diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
index b493ccf326..c280f095ef 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_mysql.php
@@ -568,8 +568,8 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 		);
 		extract($this->phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.search_mysql_keywords_main_query_before', compact($vars)));
 
-		$sql_select			= (!$result_count) ? 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' : '';
-		$sql_select			= ($type == 'posts') ? $sql_select . 'p.post_id' : 'DISTINCT ' . $sql_select . 't.topic_id';
+		$sql_select			= ($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 'DISTINCT t.topic_id';
+		$sql_select			.= $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] ? ", {$sort_by_sql[$sort_key]}" : '';
 		$sql_from			= ($join_topic) ? TOPICS_TABLE . ' t, ' : '';
 		$field				= ($type == 'posts') ? 'post_id' : 'topic_id';
 		if (count($author_ary) && $author_name)
@@ -610,11 +610,10 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 		$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 		$id_ary = array_unique($id_ary);
-
 		// if the total result count is not cached yet, retrieve it from the db
 		if (!$result_count && count($id_ary))
 		{
-			$sql_found_rows = 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as result_count';
+			$sql_found_rows = str_replace("SELECT $sql_select", "SELECT COUNT(*) as result_count", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_found_rows);
 			$result_count = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count');
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
@@ -828,12 +827,13 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 		extract($this->phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.search_mysql_author_query_before', compact($vars)));
 
 		// If the cache was completely empty count the results
-		$calc_results = ($result_count) ? '' : 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ';
+		$sql_select	= ($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 't.topic_id';
+		$sql_select	.= $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] ? ", {$sort_by_sql[$sort_key]}" : '';
 
 		// Build the query for really selecting the post_ids
 		if ($type == 'posts')
 		{
-			$sql = "SELECT {$calc_results}p.post_id
+			$sql = "SELECT $sql_select
 				FROM " . $sql_sort_table . POSTS_TABLE . ' p' . (($firstpost_only) ? ', ' . TOPICS_TABLE . ' t ' : ' ') . "
 				WHERE $sql_author
 					$sql_topic_id
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			$sql = "SELECT {$calc_results}t.topic_id
+			$sql = "SELECT $sql_select
 				FROM " . $sql_sort_table . TOPICS_TABLE . ' t, ' . POSTS_TABLE . " p
 				WHERE $sql_author
 					$sql_topic_id
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 					AND t.topic_id = p.topic_id
 					$sql_sort_join
 					$sql_time
-				GROUP BY t.topic_id
+				GROUP BY $sql_select
 				ORDER BY $sql_sort";
 			$field = 'topic_id';
 		}
@@ -874,9 +874,10 @@ class fulltext_mysql extends \phpbb\search\base
 		// retrieve the total result count if needed
 		if (!$result_count)
 		{
-			$sql_found_rows = 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as result_count';
+			$sql_found_rows = str_replace("SELECT $sql_select", "SELECT COUNT(*) as result_count", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_found_rows);
-			$result_count = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count');
+			$result_count = ($type == 'posts') ? (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count') : count($this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
+
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 			if (!$result_count)
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_native.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_native.php
index ee8a65610d..689d2a8f40 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_native.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_native.php
@@ -908,9 +908,6 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 			switch ($this->db->get_sql_layer())
 			{
 				case 'mysqli':
-
-					// 3.x does not support SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS
-					// $sql_array['SELECT'] = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' . $sql_array['SELECT'];
 					$is_mysql = true;
 
 				break;
@@ -968,16 +965,10 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 			);
 		}
 
-		// if using mysql and the total result count is not calculated yet, get it from the db
-		if (!$total_results && $is_mysql)
-		{
-			// Also count rows for the query as if there was not LIMIT. Add SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS to SQL
-			$sql_array['SELECT'] = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' . $sql_array['SELECT'];
-		}
-
 		$sql_array['WHERE'] = implode(' AND ', $sql_where);
 		$sql_array['GROUP_BY'] = ($group_by) ? (($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 'p.topic_id') . ', ' . $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] : '';
 		$sql_array['ORDER_BY'] = $sql_sort;
+		$sql_array['SELECT'] .= $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] ? ", {$sort_by_sql[$sort_key]}" : '';
 
 		unset($sql_where, $sql_sort, $group_by);
 
@@ -990,10 +981,10 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 		}
 		$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
+		// If using mysql and the total result count is not calculated yet, get it from the db
 		if (!$total_results && $is_mysql)
 		{
-			// Get the number of results as calculated by MySQL
-			$sql_count = 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as total_results';
+			$sql_count = str_replace("SELECT {$sql_array['SELECT']}", "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT {$sql_array['SELECT']}) as total_results", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_count);
 			$total_results = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('total_results');
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
@@ -1015,7 +1006,6 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 				$id_ary[] = (int) $row[(($type == 'posts') ? 'post_id' : 'topic_id')];
 			}
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
-
 		}
 
 		// store the ids, from start on then delete anything that isn't on the current page because we only need ids for one page
@@ -1147,6 +1137,7 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 		}
 
 		$select = ($type == 'posts') ? 'p.post_id' : 't.topic_id';
+		$select .= $sort_by_sql[$sort_key] ? ", {$sort_by_sql[$sort_key]}" : '';
 		$is_mysql = false;
 
 		/**
@@ -1202,7 +1193,6 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 			switch ($this->db->get_sql_layer())
 			{
 				case 'mysqli':
-//					$select = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' . $select;
 					$is_mysql = true;
 				break;
 
@@ -1295,15 +1285,9 @@ class fulltext_native extends \phpbb\search\base
 
 		if (!$total_results && $is_mysql)
 		{
-			// Count rows for the executed queries. Replace $select within $sql with SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS, and run it.
-			$sql_calc = str_replace('SELECT ' . $select, 'SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS ' . $select, $sql);
-
-			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_calc);
-			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
-
-			$sql_count = 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS() as total_results';
+			$sql_count = str_replace("SELECT $select", "SELECT COUNT(*) as total_results", $sql);
 			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_count);
-			$total_results = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('total_results');
+			$total_results = ($type == 'posts') ? (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('total_results') : count($this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
 			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 			if (!$total_results)
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_postgres.php b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_postgres.php
index 7eba463f2f..a0bb6242ec 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_postgres.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/search/fulltext_postgres.php
@@ -836,8 +836,9 @@ class fulltext_postgres extends \phpbb\search\base
 					GROUP BY t.topic_id, $sort_by_sql[$sort_key]";
 			}
 
-			$this->db->sql_query($sql_count);
-			$result_count = (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count');
+			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql_count);
+			$result_count = ($type == 'posts') ? (int) $this->db->sql_fetchfield('result_count') : count($this->db->sql_fetchrowset($result));
+			$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
 
 			if (!$result_count)
 			{
diff --git a/tests/functional/feed_test.php b/tests/functional/feed_test.php
index c1eb78938d..5a603d3175 100644
--- a/tests/functional/feed_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/feed_test.php
@@ -868,24 +868,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_feed_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		$this->set_flood_interval(15);
 	}
 
-	protected function set_flood_interval($flood_interval)
-	{
-		$this->login();
-		$this->admin_login();
-
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?sid=' . $this->sid . '&i=acp_board&mode=post');
-
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form();
-		$values = $form->getValues();
-
-		$values['config[flood_interval]'] = $flood_interval;
-		$form->setValues($values);
-		$crawler = self::submit($form);
-		self::assertGreaterThan(0, $crawler->filter('.successbox')->count());
-
-		$this->logout();
-	}
-
 	public function test_feeds_unapproved_topic_admin()
 	{
 		$this->load_ids(array(
diff --git a/tests/functional/mcp/mcp_main_test.php b/tests/functional/mcp/mcp_main_test.php
index a440972058..a056217f73 100644
--- a/tests/functional/mcp/mcp_main_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/mcp/mcp_main_test.php
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@ class phpbb_functional_mcp_main_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		$this->login();
 		$this->admin_login();
 
-		// Disable flood interval to post >1 of topics
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', "adm/index.php?i=acp_board&mode=post&sid={$this->sid}");
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('SUBMIT'))->form([
-			'config[flood_interval]'	=> 0,
-		]);
-		$crawler = self::submit($form);
-		$this->assertContainsLang('CONFIG_UPDATED', $crawler->text());
+		$this->set_flood_interval(0);
 
 		// Create a forum to move topics around
 		$forum_name = 'MCP Test #1';
@@ -54,6 +48,8 @@ class phpbb_functional_mcp_main_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', "viewtopic.php?t={$post[1]['topic_id']}&sid={$this->sid}");
 		$this->assertStringContainsString('Testing merge topics moderation actions from MCP/View forum page.', $crawler->filter('html')->text());
 
+		$this->set_flood_interval(15);
+
 		return $post;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/search/base.php b/tests/functional/search/base.php
index ebe036dee0..b414e42f10 100644
--- a/tests/functional/search/base.php
+++ b/tests/functional/search/base.php
@@ -16,32 +16,80 @@
 */
 abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 {
-	protected function assert_search_found($keywords, $posts_found, $words_highlighted)
+	protected function assert_search_found($keywords, $posts_found, $words_highlighted, $sort_key = '')
 	{
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=' . $keywords);
-		$this->assertEquals($posts_found, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count());
-		$this->assertEquals($words_highlighted, $crawler->filter('.posthilit')->count());
+		$this->purge_cache();
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=' . $keywords . ($sort_key ? "&sk=$sort_key" : ''));
+		$this->assertEquals($posts_found, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count(), $this->search_backend);
+		$this->assertEquals($words_highlighted, $crawler->filter('.posthilit')->count(), $this->search_backend);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString("Search found $posts_found match", $crawler->filter('.searchresults-title')->text(), $this->search_backend);
+	}
+
+	protected function assert_search_found_topics($keywords, $topics_found, $sort_key = '')
+	{
+		$this->purge_cache();
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?sr=topics&keywords=' . $keywords . ($sort_key ? "&sk=$sort_key" : ''));
+		$this->assertEquals($topics_found, $crawler->filter('.row')->count(), $this->search_backend);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString("Search found $topics_found match", $crawler->filter('.searchresults-title')->text(), $this->search_backend);
+	}
+
+	protected function assert_search_posts_by_author($author, $posts_found, $sort_key = '')
+	{
+		$this->purge_cache();
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?author=' . $author . ($sort_key ? "&sk=$sort_key" : ''));
+		$this->assertEquals($posts_found, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count(), $this->search_backend);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString("Search found $posts_found match", $crawler->filter('.searchresults-title')->text(), $this->search_backend);
+	}
+
+	protected function assert_search_topics_by_author($author, $topics_found, $sort_key = '')
+	{
+		$this->purge_cache();
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?sr=topics&author=' . $author . ($sort_key ? "&sk=$sort_key" : ''));
+		$this->assertEquals($topics_found, $crawler->filter('.row')->count(), $this->search_backend);
+		$this->assertStringContainsString("Search found $topics_found match", $crawler->filter('.searchresults-title')->text(), $this->search_backend);
 	}
 
 	protected function assert_search_not_found($keywords)
 	{
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?keywords=' . $keywords);
-		$this->assertEquals(0, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count());
+		$this->assertEquals(0, $crawler->filter('.postbody')->count(), $this->search_backend);
 		$split_keywords_string = str_replace('+', ' ', $keywords);
-		$this->assertEquals($split_keywords_string, $crawler->filter('#keywords')->attr('value'));
+		$this->assertEquals($split_keywords_string, $crawler->filter('#keywords')->attr('value'), $this->search_backend);
+	}
+
+	protected function assert_search_for_author_not_found($author)
+	{
+		$this->add_lang('search');
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'search.php?author=' . $author);
+		$this->assertContainsLang('NO_SEARCH_RESULTS', $crawler->text(), $this->search_backend);
 	}
 
 	public function test_search_backend()
 	{
+		$this->add_lang('common');
+
+		// Create a new standard user if needed, topic and post to test searh for author
+		if (!$this->user_exists('searchforauthoruser'))
+		{
+			$searchforauthoruser_id = $this->create_user('searchforauthoruser');
+		}
+		$this->remove_user_group('NEWLY_REGISTERED', ['searchforauthoruser']);
+		$this->set_flood_interval(0);
+		$this->login('searchforauthoruser');
+		$topic_by_author = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic from searchforauthoruser', 'This is a test topic posted by searchforauthoruser to test searching by author.');
+		$this->create_post(2, $topic_by_author['topic_id'], 'Re: Test Topic from searchforauthoruser', 'This is a test post posted by searchforauthoruser');
+		$this->logout();
+
 		$this->login();
 		$this->admin_login();
 
 		$this->create_search_index('\phpbb\search\fulltext_native');
 
 		$post = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic 1 foosubject', 'This is a test topic posted by the barsearch testing framework.');
+		$this->set_flood_interval(15);
 
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=settings&sid=' . $this->sid);
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form();
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('SUBMIT'))->form();
 		$values = $form->getValues();
 
 		if ($values["config[search_type]"] != $this->search_backend)
@@ -50,7 +98,7 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 			$form->setValues($values);
 			$crawler = self::submit($form);
 
-			$form = $crawler->selectButton('Yes')->form();
+			$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('YES'))->form();
 			$values = $form->getValues();
 			$crawler = self::submit($form);
 
@@ -58,6 +106,7 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 			if ($crawler->filter('.errorbox')->count() > 0)
 			{
 				$this->delete_topic($post['topic_id']);
+				$this->delete_topic($topic_by_author['topic_id']);
 				$this->markTestSkipped("Search backend is not supported/running");
 			}
 
@@ -65,50 +114,73 @@ abstract class phpbb_functional_search_base extends phpbb_functional_test_case
 		}
 
 		$this->logout();
-		$this->assert_search_found('phpbb3+installation', 1, 3);
-		$this->assert_search_found('foosubject+barsearch', 1, 2);
+
+		foreach (['', 'a', 't', 'f', 'i', 's'] as $sort_key)
+		{
+			$this->assert_search_found('phpbb3+installation', 1, 3, $sort_key);
+			$this->assert_search_found('foosubject+barsearch', 1, 2, $sort_key);
+			$this->assert_search_found('barsearch-testing', 1, 2, $sort_key); // test hyphen ignored
+			$this->assert_search_found('barsearch+-+testing', 1, 2, $sort_key); // test hyphen wrapped with space ignored
+			$this->assert_search_found_topics('phpbb3+installation', 1, $sort_key);
+			$this->assert_search_found_topics('foosubject+barsearch', 1, $sort_key);
+
+			$this->assert_search_posts_by_author('searchforauthoruser', 2, $sort_key);
+			$this->assert_search_topics_by_author('searchforauthoruser', 1, $sort_key);
+		}
+
 		$this->assert_search_not_found('loremipsumdedo');
-		$this->assert_search_found('barsearch-testing', 1, 2); // test hyphen ignored
-		$this->assert_search_found('barsearch+-+testing', 1, 2); // test hyphen wrapped with space ignored
 		$this->assert_search_not_found('barsearch+-testing'); // test excluding keyword
+		$this->assert_search_for_author_not_found('authornotexists');
 
 		$this->login();
 		$this->admin_login();
 		$this->delete_search_index();
 		$this->delete_topic($post['topic_id']);
+		$this->delete_topic($topic_by_author['topic_id']);
 	}
 
 	protected function create_search_index($backend = null)
 	{
 		$this->add_lang('acp/search');
+		$search_type = $backend ?? $this->search_backend;
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Create index')->form();
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('CREATE_INDEX'))->form();
 		$form_values = $form->getValues();
 		$form_values = array_merge($form_values,
-			array(
-				'search_type'	=> ( ($backend === null) ? $this->search_backend : $backend ),
+			[
+				'search_type'	=> $search_type,
 				'action'		=> 'create',
-			)
+			]
 		);
 		$form->setValues($form_values);
 		$crawler = self::submit($form);
 		$this->assertContainsLang('SEARCH_INDEX_CREATED', $crawler->text());
+
+		// Ensure search index has been actually created
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . $search_type . ' td')->eq(1)->text();
+		$this->assertTrue($posts_indexed > 0);
 	}
 
 	protected function delete_search_index()
 	{
 		$this->add_lang('acp/search');
 		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Delete index')->form();
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton($this->lang('DELETE_INDEX'))->form();
 		$form_values = $form->getValues();
 		$form_values = array_merge($form_values,
-			array(
+			[
 				'search_type'	=> $this->search_backend,
 				'action'		=> 'delete',
-			)
+			]
 		);
 		$form->setValues($form_values);
 		$crawler = self::submit($form);
 		$this->assertContainsLang('SEARCH_INDEX_REMOVED', $crawler->text());
+
+		// Ensure search index has been actually removed
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_search&mode=index&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$posts_indexed = (int) $crawler->filter('#acp_search_index_' . $this->search_backend . ' td')->eq(1)->text();
+		$this->assertEquals(0, $posts_indexed);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/functional/visibility_disapprove_test.php b/tests/functional/visibility_disapprove_test.php
index f26e5436ae..f853491414 100644
--- a/tests/functional/visibility_disapprove_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/visibility_disapprove_test.php
@@ -255,19 +255,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_disapprove_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		$this->assertEquals($details, $data, "Forum {$forum_id} does not match expected {$additional_error_message}");
 	}
 
-	protected function set_flood_interval($flood_interval)
-	{
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?sid=' . $this->sid . '&i=acp_board&mode=post');
-
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form();
-		$values = $form->getValues();
-
-		$values["config[flood_interval]"] = $flood_interval;
-		$form->setValues($values);
-		$crawler = self::submit($form);
-		$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $crawler->filter('.successbox')->count());
-	}
-
 	protected function load_ids($data)
 	{
 		$this->db = $this->get_db();
diff --git a/tests/functional/visibility_reapprove_test.php b/tests/functional/visibility_reapprove_test.php
index 1affa87cd9..c9da0942b4 100644
--- a/tests/functional/visibility_reapprove_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/visibility_reapprove_test.php
@@ -351,19 +351,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_reapprove_test extends phpbb_functional_test_c
 		$this->assertEquals($details, $data, "Forum {$forum_id} does not match expected {$additional_error_message}");
 	}
 
-	protected function set_flood_interval($flood_interval)
-	{
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?sid=' . $this->sid . '&i=acp_board&mode=post');
-
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form();
-		$values = $form->getValues();
-
-		$values["config[flood_interval]"] = $flood_interval;
-		$form->setValues($values);
-		$crawler = self::submit($form);
-		$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $crawler->filter('.successbox')->count());
-	}
-
 	protected function load_ids($data)
 	{
 		$this->db = $this->get_db();
diff --git a/tests/functional/visibility_unapproved_posts_test.php b/tests/functional/visibility_unapproved_posts_test.php
index f44d5186c4..814da8d4e7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/visibility_unapproved_posts_test.php
+++ b/tests/functional/visibility_unapproved_posts_test.php
@@ -268,19 +268,6 @@ class phpbb_functional_visibility_unapproved_test extends phpbb_functional_test_
 		$this->assertEquals($details, $data, "Forum {$forum_id} does not match expected {$additional_error_message}");
 	}
 
-	protected function set_flood_interval($flood_interval)
-	{
-		$crawler = self::request('GET', "adm/index.php?sid={$this->sid}&i=acp_board&mode=post");
-
-		$form = $crawler->selectButton('Submit')->form();
-		$values = $form->getValues();
-
-		$values['config[flood_interval]'] = $flood_interval;
-		$form->setValues($values);
-		$crawler = self::submit($form);
-		$this->assertGreaterThan(0, $crawler->filter('.successbox')->count());
-	}
-
 	protected function load_ids($data)
 	{
 		$this->db = $this->get_db();
diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index 824dc2811a..ae509475c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -1437,4 +1437,87 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 
 		return $file_form_data;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get username of currently logged in user
+	 *
+	 * @return string|bool username if logged in, false otherwise
+	 */
+	protected function get_logged_in_user()
+	{
+		$username_logged_in = false;
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'index.php');
+		$is_logged_in = strpos($crawler->filter('div[class="navbar"]')->text(), 'Login') === false;
+		if ($is_logged_in)
+		{
+			$username_logged_in = $crawler->filter('li[id="username_logged_in"] > div > a > span')->text();
+		}
+		return $username_logged_in;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Posting flood control
+	 */
+	protected function set_flood_interval($flood_interval)
+	{
+		$relogin_back = false;
+		$logged_in_username = $this->get_logged_in_user();
+		if ($logged_in_username && $logged_in_username !== 'admin')
+		{
+			$this->logout();
+			$relogin_back = true;
+		}
+
+		if (!$logged_in_username || $relogin_back)
+		{
+			$this->login();
+			$this->admin_login();
+		}
+
+		$this->add_lang('acp/common');
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', 'adm/index.php?i=acp_board&mode=post&sid=' . $this->sid);
+		$form = $crawler->selectButton('submit')->form([
+			'config[flood_interval]'	=> $flood_interval,
+		]);
+		$crawler = self::submit($form);
+		$this->assertContainsLang('CONFIG_UPDATED', $crawler->text());
+
+		// Get logged out back or get logged in in user back if needed
+		if (!$logged_in_username)
+		{
+			$this->logout();
+		}
+
+		if ($relogin_back)
+		{
+			$this->logout();
+			$this->login($logged_in_username);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Check if a user exists by username or user_id
+	*
+	* @param string $username The username to check or empty if user_id is used
+	* @param int $user_id The user id to check or empty if username is used
+	*
+	* @return bool Returns true if a user exists, false otherwise
+	*/
+	protected function user_exists($username, $user_id = null)
+	{
+		global $db;
+
+		$db = $this->get_db();
+
+		if (!function_exists('utf_clean_string'))
+		{
+			require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../phpBB/includes/utf/utf_tools.php');
+		}
+		if (!function_exists('user_get_id_name'))
+		{
+			require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../phpBB/includes/functions_user.php');
+		}
+
+		return user_get_id_name($user_id, $username) ? false : true;
+	}
 }