2009-09-22, 04:50 PM
Hi everyone,
I had an inactive MyBB forum that was version 1.4.?. I think maybe it was 1.4.4. I figured I better upgrade to 1.4.9 even though it's inactive just to prevent any possible exploits to my server.
I downloaded the latest 1.4.9 file and extracted it. I then sent up all files, overwriting everything. I went to mysite.com/install/upgrade.php and it asked what version I was upgrading from. Since I didn't remember the exact version number, I tried accessing the actual forum but of course it gave the error that upgrade/install.php was still there so I couldn't access it. I simply temporarily renamed the install/upgrade file and accessed my forum to determine the version number. Now here's the weird part: It now showed as version 1.4.9 and it functioned perfectly even though I had not yet ran any steps in the upgrade/install. I then said it was upgrading from 1.4.4 just to get to the next step. I then ran through the install/upgrade process and it said it was successful. Everything works fine but I don't understand why it seemed to be already upgraded to 1.4.9 by simply sending up all the files and not running the upgrade file.
Everything appears to be running fine so I don't really need support but I sure would like to know why it was already working as version1.4.9 without running the install/upgrade.php.
Thanks in advance for any opinions. If this is in the wrong forum, please accept my apologies and move it to the proper one.
I had an inactive MyBB forum that was version 1.4.?. I think maybe it was 1.4.4. I figured I better upgrade to 1.4.9 even though it's inactive just to prevent any possible exploits to my server.
I downloaded the latest 1.4.9 file and extracted it. I then sent up all files, overwriting everything. I went to mysite.com/install/upgrade.php and it asked what version I was upgrading from. Since I didn't remember the exact version number, I tried accessing the actual forum but of course it gave the error that upgrade/install.php was still there so I couldn't access it. I simply temporarily renamed the install/upgrade file and accessed my forum to determine the version number. Now here's the weird part: It now showed as version 1.4.9 and it functioned perfectly even though I had not yet ran any steps in the upgrade/install. I then said it was upgrading from 1.4.4 just to get to the next step. I then ran through the install/upgrade process and it said it was successful. Everything works fine but I don't understand why it seemed to be already upgraded to 1.4.9 by simply sending up all the files and not running the upgrade file.
Everything appears to be running fine so I don't really need support but I sure would like to know why it was already working as version1.4.9 without running the install/upgrade.php.
Thanks in advance for any opinions. If this is in the wrong forum, please accept my apologies and move it to the proper one.