Copying a Joomla website - Suggestion

[skodz]

I've just been cloning a Joomla site for testing and I have found a possible improvement to the documentation (https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Joomla_website)

In the final section Copying the database with MySQL command line method it shows how to use mysqldump to make a copy of your existing database, but I would recommend adding the --databases switch so it reads:

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mysqldump -u user -p --databases db-name > db-name.out

The reason I suggest this is that when you copy the db-name.out file to the destination it will not automatically create the database if it does not exist. Adding that switch means it checks to see if the database exists and creates it if it doesn't.

Otherwise that section of the document is very useful.

Regards,
Steve

[Webdongle]

It will not automatically create a database on most servers. Allowing it to do that would be a security risk would it not? Besides Akeeba is by far the best method.

[sozzled]

@skodz: Interesting thoughts in relation to the documentation (https://docs.joomla.org/Copying_a_Jooml ... ine_method).

[toivo]

The simpler the cloning instructions are, the better. The target audience of the Joomla document is the average user with relatively little IT experience. The details of the mysqldump and mysql programs are in the MySQL Reference Manual if required, but, agreed, the simplest and safest method is Akeeba Backup and Kickstart.