Upgrade from Version 2.9.2 to latest
How Do I?
Hello all,
I’ve recently migrated a new customer where the ExpressionEngine is used but with the version 2.9.2 (Really Old).
Is it possible to migrate from 2.9.2 to the latest version and keep design/document/pages ?
Because, my concerns are:
I had to build a container with php 5.6/apache2, and I would like to migrate to something more secured and maintained.
Thanks a lot,
Brice
There shouldn’t be a problem, but that mainly depends on the addons used. To go forward, i’d suggest you first review the addons installed (and if they are used), and update those or uninstall. Mind you, be cautious uninstalling because it could cause data loss. Then i would manually update to EE 2.11.9 (which is, i think the latest EE2 version) after which you could be switching to PHP7.0. Once you are there, you should be able to use the one click updater to go from 2 to 7 It might be possible to try that directly, so without updating the EE2 version to latest, but i’ve always done it like this
By the way, doing such an upgrade might sound scary, but it’s well worth it, and it’s certainly doable. If you need any help, there’s a lot of people in the Slack channel on https://eecms.slack.com/ that are willing to help you out!
Hello @Jelle,
Do you have a tag in the github repo point to the latest version of the 2.x ExpressionEngine, and maybe the documentation to make an good update ?
Is the latest version of 2.x able to run on php 7/8 ?
Thank you, Brice
The only EE2 version that works on php7 is EE 2.11.9. But it only supports php 7.0 If you need anything newer (like php7.4) you’ll need to update EE to a later version
The only EE2 version that works on php7 is EE 2.11.9. But it only supports php 7.0 If you need anything newer (like php7.4) you’ll need to update EE to a later version