Hi You can easily move
Magento website from one server to another server in 3 very easy steps.
1. Delete the content of the folder /var //
it contains cache and session files dont worry about this just delete this
2. Change the values of the file /app/etc/local.xml There you can
find your connection string data (database user, host and name).
3. Once you got your database uploaded, you need to make some changes.
Run this query:
SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';
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SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path = 'web/unsecure/base_url' OR path = 'web/secure/base_url';
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You gonna get something like this:
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+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://localhost/magento/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://localhost/magento/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------+
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Now, change that values for your new url, run below query.
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UPDATE core_config_data SET value = 'http://www.newdomain.com/' WHERE path LIKE 'web/%/base_url';
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If you run the first query, now you gonna get something like this:
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+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| config_id | scope | scope_id | path | value |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
| 2 | default | 0 | web/unsecure/base_url | http://www.somedomain.com/ |
| 3 | default | 0 | web/secure/base_url | http://www.somedomain.com/ |
+-----------+---------+----------+-----------------------+------------------------------+
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