phpBB is a popular open-source forum software that enables people to create discussion forums for online communities. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install phpBB on macOS.
First, visit the phpBB website and download the latest version of phpBB.
Extract the downloaded file to your web server root folder. If you are using Apache, the root folder will be /Library/WebServer/Documents/.
Before installing phpBB, you'll need to create a database for it. You can use phpMyAdmin to create a new database or you can use the command line interface to create a new database.
Once you've created a database, you need to configure the config.php file. Locate the config.php file in the phpBB folder and copy it to config.php.bak for backup. Then, open the config.php file and enter your database details.
$dbms = 'mysqli';
$dbhost = 'localhost';
$dbport = '';
$dbname = 'database_name';
$dbuser = 'database_username';
$dbpasswd = 'database_password';
$table_prefix = 'phpbb_';
$phpbb_adm_relative_path = 'adm/';
Replace database_name, database_username and database_password with your database name, username, and password. Save the config.php file.
Now, go to http://localhost/phpBB/ in your web browser to run the installation script. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, delete the install folder in the phpBB directory for security reasons.
To access the ACP, go to http://localhost/phpBB/adm/ and login with the administrator account that you created during the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed phpBB on macOS. You can now start building your own online community.
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