Updating from ver 1.3.6 to ver 1.6.1

[Hammarqvist]

Hi!

 

We have a "old" prestashop website, ver 1.3.6, and we need to update it to at least ver 1.6. But is it even possible? I have tried to follow the manual update-manual (http://doc.prestashop.com/display/PS15/Manual+update) and I have created a home environment with WAMP that seems to work fine with both our old website and also with a new one I created with PS 1.6.1. I have made backups of the database, of all files and then tried to copy all neccecary files from the old shop to a new folder called prestashop-prep. But when the update is finished it reports 34 errors! And I cant make head or tail of it all.

 

Is it even possible to update from 1.3.6? Is there any good alternatives? We have a webshop that sells stuff, should we just scrap all the old thing and just start over in a new "shop" based on ver 1.6.1. (It doesnt really appeal to me I have to say)

 

All help is appreciated!

 

BR Jörgen

[pixelofficer]

Maybe it's better to to try step by step upgrade - from 1.3 to 1.4 then to 1.5 than to 1.6.... 

[Hammarqvist]

Yes, it sounds like a good but long way.. Thanks mate, I will try it!

Edited August 15, 2015 by Hammarqvist (see edit history)

[Hammarqvist]

Well, I have now tried to upgrade from 1.3.6 to 1.4.11 and that never finished, it just worked for over an hour before I stopped it. Then tried with 1.4.4 and got a js-error at the start so I switched to 1.4.5 and got the following error but it finished! I cant make head or tails of this error message. Can anyone that is better at sql and so on help me maybe?

 

BR Jörgen

 

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Error during install/upgrade: ( ! ) Deprecated: mysql_connect(): The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead in D:\wamp\www\prestashop-prep144\classes\MySQL.php on line 34 Call Stack #TimeMemoryFunctionLocation 10.0005274344{main}( )..\model.php:0 20.0039521352include_once( 'D:\wamp\www\prestashop-prep144\install\xml\doUpgrade.php' )..\model.php:91 30.04531361160desactivate_custom_modules( )..\doUpgrade.php:274 40.04531361336DbCore::getInstance( )..\desactivatecustommodules.php:30 50.04531362160DbCore->__construct( )..\Db.php:88 60.04531362224MySQLCore->connect( )..\Db.php:111 70.04541362272mysql_connect ( )..\MySQL.php:34

You may have to:

1. Fix the error(s) displayed
2. Put your database backup
3. Modify the file settings.inc.php to put the old version for the line with _PS_VERSION_
4. Restart the upgrade process from the begining