PHP memory limit error when importing / Failed to get current SQL modes. Reason: ERROR 2003 (HY000)

[Nick-B]

Are you able to manually import the DB using steps like what Ben mentioned here?

PHP memory limit error when importing a SQL file in Adminer

That error is basically saying that PHP (the underlying software running Adminer) didn’t have enough memory to handle the upload of that SQL file. Are you able to import the site by creating a zip of the sql file along with the wp-content folder? Something like what’s outlined in the “Restoring From Only Local Site files” section of this help doc: https://localwp.com/help-docs/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/ If you do need to manually import the database of a large SQL file, I rec…