Forum updated and migration from phpBB3 to SMF

I’ve decide to go away from phpBB3 as applying mod is a joke, it require you to patch/edit php file manually while in SMF, it is a plugin.

Migrate your forums from phpBB3 to SMF

Download the converter convert.php at http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=218449.0 and save it in the root folder of a new SMF installation.

Backup your SMF/phpBB3 databases and files just in case something bad happen.

The conversion tools is really powerful and support luckily a huge list of forums:

• AEF   1.0.x
• Burning Board   2.3.x, 3.0.x
• Burning Board Lite   2.0.x
• Dragonfly CMS   9.2.x
• Drupal   5.7, 6.2
• e107   0.7.7
• Fireboard   1.0.x
• IPB   1.3.x, 2.0.x, 2.1.x,  2.2.x, 2.3.x
• LDU   802
• MyBB   1.2.x , 1.4.x
• PHP-Fusion   6.x, 7.x
• PHPKit   1.6.x
• PHP-Nuke
• phpBB    2.0.19+, phpBB3+
• punBB   1.3
• Seditio   1.2.x
• SimpleBoard   1.0 & 1.0
• Snitz Forums   3.4
• THWBoard   3.0
• Vanilla   1.1.x
• vBulletin   3.5 3.6 3.7
• wowBB   1.7
• XMB   1.9.8
• XOOPS & newBB 2   2.0
• XOOPS & CBB 3   3.0
• YaBB SE   1.5.4

Download the right convert SQL file from

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=140741.0

Software: phpBB
Version: phpBB3+

then run

php convert.php –path_to=/srv/www/vhosts/forums/httpdocs/smf –path_from=/srv/www/vhosts/forums/httpdocs/phpbb3 –convert_script=phpbb3_to_smf.sql –db_pass=xxxxxxxxxxxxx –debug