debug

[King Kovifor]

Debug using the old code ($config['Misc']['debug'] = 1; ) that I received a while back won't work. Can you help me out here?

[Floris]

This is for 3.5

$config['Misc']['debug'] = true;

[King Kovifor]

Thank you Floris.

[Floris]

You're welcome.

[timdorr]

An even better option (so you don't need to show it all the time to your visitors) is this:

if( $_GET['debug'] == 1 )
    $config['Misc']['debug'] = true; 

Then you can just add &debug=1 on the end of any URL on your forums to show the debug info selectively.

[harmor]

An even better option (so you don't need to show it all the time to your visitors) is this:

if( $_GET['debug'] == 1 )
    $config['Misc']['debug'] = true; 

Then you can just add &debug=1 on the end of any URL on your forums to show the debug info selectively.

To add you can also have it check if an administrator or if userid 1 in the conditional.

//Only Administrators can view the debug info
if( $_GET['debug'] == 1 && $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == 6)
    $config['Misc']['debug'] = true; 

//Only the person who set up the site can access the site.
if( $_GET['debug'] == 1 && $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 1)
    $config['Misc']['debug'] = true; 

[Colin F]

As the userinjfo isn't set when the config.php file is called, this won't work.

[harmor]

As the userinjfo isn't set when the config.php file is called, this won't work.

I didn't know that.
Sorry for the false information people.

[Joe Siegler]

As the userinjfo isn't set when the config.php file is called, this won't work.

bump. Is there any way to get this debug thing working so it only shows up if a user is an administrator? I like the idea of it being there, but don't want everyone to be able to see it.

Tkx.

[Floris]

There are modifications on vBulletin.org that allow you to control usergroups, users, etc from the admincp. Very handy, so you dont' have to keep changing the config.php file.

Notice: Running debug mode is totally not recommended for a live environment.

[ElecMoHwk]

I added :

$config['Misc']['debug'] = true;

...to the config.php on a 3.6.7 install. I get a "database error" page, with no further information, before and after this line is added.

What am I doing wrong?

Mysql seems up and working fine (other vbulletins working), and the user/pass combo works as well (verified via comand line mysql).

[Steve Machol]

We need to see the real error message. Right-click on the error page and go to View/Source. Then copy-n-paste the error message here.

[ElecMoHwk]

okay.

 
<!--
Database error in vBulletin 3.6.3:
Invalid SQL:
  SELECT *  
  FROM bookmarksite AS bookmarksite
  WHERE active = 1
  ORDER BY displayorder ASC, bookmarksiteid ASC;
MySQL Error   : Table 'fcxoc_vb.bookmarksite' doesn't exist
Error Number  : 1146
Request Date  : Saturday, August 9th 2008 @ 04:06:09 PM
Error Date    : Saturday, August 9th 2008 @ 04:06:09 PM
Script        : [URL]http://www.DOMAIN.com/forums/admincp/[/URL]
Referrer      : 
IP Address    : XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Username      : 
Classname     : vb_database
MySQL Version : 
-->

Turns out this is a 3.6.3 install, not the 3.6.7 I was told. Disclaimer, this is not my vbulletin, it's someone elses that I'm lending a hand to as his normal admin guy vanished.

Comparing to other vbulletin databases on his server, I don't see a 'bookmarksite' table in any of them. On my server which is running a 3.7.2, I see the table in my database.

Did he somehow get newer code on his older install? Thoughts?

[Steve Machol]

There is no table name bookmarksite in vB 3.6. That was added in 3.7.

You will need to provide the URL to that forum to get further support.

[ElecMoHwk]

www.fcxclub.com/forums

Update, found some malicious java script code appended to a few of the .php files throughout the site. Cleaned it all out now, no change, but might be evidence of something deeper going on, or just a past event he never noticed. java script referenced ruoo.info if that means anything to anyone.