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December 10, 2008 10:31am
Subscribe [3]#1 / Dec 10, 2008 10:31am
Just purchased and installed the latest version of the Forums Module. Posted my first thread and I receive this error when I try to go to the thread:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: format_characters() in /nfs/c01/h02/mnt/38661/domains/thebaseballpage.com/html/office/modules/forum/mod.forum_core.php on line 3620
I am running EE version 1.63
What is the problem?
#2 / Dec 10, 2008 10:43am
You cannot run the latest version of the forum module with an earlier version of EE. Please upgrade EE to version 1.6.6.
#3 / Dec 10, 2008 10:44am
hofboone, make sure you have synced up your EE version with your new forum purchase.
Can you upgrade to 1.6.6 and see if that fixes it?
#4 / Dec 10, 2008 10:45am
Ingmar and Sue, thanks for the tip. I’m updating to 1.66 right now. Can you recommened the best method for backing up the database?
#5 / Dec 10, 2008 11:19am
I’ve used PHPMyAdmin successfully on many client sites to back up the database.
#6 / Dec 10, 2008 12:37pm
Thanks, Sue, that’s what I ended up doing. I’ve used phpMyAdmin a lot, and in teh past I exported a database to a SQL file to back it up. This database was so large it kept timing out when I did that. So, I created a new database in phpMyAdmin and copied the data and structure of my EE db to that. FYI to those out there who may have to do this.
Peace
#7 / Dec 10, 2008 12:41pm
Whatever works. Great workaround. 😊 But more importantly, did you get a chance to upgrade to 1.6.6 yet?
#8 / Dec 10, 2008 3:13pm
I’ve successfully updated to version 1.66 and my forums work. Didn’t have to re-install them or do anything, and my database is fine. Very nice! Thanks again.
#9 / Dec 10, 2008 3:27pm
Glad things are working again. Don’t hesitate to post again if needed.