Moving WP Blog - Third Time NOT A Charm

by AnniePot

Posted: 15 years ago 12 replies

PROGRAMMING

In the process of saving money and consolidating my blogs with one hosting company (HostGator), I have been moving 4 blogs, one by one.

The first 2 moved without any problems whatsoever, but the third keeps giving me the following error when I try to boot the moved blog:

Actual URL removed, mow issue is resolved

I just don't get it, first there isn't a line 147 in this file and second, all I have done is update it with the new database information.

Just to make sure, I re-downloaded the wp-config.php file a second time from the old servers and edited it again, but I still get this same error when I try to boot the site.

Can you give me any pointers?

#blog #charm #moving #time

RyanAndrews 15 years ago

Sounds like a missing semi-colon or { brace }.
Basically a syntax error, but it's not really at the end of the file, it's located elsewhere, and definitely near your recent edits.
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Happy_Balance 15 years ago

Ryan is correct, I just looked at the file and it's very short, so you should be able to spot the problem.
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Patrick 15 years ago

Check if there is any spacing either on the top or the bottom of the wp-config.php file..
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- AnniePot 15 years ago
  
  I spent a long time going through the file line by line and can't see anything missing. I also downloaded the file a second time from the old hosting servers and edited that with nothing but the new database information. Still get the same error.
  
  This is why I asked for help...
  
  Thanks
  
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  Happy_Balance 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by AnniePot
  
  This is why I asked for help...
  
  OK
  The error is obviously in that file so re-loading from the source isn't helping.
  Either start here
  
  PHP Code:
  
  <?php /** * The base configurations of the WordPress. * * This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix, * Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information * by visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host. * * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the * installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can just copy this file * to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values. * * @package WordPress */ // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'yourdb'); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'youruser'); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'knotpass'); /** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */ define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */ define('DB_COLLATE', ''); /**#@+ * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts. * * Change these to different unique phrases! * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service} * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again. * * @since 2.6.0 */ define('AUTH_KEY', 'changemekofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'changemegkofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'changemeotgkofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('NONCE_KEY', 'changemesssm4jofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('AUTH_SALT', 'changemewerm4jtgkofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'changemem4jdfghtgkofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'changeme4jtgkfghhofpdswkerifu5748e'); define('NONCE_SALT', 'changemegkofpdfghhdswkerifu5748e'); /**#@-*/ /** * WordPress Database Table prefix. * * You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique * prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please! */ = 'wp_'; /** * WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English. * * Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen * language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install * de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de' to enable German * language support. */ define ('WPLANG', ''); /** * For developers: WordPress debugging mode. * * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development. * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG * in their development environments. */ define('WP_DEBUG', false); /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */ /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */ if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ) define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/'); /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */ require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php'); define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 240 ); // Default value is 60 seconds. // define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 7); // Number of revisions to save. define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', false); define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', false);
  
  or...
  copy/paste from a config file on one of your *working* blogs.
  
  Then just insert the correct database info, modify the site keys, and you are good to go.
  
  Hope that helps you
  
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Patrick 15 years ago

Contact me I will get it working free of cost.
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- AnniePot 15 years ago
  
  Doing so now :-)
  
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SteveJohnson 15 years ago

It's very rare, but this can also be caused by inconsistent EOL (end of line) markers in the file. Files edited on a Mac have a carriage return (\r) as EOL, *nix uses only a linefeed or newline (\n), Windows uses both (\r\n).
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- AnniePot 15 years ago
  
  Got it sorted in the end. I deleted everything associated with the first transfer and started afresh. This worked fine, so clearly the original download from the old servers was flawed. Thanks for your advice everyone.
  
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Happy_Balance 15 years ago

^^^
Glad you fixed it.
Someday you might be ready for this:
rsync - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You can move a huge amount of files in less than 5 or 10 seconds

and errors almost Never happen!
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- AnniePot 15 years ago
  
  Hello Happy Balance
  
  VERY useful info - thanks very much
  
  Thanks
  
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  Happy_Balance 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by AnniePot
  
  Hello Happy Balance
  
  VERY useful info - thanks very much
  
  Sure glad you like it, rsync is great.
  
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