I know just enough about PHP and setting up a database to allow me to run these forums so I'll do my best to help.
First you need to create a database at your Web host. It's pretty simple. You just login to your hosting account and set it up with a username and password. You also need to give that database a name. Your host will have instructions.
Then when you install your forum, script or whatever you're using, they normally ask you for your database name, password, etc. in the config file. You edit the file where appropriate, save it and upload it per the script's instructions.
That's about as specific as I can give since every script is different. Basically you need to learn about setting up a database at your host (see your host documentation/help) uploading files via FTP (I use Filezilla) and read the PHP script's instructions for further help.
For some reason I didn't remember setting up a database for phpbb but I didn't use them for long.
Hopefully Webdev will see this thread. He's the guru with PHP.
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