The first 2 lines of the mysql file were alter table lines.You may have needed to correct the table names.

From what I've read, the most recent version of "phplinks" dates back to the year 2000, afterwards it was taken over and renamed to NewPHPLinks and quickly abandoned after it's initial release. DewNewPHPLinks is based on a debugged copy of Newphplinks.

I'm sorry to say, but upgrading phplinks to a recent version of DewNewPHPLinks is not a task for someone without at least some php and mysql knowledge.

the phplinks tables may be lacking more columns than I am aware of, since I've never actually looked at the phplinks code