Method 1: A quick way to duplicate MySQL databases is to do the following: Step 1 : Dump the database either through PHPMyAdmin’s export form or through mysqldump (as I mentioned above). Note (usually, it’s mysqldump <database-name> -h<hostname> -u<username> -p<password> if you ommit the -h switch it will default to “localhost”). After you enter the command below and press enter, you will be prompted for a password because you did not enter the password after the -p switch. $ mysqldump <database-name> -u<username> -p >> somedatabasetable.sql Step 2: Once you have the sql file, log into mysql and create a database or “use” an existing database – again, ommiting the -h will default to localhost and you will be prompted for a password if you don’t enter a password after the -p switch. $ mysql -u<username> -p Step 3: After logging in, you will need to either create a new database and select the database for use w...