Generally support for third party installs can be difficult because we have no idea if something is different.
Suggest reading this article on setting up local server:
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... eb-server/
You can use the command line to import DB to insure no issues with php limitations.
Topic and posts titles are stored in the phpbb_topics and phpbb_posts tables. Note phpbb_ is default prefix. yours may be different.
If you are not 100% sure of version run this SQL to determine the phpBB version you are using.
This is likely the reason for your password issues, phpBB will use the most secure hashing algorithm available and if you downgrade php on server this will make them unreadable to older version of php. Note latest version is compatible with php 7.4 to 8.3I had to temporarily close my forum while I do this, because the version of PHP that my main forum runs, is incompatible with PhpBB,
Suggest reading this article on setting up local server:
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... eb-server/
You can use the command line to import DB to insure no issues with php limitations.
Topic and posts titles are stored in the phpbb_topics and phpbb_posts tables. Note phpbb_ is default prefix. yours may be different.
If you are not 100% sure of version run this SQL to determine the phpBB version you are using.
Code:
SELECT * FROM `phpbb_config` WHERE `config_name` = 'version'; Statistics: Posted by thecoalman — Tue Jun 03, 2025 2:34 am