreamhost.

Also, right now, everything is working, with or without "www" and with or without "index.php." I have a feeling later this afternoon/evening will be a different story.
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1000ideen

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Best to ask the support if they changed anything.

Compare: Trailing Slash Problem
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html
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