Title: Any difference in SQL file vs. phpMyAdmin?
Last modified: November 22, 2021

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# Any difference in SQL file vs. phpMyAdmin?

 *  Resolved [mtlsam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtlsam/)
 * (@mtlsam)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-difference-in-sql-file-vs-phpmyadmin/)
 * Is there any difference at all between the SQL file that gets packaged in the/
   dup-installer/ folder of the backup archive vs. exporting the SQL via phpMyAdmin?
 * Aside from the filename being different I am assuming there is no difference 
   in the data of the SQL file.

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 *  [Cory Lamle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corylamleorg/)
 * (@corylamleorg)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/any-difference-in-sql-file-vs-phpmyadmin/#post-15094360)
 * Hey [@mtlsam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtlsam/),
 * They should be very similar, but they will not be identical. Duplicator offers
   two modes to build the SQL file (PHP and Mysqldump) and each version generates
   slightly different outputs, namely settings that deal with server enviroments.
 * Hope that helps~

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