Title: update gone wrong
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# update gone wrong

 *  Resolved [austincourson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austincourson/)
 * (@austincourson)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/)
 * So i hosted my own blog with 1and1 when my wife and i went to the UK in 2010.
   I havent touched the blog since then and now we are going to Ireland in a few
   months so i decided to dust it off. It’s pretty out of date so i decided to update
   it to 3.5. Followed the instructions from the wiki. I backed up my database through
   myPHP ( did not just backup the whole site through FTP which was really stupid).
   When i was all done PHP was out of date. Decided to forget it and reinstalled
   2.6. whatever to try to revert back. Tried importing database to get it all back
   to the original but its all screwed up. its like its a band new site when i try
   and load it asking to setup a config file.
    Any pointers on trying to revert 
   or anyway to salvage the mess i have created?
 * this is what it says now
    `Warning: require(/homepages/19/d314891559/htdocs/acrossthepond/
   wp-includes/class-wp.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such 
   file or directory in /homepages/19/d314891559/htdocs/acrossthepond/wp-settings.
   php on line 66`
 * `Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/homepages/
   19/d314891559/htdocs/acrossthepond/wp-includes/class-wp.php' (include_path='.:/
   usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/19/d314891559/htdocs/acrossthepond/wp-settings.php
   on line 66`
 * [http://acrossthepond.austincourson.com](http://acrossthepond.austincourson.com)

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 *  Thread Starter [austincourson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austincourson/)
 * (@austincourson)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/#post-3303814)
 *     ```
       SQL query:
   
       -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump
       -- version 2.6.4-pl3
       -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net
       --
       -- Host: db2314.perfora.net
       -- Generation Time: Dec 24, 2012 at 12:22 AM
       -- Server version: 5.0.96
       -- PHP Version: 5.3.3-7+squeeze14
       --
       -- Database: <code>db320269081</code>
       --
       -- --------------------------------------------------------
       --
       -- Table structure for table <code>wp_commentmeta</code>
       --
       CREATE TABLE  <code>wp_commentmeta</code> (
   
        <code>meta_id</code> BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT ,
        <code>comment_id</code> BIGINT( 20 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT  '0',
        <code>meta_key</code> VARCHAR( 255 ) DEFAULT NULL ,
        <code>meta_value</code> LONGTEXT,
       PRIMARY KEY (  <code>meta_id</code> ) ,
       KEY  <code>comment_id</code> (  <code>comment_id</code> ) ,
       KEY  <code>meta_key</code> (  <code>meta_key</code> )
       ) ENGINE = MYISAM AUTO_INCREMENT =87 DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT =87
       MySQL said: 
   
       #1046 - No database selected
       ```
   
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/#post-3303815)
 * it looks like you failed to select the database name in the left panel when you
   tried to import the db backup
 *  [phpsundar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phpsundar/)
 * (@phpsundar)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/#post-3303823)
 * you can’t do direct upgradation from FAR LOWER VERSION TO LATEST VERSION (ie)
   from 2.6 to 3.5 directly.
    You have to upgrade 1 version at a time (ie) 2.6 -
   > 2.7 -> 2.8 & so on. Also you can try doing 2 version for single upgrade like
   2.6 -> 2.8 -> 3.0
 * This might be time consuming & cumbersome , but this is the only way , because
   there were lot of files & functions deprecated in the newer versions.
    Also 3.5
   supports only PHP 5.2.4 & above , also MySQL 5 & above So make sure your webserver
   is upgraded too
 *  Thread Starter [austincourson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austincourson/)
 * (@austincourson)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/#post-3303848)
 * after some fiddling i now have this error on my page
    `Fatal error: Call to undefined
   function: date_default_timezone_set() in /homepages/19/d314891559/htdocs/acrossthepond/
   wp-settings.php on line 36`
 *  Thread Starter [austincourson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/austincourson/)
 * (@austincourson)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-gone-wrong/#post-3303855)
 * Must be a Christmas miracle it’s workin again. Thanks for all your help

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