after update wp-config.php already exist – should i update database

  • Resolved kwaczor

    (@kwaczor)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    First of all i want to tell you that i have no idea about WP…

    My firend asked me to look into his site because he had a lot of updates notifications, so i did it. Everything went smooth with plugins update, but after i updated wordpress i got white screen with message that “wp-config.php already exist if i want to change any setting i should delete it”

    since nothing else i could do i did delete it and procced with update(install?)

    I submited data from old wp-config.php file but with wrong table_prefix and as result i got clean WP (and heart attack).

    After some search i once again deleted wp-config.php and submited data from old wp-config.php file with correct table-prefix. As result i got msg that there is already WP instaled (what a relief…) and at the moment page seems to work fine from outside perspective.

    But there is one thing I cant figure out (and here is my problem) when i try to login as admin i got message That “Database update is required. that wordpress was updated, before i can use it i need to update my database”
    Since i already got heart attack that i broke site (and i dont have any backup i guess)… this db update is normal and i should do it or its a result of those messups with install i did earlier?

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  • Thread Starter kwaczor

    (@kwaczor)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    inside version.php:

    $wp_version = '4.5.1';
$wp_db_version = 36686;

    is there a way to edit wp_options.php with ftp?

    also how to edit my own post here on forum?
    Edit: ok i can edit this one but not previous one

    robhob

    (@robhob)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hi

    I’ve often been prompted to update the database after updating WordPress. Can you not make a backup of the DB just for safety sake? I’m pretty sure it won’t break anything if you do the update.

    Thread Starter kwaczor

    (@kwaczor)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    I can copy ftp content ( i guess wp-content and wp-includes are crucial?).
    Ill chceck how to backup wp manually

    Thread Starter kwaczor

    (@kwaczor)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    I did backup everything i could think of and proceed with db update. At the moment everything seems to work fine – I guess problem is solved.

    Thanks robhob for help

    robhob

    (@robhob)

    7 years, 11 months ago

    Always a pleasure.

    Normally your hosting provider will give you access to a control panel of some sort. You should find the tools there to perform things like database backups and a host of other functions.

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