IPB 1.3 on PHP5

IPB 1.3 is still used by a lot of folks because it is still free.  But the problem is, the coding for it isn't 100% compatible with the latest version of PHP, PHP5, and most web hosts are moving to this version.  This article is a collection of all of the changes you need to make to your files to make IPB 1.3 work with PHP5.

Files affected

• sources/Profile.php
  
• sources/Usercp.php
  
• sources/misc/contact_member.php
  
• sources/misc/stats.php

Step 1
Open sources/Profile.php
Find:

	var $parser;

Change To:

	//var $parser;

Save and upload sources/Profile.php

Step 2
Open sources/Usercp.php
Find:

	var $parser;

Change To:

	//var $parser;

Save and upload sources/Usercp.php

Step 3
Open sources/misc/contact_member.php
Find:

	var $email	 = "";
	var $forum	 = "";
	var $email	 = "";

Change To:

	//var $email	 = "";
	var $forum	 = "";
	var $email	 = "";

Find:

		$DB->query("SELECT m.name, m.email, mod.member_id FROM ibf_moderators mod, ibf_members m WHERE mod.forum_id='$fid' and mod.member_id=m.id");

Change To:

		$DB->query("SELECT m.name, m.email, moder.member_id FROM ibf_moderators moder, ibf_members m WHERE moder.forum_id='$fid' and moder.member_id=m.id");

Save and upload sources/misc/contact_member.php

Step 4
Open sources/misc/stats.php
Find:

		//--------------------------------------------
		// Do we have any moderators? NORMAL MODS 1st
		//--------------------------------------------
		
		$DB->query("SELECT m2.id, m2.name, m2.email, m2.hide_email, m2.location, m2.aim_name, m2.icq_number,
						   f.id as forum_id, f.read_perms, f.name as forum_name, c.state
					FROM ibf_moderators mod
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_forums f ON(f.id=mod.forum_id)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_categories c ON(c.id=f.category AND c.state != 0)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_members m2 ON (mod.member_id=m2.id)
					");

Change To:

		//--------------------------------------------
		// Do we have any moderators? NORMAL MODS 1st
		//--------------------------------------------
		
		$DB->query("SELECT m2.id, m2.name, m2.email, m2.hide_email, m2.location, m2.aim_name, m2.icq_number,
						   f.id as forum_id, f.read_perms, f.name as forum_name, c.state
					FROM ibf_moderators moder
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_forums f ON(f.id=moder.forum_id)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_categories c ON(c.id=f.category AND c.state != 0)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_members m2 ON (moder.member_id=m2.id)
					");

Find:

		//--------------------------------------------
		// Do we have any moderators? GROUP MODS 1st
		//--------------------------------------------
		
		$DB->query("SELECT m.id, m.name, m.email, m.hide_email, m.location, m.aim_name, m.icq_number,
						   f.id as forum_id, f.read_perms, f.name as forum_name, c.state
					FROM ibf_moderators mod
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_forums f ON(f.id=mod.forum_id)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_categories c ON(c.id=f.category AND c.state != 0)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_members m ON ((mod.is_group=1 and mod.group_id=m.mgroup))
					");

Change To:

		//--------------------------------------------
		// Do we have any moderators? GROUP MODS 1st
		//--------------------------------------------
		
		$DB->query("SELECT m.id, m.name, m.email, m.hide_email, m.location, m.aim_name, m.icq_number,
						   f.id as forum_id, f.read_perms, f.name as forum_name, c.state
					FROM ibf_moderators moder
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_forums f ON(f.id=moder.forum_id)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_categories c ON(c.id=f.category AND c.state != 0)
					  LEFT JOIN ibf_members m ON ((moder.is_group=1 and moder.group_id=m.mgroup))
					");

Save and upload sources/misc/stats.php