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1. kosch
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi

   I've been having some trouble (DB related) upgrading from a previous version of WP to the latest build so I decided it might be easier to create a fresh new WP installation, export the old installations content via the export to XML option in the GUI and then re-import using the import wordpress function in the GUI. But this doesnt seem to work.

   This is hosted on a Windows 2003 environmen IIS 6.0 installation, the WP installation is stored under my LAN's DFS.

   I have checked things like NTFS permissions but it seems to be an issue with it actually find the path to the file of which I have checked does actuall exist at that location.

   I notice in the error message there seems to be a mix of back & forward slashes in the path I'm assuming this there where the problems lie but I'm unesure how to fix it.

   PHP Warning: gzopen(\\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean/wp-content/uploads/\\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wordpress.2010-03-18.xml_6.txt) [function.gzopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in \\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean\wp-admin\import\wordpress.php on line 75
   PHP Warning: gzopen(\\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean/wp-content/uploads/\\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wordpress.2010-03-18.xml_6.txt) [function.gzopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in \\kosch.co.uk\storage\webpages\dev\Alloys-Blog\clean\wp-admin\import\wordpress.php on line 75

2. kosch
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I have found a work around for this but it is not ideal....

   If I copy the website to the local hdd of the webserver and then run the import it it works fine. Just means I then need to copy it back to its original location after import and do this for every WP install I have.

   The importer obviously has problems with UNC paths :(

3. onefunkybluesman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey Kosch, thanks for this post! I have the same situation as you do, so now I'll try it and see if it works for me!

4. onefunkybluesman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   So, my site is hosted through a third party hosting company (ipower)... how do I get to the local hdd of that webserver to run the import? Or is it through the MySQLadmin panel?

5. onefunkybluesman
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't think I have the permissions nor capability to insert the link on the webserver, so the only option I could think of was to wipe out all tables and start over (again). And lo and behold, I still get the same function:gzopen issue...

   I've checked around other posts on this forum and still no solution... Any help to get my imports up is greatly appreciated!

   I guess ONE last option is to retype my import manually... :(:( Which I would be willing to do if this is the ONLY way out.

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