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saikosys
February 11th, 2003, 04:07
I was looking for a forum script which DOESN'T use a mySQL but only PHP. At hotscripts I found a few but I don't know which to use.

- PBLang
- Phorum
- Ultimate PHP Board
- S8Forum
- ADP Forum
- NavBoard
- EdgeBoard

Are there any others? Which one would you recommend?
Night-Watch
February 11th, 2003, 16:57
Originally posted by saikosys
I was looking for a forum script which DOESN'T use a mySQL but only PHP. At hotscripts I found a few but I don't know which to use.

- PBLang
- Phorum
- Ultimate PHP Board
- S8Forum
- ADP Forum
- NavBoard
- EdgeBoard

Are there any others? Which one would you recommend? I always thought Phorum required a database. Anyways I only tried Ultimate PHP Board, they somewhat okay, clean look and all. Been in development for quite a while.
Archbob
February 11th, 2003, 22:33
http://flatboard.invisionboard.com
The Red Guy
February 12th, 2003, 05:49
Originally posted by Archbob
http://flatboard.invisionboard.com They aren't even sure they'd make it out of beta.
keyser87
February 12th, 2003, 12:34
navboard hasnt got a online control panel kinda thing(i think)
silverstarfish
February 12th, 2003, 15:45
Originally posted by The Red Guy
They aren't even sure they'd make it out of beta.

Who are 'they'? :rolleyes:
doofynz
February 12th, 2003, 18:09
I am impressed with navboard I think it is great

also It doesn't want to work with safe mode on I think as I couldn'
t get it to work with host.sk
Archbob
February 12th, 2003, 22:56
flatboard invision is on the .4 Alpha release I think.
zoobie
February 16th, 2003, 05:22
I heard those flat file boards can be easily hacked...dunno myself. :D
Night-Watch
February 16th, 2003, 22:21
Originally posted by zoobie
I heard those flat file boards can be easily hacked...dunno myself. :D

There is always an trade off for everything. But take note that this factor influences th developers to be more responsive or kept on their toes to the public customizations and 'demands'.
Archbob
February 17th, 2003, 23:15
Well, database scripts are always more secure.
saikosys
February 18th, 2003, 02:22
Originally posted by Archbob
http://flatboard.invisionboard.com thanx for this tip, didn't knew about this one....

any others?
Archbob
February 18th, 2003, 22:48
Right now, I'd use Phorum.
lotsofissues
February 18th, 2003, 23:48
Out of curiousity, what are some of the advantage some people see in flat boards over database boards?
silverstarfish
February 19th, 2003, 15:27
Originally posted by lotsofissues
Out of curiousity, what are some of the advantage some people see in flat boards over database boards?

They enable users without MySQL access to operate a forum, plus some of them offer simplicity over other boards.