Please help! My forum is gone!

[ironage]

YaBB SE Version: 1.5.2 to 1.5.4
PHP Version: 4.3.0 to 4.3.3
MySQL Version: 4.0.x
Server Platform: Unix, Linux, or BSD
Link to Forum: http://ironage.us/yabbse

Problem Description:
Yesterday my host's server went down and with it my whole site. Today it came back up but while my html site is back my yabbse forum is gone. I get the message: Safari can't open the page "http://www.ironage.us/yabbse/" because it could not load any data from this location.

I think something was corrupted. All of my files are still on the server (I checked) but I'm thinking something happened to index.php?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[ironage]

I opened my index.php file in text edit and noticed some error messages, namely:

$time_start = getmicrotime();

$types_to_register = array('GET', 'POST', 'COOKIE', 'SESSION', 'SERVER');
foreach ($types_to_register as $type) {
   $arr = @${'HTTP_' . $type . '_VARS'};
   if (@count($arr) > 0)
      extract($arr, EXTR_OVERWRITE);
}

error_reporting (E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);


and a little further down:

/* ### Security stuff ### */
if (($board != '' && !is_numeric($board)) || ($threadid != '' && !is_numeric($threadid)))
   fatal_error($txt[399]);

[ironage]

Okay, I downloaded the package again and saw that my above post means nothing. But I tried to go directly to my Admin.php file and got this message: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: is_admin() in /home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Admin.php on line 32

[[Unknown]]

Sorry, but these aren't error messages or problems; this is normal.

I'm sorry to tell you that I suspect your host neglected to put your database back up.  Do you have phpMyAdmin?  Have you checked to make sure everything is still there?

If so, do you know if your paths have changed?

-[Unknown]

[ironage]

I don't believe I have phpMyAdmin. But it seems everything is still there. Could it be that I need to reset chmods? Is there something my host can do?

Thanks very much for your reply!!!

[ironage]

I noticed in my yabbse files that, while I have yse153.sql and yse153.ya files I don't have any yse154 files although I'm running 1.5.4. Might that be the problem?

[[Unknown]]

Ironage,

You're looking at the flat FTP files.  These do NOT include ANY of the posts from your forum, and NEVER have.

Your posts, members, and other important data is stored in the database.  Typically, this is NOT in a place you can access through FTP.  You will need to use a script such as phpMyAdmin to easily administrate it.

You can easily install phpMyAdmin from here:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

-[Unknown]

[KingGrimek]

Thank you Unknown! (This is Ironage from a remoter location).

If I can't figure things out using this technique maybe you'd be interested in helping me get things back up and running. I would be glad to make a $ donation to the YaBBSE creators for any help!

Thanks!

[ironage]

When I try to access http://yabbse/index.php I get the following message:

Safari can't open the page "http://ironage.us/yabbse/index.php" because it could not load any data from this location.

[[Unknown]]

I'm sorry to tell you this, but your MySQL data might be gone... meaning, it may not be recoverable.

-[Unknown]

[ironage]

Oh boy...

Well, maybe this will help provide a clue. I uploaded everything from my forum to another host. When I tried to open my forum I got the following message:

Warning: main(/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 46

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 46

Warning: main(/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Errors.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 47

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Errors.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 47

Warning: main(/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 48

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Load.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 48

Warning: main(/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Security.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 49

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/home/ironage/public_html/yabbse/Sources/Security.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 49

Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 50
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Any thoughts Unknown? Again, thank you so much for your help!!!

[Shadow's Pawn]

Did you change the paths and the mysql information in Settings.php?  It will need to be updated to reflect the settings on your new server.

[ironage]

I did just do that with my new host but I'm still getting this:

Warning: main(/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 46

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Subs.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 46

Warning: main(/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Errors.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 47

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Errors.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 47

Warning: main(/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Load.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 48

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Load.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 48

Warning: main(/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Security.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 49

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/www/i/ironageadmin/yabbse/Sources/Security.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /www/i/ironageadmin/htdocs/yabbse/index.php on line 49
Access denied for user: 'shawn@%' to database 'ironage_ironage'


Should I download the 1.5.4 package again and reinstall it, or will that just delete my old database?

If you think you can solve my issues Shadow's Pawn, I'd gladly pay you for your time. I don't make any money off my site but I feel terrible about leaving all of my members in the dark for so long!

Thank you for your concern