Anybody Here Run an SMF Forum?

I decided to incorporate a forum and gallery into my website. I had some experience a couple of decades ago running a Simple Machines Forum (SMF) application; so, naturally, that’s what I chose to install. All was well until I deleted my MySQL database without having a backup (which I posted about recently).

For the life of me, I cannot remember why the SMF forum was installed in MySQL. If anyone here runs an SMF forum, please remind me why it might be needed there?

If it does have to be in MySQL, I have a question about how to get it back there. I found a folder with the SMF forum name that occurs in a backup folder that I created about 6 weeks ago when I was testing backup batch files. Because of where it’s located, I’m guessing that I might be able to use the folder’s contents to restore the forum to the database; but I’m too ignorant and have memory that is too bad for me to be certain. Is it possible that I can use the contents of the backup folder to recover the forum in the database? What do I need to look for in the folder to be certain? It it can be recovered from this folder, how do I go about the recovery in MySQL?

FWIW: I made a similar post on the SMF Community forum, but I have little confidence I’ll find a solution there. You folks seem to be more experienced and technically competent in db matters.

From the SMF website

SMF is written in the popular language PHP and uses a MySQL database.

I have learned since posting that my forum does indeed require a database and works with MySQL but does not work with MSSQL. I found files in my Recycle Bin and restored them. I’m not working on making them perform as expected.

Wish me luck

Great that you recovered those files! SMF definitely needs a MySQL database. MSSQL isn’t supported out-of-the-box. Glad to hear your data is back. Best of luck with getting things running smoothly!

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