Free phpbb software for linux

WWW::phpBB is a phpBB forum scraper Perl module.

SYNOPSIS

use WWW::phpBB;

# scrape as guest
my $phpbb = WWW::phpBB->new(
base_url => http://localhost/~stefan/forum1,
db_host => localhost,
db_user => stefan,
db_passwd => somepass,
db_database => stefan,
db_prefix => phpbb2_,
);

$phpbb->empty_tables();
$phpbb->get_users();
$phpbb->scrape_forum_common();

# scrape a german forum, loging in just to get the memberlist
my $phpbb = WWW::phpBB->new(
base_url => http://localhost/~stefan/index.php?mforum=de,
db_host => localhost,
db_user => stefan,
db_passwd => somepass,
db_database => stefan,
db_prefix => phpbb3_,
post_date_format => qr/(d+)s+(w+),s+(d+)s+(d+):(d+)/,
post_date_pos => [qw(day_of_month month_name year hour minutes)],
forum_user => raDical,
forum_passwd => lfdiugyh,
);

$phpbb->empty_tables();
$phpbb->forum_login();
$phpbb->get_users();
$phpbb->forum_logout();
$phpbb->scrape_forum_common();

# update an already scraped forum, maybe as a daily cron job
# $phpbb->update_overwrite(1); # dont try to keep modified data
$phpbb->update_users();
$phpbb->update_forum_common();

This module can be used to scrape a phpBB instalation using the web interface. It requires a local phpBB setup that will be overwritten and it can only access what is available to the web browser (no private messages or user settings). Scraping is possible as a guest or as a loged in member.

If used with an administrator name and password it will copy all the member e-mails (not just the public ones) allowing them to request a new random password from the new installation site and continue using the forum. The current implementation lacks search support, but this problem will disappear if you convert the forum to SMF. The "mforum" script is supported.

phpBB Fetch All is a modification to phpBB that displays data from the forum on any page of a website. It supports all phpBB versions from the 2.0.x branch.
Enhancements:
- added $CFG[posts_enable_local_links] to posts.php to remove all target=_blank strings from the post text (thanks to bdepauw)
- closed a possible vulnerability in portal.php (thanks to taipo and VxJasonxV)
- two small changes for phpBB mod compatibility
- fixed a typo in pafiledb.php (thanks to Odin and vfx)

phpBazar provides a PHP/mySQL Classified Ads & Matchmaking product.
Main features:
- WebSetup Install/Update-Tool
- Easy Config (config.php-File, style.css-File)
- Multi Languages, easy customizeable with Variables & Templates (incl.: English, German, French)
- Online Language Switch (unlimited Languages supported)
- Automatic Dynamic PageBreaks
- User (Member) Registration (incl. E-Mail confimation)
- User (Member) Authentification (Cookie based)
- User (Member) Data-Administration
- Lost Password Function
- Unlimited Members
- Unlimited Categories
- Unlimited SubCategories
- Special Feature Field
- 20 Feature Fields (Text-, Select-, Checkbox-Field)
- 10 Feature Icons
- Category Structured Display
- Attachment Upload/Display Function (max. 5 per ad)
- Picture Upload/Display Function (max. 5 per ad, .gif .jpg .png supported)
- Pictures Stored File-based or DB-based
- Picture Preview and Thumbnail View (GD-Lib & ImangeMagick supported)Webmail (Inbox/Sent/Trash)
- Send Ad-Reply (E-Mail) Function (incl. CarbonCopy & Attachment!)
- Send Fried Ad-URL-Reffer (E-Mail)
- Send ICQ-Message
- Goto Ad-Member URL
- Ad Rating
- Ad Statistic
- Ad Print
- Search Ads (simple & advanced)
- My Ads (edit & delete)
- My Favorits
- AutoNotify-Function
- Notify for timeouted Ads
- Ad-of-the-Day (or Week, Month)
- FloodProtect
- Useronline and Details
- Memberlisting & Search, Member-Details, Member-Ads
- IP-Logging & Banning
- User (Member) Banning
- Long-Word-Filter
- Dirty-Word-Filter
- Processing Time Display
- GZip output compression - 100% speed increase on PHP4.x.x
- Smilies Database & Conversation & dyn. Help
- Event Logging (Registration, Login, Logout, New Ad, Changed Ad, ...)
- Webmaster (E-Mail) Notify (Add User, Add Ad, Reply Ad, ...)
- Web-Admin-Panel (Statistics, Members, Categories, (HTML-)Newsletter,...)
- Admin Approval for new Ads
- Admin Database Backup
- Admin Database Cleanup
- Much More ...
- BONUS: Guestbook integrated (phpBook)
- BONUS: Voting integrated (phpVote)
- BONUS: Forum-Interface integrated (e.g. for FREE phpBB Forum)
- BONUS: Chat-Interface integrated (e.g. for phpBazarChat)

PunBB is a fast and lightweight discussion board.
Its primary goal is to be a faster, smaller, and less graphic alternative to otherwise excellent discussion boards like phpBB, Invision Power Board, and vBulletin.
PunBB project has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but is generally faster and outputs smaller pages.
The idea of PunBB was first born when I needed a discussion board for a website I was working on. After an exhaustive search, all the boards I found were either over-featured or too graphic for my needs. I wanted a package that
- was fast.
- had a simple layout and design.
- was easy to administrate and moderate.
- didnt output huge, non-valid, (X)HTML pages.
- had source code you could read and understand.
To my dismay, such a forum was nowhere to be found. Thus, I started working on PunBB, or just Pun as it was called back then.
Developing software to "please the masses" isnt difficult. Just cram in every possible feature you can think of and most people will love it. Some people, however, will hate it and look for alternatives. The problem with developing for that other group of people is having to make decisions on whether to implement a feature or not. What is a "must-have" and what is not?
Some features that I have so far chosen not to implement are: private messaging, file attachments, polls, linking to off-site avatars, advanced text formatting controls, subforums etc etc. The jury is still out on some of these features, but dont expect them to pop up anytime soon. It should however be noted that most, if not all of these features have been realised in the form of third-party mods.

bbgun project moves phpBB forums to WordPress blogs. bbgun is able to:
- Pulls a forum entry from the phpBB database
- Translates the text (bbCode to strict xhtml), date, and other fields
- Pushes the translated entry into the WordPress database
Main features:
- Move individual posts
- Move entire threads
- Move only certain users posts
- Map phpBB users to WordPress authors
- Specify WordPress categories for the entries

Open Concepts Bulletin Board project is a fork of the phpBB "Olympus" CVS which will strive to continue the phpBB traditions of easy modification, freedom, and usablity, and also to improve upon development speed.