I'm running PHP5.1.6 and MySQL 5.0.22 on my live server, and the UBB runs without issue. I
What version of UBB though Gizmo? I know for fact that when I had PHP 5.20 installed I could not get my old UBBT 6.5.1 to run I would get nothing like he is getting. When I dropped back the PHP to 4.4 it ran fine. I was able to run MySQL 5.027 with the old one no problem, but not the PHP. Once I updated to 7.01 I was then able to update my PHP to 5.20
That was my experience though.
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