[Mediawiki-l] Upgrading from 1.4.7 to 1.6.7 - issue running update.php

[Rob Church]

On 05/07/06, khuffman at ngs.org <khuffman at ngs.org> wrote:
> Hi, I've downloaded MediaWiki 1.6.7, backed up my database and its
> content, uploaded all the new files preserving the files that the Upgrade
> file recommends in the newest release but have run into a problem. My Web
> hoster "does not offer telnet or SSH access to the servers due to the
> nature of shared hosting. This could result in breach of data protection,
> and privacy laws." Is there an alternative option for upgrading?

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Upgrading_to_1.6#Run_the_update_script
notes some alternative methods, and how to use them.


Rob Church