[Pagan]

That database exists somewhere. Does MySQL or MyPhp find any other database? It may well be worth paying for the tech support at PC's former host and possibly your host to resolve this. if his files have not been gone too long, they may still have a backup of the MySQL database. Heck, PC may have a backup or have included the .tar or .gz file in the files you downloaded. I know I try to pull mine every few months and download it to safety, especially after major changes.

If you FTP'd everything, you don't have the database UNLESS PC put an export file there for you. As I said earlier, you don't see MySQL databases when doing FTP transfers. I don't even seen them from the file manager on the server control panel. You've said the one database on your server is empty. There have to be others. If not, you may be invading someone else's files unintentionally.