# Uploading 17500 users and their avatars using PHP

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [9 Octubre, 2017 14:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-17500-users-and-their-avatars-using-php/71685 "2017-10-09T14:39:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frank_bailey/32/83927_2.png) [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [9 Octubre, 2017 15:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uploading-17500-users-and-their-avatars-using-php/71685/6 "2017-10-09T15:05:50Z")

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So I can do the import to a local Discourse instance and then restore that to the production version? Will the restore override the settings on the production version? If so then this won’t be viable as loads of configuration has been done on the production version.

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