# PHPBB3 Import failling at first stage

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-failling-at-first-stage/129556>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-failling-at-first-stage/129556 "2019-09-26T11:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb3-import-failling-at-first-stage/129556/9 "2019-10-01T23:21:13Z")

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Please make sure that `/var/discourse/shared/standalone/import/data/phpbb_mysql.sql` exists and is a valid database dump. Then delete `/var/discourse/shared/standalone/import/mysql/imported` and try again.

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