Description: This script converts the database of vBulletin forums (from and to) any of the charsets that are supported by iconv. also it has the ability to convert the tables of the hacks you had installed them.
Caution: This is
BETA PRODUCT, provided "
As Is"
without warranties, Test it using a copy of your vBulletin database not using your live vBulletin, Since this is a
BETA PRODUCT use it for testing only.
Why this product?
My Forums charset is windows-1256, so I can't get advantages of AJAX functions like the quick reply and the quick edit without some encoding problems.
I decided to convert my charset and build this script. and I'll convert to utf-8.
This product was tested on a copy of real live vBulletin and it seems to be good.
Requirements:
- vBulletin 3.5.x
- iconv php extension is installed on your system, or your PHP version is PHP5
Supported Encodings:
See
http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/#introduction
Installation:
- Upload files to their respective locations.
- Import charset_convert.sql to your vBulletin database using PHPMyAdmin.
- Import the file product product-charset_converter.xml
- Refresh your admincp, and go to vCharset Converter->Settings set the Source Charset Encoding and the Destination Charset Encoding.
- Go to vBulletin Options -> Censorship Options -> Blank Character Stripper, empty its value and click save.
How to use?
- Add a new language and call it English for example, its charset is your Destination Charset Encoding.
- Set your options to use it as a default language.
- Change the charset of your old langauge into the new one.
- Go to vCharset Converter -> vCharset Converter. if you see a message like:
The iconv PHP module is not presented, please contact your system administrator to enable/install it.
this means you need to install iconv. - You will see a drop-down menu. select the table you want to convert and the number of items to convert per cycle (default 1000) and press submit.
- You have to do this with the every choosen tables.
- After finishing tell me wht is your impression, idea, faced problems.
Known issues:
- Users titles had gone away after converting.
Currently I have exams, support is limited due to my time.
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http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=118308