What Is phpBB and How Is It Installed?

phpBB is a PHP forum application whose name abbreviates PHP Bulletin Board. The original article describes it as a popular forum application since its launch around 2000.

To install it with Softaculous, sign in to cPanel and open Softaculous Apps Installer as shown.

Select phpBB on the next screen.

Complete the form fields to finish installation.

Features listed in the original article

• Modular administrator, moderator and user control panels
• Multiple database back ends, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, OpenLink Virtuoso and other ODBC-accessible systems as listed in the source
• Unlimited topics and subtopics
• Custom BBCode
• Custom profile fields
• Permission system
• UTF-8 support
• User features
• Moderation
• Search-engine crawler management
• Unread-message tracking
• Private messaging
• Statistics

This article was originally published in Turkish on 5 April 2017 and has been migrated from our previous website. This English version is a translation of the original article. The content may reflect information from that time.