Update phpVMS

Follow these steps to update phpVMS 7 to a new release.

1. Make a backup

Don't skip this. At a minimum:

• Download your .env file.
• Download the config folder, if you changed any files in it.
• Export your database. In cPanel, open phpMyAdmin, select your phpVMS database, and click Export.

2. Remove the old dependencies and caches

With File Manager or SFTP, in your phpVMS folder:

1. Delete the vendor folder.
2. Delete everything inside bootstrap/cache and storage/framework/cache. Delete the contents only, not the folders.

3. Upload the new release

Download the new release package from the phpVMS releases page. Upload it, extract it over your phpVMS folder, and replace all the files.

If you copied the public folder into public_html, copy the new contents of public into public_html too. See Choose where phpVMS lives.

4. Run the update

Go to /update on your site, for example https://crew.yourva.com/update, and follow the steps. This updates your database.

5. Check your theme

Read the release's changelog for template changes. If you use a custom theme, you may need to update it.

If you get an error

If you see an error like this one, delete the vendor folder and upload it again:

Argument 1 passed to Carbon\CarbonInterval::setLocalTranslator() must implement interface Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface

For other errors, see Turn on debugging and read the logs.