How to retrieve the database settings of an existing Joomla website

In case you’ve lost the db settings of your Joomla website you can easily retrieve them from the Joomla configuration file. Here is how to do it.

Edit the file ‘configuration.php’ in any text editor. This file is located right in the root of the website and it describes the general configuration of the website. This is a php file which declares one class: class JConfig. Locate the following values inside:

var $dbtype = 'mysql';

var $host = 'localhost';

var $user = 'your database username';

var $password = 'your database password';

var $db = 'database name';

var $dbprefix = 'jos_'; // This is the default database table prefix. Change this to whatever you intend entering into the MySQL

If you wish to change any of these values you can do it directly from here. Good luck!