It's common mistake, one I've made myself but I usually catch myself doing it because it redirects to the post after submit. For future reference you can usually use the back button to get to viewtopic page with full content of the post before you clicked the edit button. Copy the overwritten text from the page and then hit the edit button.
In case it's not clear that extension is not retroactive and will only help down the line for future occurrences. Support for extensions are in the extensions discussion area.
If you are going to recover from backup file, the backup of course needs to have been made after the post and before the edit. There is a couple of options. Open the file in Notepad++ or another text editor and search for the post ID. There may be unrelated results but one of them will be the line with the post content. It's going to be formatted for DB storage but you can clean it up after pasting it into posting panel.
Another option is use XAMPP on local machine and then populate the database from backup file using phpmyadmin etc. Go into posts table and click search, you can just search for the post ID. You can even use your phpBB files and have fully functioning forum.
Installing and Setting Up Your Own Web Server
You can also populate DB on live server but be absolutely certain it's not the same DB your live phpBB forum occupies.
In case it's not clear that extension is not retroactive and will only help down the line for future occurrences. Support for extensions are in the extensions discussion area.
If you are going to recover from backup file, the backup of course needs to have been made after the post and before the edit. There is a couple of options. Open the file in Notepad++ or another text editor and search for the post ID. There may be unrelated results but one of them will be the line with the post content. It's going to be formatted for DB storage but you can clean it up after pasting it into posting panel.
Another option is use XAMPP on local machine and then populate the database from backup file using phpmyadmin etc. Go into posts table and click search, you can just search for the post ID. You can even use your phpBB files and have fully functioning forum.
Installing and Setting Up Your Own Web Server
You can also populate DB on live server but be absolutely certain it's not the same DB your live phpBB forum occupies.
Statistics: Posted by thecoalman — Mon Feb 10, 2025 8:29 am