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Adding Multiple Users in Joomla

I see in the tags of your question you are using mysql and phpmyadmin, so I assume you are after a a way to INSERT records of users directly into the Joomla database. However please note that, the ...
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Set user as super user from db

I was very cautious about this question and nearly flagged it as a security hole, but re-read it. You mentioned you have access to the database, so assuming the Super User group ID had not been ...
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Remove entire joomla installation

Before reinstalling, delete the files and folders that have been installed into the www or public_html or other folder where Joomla is installed. There is an option during the standard Joomla ...
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Quotes Displayed in Database Value

As far as I can tell from the profiles plugin code, the speech marks come from data being JSON encoded before being entered into the database. $tuples = array(); $order = 1; ...
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How to tell what WAS the local time of an article?

In database tables, dates are always in UTC. Coordinated Universal Time (French: Temps universel coordonné), abbreviated as UTC, is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks ...
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Loading time is slow in Joomla PHP

The reason your page is slow is because you are trying to load all or a lot of the data at once, or because your query isn't optimised correctly due to missing indexes. Hard to say without more info. ...
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Remove entire joomla installation

Yes, just clear the installation folder and remove the database. If you intend to reinstall you only need to clear the files and tables, you can reuse the folder and database.
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Change administrator site language through phpmyadmin

Based on the error you provided in the screenshot, you need to go to the following file: public_html/hammer/administrator/language/fo-FO/fo-FO.lcalise.php at the top of the file, you will see the ...
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Change administrator site language through phpmyadmin

So you are not able to access the backend correct? You just see a white page when you try to do so? if that is the case you should enable error reporting in order to see what is causing the issue. ...
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Joomla database tables have duplicates that start with bak_

You dont need to worry about these tables. They are generated from the Akeeba Backup extension when you perform a backup. You can drop these table and no, your site won't be affected.
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Correct ways to verify update query is successful under conditions

Here is a basic structure for isolating each outcome. $id = 2286; // you can jinput this or whatever $found = 0; // establish default value $affrows = 0; // establish default value $db = ...
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After joining two tables in phpMyAdmin how do I save the results as a dynamic table?

Unless you are magically updating the new table with fresh data then you will only see the data from the initial select statement. In this case you have a few options populate the new table with ...
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How can I add an additional column to a database view in phpMyAdmin?

I solved it by using CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW rather than ALTER VIEW, like this: #_content_with_featured_two AS SELECT #_content.id AS f_id, #_content.title, #_content.featured, #...
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Mysqli query with regex to Joomla php syntax

quoteName() is something that you call when you are quote-wrapping identifiers. (REGEXP_SUBSTR(r.xml, \'[0-9]+\')) is not a table name or column name so it makes no sense to try to wrap it in quotes ...
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Joomla 4 - 503 service unavailable

I managed to solve this by setting up the myqsl_nd_pdo module in PHP
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Quotes Displayed in Database Value

The profile_value field is a JSON encoded field, when it's empty it will be an empty quoted string as the default value. You don't want to mess with the way the data is stored. (unless you want to ...
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Adding Multiple Users in Joomla

I have made an ajax call and then just passing the variables to this script. define('_JEXEC', 1); define('JPATH_BASE', __DIR__); define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR); /* Required Files */ require_once(...
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Fatal error: JApplicationCms::getUserState()

Maybe an active session (not closed properly) in the Joomla! sessions table is the error. Try this: Login to cPanel. Access the database using PHPmyAdmin. Delete all the user sessions from the ...
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I change a value 'id' in the modules table & cannot find a way for it to work

It is pretty advanced what you are doing. Thus, you have to deeply know how all tables are linked. Otherwise, you are at risk of generating inconsistencies. I would not dare to change values at ...
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Loading time is slow in Joomla PHP

Selecting only the relevant rows is easy, provided the component has been properly integrated in the Joomla CMS. The first thing is to confirm you are requesting and storing the JPagination object ...
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How to merge joomla tag using SQL query from phpMyadmin?

Try this, but please backup your database before: UPDATE xxx_contentitem_tag_map SET tag_id = 2 WHERE tag_id = 1 AND core_content_id NOT IN ( SELECT core_content_id FROM ...
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