Hi! Happy to see a v8. I'm still using the UBB.Threads since 2003 or something (upgraded from UBB.Classic which I used from 2001).
I need some advice on a good path to update to v8 as I know I'll run into some issues.
1/ I have an old database with MyISAM tables all set to collaition latin1_swedish_ci
2/ UBB.Threads 7.7.1 with some customisations
3/ PHP 7.3.33
My host this week forced UTF-8 output on the database, so I today did what was necessary in terms of changing the charset I once modified everywhere
I would like to know what I should do best to upgrade to v8...
- database: what should I do best in PHPmyadmin? What would be the procedure to duplicate the existing database, at the same time switching to UTF-8?
- Then... I guess the best option would be to do a full backup of the file system, first change the existing install to make it connect to the new database (keeping the old as a backup), then do the upgrade?
I want to do this before I update to PHP8.
Last edited by Kayjey; 10/20/2025 1:48 PM.
