Index is Redirected (cpg1.4.4/phpbb2.0.19)

[letgo216]

I have the following issue when trying to bridge coppermine 1.4.4 and phpbb 2.0.19:
I can't get to my gallery index after bridging. When I go to it's url, I'm redirected to my forum index.

Coppermine install: http://testclubforum.awardspace.com/gallery/
Forum install: http://testclubforum.awardspace.com/forum/
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.4
Forum version: phpbb2.0.19
Test user account: Test User/ testpw

BridgeManager settings:
Forum URL:  http://testclubforum.awardspace.com/forum
Relative path to your BBS's config file:  ../forum/ 
Use post-based groups?:  0 

[letgo216]

The forum and the gallery share a database, could that possibly be part of the problem?

[Nibbler]

I see

Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !

MySQL said: Too many connections

This is a server setup or usage issue.

[letgo216]

Yes, my test forum, originally my main forum, is on a crappy host & server failures are a daily occurance, hence the move. I only left it there for testing. But the problem had occured before the server went down for the day. I'm currently installing the gallery on my other host & will try integrating with the main forum, then I'll post the info for that one if I still have the same problem.

[letgo216]

Ok, got it set up with my good host... now I'm able to at least acces the gallery index without getting redirected, but I can't log in:

Clicking "Log In" takes me to the forum index, not the forum login page.
I click login on the index page & log in, which takes me back to the forum index again.
Then I go back to the gallery (have to type the url, no link in the forum yet), and I'm still logged out there.

Question: Are the forum and gallery supposed to be using the same database, separate ones, or does that even matter? In this case I have them using two serparate databases, on the other one they shared.

Coppermine install: http://www.animeforum.itsfun.be/gallery2/
Forum install: http://www.animeforum.itsfun.be/forum2/
Coppermine version: cpg1.4.4
Forum version: phpbb2.0.19
Test user account: Test User/ testpw

BridgeManager settings:
Forum URL:  http://www.animeforum.itsfun.be/forum2
Relative path to your BBS's config file:  ../forum2/ 
Use post-based groups?:  0 

Please help. 

[letgo216]

Nevermind, I got it fixed. It was a cookie problem. The cookie path for my forum was set to "/forum2". I changed it to "/" as I read here, cleared my cookies, and everything worked. Sorry for wasting anyone's time with something so simple.

[letgo216]

Ok, maybe not....

I can't log into the forum itself now from it's own index.
Apparently the cookie path for it absolutely needs to be the same as the script path...
But I found a way to have the cookie path at /forum2 and still have it work.

I left both the board and the gallery with their default cookie paths & ran the bridge manager & cleared my cookies.
From then I couldn't log into the gallery because the cookie paths were mismatched.
Since I couldn't use the gallery's config panel without logging in, I went into phpMyAdmin to change the cookie path to match that of the forum.

So Coppermine's cookie path only needs to be "/" when it's used as a standalone. When it's integrated, it can use the forum's default path.

Now every works perfectly, I can log in from both the forum index and the gallery index.