Ok, I am at this point:

mysql> use fop2
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed
mysql> select * from visual_phonebook;
+----+-----------+----------+---------+------------+--------+---------+
| id | firstname | lastname | company | phone1 | phone2 | picture |
+----+-----------+----------+---------+------------+--------+---------+
| 1 | john | doe | NULL | 0141123456 | NULL | NULL |
+----+-----------+----------+---------+------------+--------+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

I have tried both root permissions in config.php and for new user fop2 to connect with database. Also I have turned short tags on in php.ini

Still, when I try to open Visual Phonebook, it seems just empty for me. Any clue what's happening????