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secondtruth/flarum-phpbb-migrate
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Allows migrating phpbb to flarum

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Migrate PhpBB to Flarum
=======================

[](#migrate-phpbb-to-flarum)

This extension allows migrating a phpbb forum to flarum.

Please note:

- duplicate email addresses get subaddressing added with the user id: `test@local.test` becomes `test+34@local.test`
- usernames are normalised to be only strings and numbers, the 3 minimum limit has bee reduced to 1
- this extension might need customisation for your specific phpbb forum, file an issue with questions please

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Use Bazaar or install using composer:

```
$ composer require bokt/flarum-phpbb-migrate
```

After that enable the extension in your admin area.

> Based on a migration from bokt.nl using PhpBB 3.x.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Inside your `config.php` create a new key `phpbb` with the database information for the PhpBB forum you want to migrate, like so:

```
return [
    'url' => '..',
    // .. other stuff
    'phpbb' => [
        'driver'    => 'mysql',
        'host'      => 'localhost',
        'database'  => 'phpbb',
        'username'  => 'root',
        'password'  => '',
        'charset'   => 'utf8mb4',
        'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
        'prefix'    => '',
        'port'      => '3306',
        'strict'    => false,
    ]
];
```

Use
---

[](#use)

Run the command.

```
php flarum phpbb:migrate

```

You should be able to rerun this command.

###  Health Score

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Maintenance20

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