[SOLVED] Moved presta to different host - login not working

[meytalm]

Hi,

 

I just moved my site from one host to another (aka different server).

 

I did the following:

1. copied files from old host to new host.

2. export sql file from old host.

3. made sure all my relevant folder & files have 755 permission.

4. import sql file to new host.

5. configured the settings.inc file in /conf.

 

My new DB table name "prefix" has changed since I am on a shared hosting, I can't really control that. So say my old db name was x_prestadb, now it is y_prestadb. When imported the sql into the new host, it kept the old prefix (aka, x), so even thought my new db is called y_prestadb, the tables all start with x_table_name. make sense?

 

So i go to my admin login page. It looks fine when you open it. it asks for my email and password. I enter the information, but i get either an incorrect email/pass (which is NOT true) or it just redirects me to the same login page without any messages.

 

I also tried to debug the login.php page in the admin folder. I noticed that i do go into the following area "ELSE":

$employee = new Employee();
 $employee = $employee->getByemail($email, $passwd);

but it seems that is where it fails. When i try to echo $employee, it is empty.

 

I tried reading in the other forums/topics, but no luck.

http://www.prestasho...he-back-office/

http://blog.ibiz.co....-in-prestashop/

 

I even tried to update query my password, but still..no go.

UPDATE x_employee SET passwd = md5("EfefE0aFZk7GpDAPVhSBzBB9thJ9RYHBROOKKMbZI9Fexht7jhezNEkH12345678") WHERE id_employee= 1;

 

HELP!

[marty69]

Hi,

 

Check :

 

- base URL in config.inc.php

- .htaccess may need to be regenerated

- if you changed domain, cookies may have changed

 

Ultimate solution : change password directly into the database (table ps_employee)

[meytalm]

Hi Marty,

 

Do you think all these issues are happening because I am using a temp url rather than the real domain?

I think i will point the domain to the hosting and give it a go to see what happens.

 

btw, since i changed my hosting, but the domain will stay the same, does that mean i need to change the cookie key? and how do you change a cookie key anyways?

 

thanks

[meytalm]

guess what!?

once i moved the domain, the login worked!

SOLUTION: do NOT use temp urls. must be actual url for the login to work.

 

thanks :-)

[fernandoch]

What do you mean by temp urls?

[Mike Kranzler]

What do you mean by temp urls?

 

A temporary URL is usually an option offered by hosting providers for times when your actual domain is not working properly. There is actually a good run-down on it here.

 

Thanks for coming back to post your solution Meytalm! I'll go ahead and mark this as solved for you.

 

-Mike