Connection to source server failed - PunBB - Please help

[nikkiblue]

Connection to source server failed. Check username and password.

I see that there are already lots of posts about this error and I've read most of them, but I just can't find a solution. I'm trying to import posts from Punbb which is installed on the same server.
My Vbulletin is empty - I just bought the license today - Do I need to configure anything first?


Here are my settings in ImpexConfig.php:

# If impex is installed in vBulletin you can ignore the target details
# as includes/config.php

if (!defined('IDIR')) { die; }

# For mysqli enter mysql
$impexconfig['target']['databasetype']    = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['target']['server']        = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['target']['user']            = 'username';
$impexconfig['target']['password']        = 'password';
$impexconfig['target']['database']        = 'vbulletin_forum';
$impexconfig['target']['tableprefix']    = '';
$impexconfig['target']['charset']        = '';


# If the system that is being imported from uses a database,
# enter the details for it here and set 'sourceexists' to true.
# If the source data is NOT stored in a database, set 'sourceexists' to false

$impexconfig['sourceexists']            = true;

# mysql / mssql
$impexconfig['source']['databasetype']    = 'mysql';
$impexconfig['source']['server']        = 'localhost';
$impexconfig['source']['user']            = 'soulreac_punuser';
$impexconfig['source']['password']        = 'password';
$impexconfig['source']['database']        = 'soulreac_punbb';
$impexconfig['source']['tableprefix']   = '';
$impexconfig['source']['charset']        = '';


# Error logging will log import errors to a database table impexerror
# for use with support.
# Language file is the file of phrases to be used, default is english.
# pagespeed is the second(s) wait before the page refreshes.

$impexconfig['system']['errorlogging']    = true;
$impexconfig['system']['language']        = '/impex_language.php';
$impexconfig['system']['pagespeed']        = 1;

define('impexdebug', false);
define('emailcasesensitive', false);
define('forcesqlmode', false);
define('skipparentids', false);
define('shortoutput', false);
define('do_mysql_fetch_assoc', false);
define('step_through', false);
define('lowercase_table_names', false);
define('use_utf8_encode', true);
define('dupe_checking', true);

Help would be greatly appreciated as I have been trying this for a few hours.

[Steve Machol]

In my experience this is always due to either the wrong source db info or a problem with that database itself.

[nikkiblue]

Thank you for the reply Steve. I got it working!

In case anyone else is pulling their hair out trying to import, here is where I went wrong .

I started off using the wrong database password. After trying for an hour, I went into my Cpanel and changed the database user's password to make sure that I had the correct password. That still didnt work. When I finally remembered my password, it didnt work because I did not change the password in my old script's (PunBB) config file.

To avoid this problem, simply check your old database info by looking in your old forums config.php file. Whatever is there, always needs to match what is in your ImpexConfig.php file.

For Punbb it was simply config.php