# Importing from phpBB

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** phpbb\
**Created:** [January 19, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348 "2022-01-19T17:11:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 10:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb/215348/17 "2022-03-13T10:58:57Z")

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> [@Joulinar](#):
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> Thx for your answer, but that seems to go beyond my skills.

Then explaining how to modify and debug it is likely beyond what can be accomplished here. If you have a budget you can post in #Marketplace or contact me.

> [@Joulinar](#):
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> far as I understood, there is some kind of mapping done during the import as ID’s for `topic` + `post` are going to change

It’s stored in a custom field called “import\_id” and there are functions you can use to do lookups that you can see in the code. Something like `topic_id_from_import_id()`

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