install successful - but error message pops while accessing

The install is successful without any error messages - I can access the backend but
This is the error message i get when i try to access the forum from the front end-

You can see it here
http://appliedvocabulary.com/chronoforum.html

Fatal error: Class 'PDO' not found in /*******/*******/public_html/administrator/components/com_chronoforums/libs/database.php on line 12

Please let me know what is wrong!

Hi,

You must have PHP 5.3 with PDO extension enabled to use Chronoforums, by default PHP comes with this module enabled, but some hosts disable it, so please contact your host and ask them to enable PDO with mySQL support

Regards,
Max

Thank you - I forgot about the PDO - Can you please make sure The requirements in the Joomla Extension page are put in starts

/*******
Minimum server requirements:
PHP 5.3**
PHP PDO extension enabled.**
PHP PDO MySQL extension enabled.**
*******/

and highlight it so that i can start off with this

My host has PDO enabled they gave me a php.ini file that must be uploaded to make it work.

Can you please provide a link containing instructions about how to upload a php.ini file and get it working - so that more people will be able to use it

Hi boniaditya,

How to change a php.ini file depends on your web hosting set up; you'll need to check their help documents.

Bob

I understand! configuration differs from webhost to webhost

anyway my webhost has given me a php.ini file that has the following code in it

extension=php_pdo.dll
extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
extension=php_pdo_informix.dll
extension=php_pdo_mssql.dll
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
extension=php_pdo_oci.dll
extension=php_pdo_oci8.dll
extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll
extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
extension=pdo.so

but i get the following error after i use this php.ini file - could you please let me know what should be done to prevent this error!

could not find driver

Fatal error: Call to a member function _prefixTable() on a non-object in

public_html/administrator/components/com_chronoforums/libs/model.php on line 63

Hi boniaditya,

I don't know anything secifically about ChronoForums but my guess is that the php.ini file isn't being loaded. Please go to Site Admin | System | System Information | PHP Information. There you can see the PHP.ini file(s) being loaded and check if the PDO modules are there (look for a section down the page headed PDO).

Bob

Hi,

The new version doesn't require PDO, please contact me through the "Contact us" page to get the latest installer!

Regards,
Max

Yeah I tried the contact us form but I did not get any reply.

And how do I get the subscription key? How much should I pay?

Hello,

I have already sent it by email, the validation key is optional but you can get it by purchasing a subscription under the "Subscriptions" page!

Regards,
Max

Thank you - I got it but i need to ask a few philosophical questions

You develop chronoforums - yet you use a forum made with phpbb3 - what message does it send ? That chronoforums as a forum is not complete yet or are you better off using phpbb3 if you want a real forum!

So what advantage does chronoforums derive out of its affiliation with joomla - how is chronoforum exploiting the thousands of plugin/module/extension architecture already existing in joomla -

I mean to ask how is chronoforums any different from phpbb3 without any modules - So which choice should I make - phpbb3 with a bridge to joomla or chronoforums or kunena and why?

Please don't mind my lack of manners - I just need answers!

Hi boniaditya,

I can't answer all your questions - Max is the developer and he makes all the decisions about what to develop, why and when.

The reason that this forum is on PHPBB3 is because it was set up and running long before ChronoForums was even thought of and there are several years of useful history and several tens of thousands of registered users. The forum Bridge (RokBridge) was not developed for Joomla! 2/3 for quite a long time after their release and that (among other things) prevented the site here from being upgraded. Max wrote ChronoForums in part to gain independence from blocks like that. I believe that he is working on a migration package from PHPBB3 to ChronoForums - but that is not a trivial task.

I can't answer your second question beyond saying that, seen from a distance, both the Joomla! platform and the JED occasionally seem to make rather quirky and difficult decisions about the future direction/development.

And, of course, only you can decide which forum to use.

Bob

Bob