Title: Database Export for Server Transfer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Export for Server Transfer

 *  [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/)
 * Are there any special settings that should be used (anything beyond default) 
   when exporting the database to reimport onto a new server? I’m getting the dreaded
   White Screen of Death (on the new server, old runs fine) and was wondering if
   perhaps my database export settings might be to blame.
 * Thanks,
    Nate

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 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974631)
 * maybe the site URL?
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974734)
 * Keeping the same URL, just moving the files. I know that you can set various 
   settings on exports from phpmyadmin, didn’t know if any of those may help. I’ve
   tried all the usual WSOD stuff, so I thought I’d ask if I needed to customize
   the DB export.
 *  [arkgroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkgroup/)
 * (@arkgroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974797)
 * Nate,
 * First, White Screen of Death is not so white after all. You need to turn display_errors
   on for php. It’s possible using php.ini or .htaccess file. Access your website
   again and you’ll see an error message which will lead to a solution. I bet you
   have wrong database info in wp-config.php file on new server.
 * There are no special settings required to export database.
 *  [arkgroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkgroup/)
 * (@arkgroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974798)
 * Also don’t forget to turn display_errors off after you fix the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974936)
 * So I tried what you said with display_errors and got a 500 Internal Server Error
 * _The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable 
   to complete your request._
 * Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error
   occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.
 * More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
 * Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument
   to handle the request.
 * Never had one of these before–what does it mean (or what might it mean in this
   situation)?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974937)
 * Review [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974938)
 * I’ve read that page many times and have successfully transfered 5 other WP sites.
   I’ve also tried all the standard WSOD fixes (plugins, themes, memory in wp-config)
   that I could find.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974939)
 * Have you checked the site’s error logs?
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974940)
 * I want to, but right now am not sure where to look for them.
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974944)
 * Error logs come back as clean.
 *  [arkgroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkgroup/)
 * (@arkgroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974947)
 * natebarlow,
 * Possible cause of 500 error:
    1. Syntax error in .htaccess. Try rename .htaccess(
   if exist) to .htaccess1 and access website again. 2. 777 permissions or wrong
   file ownership if you have PHP-cgi with suPHP. Permissions for files should be
   755, for folders 644. 3. Apache mod_security (contact hosting support) 4. Suhosin.
   Try to turn suhosin.simulation On with .htaccess or php.ini 5. Other server stuff.
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974960)
 * The 500 error has been cleaned up (the attempt to display errors itself in .htaccess
   caused it)–thanks!
 * But I still get my original problem, the dreaded White Screen of Death on all
   pages–can’t see site, can’t login into admin. Any thoughts? As I said, I’ve deactivated
   plugins, deactivated all themes except default, tried the memory increase…
 *  [arkgroup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/arkgroup/)
 * (@arkgroup)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974965)
 * You still need to know exact error. Did you use the line below in .htaccess?
 * > php_flag display_errors on
 *  Thread Starter [natebarlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natebarlow/)
 * (@natebarlow)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-export-for-server-transfer/#post-1974970)
 * Yes. According to my host, that line was registering as a syntax error (and it
   was typed correctly), and may itself have been part of the 500 Internal…?
 * There was nothing in error logs when I took that line out again and just got 
   the white screen. I also tried the alternate approach of turning on errors in
   a php.ini and that didn’t come up with anything.
 * I’ll go back over that list and see about those in case both the flag and whatever
   is causing WSOD both cause the 500 (I had already done #1 and checked some of#
   2, though not an exhaustive recursive look), but according to the server at least,
   it appears to be something else–with no known errors being logged. Grr.

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