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I followed this successfully last week, maybe this will work for you:
https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... eb-server/

The next problem I ran into is that I picked the latest XAMPP version, 7.3.5, when I installed. This allowed me to run my copy of the board, but when I tried to update it from 3.2.6 to 3.2.7 the installer said I had to use a version of PHP lower than 7.3. So I uninstalled XAMPP 7.3.5 and installed 7...

I kept trying things and eventually found a solution. I noticed my database was 35M and I was trying to follow the phpMyAdmin import method which states it only works for databases smaller than 2M. I found this post on a similar issue: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51240993/importing-db-phpmya...

I am trying to set up a local webserver to allow testing of changes locally on my Windows 10 machine. I want to copy the source & database of the test system to the local system. I followed these instructions to install XAMPP and that part went fine as far as I can tell: https://www.phpbb.com/suppor...

I'd like to create a test phpBB installation where I can test upgrades and new styles before applying them to our production board. I'm looking for suggestions on how this is usually done. My highest priority is that I don't want to do anything that could mess up my production board or its database....

Mr Gaby, I'm new to helping out with a phpBB, so I'm a little unclear on how the process works. I see you have a version of Black that works with phpBB 3.2.7 on github. I'm trying to find out if I should expect it to show up in the Styles database once testing is complete or if you only plan to offe...