Upgrade

This is a SAMPLE (for 1.6), and it is accurate for recent releases ).

9 simple steps to upgrade PhpWebGallery.

Download the most recent PhpWebGallery release here

Note : Don’t download RC (Release Candidate), except for testing.

With your FTP client, save if they exist (some are optional):

• ./include/mysql.inc.php
• ./include/config_local.inc.php
• ./template-common/local-layout.css
• ./template/yoga/local-layout.css

optional:

• ./galleries/ full directory (take care not deleting it)

( except ./galleries/ )

: all changes, MOD / template, will be lost

• maybe if you deleted it ./galleries/
  

Didn’t Wiki write ( except ./galleries/ )?

In all cases:

• ./include/mysql.inc.php
• ./include/config_local.inc.php
• ./template-common/local-layout.css
• ./template/yoga/local-layout.css

Warning Don’t forget ./include/mysql.inc.php (one empty is distributed, if you leave an empty file you are going to install and not upgrading).

e.g. : http://votredomaine/phpwebgallery/upgrade.php.

You will obtain:

If you have something different, ask the forum!!!

Add the Upgrade mode line :

define('PHPWG_IN_UPGRADE', true);

Your file will look as this:

<?php
$cfgBase = 'DBase';
$cfgUser = 'BD User';
$cfgPassword = 'DB password';
$cfgHote = 'local host name';
$prefixeTable = 'phpwebgallery_';
 
define('PHPWG_INSTALLED', true);
 
define('PHPWG_IN_UPGRADE', true);
?>

Upload the file and refresh upgrade.php page in your browser.

This is an upgrade from 1.5.x. Clic on Upgrade from release 1.5.0 to x.x.x.

Remove line:

define('PHPWG_IN_UPGRADE', true);

from ./include/mysql.inc.php

For security reasons remove install.php, upgrade.php and the ./install/ directory.

Enjoy !

Upgrade to 1.7 remove temporary all existing history. It’s quite easy to rebuild it because all has been saved in history_backup table. To get your previous history data, install ImportStat plugin.

Run once and remove it.