There is not yet a forms capability for 5.7. If you don't want the complete user profile, it should be easy enough to export some basic user properties to a csv file using phpMyAdmin.

If you want more than that, you would need to join database tables and the task would be a lot more difficult. So it would then be easier to write a short job for user listing and export to a csv.

You may be able to get round it another way if there are not too many users. List everything you want in the dashboard user search page, then just cut/paste the table into a spreadsheet. Sometimes a simplistic approach like that can actually work.

I just need basic user profile info. The overall goal is to not make users register twice. ( once for the site and once for the forum) how would I go about transferring the user list and profiles? Is there a how to anywhere? Thanks

What development expertise do you have? It requires comfort using php and SQL.

Have a look at the Users table in phpMyAdmin and experiment with the 'export' option phpMyAdmin provides.

Though if you're starting from scratch and have a intermediate development skillset, it wouldn't be hard to work up a forum based on pages and the discussion block. That literally gets you 80% of the way there. The other 20% is building a few things to deal with permissions.

Edit: He did say "beginner in all of this". I assume he means all things web/dev.

Your original idea, and johns solution both will have problems when you have visitors registering on your site, and you haven't exported that information yet to phpbb.

Yeah I get that. But couldnt you create a script that updates the users on the forums based off of the users that register on the site? Or is that too much to ask from a computer?