Editing Database using wp-config.php settings

  • caretaker1379

    (@caretaker1379)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    hi
    i changed web hosts but i forgot to backup the database from the old host. stupid i know. Is there a way to edit the new database to the old wp-config.php file settings i was able to save? how do you do that? thanks.

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  • Krishna

    (@1nexus)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    You cannot access the old database that way. When you change hosts, the crucial database info in wp-config.php changes to work with the new hosting environment.

    2ninerniner2

    (@2ninerniner2)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    i forgot to backup the database from the old host.

    Then you do not have anything to put into your new database; that is, you do not have your old site’s content, as that is were all your posts, pages and settings are stored … oops 🙂

    You are now starting from scratch without a DB backup to import. As Krishna pointed out, the DB info in your previous wp-config.php is not relevant to the new one.

    kulwant2sin

    (@kulwant2sin)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Ask your old host if they have backup still with them for your site . They do store some backups i recovered when my site crashed on hostgator .

    Thread Starter caretaker1379

    (@caretaker1379)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Good to know. I didn’t know that saving the database is the holy grail of WordPress hehehe. I hate having to know this the hard way.

    just to say i went from go daddy hosting to hostgator.

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