phpBB 3.0.11 to phpBB 3.1.5

[cah]

I was following the upgrade guide from phpBB:

https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... /upgrade3/

1. I downloaded "phpBB-3.1.5.zip" and moved it to /export/home/cah/temp on the server (hsiao.net).
2. I unzipped the zip file under the above directory and it created a phpBB directory.
3. I removed the following file and directories in /export/home/cah/temp first and then copied them from /export/home/www/html/phpBB3.

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cd /export/home/cah/temp/phpBB3
rm config.php
rm -rf images files store

cd /export/home/www/html/phpBB3
cp -rp images files store /export/home/cah/temp/phpBB3
cp -p config.php /export/home/cah/temp/phpBB3

4. I then renamed the old board directory to a new name

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mv /export/home/www/html/phpBB3 /export/home/www/html/phpBB3.0.11

5. I then moved the new directory over

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mv /export/home/cah/temp/phpBB3 /export/home/www/html

6. I then go to the following URL to update the database:

install/database_update.php

7. After it completed the database update, I renamed /install/ directory to a new name.

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mv install install_3_0_11_to_3_1_5

That's it. I was able to refresh the home page of http://bbs.hsiao.net/ and got all the contents.

It reminded me to create index for MySQL Fulltex and I created index for Sphinx Fulltext too. Details can be found at Administration Control Panel (ACP) -> Maintenance -> Database -> Search Index

For those who are curious what are new in 3.1.5, please check the phpBB 3.1.5 released page.