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How To Find Database Name In PrestaShop: A Practical and Useful Guide

  • saepithernguper
  • Aug 13, 2023
  • 5 min read


For the most part, the work you need to do on your PrestaShop store is done via the Back Office. There are times, however, when you may need to access the database directly. This may be for research, or debugging, or perhaps performing a change that is not done within the Back Office at all. In any case, knowing which database to work in is important. For those with a single database on their account, this is simple. Many people, however, have multiple sites on their account and in some cases many different PrestaShop stores. Below is a guide on finding your database name for your PrestaShop 1.6 store.


Step 1: First, log into your cPanel dashboard.Step 2: Once inside the cPanel, you will need to enter the File Manager.Step 3: After entering the File Manager, navigate to the root folder for your PrestaShop store. In our example, the folder is named prestashop and is located under the public_html root folder.Step 4: Under the root folder for your PrestaShop store, locate and enter the config folder.Step 5: Now that you are in the config folder, you will need to open the settings.inc.php file. To open the file, highlight it and click on the Edit icon located in the toolbar across the top.Step 6: Once opened you will see several lines of code for various settings. Look for the DB_NAME line of code. You will see the database name defined on the right side of the code lineStep 7: Write down the database name so you can remember it.




How To Find Database Name In PrestaShop




Your database connection can be established in the PrestaShop configuration setting by adding your database username, password, hostname, and database name. Once you are connected to your databases, the Prestashop framework knows all the tables you are using in your installation.


In order to move your PrestaShop store to a new domain or change other information related to database settings after installation, such as the database name or database server, you need to correct this information by editing this file with a file manager.


I have everything ready for the site to launch. Here's one catch though... the Database name. The store is /prestashop and I would like to call it something else like /mystore, or /myshop... To me, this sounds easy, but I want to make sure. 1. Change the db name on my server2. Change the db name on prestashop admin... (how do I do this?)If it's not this simple, someone please let me know... Thanks! -JPC Solutions


I tried before but the answer is "Database server was not found. Please verify the login, password, and database server name fields."Database server name: localhostDatabase name: my domainLogin: my hosting Login namePassword: my hosting PasswordDatabase Engine: innoDBI have an erroneous anything?


Access phpMyAdmin in Site Tools and navigate to your PrestaShop database. Select the configuration table (e.g. ps_configuration) and find the PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL records. Change their values to match your new domain name.


Go to Site Tools > Site > MySQL > phpMyAdmin. Navigate to your PrestaShop database and open the configuration table (e.g. ps_configuration). Find the PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL records and change their values to match your new domain name.


Click on the "Download" button, and save the archive on your computer (such as on your Desktop). You should get a file named "prestashop_1.7.0.0.zip" (or an equivalent, depending on the version numbers).


Either way, you can create a brand new database by going in the "Database" tab and using the central form named "Create new database". Simply enter a unique name, and click "Create". The name of the database will be added to the list on the left. You can now use it to store PrestaShop's data.


Please double check the database host, username, password and database name. It should work.If you still have a problem, please contact our support team at and provide the debug info that you can find in the Debug Info tab.


Choose a database name. A database username and password will be generated for you. Write these down, so you can enter them when the PrestaShop installer asks. Then, submit the form in ServerPilot to create the database.


You can also change the password for accessing your CMS admin interface directly from your database.However, we strongly recommend using the documentation provided by your CMS publisher, or contacting a specialist provider if you encounter any difficulties. We will not be able to assist you. You can find more information in the Go further section of this guide.


Why it is important to know the location of this file? For example, if you want to change your database name or other information regarding the database or mailer and caching or to transfer your PrestaShop store from one location to another, you will need to edit this file.


STEP 3: Go to PhpMyAdmin and select your database. Find ps_shop table over there and then change theme_name value to your name as in step 1 and step 2.


You may want to change database information after moving your site to a new server or after changing database credentials.If you need to modify db name or password, you have to edit the settings file. You can do it by using a FTP client (for example Filezilla).


Here are descriptions of the database tables in PrestaShop v1.4.2. By default, each table has a prefix of ps_. When you install PrestaShop, you have the option of changing this prefix, which lets you install PrestaShop multiple times in the same database, and also helps to prevent table name conflicts with other shopping carts installed in the same database. The table names are all lowercase and use underscores between words, and include the types of objects in the table. For example, the ps_product table contains all the product information. Tables that end with _lang contain translations for the object. For example, ps_product_lang contains all the product translations. When a table links together two types of objects, both objects are included in the table name. For example, ps_category_product links products to categories. The ID of each table starts with id_followed by the object name. For example, the ID of the ps_product table is id_product.


Input the MariaDB root password you set earlier to log in, then setup the PrestaShop database using the following commands. Be sure to replace the database name "prestashop", the database username "prestashopuser", and the database user password "yourpassword" in each commands with your own ones.


Here you will find 2 links, one for the Frontoffice and another for Backoffice. If you click on Front Office, you will be taken to the frontend of your prestashop store. But if you click on the Backoffice you will not be able to access it. This is because we have renamed the admin to admin7. So for accessing admin you have to type _1.6.0.9/admin7 in your browser(the prestashop_1.6.0.9 can be different for you). Provide the email id and password you provided during installation and you can access the Admin section of your Prestashop store.


Now, you have installed all the required software and the next step is to login to mysql server and create prestashop database. Use following command to create database. Change with your database name.


On the Editor tab, enter the Hive data definition language (DDL) command CREATE DATABASE myDataBase. Replace myDatabase with the name that you want to use. For restrictions on database names, see Names for tables, databases, and columns. 2ff7e9595c


 
 
 

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