# phpBB 3 Importer (old)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397 "2014-07-09T18:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![InsaneMosquito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7cd45c/32.png) [@InsaneMosquito](https://meta.discourse.org/u/InsaneMosquito)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-3-importer-old/17397/4 "2014-07-09T20:41:53Z")

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> [@neil](#):
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> Connecting to the live production database is probably a bad idea, since data will be changing.

If the PHPBB board (gah, to many 'B’s) is closed for maintenance though, that shouldn’t be a problem as very few people with specific privileges would be able to do anything on the board at the time.

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