Any PHP experts here? Or anyone?

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Hey,

I've destroyed my clients site and I'm sick. I used this cloning tool called WP Twin to clone my client site.

I've used this thing 50 times before and never an issue. So I download the clone which is just all of the WP files right.

I wanted to deploy the cloned files on a test site because I always do that to make sure it's working properly. But instead I deployed the clone on the working site by HUGE ACCIDENT.

But that really should not have mattered...I would think it would just have replaced the site with a working version (the clone)


But now WP Twin is not working like it always has. I called Godaddy where the domain is hosted and he said the database is gone...and I have no idea how that could have happened....I was NOWHERE NEAR the database.


But if I understand right the .wpt file that you download with WP Twin has the database in it anyway, so I am totally lost and unhappy.


If there is anybody out there who may have a clue I would so appreciate your help. I am screwed here if I don't figure this out.

Thanks a lot
#programming #experts #php
  • OH yea.

    Godaddy said they would "try" to "find" the sql database and restore it......for $150! And they didn't make it seem like it was even a sure thing.


    Wow. You destroy your website on accident and .......forget it, I'm hammered now.
  • I did see online there was an update to WP-Twin 2.7 to fix problems with GD. Do you have the version or higher ?
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    • I was using version 2.7 but upgraded to 3.5 last night. Neither one of them helped me though...just kept screwing up everything they touched.


      Godaddy helped me for free for a bit, showing me where they store their back ups. But when I did a restore for the DB it was still screwed up, so I had to drop $150 for them to mess with it....it's still not fixed
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  • The DB was wiped off GD server but when he downloaded the file from WP-Twin he had change the name of the file. So when he went to restore it, it wouldn't work. Changing the name back to what the script name it work just fine.

    GD and bluehost do have problems time to time with cloning scripts.
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  • Wally - please run daily backups of Databases and WordPress files and set automated FTP download of them all. I have seen too many painful situations and many panic attacks from too many people with similar issues.

    We see many customers run into similar problems. We run regular backups and images and pull them out without fees as we know how painful it is but we always recommend people run their own backups and backups on backups. Even with the best setups, processes and procedures Murphy's law will still hit. Before doing anything make a copy of files. It's so easy for things to go wrong.

    Another good simple option is run your dev environment from a directory with DropBox and you can use use DropBox versioning to grab files if you mess up without backups.
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    • Thanks,

      I will. I won't ever touch a site again unless I have a manual back up that I have done....never again will I go through that.
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  • No here is a lesson for you. Before you do anything major to a clients site make a backup copy of the database and of the site. I can honestly say as I freelance programmer for over 5 years I have never failed to make a copy before I started working.
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