Title: config.php erasing itself
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# config.php erasing itself

 *  [growlydidge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/growlydidge/)
 * (@growlydidge)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-erasing-itself/)
 * Can anyone think of a way the config.php file would dump all the code that’s 
   in it? My site wouldn’t load today, and when I started exploring why I noticed
   that the config file was empty. When I copied everything back in from my backup
   it worked.

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-erasing-itself/#post-481038)
 * Clarifying question: config.php or wp-config.php?

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-erasing-itself/#post-481038)
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