Transferring Yii site to a new server

Yii 2.0 Installation and Setup
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Hello,

I have a site, which was developed by another developer using Yii, that needs to be moved to a new server. The site files contain:

  • A .sql file (which i assume is the databse)

  • A "public_html" folder containing site assets as well as a yii folder (which i assume is the yii installation)

  • And a "protected" folder, which contains folders such as controllers, views, models and so on.

I would like to host this site on a shared server such as GoDaddy or Bluehost or Hostgator etc. but because i have minimal experience with yii, i am clueless on how to go about it as the site has already been developed. Please how do i successfully transfer these files to a new server? What steps do i need to follow.?

Thank you.

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  1. If it’s already launched you need to back up its database and restore it instead of that SQL file.

  2. Looks like Yii 1.1.

Overall:

  1. Download files from old server.

  2. Export DB from old server.

  3. Upload files to new server.

  4. Import DB to new server.

  5. Make sure public_html is your web root. Rename this dir if needed.

  6. Solve possible directory permission issues.