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Search and replace through PHPmyadmin

PHPMyAdmin is a popular tool for managing MySQL databases through a web interface. It can be used to search and replace text in a database. Here's how to do it:

  1. Log in to PHPMyAdmin and select the database that you want to search and replace in.
  2. Click on the "SQL" tab.
  3. In the "Run SQL query/queries on database" text box, enter the following SQL query:
UPDATE tablename
SET fieldname = REPLACE(fieldname, 'search text', 'replace text');

Replace "tablename" with the name of the table that you want to search and replace in, and "fieldname" with the name of the field that you want to search and replace in.

  1. Click the "Go" button to run the query.

Note: Be careful when using this method, as it can make permanent changes to your database. It's always a good idea to make a backup of your database before running a search and replace.