I found an old SMF database backup from 1.0.6, how do I manually upgrade it to the latest 2.0 release (I do not have the files for the install just the database)
My server has 10.2.16-MariaDB and PHP 7.2 installed.
What I would do is downgrade php to 5.5.
Install SMF 1.1.21
Upload the database .
Then point your SMF 1.1 install settings.php to that database.
Next install SMF 2.0.13 upgrade
Then upgrade your SMF forum.
Next upgrade to SMF to SMF 2.0.15
Then upgrade PHP to 7.1
7.2 is not officially suppoted yet for 2.0.x
I think I have PHP 5.4 "optional" to use with cPanel.
5.6 or 7.0 is better
I have 1.1.21 installed with php 5.5
Do I need to upgrade "MY" database to 1.1.21? or use repair_settings.php before I proceed installing 2.0.13?
Last question are you on SMF 1.0.X? or 1.1.x for your database.
If 1.0.x you need the large upgrade package from SMF 1.1.21 then upgrade to SMF 1.1.x then do the other steps i mentioned in post one.
I have upgraded to 1.1.21, i am trying to upgrade to 2.0.13 like you mentioned, the installer looks bad like there are no images and etc is that normal?
I just got an error it says (Unknown Error)
There should files and image shown unless you are on https:// then requires an edit.
Does 2.0.13 or 2.0.15 work on php 5.6?
I am upgraded to 2.0.13, next to 2.0.15. Thank you for your help! :)