restore backup

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:13 am

I did a backup with the admin tool but when I tried to restore it from the same admin section, I got the message that is seems not to be a phpmyfaq database. So I am unable to restore my faq.

What to do.

I am using 1.4.7 http://braingym.free.fr/FAQ/

Thanks,

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:20 am

Hi,

which browser did you use?

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:00 am

I am using Firefox 1.0.1 on Linux

Paul

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:05 am

Hi,

is it possible to add the following line of code in the file admin/backup.import.php:

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if ($permission["restore"]) {
// add this line:
print 'file type: '.$_FILES["userfile"]["type"];
// end

Then try an import and post the returning message here. Thanks!!

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:15 am

I was not sure were to put the lines, I did it at the begining. The result:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /var/www/free.fr/8/0/braingym/FAQ/admin/backup.import.php on line 82

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:23 am

Hi,

when you added this in the first line, please remove the following

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if ($permission["restore"]) {

and try it again.

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:29 am

file type: text/x-sql

And: "this seem not to be a phpfaq backup file" in french : Ca ne semble pas Ãªtre une sauvegarde de phpmyfaq.

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:33 am

Hi,

okay, that's the problem...

Here's the solution:

You'l find this line in admin/backup.import.php:

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if (isset($_FILES["userfile"]["type"]) && ($_FILES["userfile"]["type"] == "application/octet-stream" || $_FILES["userfile"]["type"] == "text/plain")) {

Please change it to:

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if (isset($_FILES["userfile"]["type"]) && ($_FILES["userfile"]["type"] == "application/octet-stream" || $_FILES["userfile"]["type"] == "text/plain" || $_FILES["userfile"]["type"] == "text/x-sql")) {

Then it sould work!

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:37 am

Dear Thorsten,

you are a magician, THANKS A LOT.

Your program is wonderful and your help is incredible.

Congratulation.

Paul

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:37 am

Hi Paul,

no problem!

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:45 pm

Sorry to come back,

I did restore (and migrate to another ISP) everytink work exept I cannot write articles or news as admin. I wonder what I did wrong. Users can still go on the FAQ and ask questions, but I cannot answer to it.

Thanks.

Post by **Thorsten** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:08 pm

Hi Paul,

any error messages?

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:19 pm

None,

I edit an article or a news as usual, everythink work, phpfaq said that the article is writen "article enregistrÃ©", but nothing happen in the FAQ.

Howhever I can delete a news and it disapear trom the faq.

Paul

Post by **Thorsten** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 6:41 am

Hi,

this is strange... do you have write access to the database?

bye
Thorsten

paul14 · Post by **paul14** » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:18 pm

Thanks again Thorsen.

I order to make it works, I had to CHMOD 777 to the backup before upload it to phpmyFAQ.

Now everythink works perfect.

Thanks for helping,

Paul from France