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Hi all,

it seems that for phpBB 3.2 you need to modify the UrlToolkit, instead of
Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /app.php$1
it must be
Match ^(.*)$ Rewrite /app.php/$1

(taken and adapted from the nginx config example at phpBB)

Latest phpBB seems to have replaced the '?' in some Urls, especially in the installer, with '/'.

The UrlToolkit which worked for me to install phpBB 3.2.2 is:

UrlToolkit {
  ToolkitID = phpBB
  RequestURI exists Return
#  Match [^?]*(\?.*)? Rewrite /app.php$1
  Match ^(.*)$ Rewrite /app.php/$1
}

Hugo, happy holidays to you!

On second look, that seems to be not entirely correct. It seems to be that NoExtensionAs = php alone did the trick.
So, the old UrlToolkit Match-Rewrite will not allow the installation to work, that has to be taken out. However then the new one posted before seems to be not needed, if the NoExtensionAs = php is present as shown below. Installation worked, and also the forum seems to be working correctly.

VirtualHost {
    Hostname = .....com, www.....com
    WebsiteRoot = /srv/www/virtual/.../htdocs
    AccessLogfile = /srv/www/virtual/.../logfiles/access.log
    ErrorLogfile = /srv/www/virtual/.../logfiles/error.log
    StartFile = index.php
    NoExtensionAs = php
    TimeForCGI = 30
    UseFastCGI = PHP7
    TLScertFile = certs/.....pem
    # RequireTLS = yes
    UseToolkit = badbots
}

Ok, will remove it from my website. Thanks!