Creating Tables with the same table names from other databases doesn't have any bad effects?

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I have a WordPress website and I cloned it to another website(domain) using a plugin called Duplicator. So in the backend, phpMyAdmin, I’ve two different databases but all the tables in both databases have the same names.

I just want to make sure that this does not have any kind of bad effects.

How to solve :

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Method 1

No problem.

USE mumer_watches;
SELECT ... FROM wp58_posts

will refer, unambiguously, to the table mumer_watches.wp58_posts. Ditto for

SELECT ... FROM mumer_watches.wp58_posts

Assuming this is WordPress, well, that’s the way it works.

Method 2

word press has a variable for the database, as long as you have the configuration correct it will apply to all script automatically.

So you have no worries about which database you are using

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name_here' );

explanation for the config file

If you want to know mre abour identifiers

mysql

and maria db

Note: Use and implement method 1 because this method fully tested our system.
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