Duplicating a cart on the same server

[TecBrat]

I am attempting to duplicate a zencart. I want to have the same kind of cart for various cities. This is zen 1.3.8a, php 4.4.8 and MySQL 4.1.22-standard

Here are the steps I have taken so far.

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tar and gzip the public_html directory
Use phpMyadmin to export the zc1 database

Log in to SSH as root

Copy the public_html.tar.gz file to the new folder like
cd ~olduser
cp public_html.tar.gz /home/newuser

Navigate to new dir like
cd ~newuser

Rename the existing public_html file.
mv public_html orig_public_html

Unpack the tar file
tar -xzvf public_html.tar.gz

Give ownership to the new user (Recursive chown)
chown -R newuser:newuser public_html

Give write permission for the configure files (I had them set to 444)
chmod 744 public_html/includes/configure.php
chmod 744 public_html/admin/includes/configure.php


Log in to cpanel on new domain
Navigate to mysql databases
Create a database called "zc1"
Navigate to phpMyadmin
Click on the database
Click Import
Browse to X:\Sites\MYPATH\backups\olduser_zc1.sql
Click GO

Edit the configure files, change the domain name in a few places and replace olduser in a few places.
Put in the new password for the database.

Upload the configure files to the correct folders.
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Then I get this error on the cart page:
Sorry!
There seems to be a problem connecting to our database. Please give us a few minutes to remedy the problem. Thank you.

and this error on /admin:
0 DB_ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED
in:
[db_cache table]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

Have I left something out, or is my logic completly off here, and this just won't work?

[DrByte]

Then I get this error on the cart page:
Sorry!
There seems to be a problem connecting to our database. Please give us a few minutes to remedy the problem. Thank you.

and this error on /admin:
0 DB_ERROR_NOT_CONNECTED
in:
[db_cache table]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

Those are classic symptoms of incorrect database details/credentials in the configure.php files.

[TecBrat]

Those are classic symptoms of incorrect database details/credentials in the configure.php files.

That's the way I understood the messages, but I checked my creds and they seemed correct. I'll check again, and maybe try them a little differently.

[TecBrat]

That was it, my initial install was done by fantastico and it used a different "DB_SERVER_USERNAME" than I thought it would.
Thanks.

In case someone else reads the thread above and wants to do the same thing, the next step is to chmod both configure files to something unwriteable. Since I am using suPHP, that's 444.

[pdxdoug]

In the tutorials there is one that details what you did:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/i...hp?article=100

The same basic principles apply whether duplicating a site, moving a site or simply pulling a site down from the net to develop and test on a local system.

[TecBrat]

In the tutorials there is one that details what you did...

The link you provided will certainly be helpful to someone, but the details of my post vary greatly from the details in that post.

[pdxdoug]

Sorry if I misunderstood what you were doing, but I think the end result would be the same.