Title: strange DB issue Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # strange DB issue * [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/) * I was asked to move a WP site to a new server. Like a dummy, I moved over the files to the new domain including the config. I had to change the function file in the theme to point to the new directory. Here’s whats strange – is the old WPsite started reading the new one, even though the hosts are completely different. Now that I’m trying to backtrack and remove the files to try a different approach, the old site is disappearing. Any ideas? I don’t want to gack the old WP site– my client will be quite upset! Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * [rezag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezag/) * (@rezag) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807176) * Did you change the DB details in the config at any point? * Thread Starter [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807177) * Thanks for replying. Only on the new site. I didn’t touch a thing on the old site. I still have the files on my computer and can re-FTP them to the new site, but now im worried. * [rezag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezag/) * (@rezag) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807181) * Please describe what you mean by backtrack and disappearing. If the old site files are the same as previously working ones then your host might have issues for example * Thread Starter [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807187) * Sorry, I’ll try to put this in detail. * My client asked me to moved his WP to a new host. Currently it was a subdomain. I moved the files over and was surprised to see it working on the new host after I put that code in the theme function files to point to the root directory (update_option(‘ siteurl’,’[http://etc’](http://etc’););). After I did that though, I noticed that the old site was mimicking what I was doing on the new site. Even though the hosts and servers are completely different. That’s when I started undoing what I did on the new site, including removing the files, but the old site is still displaying as the new site is, and I don’t want to lose any of the DB pages or admin panel. * I guess my question is, on the old site, the files are completely untouched. How do I get that to stop reading the new site? I would like to start the transfer from scratch, but removing files on the new site removes them from the old site– really weird. * [rezag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezag/) * (@rezag) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807193) * Moving sites doesn’t involve changing theme function files. If you follow the‘ usual’ route you can move, test new location and then delete old stuff. * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) * Thread Starter [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807199) * I know, I screwed that up and want to start over. However, how do I get the old site to stop reading the new one? When I remove files via FTP on the new site, the old site displays the changes as well. I *so* do not want to screw up the DB. * [rezag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezag/) * (@rezag) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807202) * DB details and nameservers (provided by the domain registrar) are the two possible connections between old and new sites. If those two are correctly changed the old one should be gone. * Thread Starter [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807207) * DB details and nameserver are completely different. The thing is, I never touched a single file on the old server. Feck. * [rezag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rezag/) * (@rezag) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807212) * Odd one and shouldn’t be happening, can’t see how * Thread Starter [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * (@wparchiecture) * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807264) * OK, fixed, thanks for the replies. Somehow, the old DB wrote the new url in the rows that have it. Even the people at GoDaddy have no explanation how that could happen – like I said, I touched nothing on the old site, via FTP or on the admin panel. I’m gonna take some deep breaths now 😛 * thanks again. Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘strange DB issue’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [WPArchiecture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wparchiecture/) * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-db-issue/#post-1807264) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics