Copying Joomla database from one server to another

peterattheboro · 14 May 2012 at 15:35

Hi guys.

I've been trying to get a website which works perfectly on one domain to work on another server but it just isn't happening.

I've followed this perfectly but I cannot get the site to work

Once I've imported the database and amended the config.php file it's just throwing up random database errors and I cannot fathom as to why?

Would someone be so kind as to take a look for me?

uniQ · 14 May 2012 at 15:52

That's quite an old guide. You may be better checking the official docs which are likely to be more recent in case the process has changed in newer versions:

http://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Joomla_website

peterattheboro · 14 May 2012 at 15:57

uniQ said:
That's quite an old guide. You may be better checking the official docs which are likely to be more recent in case the process has changed in newer versions:

http://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Joomla_website

Thanks.

It shouldn't matter if the directories are different does it?

In one server the web files are contained in public_html but the other is under httpdocs/sitename/.

But then I've changed the config.php to reflect this.

uniQ · 14 May 2012 at 16:32

It can matter, and there are some separate instructions. But based on your reply I have a feeling you may not have set the full path correctly.

Put the following in a file called path.php and upload to your host:

<?php echo getcwd() . "\n"; ?>

Smoogels · 14 May 2012 at 17:14

Personally I just create a full back up in Cpanel then install it on another host/server.

peterattheboro · 15 May 2012 at 11:54

Got it working :cool:

Now there's another issue which I'll create another thread for as it's completely seperate

mtalk · 16 May 2012 at 11:30

How did you manage to get it working ? was it the cache folder issue?