I have installed a forum through the control panel (phpbb or smf). the contents of my mysql database changed, why is that?

Answer by: George Kaloyanov, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

The popular phpBB and SMF web applications are PHP and MySQL (MSSQL with Windows-based plans) based forums. These forums use the MySQL/MSSQL database to store the forum related information (Users, Categories, Posts, etc.). The installation scripts of phpBB and SMF create the necessary database tables automatically. The installed tables do not interfere with any MySQL/MSSQL database content that you might already have.

Important: Do not delete the phpBB or SMF related database tables as your Forum may stop working properly. All phpBB related tables start with “phpBB_”. The SMF tables have the "smf_" prefix.

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