A couple bugs

[Archangel]

Great job on the release guys. I really wish I hadn't found these, but I did.

Don't feel bad, as these are really nothing at all. Just minor things.

Probably only missed it because I'm probably one of the few who runs Apache on WinXP Pro and the bugs are related to my settings only.

But I want the readers here to know what they are and I want to know if I'm the only one.


Enough babble, lemme get to the bugs.


1) Firstly, the date shows weird. I believe it's related to the date/time format setting. The problem is that %D is replaced with nothing and %e is replaced with nothing as well. If I use %m/%d/%y it works fine, and if I use %m/%d/%Y it works fine, but %D and %m/%e/%y, it prints "" and "04//02" respectively.

2) Secondly, there are a couple places where it says

2: Server Error
(c:\http\yabb\Sources\Subs.php ln 311)

which is really annoying. It says that after registering (after you fill out the e-mail address, password, and username fields and agree to that agreement) and it gets confusing because it actually registers them, but gives the visitors the error message anyway. It also says that when you go to use the "forgot password" feature.

This second bug appears to be doing nothing but making the site look buggy. So, it's no biggy. The first bug can easily be fixed by changing the default date/time format, so it's not a biggy either.


Here's my server specs in case you need to know.


WinXP Pro
Apache 1.3.24
PHP 4.1.2
MySQL 3.23

Ran the full install of 1.3.0 non-safe mode.

I would really like to know if anyone else has similar problems.


I will go bug-hunting some more and I'll report back

Great job again on the new release. I love all the new features I think it was worth the wait.




[EDIT]

Almost forgot... here's the URL to my testboard where I have it at the moment: http://24.100.79.46/yabb/index.php

Try to register and change around the date/time formats and such

[/EDIT]

[Shaun]

What the?


I have two words....Red and Hat.

[alexrolko]

1) thats due to the win32 build of PHP. click on the adminhelp button next to the time format box in the Settings page.

2) thats due to having incorrect mail settings. win32 servers should use SMTP servers to send email. or find a nice win32 unix sendmail clone


Oh here is a date format to use on a win32 server:  %B %d, %Y, %I:%M:%S %p

[Archangel]

1) it didn't warn me about anything when i clicked on that. sorry I should have known.

2) ... I'm using SMTP with correct settings that I've used in Gold forums long ago...

[alexrolko]

if thats the case with the email, its the win32 build of PHP then. (i just wanted to rule out incorrect settings first)

its PHP's fault.

[Archangel]

Guess there's nothing for me to do about #2 then, is there? (besides changing OS)


Thanks for the date format to use. I guess I'll just delete that %e line from the admin help so it won't confuse members. (and the %D line)

I guess I'll try and write a %e and %D substitute for those who run on windows.

[Alan Cramer]

What the?


I have two words....Red and Hat.

I am with you brother!  

Thanks Alex for solving this one.

[MorLipf]

i get the same error with the subs.php! I have got correct SMTP Settings and I get it too if i try to send a message to a mod

[alexrolko]

your running yabbse on a windows server right?

[MorLipf]

your running yabbse on a windows server right?

yes...
How can I fix the problem?

[MorLipf]

Please help me fast!

[alexrolko]

simple dont use a windows server for now. the win32 builds of PHP are a tad buggy.

so for now any feature that sends out email, you may want to disable.

but the dev team will fix this!

(my bad)  

[Jeff Lewis]

Just a note on that...we WILL add proper support for this stuff later...

[MorLipf]

simple dont use a windows server for now. the win32 builds of PHP are a tad buggy.

The Dev team would have to write an entirely new function to send out email on a windows server. and thats not that they want to do.

so for now any feature that sends out email, you may want to disbale.

Can nobody fix the bug? I need Windows so I can't use Unix...

[V@no]

2) Secondly, there are a couple places where it says

2: Server Error
(c:\http\yabb\Sources\Subs.php ln 311)

OK, I had the same problem. so, just open your php.ini file from window dir.
find this:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost ; for Win32 only

change localhost to the pop server (your ISP pop server)
like: pop.yourISP.com
that's it. now u can send email from your board.