Prestashop redirects to old domain after changing it in Database

Question

I am trying to create a copy of a prestashop 1.6 e-shop for development purposes from domain.com to dev.domain.com

The process I followed is

1. Disable cache and compilation
2. Copy the files from domain.com to dev.domain.com
3. Dump the mysql database from domain.com in dump.sql
4. Open dump.sql on vi and search and replace using :%s/domain.com/dev.domain.com/g
5. Import dump.sql in the devdb
6. Open prestashop cpanel and verify all shop url configuration is changed.
7. Open phpmyadmin and check that all domain.com entries have changed to dev.domain.com
8. Deleted files from /cache/smarty/compile /cache/cachefs
9. Rebuild .htaccess file from prestashop.
10. Changed login credentials in the devdb so that the website will load that one

Now the problem is that when I open dev.domain.com i still get redirected to domain.com and I'm at a loss as to what to try next.

Searching for domain.com in phpmyadmin in the devdb doesn't yield results grep -ri 'domain.com' * doesn't yield results either in the files

Any suggestions what I can try next?

PS: domain.com and dev.domain.com are two different domains. Not similar in anyway

Answer 1

First of all it's great that you follow each step in correct manner. Now the problem is:-

When ever you are running any domain on your browser. Browser create cache and cookie for this. If you change any setting of your domain, it will not reflect till you not clear your browser cache and cookie completely.

So just remove your browser cache and cookie and try to check is it working or not.

Note:- Based on your process that you follow, this only problem seems to exist.

Answer 2

For prestashop 1.7 you have to modify some values in the database:

– ps_configuration table and change PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL to your new domain name, e.g. mydomain.com

– ps_shop_url table and change again ‘domain’, ‘domain_ssl’ fields to your new domain name and ‘physical_uri’. If you copied files into root folder, the path will be simply ‘/’.

More on https://blog.premium-templates.eu/how-to-move-prestashop-from-localhost-to-domain-or-vice-versa

Note: browsers cache such redirection, you will have to clean your browser cache. Check https://www.getfilecloud.com/blog/2015/03/tech-tip-how-to-do-hard-refresh-in-browsers/ to know how to do a "hard refresh" for your browser.

Answer 3

Your procedure is right, there is only a few factors that may cause your issue

1. Make sure that there is no manual redirection in your web server configuration (or old .htaccess for Apache)
2. Change Prestashop domains from the database (detailed below)
3. Clear all your cache Update Prestashop domains from the database (detailed below)
4. Always test with a browser in incognito/developer mode, disabling all cached redirections. I personally use an incognito Chrome window, in developer mode
5. When debugging, it is a good idea to inspect the logs from your webserver as well as the network exchanges from your browser to identify the source of the issue

Here are a few rudimentary scripts I use to automate the cache cleanup and domain change for Prestashop 1.7.

1. Change Prestashop's domain

Use a template file to generate a .sql file to patch the database. If more convenient, you can manually run that on your database directly.

patch-domain.sql.template:

UPDATE ps_configuration SET value='${SHOP_DOMAIN}' WHERE name='PS_SHOP_DOMAIN';
UPDATE ps_configuration SET value='${SHOP_DOMAIN}' WHERE name='PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL';
UPDATE ps_shop_url SET domain='${SHOP_DOMAIN}', domain_ssl='${SHOP_DOMAIN}';

Generate the real .sql patch file, and apply it

$ export SHOP_DOMAIN=mydomain.com
$ envsubst < patch-domain.sql.template > patch-domain.sql
$ mysql -u <username> -p <database> < patch-domain.sql

2. Clear Prestashop cache

Remove all cache files except index.php

clear-cache.sh:

#!/bin/bash
base_dir='./shared/prestashop/html'

# Clear class index in case any override changed
rm ${base_dir}/cache/class_index.php

declare -a cache_dirs=(
    "cache/smarty/compile"
    "cache/smarty/cache"
    "cache/cachefs"
    "img/tmp" # You might want to keep tmp images
    "themes/*/cache"
    "var/cache")

# Clear all cache folder, ignoring 'index.php'
for dir in "${cache_dirs[@]}"
do
    echo Cleaning ${base_dir}/${dir}...
    find ${base_dir}/${dir} -type f ! -name index.php -delete
done

EDIT: The updated gist is accessible here

Answer 4

Clear browser cache, nothing to see with this error, the real answer is change PS_SHOP_DOMAIN and PS_SHOP_DOMAIN_SSL in ps_configuration and ps_shop_url table