Wamp MyBB Forum Login failure

Question

I have mybb forum on my website. I am trying to make changes to my website. I downloaded the contents of my website to localhost/wamp/www Website works fine. When I try to login into mybb forum, it get redirected to login page again despite of the correct login.

Can someone tell me whats going wrong?

After debugging, I believe this could be a problem with localhost sessions. Any help would be appreciated very much!

I understood that the session variables are not getting stored, however, the session files are being created. What is the solution for wamp localhost sessions issue?

Answer 1

The problem is with the cookie domain.

Login as forum admin. Goto Configuration --> settings --> general settings Clear the field: Cookie Domain

In case your admin login fails or you are not able to select configuration after your login don't worry!

Open the file: /forum/inc/settings.php Search for $settings['cookiedomain'] and set the field to empty string.

Now you can login into MyBB in your localhost!!