[wp-hackers] Force a new ABSPATH when moving WordPress?

[onlyunusedname]

Thanks for the tip, Kokarn  I can't wait to look at this.

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:41 AM, Kokarn <kokarn at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a great project on GitHub that have been working in that
> direction.
>
> https://github.com/Ascerta/Wordpress-DB-clone
>
> On 22 March 2012 03:14, onlyunusedname <onlyunusedname at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the kind warning.
> >
> > I've actually already googled my way through the unserialize/serialze
> > morass.  I think I have a solution that is working for this particular
> set
> > of minimalist sites.  I would never put it forward as a universal
> solution.
> >
> > Is there any sort of community-recognized best solution (commercial or
> non)
> > for moving a WordPress database in this fashion?  Or is it simply never
> to
> > be done (and/or case-by-case when it is absolutely unavoidable)?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Chris Williams <chris at clwill.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > As has been discussed 100,000 times on this list, do not underestimate
> > the
> > > complexity of #1.  You can't just change a couple of database entries
> for
> > > home and base URL.  There are many instances, including all the images
> > and
> > > other media in attachments.
> > >
> > > But the most complicated part is in the serialized data in things like
> > > user settings.  As someone recently pointed out, if you blindly do a
> > > search/replace in the serialized data, you mess up the serialized
> format
> > > (which includes string length).  The only safe way to do that is to
> spin
> > > through all the data, unserialize things, search/replace the URLs, then
> > > reserialize it and save it back.
> > >
> > > In all, it's not for the faint of heart.
> > >
> > > On 3/21/12 1:19 PM, "onlyunusedname" <onlyunusedname at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Excellent.  Thanks, Otto.  There is eAccelerator running on this
> server
> > > >and
> > > >clearing its cache is just the trick.
> > > >
> > > >Just out of curiosity:  If one wanted to write a script that did
> > > >everything
> > > >in a more environment agnostic fashion, would that be possible?
> > > >
> > > >In other words, this script would run once after a URI change and it
> > > >would:
> > > >
> > > >1) Change the relevant database entries from $old_url to $new_url.
> > > >
> > > >2)  [Magically solve a cached ABSPATH problem in a reasonably
> > environment
> > > >agnostic fashion]
> > > >
> > > >3) Redirect to $new_url  (Site successfully moved.)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Is step 2 as preposterous as I am making it sound, or can you imagine
> a
> > > >feasable-ish answer?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks in any event.  You helped me a ton.
> > >
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