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ottawasam
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Chinese language

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I installed phpBB3 from cpanel of my website and chose simlyfied version of Chinese. When I tried to change forum from first forum to Chinese characters, I see folloing errors, please help.
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

Incorrect string value: '\xE4\xB8\xAD\xE6\x96\x87...' for column 'forum_name' at row 1 [1366]

SQL

UPDATE phpbb_forums SET parent_id = 1, forum_type = 1, forum_status = 0, forum_parents = '', forum_name = '中文帮助', forum_link = '', forum_desc = 'Description of your first forum.', forum_desc_uid = '', forum_desc_options = 7, forum_desc_bitfield = '', forum_rules = '', forum_rules_uid = '', forum_rules_options = 7, forum_rules_bitfield = '', forum_rules_link = '', forum_image = '', forum_style = 0, display_subforum_list = 1, display_on_index = 1, forum_topics_per_page = 0, enable_indexing = 1, enable_icons = 1, enable_prune = 0, prune_days = 0, prune_viewed = 0, prune_freq = 0, forum_flags = 32 WHERE forum_id = 2

BACKTRACE


FILE: includes/db/mysql.php
LINE: 174
CALL: dbal->sql_error()

FILE: includes/acp/acp_forums.php
LINE: 1242
CALL: dbal_mysql->sql_query()

FILE: includes/acp/acp_forums.php
LINE: 179
CALL: acp_forums->update_forum_data()

FILE: includes/functions_module.php
LINE: 507
CALL: acp_forums->main()

FILE: adm/index.php
LINE: 74
CALL: p_master->load_active()
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Re: Chinese language

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when you say from cpanel do you mean, you used intallatron or one of those autoinstaller programs!?
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Re: Chinese language

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Yes, I used one of the automatic tool to instal the forum, but I did choose chinese simplified language.
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Re: Chinese language

Post by cisco007 »

why don't you try to download the package from phpbb.com along with your language, and install it yourself. Those automatic tools have been known to cause issues!
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