Missing product URL after moving to live environment from local

  • I want to keep this simple. When I shift my local version of the website to my live server. I run the following MySql command to update all the wordpress links, options, meta etc.

    Local -> Live
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = REPLACE(option_value, 'https://local.photos.simonilett.com', 'https://photos.simonilett.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE wp_posts SET guid = REPLACE(guid, 'https://local.photos.simonilett.com','https://photos.simonilett.com');
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, 'https://local.photos.simonilett.com', 'https://photos.simonilett.com');
UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'https://local.photos.simonilett.com', 'https://photos.simonilett.com');

    My shop uses simple, ‘virtual’, ‘downloadable’ products only, images in this case. Uploaded via the WordPress media gallery.

    When I copy my database up to the live server and run the MySql above, it removes ALL downloadable file URL’s & names of WooCommerce products. Setting them all to blank when you view a product in WordPress.

    For example

    File Name on local :: Click Here To Download Image
    File URL on local :: https://local.photos.simonilett.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/filename.jpg

    Becomes

    File Name on local :: (empty)
    File URL on live :: (empty)

    I have even checked through post_meta and it is updating correctly in the database, the post_meta options look like this on the live database

    a:1:{s:32:”7000dd68380f8a3030b3baa7a9beb077″;a:2:{s:4:”name”;s:33:”Click here to download your image”;s:4:”file”;s:76:”https://photos.simonilett.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/filename.jpg”;}}

    Notice correct URL,

    WHY, won’t the product URL’s show up in the product pages after running that command.

    PS : If I don’t run the post_meta update, I also don’t get any URL’s present while editing a product. I’d honestly expect to at least see the incorrect URL of ‘https://local.photos.simonilett.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/filename.jpg’

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  • Thread Starter aplusdesign

    (@aplusdesign)

    Ok, I’ve got it to this point,

    IF i DO NOT run 

    UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'https://local.photos.simonilett.com', 'https://photos.simonilett.com');

    The Downloadable Files, URL and Name appear on live server, but as the Local data, which is to be expected, no change made.

    BUT, Any attempt to change or edit the downloadable file URL through the database, results in Downloadable Files having no URL or Name, even though the ‘meta_key’ of ‘_downloadable_files’ remains exactly the same except for the URL ???

    Local meta key ‘_downloadable_files’ (Working Fine)

    a:1:{s:32:"09a5d121ca018d31d41f7a761a0c16b1";a:2:{s:4:"name";s:28:"Click Here To Download Image";s:4:"file";s:125:"https://local.photos.simonilett.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/juvenile-box-fish-yellow-simon-ilett-underwater-photography.jpg";}}

    Live or edited meta key ‘_downloadable_files’ 

    a:1:{s:32:"31a883c801113b6a9791efbb2e4e1fa2";a:2:{s:4:"name";s:28:"Click Here To Download Image";s:4:"file";s:119:"https://photos.simonilett.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/juvenile-box-fish-yellow-simon-ilett-underwater-photography.jpg";}}

    (Missing URL & Name in product)

    It doesn’t matter if I edit the DB key manually or with a bulk command.. Same outcome.

    What on earth am I missing here?

    Thread Starter aplusdesign

    (@aplusdesign)

    UPDATE :: SOlution as follows

    The _downloadable_files meta key stores a serialized PHP array – not just a straight string.

    If you are changing the length of a value in the array, you need to re-serialize it: You can’t do this with a MySql Query as far as I know, you have to go back to PHP.

    This is a bad solution, but I found a way out of doing this yourself…

    See the following link for all your needs to replace a value in a serialised array in your database.

    wordpress search and replace full database

    Tested and working as expected, very quick also. Props to the guy who wrote it to deal with WordPress and SERIALISED data in a relational database.

    Caleb Burks

    (@icaleb)

    Automattic Happiness Engineer

    Nice work finding a solution and what was going wrong regarding the serialized arrays.

    This is another helpful tool when moving sites: https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/. It keeps serialized arrays in tact ??

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