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Ok, here's the problem.  Forum has been converted from MyBB to SMF.  Coppermine is still bridged to MyBB.  When I run update.php it errors out with this -


Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required '../inc/config.php' (include_path='.:/opt/alt/php80/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php80/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /home/u0fgcfwp0drf/domains/australian-coins.net/public_html/gallery/bridge/mybb.inc.php:56 Stack trace: #0 /home/u0fgcfwp0drf/domains/australian-coins.net/public_html/gallery/bridge/mybb.inc.php(213): cpg_udb->__construct() #1 /home/u0fgcfwp0drf/domains/australian-coins.net/public_html/gallery/include/init.inc.php(246): require_once('/home/u0fgcfwp0...') #2 /home/u0fgcfwp0drf/domains/australian-coins.net/public_html/gallery/update.php(23): include_once('/home/u0fgcfwp0...') #3 {main} thrown in /home/u0fgcfwp0drf/domains/australian-coins.net/public_html/gallery/bridge/mybb.inc.php on line 56


Can't load CM to get into bridge manager.  I need to change the bridge from MyBB to SMF by manually editing the files, but can't find it.

If you upgrade your gallery, AFAIK, you can bridge with SMF 2.1 regardless whether you've previously bridged with MyBB. Steps you should take: unbridge your current 1.6.03 gallery; use the installer_stub (found in this forum or with the Github release files) to upgrade your gallery to 1.6.29; establish the bridge to SMF 2.1.

Unable to start new topic in cpg1.6 bridging board, so I'm posting here.  Converted an old MyBB forum to SMF 2.1.7.  A major part of the forum content is in a Coppermine 1.6.03 install which was bridged to MyBB 1.8.12.  The Coppermine install includes bridge files for SMF 1.0 and 2.0, not 2.1.  Current Coppermine version is 1.6.29, haven't looked at it yet.

Before I spend a lot of time on this, is it possible to bridge Coppermine to SMF 2.1 if it's already been bridged to MyBB?

Quote from: ron4mac on March 06, 2026, 07:05:39 PMOr you can, in the theme's style.css file, find (or add if not present) an entry for .album_stat and add display:none to it.

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.album_stat {
    ...
    ....
    display: none;
}

this is the best and cleanest solution

Also with this modification, I should recommend to change the parameter "Size of album thumbnails" at least to 200px ( by default is 120px )

 Thank you so much!

Hi, no worries...the gallery is alive and working. There was an error in the config page that escaped my eye.
Would like to thank everybody here for help I've had in the past and for providing such a great gallery.
The Best To All,
Dave

Hi, I just downloaded version 1.6.29 for the purpose of upgrading from version cpg 1.6.x-1.6.27 and after reading the Readme page it says to read the documentation I would find in a folder name Docs. I extracted all the files from the zip and no such folder exists.
The reason for the upgrade is my server host requires PHP Version 8.4 (lower versions no longer supported).
I'm kind of up in the air as to how to go about this upgrade. I still have the docs folder from the cpg 1.6.x-1.6.27 version in case they're the same. I just don't want to make any moves that will mess things up. I did the backup of all the files and also the database.
I'm still getting an error message concerning connecting to the database though. It reads:
Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !

MySQLi said: 1045 : Access denied for user 'photoman'@'sitea-web525.eigbox.net' (using password: YES)

I copied all the information for the config sheet straight from the database management page. I'm going to call the server host about the connection issue but really concerned about the upgrade and if info in Docs folder (which I don't see) is any different. I've been using this gallery since 2011 and hate for anything to happen to it.
Thank you,
Dave

Your host may have made some changes. You might try changing your configured database server to just 'localhost' (record the current value somewhere before changing it).
In the file include->config.inc.php, make this change:
$CONFIG['dbserver'] = 'localhost';.

The CPG release notes are here:
https://github.com/coppermine-gallery/cpg1.6.x/releases

Versions 1.6.26 to .28 had various fixes added for PHP 8.4 so I would expect 1.6.29 to work correctly. If you use an unusual theme or plugins there is the possibility of incompatibilities with PHP 8.4.

If I upgrade to 1.6.29 and upgrade php to 8.4 this should work?

This appears to be a problem relating to your web host rather than the Coppermine software.

The host is saying that they won't support old versions of PHP - which is a little extreme in my opinion. Plenty of hosts out there will allow the running of older versions of PHP without stopping a web site from working. There are, of course, security risks from running older versions of software in general but I'm not aware of any PHP bugs affecting Coppermine specifically. If you stay with this web host you'll need to:
- Back up your site
- Upgrade the PHP software using the relevant feature of your hosting control panel
- Upgrade the Coppermine software to the latest version 1.6.29