phpBB Tutorial
How to Create a Backup of your phpBB forum
Backing up the database of your phpBB forum With phpBB3 it is easier than ever to back up the database of your forum. You just have to select the toolbar Maintenance from the top menu in your Administration Control Panel.
Then click on the link Backup in the left menu.

Next, click the link "Select all" to select all tables for the backup and after that click on the button submit. The default settings can be left unchanged. A download pop-up for your database will appear in a few seconds. If your forum is quite big, with many users and posts, the backup creation might take some more time.
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