Title: Moving WordPress with php issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Moving WordPress with php issue

 *  [romitraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romitraj/)
 * (@romitraj)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/)
 * Hello,
 * I need to move my wordpress site from server to another (no change in domain 
   name). So I exported the database from the old server and when I tried importing
   it in the new server I got an error. I found out that the error was because the
   version of php running in the previous server was lower version than php 5 that
   the new guys are using.
 * I have a reasonably large wordpress site and I need to mirror it exactly on the
   new server.
 * What can I do now?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264395)
 * Did you install WordPress 2.9 on the new server? If not, that’s what you need
   to do initially, Then, once the site is up & running, upgrade it.
 *  Thread Starter [romitraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romitraj/)
 * (@romitraj)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264399)
 * I could not install wordpress on the new server complete with the existing database
   because the database was in php 2 and the new server guys support php 5.
 * I could do a fresh install on the new server but how would I be able to move 
   my data?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264401)
 * PHP 2? I doubt it. WP 2.9 required PHP 4 as a minimum.
 *  Thread Starter [romitraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romitraj/)
 * (@romitraj)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264403)
 * Sorry, i am sure you are right, it must be php 4. I realized that the database
   is file is incompatible with the php installed on the new server which is 5.
 * How does one move database in such a situation?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264411)
 * You install WP 2.9 on the new server as I explained above.
 *  Thread Starter [romitraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/romitraj/)
 * (@romitraj)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264414)
 * I am sorry for being such a novice at this.
 * So I install WP 2.9 on the new server, what are the steps after that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264480)
 * Once the site is up & running, upgrade it.

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/moving-wordpress-with-php-issue/#post-2264480)
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