# My phpBB Migration Journey (postgresql)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-phpbb-migration-journey-postgresql/259374
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** phpbb
**Created:** [February 25, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-phpbb-migration-journey-postgresql/259374 "2023-02-25T20:24:05Z")
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### Author: ![shyguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shyguy/32/295079_2.png) [@shyguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shyguy)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-phpbb-migration-journey-postgresql/259374/6 "2023-02-27T19:58:07Z")

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> [@Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-phpbb3-forum-to-discourse/30810/658):
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> The current import scripts will be deprecated sometime this year…

> [@gerhard](#):
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> If you are comfortable working with Ruby, I’d suggest modifying the files in [discourse/script/import\_scripts/phpbb3/database at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/main/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/database) so that they work with `pg` gem instead of `mysql2`.

is that importer the one that will be deprecated? what’s the status of the ‘new’ one? i’m trying to decide how much effort i put into this—will there be upstream value?

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