Hello, I hope all is well. Recently I had to move a website from another server to yours, the problem is I think I only moved over the htdocs file and not the database? As a result the control panel is telling me the site has no SQL Databases? I have the files, my question is how do I go about upl…

Let me repeat this again to you: You need to migrate the database. Which up until now you still haven’t done yet. And to migrate the database, you need phpMyAdmin. You do not upload the database files with FTP. You need to stop fiddling with FTP, that part is done and now you need to take care of…

[image] How to migrate your website to InfinityFree Getting Started If your website doesn’t use MySQL databases, moving your site is very easy. Simply upload all your files to the ‘htdocs’ folder on your hosting account with FTP or a file manager. If you have a…

How to migrate your website to InfinityFree If your website is using MySQL databases, you need to move the database contents as well and update the configuration of your website to use the database: I assume the site was using them, as I have the files for them, I just never transferred them …

How to migrate your website to InfinityFree If your website doesn’t use MySQL databases, moving your site is very easy. I found this online, would you say this will work and is a good guide? It is just a matter of me getting the database onto the server and attaching it to the database I have…

AI is mostly correct [image] ClassicWatch: public_html But we use htdocs, not public_html [image] ClassicWatch: I assume the site was using them, as I have the files for them This is not correct. All in all you really want to migrate the database, instead of assuming that it has a l…

[image] Meishin: This is not correct. Yes, I gathered that when I created a new site and that has no SQL databases either. I will look into it and see if I can get a exact error message and see what it says. But I do know that all I uploaded via FTP was the HTDocs folder from the subdirectory…

This is the error I get, on a white screen, both with the Admin link and Homepage Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session

I have managed to locate the files and aim to have a go this weekend, I had to comment really in case I need help and to keep the thread open.

[image] Meishin: You need to migrate the database. Which up until now you still haven’t done yet. And to migrate the database, you need phpMyAdmin. I am pleased to report that once I focused on what you said and getting that right, I managed to get the site in a condition where I could enable…

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Meishin January 29, 2026, 12:45am 2