WordPress and Zenphoto in one database?

  • Resolved arcanewinter

    (@arcanewinter)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    I know, from reading various plug-in instructions, that it’s possible to have zenphoto (a photo gallery) share a MySQL database with WordPress, which I would very much like to make happen, as my host only allows one for what I’m willing to pay.

    However, I’m not sure how to do this, or even if it’s recommended (and I couldn’t find mention of it in the instructions). I know the two sets of data are kept separate by prefixes, but zenphoto, which was installed first, has no prefix for its entries, and I think I’d have to redo it all to put them there. Is it still possible to let them share a database without confrontation?

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  • Thread Starter arcanewinter

    (@arcanewinter)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Anybody? The database question isn’t zenphoto-specific; what I would like to know is if it’s wise to install wordpress into a database already including a set of non-prefixed entries, if the wordpress installation will have prefixes.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    16 years, 8 months ago

    WordPress uses a prefix for all its database tables. This prefix defaults to “wp_” and is defined in the wp-config.php file. You can change this prefix there if you like, this is usually used to run more than one copy of WordPress from the same database.

    So unless your other program has some tables starting with “wp_”, it won’t make much difference.

    Thread Starter arcanewinter

    (@arcanewinter)

    16 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks a bunch. 🙂 Should be fine, then.

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