XF 2.0 Upgrade path

[cjwinternet]

Very keen to get our XF1.4.5 forum upgraded to XF2. We'll also be doing a server move to a PHP7 server.

Is this the correct method please...

1. Upgrade XF
2. Upgrade Theme (UIX Dark)
3. Upgrade plugins / disable non-XF2 plugins
4. Move server
5. Switch PHP from 5.4.4 to 7.x

Cheers

CW

 

[Mike]

You wouldn't need to disable non-XF2 plugins -- they get disabled on upgrade automatically.

While I think that would work, you may want do a different order. I might suggest doing the server move without an upgrade to ensure that you know things are still generally working, then do the upgrade and test. (And given that you have it as a separate step, after that, do the PHP change; if PHP7 is already running from the start, that's probably fine though too.)

 

[cjwinternet]

Thank you. Will I be able to move the older XF straight onto PHP7 server?

 

[Mike]

1.4 isn't totally compatible with PHP7, though the issues tend to be with specific cases. For general high level testing before upgrading to a newer version, it should be fine.

(Of course, I would recommend doing tests of your process before you do it with the production site, to prevent any unforeseen issues.)

 

[cjwinternet]

OK, what about.... is XF2 compatible with PHP 5.4.4 ?

 

[Paul B]

Yes.

 

[cjwinternet]

So, we could import the XF1 into PHP 5.4.4 on the new server, upgrade to XF2 on PHP 5.4.4, then just switch the PHP to PHP7 ?

 

[Paul B]

That would work.

 

[cjwinternet]

Great, thank you