PHP Forum

How can I add a forum like this to my websites server? I do NOT know if my server accepts PHP!

 

This forum is VBullitian, you have to buy a license for it, but, there are free ones out there, PHPBB seems to be popular, SMF... There are more, just search around.

Now checking your server to see if it allows PHP, you could either go to the Hosting company's website and find what plan you are on where you can see the details of your plan, Most hosting providers have PHP on thier servers. But you can use this to check,

1. Open your favorite HTML Editor, Like notepad
2. Copy and Paste the following code

PHP:

<? phpinfo(); ?>

3. Save the file as phpinfo.php
4. Upload phpinfo.php to your website using your favorite ftp client
5. Open your browser and go to the URL where where you uploaded the file. (example: http://www.mydomain.com/phpinfo.php)
6. Here is wher you find out if you have PHP installed. If you see a page that looks similar to this, then you have PHP installed in your site and you can execute PHP scripts. The page will look like the the picture provided here:
7. If you see text that says something like your text file on step 2, Then you dont have PHP installed in your web page server. If this is the case you can do:

A. If you own your server, you can install PHP by getting it free at http://www.php.net
B. If you have a web hosting company hosting your pages, you can change your web host provider to one that offers free php web hosting or paid hosting. A good company is http://www.totalchoicehosting.com​

8. Done

 

is the VBullitian better

 

Every BB has it's pros and cons vbullitian I know you have to buy unless you have an older version.

 

do you now how to make a phpbb forum and make it look like youer website

 

Forum requirements

You need more than just PHP support. you need a database as well, like MySQL. Host it yourself, use your webhost, or find a good(cheap) host for your forum. Installing it is not that hard