Duplicate Website Fails

[weloveaccents]

Hi

I am trying to duplicate my live website to a second domain to use for testing upgrades and some changes I would like to make to the checkout process. 

I have tried several days and numerous methods to duplicate my website but all have failed. I am on PS 1.6.0.9. Every attempt I make to duplicate ends up with Server 500 error on the front website. I can login to the back office, but all the submenus are missing e.g when I hover over Preferences the submenu doesn't display.

I have tried following another duplicate website thread with a solution which others claims works (maintenance mode, backup, restore to new website, change config file and go - but that method also failed for me). I've also tried other solutions posted online which suggested switching off friendly URLs, redirects, new .htaccess file etc etc but all result in the Server 500 error on the cloned website and the missing submenus in the back office. Has anyone else encountered similar ? Any solutions/suggestions gratefully received. 

Many Thanks

John

[El Patron]

Hi  John and welcome to the community forum.

 

It can be something very simple, but first you need to discover the underlying php error that results in 500 error.  to do so follow this guide

https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/224525-how-to-turn-on-error-reporting-for-debug-information-blank-page-500-internal-server-error/

[weloveaccents]

Thank you so much for the great response.

Turning on the debug highlighted the issue straight away. I got a missing table error, and when I check that out I realised I had just exported/imported the first 250 tables (first page only) using phpmyadmin and hadn't realised there was a second page of tables. After importing the missing tables, all is working perfectly.

Thanks again for assistance. 

Regards

John