Greetings, all! My forums are currently down due to some kind of config or database error. I recently had to move to a new server. I paid for a website migration but they only migrated my Wordpress, not my phpbb, so I had to move the files and database myself.
I compressed the phpbb folder and downloaded it to my local PC using Filezilla Pro. Then I uploaded it to the new server and extracted everything.
Then I used phpmyadmin in my previous hosting account to export the database to an .sql file using the default settings. I again downloaded to my local PC using Filezilla and then used phpmyadmin in my new hosting account to import the database. I had to use the SQLDatabases to first create the database, create the appropriate user with all permissions, and add the user to the new database. Then I imported the .sql file into the new database. I note the name of the database is different from the previous database, which may be related.
I had to edit the phpbb config.php file to update the database name and table prefix. All seems in order now but I am getting a number of different SQL syntax errors which I think are related more to some configuration or setting issue.
It feels like something didn't get transferred right in the process. Or maybe a setting in the old application that isn't configured in the new application. Are there some internal database table or paths that didn't get transferred or renamed? How can I find those? Or edit them now?
Any ideas about where to look or how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
Jerry
Version: I can't tell right now but I am on 3.3.x and just a couple of versions behind the current.
PS. I have run my forums and been a member here since Nov, 2008.
I compressed the phpbb folder and downloaded it to my local PC using Filezilla Pro. Then I uploaded it to the new server and extracted everything.
Then I used phpmyadmin in my previous hosting account to export the database to an .sql file using the default settings. I again downloaded to my local PC using Filezilla and then used phpmyadmin in my new hosting account to import the database. I had to use the SQLDatabases to first create the database, create the appropriate user with all permissions, and add the user to the new database. Then I imported the .sql file into the new database. I note the name of the database is different from the previous database, which may be related.
I had to edit the phpbb config.php file to update the database name and table prefix. All seems in order now but I am getting a number of different SQL syntax errors which I think are related more to some configuration or setting issue.
It feels like something didn't get transferred right in the process. Or maybe a setting in the old application that isn't configured in the new application. Are there some internal database table or paths that didn't get transferred or renamed? How can I find those? Or edit them now?
Any ideas about where to look or how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
Jerry
Version: I can't tell right now but I am on 3.3.x and just a couple of versions behind the current.
PS. I have run my forums and been a member here since Nov, 2008.
Statistics: Posted by JerryinKC — Sun Feb 23, 2025 3:26 pm