Troubles installing the reCAPTCHA plugin on phpBB 2.0.22

A few days ago I was trying to install the reCAPTCHA plugin for phpBB2 to stop the increasing number of spam registrations on one phpbb forum. I’ve followed the instructions, but the usercp_register.patch was failing:

patching file usercp_register.php Hunk #2 FAILED at 278. 1 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file usercp_register.php.rej

The phpbb installation was the latest version available of the 2.0.x stable branch at this time (2.0.22) with no custom changes or modifications done on the core phpbb files. I have even tried to install the reCAPTCHA phpBB MOD that required to install easymod 0.3.0 but that failed also. I could not find any useful information anywhere on the phpBB forums or recaptcha ones.

In the end I had to fix the patch myself and change the following 2 lines in order for it to apply cleanly (basically just removing ”, from those lines as they were not present in the default phpbb usercp_register.php file):

42c42
< -        message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not obtain confirmation code', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
---
> -        message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not obtain confirmation code', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
59c59
< -        message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not delete confirmation code', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);
---
> -        message_die(GENERAL_ERROR, 'Could not delete confirmation code', '', __LINE__, __FILE__, $sql);

Hopefully this information will help other peoples trying the same thing, at least until recaptcha fixes the patch.

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5 Responses to “Troubles installing the reCAPTCHA plugin on phpBB 2.0.22”

1
recaptcha user
4th March 2008, 04:43
yes!
it helped me patch the files.
thanks
2
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3
mrtruckster
4th November 2008, 08:06
Hey guys, Im new here so Im gonna get straight to the point and hope to get some good replys
Im getting a lot of popups when Im browsing the internet, sometimes even when Im not at the computer, I leave it on for
an hour and when I get back I have 2-3 popups that have appeared from nowhere. How can I remove this? Im really not intrested
in finding adult friends or downloading a new screen saver
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15th November 2008, 23:20
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janiceenberg
15th June 2009, 07:28
Just saying hello to you all .. Still a bit confused about the goings on here, but I guess I’ll keep poking around.