Reset your password for phpld

Okay, so you’ve done something wrong and now you don’t know / have lost your Admin password for php link directory (phpld).

How to reset your password for php link directory (phpld)?

Go to your website’s cpanel (or whatever your control panel is) and login to phpMyAdmin. Locate and display the relevant database for your phpld website.

Now look for the field, PLD_USER.
Click on the little ‘Browse’ icon just beside it.

This should now list the users, including you (your user info should be the first).

Click on the little ‘Edit’ icon.

Look for the password field.

It should contain something like this:
{sha1}1fa46b674402a47b2d32ef07481ccc7e251c5122

Now replace it with this:
{sha1}d033e22ae348aeb5660fc2140aec35850c4da997

and save it.

What that does is change your password to ‘admin’ (without the quotes). Now you can login with your username and the password, admin.

Feel free to generate your own SHA1 code if you prefer. You can do it here. Just remember to include the {sha1} part before the number when you enter it directly into the database.