When I setup my forum, my username became ps+FUoPYSxw=.
When I try to register, the username I specified changes to something and the message "Reserved by administrator or already taken" comes up even when I haven't touched the username restrictions and no one else is registered.
I think all the username fields are converted into ps+FUoPYSxw= .
Anyone know how I can fix this?
I have already installed myBB RC2 2 times to try and fix the problem. Is it a server problem?
DennisTT Wrote:When I setup my forum, my username became ps+FUoPYSxw=.
When I try to register, the username I specified changes to something and the message "Reserved by administrator or already taken" comes up even when I haven't touched the username restrictions and no one else is registered.
I think all the username fields are converted into ps+FUoPYSxw= .
Anyone know how I can fix this?
I have already installed myBB RC2 2 times to try and fix the problem. Is it a server problem?
When installing you are asked what you want your Administrator info to be. So the name should already be registered. Try logging into it and see.
I know, but I'm trying to set up another account, but that username that is POSTed by the form changes to ps+FUoPYSxw= for some reason.
I did not choose "ps+FUoPYSxw=" as either of my usernames, for the Administrator account, I chose "Administrator" and for my test registration, I chose "Dennis"
If you would like to see what I mean, PM me and I'll give you the URL.
Can you private message me with the URL to your forums as wella s the URL to a php info script..
If you dont have a php info script, create a php file (called phpinfo.php or similar) with the following contents:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Thanks,
Chris
Sounds like cookies form another script interfering with the POST data. Try it in a different browser.
Peter Hall Wrote:Sounds like cookies form another script interfering with the POST data. Try it in a different browser.
Hey it worked on another browser. Which cookie is interfering?
BTW the first time I ran setup.php, the mysql username changed as well. The second time it didn't change
There will be a cookie called 'username' from another script on the same server. Since this cookie appears to be gibberish (ps+FUoPYSxw=) I assume it's encrypted. This means that it's a script you installed - what else do you have running on your website?
(Note to devs: this problem could have been avoided if you'd used $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'] instead of $username)
Yeah the forum is hosted by Sourceforge. I guess the Sourceforge cookies are interfering with my forum. Wouldn't it be a given that MyBB would be using $HTTP_POST_VARS? or $_POST?
Nope - extract($_GET), extract($_POST), extract($_COOKIE), then the rest is written as if register_globals were on.
Pete, thanks for your quick thinking and inginuity (SP?) on this matter. I myself would have been clueless about it until alot further in investigation.
Things will be changing in Release Candidate 4, and a lot of external variables through POST, GET, and COOKIE will be referenced to as $_POST[] etc in the scripts. (Hopefully)