By dultimaterunner on

Currently I have a site that is on it's last throws. I need to migrate it to another server; however, the problem is that the new server will already have a newer version of PHP, MySQL, and Drupal.
My question is, What do I need to do to migrate my site with the least amount of problems?

Technical info:
- Old Site:
Drupal 4.7.2
MySQL 4.0.21

- New Site
Drupal 5.1
MySQL 5.0.15

Will this create a problem? If so, what needs to be done in order to fix/avoid those problems.

Many Thanks!

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

Comments

arzajac’s picture

arzajac commented

I migrated a site from php4/Mysql4 to php5/mysql5 with no problems whatsoever. I would suggest that php4 is too insecure to use anyway...

dultimaterunner’s picture

dultimaterunner commented

What were the steps in your upgrade process? I set up a new test site on my new server with Drupal 5.1, and I backed up my database from my old server, drupal 4.7.2 and then I imported the data into my new test site to make sure everything was working; however, when I went to the home page, all it showed was a bunch of errors!

Please Help.

jiangxijay’s picture

jiangxijay commented

I also would like to see a specific instruction list/tutorial for upgrading from one version of Drupal to the next; in my case 5.1 to 5.2.

Searches using a variety of terms have only yielded this post. I must be using the wrong terminology!

jiangxijay’s picture

jiangxijay commented

I don't know why the main upgrade page didn't appear in my searches, but it's right here.

http://drupal.org/upgrade/

Capnj’s picture

Capnj commented

I have the same question as dultimaterunner -- what exactly did you have to do, if anything, to "migrate" your site from php4/mysql4 to php5/myslq5? My host will move my site to a new server with php5/mysql5. Of course I'll back up everything, but will drupal just then run on the new server or is any of the configuration required to be changed? I know there is a risk of some contributed modules not working, but just in the most basic sense, are any changes needed to be made to either the drupal codebase or the existing mysql databases, or to php.ini, or to .htaccess?

gil

jerboa7@drupal.ru’s picture

jerboa7@drupal.ru commented

I migrated from MySQL 4.0.26 to 5.0.x and now have problem with encoding: www.velo100.org. What can I do?

jerboa7@drupal.ru’s picture

jerboa7@drupal.ru commented

I migrated from MySQL 4.0.26 to 5.0.x and now have problem with encoding: www.velo100.org. What can I do?