Most new scripts come with a built-in installer. All that is resuired to install it, is to load the ‘install.php’ page in your browser and enter your database details in the form that is provided. When the information is submitted, the script creates all database tables automatically. Piece of cake.

Unfortunately, very often there’s no such installer included, and you’ll have to create the database tables manually. – don’t worry – there’s othing to it )

When this is the case, a separate database file will be included in the script’s folder (extension: ‘.sql’). Usually it’s named ‘db.sql’, but this can be anything. Check your script’s installation manual to find out.

This is the file you need to import into your empty database  to create the database tables. To find out how to do this, read on.

Still on the same page in your cPanel, click ‘phpMyAdmin’.

This will open phpMyAdmin in a new window:

In the left drop down menu, select the database you’ve just created.
The database name will be followed by ‘(0)’, since you haven’t created any tables yet.

The left frame  will show the following message: ‘No tables found in database’.
In the right frame, click the ‘Import’ tab.

Click the ‘Browse’ button.

Browse to your script’s folder, select the ‘db.sql’*-file and click ‘Open’.
(*check your script’s installation manual to find out the name of the file that containes the database info)

Click ‘Go’ to start the import.

When your import has been successful, your tables will be created. In the left
frame, you’ll see the number of tables that have been created appear behind
your database name, and you’ll see a list of all those tables below that.

You can close both phpMyAdmin and cPanel and go on installing your script.

follow Step 3 in the next tutorial.