# phpBB importer fails to consider empty table prefix correctly

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [11 Luglio 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087 "2016-07-11T11:48:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![palant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/palant/32/104531_2.png) [@palant](https://meta.discourse.org/u/palant)\
**Post date:** [11 Luglio 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-importer-fails-to-consider-empty-table-prefix-correctly/47087/1 "2016-07-11T11:48:32Z")

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phpBB allows empty table prefixes, the table will be named something like `users` rather than `phpbb_users` then. The importer currently fails to consider this scenario right now - if you leave the table prefix empty then it will expect a table named `_users`.

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