Originally created and published by Evert Padje for Nettuts+ ( https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-phpmysql-powered-forum-from-scratch--net-10188 ).

Hello, 
Before you proceed to setup, you should read the original article at Nettuts+ (17 Mar 2010). NOT all the information is up to date.
The version that I uploaded is PHP7 ready and tested by me !

If you consider to create the database manually, proceed to the following (NOT like written in the article) in phpMyAdmin:
1. Create a databse.
2. Go to SQL and create "Users" table -

3. Go to SQL and create "Categories" table -

4. Go to SQL and create "Topics" table -

5. Go to SQL and create "Posts" table -

NOTE 1: After you create a user to be administrator, you will need to change in "Users" table the "user_level" from 0 to 1 for this user !
NOTE 2: Open the file "connect.php" in text editor and setup the database connection parameters ! 

(Version: 2.3 wide)