How to fix Table ‘phpbb_sessions’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired [1194]?

General Error – SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] – Table ‘phpbb_sessions’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired [1194]. An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists. Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: jayce.ooi@gmail.com

I am not sure how does this error occurred. Maybe due to HostMonster database server down just now and caused data corruption. Anyway, as the error statement mention ~ Table ‘phpbb_sessions’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired [1194], we should repair ‘phpbb_sessions’ table.

How to fix Table ‘phpbb_sessions’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired [1194]?

  1. Open up phpMyAdmin.
  2. Select the database of your forum.
  3. In the left list, select ‘phpbb_sessions’ table.
  4. Click on Operations tab (on center top).
  5. Click on Repair table in Table maintenance.
  6. That’s all.

My forum is back to normal after performing these steps. Hopefully, it will solve your issue too.