Clean install of PHP-F V8.00.21 vs upgrade from v7.02.07
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I would like to ask all you experts for input/guidance on an idea I have to get my PHPFusion site working cleanly again. I had been on v7.02.07 and have installed v7 specific infusions, a few core code tweaks here and there, etc., and now v8.00.21 is running fine except for the errors here and there that I deduce is from those v7 code tweaks and some infusions that aren't playing 100% well with v8. My error log subsequently always has errors logged. I'm not a coder so don't know how to walk back many of the logged errors to come to a fix.
That said, I'm thinking only based on deductive logic and by no means using any deep coding or d/b knowledge. What I want to do is a full database backup. Then delete the v7 install completely saving the config.php settings. Do a fresh v8.00.21 install. Then reapply the original config.php settings followed by d/b restore from the backups. I figure the v8 tables and such will be the same as the tables that restore from backups plus anything new that v8 brings which won't impact anything moving forward, so should work. Any previous v7 tweaks and infusions will be gone but that's what I want so I can "re-baseline" the site.
In truth, will it work? Or will I just end up destroying my site? Will it work but introduce complex fixing requirements to get it to work right?
That said, I'm thinking only based on deductive logic and by no means using any deep coding or d/b knowledge. What I want to do is a full database backup. Then delete the v7 install completely saving the config.php settings. Do a fresh v8.00.21 install. Then reapply the original config.php settings followed by d/b restore from the backups. I figure the v8 tables and such will be the same as the tables that restore from backups plus anything new that v8 brings which won't impact anything moving forward, so should work. Any previous v7 tweaks and infusions will be gone but that's what I want so I can "re-baseline" the site.
In truth, will it work? Or will I just end up destroying my site? Will it work but introduce complex fixing requirements to get it to work right?
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That should work, a solid plan for a clean setup !
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Thanks for the nod, I'm more confident about doing it now.
Hi Songiuno, keep us posted how it go. Thanks
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What about the utf-8 conversion of the database?
Perhaps you can do it afterwards.
In v7 & was stored as & in the database
In v8 & is stored as & in the database
This tiny difference gave me a headache making the RSS feeds on an upgraded v7 site to v8 valid again.
Perhaps you can do it afterwards.
In v7 & was stored as & in the database
In v8 & is stored as & in the database
This tiny difference gave me a headache making the RSS feeds on an upgraded v7 site to v8 valid again.
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