| Column Name |
Datatype |
Default |
Column Description |
| group_id |
mediumint(8) auto_increment |
|
System assigned unique key, no user interaction is required for this field. |
| group_type |
tinyint(4)
|
|
Group type is a coded field:
0 = GROUP_OPEN, 1 = GROUP_CLOSED, 2 = GROUP_HIDDEN |
| group_name |
varchar(40)
|
|
This text field is entered via the ACP. It is the name of the group. |
| group_description |
varchar(255)
|
|
This is a longer text field used to enter the group description. |
| group_moderator |
mediumint(8)
|
|
This field contains the user_id for the user assigned as the group moderator. |
| group_single_user |
tinyint(1)
|
|
In the phpBB 2.x security model, every user is a group for authorization purposes. (Every user except for ANONYMOUS that is.) This is a bit field where 0 = a true "group" record and 1 means it is actually the group entry for a single user. |