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Files stored on the VIP File System can be overwritten programmatically or with VIP-CLI. Overwriting a file is useful for eliminating the need to set a redirect to a newer version of the file. Redirects cannot be configured for any URLs that include /wp-content/uploads/*.
Before a PHP version is updated on a WordPress VIP Platform environment, all PHP files in an application’s GitHub repository should be scanned with PHPCS for potential incompatibility issues, and the identified issues should be resolved.
PHP linting identifies code syntax problems present in a repository’s PHP files.
Before a PHP version is updated on a WordPress VIP Platform environment, all PHP files in an application’s GitHub repository should be scanned for potential incompatibility issues, and the identified issues should be resolved.
When preparing for a PHP version update, creating automated tests can be useful for identifying incompatibilities with the updated version of PHP.
After application code has been scanned locally for an updated version of PHP, and identified incompatibilities have been fixed, test the performance of the updated code on a WordPress VIP Platform environment.
Installing PHPCS at the project level limits the availability of PHPCS to only from within that project directory. Following these instructions will install:
Installing PHPCS globally makes PHPCS available for use from anywhere on a local machine. Following these instructions will install:
Running a PHPCS scan against code, particularly third-party plugins and themes, can provide useful and actionable feedback on existing warnings and errors within the code.
To migrate the content of a WordPress site to an environment on the WordPress VIP Platform, a SQL database file must be exported from the non-WPVIP site. Not all of the methods described on this page are available on all hosting platforms. Refer to the documentation for the existing site’s hosting platform to identify which methods are available and access more information on how to use them.