Magento - Steps to moving magento from one server to other

Step 1:

clear the /var/cache and /var/session directory which is allow more space to you
then add your magento folder into zip/rar file and extract them on the target server.

Step 2:

once you finished with the copying then you should set the correct permissions for
magento files and folders
as
/var and contents should have permissions “777″
/media and contents should have permissions “777″
/app/etc and contents should have permissions “777″

Step 3:

Now important part is that set the new database connection settings in the
file /app/etc/local.xml
as


<resources>
<db>
<table_prefix><![CDATA[db_prefix]]></table_prefix>
</db>
<default_setup>
<connection>
<host><![CDATA[db_host]]></host>
<username><![CDATA[db_user]]></username>
<password><![CDATA[db_password]]></password>
<dbname><![CDATA[db_name]]></dbname>
<initstatements><![CDATA[SET NAMES utf8]]></initStatements>
<model><![CDATA[mysql4]]></model>
<type><![CDATA[pdo_mysql]]></type>
<pdotype><![CDATA[]]></pdoType>
<active>1</active>
</connection>
</default_setup>
</resources>

You need to replace db_prefix db_host db_user db_password etc.. with your values.

Step 4:

Now goto your Database admin panel like phpmyadmin and run the query below


UPDATE core_config_data SET VALUE="http://newhostsite.com/"
WHERE path="web/unsecure/base_url";
UPDATE core_config_data SET VALUE="http://newhostsite.com/"
WHERE path="web/unsecure/base_url";

Where “newhostsite.com” is a new server domain name.