{"id":7515,"date":"2020-05-25T07:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=7515"},"modified":"2020-05-25T07:35:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T07:35:32","slug":"how-to-change-the-phpbb-admin-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-change-the-phpbb-admin-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Change The phpBB Admin Password?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to reset the phpBB admin password, you have to first locate the database for your phpBB.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You will find the database details in the config.php file; this file is situated in the installation directory of the application. Open the file through File Manager in cPanel and go to $dbname where you will find the database. 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