Problem related to Issue #9 about mediawiki_phpbb_auth HOT 7 CLOSED

I don't know the specific solution or problem to that, but if you turn on debugging and write any errors you get, I'll try to help.

Also if you could write your php, phpbb, MySQL and mediawiki version.

Also are you sure you're using the latest version?

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PHP 5.6.23 (cli) (built: Jun 22 2016 09:05:27)
MySQL: 5.1.73
phpBB 3.1.9
MediaWiki 1.27.0

In my LocalSettings.php for PHPBB_Auth looks like that:

# End of automatically generated settings.
# Add more configuration options below.
// PHPBB User Database Plugin. (Requires MySQL Database)
 require_once './extensions/Auth_phpbb.php';
 $wgAuth_Config['WikiGroupName'] = 'Skryba';
 $wgAuth_Config['UseWikiGroup'] = true;
 $wgAuth_Config['UseExtDatabase'] = true;
 $wgAuth_Config['MySQL_Host'] = 'localhost';
 $wgAuth_Config['MySQL_Username'] = '********';
 $wgAuth_Config['MySQL_Password'] = '*******';
 $wgAuth_Config['MySQL_Database'] = 'sameAsMediaWiki';
 $wgAuth_Config['UserTB']         = 'forum_users';
 $wgAuth_Config['GroupsTB']       = 'forum_groups';
 $wgAuth_Config['User_GroupTB']   = 'forum_user_group';
 $wgAuth_Config['PathToPHPBB']    = '../';
 $wgAuth_Config['LoginMessage']   = '<b>You need a phpBB account to login.</b><br /><a href="' . $wgAuth_Config$
 $wgAuth_Config['NoWikiError']    = 'You are not a member of the required phpBB group.';
 $wgAuth = new Auth_phpBB($wgAuth_Config);

MySQL database for phpBB and for MediaWiki is the same.
With config shown above when I try with my phpbb user and password I got message:

Auto-creation of a local account failed: Automatic account creation is not allowed.

when I set $wgAuth_Config['UseExtDatabase'] to false then I got php error:

[Mon Jul 18 11:11:59 2016] [error] [client 37.47.0.224] File does not exist: /var/www/MYSERVER/public/favicon.ico
[Mon Jul 18 11:12:05 2016] [error] [client 37.47.0.224] PHP Notice:  Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/MYSERVER/public/w/extensions/Auth_phpbb.php on line 437, referer: http://MYSERVER/w/index.php/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna
[Mon Jul 18 11:12:05 2016] [error] [client 37.47.0.224] PHP Notice:  Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/MYSERVER/public/w/extensions/Auth_phpbb.php on line 444, referer: http://MYSERVER/w/index.php/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna[Mon Jul 18 11:12:05 2016] [error] [client 37.47.0.224] PHP Fatal error:  Call to a member function prepare() on resource in /var/www/MYSERVER/public/w/extensions/Auth_phpbb.php on line 447, referer: http://MYSERVER/w/index.php/Strona_g%C5%82%C3%B3wna

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With UseExtDatabase to false it seems to be having some problems connecting to the database, that's another issue I'll investigate later.

Now the auto-creation issue I was just able to replicate on my own wiki after upgrading to mediawiki 1.27. What I think is happening is that when a user (from phpbb) first logs into the wiki, they get inserted into the user table in mediawiki, and for some reason it's not being allowed to do this now. I have to leave irl right now, but I'll investigate later soon.

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Found the problem, mediawiki 1.27 requires the permission autocreateaccount. I've opened #13 to fix this, until it gets merged you can update your Auth_phpbb.php with the one at https://github.com/C4K3/MediaWiki_PHPBB_Auth/blob/autocreateaccount/Auth_phpbb.php

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Thanks you so much, now I can login on my wiki :)
I find two another issues but dunno if I should create new Issue or write it here... then I write it here :)

1. When I use existing phpBB user but this user isn't in WikiGroup then I got message that my password is incorrect but I should get message defined in $wgAuth_Config['NoWikiError']
2. When I use username that not exist in phpBB then I got message

The supplied credentials could not be authenticated.

when as I think it should be message defined in $wgAuth_Config['LoginMessage']

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It seems the way it currently sets error messages has been broken in the latest mediawiki. The extension relies on the deprecated AuthPlugin interface, and really needs to be updated to use AuthManager instead to fix this.

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Great feedback, Please open other issues for the message issues you found. Looks like it might be time for a rewrite to work with MW >= 1.27

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