How to avoid the wp userid 1 and phpbb userid 2 association?

[urghesgrunt]

in an old phpbb forum i have userid 1 that is no longer an administrator, but a normal user... now if i install a new wordpress blog and my wp user id 1 and my phpbb user id 2 are connected by default... there is a method to avoid this?

This post/procedure is obsolete as WordPress phpBB plugin version 1.9.2 just released on date 5 Sept 2018.
wp userid 1 and phpbb userid 2 association is now option on plugin admin page.

[axew3]

why you not setup the user with id 1 in wordpress, to be (for example) subscriber then?
Or read the following answers for the how to ...
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[urghesgrunt]

so the solution is to create the wordpress site with the WP-userid 1, with the official site email, then create another WP-administrator (WP-user id 2) with same username and email of a PHPBB-administrator, then log in wp as WP-user id 2, correct (maybe via database?) WP-user-id 1 username and email to be the same as PHPBB-user-id 2 and make it "subscriber"... this is the suggested method, right?

[axew3]

(maybe via database?)

No this is really not required.

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Just setup the user ID1 (install admin of wordpress) as subscriber with another admin.
Before to install/activate the plugin, check well that the same installing user, exist with same email and same username into phpBB also.
Remember also that if there are old existent WP users, you need to transfer these users in phpBB when integration start.

NOTE: it's not necessary to install the plugin as admin ID1 of wordpress: this user could also not exist. The only needed requirement, is that the user that is installing the plugin, exist in phpBB also, with same username and email (possible with same pass or you'll use phpBB password to login this user after the plugin activation).
If UID1 of Wordpress, the default install admin, not exist, it is not a problem.

If the UID1 in wordpress not exist and in phpBB the uid 2 isn't an admin, it will be added in wordpress following all other users rules: if registered as subscriber, if moderator as editor, if admin as admin: if not recognized, subscriber by default.

Hope all is clear now, if not here we are.

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[axew3]

The answer on HOW TO avoid WP ID1 and phpBB ID2 to be linked is:

open class.wp.w3all-phpbb.php file
and inside the
private static function w3all_get_phpbb_config(){
(or) search for this code:

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     if( empty($res) OR ! $res ){
      	return;
      }

immediately after add this:

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$u = $res["cookie_name"].'_u';
if ( $current_user->ID == 1 OR isset($_COOKIE[$u]) && $_COOKIE[$u] == 2 ) {
 define('WPW3ALL_NOT_ULINKED', true);
}

That is. The user ID1 in WP and ID2 in phpBB are now excluded to be linked.

[urghesgrunt]

thanks a lot