Get Database Prefix

<?php

$db =& JFactory::getDBO(); //Returns a reference to the global database object
echo "Database prefix is : " . $db->getPrefix();
 //output will be something like this Database prefix is : jos_

?>

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2. hi,
   this is a very helpfull post.
   please also post about, How to decrypt joomla password?

   Thanks
   xhtmlpark

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   1. Hello,

      We cannot decrypt joomla password, but you can change it by updating the password field in the users table, its md5 encrypted.

      So you can do update query like “set `password` = md5(‘test’)”, where test will be the new password.