[SOLVED] Upgrade OpenCart 3.0.4.0 to 3.0.4.1 question

Hi good day
Glad to hear that the 3.0.4.x version is still being updated.
3.0.40 is working great for me.

Does it worth it to upgrade from 3.0.4.0 to 3.0.4.1 ?
I would say yes but not sure.
If yes, what would the easiest and less troublesome way would be to upgrade?
thanks!

It is usually not a good idea to be on the bleeding edge of updates...but Mona explains it far better than I can here:
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John :-#)#

Thanks John,
I agree with you but in this case since the changes have been pretty much fixes and the 3.0.4.x branch is pretty mature I imagine it could be pretty safe to update. But not sure about it.
Also the general concensus aming the community memebers is that the Open Cart native update feature usually causes issues, hence they almost always recommend a fresh install but not sure if this applies to such a close/similar update... from 3.0.4.0 to 3.0.4.1

What would I do?

1. Clone the current live webshop (create a subfolder, copy all files to that and make a copy of the database)
2. Then, copy the new files from the 3.0.4.1 release over the cloned.
3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database).
4. Adopt the .htaccess inside the new folder (if used)

Test now.
It should work "out-of-the-box".
If not (what I do not expect), just report it here .. and wait with the update until fixed ..

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Sun May 18, 2025 2:31 pm

What would I do?

1. Clone the current live webshop (create a subfolder, copy all files to that and make a copy of the database)
2. Then, copy the new files from the 3.0.4.1 release over the cloned.
3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database).
4. Adopt the .htaccess inside the new folder (if used)

Test now.
It should work "out-of-the-box".
If not (what I do not expect), just report it here .. and wait with the update until fixed ..

Thanks appreciate the detailed explanation...
One question,.... waht do you mean by 3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database). Not sure waht adopt means in this conctext..
Thanks

megalca wrote: ↑

Sun May 18, 2025 10:56 pm

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Sun May 18, 2025 2:31 pm

3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database).

One question,.... waht do you mean by 3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database). Not sure waht adopt means in this conctext..

Sorry, meant that you adopt the 2 config.php (catalog and admin) to use the copied database and NOT the original.
Copy also the ORIGINAL database and name the NEW (copied) for example: mydb_copy (and use therefore this name for further connections) in your test environement - as long as you test ..

Thanks a lot for the clarification.
Did what you suggested.

3.0.4.0 to 3.0.4.1 update woking fine so far.
Cheers

megalca wrote: ↑

Mon May 19, 2025 1:46 am

Thanks a lot for the clarification.
Did what you suggested.

3.0.4.0 to 3.0.4.1 update woking fine so far.
Cheers

I really like using MaxD's Test Site extension.https://www.opencart.com/index.php?rout ... n_id=33673 for $20 you get a site that is a of yours that you can then break at will while trying out changes! You can edit the config files to set a new DB, however MaxD's Test Site ALREADY duplicates the DB so no real risk to breaking that either.

** NO POLITICAL STATEMENTS HERE **

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Sun May 18, 2025 2:31 pm

What would I do?

1. Clone the current live webshop (create a subfolder, copy all files to that and make a copy of the database)
2. Then, copy the new files from the 3.0.4.1 release over the cloned.
3. Adopt the database (change to the also copied database).
4. Adopt the .htaccess inside the new folder (if used)

Test now.
It should work "out-of-the-box".
If not (what I do not expect), just report it here .. and wait with the update until fixed ..

I have done the upgrade from 3.0.3.9 to 3.0.4.1 and all seems ok, although do I need to reload the OpenCart storage? It seems that when I disabled the maintenance mode, the front page was still showing the maintenance despite me flushing out the browser cache. I think that might have to do with the cache on OpenCart storage in the root folder? Old cache/system files etc

barnettgs wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 22, 2025 8:11 pm

I have done the upgrade from 3.0.3.9 to 3.0.4.1 and all seems ok, although do I need to reload the OpenCart storage? It seems that when I disabled the maintenance mode, the front page was still showing the maintenance despite me flushing out the browser cache. I think that might have to do with the cache on OpenCart storage in the root folder? Old cache/system files etc

Refreshing the cache is always a good idea.
Beside this, you can also delete everthing what's inside the folder systems/storage/cache - must be manual via FTP

Next is: rebuilding (if used) the OCMod modifcations.
Do it via the provided menu in the backend.

Some people are also using the completely useless VQmod these days.
Delete also the cached files if used.

OSWorX wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 22, 2025 10:09 pm

barnettgs wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 22, 2025 8:11 pm

I have done the upgrade from 3.0.3.9 to 3.0.4.1 and all seems ok, although do I need to reload the OpenCart storage? It seems that when I disabled the maintenance mode, the front page was still showing the maintenance despite me flushing out the browser cache. I think that might have to do with the cache on OpenCart storage in the root folder? Old cache/system files etc

Refreshing the cache is always a good idea.
Beside this, you can also delete everthing what's inside the folder systems/storage/cache - must be manual via FTP

Next is: rebuilding (if used) the OCMod modifcations.
Do it via the provided menu in the backend.

Some people are also using the completely useless VQmod these days.
Delete also the cached files if used.

Many thanks! I don't use VQmod at all after upgrading to 3.0.3.9 from version 2.2.0.0 last year. Only have 3 extensions installed and all seems ok.

I was creating a test install (all copied from live 3.0.3.9) with the copied database, along with the newly created OpenCart storage folder in the root folder of the host. It didn't work (even after the upgrade) so I had to copy all the existing files from the old OpenCart storage folder to make it work. I was only asked to create one on a freshly installed OpenCart from scratch once. The upgrade document didn't say anything about it; hence, I posted it here.